FAMOUS THOUGHTS
You cannot prevent the birds of sadness from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from nesting in your hair.--------
You may not smile because you are cheerful;You will be cheerful because you smile.--------
You never get a second chance to make the first good impression.--------
To fight Fear …… Act !To increase Fear ….. Wait !--------
It is not enough to aim, you must hit.--------
Whatever life has given to you, never complain.It is always more than you deserve. Always be grateful.--------
Wealth is like a snake which is harmless if a man knows how to take hold of it, but if he does not, it will twine around his hand and bite him.--------
Not failure, but low aim, is a crime.--------
Only fools and dead men don’t change their minds. Fools don’t. Dead men can’t.--------
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.--------
Praise makes good men better and bad men worse--------
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Seek Opportunity, Not Security.A Boat in harbour is safe, but in time its bottom will rot out.--------
Success is never final and failure never fatal.It is the courage that counts.--------
Do Important Jobs now before they become urgent--------
Manage your time as you manage your money.--------
The key to success is knowing yourself.--------
The greatest loss is loss of self-confidence--------
Fear of losing can take the joy out of winning.--------
If you can’t stand the heat, get out of kitchen.--------
Our trouble is not ignorance, but taking No action is.--------
The human mind is like a parachute, it works when it is open.--------
If you want to gather honey, don’t kick over the beehive.--------
One of these days is none of these days;today is the day to start the big job.--------
Ships are safer in harbour but they are not meant for that purpose.--------
You better pay attention to your future because you are going to spend a lot of time there.--------
Do not wait for best idea. Implement the better idea; still better and the best will follow.--------
At the start of your career, what you learn is more important than what you earn.--------
Take the decision. If it is right, well and good. And if it is wrong, you will find out soon enough.--------
A vacation should not be just long enough for the boss to miss you,And not long enough for him to discover how well he can get along without you.--------
Treat every problem as a road block which forces you to take a detour. You may find the best during this forced detour, if your mind is active and vigilant.--------
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Man’s ability to think distinguishes him from other animals,therefore THINK !
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A beggar is normally not jealous of the richbut is jealous of another well to do beggar.
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A blind man will not thank you for a looking glass.
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A Candle, by consuming itself, gives light to others.
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A cat that is locked up may turn into a lion.
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A Day to come seems longer than a year that’s gone.
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A fair wind is better than the strength of many oars.
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A fool may ask more questions in an hourthan a wise an can answer in several years.
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A fool is always discovered if he stays too long.
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A good deed is forgotten, a bad one remembered.
A good neighbor doubles the value of the house.
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A helping word to one in troubleis often like a switch on a railroad track– an inch between wreck and smooth rolling prosperity.
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If we think happy thoughts we will be happy.If we think miserable we will be miserable.If we think fear thoughts, we will be fearful.
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A man’s reach should exceed his grasp.
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A man is not finished when he is defeated,he is finished when he quits.
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A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.
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A man should not sleep on silk till he has walked on sand.
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A man has never failed he has given up trying.
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A man isn’t poor if he can still laugh.
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A nail may serve a horseshoe, a horseshoe a horse,a horse a rider, and a rider a country.
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hunch is creativity trying to tell u something.
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A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.
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A little of friction is often needed to get attraction.
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A man is not hurt so much by what happens,as by the opinion of what has happened.
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A man’s own self can sometimes become his foe.
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There are two ways of being happy -either diminish your wants or augment your means.
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A shallow river should always be crossed as if it were deep.
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A single conversation across the table with a wise manis worth a month’s study of books.
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A stumble may prevent a fall.
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A traveler with a tongue does not lose his way.
A watched pot never boils.
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A weak mind is like a microscope whichmagnifies trifling things but cannot receive great ones.
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A will finds a way.
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Accept pain and disappointment as a part of life.
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Actions mirror thoughts.
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A peacock looks beautiful and charming only whenit spreads its wings and walks like a peacock.
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A reed before the wind lives on, while mighty oaks do fall.
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A repentant sinner is more worthy thanthe saints who never succumb to temptation.
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A rich miser is poorer than a poor man.
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All good things are difficult to achieve and bad things are easy to get.
