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Inspirational and Thought-Provoking Quotes
The difference between a successful person and others is not a
lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but a lack of will."
-- Vincent Thomas "Vince" Lombardi (1913-1970)
"All mankind is divided into three classes:
those that are immovable, those that are movable,
and those that move." -- Benjamin Franklin
"Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it
is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable."
-- Sidney J. Harris
"My mother taught me very early to believe I could achieve any
accomplishment I wanted to. The first was to walk without braces."
-- Wilma Rudolph, Olympic Champion
"Talent hits a target no one else can hit;
Genius hits a target no one else can see."
-- Arthur Schopenhauer
We will be known forever by the tracks we leave.
--Native American Proverb
No one ever attains very eminent success by simply doing
what is required of him; it is the amount and excellence of
what is over and above the required that determines the
greatness of ultimate distinction. -- Charles Kendall Adams
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed
if you don't try. --Beverly Sills
Sometimes in life things happen and you think the
world stops. Hold strong, really it has only changed
direction, your future is always as bright as you
want it to be. -- Octavia Allen
Self-discipline is when your conscience tells you to do something and
you don't talk back. -- W. K. Hope
Balance between mind and body is what allows us to
achieve the most in lives. Never lose the balance
and you will always hold the focus needed to achieve
your toughest goals. -- Samuel K. Aidoo
All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.
-- Orison Swett Marden
Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something
stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might
just as well put that passing time to the best possible use. -- Earl Nightingale
Good timber does not grow with ease. The stronger the wind the stronger
the trees. -- Williard Marriott
The greatest secret of success in life is for a person to be ready when
their opportunity comes. ~ Benjamin Disraeli
The nearest way to glory -- a shortcut, as it were -- is to
strive to be what you wish to be thought to be.
-- Socrates
--"My future starts when I wake up every morning.... Every day I find
something creative to do with my life.".....Miles Davis
--"When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so
long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened
for us." -- Helen Keller,
(1880-1968, American Writer)
--"If one advances confidently in the direction of his own dreams, and
endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a
success unexpected in common hours.".....Henry Thoreau, Historian
--"Your purpose is what excites you, and kindles the passion to make your
dreams come true.".....Marcia Wieder
--"The reason so many people never get anywhere in life is
because, when opportunity knocks, they are out in the backyard
looking for four-leaf clovers.".....Walter P. Chrysler
--"The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they
get for it, but what they become by it.".....John Ruskin,
(1819-1900, British Artist and Author)
--"One trademark of successful people is that they don't let
excuses deter them. They determine what it is they need to
do - and then do it.".....Bob Burg, author and speaker
--"It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried
to succeed. In this life we get nothing save by effort." --
Theodore Roosevelt, U.S. President --
"The things that come to those that wait may be the
things left by those who got there first." --
"It never occurs to me that there are things that I can't
do." -- Whoopi Goldberg, Actress
--"People become really quite remarkable
when they start thinking that they can do things.
When they believe in themselves they have the
first secret of success".....Norman Vincent Peale
--"Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve".....James Allen
--"Be bold, be daring and don't be afraid to raise the roof.
Even if you just nailed one down".....Marlene Ferber
--Something to Think About--Which of these sentences sound familiar to you?
Act as though it's impossible to fail -- and it shall be.
The one you use is the one that works, so make sure you're using
the one you want to work. Remember, your brain is listening to
everything you think/say.....Jan Tincher
--"The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they
attempt the impossible, and achieve it, generation after generation"
.....Pearl S. Buck, author
--"When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long
and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one
which has opened for us".....Alexander Graham Bell
--"No one knows what he can do till he tries".....Publilius Syrus, Latin Writer
--"Find reasons to do the important things, instead of reasons
not to do them. Risk, experiment, and don't forget to have
some fun while you are at it".....Ernie J. Zelinski, Consultant
--"Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being
rash".....George S. Patton (1885-1945) U.S. Army General
--"The only thing that ever sat its way to success was a hen!".....Sarah Brown
--"It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it"
.....Lena Horne, Singer and Actress
--"The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love, passion"
.....
Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979) Conductor and musician
--"Chase your passion, not your pension".....Edward James Olmos, Actor
--"If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it".....Jonathan Winters
"It's never too late to be what you might have been".....George Eliot
--"When you get near people who are pursuing their heart's desire, you
can see the intensity on their face. Life is just too short to live without
that kind of focus".....Barbara Sher
--"Indecision is the thief of opportunity".....Jim Rohn, Motivational speaker
--The door to opportunity is marked "push."
