| Great Causes | |
 | Start a huge, foolish project, like Noah. It makes absolutely no difference what people think of you. — Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet 5 likes |
| Goals | |
 | Next in importance to having a good aim is to recognize when to pull the trigger. — Dave Letterman, 1947-, American TV talk show host 5 likes |
 | It is wonderful what great strides can be made when there is a resolute purpose behind them. — Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Prime Minister, Nobel 1953 5 likes |
 | No wind favors he who has no destined port. — Michel de Montaigne, 1533-1592, French thinker 4 likes |
 | If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or objects. — Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German-Jewish physicist 5 likes |
 | In whatever position you find yourself, determine first your objective. — Ferdinand Foch, 1851-1929, French field marshal 4 likes |
 | The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get. — Jim Rohn, 1930-2009, American self-help speker 2 likes |
| The ultimate reason for setting goals is to entice you to become the person it takes to achieve them. — Jim Rohn, 1930-2009, American self-help speker 3 likes |
| Don’t set your goals too low. If you don’t need much, you won’t become much. — Jim Rohn, 1930-2009, American self-help speker 2 likes |
 | If you have more than five goals, you have none. — Peter Drucker, 1909–2005, Austrian management guru 3 likes |
| The basic definition of the business and of its purpose and mission have to be translated into objectives. — Peter Drucker, 1909–2005, Austrian management guru 2 likes |
 | If you don't have your own goals, you'll be doomed to work toward someone else's. — Harry Truman, 1884-1972, American President [1945-1953] 9 likes |
 | A goal properly set is halfway reached. — Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer 2 likes |
| If you don't have daily objectives, you qualify as a dreamer. — Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer 2 likes |
| If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time. — Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer 2 likes |
 | If you're bored with life, if you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things, you don't have enough goals. — Lou Holtz, 1937-, American football coach 4 likes |
 | Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals. — Henry Ford, 1863-1947, American industrialist, founder of FORD 8 likes |
 | A goal should scare you a little and excite you a lot. — Joe Vitale, 1954-, American artist & writer 2 likes |
 | A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder. |
 | The goal is not always set to be achieved, but to serve as a focal point. |
 | You'll never decide what you want until you've decided who you are. |
 | One's destination is never a place, but rather a new way of looking at things. — Henry Miller, 1891-1980, American writer 5 likes |
 | Set your mind on a definite goal and observe how quickly the world stands aside to let you pass. — Napoleon Hill, 1883-1970, American self-help writer 5 likes |
 | Life is futile unless it be directed towards a definite goal. — Stefan Zweig, 1881-1942, Austrian writer 5 likes |
 | When natural inclination develops into a passionate desire, one advances towards his goal in seven-league boots. |
 | Follow your bliss. Find where it is and don't be afraid to follow it. |
| Direction | |
 | When you can’t change the direction of the wind, adjust your sails. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr., 1940-2021, American self-help writer 4 likes |
 | He who moves not forward, goes backward. — Wolfgang Goethe, 1749-1832, German poet & philosopher 5 likes |
| Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days. — Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer 2 likes |
| People do not wander around and then find themselves at the top of Mount Everest. — Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer 2 likes |
| Self-Improvement | |
| He who moves not forward, goes backward. — Wolfgang Goethe, 1749-1832, German poet & philosopher 5 likes |
| You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of. — Jim Rohn, 1930-2009, American self-help speker 2 likes |
| We can have more than we’ve got because we can become more than we are. — Jim Rohn, 1930-2009, American self-help speker 2 likes |
 | He not busy being born is busy dying. — Bob Dylan, 1941-, American singer [Nobel 2016] 3 likes |
| Be like a tree and let the dead leaves drop. — Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet 3 likes |
| Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune. — Jim Rohn, 1930-2009, American self-help speker 2 likes |
| The ultimate reason for setting goals is to entice you to become the person it takes to achieve them. — Jim Rohn, 1930-2009, American self-help speker 3 likes |
 | Absorb what is useful, Discard what is not, Add what is uniquely your own. |
| Dreams | |
| Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. — Wolfgang Goethe, 1749-1832, German poet & philosopher 11 likes |
 | Motivation is when your dreams put on work clothes. — Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, American politician & writer 3 likes |
 | If you can dream it, you can achieve it. — Walt Disney, 1901-1966, American businessman & cartoonist 3 likes |
| Don't let someone who gave up on their dreams talk you out of going after yours. — Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer 3 likes |
| You can't have a million dollar dream with a minimum wage work ethic. — Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer 3 likes |
 | The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. — Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, Wife of the 32nd USA president 4 likes |
 | Don’t give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you. — John Wooden, 1910-2010, American basketball coach 2 likes |
| If you can dream it, you can do it. — Walt Disney, 1901-1966, American businessman & cartoonist 3 likes |
