Quick Quotes

Things may come to those who wait,
but only the things left by those
who hustle.

Abraham Lincoln
1809-1865

First you get a habit,
then it gets you.

Napoleon Hill
1883-1970

Courage is being scared to death
and saddling up anyway.

John Wayne
1907-1979

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow
will be our doubts of today.

Franklin Roosevelt
1882-1945

You must have long term goals to keep you from
being frustrated by short term failures.

Charles C. Noble

Making a mistake is falling down;
failure is not getting up again.

Helen Keller
1880-1968

The person who has the will to undergo
all labor may win any goal.

Menander of Athens
BC 342-291

A habit is something you can do without thinking -
which is why most of us have so many of them.

Frank Clark

If you want the present to be different from the past,
study the past.

Baruch Spinoza
1632-1677

The harder you work,
the luckier you get.

Gary Player

You cannot escape the responsibility
of tomorrow by evading it today.

Abraham Lincoln
1809-1865

You can't have a better tomorrow if you
are always thinking about yesterday.

Charles F Kettering
1876-1958

Everything that is happening at this moment is a
result of the choices you've made in the past.

Deepak Chopra

What a wonderful life I've had!
I only wish I'd realized it sooner.

Colette

Ask yourself, 'What's the worst that can happen?'
Prepare to accept it. Then improve upon the worst.

Dale Carnegie
1873-1954

Unless you're willing to have a go, fail miserably,
and have another go, success won't happen.

Phillip Adams

Obstacles are what you see when you
take your eyes off your goal.

Wally 'Famous' Amos

Let not your mind run on what you lack
as much as on what you have already.

Marcus Aurelius

What single ability do we all have?
The ability to change.

George Andrews
1828-1899

A man convinced against his
will is not convinced.

Dr. Laurence Peter
1919-1990

The successful man will profit from his mistakes
and try again in a different way.

Dale Carnegie

Get mad, then get over it.

Colin Powell

We must have courage to bet on our ideas,
to take the calculated risk, and to act.

Maxwell Maltz


It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits
contribute to health, wealth and wisdom.

Aristotle
BC 384-322

You can't base your life on other people's expectations.

Stevie Wonder

No one can make you jealous, angry, vengeful,
or greedy - unless you let him.

Napoleon Hill

'Tis better to be alone than in bad company.

George Washington
1732-1799

What is necessary to change a person is
to change his awareness of himself.

Abraham Maslow
1908-1970

Courage is the power to
let go of the familiar.

Raymond Lindquist

Clear definition of goals is
the key to success.

Edison Montgomery

Aptitude starts with attitude.

Greg Norman

Life does not have to be
perfect to be wonderful.

Annette Funicello

One should eat to live,
not live to eat.

Benjamin Franklin
1706-1790

Things turn out best for the people who
make the best of the way things turn out.

Art Linkletter

We are so vain that we even care for the
opinions of those we don't care for.

Baroness von Ebner
1830-1916

To change a habit, make a conscious decision,
then act out the new behavior.

Maxwell Maltz

It's never too late to be what
you might have been.

George Eliot
1819-1880

Be patient with everyone,
but above all with yourself.

St. Francis de Sales
1567-1622

Failure to prepare is
preparing to fail.

John Wooden

Let our advance worrying become
advance thinking and planning.

Winston Churchill
1874-1965

Never mistake motion for action.

Ernest Hemingway
1898-1961

Action is the antidote to despair.

Joan Baez

One half of knowing what you want is knowing
what you must give up before you get it.

Sidney Howard

It is never too late to be who
you might have been.

George Eliot
1819-1880

When solving problems, dig at the roots
instead of just hacking at the leaves.

Anthony J. D'Angelo

Most people never run far enough on their first
wind to find out they've got a second.

William James
1842-1910

Winning is a habit.
Unfortunately, so is losing.

Vince Lombardi
1913-1970

It is more easy to be wise for
others than for ourselves.

La Rochefoucauld
1613-1680

You're€™re never a loser
until you quit trying.

Mike Ditka

Time you enjoy wasting,
was not wasted.

John Lennon
1940-1980

Strong reasons make strong actions.

Shakespeare
1564-1616

If you don't want to do something,
one excuse is as good as another.

The best cure for the body
is to quiet the mind.

Napoleon
1769-1821

After all is said and done,
more is said than done.

Michael Hamrick

Knowledge speaks,
but wisdom listens.

Jimi Hendrix

What you do speaks so loudly that
I cannot hear what you say.

Emerson
1803-1882

Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till
you know there is no hook.

Thomas Jefferson

Magnificent promises are
always to be suspected.

Theodore Parker
1810-1860

An easy task becomes difficult
when you do it with reluctance.

