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Some Famous and not soFamous Quotes
A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.
Bob Dylan
Intellectuals solve problems. Geniuses prevent them.
Albert Einstein
Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.
Winston Churchill
Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won’t work.
Thomas A. Edison
Never give in – never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.
Winston Churchill
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage — to move in the opposite direction.
Albert Einstein
The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want.
Ben Stein
He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure.
Thomas J. Watson
The most important single ingredient in the formula for success is knowing how to get along with people.
Theodore Roosevelt
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
Lao Tzu
In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.
Albert Einstein
Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.
Mother Theresa
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
George Bernard Shaw
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
Albert Einstein
Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless.
Thomas A. Edison
The person who gets the farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
Dale Carnegie
I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.
Thomas A. Edison
There’s a way to do it better – find it.
Thomas A. Edison
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
Charles Darwin
Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.
Thomas A. Edison
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
Thomas A. Edison
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal
Henry Ford
Focusing on what you are trying to get away from is similar to running backwards down a street to get away from the angry monster that is chasing you. The monster will catch you. Instead, turn round and focus on the path that leads to where you want to go.
Dale Sellers
Instead of how bad things have been or how bad things are, focus on what you intend to do and what steps you have to take to get there.
Dale Sellers
What you focus upon is what you will manifest into your life. So instead of focusing on what you are trying to get away from, focus on what you intend to achieve.
Dale Sellers