These are some of my fav quotes (in no particular order!), most of them taken directly from my "General Quotations-Vol 1" collection…so do read them and don't forget to tell me which ones u liked, if any:)
- To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
- In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.
- A successful man is one who can build a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him.
- A big shot is a little shot that kept shooting.
- It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.
- There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.
- Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.
- An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.
- Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.
- Character is made by what you stand for; reputation, by what you fall for.
- Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten.
- True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable.
- Excellence can be obtained if you:
Care more than others think is Wise
Risk more than others think is Safe
Dream more than others think is Practical
Expect more than others think is Possible. - Many can make impressions;few can leave a mark.
- The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
- As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.
- Each problem that I solved became a rule that served afterwards to solve other problems.
- Behind every able man, there are always other able men.
- What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within him.
- Don't talk unless you can improve the silence.
- When I was young I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. I didn't want to be a failure, so I did ten times more work.
- A great deal of what we see depends on what we are looking for.
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. ~Aristotle
- Not what we have but what we enjoy constitutes our abundance.
- The whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone.
- A friend is someone who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. ("Dependability")
- Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations.
- I do not agree with a word of what you say, but I will defend unto death your right to say it. -Voltaire
- There is only one success: to be able to spend your life in your own way.
- What really matters is what you do with what you have.
- We don't see things as they are. We see them as we are.
- Some pursue happiness.Some create it.
- Every little bit helps; every little quit hurts.
- I cried because I had no shoes. Then I met a man who had no feet.
- Do nott regret growing old; many are denied the privelege.
- Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while and leave footprints on our hearts. And we are never, ever the same.
- If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you’ll have to settle for the ordinary.
- When sorrows come, they come not single spies but in battalions.
- Forget your opponents. Always play against par.
- What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters
compared to what lies within us. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson - Wait till it is night before saying it was a fine day.
- The way to get noticed is to do quality work.
- Don't be perfect….evolve.
- True love does not come by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.
- Learn as if you will live forever, and Live as if you will die tomorrow.
- Our Sweetest songs are those that tell of the saddest thougts.
- Learn the rules so that you know how to break them properly.
- The cure for boredom is curiousity; there is no cure for curiousity.
- Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.
- People often don't lack in ability; they lack in intent…
MORE TO COME…Provided you 've been able to read what's already there and I get some positive feedback on it!!what say??
