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The o nly good is kn owledge a nd the o nly ev il is ignorance S ocrates

A people that value its p rivileges a bove its p rinciples so on loses b oth Dwight D. Eisenhower

In theory, there is n o difference between theory a nd practice. But in practice, there is Yogi

Berra

A little inaccuracy ca n sometimes sa ve a ton of explanation H.H Munro

Any intelligent fool can make things b igger, more complex and more violent. It takes a touch of

genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction Albert Einstein

A consensus m eans t hat everyone agrees t o say collectively w hat no one believes i ndividually

Abba Eban

Non-cooperation with evil is a s m uch a duty a s i s co operation with good Mohandas G andhi

Whatever government is n ot a government of laws, is a despotism, let it be called what it may

Daniel Webster

Good people do not need laws t o tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will nd a wayaround the laws P lato

Far and away the best prize that life offers i s t he chance to work h ard at work worth doing

Theodore Roosevelt

It is d angerous t o be right, when the government is w rong Voltaire

The will of the people is t he only l egitimate foundation of any g overnment, and to protect its f ree

expression should b e o ur rst object Thomas J efferson

No nation is t to sit in judgment upon any o ther nation Woodrow Wilson (28th U.S President)

The artist is n othing without the gift, but the gift is n othing without work Emile Zola

The world is f ull of educated derelicts Calvin Coolidge


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A lie gets h alfway around the world before the truth has a change to get its p ants o n Winston

Churchill

Its n ot the size of the dog in the ght, its t he size of the ght in the dog Mark Twain

Life contains b ut two tragedies. One is n ot to get your hearts d esire, the other is t o get it Socrates

If women didnt exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning Aristotle Onasis

Men are not disturbed by t hings, but the view they take of things Epictetus

As a rule, men worry m ore about what they ca nt see than about what they can Julius Caesar

Good Quotations by Famous People:(famous quotes, witty quotes, and funny quotations collected byGabriel Robins over the years)

!"oral indi#nation is $ealousy with a halo%! &% G% 'ells ( ** + *)

!Glory is fleetin#, but obscurity is forever%! -apoleon .onaparte ( /*+ 0 )

!1ictory #oes to the player who ma2es the ne3t to last mista2e%! 4hessmaster 5avielly Gri#orievitch 6arta2ower ( / +7*)

!8on9t be so humble you are not that #reat%! Golda "eir ( + +/ ) to a visitin# diplomat

!&is i#norance is encyclopedic! bba ;ban ( + 7 0


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!Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, whilebad people will find a way around the laws%!

Plato ( 0/ A / .%4%)!6he power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism bythose who don9t have it%!

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Geor#e 'ashin#ton 4arver ( * + A)!&ow wron# it is for a woman to e3pect the man to build the world shewants, rather than to create it herself%!

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lbert Giacometti (sculptor)! ll truth passes throu#h three sta#es% First, it is ridiculed% 5econd, itis violently opposed% 6hird, it is accepted as bein# self evident%!

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!Cbstacles are those fri#htful thin#s you see when you ta2e your eyesoff your #oal%!

&enry Ford ( *A + /)!=9ll sleep when =9m dead%!

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5ir 'inston 4hurchill ( / +*7)! ny man who is under A! -iels .ohr ( 7 +*0)!'hen = am wor2in# on a problem = never thin2 about beauty% = onlythin2 about how to solve the problem% .ut when = have finished, if thesolution is not beautiful, = 2now it is wron#%!

.uc2minster Fuller ( +7 + A)!=n science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understoodby everyone, somethin# that no one ever 2new before% .ut in poetry,it9s the e3act opposite%!

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!From the moment = pic2ed your boo2 up until = laid it down = wasconvulsed with lau#hter% 5ome day = intend readin# it%!

Groucho "ar3 ( +7 +//)!=t is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinatin#%!

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!6oo many pieces of music finish too lon# after the end%! =#or 5travins2y ( 0 +/ )

! nythin# that is too stupid to be spo2en is sun#%! 1oltaire ( *+ // )

!'hen choosin# between two evils, = always li2e to try the one =9venever tried before%!

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!-ietIsche was stupid and abnormal%! @eo 6olstoy ( 0 +


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:. 'o the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail.

Abraham 9aslow

1*. +e are what we re$eatedly do4 e#cellence, then, is not an act but a habit.