| Necessity | |
 | A man who has no consideration for the needs of his men ought never to be given command. — Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor 6 likes |
| Planning | |
 | If you fail to plan, then you plan to fail. — Harvey Mackay, American self-help writer 3 likes |
 | You have to think anyway, so why not think big? — Donald Trump, 1946-, President of the USA 2 likes |
 | Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success. — Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, Spanish painter 4 likes |
| Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning. — Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Prime Minister, Nobel 1953 13 likes |
| If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much. — Jim Rohn, 1930-2009, American self-help speker 2 likes |
| Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work. — Peter Drucker, 1909–2005, Austrian management guru 2 likes |
 | Plans are nothing; planning is everything. — Dwight Eisenhower, 1890-1969, American general & President 5 likes |
| You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win. — Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer 4 likes |
 | An hour of planning can save you 10 hours of doing. |
| Strategy | |
| In a battle, as in a siege, the art consists in concentrating very heavy fire on a particular point. — Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor 3 likes |
 | When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard. — Sun Tzu, c. 5th cent. BC, Chinese general & military strategist 5 likes |
| Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat. — Sun Tzu, c. 5th cent. BC, Chinese general & military strategist 7 likes |
 | The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps. — Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881, British Prime Minister 4 likes |
 | Audacity, always audacity - soundest principal of strategy. |
| Motives | |
| People don’t buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons. — Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer 7 likes |
| Ambition | |
| You have to think anyway, so why not think big? — Donald Trump, 1946-, President of the USA 2 likes |
 | Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. — Steve Jobs, 1955-2011, American businessman (ending comment in the Stanford Commencement in 2005) 3 likes |
 | Don't be too ambitious. Do the most important thing you can think of doing every year and then your career will take care of itself. |
| You will never be greater than the thoughts that dominate your mind. |
| Hope | |
| A leader is a dealer in hope. — Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor 9 likes |
| Believe in miracles but don't depend on them. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr., 1940-2021, American self-help writer 2 likes |
| Limits | |
 | The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible. — Arthur Clarke, 1917-2008, British Sci-Fi writer 2 likes |
| Our only limitations are those we set up in our own minds. — Napoleon Hill, 1883-1970, American self-help writer 3 likes |
| Desire | |
| When you know what you want, and you want it bad enough, you'll find a way to get it. — Jim Rohn, 1930-2009, American self-help speker 2 likes |
| Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire brings a small amount of heat. — Napoleon Hill, 1883-1970, American self-help writer 3 likes |
| Options | |
| Either you run the day or the day runs you. — Jim Rohn, 1930-2009, American self-help speker 4 likes |
| You must either modify your dreams or magnify your skills. — Jim Rohn, 1930-2009, American self-help speker 7 likes |
 | Life does not ask what we want. It presents us with options. |
| Quality | |
| Quality is much better than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles. — Steve Jobs, 1955-2011, American businessman 2 likes |
| Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected. — Steve Jobs, 1955-2011, American businessman 2 likes |
 | Everything should be first-rate in a person, his face, clothes, soul and thoughts. — Anton Chekhov, 1860-1904, Russian writer 4 likes |
| Quality means doing it right when no one is looking. — Henry Ford, 1863-1947, American industrialist, founder of FORD 3 likes |
| Security | |
 | A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for. — William G.T. Shedd, 1820-1894, American Presbyterian theologian 8 likes |
| Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win. — Sun Tzu, c. 5th cent. BC, Chinese general & military strategist 16 likes |
 | Security breeds stagnation. — Andy Warhol, 1928-1987, American artist 4 likes |
| The one man to distrust, however, is the man who never makes a mistake, never commits a blunder, never fails in what he tries to do. He is either a phony, or he stays with the safe, the tried, and the trivial. — Peter Drucker, 1909–2005, Austrian management guru 3 likes |
 | Normality is a paved road. It’s comfortable to walk but no flowers grow on it. — Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890, Dutch painter 7 likes |
| Promises | |
| Don‘t ever promise more than you can deliver, but always deliver more than you promise. — Lou Holtz, 1937-, American football coach 3 likes |
| Choices | |
 | All through life, be sure and put your feet in the right place, and then stand firm. — Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, American President 6 likes |
| Learn how to separate the majors and the minors. A lot of people don’t do well simply because they major in minor things. — Jim Rohn, 1930-2009, American self-help speker 2 likes |
 | When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that is in itself a choice. — William James, 1842-1910, American philosopher 2 likes |
 | There are no easy choices. Easy choices are long gone. — Alan Greenspan, 1926-, American economist 2 likes |
| Because complexity inhibits flexibility, early choices are especially crucial. — Henry Kissinger, 1923-2023, American politician 3 likes |