All kinds of fish eat meat, only the shark gets blamed.
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All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.
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All over the world people are seeking peace of mind,but there can be no peace of mind without strength of mind.
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All problems become smaller, if instead of dodging them,you confront them. Touch a thistle, and it pricks you,grasp you boldly and its spines crumble.
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All philosophy lies in two words – sustain and abstain.
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All rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is never full.
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All things are difficult before they become easy.
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All unhappiness is caused by comparison.
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Actions speak louder than words.
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Adversity causes some men to break, others to break records.
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Advice after injury is like a medicine after death.
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The only extraordinary person is one who has no desire to beextraordinary, who is completely at ease with his ordinariness.
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As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say.I just watch what they do.
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Always behave like a duck – keep calm andunruffled on the surface but paddle like the devil underneath.
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Always go to the heart of the matter.
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Always there will be, along the sidelines of life,inferior would throw mud at those whose attainmentsthey do not quite understand.
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A man who has no smiling face shouldn’t open a shop.
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Ask yourself what you would and would not doif you learn today that you have only six months to live.
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At the age of fifty, every man has the face he deserves.
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Attitudes are the mirrors the mind, they reflect thinking.
As long as a person doesn’t admit he is defeated,he is not defeated – he’s just a little behind through fighting.
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As the gardner, by severe pruning, forces the sap of treeinto one or two vigourous limbs,so should you stopall your miscellaneous activities andconcentrate your force or a few points.
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An unused life is an early death.
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As water is to flower – so is praise to the heart of man.
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Bad news always flies faster than good.
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Badly cut hair is two men’s shame.
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Be a dreamer, if you don’t know how to dream you are dead.
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Be forgiving of yourself and others.
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Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to liveand to work and to play and to look at the stars.
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Be insatiably curious. Ask “Why” a lot.
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One well tried way to change is to set a deadline– and setting a deadline is ultimate inspiration to change.
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Be prepared to lose once in a while.
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Be tough-minded but tenderhearted.
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Be willing to lose a battle in order to win a war.
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Beaten paths are for beaten men.
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Because of indifference, one dies before one actually dies.
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Become aware of the silent conversations you hold with yourself.
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Bees that have honey in the mouth have stings in their tails.
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Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.
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Being powerful is like being a lady.If you have to tell people you are, then you aren’t.
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Belief is the knowledge that we can do something.It’s the inner feeling that what we undertake, we can accomplish.
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Believe only half of what you are and nothing of what you are told first.
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Better an ass that carries you than a horse that throws you.
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Beware of him who has nothing to loose.
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Beware of a silent dog and a still water.
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Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.
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Blessings never come in pairs, misfortunes never come alone.
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Books and friends should be few and good.
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Build your “memory bank” now before it is too late to make deposits.
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Getting Idea is like shaving. If you don’t do it every day, you are a bum.
You cannot prevent the birds of sadness from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from nesting in your hair.--------
You may not smile because you are cheerful;You will be cheerful because you smile.--------
You never get a second chance to make the first good impression.--------
To fight Fear …… Act !To increase Fear ….. Wait !--------
It is not enough to aim, you must hit.--------
Whatever life has given to you, never complain.It is always more than you deserve. Always be grateful.--------
Wealth is like a snake which is harmless if a man knows how to take hold of it, but if he does not, it will twine around his hand and bite him.--------
Not failure, but low aim, is a crime.--------
Only fools and dead men don’t change their minds. Fools don’t. Dead men can’t.--------
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.--------
Praise makes good men better and bad men worse--------
My Favorite Famous Quotes
The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking. -- Robert Schuller
If you want to be successful, it's just this simple: Know what you're doing. Love what you're doing. And believe in what you're doing. -- Will Rogers
"Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve."— Napoleon Hill
"Being broke is a temporary situation. Being poor is a mental state." -- Mike Todd
The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself. -- Mark Caine
When we can identify a problem and face the problem with confidence and enthusiasm, the solution is on the way. -- Zig Zigler
--Unless You Change How You Are, You'll Always Have What You've Got-- Jim Rohn
If you don’t set goals for yourself, you are doomed to work to achieve the goals of someone else. -- Brian Tracy
The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking. -- Robert Schuller
If you want to be successful, it's just this simple: Know what you're doing. Love what you're doing. And believe in what you're doing. -- Will Rogers
"Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve."— Napoleon Hill
The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself. -- Mark Caine
Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness. — Napoleon Hill
For every minute you are angry with someone, you lose 60 seconds of happiness that you can never get back. — Napoleon Hill
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. -- Eleanor Roosevelt
Brainy Thought - Stupidity
October 8th, 2008
“Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.”
