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Inspirational Quotes for December 13, 2005
Don't smother each other. No one can grow in the shade. – Leo Buscaglia, 1924-1998, American Author and Expert on Love and Human Relationships
A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety. – Aesop, 620-560 B.C., Greek Fable Author
As you get older it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary. – Ernest Hemingway, American Novelist and Short Story Writer
Inspirational Quotes for December 6, 2005
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was hëre first. – Mark Twain, 1835-1910, American Writer and Humorist
I would prefer even to fail with honor than wïn by cheating. – Sophocles, 496-406 B.C., Greek Tragic Dramatist
There are three constants in life... change, choice and principles. – Stephen R. Covey, American Speaker/Trainer/Author of "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People"
Inspirational Quotes for November 29, 2005
Love is the master key which opens the gates of happiness. – Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1809-1894, American Author and Poet
If you don't program yourself, life will program you! – Les Brown, American Speaker/Author/Motivator
Determination is the wake-up call to the human will. – Tony Robbins, American Author/Speaker/Peak Performänce Expert
Inspirational Quotes for November 22, 2005
The worst tempered people I have ever met were those who knew that they were wrong. – David Letterman, American Talk Show Host/Comedian/Television Producer
A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life. – Charles Darwin, 1809-1882, English Naturalist
The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you. – B.B. King, American Blues Guitarist and Songwriter
Inspirational Quotes for November 15, 2005
The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none. – Thomas Carlyle, 1795-1881, Scottish Author/Essayist/Historian
Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. – Rachel Carson, 1907-1964, American Biologist/Ecologist/Author
One generation plants the trees; another gets the shade. – Chinese Proverb
Inspirational Quotes for November 8, 2005
Wonder is the beginning of wisdom. – Greek Proverb
The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear. – William Jennings Bryan, 1860-1925, American Lawyer and Politician
It is always with excitement that I wake up in the morning wondering what my intuition will toss up to me, like gifts from the sea. I work with it and rely on it. It's my partner. – Jonas Salk, 1914-1995, American Microbiologist
Inspirational Quotes for November 1, 2005
Inventories can be managed, but people must be led. – H. Ross Perot, American Businessman/Politician/Founder of Electronic Data Systems
I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity. – Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, Former First Lady of the United States
The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people. – Karl Marx, 1818-1883, German Political Philosopher and Social Theorist
Inspirational Quotes for October 25, 2005
Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together. – Woodrow Wilson, 1856-1924, 28th President of the United States
Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert. – B.C. Forbes, 1880-1954, Scottish-born Financial Journalist and Author
You can live a lifetïme and, at the end of it, know more about other people than you know about yourself. – Beryl Markham, 1902-1986, English Aviator
Inspirational Quotes for October 18, 2005
Change before you have to. – Jack Welch, American Businessman and Former CEO of General Electric
He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying. – Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900, German Philosopher
Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. – Rachel Carson, 1907-1964, American Biologist/Ecologist/Author
Inspirational Quotes for October 11, 2005
The marble not yet carved can hold the förm of every thought the greatest artist has. – Michelangelo, 1474-1564, Italian Renaissance Painter and Sculptor It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse. – Adlai Stevenson, 1900-1965, American Politician and Statesman The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision. – Maimonides, 1135-1204, Spanish-born Jewish Rabbi/Physician/Philosopher
Inspirational Quotes for October 4, 2005
Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love - and to put its trust in life. – Joseph Conrad, 1857-1924, Polish Novelist and Short Story Writer
One thing you can't recycle is wasted time. – Source Unknown
Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. – Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, Spanish Artist
Inspirational Quotes for September 27, 2005
Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it. – Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Statesman and Prime Minister
One of the most adventurous things left us is to go to bed. For no one can lay a hand on our dreams. – E.V. Lucas, 1868-1938, English Writer
Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go much further than people with vastly superior talent. – Sophia Loren, Italian-born Film Actress
Inspirational Quotes for September 20, 2005
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. – Robert Frost, 1874-1963, American Poet
A successful individual typically sets his next goal somewhat but not too much above his last achievement. In this way he steadily raises his level of aspiration. – Kurt Lewin, 1890-1947, German-born Psychologist
