Be Inspired
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And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.
Abraham Lincoln, 16th American President
Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity
Henry Van Dyke, American Author and Clergyman
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
Cherokee Expression
You must be the Change you wish to see in the World
Mahatma Gandhi
The illiterate of the future will not be the person who cannot read. It will be the person who does not know how to learn.
Alvin Toffler, US management author, editor (b.1928)
Sit down before a fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.
TH Huxley, British biologist (1887-1975)
The difference between what the most and the least learned people know is inexpressibly trivial in relation to that which is unknown.
Albert Einstein, German physicist (1879-1955)
I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.
Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter (1881-1973)
People cannot discover new oceans until they lose sight of the shore.
Andre Gide, French novelist, critic (1869-1951)
Secrets for success:
1. Get up early.
2. Work hard.
3. Find oil.J Paul Getty, US businessman (1892-1976)
If it doesn’t matter who wins, then how come we keep score?
Vince Lombardi, US football coach (1913-1970)
Be daring. Be first. Be different.
Anita Roddick, British business executive
If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.
Ed Foreman, US politician, entrepreneur (b.1933)
If you want to succeed, double your failure rate.
Thomas J Watson, US businessman, founder of IBM (1874-1956)
Failure is, in a sense, the highway to success.
John Keats, British poet (1795-1821)
If you’re not failing every now and again, it’s a sign you’re not doing anything very innovative.
Woody Allen, US film actor, director (b.1935)
If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied.
Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist, businessman (1833-1896)
Those are my principles. If you don’t like them, I have others.
Groucho Marx, US comic actor (1890-1977)
If I had six hours to cut down a tree I would spend the first five hours sharpening the axe
Abraham Lincoln
Luck is Preparation waiting for an opportunity
F1 Ferrari Team Manager