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Knute Rockne: Losers and failures

“Show me a good and gracious loser and I’ll show you a failure. ” Knute Rockne
Mitch Albom: Culture

“You have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn’t work, don’t buy it. ” Mitch Albom
Samuel Fuller: Common sense

“We have too many intellectuals who are afraid to use the pistol of common sense. ” Samuel Fuller
Virgil: Endure the present

“Endure the present, and watch for better things. ” Virgil
Anton Chekhov: Knowledge

“Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice. ” Anton Chekhov
Amos Bronson Alcott: Ignorance

“To be ignorant of one’s ignorance is the malady of the ignorant. ” Amos Bronson Alcott.
Louise Bogan: Prolonged childhood

“But childhood prolonged, cannot remain a fairyland. It becomes a hell. ” Louise Bogan.
Sacha Guitry: Serious or witty?

“You can pretend to be serious; you can’t pretend to be witty. ” Sacha Guitry.
Josh Billings: Surprised at nothing

“There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing. ” Josh Billings.
Dinesh C. Paliwal: Office Politics

“If you see or smell anything like politics, kill it.” –Dinesh C. Paliwal, CEO of Harman International Industries, as quoted in the New York Times.
Brandon Thomas: Stay real

“Just stay real and stay a real person. ” Brandon Thomas.
John F. Kennedy: Myth and truth

“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. ” John F. Kennedy.
Aldous Huxley: Consistency

“The only completely consistent people are the dead.” Aldous Huxley.
Ralph Marston: Rest and refresh

“Rest when you’re weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then get back to work. ” Ralph Marston.
Charlie Chaplin: Life

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot. -Charlie Chaplin, actor, director, and composer (1889-1977).
George Dennison Prentice: Vanity

“It is in vain to hope to please all alike. Let a man stand with his face in what direction he will, he must necessarily turn his back on one half of the world. ” —George Dennison Prentice.
Brit Hume: Fairness

“Fairness is not an attitude. It’s a professional skill that must be developed and exercised. ” Brit Hume.
Theodore Roosevelt: Moment of decision

“In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is do nothing.” —Theodore Roosevelt.
Henry van Dyke: Talent

Use the talents you possess, for the woods would be a very silent place if no birds sang except the best. -Henry van Dyke, poet (1852-1933).
Eva Longoria: Hunters versus farmers

“I’ve always said I want a farmer, not a hunter. Hunters go for the kill and they move on. A farmer nurtures; he watches things grow. ” Eva Longoria.
Paul Theroux: Principles

“It is usually expensive and lonely to be principled. ” Paul Theroux.
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Diane Grant: Walk alone

It’s better to walk alone than with a crowd going in the wrong direction.” — Diane Grant, Canadian playwright and screenwriter.
Edwin Louis Cole: Limited men

“Men are limited by the knowledge of their minds, the worth of their characters and the principles upon which they are building their lives. ” Edwin Louis Cole.
Winston Churchill: Continuous effort

“Continuous effort – not strength or intelligence – is the key to unlocking our potential. ” —Winston Churchill.
Nicole Scherzinger: Ruthless and selfish

“If believing in yourself and going after what you want in life and realising your worth is ruthless and selfish, then I’m definitely ruthless and selfish.” —Nicole Scherzinger.
Ram Gopal Verma: "I missed you"

“The biggest lie in history has to be ‘I missed you!!'” —Ram Gopal Verma.
Saint Francis of Assisi: Patience and humility

“We can never tell how patient or humble a person is when everything is going well with him. But when those who should co-operate with him do the exact opposite, then we can tell. A man has as much patience and humility as he has then, and no more.” —Saint Francis of Assisi.
Thomas Szasz: Duty and selfishness

“It is easier to do one’s duty to others than to one’s self. If you do your duty to others, you are considered reliable. If you do your duty to yourself, you are considered selfish.” —Thomas Szasz.
Lao Tzu: Ambition

“Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens. ” Lao Tzu.
Sonia Sotomayor: Be known

“Sometimes, idealistic people are put off the whole business of networking as something tainted by flattery and the pursuit of selfish advantage. But virtue in obscurity is rewarded only in Heaven. To succeed in this world you have to be known to people.” —Sonia Sotomayor.
John F. Kennedy: Purpose and direction

“Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction. ” ~John F. Kennedy.
Edward Albert: Selfishness and selflessness

“Sometimes you have to be selfish to be selfless.” —Edward Albert.
Imran Khan: Outstanding

“I wanted to be an outstanding player, that was my ambition. ” ~Imran Khan.
Chris Evert: Tunnel vision

“To be a tennis champion, you have to be inflexible. You have to be stubborn. You have to be arrogant. You have to be selfish and self-absorbed. Kind of tunnel vision almost.” —Chris Evert.
Simone de Beauvoir: Love, misunderstood

“The word ‘love’ has by no means the same sense for both sexes, and this is one cause of the misunderstandings that divide them.” —Simone de Beauvoir.
Viswanathan Anand: Ambition

As long as you are ambitious, there is always unfinished business. ~Viswanathan Anand.
Richard Flanagan: Writing and re-writing

“A good writer needs a good rubbish bin…I don’t think I’m much of a writer but I’m a better re-writer.” —Richard Flanagan.
An Insight To A Sensitive Person's World

My Positive Outlooks Sensitive people are the most genuine and honest people you will ever meet. There is nothing they won’t tell you about themselves if they trust your kindness. However, the moment you betray them, reject them or devalue them, they will end the friendship. They live with guilt and constant pain over unresolved…
Tupac Shakur: Somethin' to die for

“My mama always used to tell me: ‘If you can’t find somethin’ to live for, you best find somethin’ to die for’. —Tupac Shakur.
Marc Freedman: Mentoring

“Mentoring brings us together – across generation, class, and often race – in a manner that forces us to acknowledge our interdependence, to appreciate, in Martin Luther King, Jr.’s words, that ‘we are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied to a single garment of destiny.’ In this way, mentoring enables us to participate…
Sonia Sotomayor: Mentoring

“When a young person, even a gifted one, grows up without proximate living examples of what she may aspire to become–whether lawyer, scientist, artist, or leader in any realm–her goal remains abstract. Such models as appear in books or on the news, however inspiring or revered, are ultimately too remote to be real, let alone…
Dag Hammarskjold: Firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer

If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, — quieter, warmer. -Dag Hammarskjold, Secretary General of the United Nations, Nobel laureate (1905-1961).
JA Perez: Mentoring

“Mentoring is motivated by love.” ― JA Perez.
Simone de Beauvoir: Cleaning cycle

“Few tasks are more like the torture of Sisyphus than housework, with its endless repetition: the clean becomes soiled; the soiled is made clean, over and over, day after day, day after day…” —Simone de Beauvoir.
Someone Who Makes You Feel Loved

My Positive Outlooks Be with someone who is proud of you, someone you can laugh with, someone who listens to you, understands you, who treats you well and makes you a priority. — Brigitte Nicole of Lessons Learned In Life View original post
Tyler Perry: Blue in the face

“What I’ve found about it is that there are some folks you can talk to until you’re blue in the face–they’re never going to get it and they’re never going to change. But every once in a while, you’ll run into someone who is eager to listen, eager to learn, and willing to try new…
Evelyn Waugh: Horrors and heaven

“The human mind is inspired enough when it comes to inventing horrors; it is when it tries to invent a heaven that it shows itself cloddish. “ —Evelyn Waugh, novelist (1903-1966).
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Marsha Blackburn: Lasting legacy

“Everyone has a transferable commodity-knowledge. Sharing your unique expertise and making introductions for someone creates a lasting legacy.” —Marsha Blackburn.