A- Z of Quotations
Introduction
One of my hobbies is reading and collecting quotations. I have quite a vast collection! I do hope you will find these words: encouraging, enlightening, educational, inspiring and motivating. If you like these quotes, then you might like to read more at my Facebook page - The Life Thinker.
A
'Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.'
- Winston Churchill
'Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.'
- Zig Ziglar
'Our attitude towards others determines their attitude towards us.'
- Earl Nightingale
'Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.'
- Viktor Frankl
'What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.'
- Abraham Maslow
B
'I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life. You can't truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles.'
- Zig Ziglar
'Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best.'
- Tim Duncan
'You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.'
- Albert Einstein
'Be better than you were yesterday.'
- Unknown
C
'It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.'
- Charles Darwin
'Common sense is not so common.'
- Voltaire
'Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.'
- Mark Twain
'He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.'
- Muhammad Ali
'Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.'
- Confucius
'Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.'
- Steve Jobs
One of my hobbies is reading and collecting quotations. I have quite a vast collection! I do hope you will find these words: encouraging, enlightening, educational, inspiring and motivating. If you like these quotes, then you might like to read more at my Facebook page - The Life Thinker.
A
'Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.'
- Winston Churchill
'Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.'
- Zig Ziglar
'Our attitude towards others determines their attitude towards us.'
- Earl Nightingale
'Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.'
- Viktor Frankl
'What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.'
- Abraham Maslow
B
'I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life. You can't truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles.'
- Zig Ziglar
'Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best.'
- Tim Duncan
'You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.'
- Albert Einstein
'Be better than you were yesterday.'
- Unknown
C
'It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.'
- Charles Darwin
'Common sense is not so common.'
- Voltaire
'Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.'
- Mark Twain
'He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.'
- Muhammad Ali
'Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.'
- Confucius
'Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.'
- Steve Jobs
D
'A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.'
- Colin Powell
'Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.'
- Dan Gable
'I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.'
- Charles Dickens
E
'Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.'
- Winston Churchill
'Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.'
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
'Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.'
- Napoleon Hill
'For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.'
- Jim Rohn
'A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.'
- Colin Powell
'Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.'
- Dan Gable
'I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.'
- Charles Dickens
E
'Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.'
- Winston Churchill
'Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.'
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
'Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.'
- Napoleon Hill
'For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.'
- Jim Rohn
F
'Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.'
- Henry Ford
'Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.'
- Thomas A. Edison
'If you learn from defeat, you haven't really lost.'
- Zig Ziglar
'Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.'
- John Wooden
'Remember that failure is an event, not a person.'
- Zig Ziglar
'Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.'
- Henry Ford
'Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.'
- Thomas A. Edison
'If you learn from defeat, you haven't really lost.'
- Zig Ziglar
'Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.'
- John Wooden
'Remember that failure is an event, not a person.'
- Zig Ziglar
G
'Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.'
- Jim Rohn
'When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.'
- Confucius
'Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.'
- Tony Robbins
'There is always something to be grateful for.'
- Unknown
'Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.'
- Jim Rohn
'When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.'
- Confucius
'Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.'
- Tony Robbins
'There is always something to be grateful for.'
- Unknown
H
'Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.'
- Dale Carnegie
'Happiness depends upon ourselves.'
- Aristotle
'The purpose of our lives is to be happy.'
- Dalai Lama
'Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness.'
- William E. Gladstone
'Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.'
- Mahatma Gandhi
'Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.'
- Oscar Wilde
'Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.'
- Marcus Aurelius
'When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.'
- John Lennon
'Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.'
- Dale Carnegie
'Happiness depends upon ourselves.'
- Aristotle
'The purpose of our lives is to be happy.'
- Dalai Lama
'Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness.'
- William E. Gladstone
'Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.'
- Mahatma Gandhi
'Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.'
- Oscar Wilde
'Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.'
- Marcus Aurelius
'When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.'
- John Lennon
I
'Imagination is more important than knowledge.'
- Albert Einstein
'Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.'
- Epictetus
'The man who has no imagination has no wings.'
- Muhammad Ali
'Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.'
Salvador Dali
'Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.'
- Stephen Hawking
'Imagination is more important than knowledge.'
- Albert Einstein
'Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.'
- Epictetus
'The man who has no imagination has no wings.'
- Muhammad Ali
'Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.'
Salvador Dali
'Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.'
- Stephen Hawking
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