Thursday, October 07, 2004

Pearls of Wisdom

" Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world."
- Joel Barker

" The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore."
- Vincent Van Gogh

" No one gets an iron-clad guarantee of success. Certainly, factors like
opportunity, luck and timing are important. But the backbone of success
is found in basic concepts like hard work, determination, good planning and perseverance." -
- Merlin Olsen

"Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work."
- Vince Lombardi

"Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God"
- Leo Busecaglia

"It is on our failures that we base a new and different and better success."
- Havelock Ellis

"People become quite remarkable when they start thinking they can do things. When they believe in themselves, they have the first secret of success."
- Norman Vincent Peale

"If your heart acquires strength, you will be able to remove blemishes from others without thinking evil of them."
- Mohandas K. Gandhi

"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing."
- Abraham Lincoln

"Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises."
- Demosthene

"Many people have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose."
- Helen Keller

"The greatest discovery of our generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. As you think, so shall you be."
- William James

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