Friday, May 05, 2006

Most Quotable Friday


If you spend your whole life
waiting for the storm, you’ll
never enjoy the sunshine.
-
Morris West

If you have the will to win,
you have achieved half your
success; if you don’t, you
have achieved half your failure.
-
David V.A. Ambrose

Everything comes to him
who hustles while he waits.
- Thomas A. Edison

Forget mistakes. Forget
failures. Forget everything
except what you’re going to
do now and do it. Today is
your lucky day.
-
Will Durant

The really happy man is one
who can enjoy the scenery
on a detour.
- Anonymous

Elbow grease is the best polish.
- English Proverb

Tomorrow hopes that we
have learned something
from yesterday.
- John Wayne

It is better to be a lion for a
day than a sheep all your life.
- Elizabeth Kenny

Adversity is another way to
measure the greatness of
individuals. I never had a
crisis that didn't make me
stronger.
- Lou Holtz

For peace of mind, resign as
general manager of the
universe.
- Anonymous

I'd rather be a failure at
something I enjoy than a
success at something I
hate.
- George Burns

Don't go around saying the
world owes you a living.
The world owes you
nothing. It was here first.
-
Mark Twain

Be on the alert to recognize
your prime at whatever time
of your life it may occur.
-
Muriel Spark

There came a time when
the risk to remain tight in
the bud was more painful
than the risk it took to blossom.
- Anais Nin

When one teaches, two
learn.
-
Robert Half

Someone's opinion of you
does not have to become
your reality.
-
Les Brown

Never miss a chance to
keep your mouth shut.
-
Robert Newton Peck

Keep a green tree alive in
your heart and a songbird
may come to sing there.
-
Chinese Proverb

Have patience with all
things, but first of all with
yourself.
-
St. Francis de Sales

Always do right. This will
gratify some people, and
astonish the rest.
-
Mark Twain

Right is right, even if
everyone is against it; and
wrong is wrong, even if
everyone is for it.
-
William Penn

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