--"Persistence is what makes the impossible possible, the
possible likely, and the likely definite".....Robert Half, Executive
--"I think it's very important to be positive about everything
in your life that's negative. You can turn a twist on it".....Barbra Streisand,
Entertainer
--"What we see depends mainly on what we look for"
-- John Lubbock (1834-1913)
Financier and writer
--"Remove failure as an option and your chances for success
become infinitely better".....Joan Lunden, Journalist
--"Success comes in a can..."I can!".....Wally Amos,
Founder of Famous Amos Cookies
--"Positive thinking is the key to success in business, education,
pro football, anything that you can mention. I go out there thinking
that I'm going to complete every pass.".....Ron Jaworski, Pro Football Player
--"Much good work is lost for the lack of a little more."
.....Edward Harriman, Railroad Magnate
--"Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become
a man of value.".....
Albert Einstein, Scientist
--"Okay, so you want to be extraordinary. To what limits are you
willing to push yourself to get there? And finally, once you get
there, what are you willing to do to sustain your success?"
.....Rick Pittino, NBA Coach, talking to one of his star players
--"Let us realize that the privilege to work is a gift, that power
to work is a blessing, that love of work is success.".....David. McKay
--"Success, happiness, peace of mind and fulfillment--the most
priceless of human treasures--are available to all among us, without
exception, who make things happen--who make *good* things happen--
in the world around them.".....Joe Klock
--"Success seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving.
They make mistakes but they don't quit.".....Conrad Hilton, founder of Hilton Hotels
--"I don't divide the world into the weak and the strong, or the
successes and the failures, those who make it or those who don't. I divide
the world into learners and non-learners.".....Benjamin Barber
--"Quality questions create a quality life. Successful people ask better
questions, and as a result, they get better answers."
.....Anthony Robbins,Motivational Speaker
-- "Successful people aren't born that way. They become successful
by establishing the habit of doing things unsuccessful people don't like
to do. The successful people don't always like these things themselves;
they just get on and do them." -- Steve Ibbotson, Chief Executive,
Training For Success
--"Success doesn't have to pull, tug, or chafe if we wear our real size."
.....Sarah Breathnach
--"Never continue in a job you don't enjoy. If you're happy in what you're
doing, you'll like yourself, you'll have inner peace. And if you have that,
along with physical health, you will have had more success than you could
possibly have imagined.".....Rodan of Alexandria
--"The way to learn to do things is to do things. The way to learn a trade
is to work at it. Success teaches how to succeed. Begin with the determination
to succeed, and the work is half done already.".....J. Fadenburg
--"The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with,
but whether it is the same problem you had last year.".....John Dulles
--"Initiative is to success what a lighted match is to a candle.".....Orlando Battista
--"On the path to success always lies big O's. Some read them as Obstacles,
others read them as Opportunities!".....Poh Yu Khing
--"Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself
as a success.".....Dr. Joyce Brothers
--"All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this:
Act as if it were impossible to fail. That is the talisman, the formula, the
command of right about face which turns us from failure to success.".....Dorthea Brande
--"I can give you a six word formula for success 'Think things through - then
follow through.'".....Eddie Rickenbacker
--"I'd rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I
hate.".....George Burns, Entertainer
--"The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting goals
and achieving them. Even the most tedious chore will become endurable as you parade
through each day convinced that every task, no matter how menial or boring, brings
you closer to fulfilling your dreams.".....Og Mandino
--"If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it away from him.
An investment of knowledge always pays the best interest.".....Benjamin Franklin
--"If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as
being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would pick the
trait of persistence. Determination. The will to endure to the end, to get
knocked down 70 times and get up off the floor saying, 'Here comes number 71!'"
.....Richard Devos
--"If we all did the things we are capable of doing we would literally astound
ourselves.".....Thomas Edison
--"The truth is that all of us attain the greatest success and happiness possible
in this life whenever we use our native capacities to their greatest extent."
.....Smiley Blanton
--"A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm."
.....Charles Shwab
--"Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination
for success.".....Napoleon Hill
--"It is only as we develop others that we permanently succeed.".....Harvey Firestone
--"To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the
beautiful thing: that is enough for one man's life.".....T. Elliot, poet
--"I have heard it said that the first ingredient of success -- the earliest
spark in the dreaming youth - is this; dream a great dream.".....John Appleman, lawyer
--"To keep your resolve surround yourself with those who want you to succeed.
The brain cannot do its job of protecting the body without contact with other people.
".....Robert Ornstein, "The Healing Brain"
--"Everything starts with yourself - with you making up your mind about what
you're going to do with your life.".....Tony Dorsett, Hall of Fame Football player
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