Great Quotes, Words of Wisdom and Other Stuff
"Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right,
whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute,
if there is any excellence and anything worthy of praise,
let your mind dwell on these things."
-St. Paul, Epistle to the Philippians, Chapter 4, Verses 4-8
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
One of the illusions of life is that the present hour is not the critical, decisive hour. Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year.--- Ralph Waldo Emerson
The way to learn is to begin.--- Anonymous
One well cultivated talent, deepened and enlarged, is worth 100 shallow faculties. The first law of success in this day, when so many things are clamoring for attention, is concentration-to bend all the energies to one point, and to go directly to that point, looking neither to the right nor to the left.--- William Matthews
Most of us serve our ideals by fits and starts. The person who makes a success of living is the one who
sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. Cecil B. de Mille (1881-1959)
Try to learn something about everything, and everything about something. Thomas H. Huxley
We cannot hold a torch to light another’s path without brightening our own.
The only real mistake we make is the one from which we learn nothing.–John Powell
I believe that the true road to preeminent success in any line is to make yourself master of that line.--- Andrew Carnegie
A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.--- John C. Maxwell
If you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.
If you want to go east, don't go west.--- Ramakrishna
You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don't let yourself indulge in vain wishes.--Rabindranath Tagore
Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. - Mark Twain
Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul. - Democritus
The best time to do anything is right now.
Price is what you pay, value is what you get. Warren Buffett
Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.
Warren Buffett
"How we think shows through in how we act. Attitudes are mirrors of the mind. They reflect thinking."
David J. Schwartz
“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” Beverly Sills
Press on: nothing in the world can take the place of perseverance.
Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
Calvin Coolidge
Many people fail because they conclude that fundamentals do not apply in their case.
--- M. L. Cichon
An Indian chief was contemplating what it was that caused conflict within himself. He said, "I have two dogs inside of me. One is evil and one is good. The evil dog keeps fighting with the good dog." When he was asked which one of them won the fight, he reflected a bit and said, "The one that I feed."
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep
moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit. - Conrad Hilton
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
Question each of your desires: "What will happen to me if that which
this desire seeks is achieved, and what if it is not?" -- Epicurus
The wise learn many things from their enemies.
–Aristophanes
Your integrity will affect your destiny; don't leave home
without it. - Clarence E. Hodge
Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.
- Newt Gingrich
Try to learn something about everything, and everything about something.
–Thomas H. Huxley
Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.
–Maria Montessori
We cannot hold a torch to light another’s path without brightening our own.
–Ben Sweetland
You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a
man is wise by his questions.
–Naguib Mahfouz
The only real mistake we make is the one from which we learn nothing.
–John Powell
[Life] is a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don’t quit when you’re
tired – you quit when the gorilla is tired.
–Robert Strauss
Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness
the best relationship.
–Buddha
The wise man will always reflect concerning the quality, not the quantity, of life.
–Lucius Annaeus Seneca
I believe that the true road to preeminent success in any line is to make yourself master of that line.
--- Andrew Carnegie
Expecting life to treat you well because you are a good person is like
expecting an angry bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian.
-- Shari R. Barr
You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don't
let yourself indulge in vain wishes.
--Rabindranath Tagore
The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all of your time.
--- Willen De Kooning
A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.
--- John C. Maxwell
If you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.
If you want to go east, don't go west.
--- Ramakrishna
Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year - and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade!
--- Anthony (Tony) Robbins
One of the illusions of life is that the present hour is not the critical, decisive hour. Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year.
--- Ralph Waldo Emerson
25 Signs you've Grown Up
1. Your houseplants are alive, and you can't smoke any of them.
2. Having sex in a twin bed is out of the question.
3. You keep more food than beer in the fridge.
4. 6:00 AM is when you get up, not when you go to bed.
5. You hear your favorite song on an elevator.
6. You watch the Weather Channel.
7. Your friends marry and divorce instead of hook up and break up.
8. You go from 130 days of vacation time to 14.
9. Jeans and a sweater no longer qualify as "dressed up."
10. You're the one calling the police because those damn kids next door won't turn down the stereo.
11. Older relatives feel comfortable telling sex jokes around you.
12. You don't know what time Taco Bell closes anymore.
13. Your car insurance goes down and your payments go up.
14. You feed your dog Science Diet instead of McDonald's leftovers.
15. Sleeping on the couch makes your back hurt.
16. You no longer take naps from noon to 6 PM.
17. Dinner and a movie is the whole date instead of the beginning of one
18. Eating a basket of chicken wings at 3 AM would severely upset, rather than settle, your stomach.
19. You go to the drug store for ibuprofen and antacid, not condoms and pregnancy tests.
20. A $4.00 bottle of wine is no longer "pretty good stuff."
21. You actually eat breakfast food at breakfast time.
22. "I just can't drink the way I used to," replaces, "I'm never going to drink that much again."