Aristotle

11. A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.;altasar racian

12. Do not seek to follow in the footste$s of the men of old4 seek what they sought.

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1&. +atch your thoughts4 they become words.+atch your words4 they become actions.+atch your actions4 they become habits.+atch your habits4 they become character.

+atch your character4 it becomes your destiny.7ao!'-e

1). "veryone is a genius at least once a year. 'he real geniuses sim$ly have their bright ideas closer together. eorg /hristo$h 7ichtenberg

1 . +hat we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little conset need money, love like you>ve never been hurt, and dance like no one>s watching(nknown Author

18. 'ry a thing you haven>t done three t imes. ?nce, to get over the fear of doing it. 'wice, to learn how to do it.

And a third time, to figure out whether you like it or not.@irgil arnett 'homson

1:. "ven if you>re on the right track, you>ll get run over if you 0ust sit there.+ill ogers

2*. Peo$le often say that motivation doesn>t last. +ell, neither does bathing that>s why we recommend it daily.Big Biglar

Courage is n ot the ab sence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else i s m oreimportant than fear. Ambrose Redmoon

It is y our decisions n ot your conditions that truly shape the q uality of your life. Anthony Robbins


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Life is f ound in the d ance between your deepest desire and your greatest fear. Anthony Robbins

How do we ke ep our inner re a live? Two things, at minimum, are n eeded: an ability toappreciate t he p ositives i n our life - and a c ommitment to action. Every d ay, its i mportant

to ask and answer these q uestions: Whats g ood in my life? and What needs t o bedone? Nathaniel Branden

The price of excellence is discipline; the cost of mediocrity i s disappointment. William Arthur Ward

If we h ad no winter, the s pring would not be s o pleasant; if we d id not sometimes tasteof adversity, prosperity would not be s o welcome. Anne Bradstreet


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Sometimes our fate r esembles a f ruit tree in winter. Who would think t hat thosebranches would turn green again and blossom, but we h ope it, we kn ow it. JohannWolfgang von Goethe


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Even if you encounter op position, have conviction and nish what you start. In the end,people will understand. Kotaku Wamura (Mayor of Japanese village w ho built a se a w all,against many p rotests, which recently save d the town when the tsunami hit NE Japan)

My grandfather once t old m e that there were two kinds o f people: those w ho do the

work an d those w ho take the c redit. He told me to try to be in the rst group; there w asmuch less competition. Indira Gandhi

A moment of choice is a moment of truth. Its t he testing point of our character andcompetence. Stephen Covey

If your ship doesnt come in, swim out to it! Jonathan Winters

If doubt is ch allenging you and you do not act, doubts w ill GROW. Challenge t he d oubtswith action and YOU will grow. John Kanary

Those who turn good organizations i nto great organizations a re m otivated by a d eep

creative urge and an inner co mpulsion for sheer unadulterated excellence for its o wnsake. Jim Collins

Compromise: The ar t of dividing a ca ke in such a w ay that everybody believes h e g otthe biggest piece. Sherry Rotheld

We c annot direct the w ind but we c an adjust the s ails. anonymous

Lifes not about waiting for the storms to pass... its about learning to dance in therain. B.J. Gallagher

When you reach the e nd of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on. Thomas Jefferson


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Power is o f two kinds. One is o btained by the fear of punishment and the o ther by actsof love. Power based on love is a thousand times m ore effective an d permanent than theone d erived from fear of punishment. Mahatma Gandhi

Keep your thoughts po sitive because you r thoughts be come your words. Keep yourwords p ositive because yo ur words b ecome you r behaviors. Keep your behaviorspositive b ecause your behaviors b ecome yo ur habits. Keep your habits p ositive becauseyour habits b ecome yo ur values. Keep your values p ositive b ecause yo ur values b ecomeyour destiny. Gandhi

A smooth sea n ever made a sk illed mariner. English p roverb

Great masters merit emulation, not worship. Alan Cohen

Clear, written goals h ave a w onderful effect on your thinking. They motivate yo u andgalvanize y ou into action. They stimulate y our creativity, release your energy, and helpyou to overcome p rocrastination as m uch as a ny other factor. Brian Tracy

Planning is bringing the f uture i nto the present so that you can do something about itnow. Alan Lakein


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Condence i s co ntagious. So is t he lack of condence. Vince Lombardi

