October 2009
22 posts
“Talent is a dreadfully cheap commodity, cheaper than table salt. What separates...”
– Stephen King (1947 – ) American writer, hard worker
“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.”
– Isaac Newton (1642–1727) English mathematician and physicist
“If not now, when?”
– Hillel (30B.C.–10A.D.) Jewish scholar
“Be grateful for good breaks and kind favors but don’t count on them.”
– Marian Wright Edelman (1939 – ) American activist founder of the Children’s Defense Fund
“The smallest good act today is the capture of a strategic point from which, a...”
– C.S. Lewis (1898–1963) Irish writer and scholar
“In this world, you must be a bit too kind in order to be kind enough.”
– Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux (1688–1763) French writer
“Train well. Work hard. Work harder.”
– Charles Carroll (1964 – ) American chef
“The thing that cowardice fears most is decision.”
– Soren Kierkegaard (1813–1855) Danish philosopher and writer
“To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.”
– Steve Prefontaine (1951–1975) American Olympic runner
“No time like the present.”
– Delarivier Manley (1663–1724) English writer
“There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company...”
– Sam Walton (1918–1992) American retailer founder of Wal-Mart
“One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.”
– E.B. White (1899–1985) American writer
“Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never.”
– Sir Winston Churchill (1874–1965) British prime minister during WWII
“Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt.”
– José Ortega y Gasset (1883–1955) Spanish writer and philosopher
“Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.”
– Mother Teresa (1910–1997) Macedonian missionary Nobel Peace Prize winner
“Be not careless in deeds, nor confused in words, nor rambling in thought.”
– Marcus Aurelius (121–180) Roman emperor and philosopher
“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American writer and activist
“We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at...”
– Marie Curie (1867–1934) French physicist and chemist two-time Nobel Prize winner
“If people only knew how hard I work to gain my mastery, it wouldn’t seem...”
– Michelangelo (1475–1564) Italian painter and sculptor
“The way to get started is to stop talking and start doing.”
– Walt Disney (1901–1966) American entrepreneur & entertainment icon
“The most valuable of all talents… that of never using two words where one...”
– Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) 3rd president of the United States
“The difficult is what takes a little time; the impossible is what takes a little...”
– Fridtjof Nansen (1861–1930) Norwegian explorer Nobel Prize winner 