Words Of Wisdom
Restore order. Regain control. Reclaim your life.
The greatest discovery
of our generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering
their attitudes of mind. As you think, so shall you become.
- William James (1842 - 1910), American psychologist and philosopher
Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe
to be beautiful.
- William Morris (1834 - 1896), English artist and writer
Out of clutter, find simplicity. From discord, find harmony. In the middle of difficulty, lies opportunity.
- Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955), German-born theoretical physicist
Time is really the only capital any human being has, and the one thing he can't afford to waste.
- Thomas Edison (1847 - 1931), American inventor
If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right.
- Henry Ford (1863 - 1947), American industrialist
For every minute spent organizing, an hour is earned.
- Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790), Founding Father of the United States
The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second best time is now.
- Chinese proverb
There must be more to life than having everything.
- Maurice Sendak (born 1928), American writer and illustrator
Sweep away the clutter of things that complicate our lives.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), American philosopher
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person's determination.
- Tommy Lasorda (born 1927), American baseball player and manager
All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.
- Havelock Ellis (1859 - 1939), British psychologist and writer
We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.
- Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955), German-born theoretical physicist
They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.
- Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987), American artist
A thing does not go wrong because of some perverse fate. It is more than likely that you lack the proper approach.
- Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993), Protestant preacher and author
You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
- Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 - 1962), American political leader
Progress is impossible without change and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Irish playwright
The best things in life are usually not things.
- Anonymous
I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), English playwright
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.
- Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865), 16th President of the United States
The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them.
- Michel de Montaigne (1533 - 1592), French writer
Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power
and magic in it.
- Goethe (1749 - 1832), German playwright
Some people dream of success while others wake up and work hard at it.
- Unknown
Man is so made that whenever anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
- Jean de la Fontaine (1621 - 1695), French poet
Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it's not all mixed-up.
- A.A. Milne (1882 - 1956), English author
The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.
- Hans Hoffman (1880 - 1966), German-born American painter
The person who moves a mountain begins by carrying small stones.
- Chinese Proverb
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
- Lewis Carroll (1832 - 1898), English writer
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), American philosopher
Ideas are worthless unless followed by action.
- Anonymous
Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out.
- Robert Collier (1885 - 1950), American writer
One of the great discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises,is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do.
- Henry Ford (1863 - 1947), American industrialist
Who is stopping you but you?
- Virginia Satir (1916 - 1988), American psychologist
Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.
- Carol Burnett (born 1933), American comedian
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
- John Quincy Adams (1767 - 1848), 6th President of the United States
Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.
- William James (1842 - 1910), American psychologist and philosopher
Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.
- Babe Ruth (1895 - 1948), American baseball player
Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.
- Chinese Proverb
The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are first, hard work; second, stick-to-it-iveness; and third, common sense.
- Thomas Edison (1847 - 1931), American inventor
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
- Immanuel Kant (1724 - 1804), German philosopher
Minds are like parachutes. They only work when they open.
- Unknown
In order to seek one's own direction, one must simplify the mechanics of ordinary everyday life.
- Plato (429 - 347 B.C.E.), Greek philosopher
That which we elect to surround ourselves with becomes the museum of our soul and the archive of our experiences.
- Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), 3rd President of the United States
Order is the shape upon which beauty depends.
- Pearl Buck (1892 - 1973), American writer
One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.
- Abraham Maslow (1908 - 1970), American psychologist
If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up somewhere else.
- Yogi Berra (born 1925), American baseball player and manager
To change one's life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly. No exceptions.
- William James (1842 - 1910), American psychologist and philosopher
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, not the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
- Attributed to Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882), British evolutionary biologist
When you aim for perfection, you discover it's a moving target.
- George Fisher
There was a man
And some did think him mad.
The more he cast away
The more he had.
- John Bunyan (1628 - 1688), English writer and preacher
Happiness is a place between too little and too much.
- Finnish proverb
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
- George Eliot (1819 - 1880), English writer
What you are afraid to do is a clear indication of the next thing you need to do.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), American writer and philosopher
Well begun is half done.
- Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), Greek philosopher
In any moment of decision, the very best thing you can do, is what is right; the next best thing you can do, is what is wrong; the worst thing you can do is NOTHING.
- Teddy Roosevelt (1887 - 1944), 26th President of the United States
Life is not a having and a getting, but a being and a doing.
- Unknown
Success is never final, failure is never fatal; it is courage that counts.
- Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965), British politician
Do you love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff that life is
made of.
- Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790), Founding Father of the United States
Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), American essayist, poet & philosopher
Success is dependent on effort.
- Sophocles (c. 496-406 B.C.), Greek playwright
Learn to let go; that is the key to happiness.
- Budda (563 - 483 BC), Religious leader and founder of Buddhism
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