Optimism may so metimes b e delusional, but pessimism is al ways d elusional. AlanCohen

Few things h elp an individual more t han to place responsibility u pon them and to letthem know that you trust them. Booker T. Washington

We a re c ontinually faced with great opportunities which are b rilliantly d isguised asunsolvable problems. Margaret Mead

Long-range g oals ke ep you from being frustrated by s hort-term failures. James CashPenney

If you just set out to be liked, you would be p repared to compromise o n anything at anytime, and you would achieve nothing. Margaret Thatcher

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you dont try. Beverly S ills

We can do anything we want to as l ong as w e st ick to it long enough. Helen Keller

In organizations, real power and energy is g enerated through relationships. Thepatterns o f relationships a nd the c apacities to form them are m ore important than tasks,functions, roles, and positions. Margaret Wheatley

Its n ot differences t hat divide u s. Its o ur judgments a bout each other t hat do.

Margaret WheatleyYou have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the w orld canthrow at you. Brian Tracy

There w ill come a time w hen you believe everything is nished. That will be t hebeginning. Louis LAmour


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It is u nderstanding that gives u s a n ability to have peace. When we u nderstand the o therfellows vi ewpoint, and he u nderstands o urs, then we ca n sit down and work out ourdifferences. Harry S. Truman

Nearly a ll men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a m ans c haracter, give him

power. Abraham LincolnFreedom is ac tually a b igger game than power. Power is ab out what you can control.Freedom is ab out what you can unleash. Harriet Rubin

Destiny is n ot a matter o f chance, it is a m atter o f choice; it is n ot a t hing to be waitedfor, it is a thing to be achieved. William Jennings B ryan

The u ltimate m easure o f man is n ot where he st ands in moments o f comfort andconvenience, but where h e s tands a t times of challenge a nd controversy. Dr. MartinLuther King Jr.

Management is d oing things right; leadership is doing the ri ght things. Peter F.Drucker

Dont tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you withtheir re sults. George S . Patton

A leader i s a dealer i n hope. Napoleon Bonaparte

The ve ry e ssence of leadership is t hat you have to have vision. You cant blow anuncertain trumpet. Theodore M. Hesburgh


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The best executive is the o ne who has sen se en ough to pick good men to do what hewants d one, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while t hey d o it. Theodore Roosevelt

A leader is o ne who s ees more than others se e, who sees farther than others see , andwho sees b efore o thers se e. Leroy Eimes

The t ask o f the leader is t o get his p eople from where t hey a re to where t hey h ave notbeen. Henry Kissinger

Great leaders ar e al most always g reat simpliers, who c an cut through a rgument,

debate, and doubt to offer a s olution everybody c an understand. General Colin Powell

In periods w here t here i s n o leadership, society s tands s till. Progress o ccurs w hencourageous, skillful leaders s eize the opportunity to change things for the better. Harry Truman


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The leader is o ne who mobilizes o thers t oward a g oal shared by leader andfollowers. Gary Wills

Leadership is l ifting a p ersons v ision to higher sights, the rai sing of a p ersonsperformance to a higher st andard, the building of a personality beyond its normallimitations. Peter F. Drucker

Leadership is g etting people t o work for you when they are n ot obligated. Fred Smith

My o wn denition of leadership is t his: The c apacity a nd the w ill to rally m en andwomen to a co mmon purpose and the character which inspires con dence. GeneralMontgomery

I think leadership comes from integrity - that you do whatever you ask o thers t o do. I

think there are no n-obvious w ays t o lead. Just by providing a g ood example as a p arent,a f riend, a n eighbor makes it possible for other pe ople t o see b etter ways t o do things.Leadership does not need to be a dramatic, st in the a ir and trumpets b laring,activity. Scott Berkun

Before yo u are a l eader, success i s al l about growing yourself. When you become aleader, success i s a ll about growing others. Jack Welch

The leader h as to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionaryand the idealist. Eric Hoffer

Nearly a ll men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a m ans c haracter, give himpower. Abraham Lincoln

Am I not destroying my enemies w hen I make friends o f them? Abraham Lincoln

Anyone who has n ever made a m istake has n ever tried a nything new. Albert Einstein

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain, and most fools d o. Benjamin Franklin


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Beware o f little expenses. A small leak will sink a big ship. Benjamin Franklin

