1
The great man shows his greatness by the
way he treats the little man.
Anonymous
2
Y ou see things and you say, "Why?" But I dream things that never were, and I say, "Why not?"
George Bernard Shaw, British playwright (b. 1856)
3
D o not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
St. Frances De Sales, French bishop, author (b. 1859)
4
W ho ceases to be a friend never was one.
Greek proverb
5
F ailure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.
Henry Ford, American industrialist (b. 1863)
6
O ne who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.
Albert Schweitzer, Physician, missionary, philosopher, Nobel laureate (b. 1875)
7
C autious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations ... can never effect a reform.
Susan B. Anthony, American feminist (b.1820)
8
A nybody with a little guts and the desire to apply himself can make it, he can make anything he wants to make of himself.
Willie Shoemaker, American jockey (b. 1931)
9
S uccess can make you go one of two ways. It can make you a prima donna - or it can smooth the edges, take away the insecurities, let the nice things come out.
Barbara Walters, American broadcast journalist (b. 1931)
10
L ife loves to be taken by the lapel and told: "I'm with you kid. Let's go."
Maya Angelou, African-American poet (b. 1928)
11
H old fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.
Langston Hughes, African-American poet (b. 1902)
12
A ny failure will tell you success is nothing but luck.
Anonymous
13
I can't imagine a person becoming a success who doesn't give this game of life everything he's got.
Walter Cronkite, American broadcast journalist (b. 1916)
14
N othing great has ever been accomplished without enthusiasm.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, American writer (b. 1803)
15
I n the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
Albert Einstein, Scientist, Nobel laureate (b. 1879)
16
I f the creator had a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely meant us to stick it out.
Arthur Koestler, British writer (b. 1905)
17
T here is no one giant step that does it. It's a lot of little steps.
Peter A. Cohen, Investment banker (b. 1954)
18
T oday's preparation determines tomorrow's achievement.
Anonymous
19
S uccess doesn't come to you ... you go to it.
Marva Collins, African-American educator
20
W ell done is better than well said.
Benjamin Franklin, American statesman (b. 1706)
21
I f you have made mistakes, even serious ones, there is always another chance for you. What we call failure is not the falling down but the staying down.
Mary Pickford, American actress (b. 1893)
22
Y ou may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.
Margaret Thatcher, British Prime Minister (b. 1925)
23
A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.
B.F. Skinner, American psychologist (b. 1904)
24
V ision is the art of seeing things invisible.
Jonathan Swift, English satirist (b. 1667)
25
Y ou have to ... learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.
Dianne Feinstein, U.S. Senator (b. 1933)
26
S uccess to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each one.
Barbra Streisand, American singer, actress (b. 1942)
27
N o one knows what he can do till he tries.
Publilius Syrus, Roman writer (b. c100 BC)
28
T o believe a thing is impossible is to make it so.
French proverb
29
T he time for action is now. It's never too late to do something.
Carl Sandburg, American author (b. 1878)
30
G ive me a lever long enough and a prop strong enough. I can single-handedly move the world.
Archimedes, Greek mathematician
31
I f you are poor, though you dwell in the busy marketplace, no one will inquire about you; if you are rich, though you dwell in the heart of the mountains, you will have distant relatives.
Chinese proverb
32
R eflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
Charles Dickens, English novelist (b. 1812)
33
S ome people entertain ideas; others put them to work.
Anonymous
34
T he time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
John F. Kennedy, American President (b.1917)
35
M an is what he believes.
Anton Chekov, Russian author (b. 1860)
36
I f you do it right 51 percent of the time you will end up a hero.
Alfred P. Sloan, Former Chairman General Motors (b. 1875)
37
T he only place that success comes before work is in the dictionary.
Vidal Sassoon, Hairdresser (b. 1928)
38
B e sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
Abraham Lincoln, American President (b.1809)
39
W e are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
Oscar Wilde, Irish author (b. 1854)
40
M ediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, British author (b. 1859)
41
D on't go around saying the world owes you a living; the world owes you nothing, it was here first.
Mark Twain, American humorist (b. 1835)
42
I t is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.
Anthony Robbins, American author and speaker (b. 1960)
43
A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.
Harry Truman, American President (b. 1884)
44
I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain, what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an "honest man." Your honesty influences others to be honest.
George Washington, American President ((b. 1732))
45
T here are people who have money and people who are rich.
Coco Chanel, French fashion designer (b. 1884)
46
P retend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, "Make me feel important." Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life.