Author Unknown
Brainy Quote - Make your own luck
September 8th, 2008
“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.”
Author Unknown
August 5th, 2008
“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882) American essayist, philosopher, poet.
Brainy Quote - decent egg
August 1st, 2008
“It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.”
C. S. LewisClive Staples Lewis (1898 - 1963) was an Irish writer and scholar. Lewis’s works are diverse and include medieval literature, literary criticism, radio broadcasts, and fiction relating to the fight between good and evil. Author of The Chronicles of Narnia and The Space Trilogy.
Brainy Thought - know that you do not know
July 17th, 2008
“To know that you do not know is best.”
Author: Lao Tzu (4th or 6th century BC) Philosopher of ancient China and central figure in Taoism.
“As we know, There are known knowns. There are things we know we know. We also know. There are known unknowns. That is to say we know there are some things We do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns, the ones we don’t know we don’t know.”
-Feb. 12, 2002, Department of Defense news briefingDonald Rumsfeld (born July 9, 1932) is a United States businessman, politician, the 13th Secretary of Defense under President Gerald Ford from 1975 to 1977, and the 21st Secretary of Defense under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2006. He is both the youngest (43 years old) and the oldest (68 years old) person to have held the position, as well as the only person to have held the position for two non-consecutive terms, and the second longest serving. Rumsfeld is also one of the most controversial defense secretaries in US history.
Brainy Thought - live up to principles
June 3rd, 2008
“It’s far easier to fight for principles than to live up to them.”
Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (1900 - 1965) American politician, noted for his intellectual demeanor and advocacy of liberal causes in the Democratic Party.
Brainy Thought - Beggars
May 17th, 2008
“Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.”
Attributed to Henry Ford (1863 - 1947)Henry Ford was the founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of modern assembly lines used in mass production. His introduction of the Model T automobile revolutionized transportation and American industry. He was a prolific inventor and was awarded 161 U.S. patents. He is credited with “Fordism”, that is, the mass production of large numbers of inexpensive automobiles using the assembly line which would finish a car in 98 minutes, coupled with high wages for his workers—notably the $5.00 a day pay scale adopted in 1914. Ford, though poorly educated, had a global vision, with consumerism as the key to peace. His intense commitment to lowering costs resulted in many technical and business innovations, including a franchise system that put a dealership in every city in North America, and in major cities on six continents.
Brainy Quote - predicting rain
May 1st, 2008
“No credit can be given for predicting rain - only for building arks.”
Louis V Gerstner, Jr.Former CEO, IBM
Brainy Quote - Greatness
April 27th, 2008
“Some men are born with greatness, some men achieve greatness, and some men have greatness thrust upon them.”
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England’s national poet. His surviving works consist of 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language, and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.
Brainy Quote - unimportant protocol
April 18th, 2008
“Anyone who considers protocol unimportant has never dealt with a cat.”Robert Anson Heinlein (1907 - 1988) American novelist and science fiction writer. Often called “the dean of science fiction writers”, he is one of the most popular, influential, and controversial authors of “hard science fiction”.
Brainy Thought - Courage & Failure
April 18th, 2008
“Courage is the capacity to go from failure to failure with increased enthusiasm!”
Paraphrased Winston Churchill
Brainy Quote - Truth vs Honesty
April 12th, 2008
“The truth is merely a matter of fact whereas honesty is a question of attitude.”
Tim Maher-DeTroyer
Brainy Quote - Shoot first
April 6th, 2008
“To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and call whatever you hit the target.”
Ashleigh Brilliant (Ashley Brilliant)
Brainy Thought - First principles
April 5th, 2008
“You are neither right nor wrong because others agree with you. You are right because your facts are right.”