He t hat is o f the o pinion money will do everything may w ell be s uspected of doingeverything for money. Benjamin Franklin

First ask yourself: What is t he w orst that can happen? Then prepare t o accept it. Thenproceed to improve on the worst. Dale Carnegie

If you want to gather ho ney, dont kick over the beehive. Dale Carnegie

You can make m ore friends in two months by becoming interested in other people thanyou can in two years by trying to get other pe ople interested in you. Dale Carnegie

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who havekept on trying when there se emed to be n o hope at all. Dale Carnegie

An intellectual is a man who takes more words t han necessary to tell more than heknows. Dwight D. Eisenhower

Farming looks m ighty eas y when your plow is a p encil and youre a t housand m iles f romthe c orn eld. Dwight D. Eisenhower


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To b e p repared for war is o ne o f the m ost effective m eans o f preserving peace. George Washington

Few men have v irtue to withstand the h ighest bidder. George Washington

If you once forfeit the condence of your f ellow citizens, you can never regain theirrespect and esteem. You may fool all of the p eople s ome o f the t ime; you can even fool


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some of the people all the time; but you cant fool all of the people all of the time. Abraham Lincoln

Leadership is t he ar t of getting someone el se t o do something you want done b ecausehe wants to do it. Dwight D. Eisenhower

You cannot shake h ands with a clenched st. Golda Meir

I can honestly sa y that I was n ever affected by the q uestion of the su ccess o f anundertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for i t regardless of the possibleoutcome. Golda Meir

Failure i s o nly t he o pportunity t o begin again more i ntelligently. Henry Ford

Associate y ourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation, for tisbetter to be a lone t han in bad company. George Washington

The price o f greatness is res ponsibility. Winston Churchill

The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes. WinstonChurchill

It is a mistake t o look t oo far ah ead. Only o ne l ink in the c hain of destiny c an be h andledat a time. Winston Churchill

If you want to get somewhere you have to know where you want to go and how to getthere. Then never, never, never gi ve up. Norman Vincent Peale

We must nd time to stop and thank the people who have made a d ifference in ourlives. Dan Zadra

To lead people, walk b eside t hem... As f or the b est leaders, the p eople d o not noticetheir existence. The next best, the people honor and praise. The next, the people fear;and the n ext, the p eople h ate. When the b est leaders w ork is d one the p eople sa y, Wedid it ourse lves. Lao Tzu


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The c onsequence of living our lives a t warp s peed is t hat we r arely take t ime t o reecton what we va lue m ost deeply o r to keep these p riorities front and center. Most of usspend more t ime reacting to immediate cr ises and responding to expectations f romothers t han we d o making considered choices g uided by what matters m ost to us. JimLoehr and Tony S chwartz, The Power Of Full Engagement

Conviction is w orthless u nless i t is c onverted into conduct. Thomas Carlye

Courage is d oing what you are a fraid to do. There c an be n o courage w ithout fear. P.Hayes

Entrepreneurship is a s tate of mind, a can-do attitude, a capacity to focus o n a visionand work toward it. Barry Rogstad

Many of our fears are t issue p aper thin, and a si ngle co urageous st ep would c arry usclear through them. Brendan Francis

Nothing in life is t o be f eared. It is o nly to be understood. Marie Curie

If your actions inspire o thers t o do more, to learn more, to dream more o r to becomemore, you are a l eader. John Quincy Adams

When we ac cept tough jobs as a ch allenge to our ability an d wade into them with joyand enthusiasm, miracles can happen. Arland Gilbert

It takes a s m uch energy to wish as it does to plan. Eleanor Roosevelt
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The wise m an bridges t he g ap by laying out the path by means o f which he can get fromwhere h e is t o where h e wants t o go. John P ierpont Morgan

A smooth sea n ever made a sk illed mariner. English p roverb

The question in life is not whether you get knocked down. You will. The q uestion is, areyou ready to get back u p... and ght for what you believe in? Dan Quayle

Out of clutter, nd simplicity. From discord, nd harmony. In the middle of difficulty liesopportunity. Albert Einstein

You will never change yo ur life u ntil you change s omething you do daily. MikeMurdock

Real difficulties can be o vercome. Its t he imaginary o nes that are u nconquerable. Theodore Vail

Courage i s n ot the a bsence of fear, but rather t he j udgement that something else ismore important than fear. Ambrose Redmoon