23. 90% of the time you spend in front of a computer is for real work.
24. You no longer drink at home to save money before going to a bar.
25. You read this entire list looking desperately for one sign that doesn't apply to you.
While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior.
--- Henry C. Link
Do your duty and leave the rest to Providence.
--- Thomas Jonathan Jackson
Most of us serve our ideals by fits and starts. The
person who makes a success of living is the one who
sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly.
Cecil B. de Mille (1881-1959)
The way to learn is to begin.
--- Anonymous
One well cultivated talent, deepened and enlarged, is worth 100 shallow faculties. The first law of success in this day, when so many things are clamoring for attention, is concentration-to bend all the energies to one point, and to go directly to that point, looking neither to the right nor to the left.
--- William Matthews
THE MAN WHO THINKS HE CAN:
If you think you are beaten, you are,
If you think that you dare not, you don't,
If you'd like to win, but you think you can't,
It's almost certain you won't.
If you think you'll lose, you've lost,
For out in the world you'll find, Success begins with a fellow's will,
It's all in the state of mind.
If you think you are outclassed, you are,
You've got to think high to rise,
You've got to be sure of yourself before You
can ever win a prize.
Life's battles don't always go To the stronger or faster man,
But soon or late the man who wins
-Is the man who thinks he can.
NOTE: A copy of this inspirational poem hangs on
the wall in Arnold Palmer's office. Arnie has made
it a practice to read the poem at the start of each
day. It serves him as a source of inspiration,
courage and motivation that enables him to attack
whatever problems and challenges that day might
bring. It works for Arnie. It will work for you. Try it.
--- Arnold Palmer
No matter what you are doing, somebody, somewhere, has a problem with it...............
whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute,
if there is any excellence and anything worthy of praise,
let your mind dwell on these things."
-St. Paul, Epistle to the Philippians, Chapter 4, Verses 4-8
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
One of the illusions of life is that the present hour is not the critical, decisive hour. Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year.--- Ralph Waldo Emerson
The way to learn is to begin.--- Anonymous
One well cultivated talent, deepened and enlarged, is worth 100 shallow faculties. The first law of success in this day, when so many things are clamoring for attention, is concentration-to bend all the energies to one point, and to go directly to that point, looking neither to the right nor to the left.--- William Matthews
Most of us serve our ideals by fits and starts. The person who makes a success of living is the one who
sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. Cecil B. de Mille (1881-1959)
Try to learn something about everything, and everything about something. Thomas H. Huxley
We cannot hold a torch to light another’s path without brightening our own.
The only real mistake we make is the one from which we learn nothing.–John Powell
I believe that the true road to preeminent success in any line is to make yourself master of that line.--- Andrew Carnegie
A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.--- John C. Maxwell
If you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.
If you want to go east, don't go west.--- Ramakrishna
You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don't let yourself indulge in vain wishes.--Rabindranath Tagore
Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. - Mark Twain
Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul. - Democritus
The best time to do anything is right now.
Price is what you pay, value is what you get. Warren Buffett
Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.
Warren Buffett
"How we think shows through in how we act. Attitudes are mirrors of the mind. They reflect thinking."
David J. Schwartz
“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” Beverly Sills
Press on: nothing in the world can take the place of perseverance.
Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
Calvin Coolidge
Many people fail because they conclude that fundamentals do not apply in their case.
--- M. L. Cichon
An Indian chief was contemplating what it was that caused conflict within himself. He said, "I have two dogs inside of me. One is evil and one is good. The evil dog keeps fighting with the good dog." When he was asked which one of them won the fight, he reflected a bit and said, "The one that I feed."
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep
moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit. - Conrad Hilton
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
Question each of your desires: "What will happen to me if that which
this desire seeks is achieved, and what if it is not?" -- Epicurus
The wise learn many things from their enemies.