Warren Buffett (1930 - ) American investor, businessman and philanthropist.He is regarded as one of the world’s greatest stock market investors, and is the largest shareholder and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. With an estimated net worth of around US$62 billion, he was ranked by Forbes as the richest person in the world as of March 5, 2008.
Buffett is noted for his adherence to the value investing philosophy and for his personal frugality despite his immense wealth. His 2006 annual salary is about $100,000, which is on the low side of senior executive remuneration in other comparable companies, and when he spent $9.7 million of Berkshire’s funds on a business jet in 1989, he jokingly named it “The Indefensible” because of his past criticisms of such purchases by other CEOs. He lives in the same house in the central Dundee neighborhood of Omaha that he bought in 1958 for $31,500, today valued at around $700,000.
Brainy Thought - Procrastination
March 31st, 2008
“The energy and anxiety that you invest in putting off an activity can consume more energy than is required to perform the activity.”
Jeff Davidson
Brainy Thought - problems
March 9th, 2008
“Problems are those things we see when we take our eyes off the goal.”
Author Unknown
Brainy Quote - Shoulders
February 27th, 2008
“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.”Sir Isaac Newton (1643 - 1727) English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, alchemist, inventor and natural philosopher. He is often regarded as the most influential scientist in history and is best known for discovering the Laws of Gravity.
Brainy Quote - attitude
February 17th, 2008
“Life is an attitude. It’s what you choose to believe, always.”
Dr. Wayne Dyer (1940 -) American author and lecturer. His 1976 book Your Erroneous Zones has sold over 30 million copies and is one of the best-selling books of all time. It is said to have “brought humanistic ideas to the masses”
Brainy Quote - new oceans
February 16th, 2008
“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
Andre Gide (1869 - 1951) - French author and winner of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1947. Gide’s career ranged from its beginnings in the symbolist movement, to the advent of anticolonialism between the two World Wars.
Brainy Quote - Rat race
February 10th, 2008
“A rat, even if he gets out of the rat race, is still a rat”
Author Unknown
Brainy Thought - software
February 5th, 2008
“A fool with a tool is still a fool”
Author Unknown
Brainy Thought - choose your family
January 3rd, 2008
You can choose your family but you can’t choose your friends. Or is it the other way around?
Brainy Thought 2008
Longevity, like intelligence or good looks, is largely a matter of heredity: choose your parents with care.
Author: Edward Paul Abbey
Brainy Quote - Simple
November 23rd, 2007
“Nothing is true, but that which is simple.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832) German writer of poetry, drama, literature, theology, humanism, and science.
Brainy Quote - great and noble tasks
November 22nd, 2007
“I long to accomplish great and noble tasks, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though
Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people." --Hyman Rickover
"It's not knowing what to do, it's doing what you know." -- Anthony Robbins
"Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one." -- Malcolm S. Forbes
"Asking questions is one of the fundamental keys of learning. It is always better to ask a question than pretend you understand." --Catherine Pulsifer
"If you go looking for a friend, you're going to find they're very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you'll find them everywhere." --Zig Ziglar “The only way to have a friend is to be one.” --Emerson
“Animals are such agreeable friends— They ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.” --George Eliot
"A friend is a person who knows all about you--and still likes you." --Elbert Hubbard.
