Friday, January 9, 2009

Some of my Favourite Quotes

Fortune favors the audacious."

"The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen."
Lee Iacocca, Auto Executive

To succeed, it is necessary to accept the world as it is -- and rise above it."
Michael Korda, Publisher

"Difficulties in life are intended to make us better not bitter." Dan Reeves, Football Coach

"Great hopes make everything great possible." Benjamin Franklin, Statesman

"Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility." Albert Schweitzer, Humanitarian

What keeps so many employees back is simply unwillingness to pay the price, to make the exertion, the effort to sacrifice their ease and comfort."
Orison Swett Marden, motivational expert

"Success is always temporary. When all is said and done, the only thing you'll have left is your character" Vince Gill, Musician

"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable." -- Christopher Reeve, Actor

"Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude." Ralph Marston, Author

"A good plan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the best way to get there." H. Stanley Judd, Writer

If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulder of giants."
Isaac Newton, scientist

"I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature." John D. Rockefeller

"The greatest lesson of life is that you are responsible for your life."
Oprah Winfrey, talk show host

"It's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal that will enable you to attain the success you seek." Mario Andretti, Race Car Driver

"I have failed over and over again in my life. And that's precisely why I succeed."
-- Michael Jordan, basketball player

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