Quite a Quote!

Buddy Ebsen: Enthusiasm

Image by Douglas Brown via Flickr Never turn your back on enthusiasm. – Buddy Ebsen
Eleanor Roosevelt: Happiness

Image by Tony the Misfit via Flickr Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. -Eleanor Roosevelt, diplomat and author (1884-1962) Related articles by Zemanta One’s philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives and we shape ourselves. The…
Nora Roberts: Answer is always No

“If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place.” ~Nora Roberts, quoted in “Teens Talk Growing Up”
Max Payne: Cliché

Nothing is a cliché when it’s happening to you. – Max Payne. Related articles by Zemanta 1 reviews of Max Payne (rateitall.com) “The effective way to use a cliché is to point to it and then do precisely the opposite. Juxtapose…” (hitenshah.name)
Bernard M Birch: Art of living

Image by gailf548 via Flickr “The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.” ~Bernard M. Birch, quoted in “Power Moms”
Joseph Prescott: Form of megalonania

To profess to be doing God’s will is a form of megalomania. -Joseph Prescott, aphorist (1913-2001).
M. Scott Peck: Love

“Ultimately, love is everything. When we love something it is of value to us, we spend time with it, time enjoying it and taking care of it.” ~M. Scott Peck, quoted in “Inside Basketball”. Embed from Getty Images Related articles by Zemanta Our Finest Moments (onethingiknow.net) Thought For Today (linusfernandes.com) Deliver us from evil, and…
Bruce Lee: Technique

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Mark Twain: Full value of joy

“To get the full value of joy, you must have somebody to divide it with.” ~Mark Twain Related articles by Zemanta Mark Twain Quotes (beliefnet.com)
Lois McMaster Bujold: People

Image by shinealight via Flickr “My home is not a place, it is people.” ~Lois McMaster Bujold, quoted in “Count Your Blessings”
Harvey Mackay: Time

“Time is free, but it’s priceless. You can’t own it, but you can use it. You can’t keep it, but you can send it. Once you’ve lost it, you can never get it back.” ~Harvey Mackay, quoted in “Dads & Daughters”.
Bonnie Jean Wasmund: How you made them feel

“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” ~Bonnie Jean Wasmund, quoted in Teens Talk Tough Times.
Dark Knight: Never do it for free

If you’re good at something, never do it for free. – The Dark Knight
David Viscott: Sun from both sides

“To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides” ~David Viscott, M.D., quoted in “Happily Ever After”
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr: Wind and water power

Image via Wikipedia Laughter and tears are meant to turn the wheels of the same machinery of sensibility; one is wind-power, and the other water-power. –Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., poet, novelist, essayist, and physician (1809-1894)
George Bernard Shaw: Ferocity

When a man hunts a tiger, it’s called sport. When a tiger stalks a man, it’s called ferocity. – George Bernard Shaw. Related articles by Zemanta India halts tiger tourism in attempt to prevent extinction (telegraph.co.uk) Tiger heaven (news.bbc.co.uk)
John Dryden: Mighty things

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Warren Buffett: Friend of the fundamentalist

“We have usually made our best purchases when apprehensions about some macro event were at a peak. Fear is the foe of the faddist, but the friend of the fundamentalist.” – Warren Buffett.
Arnold Palmer: Opportunity ahead of you

Cover of The Golf Book “Focus not on the commotion around you, but on the opportunity ahead of you.” ~Arnold Palmer, quoted in “The Golf Book“. Related articles by Zemanta What Arnold Palmer Can Teach Today’s Professional Golfers (bleacherreport.com) Tiger Woods Returning To Arnold Palmer Invitational At Bay Hill: Report (huffingtonpost.com)
Thomas Watson: Raise your error rate

“If you want to succeed, raise your error rate.” – Thomas Watson (founder of IBM), when asked about risk taking.
John D MacDonald: Integrity

“Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn’t blow in the wind or change with the weather. It is your inner image of yourself, and if you look in there and see a man who won’t cheat, then you know he never will.” ~John D. MacDonald, quoted in “Inside Basketball”
Warren Buffett: Unwisely retained

Image by Pete Zarria via Flickr “Since the long-term corporate outlook changes only infrequently, dividend patterns should change no more often. But over time distributable earnings that have been withheld by managers should earn their keep. If earnings have been unwisely retained, it is likely that managers, too, have been unwisely retained.” – Warren Buffett
Dolly Parton: Put up with the rain

Image via Wikipedia “The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.” ~Dolly Parton, quoted in “Happily Ever After” Related articles by Zemanta Myths about women investing ” Mostly Economics (linusfernandes.com) Hating rickshaw drivers (linusfernandes.com)
Unknown: Tax on the poor

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Warren Buffett: Large doses of effortless money

Image by Aaron Friedman via Flickr “The line separating investment and speculation, which is never bright and clear, becomes blurred still further when most market participants have recently enjoyed triumphs. Nothing sedates rationality like large doses of effortless money.” – Warren Buffett Related articles by Zemanta New Warren Buffett Cartoon Teaches Kids About Investing (dailyfinance.com)
Richard Bach: Mission on earth

Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you’re alive, it isn’t. –Richard Bach, writer (b. 1936)
Jim Collins: Great nation

Image by krisdecurtis via Flickr If we only have great companies, we will merely have a prosperous society, not a great one. Economic growth and power are the means, not the definition, of a great nation. – Jim Collins Related articles by Zemanta Notes from Jim Collins at the Chick-fil-A Leadercast (part I) (christopherscottblog.typepad.com) What’s…
Jeremy Grantham: Volatility

“Volatility is a symptom that people have no idea of the underlying value – that they have stopped playing the asset game. They’re not buying because it’s a company with certain attributes. They’re buying because the price is rising.” – Jeremy Grantham. Related articles by Zemanta Jeremy Grantham on bubbles (investmentpostcards.com) Grantham: This Crazy Market…
Ralph Waldo Emerson: You cannot do a kindness too soon

Image via Wikipedia “You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, quoted in “Teens Talk Middle School” Related articles by Zemanta Woe of Tyrants Look to Ralph Waldo Emerson for Inspiration (noisecreep.com)
Peter Lynch: Earnings and assets

“What makes a company valuable, and why it will be more valuable tomorrow than it is today… earnings and assets.” – Peter Lynch. Related articles by Zemanta How to use P/E ratio to evaluate investment (richdadobservations.blogspot.com) Quotes Uncovered: Hindsight and Crowds (freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com) The radius of comprehension – in PragPub (reprog.wordpress.com) A brief, yet helpful, lesson…