| Moderation | |
 | What ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it; for folly doesn't deserve resentment, and malice is punished by neglect. — Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, English writer 2 likes |
 | A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success. — Otto von Bismarck, 1815-1898, German chancellor 7 likes |
| The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly. — Jim Rohn, 1930-2009, American self-help speker 3 likes |
| Vain Effort | |
| There is nothing quite so useless, as doing with great efficiency, something that should not be done at all. — Peter Drucker, 1909–2005, Austrian management guru 3 likes |
| It's kind of fun to do the impossible. — Walt Disney, 1901-1966, American businessman & cartoonist 4 likes |
| Quitting | |
 | Just as an enemy is more dangerous to a retreating army, so every trouble that fortune brings attacks us all the harder if we yield and turn our backs. — Seneca, 5 AD-65 AD, Roman philosopher 8 likes |
 | The trouble with most people is that they quit before they start. — Thomas Edison, 1847-1934, American inventor 2 likes |
 | There is nothing so fatal to character as half finished tasks. — David Lloyd George, 1863-1945, British Prime Minister [1916-1922] 7 likes |
 | Better never begin than never make an end. |
| Accomplishment | |
 | Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh. — Lord Chesterfield, 1694-1773, English statesman & writer 4 likes |
 | The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a little longer. — George Santayana, 1863-1952, Spanish-American philosopher 3 likes |
| Efficiency is doing the thing right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing. — Peter Drucker, 1909–2005, Austrian management guru 2 likes |
| What could we accomplish if we knew we could not fail? — Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, Wife of the 32nd USA president 8 likes |
| It's kind of fun to do the impossible. — Walt Disney, 1901-1966, American businessman & cartoonist 4 likes |
 | If you‘ll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives. — Vince Lombardi, 1913-1970, American football coach 2 likes |
 | Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. |
 | Always, always you pass through fire to reach the shining. |
 | To achieve the possible, we must attempt the impossible again and again. |
| Don't be too ambitious. Do the most important thing you can think of doing every year and then your career will take care of itself. |
| Searching | |
| When you've exhausted all possibilities, remember this: You Haven't! — Thomas Edison, 1847-1934, American inventor 3 likes |
 | The grandeur of man is measured according to what he seeks and according to the urgency by which he remains a seeker. — Martin Heidegger, 1889-1976, German philosopher 5 likes |
| Decisions | |
| Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision. — Peter Drucker, 1909–2005, Austrian management guru 3 likes |
 | A weak man has doubts before a decision; a strong man has them afterwards. — Karl Kraus, 1874-1936, Austrian writer 6 likes |
| All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it. — Harry Truman, 1884-1972, American President [1945-1953] 4 likes |
 | All our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going to last. — Marcel Proust, 1871-1922, French writer 4 likes |
| Initiative | |
 | Either define the moment or the moment will define you. — Walt Whitman, 1819-1892, American poet 5 likes |
 | To succeed in life you need not only initiative but also finishiative. — Z.J. Blaine, (unidentified) 2 likes |
 | Have the courage to act instead of react. — Oliver W. Holmes Sr., 1809-1894, American writer 8 likes |
| No man is free until he learns to do his own thinking and gains the courage to act on his own personal initiative. |
| Do not wait; the time will never be just right. Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along. — George Herbert, 1593-1633, Welsh poet 1 likes |
| Action | |
| One must act in painting as in life, directly. — Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, Spanish painter 3 likes |
 | The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them. — George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925 3 likes |
| The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react. — George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925 2 likes |
 | The future depends on what you do today. — Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948, Indian leader of independence 7 likes |
 | Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. — Mark Twain, 1835-1910, American writer 11 likes |
 | Action is eloquence. — William Shakespeare, 1564-1616, English poet & playwright ‐ Coriolanus 2 likes |
 | If not us, who? If not now, when? — John Kennedy, 1917-1963, American President [1961-1963] 3 likes |
| Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr., 1940-2021, American self-help writer 2 likes |
| Imperfect action is better than perfect inaction. — Harry Truman, 1884-1972, American President [1945-1953] 9 likes |
| All mankind is divided into three groups: those that are immovable, those that are movable and those that move. — Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, American politician & writer 6 likes |
| Logic won't change an emotion but action will. — Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer 2 likes |
| The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. — Walt Disney, 1901-1966, American businessman & cartoonist 3 likes |
 | We gather strength as we go. Vires acquirit eundo. — Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet 109 likes |
| To become successful you must be a person of action. Merely to “know” is not sufficient. It is necessary both to know and do. |
| Time to leave now, get out of this room, go somewhere, anywhere; sharpen this feeling of happiness and freedom, stretch your limbs, fill your eyes, be awake, wider awake, vividly awake in every sense and every pore. — Stefan Zweig, 1881-1942, Austrian writer 5 likes |