The best way to predict the future is to create it! -- Jason Kaufmann
It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are. -- Roy Disney
Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success. — Napoleon Hill
If you want to be successful, it's just this simple: Know what you're doing. Love what you're doing. And believe in what you're doing. -- Will Rogers
The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself. -- Mark Caine
Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness. — Napoleon Hill
For every minute you are angry with someone, you lose 60 seconds of happiness that you can never get back. — Napoleon Hill
Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness. — Napoleon Hill
For every minute you are angry with someone, you lose 60 seconds of happiness that you can never get back. — Napoleon Hill
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. -- Eleanor Roosevelt
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. -- Bill Cosby
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. -- Bill Cosby
Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it. -- Dennis P. Kimbro
"What you think, so you will become." — Napoleon Hill
It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it. -- Lena Horne
No matter what we want of life we have to give up something in order to get it." -- Raymond Holliwell
"Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea." --Robert Half
It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test. Elbert HubbardAbility is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. Lou Holtz
The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do. Orison Swett MardenAbility will never catch up with the demand for it. Malcolm S. Forbes
They are able because they think they are able. Virgil
We all have ability. The difference is how we use it. Stevie Wonder
Ability is a poor man's wealth. M. Wren
If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Our work is the presentation of our capabilities. Goethe
"Ability is of little account without opportunity." Napoleon
The only difference between a good day and a bad day is your ATTITUDE!" Dennis S. Brown
"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude." Thomas Jefferson
"It is your disabled attitude that determines your disability and it is your disability that can or can't close opportunities in life for you." William Ngwako Maphoto
"Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it." Lou Holtz
"Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure." Norman Vincent Peale
"The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind." William James "
For success, attitude is equally as important as ability."
Harry F. Banks
"Your attitude can take you forward or your attitude can take you down. The choice is always yours!" Catherine Pulsifer
"A strong positive attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug." Patricia Neal
"There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative." W. Clement Stone
"Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character." Albert Einstein "Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions." Harold S. Geneen
“Your attitude can take you forward or your attitude can take you down. The choice is always yours!” Catherine Pulsifer
“The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude.” William James
We cannot change our past. We cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude." Charles Swindoll A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
My Favorite Famous Quotes
The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking. -- Robert Schuller
If you want to be successful, it's just this simple: Know what you're doing. Love what you're doing. And believe in what you're doing. -- Will Rogers
"Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve."— Napoleon Hill
"Being broke is a temporary situation. Being poor is a mental state." -- Mike Todd
The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself. -- Mark Caine
When we can identify a problem and face the problem with confidence and enthusiasm, the solution is on the way. -- Zig Zigler
--Unless You Change How You Are, You'll Always Have What You've Got-- Jim Rohn
If you don’t set goals for yourself, you are doomed to work to achieve the goals of someone else. -- Brian Tracy
The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking. -- Robert Schuller
If you want to be successful, it's just this simple: Know what you're doing. Love what you're doing. And believe in what you're doing. -- Will Rogers
"Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve."— Napoleon Hill
The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself. -- Mark Caine
Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness. — Napoleon Hill
For every minute you are angry with someone, you lose 60 seconds of happiness that you can never get back. — Napoleon Hill
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. -- Eleanor Roosevelt
Brainy Thoughts
Thoughts for the day.Tall poppy fertilizer
Brainy Thought - Stupidity
October 8th, 2008
“Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.”
Author Unknown
Brainy Quote - Make your own luck
September 8th, 2008
“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.”
Author Unknown
August 5th, 2008
“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882) American essayist, philosopher, poet.
Brainy Quote - decent egg
August 1st, 2008
“It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.”
C. S. LewisClive Staples Lewis (1898 - 1963) was an Irish writer and scholar. Lewis’s works are diverse and include medieval literature, literary criticism, radio broadcasts, and fiction relating to the fight between good and evil. Author of The Chronicles of Narnia and The Space Trilogy.
Brainy Thought - know that you do not know
July 17th, 2008
“To know that you do not know is best.”
Author: Lao Tzu (4th or 6th century BC) Philosopher of ancient China and central figure in Taoism.
“As we know, There are known knowns. There are things we know we know. We also know. There are known unknowns. That is to say we know there are some things We do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns, the ones we don’t know we don’t know.”
-Feb. 12, 2002, Department of Defense news briefingDonald Rumsfeld (born July 9, 1932) is a United States businessman, politician, the 13th Secretary of Defense under President Gerald Ford from 1975 to 1977, and the 21st Secretary of Defense under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2006. He is both the youngest (43 years old) and the oldest (68 years old) person to have held the position, as well as the only person to have held the position for two non-consecutive terms, and the second longest serving. Rumsfeld is also one of the most controversial defense secretaries in US history.
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THOUGHTS BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
A wretched soul, bruised with adversity,We bid be quiet when we hear it cry; But were we burdened with like weight of pain,As much or more we should ourselves complain.
