Quotes

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100% of the shots not taken don’t go in. — Wayne Gretzsky

A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject. — Winston Churchill

A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow. — George S. Patton

A wish changes nothing. A decision changes everything. — Unknown

Action is the foundational key to all success. — Pablo Picasso

Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter. — Mark Twain

All generalizations are false, including this one. — Mark Twain

Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use. — Wendell Johnson

Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. — Mark Twain

Be the change that you want to see in the world. — Mahatma Gandhi

Blessed is the person who is too busy to worry in the daytime and too sleepy to worry at night. — Anonymous

Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius. — Josh Billings

Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection. — Mark Twain

Don’t let yesterday use up too much of today. — Will Rogers

Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today, because if you enjoy it today you can do it again tomorrow. — James Michener

Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing. — Robert Benchley

Electricity is really just organized lightning. — George Carlin

Errors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it. — Thomas Jefferson

Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there. — Will Rogers

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects. — Will Rogers

Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time. — Steven Wright

Fall seven times, get up eight. — Japanese Proverb

Forget past mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except what you’re going to do now and do it. — William Durant

Fortune favors the prepared mind. — Louis Pasteur

Good things come to those who wait, but only those things left by those who hustle. — Abraham Lincoln

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance. — Samuel Johnson

Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city. — George Burns

He who knows best knows how little he knows. — Thomas Jefferson

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. — Thomas Jefferson

How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. — Annie Dillard

How you think about a problem is more important than the problem itself. — Norman Vincent Peale

I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. — Michael J. Fox

I am certain there is too much certainty in the world. — Michael Crichton

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. — Thomas Jefferson

I have never been hurt by what I have not said. — Calvin Coolidge

I look to the future because that’s where I’m going to spend the rest of my life. — George Burns

I’m an idealist. I don’t know where I’m going, but I’m on my way. — Carl Sandburg

I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. — Michael Jordan

If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door. — Milton Berle

If there is no wind, row. — Latin Proverb

If you aren’t fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm. — Vince Lombardi

If you fell down yesterday, stand up today. — H.G. Wells

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere. — Carl Sagan

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. — Thomas Jefferson

It is the first law of friendship that it has to be cultivated. The second is to be indulgent when the first law is neglected. — Voltaire

It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog. — Mark Twain

It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see. — Henry David Thoreau

Knowledge speaks, wisdom listens. — Andrew Cenany

Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want. — Jim Rohn

Life does not have to be perfect to be wonderful. — Annette Funicello

Life is not measured by the number of breathes we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. — Anonymous

Life lived for tomorrow will always be just a day away from being realized. — Leo Buscaglia

Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip. — Will Rogers

Never give in. Never. Never. Never. Never. — Winston Churchill

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. — Thomas Jefferson

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. — Eleanor Roosevelt

Not all those who wander are lost. — J.R.R. Tolkein

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nothing happens unless first we dream. — Carl Sandburg

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. — Thomas Edison

Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission. — Zig Ziglar

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. — John Quincy Adams

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. — George Bernard Shaw

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking. — Henry Ford

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go. — Oscar Wilde

The beginning is always today. — Mary Wollstonecraft

The best way out of a difficulty is through it. — Will Rogers

The best way you can cheer yourself up is to cheer someone else up. — Mark Twain

The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials. — Chinese Proverb

The harder I work, the luckier I get. — Samuel Goldwyn

The hardest challenge is to be yourself in a world where everyone is trying to make you be somebody else. — E. E. Cummings

The important thing is this: to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become. — Charles Dubois

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. — Lao Tzu

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them. — Mark Twain

The most important trip you may ever take in life is meeting people halfway. — Henry Boye

The purpose of life is a life of purpose. — Robert Byrne

The time is always right to do what is right. — Martin Luther King, Jr.

There are hundreds of languages in the world, but a smile speaks them all. — Anonymous

There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist. — Mark Twain

There’s a great power in words, if you don’t hitch too many of them together. — Josh Billings

Things turn out the best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out. — John Wooden

Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. The third is to be kind. — Henry James

Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work. — Mark Twain

To the world you might be one person, but to one person you might be the world. — Unknown

Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are. — Malcolm Forbes

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. — Mark Twain

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I… I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference. — Robert Frost

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

What you are will show in what you do. — Thomas Edison

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. — Goethe

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching. — Thomas Jefferson

Whether you think you can, or think you can’t, you’re right. — Henry Ford

Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible. — Frank Zappa

You can’t have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time. — Charles Kettering

You’ve got to go out on a limb sometimes because that’s where the fruit is. — Will Rogers