 | It is better to act quickly and be wrong than to hesitate and let the time for action pass. — Carl von Clausewitz, 1780-1831, Prussian military theorist 1 likes |
| Being Busy | |
| Don’t mistake movement for achievement. It’s easy to get faked out by being busy. The question is: Busy doing what? — Jim Rohn, 1930-2009, American self-help speker 2 likes |
| He not busy being born is busy dying. — Bob Dylan, 1941-, American singer [Nobel 2016] 3 likes |
| Never mistake activity for achievement. — John Wooden, 1910-2010, American basketball coach 3 likes |
 | I could do great things, if I weren't so busy doing little things. — Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist |
| Doing | |
| I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it. — Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, Spanish painter 4 likes |
| What one does is what counts. Not what one had the intention of doing. — Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, Spanish painter 9 likes |
| It’s not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what’s required. — Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Prime Minister, Nobel 1953 9 likes |
 | I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. — Confucius, 551-479 BC, Chinese teacher & philosopher 3 likes |
| Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do. — Wolfgang Goethe, 1749-1832, German poet & philosopher 13 likes |
 | Turn things you've always wanted to do, into things you've done. — T. S. Eliot, 1888-1965, British poet, Nobel 1948 7 likes |
| I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care. — Lou Holtz, 1937-, American football coach 8 likes |
| Do one thing every day that scares you. — Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, Wife of the 32nd USA president 4 likes |
| If you can't do great things, do small things in a great way. |
| Effort | |
| Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration. — Thomas Edison, 1847-1934, American inventor 7 likes |
 | I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. — Thomas Jefferson, 1749-1826, American President [1801-1809] 4 likes |
| There are no traffic jams on the extra mile. — Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer 2 likes |
| The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender. — Vince Lombardi, 1913-1970, American football coach 2 likes |
 | Talent is a pursued interest. Anything that you’re willing to practice, you can do. |
 | It's better to have tried and failed than to live life wondering what would've happened if I had tried. — Alfred Tennyson, 1809-1892, English poet 11 likes |
 | It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses, we must plant more roses. |
| Work hard, do the best you can, don't ever lose faith in yourself and take no notice of what other people say about you. |
 | Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be first overcome. — Donald Rumsfeld, American politician 3 likes |
| One of the most important principles of success is developing the habit of going the extra mile. |
| The man who does more than he is paid for, and does it in a pleasant mental attitude, sooner or later is paid for more than he does. — Napoleon Hill, 1883-1970, American self-help writer 4 likes |
 | I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true, hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don't love something, then don't do it. |
| All roads are long which lead to one's heart's desire. |
| Experience | |
| When you prove yourself capable of one thing and you understand one subject, you can be sure to understand many more. — Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890, Dutch painter 3 likes |
| Change | |
| They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself. — Andy Warhol, 1928-1987, American artist 3 likes |
| If you don’t like how things are, change it! You’re not a tree. — Jim Rohn, 1930-2009, American self-help speker 3 likes |
| The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do. — Steve Jobs, 1955-2011, American businessman 7 likes |
 | I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is that they must change if they are to get better. — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, 1742-1799, German author of maxims 10 likes |
 | It is not the strongest of the species that survives, not the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change. — Charles Darwin, 1809-1882, British scientist 36 likes |
| Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated; you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps. — David Lloyd George, 1863-1945, British Prime Minister [1916-1922] 4 likes |
| Readiness | |
| Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes. — Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer 6 likes |
| Diligence | |
| Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance. — Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, English writer 2 likes |
 | A small task if it be really daily will beat the efforts of a spasmodic Hercules. — Francis Bacon, 1561-1626, English philosopher 5 likes |
| Determination | |
| Wherever you go, go with all your heart. — Confucius, 551-479 BC, Chinese teacher & philosopher 5 likes |
| It is wonderful what great strides can be made when there is a resolute purpose behind them. — Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Prime Minister, Nobel 1953 5 likes |
| This is the lesson: never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never! — Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Prime Minister, Nobel 1953 10 likes |
 | You must have your heart on fire and your brain on ice. — Vladimir Lenin, 1870-1924, Soviet revolutionary & leader 15 likes |
| Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success. — Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, Spanish painter 4 likes |
| Football is like life – it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority. — Vince Lombardi, 1913-1970, American football coach 4 likes |