Mary Kay Ash, Founder, Mary Kay Cosmetics (b. 1915)
47
I f you do not believe in yourself, very few other people will.
Anonymous
48
B ut to look back all the time is boring. Excitement lies in tomorrow.
Natalia Makarova, Russian ballerina (b. 1940)
49
T he spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.
Vince Lombardi, American football coach (b. 1913)
50
S uccess consists of doing the common things of life uncommonly well.
Anonymous
51
O ne man with courage makes a majority.
Andrew Jackson, American President (b. 1829)
52
N o man is ever whipped until he quits in his own mind.
Napoleon Hill, motivational writer (b. 1883)
53
E ven a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.
Henry Ford, American industrialist (b. 1863)
54
S uccess ... seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
Conrad Hilton, American hotelier (b. 1887)
55
M an's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, American jurist (b. 1841)
56
T here is always room at the top.
Daniel Webster, American political leader (b. 1782)
57
Y ou have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself.
Alan Alda, American actor (b. 1936)
58
T he successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.
Dale Carnegie, American writer and speaker (b. 1888)
59
T he best way to get something done is to begin.
Anonymous
60
D o not make yourself so big, you are not so small.
Jewish proverb
61
P rogress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
George Bernard Shaw, British playwright (b. 1856)
62
T he price of greatness is responsibility.
Winston Churchill, British prime minister (b. 1874)
63
D o the right thing.
Spike Lee, African-American film director (b. 1957)
64
J ust don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong.
Ella Fitzgerald, American singer (b. 1918)
65
R emember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream.
W. C. Fields, American comic actor (b. 1880)
66
I f people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful after all.
Michelangelo, Italian sculptor, painter, architect (b. 1475)
67
I f God is for us, who can be against us?
Romans 8:31
68
T he way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.
Dolly Parton, American singer (b. 1946)
69
T he difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective.
Al Neuharth, American publisher (b. 1924)
70
O ur greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Confucius, Chinese philosopher and teacher (b. 551)
71
Y ou never know what you can do until you try.
Anonymous
72
J ust what you want to be, you will be in the end.
Justin Hayward, British songwriter, musician (b. 1946)
73
A ct quickly, think slowly.
Greek proverb
74
W hen I grip the wheel too tight, I find I lose control.
Steve Rapson, American writer (b. 1948)
75
H e who is not busy being born is busy dying.
Bob Dylan, American songwriter, musician (b. 1941)
76
S ometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.
Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish inventor of the telephone (b. 1847)
77
O utside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.
Aesop, Greek fable writer (b. 6th century BC)
78
W ork banishes those three great evils: boredom, vice and poverty.
Voltaire, French author (b. 1694)
79
R isk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible.
Cadet maxim, U.S. Military Academy, West Point
80
E xperience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.
Aldous Huxley, English writer (b. 1894)
81
N ot everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.
James Baldwin, African-American author (b. 1924)
82
S uccess occurs when opportunity meets preparation.
Anonymous
83
A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
Ernest Hemingway, American writer (b. 1899)
84
F ar better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much because they live in the grey twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.
Theodore Roosevelt, American President (b. 1858)
85
I learned the value of hard work by working hard.
Sr. Margaret FitzPatrick, American educator (b. 1951)
86
D o unto others as you would have others do unto you.
Jesus of Nazareth
87
A mighty flame followeth a tiny spark.
Dante, Italian poet (b. 1265)
88
I 'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.
Thomas Jefferson, American President (b. 1743)
89
I have been poor and I have been rich. Rich is better.
Sophie Tucker, American singer (b. 1884)
90
G etting your house in order and reducing the confusion gives you more control over your life. Personal organization some how releases or frees you to operate more effectively.
Larry King, American TV host (b. 1933)
91
N othing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.
Calvin Coolidge, American President (b. 1872)
92
R eal success is not on the stage, but off the stage as a human being, and how you get along with your fellow man.
Sammy Davis, Jr., American entertainer (b. 1925)
93
I f a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though he build his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, American writer (b. 1803)
94
A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.
Ralph Lauren, American designer (b. 1939)
95
T here is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way.
Christopher Morley, American writer (b. 1890)
96
W hatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
97
D o a little more each day than you think you possibly can.
Lowell Thomas, American politician, author (b. 1923)
98
F acing it, always facing it, that's the way to get through. Face it.
Joseph Conrad, British author (b. 1857)
99
E ither find a way, or make one.
