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True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost. – Charles Caleb Colton, 1780-1832, British Author and Clergyman
Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is. – Vince Lombardi, 1913-1970, American Football Coach
Success is dependent upon the glands -- sweat glands. – Zig Ziglar, American Sales Trainer and Motivational Author/Speaker
We must use time as a tool, not as a crutch. – John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963, 35th President of the United States
Opportunity rarely knocks on your door. Knock rather on opportunity's door if you ardently wish to enter. – B. C. Forbes, 1880-1954, Scottish-born Financial Journalist and Author
A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time. – Mark Twain, 1835-1910, American Writer and Humorist
Find the person who will love you because of your differences and not in spite of them and you have found a lover for life. – Leo Buscaglia, 1924-1998, American Author and Expert on Love and Human Relationships
It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded. – Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1906-2001, American Aviator and Author
There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly. – R. Buckminster Fuller, 1895-1983, American Architect and Engineer
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. - Mark Twain, 1835-1910, American Writer and Humorist
It's so much easier to suggest solutions when you don't know too much about the problem. – Malcolm S. Forbes, 1917-1990, American Publisher
Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes. – Jawaharlal Nehru, 1889-1964, Indian Prime Minister
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. – Albert Camus, 1913-1960, French Author and Philosopher
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. – George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish Playwright and Literary Critic
Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. – Chinese Proverb
When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character. – W. Somerset Maugham, 1874-1965, British Novelist and Playwright
Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star. – Confucius, 551-479 B.C., Chinese Thinker and Social Philosopher
If you want to make good use of your time, you've got to know what's most important and then give it all you've got. – Lee Iacocca, American Industrialist and Automobile Executive
What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love! – Victor Hugo, 1802-1885, French Poet/Dramatist/Novelist
When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace. – John Lubbock, 1834-1913, English Archaeologist/Naturalist/Politician
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. – Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German-born American Physicist
Nine tenths of education is encouragement. – Anatole France, 1844-1924, French Author
The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love. – Hubert H. Humphrey, 1911-1978, American Politician and Vice President
It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them. – Mark Twain, 1835-1910, American Writer and Humorist
If you treat every situation as a life and death matter, you'll die a lot of times. – Dean Smith, American Basketball Coach
Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. – Dale Carnegie, 1888-1955, American Author/Lecturer/Course Developer
Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also. – Carl Jung, 1875-1961, Swiss Psychiatrist
Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882, American Poet and Essayist
The person interested in success has to learn to view failure as a healthy, inevitable part of the process of getting to the top. – Joyce Brothers, American Psychologist/Columnist/Author
Positive anything is better than negative nothing. – Elbert Hubbard, 1856-1915, American Philosopher and Writer
A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something. – Wilson Mizner, 1876-1933, American Playwright and Entrepreneur
The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff. – Ambrose Bierce, 1842-1914, American Author/Editor/Journalist
The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team. – John Wooden, American Basketball Coach and Player
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. - George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish Playwright and Nobel Prize Winner
Find the person who will love you because of your differences and not in spite of them and you have found a lover for life. - Leo Buscaglia, 1924-1998, American Author and Expert on Love and Human Relationships
Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers. - Voltaire, 1694-1778, French Writer and Philosopher
We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future. – George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish Dramatist and Literary Critic
I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars. – Og Mandino, 1923-1996, American Motivational Author and Speaker
We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us. – Marcel Proust, 1871-1922, French Novelist
Being right half the time beats being half-right all the time. – Malcolm S. Forbes, 1917-1990, American Publisher
I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work. – Pearl S. Buck, 1892-1973, American Novelist and Pulitzer Prize Winner
Great minds must be ready not only to take opportunities, but to make them. – Charles Caleb Colton, 1780-1832, British Author and Clergyman
The ability to change your life comes from the power of love in your heart. Love connects you to other people's emotions. It's the ultimate source of emotional fuel, so plug into it! – Peggy McColl, Canadian Author and Goal Achievement Expert
It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something. – Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1882-1945, 32nd President of the United States
There is nothing like a dream to create the future. – Victor Hugo, 1802-1885, French Poet/Dramatist/Novelist
Gray skies are just clouds passing over. – Duke Ellington, 1899-1974, American Jazz Composer/Pianist/Bandleader
Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing. – Theodore Roosevelt, 1858-1919, 26th President of the United States
To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. – Thomas Edison, 1847-1931, American Inventor and Entrepreneur
The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender. – Vince Lombardi, 1913-1970, Hall of Fame American Football Coach
Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction. – Anne Frank, 1929-1945, German-born Diarist
The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things. – Henry Ward Beecher, 1813-1887, American Preacher/Orator/Writer
How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains! – John Muir, 1838-1914, Scottish-born Environmentalist and Naturalist
We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. – Thomas Fuller, 1608-1661, British Clergyman and Author
I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun. – Thomas Edison, 1847-1931, American Inventor and Entrepreneur
No man ever listened himself out of a job. – Calvin Coolidge, 1872-1933, 30th President of the United States
No one has ever drowned in sweat. – Lou Holtz, American College Football Coach and Motivational Speaker
No man is rich enough to buy back his past. – Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900, Irish Dramatist/Novelist/Poet
Many believe that self-help and self-improvement is about rags to riches, failure to success, and so forth, when indeed it is the beginning of a journey into self-discovery. Inside every human being is an eternal truth and a life purpose. Using our mind power is simply starting the engine on that journey of self-discovery and highest self-actualization. - Eldon Taylor, author of "Choices and Illusions"
When you make a world tolerable for yourself, you make a world tolerable for others. - Anais Nin, 1903-1977, French-born Author and Diarist
Happiness is a direction, not a place. - Sydney J. Harris, 1917-1986, American Journalist
Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. – Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890, Dutch Painter
Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you. – Frank Lloyd Wright, 1867-1959, American Architect
The value of an idea lies in the using of it. – Thomas Edison, 1847-1931, American Inventor and Entrepreneur
Life is an exciting business, and most exciting when it is lived for others. - Helen Keller, 1880-1968, American Blind/Deaf Author and Lecturer
The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river. - H. Ross Perot, American Businessman
We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it. - Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, 16th President of the United States
What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life. – Leo Buscaglia, 1924-1998, American Author and Expert on Love and Human Relationships
He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have. – Socrates, 470-399 B.C., Greek Philosopher
The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck. – Hector Berlioz, 1803-1869, French Romantic Composer
An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one. – Charles Horton Cooley, 1864-1929, American Sociologist
Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well. – Josh Billings, 1818-1885, American Humorist and Lecturer
Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score. – Bobby Hull, Hall of Fame Canadian Hockey Player
To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark. - Victor Hugo, 1802-1885, French Poet/Dramatist/Novelist
The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more. - Jonas Salk, 1914-1995, American Physician and Researcher
Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good. - Joe Paterno, American Football Coach