Quotations for Living
I started reading and remembering quotes as a child when I started reading the Bible. Then as I grew older I enjoyed reading the quotes in Reader’s Digest, then on the back page of Forbes. Quotes to me are the little gems you find that get you to stop and think. There are some quotes I read and my thought is no that isn’t how I believe. Then there are quotes that say yes, this person thinks and believes as I do, and they have stated what I too believe. I have many people that I enjoy their quotes, Zig Ziglar, Mark Twain, President Theodore Roosevelt, President Ronald Reagan, to name a few.
Below are some quotes some are my own, some are random and anonymous. They are here for your encouragement and in a small way to give you insight into what I believe, and how I strive to conduct myself each day.
A culture of discipline is not a principal of business; It is a principal of greatness. Be disciplined in your thoughts and actions.
Many a man has failed because he had his wishbone where his backbone should have been.
The best way to measure a man is to put the tape around his heart instead of his head.
Do not mistake activity for achievement. Busyness doeas not equate to productivity.
Ability will enable a man to make it to the top, however it takes character to stay there.
Place others before yourself, and you can become a leader among men.
You will win more friends with your ears than you will with your mouth.
Your greatest possession is the 24 hours directly in front of you. Don’t let them go to waste.
Jesus is the friend that knows all your faults and still loves you anyway.
Feed your faith and your doubts will starve to death.
What counts is not the number of hours you put in, but how much you put into those hours.
Your reputation is made in a moment: Character is built over a lifetime.
Those who cannot forgive burn the bridge over which they must themselves pass.
Faith: is daring your soul to go beyond what your eyes can see.
The person who does the things that count, doesn’t have the time to stop and count them.
Two things are hard on your heart; poor nutrition and running down people.
The best way to get even is to forget.
People are a lot like fish. Neither would get into trouble if they kept their mouths shut at the right time.
You can easily determine the character of a person by the amount of opposition it takes to discourage him.
People who try to whittle you down, are only trying to reduce you to their size.
Forgiveness is to set a prisoner free only to discover that the prisoner was YOU!
God will intervene in your affairs by invitation only.
To have grand accomplishments, you must dream, you must plan, you must believe, and finally you must act.
Intelligence is when you spot a flaw in your bosses reasoning. Wisdom is when you refrain from pointing it out.
Friendships are built around confidence, Integrity is the foundation of that confidence.
The difference between where you are now, and where you want to be, is in the relationships you build. They are priceless (10/11/10) rdl