Grenville Kleiser Quotes

Life is so great in its opportunities and possibilities, that you should rise confidently above the inevitable trifles incident to daily contact with the world. Life is too precious to be sacrificed for the nonessential and transient. . . . Ignore the inconsequential.

It is often better to have a great deal of harm happen to one than a little; a great deal may rouse you to remove what a little will only accustom you to endure.

By the time you learn the rules of life, you're too old to play the game.

Today is the day in which to attempt and achieve something worthwhile.

To get the most out of your life, plant in your mind seeds of constructive power that will yield fruitful results.

New habits make new horizons. Silently and imperceptibly you are forming habits which will ultimately determine the degree of your happiness and success. Closely guard the quality of your thoughts, that they may lead to right habits and thence to right living. Recognize and use such supreme qualities as courage, faith, humility, loyalty, temperance, and integrity.

The good thoughts you send out to others will return to you multiplied.

Be grateful for the joy of life. Be glad for the privilege of work. Be thankful for the opportunity to give and serve. Good work is the great character-builder, the sweetener of life, the maker of destiny. Let the spirit of your work be right, and whether your task be great or small you will then have the satisfaction of knowing it is worth while.

Life does not stand still. Where there is no progress, there is disintegration.

Those who have attained things worth having in this world have worked while others idled, have persevered while others gave up in despair, have practiced ...the valuable habits of self-denial, industry, and singleness of purpose.

Church members are either pillars or caterpillars. The pillars hold up the church, and the caterpillars just crawl in and out.

Do not let trifles disturb your tranquility of mind. The little pin-pricks of daily life when dwelt upon and magnified, may do great damage, but if ignored or dismissed from thought, will disappear from inanition.

Let your intentions be good - embodied in good thoughts, cheerful words, and unselfish deeds - and the world will be to you a bright and happy place in which to work and play and serve

When you want a thing deeply, earnestly and intensely, this feeling of desire reinforces your will and arouses in you the determination to work for the desired object. When you have a distinct purpose in view, your work becomes of absorbing interest. You bend your best powers to it; you give it concentrated attention; you think of little else than the realization of this purpose; your will is stimulated into unusual activity, and as a consequence you do your work with an increasing sense of power.

Every good thought you think is contributing its share to the ultimate result of your life.

There is honor in labor. Work is the medicine of the soul. It is more: it is your very life, without which you would amount to little.

The most successful men have used seeming failures as stepping stones to better things.

The great things you intend to do some time must have a beginning if they are ever to be done, so begin something worthwhile today.

Most men have worried about things which never happened, and more men have been killed by worry than by hard work.

You grow your best thoughts in silence, solitude, and meditation. When you relax and think deeply, you are giving your inmost powers their best opportunity to disclose themselves.

Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment.

You can develop good judgment as you do the muscles of the body — by judicious, daily exercise.

Keep a definite goal of achievement constantly in view. Realize that work well and worthily done makes life truly worth living.

A ton of regret never makes an ounce of difference.

This is the time to speak the word of appreciation.