Luck favors t he w ell prepared. anonymous

Only those who will risk g oing too far can possibly nd out how far one ca n go. T.S.Eliot

If we can only accept what we c urrently b elieve, we h ave already reached our fullpotential. Be willing to experiment, to take risks. While skepticism can be healthy, toomuch skepticism can be d eadly... deadly to ones s pirit, to ones s ense of well-being andto o nes d reams. Blair Warren

People w ill do anything for those who encourage t heir dreams, justify their failures,allay their fears, conrm their suspicions a nd help them throw rocks a t their enemies. Blair Warren

Your past is not your potential. In any hour you can choose to liberate the future. Marilyn Ferguson

The minute y ou settle for less t han you deserve, you get even less t han you settledfor. Maureen Dowd

Adversity is l ike a s trong wind. It tears a way from us a ll but the t hings t hat cannot be

torn, so that we s ee ourselves a s w e real ly a re. Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a G eisha

Real obstacles dont take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like amaze. Barbara Sher

If you do not change d irection, you may en d up where yo ure h eading. Lao Tzu

The c ave you most fear to enter contains t he g reatest treasure. Joseph Campbell


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Your fears a re n ot walls, but hurdles. Courage i s n ot the a bsence of fear, but theconquering of it. Dan Millman

Every man has a cow ard and hero in h is so ul. Thomas C arlyle

Each day comes bearing its gifts. Untie the ribbons. Ann Ruth Schabaker

The future b elongs t o those who believe i n the b eauty o f their dreams. Eleanor Roosevelt

If your ship doesnt come i n, swim out to it! Jonathan Winters

Live yo ur life ea ch day as you would climb a m ountain. An occasional glance t owards t hesummit keeps t he goal in mind, but many beautiful scenes ar e to be observed from eachnew vantage point. Harold B. Melchart

The tragedy o f life is not found in failure b ut complacency. Not in you doing too much,but doing too little. Not in you living above your means, but below your capacity. Its n otfailure but aiming too low, that is lifes greatest tragedy. Benjamin E. Mayes

Courage d oes not always roar. Sometimes, it is t he q uiet voice at the e nd of the d aysaying, I will try a gain tomorrow.

Calm self-condence is a s f ar from conceit as the d esire t o earn a d ecent living isremote from greed. Channing Pollock

Class i s an aura o f condence t hat is b eing sure without being cocky. Class h as nothingto do with money. Class never r uns scared. It is self-discipline and self-knowledge. Itsthe s ure footedness that comes with having proved you can meet life. Ann Lander

Courage is t he g reatest of all the v irtues. Because if you havent courage, you may n othave an opportunity to use any o f the o thers. Samuel Johnson

Fear is the o pportunity for courage, not proof of cowardice. John McCain

Many of our fears are t issue p aper thin, and a si ngle co urageous st ep would c arry usclear through them. Brendan Francis

Ships are s afe within the harbor, but is that what ships are f or?

Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life i s an experiment. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ones ac tion ought to come o ut of an achieved stillness: not to be a m ere rushingon. D.H. Lawrence

It is n ot because things a re d ifficult that we d o not dare, it is b ecause we d o not darethat things a re d ifficult. Seneca

While o ne p erson hesitates because he feels i nferior, the o ther is b usy making mistakesand becoming su perior. Henry C. Link


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You cant help someone get up a hill without getting closer to the t op yourself. H.Norman Schwarzkopf

Though no one can g o back and make a br and new start, anyone can start from nowand make a br and new ending. Carl Bard

I dont know if youll succeed or f ail, but I know this: yo u will f ail if you dont try!

Better t o fail at doing the ri ght thing than to succeed at doing the w rong thing. GuyKawasaki

People r arely s ucceed unless t hey e njoy what they a re d oing. Dale Carnegie

Optimism is t he faith that leads t o achievement. Nothing can be d one w ithout hope a ndcondence. Helen Keller

Optimism is a s trategy for making a b etter future. Because u nless yo u believe that thefuture can be better, its unlikely you will step up and take responsibility for making it so.If you assume that theres n o hope, you guarantee that there will be n o hope. If youassume that there i s a n instinct for freedom, that there are o pportunities to changethings, there i s a chance you may contribute to making a b etter world. The choice isyours. Noam Chomsky

It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the onemost responsive to change. Charles Darwin

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