Hannibal, Carthaginian general (b. 247 BC)
Anonymous
2
Y ou see things and you say, "Why?" But I dream things that never were, and I say, "Why not?"
George Bernard Shaw, British playwright (b. 1856)
3
D o not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
St. Frances De Sales, French bishop, author (b. 1859)
4
W ho ceases to be a friend never was one.
Greek proverb
5
F ailure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.
Henry Ford, American industrialist (b. 1863)
6
O ne who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.
Albert Schweitzer, Physician, missionary, philosopher, Nobel laureate (b. 1875)
7
C autious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations ... can never effect a reform.
Susan B. Anthony, American feminist (b.1820)
8
A nybody with a little guts and the desire to apply himself can make it, he can make anything he wants to make of himself.
Willie Shoemaker, American jockey (b. 1931)
9
S uccess can make you go one of two ways. It can make you a prima donna - or it can smooth the edges, take away the insecurities, let the nice things come out.
Barbara Walters, American broadcast journalist (b. 1931)
10
L ife loves to be taken by the lapel and told: "I'm with you kid. Let's go."
Maya Angelou, African-American poet (b. 1928)
11
H old fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.
Langston Hughes, African-American poet (b. 1902)
12
A ny failure will tell you success is nothing but luck.
Anonymous
13
I can't imagine a person becoming a success who doesn't give this game of life everything he's got.
Walter Cronkite, American broadcast journalist (b. 1916)
14
N othing great has ever been accomplished without enthusiasm.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, American writer (b. 1803)
15
I n the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
Albert Einstein, Scientist, Nobel laureate (b. 1879)
16
I f the creator had a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely meant us to stick it out.
Arthur Koestler, British writer (b. 1905)
17
T here is no one giant step that does it. It's a lot of little steps.
Peter A. Cohen, Investment banker (b. 1954)
18
T oday's preparation determines tomorrow's achievement.
Anonymous
19
S uccess doesn't come to you ... you go to it.
Marva Collins, African-American educator
20
W ell done is better than well said.
Benjamin Franklin, American statesman (b. 1706)
21
I f you have made mistakes, even serious ones, there is always another chance for you. What we call failure is not the falling down but the staying down.
Mary Pickford, American actress (b. 1893)
22
Y ou may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.
Margaret Thatcher, British Prime Minister (b. 1925)
23
A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.
B.F. Skinner, American psychologist (b. 1904)
24
V ision is the art of seeing things invisible.
Jonathan Swift, English satirist (b. 1667)
25
Y ou have to ... learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.
Dianne Feinstein, U.S. Senator (b. 1933)
26
S uccess to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each one.
Barbra Streisand, American singer, actress (b. 1942)
27
N o one knows what he can do till he tries.
Publilius Syrus, Roman writer (b. c100 BC)
28
T o believe a thing is impossible is to make it so.
French proverb
29
T he time for action is now. It's never too late to do something.
Carl Sandburg, American author (b. 1878)
30
G ive me a lever long enough and a prop strong enough. I can single-handedly move the world.
Archimedes, Greek mathematician
31
I f you are poor, though you dwell in the busy marketplace, no one will inquire about you; if you are rich, though you dwell in the heart of the mountains, you will have distant relatives.
Chinese proverb
32
R eflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
Charles Dickens, English novelist (b. 1812)
33
S ome people entertain ideas; others put them to work.
Anonymous
34
T he time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
John F. Kennedy, American President (b.1917)
35
M an is what he believes.
Anton Chekov, Russian author (b. 1860)
36
I f you do it right 51 percent of the time you will end up a hero.
Alfred P. Sloan, Former Chairman General Motors (b. 1875)
37
T he only place that success comes before work is in the dictionary.
Vidal Sassoon, Hairdresser (b. 1928)
38
B e sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
Abraham Lincoln, American President (b.1809)
39
W e are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
Oscar Wilde, Irish author (b. 1854)
40
M ediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, British author (b. 1859)
41
D on't go around saying the world owes you a living; the world owes you nothing, it was here first.
Mark Twain, American humorist (b. 1835)
42
I t is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.
Anthony Robbins, American author and speaker (b. 1960)
43
A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.
Harry Truman, American President (b. 1884)
44
I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain, what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an "honest man." Your honesty influences others to be honest.
George Washington, American President ((b. 1732))
45
T here are people who have money and people who are rich.
Coco Chanel, French fashion designer (b. 1884)
46
P retend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, "Make me feel important." Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life.
