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Learning never exhausts the mind. - Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519, Italian Painter and Sculptor
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. - Japanese Proverb
You cannot make it as a wandering generality. You must become a meaningful specific. - Zig Ziglar, American Sales Trainer and Motivational Author/Speaker
Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. - Norman Vincent Peale, 1898-1993, American Preacher and Author of "The Power of Positive Thinking"
A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope. - Thomas Carlyle, 1795-1881, Scottish Philosopher and Author
One's first step in wisdom is to question everything -- and one's last is to come to terms with everything. - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, 1742-1799, German Scientist/Satirist/Philosopher
It is awfully important to know what is and what is not your business. - Gertrude Stein, 1874-1946, American Writer
If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both. - Horace Mann, 1796-1859, American Educator
What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. - Napoleon Hill, 1883-1970, American Speaker/Motivational Writer/Author of "Think and Grow Rich"
Love keeps the cold out better than a cloak. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1807-1882, American Poet
Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points. - Knute Rockne, 1888-1931, American Football Coach
You will never stub your toe standing still. The faster you go, the more chance there is of stubbing your toe, but the more chance you have of getting somewhere. - Charles F. Kettering, 1876-1958, American Engineer and Inventor
Honest hearts produce honest actions. - Brigham Young, 1801-1877, American Religious Leader
We are shaped and fashioned by what we love. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832, German Poet/Dramatist/Novelist
Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage. - Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882, American Poet and Essayist
Nothing that was worthy in the past departs; no truth or goodness realized by man ever dies, or can die. - Thomas Carlyle, 1795-1881, Scottish Philosopher and Author
The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses. - Napoleon Hill, 1883-1970, American Speaker/Motivational Writer/Author of "Think and Grow Rich"
When what we are is what we want to be, that's happiness. - Malcolm S. Forbes, 1917-1990, American Publisher
The real leader has no need to lead -- he is content to point the way. - Henry Miller, 1891-1980, American Writer
The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched; they must be felt with the heart. - Helen Keller, 1880-1968, American Blind/Deaf Author and Lecturer
There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying. - Francis Bacon, 1561-1626, English Philosopher/Essayist/Statesman
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. - Mark Twain, 1835-1910, American Writer and Humorist
The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies it with a
"But." - Henry Ward Beecher, 1813-1887, American Preacher/Orator/Writer
Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility. - Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 1815-1902, American Social Reformer and Women's Suffrage Leader
A mind always employed is always happy. This is the true secret, the grand recipe, for felicity. - Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1826, 3rd President of the United States
If you never budge, don't expect a push. - Malcolm S. Forbes, 1917-1990, American Publisher
If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday. - Pearl S. Buck, 1892-1973, American Novelist
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. - Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, English Politician and Author
Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either. - Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German-born American Physicist
Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand. - Mother Teresa, 1910-1997, Albanian-born Humanitarian and Missionary
It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't. - Martin Van Buren, 1782-1862, 8th President of the United States
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. - Soren Kierkegaard, 1813-1855, Danish Philosopher
No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself. - Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882, American Poet and Essayist
If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary. - Jim Rohn, American Businessman/Author/Speaker
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. - Thomas Edison, 1847-1931, American Inventor and Entrepreneur
If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a lack of success, to discourage me, I cannot see any way in which I would ever have made progress. - Calvin Coolidge, 1872-1933, 30th President of the United States
The secret of being boring is to say everything. - Voltaire, 1694-1778, French Writer and Philosopher
Living in dreams of yesterday, we find ourselves still dreaming of impossible future conquests. - Charles Lindbergh, 1902-1974, American Aviator
The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress. - Joseph Joubert, 1754-1824, French Moralist and Essayist
Sometimes we may learn more from a man's errors, than from his virtues. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1807-1882, American Poet
Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success. - Henry Ford, 1863-1947, American Industrialist and Founder of Ford Motor Company
None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them. - Charles Caleb Colton, 1780-1832, British Author and Clergyman
There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm. - Willa Cather, 1873-1947, American Author
The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future. - Eric Hoffer, 1902-1983, American Social Writer
The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping. - Dale Carnegie, 1888-1955, American Author and Achievement Expert
Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer. - William S. Burroughs, 1914-1997, American Novelist and Philosopher
The fear of becoming a 'has-been' keeps some people from becoming anything. - Eric Hoffer, 1902-1983, American Social Writer
To the man who only has a hammer in the toolkit, every problem looks like a nail. - Abraham Maslow, 1908-1970, American Psychologist
Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living. - Soren Kierkegaard, 1813-1855, Danish Philosopher
The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work. - Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882, American Poet and Essayist
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor. - Vince Lombardi, 1913-1970, American Football Coach
What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself. - Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, 16th President of the United States
Just as iron rusts from disuse, even so does inaction spoil the intellect. – Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519, Italian Painter and Sculptor
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success. - John D. Rockefeller, 1839-1937, American Industrialist and Philanthropist
In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it. - Norman Vincent Peale, 1898-1993, American Preacher and Author of "The Power of Positive Thinking"
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. - Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948, Indian Political and Spiritual Leader
What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered. - Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882, American Poet and Essayist
If you can't make it better, you can laugh at it. - Erma Bombeck, 1927-1996, American Journalist/Author/Humorist
Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions. - Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German-born American Physicist
Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm. - Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, 16th President of the United States
Be true to your work, your word, and your friend. - Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1862, American Author/Critic/Naturalist
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. - Walt Disney, 1901-1966, American Film Producer/Director/Animator
There is little success where there is little laughter. - Andrew Carnegie, 1835-1919, American Industrialist and Philanthropist
If one tells the truth, one is sure, sooner or later, to be found out. - Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900, Irish Dramatist/Novelist/Poet
To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say. - George Santayana, 1863-1952, Spanish-born American Philosopher
You cannot create experience. You must undergo it. - Albert Camus, 1913-1960, French Author and Philosopher
Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. - Mother Teresa, 1910-1997, Albanian-born Humanitarian and Missionary
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
The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear. - Socrates, 470-399 B.C., Greek Philosopher
It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them. - Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, American Scientist/Publisher/Diplomat
A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge. - Thomas Carlyle, 1795-1881, Scottish Philosopher and Author
When one has a great deal to put into it, a day has a hundred pockets. - Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900, German Philosopher
From success you get a lot of things, but not that great inside thing that love brings you. - Samuel Goldwyn, 1879-1974, American Motion Picture Producer
To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness. - John Dewey, 1859-1952, American Philosopher/Psychologist/Educational Reformer
It is well to give when asked, but it is better to give unasked, through understanding. - Kahlil Gibran, 1883-1931, Lebanese Poet and Novelist