July 23, 2008

Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!
~Andrew Carnegie~

An uninspiring person believes according to what he achieves. An inspiring person achieves according to what he believes.
~Sri Chinmoy~

Success is a ruthless competitor, for it flatters and nourishes our weaknesses and lulls us into complacency. We bask in the sunshine of humility, which helps us visualize all the factors which have contributed to our success. ~Saluel Tilden~


Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance. ~Bruce Barton~

Success is following the pattern of life that one enjoys the most. ~Al Capp~

You can't accomplish anything without getting in someone's way. You can't be detached and effective. ~ Abba Eban~

The secret of the true love of work is the hope of success in that work; not for the money reward, for the time spent or for the skill exercised, but for the successful result in the accomplishment of the work itself. ~Sidney Weltmer~

Success if the reward for accomplishment. ~Harry Banks~

Box of Quotes for Graduates

When I graduated high school in 1994 I was given a box of quotes. Over the years I opened a couple. Today, as part of my Spring cleaning, I have opened all of them and turned hard copy into electronic storage.

Enjoy the quotes!

Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well. (boy is this true!)
~Josh Billings~

I have never let me schooling interfere with my education.
~Mark Twain~

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.
~George Bernard Shaw~

The first half of life is ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.
~Clarance Darrow~

Only those who dare to fail can ever achieve greatly.
~Robert F. Kennedy~

In the long run men hit only what they aim at.
~Henry David Thoreau~

The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing that you will make one.
~Ellen Hubbard~

The highest use of capitol is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life.
~Henry Ford~

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.
~Thoreau~

Life begets life. Energy created energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich.
~Sandrah Bernhardt~

Well done is better than well said.
~Benjamin Franklin~

Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forwards.
~Kierkegaard~

Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?
~Benjamin Franklin~

I like nonsense--it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.
~Dr. Seuss~

We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.
~Sir Winston Churchill~

A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her.
~David Brinkley~

Life is not so much a matter of position as of disposition.
~Andrew Carnegie~

*and now for my favorite quote of the week*
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~

Energy and persistence conquer all things.
~Benjamin Franklin~

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.
~Samuel Butler~

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
~Immanuel Kant~

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.
Albert Einstein


The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.
Emile Zola


You can learn more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. Plato


Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising. Mark Twain

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws. ~Plato~

If you are going through hell, keep going. ~Winston Churchill~

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal. ~Henry Ford~

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens. ~Jimi Hendrix~

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it. ~Henry Ford~

Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who look outside, dreams. Who looks within, awakens. ~Carl Jung~

Patience will achieve more than force. ~Edmund Burke~

With self-discipline, most anything is possible. ~Theodore Roosevelt~

No man is ever whipped until he quits in his own mind. ~Napoleon Hill~

A champion is someone who gets up when he can't. ~Jack Dempsey~

Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity. ~Charlges Mingus~

Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again. ~James Cook~

Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson and Albert Einstein. ~H. Jackson Brown~

Average people look for ways of getting away with it. Successful people look for ways of getting on with it. ~Jim Rohn~

It is impossible to win the race unless you venture to run, impossible to win the victory unless you dare to battle. ~Richard De Vos~

No man can persuade people to do what he wants unless he genuinely likes people- and believes that what he wants them to do it to their own advantage. ~Bruce Barton~

You can't escape the responsibility of tomorrow by avoiding it today. ~Abrahom Lincoln~

They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself. ~Andy Warhol~

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age 18. ~Albert Einstein~

Life engenders life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich. ~Sarah Bernhardt~

I didn't get where I am by thinking about it or dreaming about it. I got there by doing it. ~Estee Lauder~

I am always doing what I can't do. That's how I get to do them. ~Picasso~

Be a good listener. Your ears never get you in trouble. ~Frank Tyger~

Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself. ~Oprah Winfry~

If there is a way to do it better, find it. ~Thomas Edison~

Laughter is the shortest distance between two people. ~Victor Borge~

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. ~Chinese Probverb~

Quotes

We must walk consciously only partway toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success. ~Henry David Thoreau~

The distance between you and your dreams often lies in a single idea. ~Vic Conant

He that can have patience can have what he will. ~Benjamin Franklin~

The discipline of time management develops judgement, foresight, reliance and self-discipline. ~ Brian Tracy~

Quotes

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. Mark Twain

It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity. Albert Einstein

He who hesitates is a damned fool. Mae West

Well done is better than well said. Benjamin Franklin

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names. JFK

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. Galileo Galilei

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on. Winston Churchill

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. Thomas Jefferson

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. MLK Jr.

Whether you think you can, or think you can't, you are usually right. Henry Ford

Robert Frost

Education is the ability to listen to anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence. Robert Frost

There are two levers for moving men, interest and fear. Napoleon

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. Thomas Edison

If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Winston Churchill

Your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing. Abraham Lincoln

I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying. Michael Jordan

You can't get much done in life if you only work on the days you feel good. Jerry West

Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained, progress stops. Thomas Watson

One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness. Josh Billings

What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first step to something better. Wendell Phillips

Desire is the most important factor in the success of any athlete. Willie Shoemaker