QUOTABLE QUOTES

 

1. Life is what our character makes it.

    We fashion it as a snail does his shell.

-         Jules Renard

 

2. Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

-         Henry David Thoreau

 

3. When written in Chinese, the word “crisis” is composed of two

     characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.

-         John F.Kennedy

 

4.  The important thing in life is not where you stand,

      but in what direction you are moving.

-         Oliver Wendell Holmes

 

5.  Remember, the task ahead of you is never

     as great as the power behind you.

-         Alcoholics Anonymous

 

6.  The highest reward for a person’s toil is not what

      they get for it, but what they become by it.

-         John Ruskin

 

7.  Don’t feel sorry for yourself if you have taken

     the wrong road – turn around!

                                               

8.  Tough times do not last. Tough people don’t last either.

      Strong people do.

 

9.  Eagles fly highest against the wind, not with it.

 

10. There is no such thing as best in a world of individuals.

-         Hugh Prather

 

11. Fire is the test of gold, adversity of strong men.

 

12. Believe it, in all the world there is no such thing as a stranger.

                                               

13. What you do not want done to yourself,

      do not do to others.

-         Confucius

 

14. Money should always be kept in circulation.

      If you hoard it for a rainy day, you’ll end up spending it on an ark.

 

15. The key to motivation is to look at how far you

       have come rather than how far you have to go.

-         Hugh Prather

 

16. The greatest truths are simple.

      And so are the greatest men.

 

17. Character is what you do when you think no one’s looking.

 

18. Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings

      while the dawn is still dark.

 

19. Always forgive your enemies.

      Nothing annoys them so much.

-         Oscar Wilde

 

20. Destiny is not a matter of chance.

      It is a matter of choice.

-         William Jennings Bryan

 

21. The only thing that ever sat its way to success was a hen.

 

22. When one door of happiness closes,

      another door opens but often we look so long

      at the closed door that we do not see the one

      that has been opened for us.

-         Helen Keller

 

 

 

 

23. You can fool all the people some of the time,

      You can even fool some of the people all the time,

       But you cannot fool all of the people all the time.

-         Abraham Lincoln

 

24. When a dream inspires you,

      God has hit the ball into your court.

       Now you have to hit it back with commitment.

-         Robert Schuller

 

25. Friends are God’s way of taking care of us.

 

26. If you should die before me, ask if you could bring a friend.

 

27. If all my friends were to jump off a bridge,

      I wouldn’t jump with them, I’d be at the bottom to catch them.

-         Tim McGraw

 

28. Hold a true friend with both your hands.

-         Nigerian Proverb