At the end of your life you will never regret not having passed one more test, not wining one more verdict, or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child or a parent. Barbara Bush – American former First Lady (1925-2018), as wife of the 41st president George H. W. Bush (1924-2018), in her Commencement Address to the Wellesley College...
Dersom det er sandt, hvad Ordsproget siger, at friskt vovet er halv vunden: saa er det ogsaa sandt, at Arbeidet er halv gjort, ja mere end halv gjort, naar Opgaven staaer fast. If it is true, as the proverb says, that a good beginning is half the victory, then it is also true that the work is half finished, yes, more than half finished, when the task stands clearly...
A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd. Max Lucado – American author and evagelicale theologean, minister at Oak Hills Church (b. 1955), from “And the Angels Were Silent: The Final Week of Jesus” (1992)
The end of Religion is not to teach us how to die, but how to live; and the earlier you become wise and good, the more of happiness you secure. Anne Brontë – English writer (1820-1849), in “Agnes Grey”, chapter 23 (1847)
He is your father, your best friend: every blessing, everything good, pleasant, or useful, comes from Him. Anne Brontë – English writer (1820-1849), in “Agnes Grey”, chapter 11 (1847)
A good company is better than it looks, a bad company is worse than it looks. Conni Jonsson – Swedish entrepreneur who has turned EQT Partners AB into one of the world’s leading private equity firms (b. 1960)
Rejection is God’s protection. Every rejection opens a door to God’s redirection. christian motivation – based on a biblical passage: You planned to harm me. But God planned it for good. The Bible, Genesis 50:20 (NIRV)
We turn not older with years, but newer every day. Emily Dickinson – American poet (1830-1886), from a letter to her cousins from 1874, published in “Letters of Emily Dickinson”, volume 2, chapter IV “To the Misses” (1894)
Find a horse worth riding in a race worth winning. David Morgenthaler – American businessman and venture pioneer: Morgenthaler Ventures (1919-2016)
All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them. attributed to Galileo Galilei – Italian astronomist und physicist (1564-1642) Tutte le verità sono facili da capire una volta che sono state scoperte; il punto è scoprirle. Galileo Galilei – astronomo e fisico italiano...
The only person you can ever change is yourself. Martin Matheo Doeller – Austrian motivator and business mentor (b. 1967)
If you want to lead the orchestra you must turn your back to the crowd. Islwyn Jeneins – American aphorist, quoted in “The People” (19. März 1933), used as well by Max Lucado (American author and evagelicale theologean, minister at Oak Hills Church, b. 1955, in “And the Angels Were Silent: The Final Week of Jesus”, 1992)
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)
Work hard, play hard, move fast. Dr. Robert J. “Doctor Bob” Shillman –American engineer, businessman and philanthropist, founder and former chairman and CCO of Cognex Corporation (b. 1946), Quotations book 2026
Logic takes you from A to B, imagination can take you everywhere. attributed to Albert Einstein – German physicist, Nobel Prize in physics 1921 (1879-1955)
You cannot see the future, but you can lay the foundations for something future. attributed to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry – French writer and aviator (1900-1944), Quotations book 2002
Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation. attributed to D. Elton Trueblood – American author, philosopher and theologian (1900-1994), Quotations book 2026
You have to listen to the music of life. Most people only hear the dissonances. based on Theodor Fontane – German writer (1819-1898), freely adapted from a letter, published in “Werke, Schriften und Briefe. 4. Abteilung”, Volume II (1978), Quotations book 2026
The longest, most beautiful, but also most difficult journey is from the head to the heart. wisdom