Quotable quotes

“I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet”. ― Mohandas Karamchand (Mahatma) Gandhi― (1869-1948) Indian activist who was the leader of the Indian independence movement against British colonial rule.

 “Identify your problems but give your power and energy to solutions”. ―Tony Robbins― (1960- ) American author, philanthropist and life coach.

 Those who dance are considered insane by those who can’t hear the music. – Anon–

 “Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable — the art of the next best” ― Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck― (1815-1898) conservative Prussian statesman the first Chancellor of the German Empire between 1871 and 1890.

 “In theory there is no difference between theory and practice, while in practice there is”. ― Benjamin Brewster ― (1828-1897) American industrialist, financier.

 “Optimists and pessimists die the exact same death, but they live very different lives!” ―Shimon Perez― (1923-2016) Israeli politician.

 “There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in”. ―Leonard Norman Cohen― (1934 – 2016) Canadian singer-songwriter, poet and novelist.

 “Trust takes years to build, seconds to break, and forever to repair”. ―Anon―

 “Forget the mistake, remember the lesson”. ―Anon―

 “The people that you have to lie to, own you. The things you have to lie about, own you”. ―Michael Ventura― (1945-) American novelist, screenwriter, film director, essayist and cultural critic

 “The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today”. “Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own”. “Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye”. “Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures”. ―H. Jackson Browne Jr―American author (1940- )

“If someone tells you; You can’t, they actually mean; I can’t” & "The only difference between a thought (which really doesn't have much power over you) and a belief (which has total control over you) is this: a belief is a thought you're convinced yourself is true. In other words, a belief is just a thought that you've made real." ― Sean Clinch Stephenson (1979-)  American therapist, self-help author and motivational speaker born with osteogenesis imperfecta―

“Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave”. ― Mary Tyler-Moore― American actress (1936-2017)

“If you hear a voice within you say you cannot paint, then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.” ― Vincent Willem van Gogh― Dutch painter (1853-1890)

"Gossip dies when it hits a wise person's ears." ―Unknown―

“Those with the most invested are the last to surrender” ― Vince Lombardi (1911-1970 ) ― American football coach

“There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative”. ―W. Clement Stone (1902 –2002) ― Businessman, philanthropist, and New Thought self-help book author.

“There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in”. Leonard Norman Cohen (1934 – 2016) Canadian singer-songwriter, poet and novelist.

“Trust takes years to build, seconds to break, and forever to repair”. Anon-

“Forget the mistake, remember the lesson”. -Anon-

“The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today”. “Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own”. “Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye”. “Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures”. -H. Jackson Browne Jr- American author (1940- )

"Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are good is like expecting the bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian." -Anon

“The best teachers are those who show you where to look, but don't tell you what to see.” - Alexandra K. Trenfor (attributed)

“You can’t fix what you can’t measure”. -Brian Kelly, editor and chief content officer of U.S. News & World Report 2018

“You treat a disease, you win, you lose. You treat a person, I guarantee you, you'll win, no matter what the outcome”.
“If you have food and a friend what are you bitching about?” “Hard’ is doing what you aren’t!” -Hunter (Patch) Adams- (1945- ) American physician, comedian, social activist, clown, and author 

“First, you decide what you want specifically; and second, you decide if you're willing to pay the price to make it happen, and then pay that price”. -Nelson (Bunker) Hunt- (1926 –2014) American billionaire and horse breeder

“Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the judgement that something is more important than fear; the brave may not live forever but the cautious do not live at all”. -Meg Cabot- (1967- ) American author

“Theory without practice is of little value, whereas practice is the proof of theory. Theory is the knowledge, practice the ability”. -Alois Podhajsky- (1898 – 1973) Director of the Spanish Riding School, Vienna

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader”. -John Quincy Adams- (1767- 1848)Sixth President of the United States from 1825-1829

“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored” -Aldous Huxley- (1894-1963) English writer, novelist, philosopher

“The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, that it is too low and we reach it”. -Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni- (Michelangelo) (1475–1564) Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet

“Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out” -Robert Collier- (1885-1950) American author

