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

James

Whistler

Two and two continues to make four, in spite of the whine of the amateur for three, or the cry of the critic for five.

Absolutes

Grace

Murray Hopper

One accurate measurement is worth a thousand expert opinions.

Accuracy

Mother Teresa

 

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

Achievement

Maya

Angelou

All great achievements require time.

Achievement

Malcolm

Forbes

One worthwhile task carried to a successful conclusion is worth half-a-hundred half-finished tasks.

Achievement

Althea

Gibson

No matter accomplishments you achieve, somebody helps you.

Achievement

Arland

Gilbert

What a man accomplishes in a day depends upon the way in which he approaches his tasks.  When we accept tough jobs as a challenge…and wade into them with joy and enthusiasm, miracles can happen.  When we do our work with a dynamic conquering spirit, we get things done.

Achievement

 

Herodotus

Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.

Achievement

Samuel

Johnson

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

Achievement

William Matter

Lewis

The abundant life does not come to those who have had a lot of obstacles removed from their path by others. It develops from within and is rooted in strong mental and moral fiber.

Achievement

Norman

Schwarzkopf

You can't help someone get up a hill without getting closer to the top yourself.

Achievement

Johann Wolfgang

van Goethe

Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.

Achievement

Walt

Disney

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.

Achievements

Dale

Carnegie

Take a chance! All life is a chance.  The man who goes furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.

Action

Nathan

Currey

Priorities only matter when they are practiced.

Action

 

Demosthenes

All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.

Action

Wayne

Dryer

You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you.  The message is clear. Do it! Seize every second of your life and savor it. Value your present moments.

Action

Henry

Ford

You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do.

Action

 

Goethe

Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now!

Action

Edward Everett

Hale

 I am only one, but still I am one; I cannot do everything; but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.

Action

Ernest

Hemmingway

Never mistake motion for action.

Action

Lee

Iacocca

So what do we do?  Anything.  Something.  So long as we just don’t sit there.  If we screw it up, start over.  Try something else.  If we wait until we’ve satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late.

Action

Andrew

Jackson

Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.

Action

Carl

Jung

It is only our deeds that reveal who we are.

Action

Helen

Keller

I am only one; but I am still one.  I cannot do everything, but still I can do something.  I will not refuse to do the something I can do.

Action

Ross

Perot

The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river.

Action

Will

Rogers

Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.

Action

Eleanor

Roosevelt

It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.

Action

Carl

Sandburg

The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something.

Action

Norman

Schwarzkopf

The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do.  The hard part is doing it.

Action

Abigail

Adams

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

Actions/Words

William

Feather

Advertising is based on the old observation that every man is really two men -- the man he is and the man he wants to be.

Advertising

Samuel Taylor

Coleridge

Advice is like snow -- the softer it falls, the longer it dwells and the deeper it sinks into the mind.

Advice

Helen M.

Carrall

Youth is a gift of nature, Age is a work of art.   

Age

John

Barrymore

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

Aging

Kenny

Rogers

Growing older is not upsetting; being perceived as old is.

Aging

Henry David

Thoreau

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

Aging

Earl

Warren

Don't complain about growing old -- many, many people do not have that privilege.

Aging

Elvis

Presley

Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine.

Ambition

 

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

Winston

Churchill

A man is about as big as the things that make him angry.

Anger

Benjamin

Franklin

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.

Anger

Thomas

Jefferson

When angry, count to 10 before you speak; if very angry, 100.

Anger

Ronald

Reagan

They say the world has become too complex for simple answers.  They are wrong.

Answers

Benjamin

Disraeli

Nothing in life is more remarkable than the unnecessary anxiety (that) we endure and generally create ourselves.

Anxiety

Martin

Luther

For such is today the condition of the widow of Christ, (Rev. 21:2 and 9 describe the church as the bride of Christ. With this metaphor as background in his thinking Luther describes the church when separated from Christ as a widow) the holy church, that everything is permitted to everybody.

Apostasy

Herm

Albright

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

Attitude

Lou

Holtz

Ability is what you are capable of doing. Motivation   determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. 

Attitude

Frederick

Newell

Attitude precedes behavior. Attitude is tomorrow's behavior.

Attitude

Brian

Tracy

Your attitude is an expression of your values, beliefs and expectations. 

Attitude

Mary Kay

Ash

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

Availability

John

Hancock

A chip on the shoulder is too heavy a piece of baggage to carry through life.

Baggage

Ralph Waldo

Emerson

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.

Beauty

Ralph Waldo

Emerson

Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.

Beauty

Philippe

Fichot

The beauty I am searching for is inside, sometimes hidden by atrocities...that beauty that no eye, no finger will ever be able to perceive...that beauty that time is the only one able to preserve...that beauty that is only released by the heart...the rest slowly but surely perishes and is therefore no good to me at all.

Beauty

Robert

Heinlein

Beauty is not diminished by being shared.

Beauty

G.K.

Chesterton

"When people stop believing in God, they don't believe in nothing -- they believe in anything."

Belief

Joseph

Dunninger

For those that believe, no explanation is necessary.   For those who do not, none will suffice.

Belief

Howard

Head

You have to believe in the impossible.

Belief

James Montgomery

Boice

People are not attracted to churches that do not know what they believe.

Beliefs

Dwight D.

Eisenhower

The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions.

Blame

George

Washington

The general is sorry to be informed that the foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing — a vice little known heretofore in the American army — is growing into fashion. Let the men and officers reflect that we can not hope for the blessing of heaven on our army if we insult it by our impiety and folly.

Blessing

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

Eric

Hoffer

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.

Blessings

Lena

Horne

It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.

Burdens

Carly

Fiorina

Challenge the mind and capture the heart.

Challenge