Wisdom Quotes
I have always been a huge fan of motivational quotes. They have encouraged me on numerous occasions when the going got tough.
Here I keep some of my favorites.
Do not be desirous of having things done quickly. Do not look at small advantages.
The desire to have done things quickly prevents their being done thoroughly.
Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.
~ Confucius
It isn't work that makes you tired, it's your mental attitude.
~ Dale Carnegie
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.
~ Vince Lombardi
Never put off till tomorrow that which you can do today.
~ Benjamin Franklin
Anyone can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend's success.
~ Oscar Wilde
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
~Thomas Edison
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
~ Confucius
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
~ Dale Carnegie
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore is not an act, but a habit.
~ Aristotle
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking.
~ William B. Sprague
Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
~ Henry Ford
You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
~ Vernon Howard
Success in life is most easily measured by the number of days you are truly happy.
~ Unknown
It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.
~ Edmund Hillary
The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.
~ Norman Schwarzkopf