Quotes
A list of quotes and or small thoughts/phrases that I enjoy
“A man without purpose distracts himself with pleasure.”
- Unknown
“You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you do not try.”
- Beverly Sills
“The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desire brings weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.”
- Napoleon Hill
“No man ever became great without many and great mistakes.”
- William E. Gladstone
“There is no shortcut. Victory lies in overcoming obstacles everyday.”
- Unknown
“What is significant is that when you live in the woods, rather than just visiting them, the beauty becomes part of your life rather than something you just look at from the outside... In living close to nature, one discovers that happiness does not consist in maximizing pleasure. It consists in tranquility.”
- Ted Kaczynski
“I don't understand why when we destroy something created by man we call it vandalism, but when we destroy something created by nature we call it progress.”
- Ed Begley Jr
“All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”
- Blaise Pascal
“The one thing that separates the winners from the losers, is, winners take action.”
- Anthony Robbins
“Happiness is not getting what you want, but wanting what you have got.”
- Unknown
“Believe you will be successful and you will.”
- Dale Carnegie
“Success comes from having dreams that are bigger than your fears.”
- Terry Litwiller
“I feel the most important requirement to success is learning to overcome failure. You must learn to tolerate it, but never accept it.”
- Reggie Jackson
“Money itself won't bring happiness, but it sure makes paying the bill easier.”
- Thomas J. Vilord
“Ask and you will receive, seek and you will find, knock and the door will be opened to you.”
- Matthew 7:7
“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”
- Albert Einstein
“The history of the world is the history of a few men who had faith in themselves. That faith calls out the divinity within. You can do anything!”
- Swami Vivekananda