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Napoleon Hill Quotes

Posted on August 6, 2011 by

Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing. –Napoleon Hill Quotes

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way. –Napoleon Hill Quotes

No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like. –Napoleon Hill Quotes

The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going. –Napoleon Hill Quotes

Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit. –Napoleon Hill Quotes

Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality. –Napoleon Hill Quotes

The best way to sell yourself to others is first to sell the others to yourself. –Napoleon Hill Quotes

Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness. –Napoleon Hill Quotes

Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited. –Napoleon Hill Quotes

All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea. –Napoleon Hill Quotes

Easter Quotes

Posted on April 21, 2011 by

Let me share with you some wonderful Easter Quotes, because we are almost there :)

The resurrection gives my life meaning and direction and the opportunity to start over no matter what my circumstances. ~Robert Flatt

Easter says you can put truth in a grave, but it won’t stay there. ~Clarence W. Hall

It is the hour to rend thy chains,
The blossom time of souls. ~Katherine Lee Bates

The joyful news that He is risen does not change the contemporary world. Still before us lie work, discipline, sacrifice. But the fact of Easter gives us the spiritual power to do the work, accept the discipline, and make the sacrifice. ~Henry Knox Sherrill

Could life so end, half told; its school so fail?
Soul, soul, there is a sequel to thy tale! ~Robert Mowry Bell

Easter is the demonstration of God that life is essentially spiritual and timeless. ~Charles M. Crowe

Tomb, thou shalt not hold Him longer;
Death is strong, but Life is stronger;
Stronger than the dark, the light;
Stronger than the wrong, the right… ~Phillips Brooks, “An Easter Carol”

Let every man and woman count himself immortal. Let him catch the revelation of Jesus in his resurrection. Let him say not merely, “Christ is risen,” but “I shall rise.” ~Phillips Brooks

On Easter Day the veil between time and eternity thins to gossamer. ~Douglas Horton

Easter spells out beauty, the rare beauty of new life. ~S.D. Gordon

Celestial spirit that doth roll
The heart’s sepulchral stone away,
Be this our resurrection day,
The singing Easter of the soul –
O gentle Master of the Wise,
Teach us to say: “I will arise.” ~Richard Le Gallienne

Top 20 Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

Posted on April 19, 2011 by

When it comes to quotes, Mahatma Gandhi is one of my favorites. Let me share with you Top 20 Mahatma Gandhi Quotes.

1. “Nonviolence is a weapon of the strong” – Mahatma Gandhi

2. “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” – Mahatma Gandhi

3. “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” – Mahatma Gandhi

4. “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed” – Mahatma Gandhi

5. “The Roots of Violence: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Commerce without morality, Science without humanity, Worship without sacrifice, Politics without principles” – Mahatma Gandhi

6. “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” – Mahatma Gandhi

7. “Almost everything you do will seem insignificant, but it is important that you do it” – Mahatma Gandhi

8. “You may never know what results come of your action, but if you do nothing there will be no result” –Mahatma Gandhi

9. “The law of love could be best understood and learned through little children” – Mahatma Gandhi

10. “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” – Mahatma Gandhi

11. “Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.” – Mahatma Gandhi

12. “An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.” – Mahatma Gandhi

13. “As a rule, the mind, residing in a body that has become weakened by pampering, is also weak, and where there is no strength of mind there can be no strength of soul.” –Mahatma Gandhi

14. “Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.” – Mahatma Gandhi

15. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” – Mahatma Gandhi

16. “Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear.” – Mahatma Gandhi

17. “A ‘NO’ uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a ‘YES’ merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.” – Mahatma Gandhi

18. “There is more to life than increasing its speed.” – Mahatma Gandhi

19. “Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep.” – Mahatma Gandhi

20. “Be the change you want to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi

Hard Work Quotes

Posted on March 18, 2011March 18, 2011 by

There is no substitute for hard work. – Thomas A Edison

It is like the seed put in the soil — the more one sows, the greater the harvest. – Orison Swett Marden

Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard – Anonymous

Of all pleasures the fruit of labor is the sweetest. – Marquis De Vauvenargues

You will come to know that what appears today to be a sacrifice will prove instead to be the greatest investment that you will ever make. – Gorden B. Hinkley

Can anything be sadder than work left unfinished? Yes; work never begun. – Christina Rossetti

Remember that you are needed. There is at least one important work to be done that will not be done unless you do it. – Charles L. Allen

It is better to wear out than to rust out. – George Whitefield

Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly. – Robert H. Schuller

Whatever the job you are asked to do at whatever level, do a good job because your reputation is your resume. – Madeleine Albright

Men who do things without being told draw the most wages. – Edwin H. Stuart

Powerful Quotes about Life

Posted on December 25, 2010 by

Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass, it’s about learning how to dance in the rain. – Vivian Greene

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less. – Marie Curie

Life is a song – sing it.
Life is a game – play it.
Life is a challenge – meet it.
Life is a dream – realize it.
Life is a sacrifice – offer it.
Life is love – enjoy it. – Sai Baba

Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance. – Anonymous

Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. – Helen Keller

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood. – Helen Keller

Life is an exciting business, and most exciting when it is lived for others. – Helen Keller

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. – Confucius

Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans. – John Lennon

We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come. – Joseph Campbell

Life is without meaning. You bring the meaning to it. The meaning of life is whatever you ascribe it to be. Being alive is the meaning. – Joseph Campbell

Life is a long lesson in humility. – James M. Barrie

Vince Lombardi Quotes

Posted on March 25, 2010 by

– “A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall.”

– “Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate.”

– “Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.”

– “Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you’re willing to pay the price.”

– “Fatigue makes cowards of us all.”

– “Football is like life – it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.”

– “I don’t think there’s a punch-line scheduled, is there?”

– “I firmly believe that any man’s finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle – victorious.”

– “If it doesn’t matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score?”

– “If winning isn’t everything, why do they keep score?”

– “If you aren’t fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.”

– “If you can accept losing, you can’t win.”

– “Individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.”

– “It’s easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you’re a winner, when you’re number one. What you got to have is faith and discipline when you’re not a winner.”

– “It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.”

– “Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.”

– “Leaders aren’t born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that’s the price we’ll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.”

– “Once you agree upon the price you and your family must pay for success, it enables you to ignore the minor hurts, the opponent’s pressure, and the temporary failures.”

– “Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.”

– “People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society.”