Showing posts with label quotes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label quotes. Show all posts

Monday, August 30, 2010

Quote Of The Day

"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth -- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up -- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had."

-Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Swiss-born psychiatrist, a pioneer in Near-death studies (July 8, 1926 – August 24, 2004)

Monday, August 16, 2010

Quote Of The Day

"Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try."

-Unknown

Monday, August 2, 2010

Quote Of The Day

"I believe that I was lucky to have suffered. Some people don’t realize that in suffering there is great potential, because if you are deprived for any reason.. politically, financially, socially or otherwise.. and if you set your mind in the right direction, you will find that the only way to survive is for you to excel, by being better so you can be treated better."

-Talal Abu-Ghazaleh
Chairman and founder of the international Jordan-based organization, the Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization (TAG-Org). (born April 22, 1938)

Monday, July 26, 2010

Quote Of The Day

"Do not wait; the time will never be "just right'. Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along."

-Napoleon Hill
American author (October 26, 1883 – November 8, 1970)

Monday, July 19, 2010

Quote Of The Day

“Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.”

-W. Clement Stone
Businessman, philanthropist and self-help book author (May 4, 1902– September 3, 2002)

Monday, July 12, 2010

Quote Of The Day

“Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.”

-Gail Devers
Three-time Olympic 100 m champion in athletics for the US Olympic Team (born November 16, 1966)

Monday, June 28, 2010

Quote Of The Day

"Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul."


-Samuel Ullman
American businessman, poet, humanitarian (April 13, 1840 – March 21, 1924)

Monday, June 21, 2010

Quote Of The Day

"The angels are always near to those who are grieving, to whisper to them that their loved ones are safe in the hand of God."

- Eileen Elias Freeman

Monday, June 14, 2010

Quote Of The Day

"Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.”

-James Byron Dean
American film actor (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955)

Monday, June 7, 2010

Quote Of The Day

"Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it."

-Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx
American comedian and film star (October 2, 1890 - August 19, 1977)

Monday, May 24, 2010

Quote Of The Day

“Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death”

-Albert Einstein
Theoretical physicist, philosopher, and author (March 14, 1879 - April 18, 1955)

Monday, May 17, 2010

Quote Of The Day

Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.


-Dale Carnegie
American writer and lecturer (November 24, 1888 – November 1, 1955)

Monday, May 10, 2010

Quote Of The Day

"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him."


-David McClure Brinkley
American newscaster (July 10, 1920 – June 11, 2003)

Monday, May 3, 2010

Quote Of The Day

When we forgive evil we do not excuse it, we do not tolerate it, we do not smother it. We look the evil full in the face, call it what it is, let its horror shock and stun and enrage us, and only then do we forgive it.


-Lewis B. Smedes
Christian author, ethicist, and professor of theology (1921 - December 19, 2002)

Monday, April 26, 2010

Quote Of The Day

"It's not what's happening to you now or what has happened in your past that determines who you become. Rather, it's your decisions about what to focus on, what things mean to you, and what you're going to do about them that will determine your ultimate destiny."

-Anthony "Tony" Robbins
American self-help author and motivational speaker (born Feburary 22, 1960)

Monday, April 19, 2010

Quote Of The Day

"Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome."

-Booker T. Washington
American political leader, educator, orator and author (April 5, 1856 - November 14, 1915)

Monday, April 12, 2010

Quote Of The Day

"A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life."

-Charles Darwin
English naturalist (February 12, 1809 - April 19, 1882)

Monday, April 5, 2010

Quote Of The Day

"You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong." 

-Warrent Buffett
American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (Born August 30, 1930)

Monday, March 29, 2010

Quote Of The Day

"A word to the wise aint necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice."

-William Henry "Bill" Cosby, Jr.
American comedian, actor, author, television producer, educator, musician and activist  (born July 12, 1937)

Monday, March 22, 2010

Quote Of The Day

"A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved.  He inspires the power and energy to get it done."

-Ralph Nader
American attorney, author, lecturer, and political activist (born February 27, 1934)