The chains of habit are too light to be felt until they”re too heavy to be broken. Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell – British philosopher and mathematician, Nobel Prize in literature 1950 (1872-1970), Quotations book 2006
You can do things that I cannot do. I can do things that you cannot do. Together we can do great things. Mother Teresa – born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, Albanian-born Indian nun and order”s founder, Nobel Peace Prize 1979 (1910-1997), Quotations book 2006
Lord, teach me to be generous. Teach me to serve as you deserve; To give and not count the cost; To fight and not to heed the wounds; To toil and not to ask for rest; To labor and not ask for reward; Save that of knowing I am doing your will. Ignatius of Loyola – founder of the Jesuit order (1491-1556), Quotations...
A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends. Baltasar Gracián y Morales – Spanish philosopher and writer (1601-1658), Quotations book 2006
If you chase two rabbits, both will escape. Otto von Bismarck – German politician, 1871-90 first chancellor (1815-1898), Quotations book 2006
Don”t find a fault, find a remedy. Henry Ford – American engineer and industrialist (1863-1947), Quotations book 2006
He profits most who serves best. Arthur F. Sheldon – president of “Sheldon School of Business Building” (1868-1936), Quotations book 2006
You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was. Abraham Lincoln – American politician, 1861-65 16th president (1809-1865), Quotations book 2006
One man has enthusiasm for 30 minutes, another for 30 days, but it is the man who has it for 30 years who makes a success out of his life. Edward B. Butler – American painter (1853-1928), Quotations book 2006
If a manager wants to handle everything on his own, he mustn”t be surprised at his staff retiring. Wisdom – Quotations book 2006
It is not happiness that makes you grateful, but gratefulness that makes you happy. Brother David Steindl-Rast – Austrian-born American Benedictine monk (b. 1926), www.gratefulness.org, www.dankbarkeit.org, Quotations books 2006 + 2025
By intervening directly and depriving society of its responsibility, the Social Assistance State leads to a loss of human energies and an inordinate increase of public agencies, which are dominated more by bureaucratic ways of thinking than by concern for serving their clients, and which are accompanied by an enormous increase in spending. Pope John Paul II – born Karol Wojtyła, Holy...
Top-Performance is only achieved by people who enjoy what they are doing. Wisdom
Don”t chase performance – you will always be late. Perry J. Kaufman – American financial theorist, investment-expert and author (b. 1943)
If you fail to prepare, you are preparing to fail. Reverend H. K. Williams – American clergyman, from “The Group Plan”, in the “Young People’s Service”, published in “The Biblical World”, volume 53, number 1 (January 1919)
The sad truth is that opportunity doesn”t knock twice. You can put things off until tomorrow but tomorrow may never come. Gloria Estefan – American singer and actress (b. 1957)
The things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. The Bible, 2 Corinthians 4:18 (KJV)
Investment in knowledge pays the best interest. Benjamin Franklin – American politician, writer and scientist (1706-1790), Quotations book 2002