Inspiration Quotes - Page 155

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit.

Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal.

Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes.

There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one.

Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude, and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.

Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.

Our mission statement about treating people with respect and dignity is not just words but a creed we live by every day. You can't expect your employees to exceed the expectations of your customers if you don't exceed the employees' expectations of management.

You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours.

Success is won by those who believe in winning & then prepare for that moment. Many want to win, but how many prepare? That is the big difference. A sound value system held water then, holds water today, and will hold water in the future.

Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.

What does it mean to pre-board? Do you get on before you get on?

The demand to be loved is the greatest of all arrogant presumptions.

Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.

No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.

I've dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after.

Never follow anyone else's path, unless you're in the woods and you're lost.

If you want to destroy something in this life, be it an acne, a blemish or the human soul, all you need to do is to surround it with thick walls. It will dry up inside.

The trading rules I live by are: 1. Cut losses. 2. Ride winners. 3. Keep bets small. 4. Follow the rules without question. 5. Know when to break the rules.

The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply.

It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

You need contrast and conflict in order to tell a story. Stories need to have dark and light, turmoil, all those things. But that does not mean the filmmaker has to suffer in order to show the suffering. Stories should have the suffering, not the people.

"The true essence of humankind is kindness. There are other qualities which come from education or knowledge, but it is essential, if one wishes to be a genuine human being and impart satisfying meaning to one's existence, to have a good heart."

When you sell a man a book, you don't sell him 12 ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life.