 | Find what you love and let it kill you. |
 | The most important thing in life is to stop saying “I wish” and start saying “I will.” Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities. |
 | The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort. |
| Persistence | |
| This is the lesson: never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never! — Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Prime Minister, Nobel 1953 10 likes |
| When you've exhausted all possibilities, remember this: You Haven't! — Thomas Edison, 1847-1934, American inventor 3 likes |
| I'm convinced that about half of what separates successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance. — Steve Jobs, 1955-2011, American businessman 2 likes |
| Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance. — Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, English writer 2 likes |
| Thousands of people have talent. I might as well congratulate you for having eyes in your head. The one and only thing that counts is: Do you have staying power? — Noel Coward, 1899-1973, British playwright 5 likes |
| To achieve the possible, we must attempt the impossible again and again. |
| Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel. |
 | Talent is a wonderful thing, but it won’t carry a quitter. — Stephen King, 1947-, American author of horror & fantasy fiction 6 likes |
| Opportunity | |
| Opportunities multiply as they are seized. — Sun Tzu, c. 5th cent. BC, Chinese general & military strategist 3 likes |
| A wise man will make more opportunities, than he finds. — Francis Bacon, 1561-1626, English philosopher 4 likes |
| Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr., 1940-2021, American self-help writer 2 likes |
 | There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity. — Douglas MacArthur, 1880-1964, American general 3 likes |
| Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation. — Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer 2 likes |
 | There is no gate to wealth so secure that could not be opened by a lucky opportunity. Ουκ έστιν ούτως ασφαλής πλούτου πυλεών, όν ουκ ανοίγει τύχης καιρός. — Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 3 likes |
| If I could offer one piece of advice to young people thinking about their future, it would be this: Don't preconceive. Find out what the opportunities are. |
 | Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging. |
 | It is very important in life to know when your cue comes. |
| Creativity | |
| Whoever loves much, performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well. — Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890, Dutch painter 3 likes |
| If you hear a voice within you say “you cannot paint,” then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced. — Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890, Dutch painter 4 likes |
| You can't have creativity unless you leave behind the bounded, the fixed, all the rules. — Joseph Campbell, 1904-1987, American academic 4 likes |
 | The life of the creative man is lead, directed and controlled by boredom. Avoiding boredom is one of our most important purposes. — Susan Sontag, 1933-2004, American writer, critic, activist |
| Passion | |
| Find what you love and let it kill you. |
| When natural inclination develops into a passionate desire, one advances towards his goal in seven-league boots. |
| Enthusiasm | |
| The successful man has enthusiasm. Good work is never done in cold blood; heat is needed for forge anything. Every great achievement is the story of a flaming heart. — Harry Truman, 1884-1972, American President [1945-1953] 5 likes |
| Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. — Henry Ford, 1863-1947, American industrialist, founder of FORD 2 likes |
| The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort. |
| Back of every creation, supporting it like an arch, is faith. Enthusiasm is nothing: it comes and goes. But if one believes, then miracles occur. |
| Ideas | |
| Before you reject an idea, find at least five good things about it. — Thomas Edison, 1847-1934, American inventor 2 likes |
| Ideas are like frog eggs: you've got to lay a thousand to hatch one. — Peter Drucker, 1909–2005, Austrian management guru 6 likes |
 | The ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as the idea itself. — Bernard Baruch, 1870-1965, American businessman & statesman 4 likes |
 | Ideas are a dime a dozen. It's execution that counts. — Frank Herbert, 1920-1986, American sci-fi writer 1 likes |
| Ways & Means | |
| The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have. — Vince Lombardi, 1913-1970, American football coach 6 likes |
| When you know what you want, and you want it bad enough, you'll find a way to get it. — Jim Rohn, 1930-2009, American self-help speker 2 likes |
| It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it. — Lou Holtz, 1937-, American football coach 14 likes |
 | There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still. — Franklin Roosevelt, 1882-1945, American President [1936-1945] 3 likes |
| All your Greek will never advance you from secretary to envoy, or from envoy to ambassador; but your address, your manner, your air, if good, very probably may. — Lord Chesterfield, 1694-1773, English statesman & writer 3 likes |
| Adversity | |
| There is no education like adversity. — Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881, British Prime Minister 5 likes |
| It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it. — Lou Holtz, 1937-, American football coach 14 likes |
| I've never known anybody to achieve anything without overcoming adversity. — Lou Holtz, 1937-, American football coach 3 likes |
| When everything seem to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. — Henry Ford, 1863-1947, American industrialist, founder of FORD 2 likes |
| Easiness | |