William Shakespeare
Action is eloquence.
William Shakespeare
And since you know you cannot see yourself,so well as by reflection, I, your glass,will modestly discover to yourself,that of yourself which you yet know not of.
William Shakespeare
And thus I clothe my naked villainyWith old odd ends, stol'n forth of holy writ;And seem a saint, when most I play the devil.
William Shakespeare
Assume a virtue, if you have it not.
William Shakespeare
Be great in act, as you have been in thought.
William Shakespeare
Blow, blow, thou winter windThou art not so unkind,As man's ingratitude.
William Shakespeare
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Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood.
William Shakespeare
For they are yet ear-kissing arguments.
William Shakespeare
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Free from gross passion or of mirth or angerconstant in spirit, not swerving with the blood,garnish'd and deck'd in modest compliment,not working with the eye without the ear,and but in purged judgement trusting neither?Such and so finely bolted didst thou seem.
William Shakespeare
Glory is like a circle in the water,Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself,Till by broad spreading it disperses to naught.
William Shakespeare
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God bless thee; and put meekness in thy mind, love, charity, obedience, and true duty!
William Shakespeare
He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker than thee. If weaker, spare him; if stronger, spare thyself.
William Shakespeare
His life was gentle; and the elementsSo mixed in him, that Nature might stand up,And say to all the world, THIS WAS A MAN!
William Shakespeare
How poor are they who have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees.
William Shakespeare
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How use doth breed a habit in a man.
William Shakespeare
I am not bound to please thee with my answers.
William Shakespeare
I did never know so full a voice issue from so empty a heart: but the saying is true 'The empty vessel makes the greatest sound'.
William Shakespeare
I dote on his very absence.
William Shakespeare
I feel within me a peace above all earthly dignities, a still and quiet conscience.
William Shakespeare
I hate ingratitude more in a manthan lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,or any taint of vice whose strong corruptioninhabits our frail blood.
William Shakespeare
I must be cruel only to be kind;Thus bad begins, and worse remains behind.
William Shakespeare
I pray thee cease thy counsel,Which falls into mine ears as profitlessas water in a sieve.
William Shakespeare
I pray you bear me henceforth from the noise and rumour of the field, where I may think the remnant of my thoughts in peace, and part of this body and my soul with contemplation and devout desires.
William Shakespeare
I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.
William Shakespeare
I wish you well and so I take my leave,I Pray you know me when we meet again.
William Shakespeare
Ill deeds are doubled with an evil word.
William Shakespeare
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In a false quarrel there is no true valour.
William Shakespeare
In peace there's nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility.
William Shakespeare
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In time we hate that which we often fear.
William Shakespeare
It is not enough to help the feeble up, but to support him after.
William Shakespeare
Lady you bereft me of all words,Only my blood speaks to you in my veins,And there is such confusion in my powers.
William Shakespeare
Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore, So do our minutes hasten to their end.
William Shakespeare
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind.
William Shakespeare
Mine honour is my life; both grow in one; take honour from me and my life is done.
William Shakespeare
My words fly up, my thoughts remain below.Words without thoughts never to heaven go.
William Shakespeare
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
William Shakespeare
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Our bodies are our gardens to which our wills are gardeners.
William Shakespeare
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Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie.
William Shakespeare
Pity is the virtue of the law, and none but tyrants use it cruelly.
William Shakespeare
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Praising what is lost makes the remembrance dear.
William Shakespeare
See first that the design is wise and just: that ascertained, pursue it resolutely; do not for one repulse forego the purpose that you resolved to effect.
William Shakespeare
So may he rest, his faults lie gently on him!
William Shakespeare
Strong reasons make strong actions.
William Shakespeare
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Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.
William Shakespeare
Sweet are the uses of adversity, which, like a toad, though ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in its head.
William Shakespeare
The peace of heaven is theirs that lift their swords, in such a just and charitable war.
William Shakespeare
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The sands are number'd that make up my life.
William Shakespeare
The soul of this man is in his clothes.
William Shakespeare
The trust I have is in mine innocence,and therefore am I bold and resolute.
