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Monday September 21, 2009 08:56 PM

QUOTES ARCHIVE

The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. 

--- Chinese proverb

Courage to start and willingness to keep everlasting at it are the requisites for success. 

-- Alonzo Newton Benn

We make a living by what we get,

but we make a life by what we give.

-- Norman MacFinan

There are many ways to measure success; not the least of which is the
way your child describes you when talking to a friend.

-- Unknown

You see things; and you say, "Why?" But I dream things that never
were; and I say "Why not?"

-- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish Playwright

To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be
given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money
is the gravy.

-- Bette Davis (1908-1989) American Actress

The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they
attempt the impossible -- and achieve it, generation after
generation.

-- Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973) American Writer

Man has never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.

-- Bernard Williams (1929-) English Philosopher

Failure is only postponed success as long as courage "coaches" ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory. 

-- Herbert Kaufman

Be of good cheer. Do not think of today's failures, but of the
success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult
task, but you will succeed if you persevere; and you will find a joy
in overcoming obstacles.

-- Helen Keller (1880-1968)

If you do the best you can, you will find, nine times out of ten, that you have done as well as or better than anyone else.

-- William Feather

...the hill has not yet lifted its face to heaven that perseverance
will not gain the summit of at last.

-- Charles Dickens (1812-1870) English Novelist

Forget past mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it.
- William Durant, founder of General Motors

Courage is grace under pressure.

-- Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) American Writer

To be alive, to be able to see, to walk,...it's all a miracle.

-- Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982) Polish Pianist

Right actions for the future are the best apologies for wrong ones in the past.
- Tyron Edwards

People call me an optimist, but I'm really an appreciator....When I
was six years old and had scarlet fever, the first of the miracle
drugs,  sulfanilamide, saved my life. I'm grateful for computers and
photocopiers...I appreciate where we've come from.

-- Julian Simon (1933-1998) American Academic

Seek respect mainly from thyself, for it comes first from within.

- Steven H. Coogler

The height of your accomplishments will equal the depth of your
convictions.

-- William F. Scolavino


Nature does not bestow virtue; to be good is an art.

- Seneca

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done
without hope and confidence.

-- Helen Keller (1880-1968) American Writer

A friend hears the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.

- Source Unknown

Great hopes make great men.

-- Thomas Fuller (1608-1661) English Historian

To know a truth well, one must have fought it out.
- Novalis