“Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.” ~ Dale Carnegie November 24, 1888 – November 1, 1955 “Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept […]
“We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard” ~ John Fitzgerald Kennedy May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963 “Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any […]
“What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other’s folly – that is the first law of nature.” “Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on […]
“Corruption is a cancer: a cancer that eats away at a citizen’s faith in democracy, diminishes the instinct for innovation and creativity; already-tight national budgets, crowding out important national investments. It wastes the talent of entire generations. It scares away investments and jobs.” “Failure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up […]
“If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” ~ George Washington February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799
“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.” ~ Martin Luther ~ 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546 “Faith is a living, daring confidence in God’s grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times.” […]
“When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.” ~ Billy Graham November 7, 1918 – February 21, 2018 “The greatest legacy one can pass on to one’s children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one’s life, but […]
“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” ~ Zig Ziglar November 6, 1926 – November 28, 2012 “Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.” ~ Zig Ziglar November 6, 1926 – November 28, 2012 “You can have everything in life you want, if you […]
“Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday’s success or put its failures behind and start over again. That’s the way life is, with a new game every day, and that’s the way baseball is.” ~ Bob Feller November 3, 1918 – December 15, 2010 “I’m no hero. Heroes don’t come back. […]
“You see now how little nature requires, to be satisfied. Felicity, the companion of content, is rather found in our own breasts than in the enjoyment of external things, and I firmly believe it requires but a little philosophy to make a man happy in whatsoever state he is. This consists in a full resignation […]
“A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness.” ~ John Keats 31 October 1795 – 23 February 1821 “I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest. ~ John Keats 31 October 1795 – 23 February 1821 “My imagination is a monastery and I am […]
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who […]
“Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.” ~ Oliver Napoleon Hill October 26, 1883 – November 8, 1970 “If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.” ~ Oliver Napoleon Hill October 26, 1883 – November 8, 1970 “Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the […]
“Madness is rare in individuals – but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule.” ~ Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche 15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900 “Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the […]
“The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth.” ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969 “I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I […]
“To do a common thing uncommonly well brings success.” ~ Henry J. Heinz October 11, 1844 – May 14, 1919 “Heart power is stronger than horsepower.” ~ Henry J. Heinz October 11, 1844 – May 14, 1919 “Always plenty to do. Cannot well be idle and believe will rather wear out than rust out.” ~ […]
“By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination.” ~ Christopher Columbus Born between 25 August and 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506 “After having dispatched a meal, I went ashore, and found no habitation save a single house, and that without an occupant; we had […]
“If you work just for money, you’ll never make it, but if you love what you’re doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours.” ~ Ray Kroc October 5, 1902 – January 14, 1984 “It’s easy to have principles when you’re rich. The important thing is to have principles when you’re […]
“The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.” ~ Loretta Lynn April 14, 1932 – October 4, 2022 “You can’t be halfway in this business. If you don’t meet the fans, you lose all you’ve got.” ~ Loretta Lynn April 14, 1932 – October […]
“Nearly all buyers say ‘No!’ at first. Real salesmen stick until the buyer has used up his last ‘No!’.” ~ William Wrigley Jr. September 30, 1861 – January 26, 1932 “Many a man became my good friend and a customer simply because I would not take offense.” ~ William Wrigley Jr. September 30, 1861 – […]
“Do not worry at being worried; but accept worry peacefully. Difficult but not impossible.” ~ (Johnny Appleseed) Chapman September 26, 1774 – March 18, 1845 “Pray as you can, not as you can’t.” ~ (Johnny Appleseed) Chapman September 26, 1774 – March 18, 1845 “The New Testament, and to a very large extent the Old, […]
“While there is a chance of the world getting through its troubles, I hold that a reasonable man has to behave as though he were sure of it. If at the end your cheerfulness in not justified, at any rate you will have been cheerful.” ~ H. G. Wells 21 September 1866 – 13 August […]
“They said you have to use your five best players but I found you win with the five who fit together the best.” ~ Red Auerbach September 20, 1917 – October 28, 2006 “You don’t win games as a coach during games. You win games as a coach before games. Players win during games, not […]
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out… without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken September 12, 1880 – January 29, 1956 “For every […]
“Faith is the sense of life, that sense by virtue of which man does not destroy himself, but continues to live on. It is the force whereby we live.” ~ Leo Tolstoy 9 September 1828 – 20 November 1910 “I sit on a man’s back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure […]
“I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice. But I can do something else. I can give you my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations.” “I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it […]
“Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.” ~ Anna Mary Robertson Moses or Grandma Moses September 7, 1860 – December 13, 1961 “A strange thing is memory, and hope; one looks backward, and the other forward; one is of today, the other of tomorrow. Memory is history recorded in our […]
“One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying.” ~ Joan of Arc Sept 6 1412 – 30 May 1431 “Since God had commanded it, it was necessary that […]
“Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.” “The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.” “The only place success comes before work is […]
“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.” “Let us ask ourselves, ‘What kind of people do we think we are?’ And let us answer, ‘Free people, worthy […]
