Sunday 12 February 2012

Motivational Quotes

There is so much power behind words of wisdom. It may take a few different readings to truly understand the significance of each one, or a life experience that helps you understand the true meaning, so don't look at them just once. Also, feel free to comment below.

“There are two rules for success. 1) Never tell everything you know.” Roger H. Lincoln

"I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” Thomas Edison

“I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.” George Burns

“Leadership is doing what is right when no one is watching.” George Van Valkenburg

“Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.” Dwight D. Eisenhower

The difference between a boss and a leader: a boss says, ‘Go!’ -a leader says, ‘Let’s go!’.” E. M. Kelly

“I am more afraid of an army of one hundred sheep led by a lion than an army of one hundred lions led by a sheep.” Charles Maurice

“A ship in harbor is safe. But that’s now what ships are built for.” William Shedd

“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” Wayne Gretzky

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.” Mark Twain

Ever notice how it’s a penny for your thoughts, yet you put in your two-cents? Someone is making a penny on the deal.” Steven Wright

"Catch a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime." - Chinese proverb

“Catch a man a fish, and you can sell it to him. Teach a man to fish, and you ruin a wonderful business opportunity.” Karl Marx

“By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.” Robert Frost

“Formal education will make you a living. Self education will make you a fortune.” Jim Rohn

“The greatest reward in becoming a millionaire is not the amount of money that you earn. It is the kind of person that you have to become to become a millionaire in the first place.” Jim Rohn

“Lend your friend $20. If he doesn’t pay you back then he’s not your friend. Money well spent.” Ted Nicolas

“Money and success don’t change people; they merely amplify what is already there.” Will Smith

An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little more than he can chew hoping he’ll quickly learn how to chew it.” Roy Ash

“Entrepreneurship is living a few years of your life like most people won’t, so that you can spend the rest of your life like most people can’t.” Anonymous

Not a single person whose name is worth remembering lived a life of ease.” Ryan P. Allis

A jade stone is useless before it is processed; a man is good-for-nothing until he is educated.” Chinese Proverb

“All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws.” Chinese Proverb

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently” –Friedrich Nietzsche

"When you don't get what you want, experience is what you get instead" - Me, amended from the Last Lecture (Randy Pausch)



1 comment:

  1. Beautiful collection, every single one of them had their own blow. I especially liked the one by Robert Frost, “By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.”. Superb!!! Thanks for the effort and also thanks for sharing.

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