Ben Johnson
No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if …
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Janet Guthrie
It (racing) is a matter of spirit, not strength. It is a matter of doing your best each little moment. There’s never a break. You …
Raymond Hull
Winning promotion through Pull is a thing we all hate–in other people. Co-workers dislike the beneficiary of Pull (The Pullee) and usually express that dislike …
Love is like the measles, all the worse when it comes late. -Mary Roberts Rhinehart
Love is like the measles, all the worse when it comes late. -Mary Roberts Rhinehart
Really I don’t like human nature unless all candied over with art. -Virginia Woolf
Really I don’t like human nature unless all candied over with art. -Virginia Woolf
If food were free, why work? -Doug Horton
If food were free, why work? -Doug Horton
Rest, rest, shall I have not all eternity to rest. -Antoine Arnauld
Rest, rest, shall I have not all eternity to rest. -Antoine Arnauld
Let’s face it, writing is hell. -William Styron
Let’s face it, writing is hell. -William Styron
The man who is ostentatious of his modesty is twin to the statue that wears a fig-leaf. -Mark Twain
The man who is ostentatious of his modesty is twin to the statue that wears a fig-leaf. -Mark Twain
Heywood Brown
“He who dies a thousand deaths meets the final hour with the calmness of one who approaches a well remembered door.” Heywood Brown quotes
Pray to God but continue to row to the shore. -Russian Proverb
Pray to God but continue to row to the shore. -Russian Proverb
Mary Baker Eddy
Sin brought death, and death will disappear with the disappearance of sin. Mary Baker Eddy quotes
John Madden
The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else. John Madden quotes
Thomas Faranda
Doing a great job and not meeting the customer’s objectives is as useless as doing a poor job within the customer’s objectives. Thomas Faranda quotes
"You wanna play me? Sorry, I have already won myself." – Ephdan
“You wanna play me? Sorry, I have already won myself.” – Ephdan
Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children. -George Bernard Shaw
Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children. -George Bernard Shaw
The obscure we see eventually, the completely apparent takes longer. -Edward R. Murrow
The obscure we see eventually, the completely apparent takes longer. -Edward R. Murrow
Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon. -Edward M. Forster
Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon. -Edward M. Forster
My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack. -Ferdinand Foch
My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack. -Ferdinand Foch
Blood will tell, but often it tells too much. -Don Marquis
Blood will tell, but often it tells too much. -Don Marquis
The plainer the dress, the greater luster does beauty appear. -Edward F. Halifax
The plainer the dress, the greater luster does beauty appear. -Edward F. Halifax
Let life happen to you. Believe me: life is in the right, always. -Rainer Maria Rilke
Let life happen to you. Believe me: life is in the right, always. -Rainer Maria Rilke
Failure is the tuition you pay for success. -Walter Brunell
Failure is the tuition you pay for success. -Walter Brunell
Charles M. Schwab
I have yet to find the man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit …
Mark Caine
At all times it is better to have a method. Mark Caine quotes
Philip Massinger
To doubt is worse than to have lost; And to despair is but to antedate those miseries that must fall on us. Philip Massinger quotes
Where does one go from a world of insanity? Somewhere on the other side of despair. -T. S. Eliot
Where does one go from a world of insanity? Somewhere on the other side of despair. -T. S. Eliot
Riches: A dream in the night. Fame: A gull floating on water. -Chinese Proverb
Riches: A dream in the night. Fame: A gull floating on water. -Chinese Proverb
Security depends not so much upon how much you have, as upon how much you can do without. -Joseph Wood Krutch
Security depends not so much upon how much you have, as upon how much you can do without. -Joseph Wood Krutch
To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat. -Jose Ortega Y Gasset
To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat. -Jose Ortega Y Gasset
Avoid popularity if you would have peace. -Abraham Lincoln
Avoid popularity if you would have peace. -Abraham Lincoln
There is nothing in the world like a persuasive speech to fuddle the mental apparatus. -Mark Twain
There is nothing in the world like a persuasive speech to fuddle the mental apparatus. -Mark Twain
An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows. -Dwight D. Eisenhower
An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows. -Dwight D. Eisenhower
George Bush
I take as my guide the hope of a saint: in crucial things, unity… in important things, diversity… in all things, generosity. George Bush quotes
Primo Levi
The bond between a man and his profession is similar to that which ties him to his country; it is just as complex, often ambivalent, …
Elisabeth Claiborne Ortenberg
Once you shape a company to service the marketplace and your services are necessary, the company develops a compulsion of its own to grow. Elisabeth …
Dan Seligman
“A raise is like a martini: it elevates the spirit, but only temporarily.” Dan Seligman quotes
Robert S. McNamara
“Brains, like hearts, go where they are appreciated.” Robert S. McNamara quotes
Mary Todd Lincoln
“My evil genius Procrastination has whispered me to tarry ’til a more convenient season.” Mary Todd Lincoln quotes
Bob Ross
“You do your best work if you do a job that makes you happy.” Bob Ross quotes