William Shakespeare
Their understandingBegins to swell and the approaching tideWill shortly fill the reasonable shoresThat now lie foul and muddy.
William Shakespeare
Thou art all the comfort,The Gods will diet me with.
William Shakespeare
Thou shalt be both the plaintiff and the judge of thine own cause.
William Shakespeare
Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.
William Shakespeare
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Thy words, I grant are bigger, for I wear not, my dagger in my mouth.
William Shakespeare
Virtue and genuine graces in themselves speak what no words can utter.
William Shakespeare
We are advertis'd by our loving friends.
William Shakespeare
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We do not keep the outward form of order, where there is deep disorder in the mind.
William Shakespeare
We know what we are, but not what we may be.
William Shakespeare
When griping grief the heart doth wound,and doleful dumps the mind opresses,then music, with her silver sound,with speedy help doth lend redress.
William Shakespeare
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When we are born, we cry, that we are comeTo this great stage of fools.
William Shakespeare
While thou livest keep a good tongue in thy head.
William Shakespeare
You cram these words into mine ears against the stomach of my sense.
William Shakespeare
For aught that I could ever read,Could ever hear by tale or history,The course of true love never did run smooth.
William Shakespeare, "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Act 1 scene 1
Lord, what fools these mortals be!
William Shakespeare, "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Act 3 scene 2
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Love all, trust a few. Do wrong to none.
William Shakespeare, "All's Well That Ends Well", Act 1 Scene 1
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No legacy is so rich as honesty.
William Shakespeare, "All's Well that Ends Well", Act 3 scene 5
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Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear.
William Shakespeare, "All's Well that Ends Well", Act 5 scene 3
My salad days,When I was green in judgment.
William Shakespeare, "Antony and Cleopatra", Act 1 scene 5
Age cannot wither her, nor custom staleHer infinite variety.
William Shakespeare, "Antony and Cleopatra", Act 2 scene 2
Small to greater matters must give way.
William Shakespeare, "Antony and Cleopatra", Act 2 scene 2
Since Cleopatra died, I have liv'd in such dishonour that the gods Detest my baseness.
William Shakespeare, "Antony and Cleopatra", Act 4 scene 14
I have Immortal longings in me.
William Shakespeare, "Antony and Cleopatra", Act 5 scene 2
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Hereafter, in a better world than this, I shall desire more love and knowledge of you.
William Shakespeare, "As You Like It", Act 1 scene 2
The little foolery that wise men have makes a great show.
William Shakespeare, "As You Like It", Act 1 scene 2
I met a fool i' the forest, A motley fool.
William Shakespeare, "As You Like It", Act 1 scene 7
True is it that we have seen better days.
William Shakespeare, "As You Like It", Act 1 scene 7
All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players.They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts...
William Shakespeare, "As You Like It", Act 2 scene 7
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.
William Shakespeare, "As You Like It", Act 5 scene 1
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The game is up.
William Shakespeare, "Cymbeline", Act 3 scene 3
I have not slept one wink.
William Shakespeare, "Cymbeline", Act 3 scene 4
No, 'tis slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword, whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile, whose breath Rides on the posting winds, and doth belie All corners of the world.
William Shakespeare, "Cymbeline", Act 3 scene 4
A little more than kin, and less than kind.
William Shakespeare, "Hamlet", Act 1 scene 2
Frailty, thy name is woman!
William Shakespeare, "Hamlet", Act 1 scene 2
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He was a man, take him for all in all, I shall not look upon his like again.
William Shakespeare, "Hamlet", Act 1 scene 2
Beware Of entrance to a quarrel; but being in, Bear't that the opposed may beware of thee. Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice; Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not express'd in fancy; rich, not gaudy; For the apparel oft proclaims the man.
William Shakespeare, "Hamlet", Act 1 scene 3
Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.
William Shakespeare, "Hamlet", Act 1 scene 3
But to my mind, though I am native here And to the manner born, it is a custom More honoured in the breach than the observance.
William Shakespeare, "Hamlet", Act 1 scene 4
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.
William Shakespeare, "Hamlet", Act 1 scene 4
Every man has business and desire, Such as it is.
William Shakespeare, "Hamlet", Act 1 scene 5
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