The question isn't...
"The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me."
- Ayn Rand (1905 - 1982), Russian-American Novelist, Philosopher, Playwright, and Screenwriter
Thanks to Heather Jumah
"The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me."
- Ayn Rand (1905 - 1982), Russian-American Novelist, Philosopher, Playwright, and Screenwriter
Thanks to Heather Jumah
"We know what we are, but know not what we may be."
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), English Poet and Playwright
"Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something."
- Robert Heinlein (1907 - 1988), American Novelist and Science fiction writer
"The trick is to make sure you don't die waiting for prosperity to come."
- Lee Iacocca (1924 - ), American Businessman
"If you chase two rabbits, both will escape.”
- Chinese proverb
Thanks to leftiswrongusa
"The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter."
- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), American Author and Humorist
"This is our purpose: to make as meaningful as possible this life that has been bestowed upon us; to live in such a way that we may be proud of ourselves; to act in such a way that some part of us lives on."
- Oswald Spengler (1880 - 1936), German Philosopher and Historian
"Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for."
- Epicurus (341 BCE - 270 BCE), Ancient Greek Philosopher
"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat."
- Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919), 26th President of the United States
"Little minds are interested in the extraordinary; great minds in the commonplace."
- Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915), American Writer, Philosopher, and Publisher
"Are you requiring results from your people based on your authority & position? Or are you asking people to follow your example?”
-John Maxwell (1947 - ), American Leadership Coach and Writer
Thanks to Darren Hardy of SUCCESS magazine
"There are no failures, only quitters."
- Russell Simmons (1957 - ), American Entrepreneur
Thanks to James Holmes
"Don't wait for your boat to come in - swim out and meet the bloody thing."
- Barry Sheene (1950 - 2003), British former World Champion Grand Prix Motorcycle Road Racer
Thanks to Mark Young
"Knowing something and doing it are different. Doing something and living it are different, too."
- Anonymous
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