Famous Quotations Here you will find a list of my favorite quotations.  I have collected quotations for years as a means of finding inspiration, motivation and commonsense. I will have an monthly newsletter where I send a famous quote for every day of the month.   Sometimes I will add a story or two about how the quote came about.    Drop me a note if you are interested in signing up for the monthly quotes newsletter.

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1. Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.--William Feather
2. You cannot get ahead while you are getting even.-- Dick Armey
3. Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure. -- Earl Wilson
4. Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.-- Gen. George Patton
5. I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it. -- Jonathan Winters
6. Success is a journey, not a destination. -- Ben Sweetland
7. The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.-- Benjamin Disraeli
8. True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful. -- Paul Sweeney
9. There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, learning from failure. -- Colin Powell
10. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can't find them, make them.-- GeorgeBernard Shaw
11. Mistakes are stepping stones to success.-- Charles E. Popplestone
12. Losers visualize the penalties of failure. Winners visualize the rewards of success.-- Rob Gilbert
13. The key to my success has been to give up everything for my dream. -- John Johnson
14. To be successful, you must decide exactly what you want to accomplish, then resolve to pay the price to get it. -- Bunker Hunt
15. Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, "What's in it for me?"-- Brian Tracy
16. The ladder of success is never crowded at the top. -- Napoleon Hill
17. Failure is impossible
    --Susan B. Anthony
18. The art of life lies in the constant readjustment to our urroundings. -Kakuzo Okakiwa
19. The greatest discovery is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind. William James.
20. Curiosity is the beginning of success.
21. Have patience with all things, but mostly with yourself. --St. Francis de Sales
22. If there is no dull and determined effort, there will be no brilliant achievement. Hsun-tzu
23. Achievement comes when you decide to live your possibilities.
24. He who would learn to fly must first learn to walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying. -neitzsche
25. We can do anything we want if we stick to it long enough. Helen Keller
26. Life is full of ups and downs. The trick is to enjoy the ups and have  courage during the down.
27. Live every act fully, as if it were your last. Buddha
28. We must leave our mark on life while we have it in our power… Isak Dinesen
29. There is no progress without some discontent and discomfort.
30. Only by great risks can great results be achieved. Xerxes
31. When shall we live, if not now?
32. Refuse to be average. Let your heart soar as high as it will. - A.W. Tozer
33. No one ever became great except through many and great mistakes.
    -William E. Gladstone
34. It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves. Sir Edmund Hillary
35. Be courageous! Have faith! Go Forward! Thomas A. Edison
36. You must act as if it is impossible to fail. - Ashanti Proberb
37. All things at first appear difficult. -Chinese Proverb
38. Life is built of things we do; the only constructive material is positive
    action.
39. Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy
    it. -Samuel Butler
40. The principal mark of genius is not perfection but orginality, the opening
    of new frontiers. - Arthur Koestler
41. We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.
    Martin Luther King Jr.
42. Dreams are works in progress.
43. The important thing is not to stop questioning. Albert Einstein
44. The beginnings of all things are small. Cicero
45. Courage is grace under pressure. Ernest Hemingway
46. Leadership is action, not position. The acient text.
47. Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When you don't know what harbor
    you're aiming for, no wind is the right wind. Seneca
48. To make headway, improve your head. B.C. Forbes
49. Opportunities are seldom labeled.
50. We must be the change we wish to see in the world. Gandhi
51. Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid. Basil King
52. Habits change into character. Ovid
53. The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes. Benjamin Disraeli
54. I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.-Thomas
    Jefferson
55. Tomorrow belongs to those who have vision today.
56. To move the world we must first move ourselves. Socrates
57. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. Albert Einstein
58. Nurture your mind with great thoughts. Benjamin Disraeli
59. Discovery lies in seeing what everyone sees, but thinking what no one has
    thought.
60. Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Mark Twain
61. We build too many walls and not enough bridges. Sir Isaac Newton
62. Great deeds are usually wrought at great risk. Herodotus
63. Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood. Marie Curie
64. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Albert Einstein
65. Ideas shape the course of history. John Keynes
66. Always keep a window open in your mind for new ideas.
67. What you want to be eventually you must be every day. With practice, the
    quality of your deeds will get down into your soul.  Frank Crane
68. Anyone who dares to waste one hour of life has not discovered the value of
    life. Charles Darwin
69. Within ourselves are the seeds of triumph or defeat. Longfellow
70. Surrond yourself with challenging people and ideas.
71. It may be that those who do most, dream most Stephen Leacock
72. Growth is the only evidence of life. Cardinal Newman
73. If you can command yourself, you can command the world. Chinese Proverb
74. Nothing is so difficult that it cannot ber accomplished by diligence.
    Terence
75. There is a great deal of unmapped country within us. George Eliot
76. Trust yourself and you will know how to live. Goethe
77. To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream' not only
    plan but also believe. Anatole France
78. Things do not happen. Things are made to happen. John F. Kennedy
79. No pessimist ever discovered the secretsof the stars or sailed to an
    uncharted land or opend a new heaven to the human spirit. Helen Keller
80. One must learn by doing the thing; thought you thing you know it, you can't
    be certain until you try. Sophocles
81. Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir the blood. Daniel Burnham
82. Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back.. Babe Ruth
83. Nothing would be done at all if we waited until it could be done so well
    that no one could find fault with it. Cardinal Newman
84. He does what he says he will do; that makes him better than most.
    The TV show Spencer for Hire.
85. There is nothing good or bad but thinking makes it so. Shakespeare
86. Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort.
    John Ruskin
87. There is no darkness but ignorance. Shakespeare
88. Before proceeding on must reach. West African Proverb
89. Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. -William
    Jennings Bryan
90. Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when you have only one idea. Alain
91. The wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. Francis Bacon
92. Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves. Horace Mann
93. The very essence of leadership is having vision. Father Theodore Hesburg
94. Be faithful to that which exists within yourself. -Andre Gide
95. Success comes before work only in the dictionary. Anonymous
96. Nothing will come of nothing…dare mighty things. Shakespeare
97. One should count each day a separate life. Seneca
98. Adventure is worthwhile in itself. Amelia Earhart
99. Work is good provided you do not forget to live. -Bantu Proverb
100. There would be nothing to frighten you if you refuse to be afraid. -Gandhi
101. Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre
     minds. Albert Einstein
102. Do not settle for less than an extraordinary life. The ancient text
103. There is no shortcut. Victory lies in overcoming obstacles every day.
104. Choose well. Your choice is brief and yet endless. Goethe
105. Activity is the only road to knowledge. George Bernard Shaw
106. Life is like riding a bicycle. You don't fall off unless you stop
     pedaling. -unknown
107. A good beginning is half the battle. Portuguese Proverb
108. If you fell down yesterday, stand up today. H.G. Wells
109. Completed is better than perfect. Writer Proverb
110. Nothing astonishes others so much as common sense and plain dealing. Emerson
111. Nothing is particularly hard if you divided it into small jobs.
     The ancient text
112. No matter how hard the past, you can always begin again today.
     -Buddhist philosophy