Terence
190-159 BC

I am more afraid of alcohol than of
all the bullets of the enemy.

Gen. Stonewall Jackson
1824-1863

Clear your mind of cant€™t.

Samuel Johnson
1709-1784

Skill to do comes of doing.

Emerson
1803-1882

Do the thing you fear and the
death of fear is certain.

Emerson

Sooner or later, false thinking
brings wrong conduct.

Julian Huxley
1887-1975

Motivation is what gets you started.
Habit is what keeps you going.

Jim Ryun

Habit, if not resisted,
soon becomes necessity.

St. Augustine
354-430 AD

It’s better to expect too much
of yourself than too little.

Napoleon Hill
1883-1970

Act the part and you
will become the part.

William James
1842-1910

Success - it’s what you do
with what you’ve got.

Woody Hayes
1913-1987

Absorb ideas from every source.

Thomas A. Edison
1847-1931

Goals are dreams we convert to
plans and take action to fulfill.

Zig Ziglar

We are never more discontented with others
than when we are discontented with ourselves.

Henri Amiel
1821-1881

Conscience is that still, small voice
that is sometimes too loud for comfort.

Bert Murray

The body manifests what
the mind harbors.

Jerry Augustine

It is remarkable how one's wits are
sharpened by physical exercise.

Pliny the Younger
61-105 A.D

As you grow older, you'll find the only things
you regret are the things you didn't do.

Zachary Scott

Happiness is a conscious choice,
not an automatic response.

Mildred Barthel

It's not how good you are.
It's how good you can be.

Kevin McHale

Take care of your body.
It's the only place
you have to live.

Jim Rohn

You can promote your healing
by your thinking.

James E. Sweeny

My message is simple:
take control of your life.

Charles Barkley

Bad excuses are worse than none.

Thomas Fuller
1608-1661

Keep company with those
who may make you better.

English Saying

Discipline is not a nasty word.

Pat Riley

Knowledge is power.

Sir Francis Bacon
1561-1626

It is easier to form good habits
then to reform bad ones.

If you wish to grow thinner,
diminish your dinner.

Henry Leigh
1837-1883

We first make our habits,
and then our habits make us.

John Dryden
1631-1700

How badly do you want it?

George E. Allen
1832-1907

Desire is the great equalizer.

It is a great imperfection to complain
unceasingly of little things.

St. Francis of Sales
1567-1622

The more active you are,
the more energy you will have.

Norman Vincent Peale
1898-1993

People who invite trouble always
complain when it accepts.

Lane Olinghouse

Improvement begins with "I."

Arnold H. Glasow

Life consists not in holding good cards
but in playing those you hold well.

Josh Billings
1818 -1885

If you are serious about improvement,
be brutally honest with yourself.

Greg Norman

Your children need your presence more than
your presents.

Jesse Jackson

You may have to fight a battle
more than once to win it.

Margaret Thatcher

You can't help getting older but
you don't have to get old.

George Burns
1896-1996

You can’t get much done in life if you only
work on the days when you feel good.

Jerry West

You can always become the person
you would have liked to be.

Napoleon Hill
1883-1970

Yesterday is gone forever. Make the most
of today and tomorrow if you wish to
make up for lost time.

Napoleon Hill


When it comes to eating, you can help
yourself more by helping yourself less.

Jenny Craig

What makes resisting temptation difficult for many people
is they don't want to discourage it completely.

Franklin P. Jones

Walking is the best possible exercise.
Habituate yourself to walk very fast.

Thomas Jefferson
1743 -1826

Use it or lose it!

Jimmy Connors

True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and
exercise of the body; the two are ever united.

Wilhelm von Humboldt
1767-1835

The older you get, the more important
it is not to act your age.

Ashleigh Brillant

The best place to get
help is from yourself.

Epictetus
55-135 A.D.

Success consists of a series of little daily efforts.

Mamie McCullough

Square meals often make round people.

Joseph Cossman

Our growing softness, our increasing lack of
physical fitness, is a menace to our security.

John F. Kennedy
1917-1963

One bad habit often spoils
a dozen good ones.

Napoleon Hill

Nothing comes from doing nothing.

Shakespeare
1564-1616

Most of us can read the handwriting on the wall;
we just assume it's addressed to someone else.

Ivern Ball

It’s not the load that breaks you down;
it’s the way you carry it.

Lena Horne

It's never too late to have a happy childhood.

Wayne Dyer

It isn’t where you come from,
it’s where you’re going that counts.

Ella Fitzgerald

It is difficult to steer a parked car,
so get moving.

Henrietta Mears

In the long run, we only hit what
we aim at. Aim high.

Thoreau
1817-1862

If you truly want to succeed,
be prepared to go the extra mile.

Napoleon Hill
1883-1970