Monday, February 25, 2008

My Favourite Quotes

  • When you know what you want, and you want it badly enough, you’ll find a way to get it.
  • From those to whom much is given, much is expected.
  • Success doesn’t come to you. You go to it.
  • Happiness, is good health and a bad memory.
  • 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.
  • What you believe is what you get. You get no more or no less than what you believe you deserve.
  • People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things.When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.
  • Search your own heart with all diligence for out of it flow the issues of life.
  • You always reap what you sow; there is no shortcut.
  • A thousand-mile journey...Begins with the first step...
  • If you get up one more time than you fall, you will make it through.
  • Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
  • What makes us happy is what matters in the end, not what we acquire.
  • You’ve got to be original, because if you’re like someone else, What do they need you for?
  • Every exit is an entry somewhere
  • You’d be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap.
  • The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
  • The nice thing about egotists is that they don’t talk about other people.
  • The individual’s ability to perceive a problem is inversely proportional to his responsibility for the fix
  • The secret of happiness is to make others believe they are the cause of it.
  • Life is like a rumour. Everyone talks about it. But no one truly knows.
  • On life’s journey:Faith is nourishment,Virtuous deeds are a shelter,Wisdom is the light by day And right mindfulness is the protection by night.If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him
  • Success is on the far side of failure
  • What lies behind us andwhat lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
  • Management is doing things right;Leadership is doing the right things.
  • Those things that hurt, instruct
  • You are Rich or Poor in life by...Smiles around you,Friends you make,People you are with,Ideas you have,Dreams you chase, And the love you spread.
  • If the lift to success doesn’t work, try the steps.
  • If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.
  • The temptation to quit will be the greatest just before you are about to succeed.
  • We're not here for a long time; we're here for a good time.
  • Being happy doesn’t mean everything’s perfect. It just means you’ve decided to see beyond the imperfections...
  • Knowing your destination is half the journey
  • Wisdom begins with sacrifice of immediate pleasures for long-range purposes
  • Make your work to be in keeping with your purpose
    The world stands aside for he who knows where he is going
  • The chief purpose of the body is to carry the brain around
  • A goal without a plan is just a wish
  • When it is obvious that goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals; adjust the action steps
  • We must walk consciously only part waytoward our goal and then leap in the dark to our success
  • Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful
  • Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life. Therein it cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated. Everyone’s task is as unique as is his specific opportunity to implement it.
  • We detect rather than invent our missions in life.
  • There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out.
  • The supply of good women far exceeds that of the men who deserve them.
  • When you live for a strong purpose, then hard work isn't an option. It's a necessity.
  • Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.
  • The one who loves the least, controls the relationship.
  • The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.
  • Any married man should forget his mistakes - no use two people remembering the same thing.
  • It is difficulties that show what men are.
  • If you wish to know what a man is, place him in authority.
  • Originality is undetected plagiarism.
  • Only the extremely ignorant or the extremely intelligent can resist change.
  • Intelligence recognises what has happened. Genius recognises what will happen.
  • The essence of intelligence is skill in extracting meaning from everyday experience.
  • Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.
  • Don't ask of your friends what you yourself can do.
  • The sum of intelligence on the planet is a constant; the population is growing.
  • The error of youth is to believe that intelligence is a substitute for experience, while the error of age is to believe experience is a substitute for intelligence.
  • The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell.

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