Jan Glidwell – You can clutch the past …
You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present.
~ Jan Glidwell
Jonathan Kozol – Pick battles big enough …
Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.
~ Jonathan Kozol
Michael Korda – The biggest fool …
The biggest fool in the world is he who merely does his work supremely well, without attending to appearance.
~ Michael Korda
Mary Kay Ash – A mediocre idea …
A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.
~ Mary Kay Ash
Paul Coffey – Nobody’s a natural …
Nobody’s a natural. You work hard to get good and then work hard to get better.
~ Paul Coffey
Albert Pine – What we do for ourselves …
What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.
~ Albert Pine
Harry Mathews – A man is too apt …
A man is too apt to forget that in this world he cannot have everything. A choice is all that is left him.
~ Harry Mathews
Jacques Maritain – A man of courage …
A man of courage flees forward in the midst of new things.
~ Jacques Maritain
Calvin Coolidge – Christmas is not a time …
Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.
~ Calvin Coolidge
Bob Dole – When it’s all over …
When it’s all over, it’s not who you were. It’s whether you made a difference.
~ Bob Dole
James Broughton – The only limits …
The only limits are, as always, those of vision.
~ James Broughton
James J. Corbett – You become a champion …
You become a champion by fighting one more round. When things are tough, you fight one more round.
~ James J. Corbett
Joe Girard – The elevator to success …
The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs… one step at a time.
~ Joe Girard
Jamie Paolinetti – Limitations live only …
Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless.
~ Jamie Paolinetti
Pablo Picasso – Art washes away
Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
~ Pablo Picasso
Thomas Leonard – A lifestyle is what …
A lifestyle is what you pay for; a life is what pays you.
~ Thomas Leonard
William Faulkner – Do not bother …
Do not bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
~ William Faulkner
Tyron Edwards – Right actions for the future …
Right actions for the future are the best apologies for wrong ones in the past.
~ Tyron Edwards
John Dewey – The good man …
The good man is the man who, no matter how morally unworthy he has been, is moving to become better.
~ John Dewey