A
man cannot be comfortable without his own approval
Mark Twain, humorist
What
life means to us is determined not so much by what life brings to us as
by the attitude we bring to life, not so much by what happens to us as
by our reaction to what happens.
Lewis L.
Dunnington, clergyman
Don’t
think that your idea is the end to another line. It’s the beginning of
another line
Jack
Foster, creative director with ad agency
I
know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart
and stomach of a King, and of a King of England, too.
Queen Elizabeth 1 of England
To
effect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts
Henry David Thoreau, naturalist
No
pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an
uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.
Helen
Keller, writer, speaker
Some
of us are timid. We think we have nothing to lose, so we don’t try
for the next hill.
Maya Angelou, poet
A
rebuke impresses a man of discernment more than a hundred lashes a
fool.
Proverbs
17:10
Fear
of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept
safe
Proverbs
29:25
A
man may fail many times, but he isn’t a failure until he begins to
blame somebody else
J. Paul
Getty, oilman
Instead
of comparing our lot with that of others who are more fortunate than we
are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our
fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged.
Helen
Keller, writer, lecturer
Not
in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph
and defeat.
Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow, poet
He
is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which ha has not, but
rejoices for those which he has.
Epictetus,
philosopher
The
only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
President
Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Never
let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find
another way.
Satchel
Paige, baseball player
Be
gentle to all, and stern with yourself
St
Teresa of Avila
The
block of granite that is an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes
a steppingstone in the pathway of the strong
Michael
Michalko, creativity coach
The
only one who can beat me is me.
Micheal
Johnson, olympic track star
Some people drift like a cork on a river,
feeling that they cannot do anything except drift, moment to moment.
this is an attitude of mind. Everyone can be constructive even in tiny
ways.
Edward De Bono, creativity expert.
A
heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.
Proverbs
14:30