Browsing Quotes With Tag: action (156)
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The wolf that one hears is worse than the orc that one fears.
Speaker: J.R.R. TolkienSource: The Lord of the RingsPosted: 20 Mar 2009 at 11:04 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
You cannot run away from weakness; you must sometime fight it out or perish. And, if that be so, why not now and where you stand?
Speaker: Robert Lewis StevensonPosted: 20 Mar 2009 at 9:47 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
When men speak ill of thee, live so that nobody will believe them.
Speaker: PlatoPosted: 19 Mar 2009 at 9:08 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
Speaker: Martin Luther King Jr.Posted: 18 Mar 2009 at 8:46 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
I’m a great believer in luck. The harder I work, the more of it I seem to have.
Speaker: F. L. EmersonPosted: 18 Mar 2009 at 8:19 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take
Speaker: Wayne GretskiPosted: 18 Mar 2009 at 7:47 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.
Speaker: Mohandas GandhiPosted: 18 Mar 2009 at 7:43 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy.
Speaker: Mohandas GandhiPosted: 18 Mar 2009 at 7:42 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
If you wanted to fly from New York to Tel Aviv in Israel but made a one-degree change north, you’d end up in Moscow.
Speaker: Sean CoveyPosted: 18 Mar 2009 at 7:08 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
If you decide to go with the flow, you’ll end up where the flow goes (which is usually downhill).
Speaker: Sean CoveyPosted: 18 Mar 2009 at 7:06 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.
Speaker: Francis BaconPosted: 18 Mar 2009 at 6:19 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.
Speaker: Katharine HepburnPosted: 28 Nov 2008 at 1:17 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
Speaker: Henry David ThoreauSource: Why We Want You to Be RichPosted: 20 Sep 2008 at 9:26 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Very often, the only person who will give you a chance will be yourself. Too many people want the status quo to remain the same, and that status quo will include you… None of us should willingly join the lowest common denominator, which in many cases turns out to be the easy road. Those with uncommon lives have moved beyond the common.
Speaker: Donald TrumpSource: Why We Want You to Be RichPosted: 20 Sep 2008 at 9:24 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
A man’s reach should exceed his grasp.
Speaker: Robert BrowningSource: Why We Want You to Be RichPosted: 20 Sep 2008 at 9:24 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Entrepreneurs have two characteristics… ignorance and courage.
... In my opinion, it is this relationship between ignorance and courage that is the essence of life itself.Speaker: Robert T. KiyosakiSource: Increasing Your Financial IQPosted: 20 Sep 2008 at 8:40 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Life is a daring adventure… or nothing.
Speaker: Helen KellerSource: Increasing Your Financial IQPosted: 20 Sep 2008 at 8:12 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
A wrongdoer is often a man that has left something undone, not always he that has done something.
Speaker: Marcus AureliusPosted: 26 Aug 2008 at 12:11 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
The task ahead of us is never as great as the power behind us.
Speaker: Alcoholics AnonymousPosted: 26 Aug 2008 at 12:05 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
The simple willingness to improvise is more vital, in the long run, than research.
Speaker: Rolf PottsSource: 4 Hour WorkweekPosted: 26 Aug 2008 at 8:52 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment!