"Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get." — Winston Groom
The fear of becoming a 'has-been' keeps some people from becoming anything. -Eric Hoffer
The great creative individual . . . is capable of more wisdom and virtue than collective man ever can be. — John Stuart Mill
Honest hearts produce honest actions.-Brigham Young
"Love conquers all things; let us surrender to Love." - Virgil (70-19BC)
"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. - Samuel Beckett
The quality of your life is based on the quality of the questions you ask ~ John Demartini
Nothing is impossible, the word itself says I'm possible! — Audrey Hepburn
"I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific." - Lily Tomlin
“Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature’s inexorable imperative.” – H.G. Wells
"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience" Ralph Waldo Emerson
"You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong." Abraham Lincoln
"the painter constructs, the photographer discloses." - susan sontag
"Adaptability is not imitation. It means power of resistance and assimilation." Mahatma Gandhi
"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." - Einstein
"It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish."
"Its the working man who is the happy man. Its the idle man who is the miserable man." Ben Franklin
We are always getting ready to live, but never living. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Love looks through a telescope; Envy, through a microscope." Josh Billings
Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius. - Fulton J. Sheen
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
New Quotes for Inspiration, Humor & Life!
Life asks us to make measurable progress in reasonable time. That's why fourth-grade chairs are so small-Jim Rohn
Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves. Dale Carnegie
"Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air”
- John Adams
"In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity." ~Albert Einstein~
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose !!!
Never waste a good crisis!
Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both. -Roosevelt, Eleanor
If you want to gain KNOWLEDGE, add something to your mind everyday, but if you want to gain WISDOM, shed something..
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. -Herm Albright
"Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece."
"Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck." Dalai Lama
"If you can't fly, run. If you can't run, walk. If you can't walk, crawl. But by all means, KEEP MOVING"
- Martin Luther King Jr.
It is not length of life, but depth of life. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual; you have an obligation to be one"
Some things arrive on their own mysterious hour, on their own terms and not yours, to be seized or relinquished forever. -Gail
"The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want." Ben Stein
"Practice isn't the thing you do once you're good. It's the thing you do that makes you good.”
Sit quiety, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself. -Zen Proverb
When you see yourself doing something badly and nobody's bothering to tell you anymore, that's a very bad place to..
When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile !!!
I would rather make my name than inherit it.
The pessimist borrows trouble, The optimist lends encouragement.... Go ahead and brighten someone's day !
"A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles." (Edgar Watson Howe)
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. Winston Churchill
its better to have spent a life reaching for a dream that never came true then to have slept thru a life that never had a dream
"Change is a bear, but it's better than death" - Seth
Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other. -Kurt Herbert Alder
"Do what is right. Be pure. At the end of the way is freedom. Till then patience." Buddha
creative mess is better than tidy idleness..
All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people. -James Abram Garfield
There is always another chance for everything in life, but there is no chance to another life ! So enjoy it to the fullest !!!
Balzac: “One can love and not be happy, one can be happy and not love, but to love and be happy is a prodigy ”
A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day. -Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves. Dale Carnegie
"Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air”
- John Adams
"In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity." ~Albert Einstein~
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose !!!
Never waste a good crisis!
Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both. -Roosevelt, Eleanor
If you want to gain KNOWLEDGE, add something to your mind everyday, but if you want to gain WISDOM, shed something..
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. -Herm Albright
"Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece."
"Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck." Dalai Lama
"If you can't fly, run. If you can't run, walk. If you can't walk, crawl. But by all means, KEEP MOVING"
- Martin Luther King Jr.
It is not length of life, but depth of life. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual; you have an obligation to be one"
Some things arrive on their own mysterious hour, on their own terms and not yours, to be seized or relinquished forever. -Gail
"The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want." Ben Stein
"Practice isn't the thing you do once you're good. It's the thing you do that makes you good.”
Sit quiety, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself. -Zen Proverb
When you see yourself doing something badly and nobody's bothering to tell you anymore, that's a very bad place to..
When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile !!!
I would rather make my name than inherit it.
The pessimist borrows trouble, The optimist lends encouragement.... Go ahead and brighten someone's day !
"A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles." (Edgar Watson Howe)
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. Winston Churchill
its better to have spent a life reaching for a dream that never came true then to have slept thru a life that never had a dream
"Change is a bear, but it's better than death" - Seth
Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other. -Kurt Herbert Alder
"Do what is right. Be pure. At the end of the way is freedom. Till then patience." Buddha
creative mess is better than tidy idleness..
All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people. -James Abram Garfield
There is always another chance for everything in life, but there is no chance to another life ! So enjoy it to the fullest !!!
Balzac: “One can love and not be happy, one can be happy and not love, but to love and be happy is a prodigy ”
A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day. -Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Ultimate quotes for you to use - download - forward for free!
Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result. Oscar Wilde
I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me. -Noel Coward
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names...John F. Kennedy
Fortune knocks at every man's door, but in a good many cases, the man is in a neighborhood saloon and does not hear her. Twain
The time is always right to do what is right. ~Martin Luther King, Jr.
Miracles come to those who refuse to be told otherwise.
"The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones that do."
“Parents can tell but never teach, unless they practice what they preach”~Arnold Glasow
It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. -Taylor Benson
"Greatness does not approach him who is forever looking down." Hitopadesa
"If you become a teacher, by your pupils you'll be taught." Oscar Hammerstein II
"Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions" Albert Einstein
No really great man ever thought himself so. -William Hazlit
STAY is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary. -Amos Bronson Alcott
The Ladder of success is never crowded at the top.~ Napoleon Hill
Life was a lot simpler when what we honored was father and mother rather than all major credit cards. ~ Robert Orben
'Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it.'
Faith is a passionate intuition. --William Wordsworth
Our lives succeed or fail gradually, then suddenly, one conversation at a time. -Susan Scott, Fierce Conversations.
suicide carried off many. Drink and the devil took care of the rest.
Civilization is a method of living, an attitude of equal respect for all men. -Jane Addams
"Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages." — George Washington
Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day ~ Sally Koch
"Death and taxes and childbirth! There's never any convenient time for any of them." -- Margaret Mitchell
If people from Poland are called poles, why aren't people from Holland called holes. George Carlin
All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once they grow up. ~Pablo Picasso
Always remember, your focus determines your reality.- George Lucas
A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge...Thomas Carlyle
Literature is strewn with the wreckage of those who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others. -V.Woolf
Live every day like it's your last.-F.Sinatra
All our dreams come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. Walt Disney
'The poorest man in the world is he who has nothing but money.'
"Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."
"A victorious army wins its victories before seeking battle." - Sun-tzu
Eleanor Roosevelt: "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. -Ed Cunningham
"What is to give light must endure burning." Viktor E. Frankl
Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want. -Joseph Wood Krutch
You work smart, your money works smarter -- Anonymous
Never hold your hand out waiting. Rather, lend your hand to someone waiting for one.
“Judge others by their questions rather than by their answers.” – Voltaire
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.- Aristotle
Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment ~ Baltasar Gracian
Every choice you make has an end result. – Zig Ziglar
'the more you look, the more you see...the more you listen, the more you hear'
"Be the Change you want to see in the World” Mahatma Gandhi
All desirable things are either expensive, illegal or married to someone!
Really great people make you feel that you, too, can become great.~Mark Twain
“Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.” Henry Ford
"Anger begins with ignorance and ends in regret." -Unknown
A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive. -Erica Jong
"It is a shameful thing for the soul to faint while the body still perseveres." Marcus Aurelius Antonimus
It's only when the tide goes out that you learn who's been swimming naked. -Warren Buffett
We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid. ~ B.Franklin
"Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'" - Martin Luther King Jr.
The free man is he who does not fear to go to the end of his thought. -Leon Blum
"The truth will set you free. But first, it will piss you off." Gloria Steinem
He/she who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander. ~Aristotle
I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me. -Noel Coward
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names...John F. Kennedy
Fortune knocks at every man's door, but in a good many cases, the man is in a neighborhood saloon and does not hear her. Twain
The time is always right to do what is right. ~Martin Luther King, Jr.
Miracles come to those who refuse to be told otherwise.
"The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones that do."
“Parents can tell but never teach, unless they practice what they preach”~Arnold Glasow
It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. -Taylor Benson
"Greatness does not approach him who is forever looking down." Hitopadesa
"If you become a teacher, by your pupils you'll be taught." Oscar Hammerstein II
"Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions" Albert Einstein
No really great man ever thought himself so. -William Hazlit
STAY is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary. -Amos Bronson Alcott
The Ladder of success is never crowded at the top.~ Napoleon Hill
Life was a lot simpler when what we honored was father and mother rather than all major credit cards. ~ Robert Orben
'Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it.'
