Quotes

“Dubito ergo cogito; cogito ergo sum. (I doubt, therefore I think; I think therefore I am)”

- Rene Descartes



When you blame others, you give up your power to change.

― Douglas Adams



Every evening I turn my worries over to God. He's going to be up all night anyway. 

- Mary C. Crowley


“Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.”
― Bertrand Russell

Will is character in action. ― William McDougall



Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.
- Hegel


All man's honors to man are small beside the greatest prize to which he may and must aspire -- the finding of his soul, his spirit,his divine strength and worth -- the knowledge that he can and must live in freedom and dignity -- the final realization that life is not a daily dying, not a pointless end, not an ashes-to-ashes and dust-to-dust, but a soaring and blinding gift snatched from eternity.

-'The Prize', Irving Wallace, 1964




If only it were so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?

- Alexander Solzhenitsyn, 'The Gulag Archipelago'

“Many people are alive but don’t touch the miracle of being alive.”
- Thich Nhat Hanh



An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson


The will to succeed is important, but what's more important is the will to prepare. -Bobby Knight


A path is made by walking on it. ― Zhuangzi


It is only possible to live happily ever after on a day-to-day basis. -David March

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As you climb the ups and downs of change, new dimensions of your character are emerging.
- Ian Lawton


We do not so much need the help of our friends as the confidence of their help in need. - Epicurus



Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come - Victor Hugo


Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.


Invest in your mind for that is your most powerful assest. ―  Robert Kiyosaki


“The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.” ~ Voltaire


“Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your unguarded thoughts.” ~ Buddha



“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi


“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” ~ Lao Tzu


“The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it.” ~ Eckhart Tolle



“For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson




“You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage… to say “no” to other things. ~ Stephen R. Covey




“We are free to choose our actions, . . . but we are not free to choose the consequences of these actions.” ~ Stephen R. Covey



“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” ~ Lao Tzu


“I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” ~ Stephen R. Covey



“Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.” ~ Stephen R. Covey


“Seek first to understand, then to be understood.” ~ Stephen R. Covey




"You shouldn't run away from your problems, you need to aim straight for the heart of the beast." ~ Ruby Wax


“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.” ~ Mark Twain



“The price of discipline is always less than the pain of regret.” ~ Nido Qubein



“Success each day should be judged by the seeds sown, not the harvest reaped.” ~ John C. Maxwell


"Constant dripping hollows out a stone." ~ Lucretius



"Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow." ~ Yiddish Proverb



"Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish." ~ John Quincy Adams


"Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” ~ Will Rogers