Over the years I put together a collection of my favourite quotes, which I like to share with you. Take your pick, indulge in reading them, make one of them your favourite quote for the day or even go on a little historical journey about the author and what lead them to say what they said then. Give yourself permission to learn and – have fun!
A childlike man is not a man whose development has been arrested; on the contrary, he is a man who has given himself a chance of continuing to develop long after most adults have muffled themselves in the cocoon of middle aged habit and convention.— Aldous Huxley
Things are not always what they seem.— Phaedrus
The greatest value in creating a plan is not the final document. It’s the communication, prioritization, focus, clarity and learning that make the process worthwhile.— Jim Horan
To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.— Joseph Chilton Pearce
No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourselves.— Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you don’t take control of your life, don’t complain when others do.— Beth Mende Conny
The world of achievement has always belonged to the optimist.— J. Harold Wilkins
Our real duty is always found running in the direction of our worthiest desires.— Randolph S. Bourne
Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.— Anthony J. D’Angelo
We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out.— Ray Bradbury
The love we give away is the only love we keep.— Elbert Hubbard
Attitude determines altitude.— Unknown
It is common sense to take a method and try it; if it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.— Franklin D. Roosevelt
If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies,unforgiveness, selfishness and fears.— Glenn Clark
A fool judges people by the presents they give him.— Chinese proverb
A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.— John Barrymore
He who finds diamonds must grapple in mud and mire because diamonds are not found in polished stones. They are made.— Henry B. Wilson
Worry is like a rocking chair – it gives you something to do but it doesn’t get you anywhere.— Dorothy Galyean
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.— Warren Buffett
That best portion of a good man’s life – His little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.— William Wordsworth
Everyone is trying to accomplish something big, not realizing that life is made up of little things.— Frank A Clark
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.— John F. Kennedy
Giving advice is sometimes only showing our wisdom at the expense of others.— Anthony Shaftesbury
Adversities cause some men to break; others to break records.— William A. Ward
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear.— Mark Twain
Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.— Henry Ford
The important thing is this: to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.— Charles Du Bos
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.— Helen Keller
You can do anything if you have enthusiasm. It is the yeast that makes your hopes rise to the stars. With it, there is accomplishment. Without it, there are only alibis.— Henry Ford
Goals are dreams with deadlines.— Diana Scharf Hunt
We must travel in the direction of our fear.— John Berryman
The truth is, there’s no better time to be happy than right now. Your life will always be filled with challenges.— Richard Carlson
The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.— Mencius (371-291 B.C.)
A childlike man is not a man whose development has been arrested; on the contrary, he is a man who has given himself a chance of continuing to develop long after most adults have muffled themselves in the cocoon of middle aged habit and convention.— Aldous Huxley
Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see the beauty, believe in them and try to follow where they lead.— Louisa May Alcott
One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon, instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today.— Dale Carnegie
Good people are good because they’ve come to wisdom through failure.— William Saroyan
The only graceful way to accept an insult is to ignore it; if you cannot ignore it, top it. If you cannot top it, laugh at it. If you cannot laugh at it, it is probably deserved.— John Russell Lynes, Jr.
Expecting something for nothing is the most popular form of hope.— Arnold Glasow
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.— Thomas Jefferson
I think there is something more important than believing: Action! The world is full of dreamers; there aren’t enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision.— W. Clement Stone
He was so learned that he could name a horse in 9 languages; so ignorant that he bought a cow to ride on.— Benjamin Franklin
The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast it.— William James
The important thing is to never stop questioning.— Albert Einstein
The job is to ask questions–it always was–and to ask them as inexorably as I can. And to face the absence of precise answers with a certain humility.— Arthur Miller
Courage does not always roar. Sometimes, it is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow”.— Anonymous
Having the world’s best idea will do you no good unless you act on it.— Curtis Grant
We need to advertise our goals to ourselves.— Steve Chandler
The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.— Arthur C. Clarke
Thought precedes action, action does not always precede thought.— Doug Horton
Enjoyment is not a goal, it is a feeling that accompanies important ongoing activity.— Paul Goodman
None will improve your lot If you yourself do not.— Bertolt Brecht
Even when all the experts agree, they may well be mistaken.— Bertrand Russell
If a man hasn’t discovered something that he will die for, he isn’t fit to live.— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Those who lose dreaming are lost.— Aboriginal proverb
The world is like a mirror, you see? Smile, and your friends smile back.— Japanese Zen saying
Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year.— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Respect is the twin brother of trust. It is earned, not gained or demanded.— Ian Cosmas
You can have everything you want if you help others get what they want.— Zig Ziglar
Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.— Mother Teresa
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all.— Dale Carnegie
Every man is the architect of his own fortune.— Appius Claudius
Difficult: that which can be done immediately.— George Santavana
Impossible: that which takes a little longer.