–Aristophanes
Your integrity will affect your destiny; don't leave home
without it. - Clarence E. Hodge
Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.
- Newt Gingrich
Try to learn something about everything, and everything about something.
–Thomas H. Huxley
Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.
–Maria Montessori
We cannot hold a torch to light another’s path without brightening our own.
–Ben Sweetland
You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a
man is wise by his questions.
–Naguib Mahfouz
The only real mistake we make is the one from which we learn nothing.
–John Powell
[Life] is a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don’t quit when you’re
tired – you quit when the gorilla is tired.
–Robert Strauss
Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness
the best relationship.
–Buddha
The wise man will always reflect concerning the quality, not the quantity, of life.
–Lucius Annaeus Seneca
I believe that the true road to preeminent success in any line is to make yourself master of that line.
--- Andrew Carnegie
Expecting life to treat you well because you are a good person is like
expecting an angry bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian.
-- Shari R. Barr
You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don't
let yourself indulge in vain wishes.
--Rabindranath Tagore
The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all of your time.
--- Willen De Kooning
A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.
--- John C. Maxwell
If you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.
If you want to go east, don't go west.
--- Ramakrishna
Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year - and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade!
--- Anthony (Tony) Robbins
One of the illusions of life is that the present hour is not the critical, decisive hour. Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year.
--- Ralph Waldo Emerson
25 Signs you've Grown Up
1. Your houseplants are alive, and you can't smoke any of them.
2. Having sex in a twin bed is out of the question.
3. You keep more food than beer in the fridge.
4. 6:00 AM is when you get up, not when you go to bed.
5. You hear your favorite song on an elevator.
6. You watch the Weather Channel.
7. Your friends marry and divorce instead of hook up and break up.
8. You go from 130 days of vacation time to 14.
9. Jeans and a sweater no longer qualify as "dressed up."
10. You're the one calling the police because those damn kids next door won't turn down the stereo.
11. Older relatives feel comfortable telling sex jokes around you.
12. You don't know what time Taco Bell closes anymore.
13. Your car insurance goes down and your payments go up.
14. You feed your dog Science Diet instead of McDonald's leftovers.
15. Sleeping on the couch makes your back hurt.
16. You no longer take naps from noon to 6 PM.
17. Dinner and a movie is the whole date instead of the beginning of one
18. Eating a basket of chicken wings at 3 AM would severely upset, rather than settle, your stomach.
19. You go to the drug store for ibuprofen and antacid, not condoms and pregnancy tests.
20. A $4.00 bottle of wine is no longer "pretty good stuff."
21. You actually eat breakfast food at breakfast time.
22. "I just can't drink the way I used to," replaces, "I'm never going to drink that much again."
23. 90% of the time you spend in front of a computer is for real work.
24. You no longer drink at home to save money before going to a bar.
25. You read this entire list looking desperately for one sign that doesn't apply to you.
While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior.
--- Henry C. Link
Do your duty and leave the rest to Providence.
--- Thomas Jonathan Jackson
Most of us serve our ideals by fits and starts. The
person who makes a success of living is the one who
sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly.
Cecil B. de Mille (1881-1959)
The way to learn is to begin.
--- Anonymous
One well cultivated talent, deepened and enlarged, is worth 100 shallow faculties. The first law of success in this day, when so many things are clamoring for attention, is concentration-to bend all the energies to one point, and to go directly to that point, looking neither to the right nor to the left.
--- William Matthews
THE MAN WHO THINKS HE CAN:
If you think you are beaten, you are,
If you think that you dare not, you don't,
If you'd like to win, but you think you can't,
It's almost certain you won't.
If you think you'll lose, you've lost,
For out in the world you'll find, Success begins with a fellow's will,
It's all in the state of mind.
If you think you are outclassed, you are,
You've got to think high to rise,
You've got to be sure of yourself before You
can ever win a prize.
Life's battles don't always go To the stronger or faster man,
But soon or late the man who wins
-Is the man who thinks he can.
NOTE: A copy of this inspirational poem hangs on
the wall in Arnold Palmer's office. Arnie has made
it a practice to read the poem at the start of each
day. It serves him as a source of inspiration,
courage and motivation that enables him to attack
whatever problems and challenges that day might
bring. It works for Arnie. It will work for you. Try it.
--- Arnold Palmer
No matter what you are doing, somebody, somewhere, has a problem with it...............