Mary Kay Ash, Founder, Mary Kay Cosmetics (b. 1915)
47
I f you do not believe in yourself, very few other people will.
Anonymous
48
B ut to look back all the time is boring. Excitement lies in tomorrow.
Natalia Makarova, Russian ballerina (b. 1940)
49
T he spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.
Vince Lombardi, American football coach (b. 1913)
50
S uccess consists of doing the common things of life uncommonly well.
Anonymous
51
O ne man with courage makes a majority.
Andrew Jackson, American President (b. 1829)
52
N o man is ever whipped until he quits in his own mind.
Napoleon Hill, motivational writer (b. 1883)
53
E ven a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.
Henry Ford, American industrialist (b. 1863)
54
S uccess ... seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
Conrad Hilton, American hotelier (b. 1887)
55
M an's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, American jurist (b. 1841)
56
T here is always room at the top.
Daniel Webster, American political leader (b. 1782)
57
Y ou have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself.
Alan Alda, American actor (b. 1936)
58
T he successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.
Dale Carnegie, American writer and speaker (b. 1888)
59
T he best way to get something done is to begin.
Anonymous
60
D o not make yourself so big, you are not so small.
Jewish proverb
61
P rogress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
George Bernard Shaw, British playwright (b. 1856)
62
T he price of greatness is responsibility.
Winston Churchill, British prime minister (b. 1874)
63
D o the right thing.
Spike Lee, African-American film director (b. 1957)
64
J ust don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong.
Ella Fitzgerald, American singer (b. 1918)
65
R emember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream.
W. C. Fields, American comic actor (b. 1880)
66
I f people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful after all.
Michelangelo, Italian sculptor, painter, architect (b. 1475)
67
I f God is for us, who can be against us?
Romans 8:31
68
T he way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.
Dolly Parton, American singer (b. 1946)
69
T he difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective.
Al Neuharth, American publisher (b. 1924)
70
O ur greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Confucius, Chinese philosopher and teacher (b. 551)
71
Y ou never know what you can do until you try.
Anonymous
72
J ust what you want to be, you will be in the end.
Justin Hayward, British songwriter, musician (b. 1946)
73
A ct quickly, think slowly.
Greek proverb
74
W hen I grip the wheel too tight, I find I lose control.
Steve Rapson, American writer (b. 1948)
75
H e who is not busy being born is busy dying.
Bob Dylan, American songwriter, musician (b. 1941)
76
S ometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.
Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish inventor of the telephone (b. 1847)
77
O utside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.
Aesop, Greek fable writer (b. 6th century BC)
78
W ork banishes those three great evils: boredom, vice and poverty.
Voltaire, French author (b. 1694)
79
R isk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible.
Cadet maxim, U.S. Military Academy, West Point
80
E xperience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.
Aldous Huxley, English writer (b. 1894)
81
N ot everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.
James Baldwin, African-American author (b. 1924)
82
S uccess occurs when opportunity meets preparation.
Anonymous
83
A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
Ernest Hemingway, American writer (b. 1899)
84
F ar better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much because they live in the grey twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.
Theodore Roosevelt, American President (b. 1858)
85
I learned the value of hard work by working hard.
Sr. Margaret FitzPatrick, American educator (b. 1951)
86
D o unto others as you would have others do unto you.
Jesus of Nazareth
87
A mighty flame followeth a tiny spark.
Dante, Italian poet (b. 1265)
88
I 'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.
Thomas Jefferson, American President (b. 1743)
89
I have been poor and I have been rich. Rich is better.
Sophie Tucker, American singer (b. 1884)
90
G etting your house in order and reducing the confusion gives you more control over your life. Personal organization some how releases or frees you to operate more effectively.
Larry King, American TV host (b. 1933)
91
N othing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.
Calvin Coolidge, American President (b. 1872)
92
R eal success is not on the stage, but off the stage as a human being, and how you get along with your fellow man.
Sammy Davis, Jr., American entertainer (b. 1925)
93
I f a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though he build his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, American writer (b. 1803)
94
A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.
Ralph Lauren, American designer (b. 1939)
95
T here is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way.
Christopher Morley, American writer (b. 1890)
96
W hatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
97
D o a little more each day than you think you possibly can.
Lowell Thomas, American politician, author (b. 1923)
98
F acing it, always facing it, that's the way to get through. Face it.
Joseph Conrad, British author (b. 1857)
99
E ither find a way, or make one.
Hannibal, Carthaginian general (b. 247 BC)
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