“The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret to outward success” and; “Mens’ best successes come after their disappointments” -Henry Ward Beecher- (1813 –1887) American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery

“Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick at least we didn’t die; so let us all be thankful”. “If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep walking” Gautama Buddha (-Buddah-) (c. 563 BCE/480 BCE – c. 483 BCE/400 BCE)

“To accomplish great things we must not only act but also dream, not only plan but also believe”. -Anatole France- (1844 –1924) French poet, journalist, and novelist who won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Literature

“To the world you may be just one person, but to one person you may be the world”. -Josephine Billings- (1907- 2002) For six decades a prominent volunteer in New York City

“If you realised how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought”. -Pearce Pilgrim- (1908 –1981), born Mildred Lisette Norman
American non-denominational spiritual teacher, mystic, pacifist, vegetarian and peace activist.

“If you are not actively involved in getting what you want, you don’t really want it”. -Peter McWilliams- (1949-2000) American self-help author who advocated for the legalization of marijuana

“You never really appreciate a thing until you have to give it up”. -John Rhodes Sturdy- (1911-1974) Canadian reporter, public relations official for the Canadian Pacific Railway; served in the Royal Canadian Navy; and a Hollywood scriptwriter

“Dream as you will live forever, live as if you will die today”. -James (Jimmy) Byron Dean- (1931 –1955) American actor remembered as a cultural icon of teenage disillusionment and social estrangement

“Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you”. “All of life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better”.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson- (1803 –1882) American essayist, lecturer and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than the ones you did. Throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” -Mark Twain- (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 –1910) American writer, humourist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer

“It is more important to know where you are going than to get there quickly”. -Mabel Newcomber- (1891 – 1983) Economics professor at Vassar College from 1917-1957 who also taught courses in finance and corporations

“The person who doesn’t mistakes is unlikely to make anything”. -Paul Arden- (1940-2008)
Creative director of Saatchi and Saatchi and an author of several books on advertising and motivation, including Whatever You Think, Think The Opposite and It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want To Be

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined”. -Henry David Thoreau- (1817–1862) American essayist, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, and historian

“I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet”. -Jewish Proverb-

“Life is a big canvas; throw all the paint on it you can” -Danny Kaye- (1911 –1987) American actor, singer, dancer, comedian, and musician

“The impossible can always be broken down into possibilities” -Unknown-

“If you can’t find the right answer, look for the right question”. -Unknown-

“Look at everything as if you are seeing it for the first or last time, then your time on earth will be filled with glory”. -Betty Smith- (1896 –1972)    American author

“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up”. -George Herman (Babe) Ruth, Jr. (1895 –1948)

“Fear less, hope more, chew more, whine less, breathe more, talk less, say more, hate less, love more and good things will be yours”. -Swedish proverb-

“Sometimes not getting what you want is a brilliant stroke of luck”. -The Dalai Lama-

“Imagination is more important than knowledge”. “I have no special talents. I am passionately curious”. -Albert Einstein- (1879 – 1955)

“You get what you focus on, so focus on what you want”. -Anders Sorman-Nilssen- Futurist and innovation strategist helping leaders decode trends, decipher what's next and turn provocative questions into provocative strategies.

“Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, small people talk about other people”. -Anon-

“Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do”. -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe- (1749 –1832) 

“It isn’t what you have in your pocket that makes you thankful but what you have in your heart”. -Anon-

“Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine”. -George Gordon (Lord) Byron (1788 –1824)

“Things fall apart so other things can fall together”. -Anon-

“Change your thoughts and you change your world”. -Norman Vincent Peale- (1898 –1993)

“The purpose of life is a life of purpose”. -Robert Byrne- (1930 –2016) American author

“You can analyse the past, but you have to design the future”. -Edward de Bono- (1933 - ) Maltese physician, psychologist, author, inventor and consultant psychologist.

“The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence”.
-Confucius- (551 BC – 479 BC)

“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm”. -Winston Churchill- (1874 –1965)

“What you do today can improve all your tomorrows”. -Ralph Marston- (1907 - 1967) American author