Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared.
- Eddie Rickenbacker, 1890-1973
Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself; he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832
What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first step to something better.
- Wendell Phillips, 1811-1884
Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.
- William Jennings Bryan, 1860-1925
They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.
- Andy Warhol, 1928-1987
In attempts to improve your character, know what is in your power and what is beyond it.
- Francis Thompson, 1859-1907
Speak when you are angry, and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret.
- Laurence J. Peter, 1919-1988
I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.
- Martha Washington, 1732-1802
I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.
- Bertrand Russell, 1872-1970
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
- Malcolm Forbes (1919 - 1990)
The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)
In giving advice, seek to help, not please, your friend.
- Solon (638 BC - 559 BC)
Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.
- Blaise Pascal, 1623-1662
It is never too late to be who you might have been. - George Eliot, 1819-1880
English NovelistHe has the right to criticize who has the heart to help.
- Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, 16th President of the United States
Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.
- Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900, Irish Dramatist/Novelist/Poet
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882, American Poet and Essayist
The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
- Theodore Roosevelt, 1858-1919, 26th President of the United States
Learning never exhausts the mind.
- Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519, Italian Painter and Sculptor
You can overcome anything if you don't bellyache.
- Bernard M. Baruch, 1870-1965, American Financier and Statesman
Tell a person they are brave and you help them become so.
- Thomas Carlyle, 1795-1881, Scottish Philosopher and Author
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
- Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, English Politician and Author
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1882-1945, 32nd President of the United States
Instruction does much, but encouragement does everything. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832, German Poet/Dramatist/Novelist
Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.
- Spanish Proverb
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.
- Marcus Aurelius, 121-180, Roman Emperor and Philosopher
It's easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you're a winner, when you're number one. What you got to have is faith and discipline when you're not a winner.
- Vince Lombardi, 1913-1970, American Football Coach
With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.
- Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, American Humanitarian and Former First Lady of the United States
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
- Kahlil Gibran, 1883-1931, Lebanese Poet and Novelist
You can never learn less; you can only learn more.
- R. Buckminster Fuller, 1895-1983, American Architect and Engineer
Sunday, September 13, 2009
MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES
If you shoot for the stars and hit the moon, it's OK. But you've got to shoot for something. A lot of people don't even shoot.
Robert Townsend
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
Mark Twain
Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.Harriet Braiker
If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.
Zig Ziglar
Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.
Cyril Connolly
The secret of life is not to do what you like but to like what you do.Unknown
Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend their lives and careers merely following? The extra mile.
Gary Ryan Blair
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
Mark Twain
Robert Townsend
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
Mark Twain
Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.Harriet Braiker
If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.
Zig Ziglar
Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.
Cyril Connolly
The secret of life is not to do what you like but to like what you do.Unknown
Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend their lives and careers merely following? The extra mile.
Gary Ryan Blair
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
Mark Twain
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