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

Peace

When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace. Jimi Hendrix

I have had dreams and I have had nightmares, but I have conquered my nightmares because of my dreams. Jonas Salk

Expecting something for nothing is the most popular form of hope. Arnold Glasgow

No man ever achieved worthwhile success who did not, at least one time or another, find himself with at least one foot hanging over the brink of failure. Napoleon Hill

No great man every complains for want of opportunity. R.W. Emerson

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through the experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. Helen Keller

Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They give up at the 1-foot line. They give up at the last minute of the game 1 foot from a winning touchdown. Ross Perot

The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem.

Keep your thoughts and your mind always on the goal. Tom Bradley

Play the game for more than you can afford to lose. Only then will you learn the game. Winston Churchill

Do not confuse motion and progress. A rocking horse keeps moving, but does not make any progress. Alfred Montapert

Most of us can do more than we think we can, but we usually do less than we think we do. Unknown

The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win. Roger Bannister

The most delightful surprise in life is to suddenly recognize your own worth. Maxwell Maltz

If you aren't going all the way, why go at all? Joe Namath

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. ~Mother Theresa

If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance. ~G.B. Shawn

Nothing will work unless you do. ~John Wooden

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time. ~Winston Churchill

All winding to a great place is by a winding stair. ~Francis Bacon

When you cease to dream, you cease to live. ~Malcom Forbes

Success if the maximum utilization of the ability that you have. ~Zig Ziglar

My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never. ~Bela Karolyi

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

Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else have your way. ~Daniele Vare

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

Language is a means of communicating experiences held in common and is, therefore, unsuitable for matters which are out of common. ~Unknown

What the power is I cannot say. All I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it. ~Alexander Graham Bell

I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to grab and oar and row with them. ~Harold Geneen

Talk is cheap because supply exceeds demand ~Unknown

When all is done, there is a lot more said than done. ~Unknown

Those who speak do not know, while those who know do not speak. ~Lao Tsu

Leadership is the capacity to translate intention into reality and sustain it. ~Warren Bennis

The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it. ~John Ruskin

Quotes from "Acres of Diamonds" by Russell H. Conwell

Greatness consists not in holding some office; greatness really consists in doing some great deed with little means, in the accomplishment of vast purposes from the
private ranks of life, that is true greatness.

The great inventors are simply great men; the greater the man the
more simple the man; and the more simple a machine, the
more valuable it is.

We must teach that men are great only on their intrinsic value, and
not on the position they may incidentally happen to occupy.

...he that can be a blessing to the community in which he lives tonight will be great anywhere,
but he who cannot be a blessing where he now lives will never be great anywhere on the face of God's earth.

He most lives who thinks most.

Only those who dare to fail greatly, can ever achieve greatly. JFK

Chance favors the prepared mind. Louis Pasteur

Jealousy is not about what the other person is getting, its about what you're not getting. At its root, jealousy is the fear that you are going to lose something. Unknown


We must know what the world needs first and then invest
ourselves to supply that need, and success is almost certain. Russell H. Conwell

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Above all else, preparation is the key to success. Henry Ford

Act that your principal of action might safely be made a law for the whole world.
Immanuel Kant

It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him. John Steinbeck

The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word "crisis." One brush stroke stands for danger, the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of danger - but recognize the opportunity. JFK

If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astonish ourselves. Thomas Edison

Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. Napoleon Hill

We must create a life worthy of ourselves, and of the goals we only dimly perceive. Sakharov

Train yourself to let go of the things you fear to lose.

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More Quotes

Luck, that's what happens when preparation and opportunity meet. ~Pierre Trudeau, Canadian prime minister~ Amen to that. Also, 'The harder you work, the luckier you get.'

Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with the inner drive, go much further than people with vastly superior talent. ~Sophia Loren~

You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace.

Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh the things you can think up if you only try! ~Dr. Suess~

What counts can't always be counted; what can be counted doesn't always count. ~Albert Einstein

When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen. ~Ernest Hemingway~

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. ~Proust~

Often you just have to rely on your intuition. ~Bill Gates~

Intuition is given only to him who has undergone long preparation to receive it. ~Louis Pasteur~

The secret of business it to know something that nobody else does.

Wealth depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality; that is, waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both. ~Ben Franklin~ (Man, if I could learn this, I could avoid the "feast or famine" cycles of the real estate world.)

I've never been poor, only broke. Being poor is a frame of mind. Being broke is only a temporary situation. ~Mike Todd~

"Don't find fault. Find a remedy." ~Henry Ford~ (When I first started in real estate, I was so often upset about the mistakes other agents made. Over time, I learned to take my focus off of the mistake, and simply double up my focus on how to solve the challenge at hand.)

Formula for success: Underpromise and overachieve.

Look well into theyself: there is a source which will always spring up if thou wilt always search there. ~Marcus Aurelius~

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Quotes

We must exchange the philosophy of excuse for the philosophy of responsibility. ~Barbara Jordan~

Words can destroy. What we call each other ultimately becomes what we think of each other, and it matters. ~Jeane Kirkpatrick, diplomat~

It's better to look ahead and prepare than look back and regret. ~Jackie Joyner-Kersee~

You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you. ~Walt Disney~

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold. ~Helen Keller~

No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson~

For people who live in the imagination, there is no lack of subjects. To seek the exact moment at which inspiration comes is futile. Imagination floods us with suggestions all the time, from all directions. ~Federico Fellini~

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