Inspiring, Motivational & Enlightening Quotations (Apr 2007)

Set A
1. A merry heart does good like medicine - Proverbs 17:22
2. Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival - Edward Deming
3. I have never let my schooling interfere with my education - Mark Twain
4. A goal is a dream with deadline - Napoleon Hill
5. Whatever you are, be a good one - Abraham Lincoln
6. Diligence is the mother of good luck - Benjamin Franklin
7. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity - Albert Enstein
8. Be the change you want to see in the world - Mahatma Gandhi
9. LUCK = Laboring Under Correct Knowledge - Denis Waitley
10. You always pass failure on the way to success - Mickey Rooney

Set B
1. Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work - Aristotle
2. The twin killers of success are impatience and greed - Jim Rohn
3. Success is not so much what we have as it is what we are - Jim Rohn
4. We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities - Norman Vincent Peale
5. Appreciate people. Nothing gives more joy than appreciation - Ruth Smeltzer
6. Look in the Mirror: That is Your Problem and Your Solution - William E. Bailey
7. The proof of integrity is what you do when no one is looking - Denis Waitley
8. Dollars and guns are no substitutes for brains and will power - Dwight D. Eisenhower
9. Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off your goals - Henry Ford
10. Disgust and resolve are two of the great emotions that lead to change - Jim Rohn

Set C
1. Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others - Cicero
2. The little difference in altitude makes a great difference in the outcome - W. Clement Stone
3. If the truth isn't enough, then you must become stronger at presenting it - Jim Rohn
4. Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value - Albert Einstein
5. Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go - William Feather
6. Instead of thinking about where you are, think about where you want to be - Diana Rankin
7. When we give it our all, we can live with ourselves regardless of the results - Unknown
8. Success is being able to go from failure to failure without losing the enthusiasm - Winston Churchill
9. If the creator had a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely meant us to stick it out - Arthur Koestler
10. There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment - Norman Vincent Peale

Set D
1. Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up - Thomas Edison
2. I have had dreams and I have had nightmares, but I have conquered my nightmares because of my dreams - Jonas Salk
3. I could never convince the financiers that Disneyland was feasible because dreams offer too little collateral - Walt Disney
4. Read books, listen to tapes, attend seminars – they are decades of wisdom reduced to invaluable hours - Mark Victor Hansen
5. In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of result - James Allen
6. If you plan for one year, plant rice. If you plan for ten years, plant trees. If plan for a hundred years, educate mankind - Chinese proverb
7. Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgment, repeated every day - Jim Rohn
8. Human beings have the remarkable ability to turn nothing into something. They can turn weeds into gardens and pennies into fortunes - Jim Rohn
9. With clear and focussed goals, a person with average talent, ambition and education can outstrip the most brilliant genius in our society - Brian Tracy
10. If you don't learn to laugh at troubles, you won't have anything to laugh at when you grow old - Edward W. Howe
11. Purpose is the engine that powers our lives - Dennis Waitley
12. The crisis of yesterday is the joke of tomorrow - H.G. Wells

Set E
1. Enthusiasm is nothing more or less than faith in action - Henry Chester
2. Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer - Muhammad Ali
3. You are the only person on earth who can use your ability - Zig Ziglar
4. Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them? - Abraham Lincoln
5. Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it - Andre Gide
6. For everything you have missed, you have gained something else - Ralph Waldo Emerson
7. You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great - Joe Sabah
8. Personality can open doors, but only character can keep them open - Elmer G. Letterman
9. There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it - Edith Wharton
10. You will regret many things in life but you will never regret being too kind or too fair - Brian Tracy

Set F
1. If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow - Chinese Proverb
2. You don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing - Michael Pritchard
3. You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want - Zig Ziglar
4. We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience - Teilhard de Chardin
5. The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to be children all our life - Albert Einstein
6. The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind - William James
7. It only takes one lie to taint your entire testimony in a court of law. Honesty is a vital part of having a good reputation - Jim Rohn
8. I have learned that people will forget what you said and what you did, but they will never forget how you made them feel - Maya Angelou
9. The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts - Bertrand Russell
10. Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed - Buddha

Set G
1. Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration - Thomas A. Edison
2. Patience is not passive; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength - Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
3. Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our potential - Winston Churchill
4. An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; A pessimist see a calamity in every opportunity - Winston Churchill
5. You are only as strong as your purpose, therefore let us choose reasons to act that are big bold righteous and eternal - Barry Munro
6. He who refreshes others will be refreshed - Proverbs 11:25
7. Whoever trust the Lord, is happy - Proverbs 16:20
8. It is more blessed to give than to receive - Acts 20:35
9. Look out for one another’s interest, not just for your own - Ph 2:4
10. With men it is impossible; but to God all things are possible - Matthew 19:26

Set H
1. If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes - Mark 9:23
2. Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples - John 13:35
3. Love is patient, love is kind. Love does not insist on its own way. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails - I Corinthians 13:4-8
4. Neglect starts out as an infection then becomes a disease. - Jim Rohn
5. Nothing needs reforming so much as other people's habits - Mark Twain
6. Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding - Harvey Mackay
7. Being miserable is a habit; being happy is a habit; and the choice is yours - Tom Hopkins
8. To change a habit, make a conscious decision, then 'act out' the new behavior. - Dr. Maxwell Maltz
9. Habits are like comfortable beds; they are easy to get into, but difficult to get out of - Denis Waitley
10. You leave old habits behind by starting out with the thought, 'I release the need for this in my life' - Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
11. The core personal productivity habit is neatness. Important tasks are not entrusted to messy people - Brian Tracy