Mother Teresa

 

If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one.

Achievement

Mother Teresa

 

Life is a promise; fulfill it.

Life

Pope John Paul II

 

The cemetery of the victims of human cruelty in our century is extended to include yet another vast cemetery, that of the unborn.

Abortion

Pope John Paul II

 

An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded.

Excuses

George

(from the TV show, Cheers)

”Cunning and treachery shall overcome youth and skill”  “Virtue is often the result of insufficient temptation.”

Virtue

Wally

“Famous” Amos

Life is just a mirror, and what you see out there, you must first see inside of you.

Life

Ansel

Adam

There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.

Vision

Abigail

Adams

We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.

Actions/Words

Douglas

Adams

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.   

Learning

John

Adams

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak; and that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws.

Delusion

John

Adams

Be not intimidated ... nor suffer yourselves to be wheedled out of your liberties by any pretense of politeness, delicacy, or decency. These, as they are often used, are but three different names for hypocrisy, chicanery and cowardice.

Intimidation

John

Adams

If virtue and knowledge are diffused among the people, they will never be enslaved. This will be their great security.

Security

John Quincy

Adams

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.

Leadership

John Quincy

Adams

Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom.  I hope you will make good use of it.

Legacy

John Quincy

Adams

Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.

Perseverance

Joseph

Addison

Our real blessings often appear to us in the shapes of pains, losses and the disappointments; but let us have patience, and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.

Blessings

Joseph

Addison

A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.

Contentment

Alfred

Adler

It is always easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.   

Principles

Felix

Adler

To care for anyone else enough to make their problems one's own, is ever the beginning of one's real ethical development.

Ethics

 

Aesop

He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.

Compromise

 

Aesop

"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office."

Politics

 

Aesop

Those who voluntarily put power into the hands of a tyrant or an enemy, must not wonder if it be at last turned against themselves.

Tyranny

Catherine

Aird

If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning.

Example

Herm

Albright

A positive attitude will not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.

Attitude

Louisa May

Alcott

He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.

Faith

Muhammad

Ali

To be a great champion you must believe you are the best.  If you’re not, pretend you are.

Champions

Muhammad

Ali

It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe.

Obstacles

Muhammad

Ali

The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years.

Vision

Woody

Allen

If you're not failing now and again, it's a sign you're playing it safe.

Risks

Henri F.

Amiel

Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers.

Duty

Henri-Frederic

Amiel

The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides.

Decisions

Ramona L.

Anderson

People spend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idle dreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill the emptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed to search was within.

Peace

Mario

Andretti

If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.

Waiting

Maya

Angelou

All great achievements require time.

Achievement

Maya

Angelou

Some of us are timid.  We think we have something to lose, so we don't try for the next hill.

Fear

 

Anonymous

We do not stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

Play

Susan B.

Anthony

Cautious, careful people always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform.

Reform

 

Arab Proverb

It is not the road ahead that wears you out – It is the grain of sand in your shoe.

Wisdom

 

Aristophanes

Under every stone lurks a politician.

Politics

 

Aristotle

It is easy to fly into a passion -- anybody can do that -- but to be angry with the right person to the right extent and at the right time with the right object and in the right way -- that is not easy, and it is not everyone who can do it.

Anger

 

Aristotle

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Education

 

Aristotle

The proof that you know something is that you are able to teach it.

Knowledge

Neil

Armstrong

Mystery creates wonder, and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.

Wonder

Richard

Army

Make a deal with the Devil, and you are the junior partner.

Choices

Mary Kay

Ash

God does not ask your ability or your inability.  He asks only your availability.

Availability

Mary Kay

Ash

Sometimes listening itself may not be enough – some people must be prodded if you’re to find out what they’re thinking.

Listening

Mary Kay

Ash

My company mascot is the bumblebee.  Because of its tiny wings and heavy body, aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly.  But the bumblebee doesn't know that, so it flies anyways.

Potential

Mary Kay

Ash

Aerodynamically, the bumblebee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn’t know it so it goes on flying anyway.

Wisdom

Marcus

Aurelius

The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject.

Opinions

Marcus

Aurelius

Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you have already.

Wealth

 

Author Unknown

Feed your faith and your fears will starve to death.   

Faith

Alan

Axelrod

For a leader, language must come as close to actions as possible.

Leadership

Johann S.

Bach

There is nothing to it. You only have to hit the right notes at the right time and the instrument plays itself.

Success

Richard

Bach

No matter how qualified or deserving we are, we will never reach a better life until we can imagine it for ourselves and allow ourselves to have it.

Life

Francis

Bacon

He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.

Time

Joan

Baez

You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now.

Life

James

Baldwin

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.

Children

Lawrence

Ball

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things and I'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

Trust

Joel A.

Barker

Vision without action is merely a dream.  Action without vision just passes the time.  Vision with action can change the world.

Vision

Perry

Barnevik

You must avoid the investigation trap – you can’t postpone tough decision by studying them to death.

Study

John

Barrymore

A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.

Aging

Bernard M.

Baruch

Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life have been the consequences of action without thought.

Consequences

Charles

Baudelaire

It proves, on close examination, that work is less boring than amusing oneself.

Work

Charles

Baudelaire

No task is a long one but the task on which one dare not start.  It becomes a nightmare.

Work

Henry Ward

Beecher

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

Character

Henry Ward

Beecher

Every tomorrow has two handles.  We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.

Choices

Henry Ward

Beecher

No man can tell whether he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.

Riches