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"A professional is a man who can do his best at a time when he doesn’t particularly feel like it.” – Alistair Cooke, broadcaster
"Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. For remember, you don’t live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too.” – Albert Schweitzer, humanitarian, physician
"Nearly all men can stand adversity; but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” – Abraham Lincoln, 16th US president
"Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.” – Oprah Winfrey, broadcaster, entrepreneur
"I feel sorry for the person who can’t get genuinely excited about his work. Not only will he never be satisfied, but he will never achieve anything worthwhile.” Walter Chrysler, automaker
"The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.” – Roger Bannister, runner
"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” – Anne Frank, diarist“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela, statesman
"In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later.” – Harold S. Geneen, MCI Communications founder
"You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this.” – Henry David Thoreau, writer
"When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened.” – Winston Churchill, British statesman
"In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.” – Eleanor Roosevelt, first lady
"Opportunity’s favorite disguise is trouble.” - English proverb
"Who so neglects learning in his youth loses the past and is dead for the future.” – Euripides, dramatist
"The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.” – Leo Tolstoy, author
"I would rather fail in a cause that will ultimately triumph than to triumph in a cause that will ultimately fail.” – Woodrow Wilson, 28th US president
"What one has, one ought to use; and whatever he does, he should do with all his might.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero, statesman
"Dance as if no one’s watching, sing as if no one’s listening, and live every day as if it were your last.” – Irish proverb
"Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.” – Albert Einstein, physicist
"You raise your voice when you should reinforce your argument.” – Samuel Johnson, lexicographer
"If a man hasn’t discovered something that he will die for, he isn’t fit to live.” – Martin Luther King Jr., civil-rights leader, clergyman
"In a decisive set, confidence is the difference.” – Chris Evert, tennis champion
"Learning is not compulsory, but neither is survival.” – W. Edwards Deming, management consultant
"Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.” – Albert Schweitzer, missionary physician
"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” – Seneca, Roman philosopher
"Listen to the mustn’ts, child. Listen to the don’ts. Listen to the shouldn’ts, the impossibles, the won’ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me . . . Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.” – Shel Silverstein, writer
"If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.” – Colin Powell, statesman
"A professional is a man who can do his best at a time when he doesn’t particularly feel like it.” – Alistair Cooke, broadcaster
"Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. For remember, you don’t live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too.” – Albert Schweitzer, humanitarian, physician
"A ship ought not to be held by one anchor, nor life by a single hope.” - Epictetus, philosopher
"Nearly all men can stand adversity; but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” – Abraham Lincoln, 16th US president
"Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.” – Oprah Winfrey, broadcaster, entrepreneur
"I feel sorry for the person who can’t get genuinely excited about his work. Not only will he never be satisfied, but he will never achieve anything worthwhile.” Walter Chrysler, automaker
"There is more to life than increasing its speed.” – Mohandas Gandhi, activist
"It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.” – Elinor Smith, aviator
"The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.” – Roger Bannister, runner
"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela, statesman
"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” – Anne Frank, diarist
"In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later.” – Harold S. Geneen, MCI Communications founder
"The marvelous thing about human beings is that we are perpetually reaching for the stars. The more we have, the more we want. And for this reason, we never have it all.” – Joyce Brothers, psychologist
"When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened.” – Winston Churchill, British statesman
"If a man hasn’t discovered something that he will die for, he isn’t fit to live.” – Martin Luther King Jr., civil-rights leader, clergyman
"The world is not dangerous because of those who do harm but because of those who look at it without doing anything.” – Albert Einstein, physicist
"Consult not your fears, but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.” – Pope John XXIII, theologian
"Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.” – Albert Schweitzer, missionary physician
"A ship ought not to be held by one anchor, nor life by a single hope.” - Epictetus, philosopher
There is more to life than increasing its speed.” – Mohandas Gandhi, activist
"It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.” – Elinor Smith, aviator
"The marvelous thing about human beings is that we are perpetually reaching for the stars. The more we have, the more we want. And for this reason, we never have it all.” – Joyce Brothers, psychologist
"A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good.” – Thomas Watson Jr., executive
"The world is not dangerous because of those who do harm but because of those who look at it without doing anything.” – Albert Einstein, physicist
"You are younger today than you will ever be again. Make use of it for the sake of tomorrow.” – Norman Cousins, editor
"Failure is a part of success. There is no such thing as a bed of roses all your life. But failure will never stand in the way of success if you learn from it.” – Hank Aaron, baseball player
"Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.” – Arthur Ashe, tennis player
"Consult not your fears, but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.” – Pope John XXIII, theologian
"A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good.” – Thomas Watson Jr., executive
"You are younger today than you will ever be again. Make use of it for the sake of tomorrow.” – Norman Cousins, editor
"Do something wonderful; people may imitate it.” – Albert Schweitzer, theologian, physician
"Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.” – John Adams, 2nd US president
"Security can only be achieved through constant change, through discarding old ideas that have outlived their usefulness and adapting others to current facts.” – William O. Douglas, Supreme Court Justice
"Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgment.” – Rita Mae Brown, author
