Quotes by Topics

Jean Sibelius Pay no attention to what a critic says. A statue has never been erected in honor of a critic.

Ann Landers If at first you do succeed, try something harder.

Nike Just do it.

William Connor Magee The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.

Yoda

"Luke: I can't believe it. Yoda: That is why you fail."

Yoda Try not. Do or do not. There is no try.

Harry Truman How far would Moses have gone if he had taken a poll in Egypt? What would Jesus Christ have preached if he had taken a poll in the land of Israel? What would have happened to the Reformation if Martin Luther had taken a poll? It isn't polls or public opinion of the moment that counts. It's right and wrong and leadership.

Harry Truman Humility is to make a right estimate of oneself.

Harry Truman Whenever I make a bum decision, I just go out and make another.

Richard Bach Here is a test to find out whether your mission in life is complete. If you're alive, it isn't.

Richard Koch Conventional wisdom is not to put all of your eggs in one basket. 80/20 wisdom is to choose a basket carefully, load all your eggs into it, and then watch it like a hawk.

Richard Koch The few things that work fantastically well should be identified, cultivated, nurtured, and multiplied.

Sonia Johnson One determined person can make a significant difference; a small group of determined people can change the course of history.

Ralph Waldo Emerson A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall...

Ralph Waldo Emerson And truly it demands something godlike in him who cast off the common motives of humanity and ventured to trust himself for a taskmaster.

Ralph Waldo Emerson Cause and effect, means and ends, seed and fruit, cannot be severed; for the effect already blooms in the cause, the end preexists in the means, the fruit in the seed.

Ralph Waldo Emerson Concentration is the secret of strength in politics, in war, in trade, in short in all management of human affairs.

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson Envy is ignorance. Imitation is suicide.

Ralph Waldo Emerson Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they be executed!