Faith is a passionate intuition. --William Wordsworth
Our lives succeed or fail gradually, then suddenly, one conversation at a time. -Susan Scott, Fierce Conversations.
suicide carried off many. Drink and the devil took care of the rest.
Civilization is a method of living, an attitude of equal respect for all men. -Jane Addams
"Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages." — George Washington
Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day ~ Sally Koch
"Death and taxes and childbirth! There's never any convenient time for any of them." -- Margaret Mitchell
If people from Poland are called poles, why aren't people from Holland called holes. George Carlin
All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once they grow up. ~Pablo Picasso
Always remember, your focus determines your reality.- George Lucas
A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge...Thomas Carlyle
Literature is strewn with the wreckage of those who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others. -V.Woolf
Live every day like it's your last.-F.Sinatra
All our dreams come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. Walt Disney
'The poorest man in the world is he who has nothing but money.'
"Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."
"A victorious army wins its victories before seeking battle." - Sun-tzu
Eleanor Roosevelt: "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. -Ed Cunningham
"What is to give light must endure burning." Viktor E. Frankl
Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want. -Joseph Wood Krutch
You work smart, your money works smarter -- Anonymous
Never hold your hand out waiting. Rather, lend your hand to someone waiting for one.
“Judge others by their questions rather than by their answers.” – Voltaire
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.- Aristotle
Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment ~ Baltasar Gracian
Every choice you make has an end result. – Zig Ziglar
'the more you look, the more you see...the more you listen, the more you hear'
"Be the Change you want to see in the World” Mahatma Gandhi
All desirable things are either expensive, illegal or married to someone!
Really great people make you feel that you, too, can become great.~Mark Twain
“Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.” Henry Ford
"Anger begins with ignorance and ends in regret." -Unknown
A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive. -Erica Jong
"It is a shameful thing for the soul to faint while the body still perseveres." Marcus Aurelius Antonimus
It's only when the tide goes out that you learn who's been swimming naked. -Warren Buffett
We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid. ~ B.Franklin
"Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'" - Martin Luther King Jr.
The free man is he who does not fear to go to the end of his thought. -Leon Blum
"The truth will set you free. But first, it will piss you off." Gloria Steinem
He/she who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander. ~Aristotle
Latest Quotes for you to use and get inspired!
The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it.”~Voltaire
“The private control of credit is the modern form of slavery.”~Upton Sinclair
Being loved is life's second greatest blessing; loving is the greatest." Dr. Jack Hyles
"Quality remains long after the price is forgotten!" Charles Rolls & Henry Royce
The entrepreneur builds an enterprise; the technician builds a job. – Michael Gerber
"A person will be just about as happy as they make up their minds to be."~Abraham Lincoln
Humor is a reminder that no matter how high the throne one sits on, one sits on one's bottom. ~Taki
An executive is a person who always decides; sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides.- John H. Patterson
"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody." - Bill Cosby
If you are not part of the cure, then you are part of the problem.
In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn, than to contemplate. -Rene Descartes
Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it. Albert Einstei
"Your level of belief in yourself will inevitably manifest itself in whatever you do."Les Brown
One lives in the hope of becoming a memory. -Antonio Porchia
“Absorb what is useful, Discard what is not, Add what is uniquely your own.” ~ Bruce Lee
"Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away." Elvis Presley
"The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him." Robert Benchley
“The private control of credit is the modern form of slavery.”~Upton Sinclair
Being loved is life's second greatest blessing; loving is the greatest." Dr. Jack Hyles
"Quality remains long after the price is forgotten!" Charles Rolls & Henry Royce
The entrepreneur builds an enterprise; the technician builds a job. – Michael Gerber
"A person will be just about as happy as they make up their minds to be."~Abraham Lincoln
Humor is a reminder that no matter how high the throne one sits on, one sits on one's bottom. ~Taki
An executive is a person who always decides; sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides.- John H. Patterson
"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody." - Bill Cosby
If you are not part of the cure, then you are part of the problem.
In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn, than to contemplate. -Rene Descartes
Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it. Albert Einstei
"Your level of belief in yourself will inevitably manifest itself in whatever you do."Les Brown
One lives in the hope of becoming a memory. -Antonio Porchia
“Absorb what is useful, Discard what is not, Add what is uniquely your own.” ~ Bruce Lee
"Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away." Elvis Presley
"The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him." Robert Benchley
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