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All Quotes Collection

"If you're doing your best, you won't have any time to worry about failure."

"If you're doing your best, you won't have any time to worry about failure."

H. Jackson Brown, Jr., American Author

Motivational, Time, Failure, Worry

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"The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science."

"The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science."

Albert Einstein, German Scientist

Creativity, Art, Emotion, Experience, Fun

13

"Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows."

"Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows."

Napoleon Bonaparte, French Leader

Music, Race, Voice

39

"May not the complaint, that common people are above their station, often take its rise in the fact of uncommon people being below theirs?"

"May not the complaint, that common people are above their station, often take its rise in the fact of uncommon people being below theirs?"

Charles Dickens, English Novelist

Wisdom, People, Being, Complaint, Fact

13

"Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm."

"Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm."

Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman

Inspirational, Genius, Enthusiasm, Production

20

"Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't try to do things. You simply must do things."

"Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't try to do things. You simply must do things."

Ray Bradbury, American Writer

Creativity, Enemy, Self, Thinking

54

"Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young."

"Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young."

Theodore Roosevelt, American President

Life, Age, Success, Old

28

"It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives."

"It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives."

Tony Robbins, American Author

42

"True happiness... is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose."

"True happiness... is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose."

Helen Keller, American Author

Wisdom, Happiness, Purpose, Fidelity, Self

17

"To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing."

"To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing."

Elbert Hubbard, American Writer

Attitude, Criticism, Nothing

22

"Two things control men's nature, instinct and experience."

"Two things control men's nature, instinct and experience."

Blaise Pascal, French Philosopher

Wisdom, Experience, Nature, Men, Control

17

"The need for change bulldozed road down the center of my mind."

"The need for change bulldozed road down the center of my mind."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

Creativity, Change, Mind, Road

15

"Labor gives birth to ideas."

"Labor gives birth to ideas."

Jim Rohn, American Businessman

69

"Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds."

"Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds."

Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman

Success, Man, May, Succeed

14

"Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more."

"Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more."

H. Jackson Brown, Jr., American Author

Attitude, People, Giving

47

"If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War."

"If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War."

George Washington, American President

Diplomacy, War, Peace, Desire, Insult

51

"Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day."

"Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Life, Day, Man, Thinking

16

"The way to develop decisiveness is to start right where you are, with the very next question you face."

"The way to develop decisiveness is to start right where you are, with the very next question you face."

Napoleon Hill, American Writer

Wisdom, Question, Right

60

"I'm bad and I'm going to hell, and I don't care. I'd rather be in hell than anywhere where you are."

"I'm bad and I'm going to hell, and I don't care. I'd rather be in hell than anywhere where you are."

William Faulkner, American Novelist

Attitude, Care, Hell

14

"The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet."

"The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet."

Stephen King, American Author

51

"Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended."

"Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended."

Abdul Kalam, Indian Statesman

Success, Dreams

59

"Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again."

"Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again."

Augustine Og Mandino, American Author

Empathy, Life, Thought, Beginning, Care

53

"Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success."

"Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success."

Dale Carnegie, American Writer

Attitude, Age, Business, Home, Men

58

"I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good."

"I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good."

Martin Luther King, Jr., American Leader

Wisdom, Power, Right

56

"It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company."

"It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company."

George Washington, American President

Attitude, Company

56

"Material possessions, winning scores, and great reputations are meaningless in the eyes of the Lord, because He knows what we really are and that is all that matters."

"Material possessions, winning scores, and great reputations are meaningless in the eyes of the Lord, because He knows what we really are and that is all that matters."

John Wooden, American Coach

Faith, Winning, Eyes, Possessions

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"My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors."

"My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

Education, Mother, People, College, Ignorance

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"Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain him."

"Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain him."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Business, Successful, Pleasure, Pursuit

12

"I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor."

"I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Inspirational, Life, Encouraging, Ability, Fact

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"Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival."

"Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival."

Thomas Jefferson, American President

14

"I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble."

"I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble."

Helen Keller, American Author

14

"You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war."

"You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war."

Napoleon Bonaparte, French Leader

Strategy, Art, War, Enemy, Fight

56

"There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain."

"There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

Wisdom, Men, Gain, Honor

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"I stopped loving my father a long time ago. What remained was the slavery to a pattern."

"I stopped loving my father a long time ago. What remained was the slavery to a pattern."

Anais Nin, American Author

Attitude, Time, Father, Slavery

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"Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to expect."

"Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to expect."

Stephen Leacock, Canadian Economist

Trust, Men, Dishonesty

56

"As we grow old, the beauty steals inward."

"As we grow old, the beauty steals inward."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Wisdom, Beauty, Old

59

"You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants."

"You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants."

Stephen King, American Author

Happiness, Favorite, Laughter

15

"While they were saying among themselves it cannot be done, it was done."

"While they were saying among themselves it cannot be done, it was done."

Helen Keller, American Author

Success, Saying

14

"If we love our country, we should also love our countrymen."

"If we love our country, we should also love our countrymen."

Ronald Reagan, American President

20

"It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe."

"It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe."

Muhammad Ali, American Athlete

Attitude, Mountains

93

"In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present."

"In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present."

Lao Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

Wisdom, Family, Life, Work, Control

62

"The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. For to a degree, people read the press to inform themselves-and the better the teacher, the better the student body."

"The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. For to a degree, people read the press to inform themselves-and the better the teacher, the better the student body."

Warren Buffett, American Businessman

Wisdom, Society, People, Body, Press

70

"We should not say that one man's hour is worth another man's hour, but rather that one man during an hour is worth just as much as another man during an hour. Time is everything, man is nothing: he is at the most time's carcass."

"We should not say that one man's hour is worth another man's hour, but rather that one man during an hour is worth just as much as another man during an hour. Time is everything, man is nothing: he is at the most time's carcass."

Karl Marx, German Philosopher

Business, Time, Man, Worth

20

"Science is nothing but perception."

"Science is nothing but perception."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

Wisdom, Science, Perception, Nothing

16

"The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away."

"The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away."

Ronald Reagan, American President

Wisdom, Business, Government

46

"To me the meanest flower that blows can give thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears."

"To me the meanest flower that blows can give thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears."

William Wordsworth, English Poet

Nature, Lie, Thoughts, Deep, Tears

48

"Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago."

"Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago."

Warren Buffett, American Businessman

Inspirational, Time, Today

75

"All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope."

"All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

Wisdom, Hope, Duty, Freedom, Honor

11

"To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is plunder."

"To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is plunder."

Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman

Business, Class, Community, Tax

19

"Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen."

"Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Destiny, Decision, Universe

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