quotes

“The unfortunate thing about this

“The unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.” W. Somerset Maugham

“You have reached the pinnacle

“You have reached the pinnacle of success as soon as you become uninterested in money, compliments, or publicity.” Thomas Wolfe, novelist (1900-1938)

“Habits are the shorthand of

“Habits are the shorthand of behavior.” Julie Henderson

“The aim of every artist

“The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.” William Faulkner

“Wear a smile and have

“Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. What do we live for if not to make the world less difficult for each other?” George Eliot

“An inexhaustible good nature is

“An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather.” Washington Irving

“Though we travel the world

“Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

“We are always too busy

“We are always too busy for our children; we never give them the time or interest they deserve. We lavish gifts upon them; but the most precious gift, our personal association, which means so much to them, we give grudgingly.” Mark Twain

“If the result of something

“If the result of something I do is that someone feels 10% less crazy because they see someone else thinking what they're thinking, then I provide a service.” Albert Brooks

“A leader is a dealer

“A leader is a dealer in hope.” Napoleon Bonaparte (Maxims)

“Seek the wisdom of the

“Seek the wisdom of the ages, but look at the world through the eyes of a child.” Ron Wild

“Put it before them briefly

“Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it and, above all, accurately so they will be guided by its light.” Joseph Pulitzer

“What you are afraid to

“What you are afraid to do is a clear indicator of the next thing you need to do.” Anonymous

“When we do the best

“When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or the life of another.” Helen Keller

“Precision of communication is important,

“Precision of communication is important, more important than ever in our era of hair-trigger balances, when a false, or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act.” James Thurber

“Enthusiasm for one’s goal lessens

“Enthusiasm for one’s goal lessens the disagreeableness of working toward it.” Thomas Eakins

“I used to think that

“I used to think that running an organization was equivalent to conducting a symphony orchestra. But I don't think that's quite it; it's more like jazz. There is more improvisation. Someone once wrote that the sound of surprise is jazz, and if there's any one thing that we must try to get used to in this world, it's surprise and the unexpected. Truly, we are living in world where the only thing that's constant is change.” Warren G. Bennis

“Character consists of what you

“Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.” James A. Michener

“Life's greatest happiness is to

“Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved.” Victor Hugo, Les Miserables, 1862

“Life is not measured by

“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” anonymous

“When we are grateful for

“When we are grateful for the good we already have, we attract more good into our life. On the other hand, when we are ungrateful, we tend to shut ourselves off from the good we might otherwise experience.” Margaret Stortz

“Work is a slice of

“Work is a slice of your life. It’s not the entire pizza.” Jacquelyn Mitchard