| Don't pray for an easy life, pray to be a stronger man. — John Kennedy, 1917-1963, American President [1961-1963] 6 likes |
| Don’t join an easy crowd; you won’t grow. Go where the expectations and the demands to perform are high. — Jim Rohn, 1930-2009, American self-help speker 3 likes |
 | Where the will is ready, the feet are light. — Dr. Thomas Fuller, 1654-1734, English physician and adage collector 4 likes |
| Nothing big —certainly nothing big in historical terms— comes easy. |
| Problems & Solutions | |
 | Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it. — René Descartes, 1596-1650, French philosopher 4 likes |
| Problems seldom go away if they’re ignored. — Arthur Clarke, 1917-2008, British Sci-Fi writer 2 likes |
| When you focus on problems, you get more problems. When you focus on possibilities, you have more opportunities. — Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer 5 likes |
| Never tell your problems to anyone...20% don't care and the other 80% are glad you have them. — Lou Holtz, 1937-, American football coach 8 likes |
| A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist. — Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, Wife of the 32nd USA president 7 likes |
| Risk | |
 | In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed. — Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher 5 likes |
| If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary. — Jim Rohn, 1930-2009, American self-help speker 2 likes |
| Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. — T. S. Eliot, 1888-1965, British poet, Nobel 1948 4 likes |
| We must always take risks. That is our destiny. — T. S. Eliot, 1888-1965, British poet, Nobel 1948 3 likes |
| Those who won't take a chance don't have a chance. — Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer 2 likes |
| Help | |
| You will get all you want in life, if you help enough other people get what they want. — Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer 2 likes |
| Duty | |
| It’s not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what’s required. — Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Prime Minister, Nobel 1953 9 likes |
| Synergies | |
| Always try to associate yourself with and learn as much as you can from those who know more than you do, who do better than you, who see more clearly than you. — Dwight Eisenhower, 1890-1969, American general & President 5 likes |
| You will get all you want in life, if you help enough other people get what they want. — Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer 2 likes |
| Teamwork | |
 | It is infinitely better to have a few good men than many indifferent ones. — George Washington, 1732-1799, the first American President 2 likes |
| People acting together as a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could ever hope to bring about. — Franklin Roosevelt, 1882-1945, American President [1936-1945] 3 likes |
| Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. |
| Work | |
| The First 40 hours of work per week are for survival. Everything after that is for success. — Thomas Edison, 1847-1934, American inventor 2 likes |
| Work at something you enjoy and that's worthy of your time and talent. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr., 1940-2021, American self-help writer 3 likes |
| The worst days of those who enjoy what they do are better than the best days of those who don’t. — Jim Rohn, 1930-2009, American self-help speker 2 likes |
| There is no substitute for work. — Vince Lombardi, 1913-1970, American football coach 2 likes |
| Winners embrace hard work. They love the discipline of it, the trade-off they're making to win. Losers, on the other hand, see it as punishment. And that's the difference. — Lou Holtz, 1937-, American football coach 3 likes |
| Don’t let making a living prevent you from making a life. — John Wooden, 1910-2010, American basketball coach 2 likes |
| Nothing will work unless you do. — John Wooden, 1910-2010, American basketball coach 2 likes |
| There should be a law against doing work one doesn’t like or believe in. — Marty Rubin, 1930-1994, Canadian gay activist, author & journalist |
| Career | |
| Hitch your wagon to a star. — Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher 2 likes |
| Getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life. — Steve Jobs, 1955-2011, American businessman 2 likes |
| All your Greek will never advance you from secretary to envoy, or from envoy to ambassador; but your address, your manner, your air, if good, very probably may. — Lord Chesterfield, 1694-1773, English statesman & writer 3 likes |
| Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude. — Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer 5 likes |
 | A snake will not become a dragon unless it eats a dragon. Όφις ει μη φάγοι όφιν, δράκων ου γενήσεται. 5 likes |
| Expertise | |
 | Professionalism is knowing how to do it, when to do it, and doing it. — Frank Tyger, 1929-2011, American cartoonist 11 likes |
| I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times. |
 | Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed. |
| Exploitation | |
| Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out. — John Wooden, 1910-2010, American basketball coach 4 likes |
| Leadership | |
 | To lead people, walk beside them. — Lao-Tzu, 6th cent. BC, Chinese philosopher 8 likes |
| A leader is a dealer in hope. — Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor 9 likes |
| A man who has no consideration for the needs of his men ought never to be given command. — Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor 6 likes |
 | The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him. — Niccolò Machiavelli, 1469-1527, Italian political philosopher 11 likes |
| Never give an order that can't be obeyed. — Douglas MacArthur, 1880-1964, American general 4 likes |
| The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly. — Jim Rohn, 1930-2009, American self-help speker 3 likes |
| Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. — Peter Drucker, 1909–2005, Austrian management guru 7 likes |
| Your first and foremost job as a leader is to take charge of your own energy and then help to orchestrate the energy of those around you. — Peter Drucker, 1909–2005, Austrian management guru 2 likes |
| Only three things happen naturally in organizations: friction, confusion, and underperformance. Everything else requires leadership. — Peter Drucker, 1909–2005, Austrian management guru 4 likes |
 | As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others. — Bill Gates, 1955-, American businessman 2 likes |
| Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well. — Dwight Eisenhower, 1890-1969, American general & President 21 likes |
| In order to be a leader a man must have followers. And to have followers, a man must have their confidence. — Dwight Eisenhower, 1890-1969, American general & President 4 likes |
| To be able to lead others, a man must be willing to go forward alone. — Harry Truman, 1884-1972, American President [1945-1953] 3 likes |
 | In the end, leaders are defined by the convictions they hold. — George W. Bush, 1946-, American President 8 likes |
| Courage is the main quality of leadership, in my opinion, no matter where it is exercised. Usually it implies some risk — especially in new undertakings. — Walt Disney, 1901-1966, American businessman & cartoonist 2 likes |
 | Don't follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you. — Margaret Thatcher, 1925-2013, British Prime Minister 2 likes |
| Masters should be sometimes blind and sometimes deaf. — Dr. Thomas Fuller, 1654-1734, English physician and adage collector 2 likes |
 | Do pleasant things yourself, but unpleasant things through others. |
| Economy | |
| Economic disaster begins with a philosophy of doing less and wanting more. — Jim Rohn, 1930-2009, American self-help speker 2 likes |
| Business | |
| Without some dissimulation no business can be carried on at all. — Lord Chesterfield, 1694-1773, English statesman & writer 7 likes |
| Business has only two functions: marketing and innovation. — Peter Drucker, 1909–2005, Austrian management guru 2 likes |
| 1. What is our mission? 2. Who is our customer? 3. What does the customer value? 4. What are our results? 5. What is our plan? — Peter Drucker, 1909–2005, Austrian management guru 2 likes |
| There is only one valid definition of a business purpose: to create a customer. — Peter Drucker, 1909–2005, Austrian management guru 2 likes |
| Employers only handle the money; it is the customer who pays the wages. — Henry Ford, 1863-1947, American industrialist, founder of FORD 3 likes |
| Boldness in Business is the first, second, and third thing. — Dr. Thomas Fuller, 1654-1734, English physician and adage collector 4 likes |
 | Who likes not his business, his business likes not him. |
| Selling | |
| Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust. — Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer 2 likes |
| Money | |
| Amateurs want to be right. Professionals want to make money. — Alan Greenspan, 1926-, American economist 3 likes |
| The Rich | |
| Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful...that’s what matters to me. — Steve Jobs, 1955-2011, American businessman 4 likes |
| Waste | |
| A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life. — Charles Darwin, 1809-1882, British scientist 11 likes |
| If you love life, don’t waste time, for time is what life is made up of. |
| Measurements | |
| What gets measured gets managed. — Peter Drucker, 1909–2005, Austrian management guru 6 likes |
| Don't pay any attention to what they write about you. Just measure it in inches. — Andy Warhol, 1928-1987, American artist 3 likes |
| Reality | |
| Thoughts become perception, perception becomes reality. Alter your thoughts, alter your reality. — William James, 1842-1910, American philosopher 12 likes |
| Sports & Games | |
| Football is like life – it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority. — Vince Lombardi, 1913-1970, American football coach 4 likes |
| Cause & Effect | |
| Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. — Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881, British Prime Minister 11 likes |
| Success & Failure | |
 | In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. — Bill Cosby, 1937-, American comedian 3 likes |
| Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time. — George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925 11 likes |
| Success is not final, failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts. — Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Prime Minister, Nobel 1953 6 likes |
| If A is success in life, then A = x + y + z. Work is x, play is y and z is keeping your mouth shut. — Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German-Jewish physicist 16 likes |
 | Nothing succeeds so well as success. — Talleyrand, 1754-1838, French statesman & diplomat 8 likes |
 | Failure is the mother of success. 3 likes |
| Judge your success by the degree that you're enjoying peace, health, and love. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr., 1940-2021, American self-help writer 8 likes |
| Success won't just come to you. It has to be met at least half way. — Frank Tyger, 1929-2011, American cartoonist 3 likes |
| Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose. — Bill Gates, 1955-, American businessman 5 likes |
| There is no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs. — Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer 2 likes |
| Failure doesn't mean you are a failure... it just means you haven't succeeded yet. Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street. — Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer 3 likes |
| Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker. — Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer 2 likes |
| Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently. — Henry Ford, 1863-1947, American industrialist, founder of FORD 6 likes |
| Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It’s courage that counts. — John Wooden, 1910-2010, American basketball coach 3 likes |
| Failing to prepare is preparing to fail. — John Wooden, 1910-2010, American basketball coach 5 likes |
| It's better to have tried and failed than to live life wondering what would've happened if I had tried. — Alfred Tennyson, 1809-1892, English poet 11 likes |
 | Nothing succeeds like success. — Alexandre Dumas, 1802-1870, French writer 6 likes |
 | The advice I would give the younger me—or any young person—would be “Keep your head up in failure and your head down in success.” — Jerry Seinfeld, 1954-, American comedian 7 likes |
| To succeed in life, succeed at being yourself. — Napoleon Hill, 1883-1970, American self-help writer 3 likes |
| Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure. |
 | An energetic man will succeed where an indolent one would vegetate and inevitably perish. |
| You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing. |
 | The first rule of survival is clear: Nothing is more dangerous than yesterday’s success. |
| Win & Lose | |
| You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win. — Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer 4 likes |
| Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is. — Vince Lombardi, 1913-1970, American football coach 9 likes |
| How you gather, manage and use information will determine whether you win or lose. — Bill Gates, 1955-, American businessman 4 likes |
 | Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose. — Lyndon Johnson, 1908-1973, American President [1963-1969] 5 likes |
| Winners embrace hard work. They love the discipline of it, the trade-off they're making to win. Losers, on the other hand, see it as punishment. And that's the difference. — Lou Holtz, 1937-, American football coach 3 likes |
| Happiness | |
| If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or objects. — Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German-Jewish physicist 5 likes |
| Marry the right person. This one decision will determine 90% of your happiness or misery. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr., 1940-2021, American self-help writer 4 likes |
| To be happy you must have taken the measure of your powers, tasted the fruits of your passion, and learned your place in the world. — George Santayana, 1863-1952, Spanish-American philosopher 4 likes |
| Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present. — Jim Rohn, 1930-2009, American self-help speker 3 likes |
| Happiness is not an accident. Nor is it something you wish for. Happiness is something you design. — Jim Rohn, 1930-2009, American self-help speker 2 likes |
| Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want. — Jim Rohn, 1930-2009, American self-help speker 2 likes |
 | Nothing is wrong if it makes you happy. — Bob Marley, 1945-1981, Jamaican singer 14 likes |
| Be happy, but never satisfied. |
| Perfection | |
| Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. — Vince Lombardi, 1913-1970, American football coach 5 likes |
| Progress | |
| 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. — George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925 9 likes |
 | Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible. — Frank Zappa, 1940-1993, American musician 7 likes |
| Victory & Defeat | |
| The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting. — Sun Tzu, c. 5th cent. BC, Chinese general & military strategist 27 likes |
| Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win. — Sun Tzu, c. 5th cent. BC, Chinese general & military strategist 16 likes |
| Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat. — Sun Tzu, c. 5th cent. BC, Chinese general & military strategist 7 likes |
 | Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat. |
| Control | |
| Trust is good, but control is better. — Vladimir Lenin, 1870-1924, Soviet revolutionary & leader 15 likes |
 | Trust, But Verify. — Ronald Reagan, 1911-2004, American President [1981-1989] 4 likes |
| You have absolute control over just one thing, your thoughts. This divine gift is the sole means by which you may control your destiny. If you fail to control your mind, you will control nothing else. |
| Mistakes | |
| Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time. — George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925 11 likes |
| The most serious mistakes are not being made as a result of wrong answers. The true dangerous thing is asking the wrong question. — Peter Drucker, 1909–2005, Austrian management guru 2 likes |
| You have made some mistakes and you may not be where you want to be, but that has nothing to do with your future. — Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer 3 likes |
| The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing. — Henry Ford, 1863-1947, American industrialist, founder of FORD 5 likes |
| Predictions | |
 | As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it. — Antoin de Saint-Exupéry, 1900-1940, French writer 4 likes |
| Troubles | |
| The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them. — Bernard Baruch, 1870-1965, American businessman & statesman 4 likes |
| Danger | |
| Danger: if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never! — Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Prime Minister, Nobel 1953 4 likes |
| The first rule of survival is clear: Nothing is more dangerous than yesterday’s success. |
| Degradation | |
| We must all wage an intense, lifelong battle against the constant downward pull. If we relax, the bugs and weeds of negativity will move into the garden and take away everything of value. — Jim Rohn, 1930-2009, American self-help speker 2 likes |
| Poverty | |
| If you are born poor its not your mistake, but if you die poor its your mistake. — Bill Gates, 1955-, American businessman 5 likes |
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