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“Nothing is easier than spending public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.”
— Calvin Coolidge
"You can have it all. Just not all at once."
— Oprah Winfrey: Television host, publisher, and book critic
“It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation and only one bad one to lose it.”
— Benjamin Franklin
"The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting
our aim too high and falling short, but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark."
— Michelangelo: 15th-16th century Italian sculptor, painter, and architect
"You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today."
— Abraham Lincoln: Was the 16th president of the United States
"If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it."
— John D. Rockefeller: Was an American industrialist and philanthropist
“To allow other people’s assessment of you to determine your own self-assessment is a very big mistake.”
— Lee Bollinger: President of Columbia University
“Our bravest and best lessons are not learned through success, but through misadventure.”
— Amos Bronson Alcott: Educator
“The longer you can look back, the farther you can look forward.”
— Winston Churchill
“Self confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.”
— Samuel Johnson
"You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind."
— Mahatma Gandhi: was a political and spiritual leader of India
"We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems."
— John W. Gardner: Was the secretary of health, education and welfare
"Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you
feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes
the inner voice which says, 'This is the real me,' and
when you have found that attitude, follow it."
— William James: Was a psychologist and philosopher
"Time is limited, so I better wake up every morning fresh and know that I have just one chance to live this particular day right, and to string my days together into
a life of action, and purpose."
— Lance Armstrong: 7-time winner of the Tour de France
"Life is an adventure, dare it."
— Mother Teresa: Nobel Peace Prize winner
"You have to trust in something: your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life."
— Steve Jobs: Co-founder and CEO of Apple Inc.
"Only by contending with challenges that seem to be
beyond your strength to handle at the moment you
can grow more surely toward the stars."
— Brian Tracy: Self-help author and lecturer
"Your whole idea about yourself is borrowed — borrowed from
those who have no idea of who they are themselves."
— Osho: Was an Indian mystic, guru, and philosopher
"And in the end it's not the years in your life
that count. It's the life in your years."
— Abraham Lincoln
“Opportunity is missed by most people because it comes dressed in overalls and looks like work.”
— Thomas Edison
“Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte
"You get the best out of others when you get the best out of yourself."
— Harvey Firestone: Tire executive
"You see, it's never the environment; it's never the events of our lives, but the meaning we attach to the events — how we interpret them — that shapes who we are today and who we'll become tomorrow."
— Tony Robbins
"We will receive not what we idly wish for but what we justly earn. Our rewards will always be in exact proportion to our service."
— Earl Nightengale: Motivational speaker and author
"A life lived with integrity — even if it lacks the trappings of
fame and fortune — is a shining star in whose light
others may follow in the years to come."
— Denis Waitley: Motivational speaker and author, productivity consultant
“Men are undoubtedly more in danger from prosperity than from adversity. For when matters go smoothly, they flatter themselves, and are intoxicated by their success.”
— John Calvin: French Theologian
“Get the facts, or the facts will get you.”
— Thomas Fuller: Author
“If you set your goals ridiculously high and it’s a failure, you will fail above everyone else’s success.”
— James Cameron: Director & Writer
"Those who speak most of illness have illness; those who speak most of prosperity have it, etc."
— From the movie The Secret
"Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions."
— Albert Einstein: Was a theoretical physicist
“Never interrupt an enemy when he is making a mistake.”
— Napoleon: was a military and political leader of France and Emperor of the French
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”
— Abraham Lincoln: served as the 16th President of the United States
"The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives."
— Anthony Robbins: Self-help author and motivational speaker
"Money is like manure; it's not worth a thing unless it's spread around encouraging young things to grow."
—Thorton Wilder: Was a playwright and novelist
"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: Fashion designer and business executive
"Ideas are elusive, slippery things. Best to keep a pad of paper and a pencil at your bedside, so you can stab them during the night before they get away."
— Earl Nightingale: Was a motivational author and speaker
"When a man feels throbbing within him the power to do what he undertakes as well as it can possibly be done, this is happiness, this is success."
— Orison Swett Marden: Was an author on positive thought
"The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly."
— Buddha: was a spiritual teacher
"You are the most powerful magnet in the universe! You contain a magnetic power within you that is more powerful than anything in this world, and this unfathomable magnetic power is emitted through your thoughts."
— Rhonda Byrne: Author of The Secret
"A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.”
— President Dwight Eisenhower: 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961 and a five-star general in the United States Army
"Success is a lousy teacher.”
— Bill Gates: American Entrepreneur and Found of Microsoft Co.
"Any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction."
— Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist
“When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.”
— Franklin D. Roosevelt: three term President of the United States
“Time is really the only capital that any human being has, and the one thing that he can’t afford to lose.”
— Thomas Edison: American Inventor and Businessman
“[Smart] is an elusive concept. There's a certain sharpness, an ability to absorb new facts. To ask an insightful question. To relate to domains that may not seem connected at first. A certain creativity that allows people to be effective.”
— Bill Gates: American Entrepreneur and Found of Microsoft Co.
“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."
— Steve Jobs: American Entrepreneur and Apple co-Founder
"An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest."
— Benjamin Franklin: Founding Father of the United States of America
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