No one keeps his enthusiasm automatically. Enthusiasm must be nourished with new actions, new aspirations, new efforts, new vision.— Papyrus
Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.— Marie Curie Polish
From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.— Arthur Ashe
He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven.— Thomas Fuller
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.— Charles Darvin
If you are never scared, embarrassed, or hurt, it means you never takes chances.— Julia Soul
The only way to have a friend is to be one.— Emerson
As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust and hostility to evaporate.— Albert Schweitzer
Where there is joy there is creation. Where there is no joy there is no creation: know the nature of joy.— Upanishads
For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.— Audrey Hepburn
We’re here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark.— Whoopi Goldberg
A true friend stabs you in the front.— Oscar Wilde
Always forgive your enemies – nothing annoys them so much.— Oscar Wilde
The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.— Orison Swett Marden
Discipline without freedom is tyranny, freedom without discipline is chaos.— Cullen Hightower
You will only be remembered for two things: the problems you solve or the ones you create?— Mike Murdock
A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.— Alexander Pope
I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing.— Kareem Abdul-Jabar
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honours the servant and has forgotten the gift— Albert Einstein
All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.— Pablo Picasso
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.— Eleanor Roosevelt
If you want to be successful, it’s just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing, and believe in what you are doing.— Will Rogers
The more efficient a force is, the more silent and the more subtle it is.— Mahatma Gandhi
The walls we build around us to keep out the sadness also keep out the joy.— Jim Rohn
Victory becomes, to some degree, a state of mind. Knowing ourselves superior to the anxieties, troubles, and worries which obsess us, we are superior to them.— Basil King
It is much easier to ride a horse in the direction it is going.— Abraham Lincoln
Greatness comes from ordinary actions, focused on a specific objective, followed by steadfastness. Anything is possible when you are committed to pursuing it one step at a time.— Ralph Marston
All men are alike in their dreams, and all men are alike in the promises they make. The difference is what they do.— Moliere, 15th Century French Playwright
Whenever you are confronted with an opponent conquer him with love.— Mohandas Karamchand
The ability to focus on one thing single-mindedly and see it through until it’s done takes more character than anything else.— Brian Tracy
It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.— Walt Disney
As we improve ourselves, we become better parents, better co-workers and an improved version of who we used to be.— Steve Sipusich
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.— Dale Carnegie
A lot of people approach risk as if it’s the enemy when it’s really fortune’s accomplice.— Sting (Gordon Matthew Sumner)
Just as your car runs more smoothly and requires less energy to go faster and farther when the wheels are in perfect alignment, you perform better when your thoughts, feelings, emotions, goals, and values are in balance.— Brian Tracy
Don’t join an easy crowd. You won’t grow. Go where the expectations and the demands to perform are high.— Jim Rohn
The Cure to Fear is Faith.— Norman Vincent Peale
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.— Chinese Proverb
Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.— Eleanor Roosevelt
Dreams are today’s answers to tomorrow’s questions.— Edgar Cayce
The next time you feel like complaining, remember that your garbage disposal probably eats better than 30 percent of the people in the world.— Robert Orben
And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.— Friedrich Nietzsche
A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of his thoughts.— James Allen
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.— Albert Einstein
Make yourself necessary to the world, and mankind will give you bread.— Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
When the solution is simple, God is answering.— Albert Einstein
Every man dies, not every man really lives.— Braveheart
A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools.— Spanish proverb
Happiness is good health and a bad memory.— Ingrid Bergman
Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.— Oscar Wilde
An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.— Oscar Wilde
Experience is one thing you can’t get for nothing.— Oscar Wilde
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.— Oscar Wilde
Hatred is blind, as well as love.— Oscar Wilde
I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.— Oscar Wilde
I put all my genius into my life;— Oscar Wilde
I put only my talent into my works.
To be enthusiastic, Act enthusiastic.— Napoleon Hill
You cannot get spoiled if you do your own ironing.— Meryl Streep
You can if you think you can.— Napoleon Hill
Believe in yourself in whatever you do, each challenge that comes will begin something new.— Serena Giselle McRury
Never let a good idea slip away from you.— Napoleon Hill
Have the courage to face the truth.— Napoleon Hill
The old model of education instructed the teacher to stand and deliver; that model is dead.— Quoted by Eric Jensen
Today, the teachers are learning catalyst; our students are the stars of our Class.
Keep your mind on the things you should and want and off the things you shouldn’t and don’t want. Good friendships are fragile things and require as much care as any— Randolph S. Bourne
other fragile and precious thing.
Actions make Habits, Habits make Character, and character is your destiny.— Napoleon Hill
Regardless of what you are or what you have been,you can be what you want. If you can’t write your idea on the back of my business card, you don’t have a clear idea.— David Belasco
I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; I will not refuse to do the something I can do.— Helen Keller
One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat.— Napoleon Hill
The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.— Ralph Waldo Emerson
We must either get to the point, or simply admit that we don’t have one.— Brian G. Jett
Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.— Longfellow
Nothing is ever accomplished by a committee unless it consists of three members – one of whom happens to be sick and the other absent.— Hendrik Van Loon
The intuitive mind is a Sacred gift, and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society which honors the servant, and forgets about the gift.— Albert Einstein
Wisdom is knowing what path to take next…— Robyn Elprehzleinn
Integrity is taking it.
Tell me and I’ll forget. Show me and I’ll remember. Involve me and I’ll understand.— Confucius
He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.— Lao Tsu
Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.— Lauren Bacal
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