Below are some quotes that I had started collecting some 5 years back. I stopped collecting in a months time...stumbled upon them today..and thought of posting it...
Achievement
1.What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.
Rank, Otto - 1884-1939, Vienna-born Psychoanalyst
2.For what is the best choice, for each individual is the highest it is possible for him to achieve.
Aristotle, - BC 384-322, Greek Philosopher
3. The achievements which society rewards are won at the cost of diminution of personality
Jung, Carl - 1875-1961, Swiss Psychiatrist
4.High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.
Kinder, Jack Character
5.We always take credit for the good and attribute the bad to fortune.
La Fontaine, Jean De - 1621-1695, French Poet
6. Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him.
Mann, Golo - 1909-, German Historian
7. The greatest things are accomplished by individual people, not by committees or companies. Montapert, Alfred A. - American Author
Character
1.It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.
Aeschylus, - BC 525-456, Greek Dramatist
2.Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man.
Frankfurter, Felix - 1882-1965, Austrian-born American Law Teacher
3.Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von - 1749-1832, German Poet
4. Character is the result of two things: Mental attitude and the way we spend our time.
Hubbard, Elbert - 1859-1915, American Author, Publisher
5. By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character.
Kleiser, Grenville - 1868-1953, American Author
6. Instill the love of you into all the world, for a good character is what is remembered.
Merikare,
Faith
1. Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand.
Acquinas, Saint Thomas
2. Faith is building on what you know is here, so you can reach what you know is there.
Hightower, Cullen
3. Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.
Hoffer, Eric - 1902-1983, American Author
4. It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes life worth living.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell - 1809-1894, American Author
5. You don't love someone because they're beautiful. They're beautiful because you love them.
6. The supernatural is the natural not yet understood.
Hubbard, Elbert - 1859-1915, American Author
Music
1.Music, the greatest good that mortals know, And all of heaven we have below.
Addison, Joseph - 1672-1719, British Essayist
2. Music expresses that which can not be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.
Hugo, Victor - 1802-1885, French Poet
Effort
1.What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
Johnson, Samuel - 1709-1784, British Author
2.Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.
Kennedy, John F. - 1917-1963, Thirty-fifth President of the USA
3.Welcome the task that makes you go beyond yourself.
Mcgee, Frank
4. I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own efforts.
Rockefeller, John D. - 1839-1937, American Industrialist
Ideas
1. Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than in the one where they sprung up. Holmes, Oliver Wendell - 1809-1894, American Author
Dreams
1.Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.
Hughes, Langston - 1902-1967, American Poet
Life
1.Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take,but by the moments that take our breath away.
-George Carlin-comedian
Life is short
THey say it takes a minute to find a special person,an hour to appreciate them.a day to love them and entire life to forget them.
Opinions
1. Opinions are neither right nor wrong. I cannot change your opinion of me. I can, however, change what influences your opinion.- David Crow
Its true you don't know what you've got until its gone, but its also true you don't know what you've been missing until it arrives!!!
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