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