# As long as we are lucky we attribute it to our smartness; our bad luck we give the gods credit for.
Josh Billings - 1815-1885 American Humorist Lecturer
# Don’t confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.
Erma Bombeck - 1927 American Author Humorist
# My definition of success is control.
Kenneth Branagh - […]
“The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt.”
- Max Lerner
“Spirit … has fifty times the strength and staying power of brawn and muscle.”
- Unknown
“Continuous effort — not strength or intelligence — is the key to unlocking our potential.”
- Liane Cardes
pacific […]
We cannot become what we need to be, remaining what we are.
Max Depree
The most useless are those who never change through the years.
Sir James M. Barrie
Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.
Benjamin Disraeli
Success is not to be pursued it is to be attracted by the person […]
“Self-acceptance comes from meeting life’s challenges vigorously. Don’t numb yourself to your trials and difficulties, nor build mental walls to exclude pain from your life. You will find peace not by trying to escape your problems, but by confronting them courageously. You will find peace not in denial, but in victory.” — J. Donald Walters
“Challenges […]
If you are ashamed to stand by your colors, you had better seek another flag. ~Author Unknown
To be natural is such a very difficult pose to keep up. ~Oscar Wilde
All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own. ~Johann von Goethe, The Sorrows of Young […]
“If you have real internal value, you don’t need a loud, expensive imitation.” — Denis Waitley
“Total, unconditional acceptance of yourself is the first step in building a positive self-image.” — Nido Qubein
“The most influential person who will talk to you all day is you, so you should be very careful about what you say to […]
Leadership is action, not position. ~Donald H. McGannon
You can’t lead anyone else further than you have gone yourself. ~Gene Mauch
The leadership instinct you are born with is the backbone. You develop the funny bone and the wishbone that go with it. ~Elaine Agather
You don’t have to hold a position in order […]
Remember, a real decision is measured by the fact that you’ve taken new action. If there’s no action, you haven’t truly decided.
~saying on Maturing Altruistically by Anthony Robbins
Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live.
~inspirational quotes for the workplace by Henry Van […]
There is a necessity for a regulating discipline of exercise that, whilst evoking the human energies, will not suffer them to be wasted.
~inspirational quote on Exercise by Thomas de Quincey
Creativity represents a miraculous coming together of the uninhibited energy of the child with its apparent opposite and enemy, […]
To hear two American men congratulating each other on being heterosexual is one of the most chilling experiences - and unique to the United States. You don’t hear two Italians sitting around complimenting each other because they actually like to go to bed with women. The American is hysterical about his manhood.
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Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition
~good quotes about Women’s Greetings of Timothy Leary
Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.
~famous sayings on Goals by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Drift-Wood
There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand […]
“I believe in the perfect outcome in every area of my life! Expect to be successful! Expect to win!” — Brian Tracy
“It is funny about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the very best you will very often get it.” — W. Somerset Maugham
“Life… It tends to respond to our outlook, to shape […]
“A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother.”
By Homer
“Your friend is your needs answered.”
By Kahil Gibran
“Friends show their love in times of trouble…”
By Euripides
“Friendship is essentially a partnership.”
By Aristotle
“I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things
granted us by wisdom, none is greater or better than […]
How beautiful a day can be, When kindness touches it!
~famous sayings on Sweetest Day by George Elliston
Kindness is for all times in all situations — not just when it suits you.
~motivational quotations on Attitude by Audray Landrum
Words of kindness are more powerful than cruel swords.
~wise kindness […]
And that’s the wonderful thing about family travel: it provides you with experiences that will remain locked forever in the scar tissue of your mind.
~famous sayings on Travel by Dave Barry
The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works is the family.
~motivational quotations on […]