Defeat doesn't finish a man--quit does. A man is not finished when he's defeated. He's finished when he quits. – Richard M. Nixon, 1913-1994, 37th President of the United States
Inspirational Quotes for September 13, 2005
Our truest life is when we are in our dreams awake. – Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1862, American Essayist/Poet/Naturalist
I will study and get ready, and perhaps my chance will come. – Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, 16th President of the United States
Nevër feel self-pity, the most destructive emotion there is. How awful to be caught up in the terrible squirrel cage of self. – Millicent Fenwick, 1910-1992, American Diplomat and Congresswoman
Inspirational Quotes for September 7, 2005
The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth. – Niels Bohr, 1885-1962, Danish Physicist
One word frees us of all the weïght and pain of life: That word is love. – Sophocles, 496-406 B.C., Greek Tragic Dramatist
It's not what you take but what you leave behind that defines greatness. – Edward Gardner, American Businessman and Founder of Soft Sheen Products
Inspirational Quotes for August 30, 2005
There's no scarcity of opportunïty to make a living at what you love. There is only a scarcity of resolve to make it happen. – Wayne Dyer, American Psychotherapist/Author/Lecturer
Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise. – Lord Chesterfield, 1694-1773, British Statesman and Diplomat
Truth is always exciting. Speak it, then; life is dull without it. – Pearl S. Buck, 1892-1973, American Novelist
Inspirational Quotes for August 23, 2005
Without a rich heart, wealth is an ugly beggar. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882, American Poet and Essayist
Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one. – Malcolm S. Forbes, 1917-1990, American Publisher
Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born. – Anais Nin, 1903-1977, French-born Author and Diarist
Inspirational Quotes for August 16, 2005
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. – John Quincy Adams, 1767-1848, 6th President of the United States
Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors. – Louisa May Alcott, 1832-1888, American Author
Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar. – William Wordsworth, 1770-1850, British Poet
Inspirational Quotes for August 9, 2005
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. – John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963, 35th President of the United States
Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence. – Abigail Adams, 1744-1818, Wïfe of United States President John Adams
Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes. – Peter F. Drucker, American Management Consultant and Author
Inspirational Quotes for August 2, 2005
Avoiding the phrase “I don’t have time...”, will soon help you to realize that you do have the time needed for just about anything you choose to accomplish in life. – Bo Bennett, American Businessman
A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm. – Henrik Ibsen, 1828-1906, Norwegian Playwright
Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, "Certainly, I can!" Then get busy and find out how to do it. – Theodore Roosevelt, 1858-1919, 26th President of the United States
Inspirational Quotes for July 26, 2005
Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882, American Poet and Essayist
Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others. – Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850-1895, Scottish Essayist/Poet/Novelist
Life is denied by lack of attention, whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a masterpiece. – Nadia Boulanger, 1887-1979, French Music Conductor and Educator
Inspirational Quotes for July 19, 2005
What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from. – T.S. Eliot, 1888-1965, American Poet/Dramatist/Literary Critic Intuition will tell the thinking mind where to look next. – Jonas Salk, 1914-1995, American Microbiologist It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it. – Lena Horne, American Singer and Actress
Inspirational Quotes for June 26, 2005
Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882, American Poet and Essayist
Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others. – Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850-1895, Scottish Essayist/Poet/Novelist
Life is denied by lack of attention, whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a masterpiece. – Nadia Boulanger, 1887-1979, French Music Conductor and Educator
Inspirational Quotes for June 21, 2005
Many an opp.ortunity is lost because a man is out looking for four-leaf clovers. - Source Unknown
Seize the moment of excited curiosity on any subject to solve your doubts; for if you let it pass, the desire may n.ever return, and you may remain in ignorance. - William Wirt, 1772-1834, American Politician
If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance. - Orville Wright, 1871-1948, American Co-Inventor of the first practical aeroplane
Inspirational Quotes for June 14, 2005
Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing. - Denis Waitley, American Author/Speaker/Peak Performance Expert
Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one's levels of aspiration and expectation. - Jack Nicklaus, American Golfer
Do what you love, love what you do, and deliver more than you promise. - Harvey Mackay, American Businessman/Speaker/Author