Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Colleen DeReuck: Work horse
I don’t rate myself as a fantastic, talented athlete. I just have perseverance. I’m a cart horse. I work hard. Colleen DeReuck, U.S. Olympian
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Steve Prefontaine: Success
Success isn’t how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started. Steve Prefontaine
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Vash Young: Value for money
“I have always noticed that a man who gives the most for the money, gets the most business. ” ––Vash Young Related articles Understanding Money Market Accounts (ally.com) Would you do anything for money? (christianpf.com)
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Amos Bronson Alcott: Thought
“Thought means life, since those who do not think so do not live in any high or real sense. Thinking makes the man.” —Amos Bronson Alcott.
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William Cobbett: A single leap
“It is by attempting to reach the top in a single leap that so much misery is produced in the world. ” –—William Cobbett
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Helen Adams Keller: Test of democracy
“The test of a democracy is not the magnificence of buildings or the speed of automobiles or the efficiency of air transportation, but rather the care given to the welfare of all the people.” —Helen Adams Keller, lecturer and author (1880-1968).
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Josh Billings: Not by the horns, but by the tail
“Don’t take the bull by the horns, but by the tail, then you can let go when you want to.” ~Josh Billings.
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Peter Munk: Not Einstein
“I’m not exactly an Einstein, so I compensate by being more focused. ”—Peter Munk.
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Joe Theismann: Gain an advantage
“I worked hard. I worked late. I went in early. I did everything I could to gain an advantage. ” —Joe Theismann
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John Wooden: Success
“Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.“ —John Wooden, American basketball player and coach.
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Desmond Tutu: Humanity
“My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.” ~Desmond Tutu.
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Eric Sevareid: Crime or suicide
No man was ever more than about nine meals away from crime or suicide. –Eric Sevareid, journalist (1912-1992)
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Rupert Murdoch: The fast and the slow
“The world is changing very fast. Big will not beat small anymore. It will be the fast beating the slow.” ~Rupert Murdoch.
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George Orwell: Liberty
“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” ~George Orwell.
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Ayn Rand: Power of production
“The power of production is not the same thing as the power of coercion by physical force.” ~Ayn Rand.
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Christopher Hitchens: Evidence
“What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.” ~Christopher Hitchens
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Gilbert K Chesterton: Neighbour
“We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next-door neighbour.” ~Gilbert K Chesterton.
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Dalton Trumbo: Love and taxes
“Now the truth of the matter is that there are a lot of things people don’t understand. Take the Einstein theory. Take taxes. Take love. Do you understand them? Neither do I. But they exist. They happen.” —Dalton Trumbo
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William Booth: Maximum income
“The profession of a prostitute is the only career in which the maximum income is paid to the newest apprentice. ” ~ William Booth
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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Silence and music
A note of music gains significance from the silence on either side. -Anne Morrow Lindbergh, writer (1906-2001)
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Voltaire: Love
“Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.” —Voltaire,French writer and philosopher.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Thoughts and actions
“The ancestor of every action is a thought. ”~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Peter Sellers: Identity
“If you ask me to play myself, I will not know what to do. I do not know who or what I am. ” ~Peter Sellers
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Norman Vincent Peale: Stretched bow
“You will soon break the bow if you keep it always stretched. ”~Norman Vincent Peale
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Eduardo Galeano: History
“History never really says goodbye. History says, “See you later.” ~Eduardo Galeano.
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Socrates: Faith
“Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions, but those who kindly reprove thy faults.” ~Socrates
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Muhammad Ali: Just a job
“It’s just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.” ~Muhammad Ali
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Octavio Paz: Language
For every language that becomes extinct, an image of man disappears. -Octavio Paz, poet, diplomat, Nobel laureate (1914-1998)
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Victor Hugo: Evil
“Evil. Mistrust those who rejoice at it even more than those who do it. ” ~Victor Hugo
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Albert Ellis: Love and persistence
“The art of love is largely the art of persistence. ” ~Albert Ellis
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Alexandre Dumas: Generalizations
“All generalizations are dangerous, even this one. ” Alexandre Dumas
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Rabindranath Tagore: Freedom
“We gain freedom when we have paid the full price.” ~Rabindranath Tagore.
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John Lennon: Peace and television sets
“If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there’d be peace.” ~John Lennon.
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Unknown: Great opportunity
“The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.” ~Unknown
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Johnson: Ignorance
“Ignorance, when voluntary, is criminal, and a man may be properly charged with that evil which he neglected or refused to learn how to prevent.” ~Johnson
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Albert Camus: Ridiculous beginning
“All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. ” ~Albert Camus
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Marcus Aurelius: Begin
“Begin – to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished. ” ~ Marcus Aurelius
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William Arthur Ward: The best in ourselves
“When we seek out the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.” ~William Arthur Ward.
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Soren Aaby Kierkegaard: Life
“Life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced.” ~Soren Aaby Kierkegaard
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George Washington: Conscience
“Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience. ” George Washington
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Henley Gibble: Finishing
“Running the marathon gave me an inner strength that changed my life…just finishing can have a profound effect on your confidence and self-esteem.” ~Henley Gibble
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Lillian Hellman: Agreeable injustice?
“Since when do we have to agree with people to defend them from injustice?” -Lillian Hellman, playwright (1905-1984)
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Hermann Hesse: Sinister
“People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.” ~Herman Hesse.
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Arthur Baer: Good neighbour
“A good neighbour is a fellow who smiles at you over the back fence, but doesn’t climb over it.” ~Arthur Baer
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Margaret Chase Smith: Moral cowardice
“Moral cowardice that keeps us from speaking our minds is as dangerous to this country as irresponsible talk. The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character. ” Margaret Chase Smith
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Dagobert D. Runes: Common hatred, not common love
“Dictators long ago found out it is easier to unite people in common hatred than common love.” Dagobert D. Runes
