I have always liked reading quotes; they inspire, motivate, make you laugh and learn. Here are some of my favorites!
Lee Iacocca - “In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product, and profits. People come first.”
Thomas Jefferson- “He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second time.”
“Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom.”“Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.”
Helen Keller- “Keep you face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows.”
“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.”
“The highest result of education is tolerance.”
John F. Kennedy -
“Let us never negotiate out of fear but let us never fear to negotiate.”
“Forgive our enemies, but never forget their names.”
“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”
“Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your
country.”
Martin Luther King Jr.-
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
“If a man hasn’t discovered something that he will die for, he isn’t fit to live.”
“I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaningof this creed – we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal……”
“I have an ultimate faith in America and an audacious faith in mankind.”
Ray Kroc- “The quality of an individual is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.”
You’re only as good as the people you hire.”
Abraham Lincoln - “It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.”
“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing.”
“No man has a good enough memory to make a successful liar.”
Vince Lombardi- “The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.”
“The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.”
“It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.”
Sophia Loren- “Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.”
Golda Meir- “You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.”
“A leader who doesn’t hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.”
Sandra Day O’Connor - “I don’t know that there are any short cuts to doing a good job.”
Rosa Parks - “Whatever my individual desires were to be free. I was not alone. Many others felt the same way.”
Norman Vincent Peale- “Plan your work, then work your plan.”
“We tend to get what we expect.”
“It is a fact that you project what you are.”
Pablo Picasso - “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”
Knute Rockne - “One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it.”
Will Rogers- “Even if you are on the right tracks, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt- “When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.”
“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today."
“Happiness is the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.”
Theodore Roosevelt - “No man is above the law and no man below it.”
“Speak softly and carry a big stick.”
“Don’t foul, don’t flinch – hit the line hard.”
“No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.”
Wilma Rudolph - “I would be disappointed if I were remembered as a runner because I feelthat my contribution to the youth of America has far exceeded the woman who was the Olympic champion.”
Albert Schweitzer-
“Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.”
“Do something for somebody every day for which you do not get paid.”
Socrates-
“Education is a flame to be kindled, not a vessel to be filled.”
“The unexamined life is hardly worth living.”
Tecumseh-
“The Great Spirit knows no boundaries nor will his red children acknowledge any.”
Mother Teresa -
“Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.”
“To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it.”
Mark Twain -
“Throw your heart over the fence and the rest of your body will follow.”
“Courage is resistance to fear…not the absence of fear.”
“Nothing can sustain the assault of laughter.”
“When in doubt, tell the truth.”
Booker T. Washington-
“You can’t hold a man down without staying down with him.”
“The world cares very little about what a person knows. It’s what the person does that counts.”
Oprah Winfrey-
“I think that education is power. Being able to communicate with people is power. One of my main goals is to encourage people to empower themselves.”
John Wooden-
“Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.”
“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.”
“Failure to prepare is preparing to fail.”
Ernest Hemingway-
“Courage is grace under pressure.”
“Never mistake motion for action.”
Katharine Hepburn-
“Without discipline, there’s no life at all.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes-
“It is not so important where we are now, it’s which direction we are heading.”
“Man’s mind once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original shape.”
Peggy Fleming -
“The ultimate goal should be doing your best and enjoying it.”
Thomas Alva Edison -
“There is no substitute for hard work.”
“I failed my way to success.”
“Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.”
Albert Einstein -
“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.”
Black Elk -
“Everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the power of the world always works in circles.”
Clarence Darrow -
“To think is to differ.”
Walt Disney -
“All our dreams can come true – if we have the courage to pursue them.”
Fredrick Douglas -
“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”
Andrew Carnegie -
“As I grow older I pay less attention to what men say, I just watch what they do.”
“Aim for the highest.”
“The man who dies rich dies disgraced.”
Henry Clay -
“I’d rather be right than President.”
Confucius -
“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”
“Learning without thought is labor lost.”
Joan Baez -
“You don’t get to choose how you’re going to die, or when. You can only decide how you’re going to live. Now!”
Elizabeth Blackwell -
“It is not easy to be a pioneer – but oh, it is fascinating!”
Paul “Bear” Bryant -
“In order to have a winner, the team must have a feeling of unity; every player must put the team first – ahead of personal glory.”
“Football games are usually won by the boys with the greatest desire.”
George W. Bush -
“We will not waiver, we will not tire; we will not falter; and we will not fail. Peace and freedom will prevail.”
John Adams -
“Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.”
Mohammed Ali -
“I am the greatest.”
Aristotle -
“Choice not chance determines our destiny.”
“Education is the best provision for old age.”
“We should behave to our friends as we would wish our friends to behave to us.”