Goals

Confidence

To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow. Attributed to Audrey Hepburn - American actress (1929-1993)

Aims

An archer is known by his aim, not by his arrows. archer's wisdom - quoted by George Agar Hansard (English sports historian, 1796-1876) in "The Book of Archery" (1840)

If…

If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs ... If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you ... If you can wait and not be tired by waiting ... If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim ... Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it ... Rudyard Kipling - Englisch writer, Nobel Prize in Literature 1907 (1865-1936), from his poem "If" (1895), published first in...

Way

It is better indeed to limp along the way than to walk strongly apart from the way. Melius est enim in uia claudicare, quam praeter uiam fortiter ambulare. Augustine of Hippo - known as Aurelius Augustinus, early Christian theologian and philosopher, one of the four Latin Doctor of Church (354-430), from his sermon 141,4

Do something beyond yourself

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow. Ronald E. Osborn - American teacher of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and writer (1917-1998), in "Forbes"-Magazine (March 15, 1945)

Progress

Le but de la dispute ou de la discussion ne doit pas être la victoire, mais l'amélioration. Joseph Joubert - essayiste français (1754-1824), de ses notes, publiées dans "Pensées, maximes, essais et correspondance de J. Joubert" (1842), Brochure de citation 2024 The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress. Joseph Joubert - French essayist (1754-1824), from his...

Improve

Everything can be improved. Clarence W. Barron - American financial journalist, one of the most influential figures in the history of publishing company "Dow Jones & Company" (1855-1928), the Swedish compnay EQT has expendet the quote: "Everything can always be improved at all times", Quotations book...

Be all that you can be

I want you to be all that you can be. Charles G. Koch – American businessman, chairman and CEO of Koch Industries (b. 1935), in his introduction to "Principle Based Management™" (2022)

Do not give up

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. Samuel Beckett - Irish writer, Nobel prize in literature 1969 (1906–1989), frim "Worstward Ho" (1983), Quotations book 2024

Nothing is easy in life

Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well. Theodore Roosevelt - American politician, 1901-09 26th president, Nobel Peace Prize 1906 (1858-1919), from his address "American Ideals in Education,"...

Doubts

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. after Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell - British philosopher and mathematician, Nobel Prize in literature 1950 (1872-1970)), freely after a quote from his collection of essays "Mortals and Others: American Essays" (1931-35) The fundamental cause...

Fight

It is better to fight for something than against something. attributed to Amos Bronson Alcott - American philosopher and pedagogue (1799-1888)

Possession

There is nothing wrong with men possessing riches. The wrong comes when riches possess men. Billy Graham – born William Franklin Graham Jr., American evangelist (1918-2018), "Twitter" post from Jun 06, 2015 (since 2023 "X"), Quotations book 2024

Think

We've got no money, so we've got to think. Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson - New Zealand physicist, Nobel Prize in chemistry 1908 (1871-1937), as quotes by his colleague Edward Andrade (English physicist, 1887-1971) in "Rutherford and the Nature of the Atom" (1964), Quotations book 2024

Reach

If you only walk on sunny days you'll never reach your destination. Paulo Coelho de Souza – Brazilian writer (b. 1947), in a "Facebook" post from May 16th, 2011, Quotations book 2024 Se você andar apenas nos dias de sol, jamais vai chegar ao seu destino. Paulo Coelho de Souza - escritor brasileiro (*1947), em um post "Facebook" (16.5.2011), Caderno de Citações...

Prayer

Let prayer be your steering wheel, not your spare tire. followed by Cornelia Arnolda Johanna "Corrie" ten Boom – Dutch writer, member of the resistance (1892-1983)

Stay open-minded

Don’t say it can not be done, rather say,you don’t know how to do it yet. Tomáš Baťa - Czech entrepreneur and founder of the Bata shoe company (1876-1932), Quotations book 2024

Love changes

To effect real change, you must impart real love. Eyal Shahar – Israeli investor and former intelligence officer, founder and President of Online Trading Academy. (b. 1960)

Confidence

Believe you can and you’re halfway there. proverb, attributed to Theodore Roosevelt – American politician, 1901-09 26th president, Nobel Peace Prize 1906 (1858-1919), could not be confirmed in his writings by the "Theodore Roosevelt Center" at "Dickinson State University"