Quotations
Quotations by the wise and sometimes not so wise helps one sometimes to relax and to think about issues and about yourself. We hope you will find them helpful, useful or whatever it brings to you.
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Date Entered Topic Quote By Link
2010-04-07 Perseverance "An inventor fails 999 times, and if he succeeds once,
he's in. He treats his failures simply as practice shots."
Charles F. Kettering Email Subscription
2010-04-04 Risk Taking "Our lives improve only when we take chances -- and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves." Walter Anderson Email Subscription
2010-04-02 Time "If time be of all things most precious, wasting time must be
the greatest prodigality, since lost time is never found
again; and what we call time enough always proves little
enough."Benjamin Franklin Email Subscription
2010-03-29 Happiness "Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always
beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly, may
alight upon you."Nathaniel Hawthorne
Email Subscription
2010-03-28 Balance "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must
keep moving."Albert Einstein Email Subscription
2010-03-27 Truth "'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,' - that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know." John Keats Link
2010-03-26 Risk Taking "Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave." Mary Tyler Moore Email Subscription
2010-03-25 Decisions - The right thing "In a moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing to do. The worst thing you can do is nothing." Theodore Roosevelt Link
2010-03-25 Change "If we do not change our direction, we are likely to end up where we are headed." Chinese Proverb Email Subscription
2010-03-24 Self-respect "That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to
displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to
temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong."William J.H. Boetcker Email Subscription
2010-03-22 Self-control "While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us." Benjamin Franklin Email Subscription
2010-03-22 Focus "Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves." Albert Einstein Link
2010-03-21 Decisions - To act “The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure , the process is its own reward.” Amelia Earhart Link
2010-03-21 Decisions - Consequences “Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.” H. L. Hunt Link
2010-03-21 Decisions - Outcome “There are times when a battle decides everything, and there are times when the most insignificant thing can decide the outcome of a battle” Napoleon Bonaparte Link
2010-03-21 Decisions - Consequences “Some choices we live not only once but a thousand times over, remembering them for the rest of our lives.” Richard Bach Link
2010-03-21 Decisions - Small “Sometimes it's the smallest decisions that can change your life forever.” Keri Russell Link
2010-03-21 Decisions -Leadership “Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader.” General George S. Patton Link
2010-03-21 Decisions - Commitment “Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.” Tom Robbins Link
2010-03-21 Getting Started - Inertia "So many fail because they don't get started - they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin." W. Clement Stone Email
2010-03-21 Decisions - Own “A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows public opinion” Chinese Proverb Link
2010-03-21 Decisions - Doors “The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live.” Flora Whittemore Link
2010-03-21 Decisions - Quick “Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.” Sophocles Link
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