Quotable quotes : 2007

Following are some of the quotes that were printed on the foot note of my dairy in 2007. It is time to clear off older dairies. Before I disposed these dairies, I wished I could document the quotes for future references.

I treat these quotes as a GREAT Treasure.
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A little knowledge that acts is worthy infinitely
more than much knowledge that is idle - Kahlil Gibran

Action may not always bring happiness,
but there is no happiness without action - Benjamin Disraeli

Everyone thinks of changing the world,
but no one thinks of changing himself - Leo Tolstoy

Try not to become a man of success
but a man of values - Sir Albert Einstein

They can
because
they think
they can - Virgil

Success is a good fortune
that comes from
Aspiration,
Desperation,
Perspitation and
Inspiration.
- Evan Esar

To climb steep hills
requires slow pace at first - Shakespeare

One greatest glory
is not in never falling,
but in raising every time we fall. - Confucius

Knowing is not enough : we must apply.
Willing is not enough : we must do. - Johann wolfgang Von Goethe

Tell me and I will forget;
Show me and I may remember;
Involve me and I will understand - Chinese Proverb

Do not follow where the path may lead.
Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Determine that the things can and shall be done,
and then we shall find the way. - Abraham Lincoln

Dream as if you will live forever,
Live as if you will die today. - James Dean

You must BE THE CHANGE
you wish to see in the world. - Mahatma Gandhi

If you cannot be a poet,
be a poem. - David Carradine

Only those who will risk going too far
can possibly find out how far one can go. T.S.Eliot

COURAGE is not the absence of fear,
but rather
the judegement that something else is more important than fear.
- Ambrose Redmoon

What lies behind us
and
What lies before us
are tiny matters
compared to
What lies within us.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

The jouney of a thousand miles
must begin with a single step. - Lao Tzu

A business that makes nothing buy money
is a poor business. - Henry Ford

The greatest mistake you can make in life
is to be continually fearing you will make a mistake. - Elber

What counts is not necessarily the size of hte dog in the fight -
it is the size of the fight in the dog. - Dwight D Eisenhower

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again,
this time more intelligently. - Henry Ford

The secret to a rich life
is to have
more geginnings than endings. - Dave Weinbaum

Setting an example is not the main means of influencing another,
it is the only means. - Sir Albert Einstein.

Courage is going from failure to failure
without loosing enthusiasm - Winston Churchill

The future belongs to those
who believe in the beauty of their dreams. - Eleanor Roosevelt

Talent wins games,
but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. - Michael Jordan

Leadership is getting someone to do what they donot want to do,
to achieve what they want to achieve. - Tom Landry

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity;
An optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
- Winston Churchill

Patience and Perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. - John Quincy Adams.

It is wise to direct your anger towards problems, not people;
to focus your engines on answers, not execuses - William Arthur Ward

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe. - Anatole France

A wish is a desire without energy. - Paramanhansa Yogananda

The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials. - Confucius

Don't find fault, find a remedy. - Henry Ford

The important thing is not to stop questioning. - Albert Einstein

If you want to be respected by others,
the great thing is to respect yourself. - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Dictionary is the only place where 'Success' comes before 'Work'. - Vince Lombardi

Success does not consist in never making mistakes
but in never makingthe same one a second time. - George Bernard Shaw

Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall. - Oliver Goldsmith

If you have a vision,
do something with it. - Anthony J.D'Angelo

A wise man will 'Make' more opportunities than he finds. - Francis Bacon, Sr.

The time is always right to do what is right. - Martin Luther King Jr.

The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. - Ralph Nader.

Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly. - Robert H Schuller

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot;
but make it hot by striking. - William B Sprague