Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful… that’s what matters to me. Steve Jobs – American company founder: Apple (1955-2011), from an interview in “The Wall Street Journal” (May 25, 1993)
You have to listen, understand, and then act – at the right time. Richard Lord – Canadian business executive, President and CEO Richelieu Hardware (b. 1952)
Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing. Denis E. Waitley – American motivational speaker, writer and consultant (1933-2025)
In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing. attributed to Theodore Roosevelt – American politician, 1901-09 26th president, Nobel Peace Prize 1906 (1858-1919), could not be verified by the Theodore Roosevelt Center at the Dickinson State...
First, think. Second, believe. Third, dream. And finally, dare. Walt Disney – American cartoonist and film producer (1901-1966)
Aiutami a farlo da solo. Maria Montessori – medico, pedagogista e filosofa italiana (1870-1952), nel suo discorso in occasione della conferenza internazionale di Amsterdam (21.4.1950) Help me do it myself. Maria Montessori – Italian physician, educator, and philosopher (1870-1952), in her lecture at the international conference in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland (April 21,...
The best reformers the world has ever seen are those who commence on themselves. attributed to George Bernard Shaw – Irish writer, Nobel Prize in literature 1925 (1856-1950), quoted in “The Dictionary of Humorous Quotations” (1949)
If something works, “do” more of it. If it does not work, do something different. Steve de Shazer – American psychotherapist, developer and pioneer of solution focused brief therapy (1940-2005), from “Putting Difference to Work” (1991)
You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will. Stephen King – American writer (b. 1947), from “On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft” (2000)
To be successful, you must be willing to do the things today others won’t do in order to have the things tomorrow others won’t have. Leslie Calvin “Les” Brown – American motivational speaker (b. 1945)
What you can do, or dream you can, begin it, Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. John Anster – Irish poet (1793-1867), in his free, poetic translation of Goethe’s Faust, Prelude at the Theatre, Director (Original 1808, translated 1808)
Move with the movers. William Rohl “Bill” Bright – American evangelist and founder of the world’s largest missionary organization “Campus Crusade for Christ International” (1921-2003)
Je n’ai jamais cru que la liberté de l’homme consistât à faire ce qu’il veut, mais bien à ne jamais faire ce qu’il ne veut pas. Jacques Rousseau – écrivain et philosophe français (1712-1778), de “Les rêveries du promeneur solitaire” (1782), Brochure de citation 2026 I have never believed that man’s freedom consisted in doing what he wants to do,...
Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of such infinite importance. The smallest good act today is the capture of a strategic point from which, a few months later, you may be able to go on to victories you never dreamed of. C. S. Lewis – British writer (1898-1963), from “Mere Christianity” (1952),...
All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty. The bible, Proverbs 14:23 (NIV), Quotations book 2026
The words you’ve bandied are sufficient; ‘Tis deeds that I prefer to see: In compliments you’re both proficient, But might, the while, more useful be. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe – German poet (1749-18329, from “Faust: Part One”, “Prelude at the Theatre, Manager (1808), Quotations book 2026
In the words of the ancients, one should make his decisions within the space of seven breaths. Lord Takanobu said, “If discrimination is long, it will spoil.” Lord Naoshige said, “When matters are done leisurely, seven out of ten will turn out badly. A warrior is a person who does things quickly.” When your mind is going hither and thither, discrimination will never be...
Ἄμεινόν ἐστιν σιωπᾶν καὶ εἶναι, ἢ λαλοῦντα μὴ εἶναι. καλὸν τὸ διδάσκειν, ἐὰν ὁ λέγων ποιῇ. It is better for a man to be silent and be [a Christian], than to talk and not to be one. It is good to teach, if he who speaks also acts. Ignatius of Antioch – early Christian Greek clergyman and church father, around 68-100 Bishop of Antioch (died around 110), from the letter to the Ephesians...
Let us help each other to love others and to do good. The Bible, Hebrew 10:24 (NLV)