Quotes
posted by Robb Wolff on 14 Sep 2004

William Ornton "Do you want to be safe and good, or do you want to take a chance and be great?" -- Jimmy Johnson

"Don't wait. The time will never be just right." -- Napoleon Hill "Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves". Abraham Lincoln "Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it." Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States "In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing." Theodore Roosevelt "The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life." Henry Ford  "I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it." -- Mae West He doesn't have the greatest smarts in the world. His main interests in school were broads and booze. J. Danforth Quayle's Father, 08/23/88 I don't want to be charged with child abuse.Pat Buchanan, saying he did not want to get into a war of words with Vice President Dan Quayle My friends, no matter how rough the road may be, we can and we will never, never surrender to what is right. -- Vice President Dan Quayle speaking to the Christian Coalition about the need for abstinence to avoid AIDS, 11/15/91 (reported in Esquire, 8/92) A proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof. And when you have a good proof, it's because it's proven.  Jean Chretien  This president is going to lead us out of this recovery. It will happen. Vice President Dan Quayle at a campaign stop at CA State University, Fresno, 1/17/92 (The Quayle Quarterly, Spring/Summer 1992) It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.  -- Vice President Dan Quayle Hawaii has always been a very pivotal role in the Pacific. It is in the Pacific. It is a part of the United States that is an island that is right here.  -- Vice President Dan Quayle, Hawaii, 4/25/89 (reported in Esquire, 8/92) The loss of life will be irreplaceable. -- Vice President Dan Quayle after the San Francisco earthquake, 10/19/89 (reported in Esquire, 8/92) [The U.S. victory in Gulf war was] a stirring victory for the forces of aggression.Dan Quayle (1947 - ), 4/11/91 (reported in Esquire, 8/92) The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. I mean in this century's history. But we all lived in this century. I didn't live in this century.Dan Quayle, 9/15/88 Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children.  Dan Quayle, 9/18/90 We're going to have the best-educated American people in the world.  Dan Quayle, 9/21/88 We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur.  Dan Quayle, 9/22/90 For NASA, space is still a high priority.  Dan Quayle, 9/5/90 Public speaking is very easy.  Dan Quayle, to reporters in 10/88 I stand by all the misstatements that I've made.  Dan Quayle, to Sam Donaldson, 8/17/89 We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a *part* of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a *part* of Europe.  Dan Quayle Welcome to President Bush, Mrs. Bush, and my fellow astronauts.Dan Quayle What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is.  Dan Quayle [It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system.  Dan Quayle One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice president, and that one word is 'to be prepared'.  Dan Quayle, 12/6/89 I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change.  Dan Quayle, 5/22/89 The future will be better tomorrow.  Dan Quayle We don't want to go back to tomorrow, we want to go forward.  Dan Quayle A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls.  Dan Quayle I am not part of the problem. I am a Republican.  Dan Quayle I have made good judgements in the Past. I have made good judgments in the Future.Dan Quayle I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix.  Dan Quayle If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure.  Dan Quayle People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.  Dan Quayle Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child.  Dan Quayle It is wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago. - Dan Quayle "Adversity makes a man wise, not rich". Romanian proverb If you have a triple, you’ll see double and feel single. Take my advice, I’m not using it. "Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it". Will Rogers  Failure is not the only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.Jules Renard (1864 - 1910) Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.Jules Renard (1864 - 1910) I'll never understand how you can take boiling hot wax, pour it onto your upper thigh, rip the hair out by the root, and still be afraid of a spider. The two great words of antiquity are behold and beware. Behold the possibilities and beware the temptations. Words/Vocabulary by Jim Rohn Vocabulary enables us to interpret and to express. If you have a limited vocabulary, you will also have a limited vision and a limited future. Words/Vocabulary by Jim Rohn Well chosen words mixed with measured emotions is the basis of affecting people. Words/Vocabulary by Jim Rohn It's okay to send flowers, but don't let the flowers do all the talking. Flowers have a limited vocabulary. About the best flowers can say is that you remembered. But your words tell the rest. Words/Vocabulary by Jim Rohn Words do two major things: They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness. Words/Vocabulary by Jim Rohn The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become. That is why I wish to pay fair price for every value. If I have to pay for it or earn it, that makes something of me. If I get it for free, that makes nothing of me. Jim Rohn All values must be won by contest, and after they have been won, they must be defended. Don't sell out your virtue and your value for something you think you want. Judas got the money, but he threw it all away and hung himself because he was so unhappy with himself. Values were meant to be costly. If it doesn't cost much, we probably wouldn't appreciate the value. Count the cost first. Don't pay too big a price for pursuing minor values. The event is irrelevant the response is everything. Plumber – A flush beats a full house. You are only as happy as your least happy child. Done is better than perfect. Develop good habits and you won’t have to worry about discipline. "The biggest human temptation is . . . to settle for too little."- Thomas Merton Kids ought to have two bicycles: one to ride and one to rent.  Jim Rohn What should a child do with a dollar? Here's one philosophy: It's only a child and it's only a dollar, so what difference does it make? Wow, what a philosophy! Where do you suppose everything starts for the future? Here's where it starts - it starts with a child and a dollar. You say, "Well, he's only a child once. Let him spend it all." Well, when would you hope that would stop? When he's fifty and broke like you? Jim Rohn He piled upon the whale's white hump the sum of all the general rage and hate felt by his whole race from Adam down; and then, as if his chest had been a mortar, he burst his hot heart's shell upon it.    Herman Melville "Just, Just Doesn't Do It"Avoid using the word "just" in some instances, because it may suggest you're unsure of yourself.  Examples:  'I'm just calling today to touch base....', "I just wanted to see if you received the literature I sent'.  Now reread the sentences without the word "just" and see how much more confident you appear".    Source: unknown "The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them." -- Will Rogers Pride Before Vanity“Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously.  A person may be proud without being vain.  Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity to what we would have others think of us.”  British Writer Jane Austin Back to the Future“In 1840, just as the Industrial Revolution was beginning, two great states, China and India accounted for 40% of World Trade.”  “As the Future Catches You” by Juan Enriquez The Road Less Rutted“One of the characteristics of genius is not to let its thoughts trail along in the rut paced out by the common herd”.    Stendhal,  Scarlet and Black Say the Right Thing“The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing but to leave unsaid the wrong things at the tempting moment.”  Thanks to Mark Dulisse for this quote from Dorothy Nevill “In every marriage more than a week old, there are grounds for divorce.  The trick is to find, and continue to find, grounds for marriage.” When Admiral Richard E. Byrd believed himself to be dying in the Antarctic ice of the Ross Barrier, he wrote some thoughts of happiness:  ‘I realized I had failed to see that the simple, homely, unpretentious things of life are the most important.  When a man achieves a fair measure of harmony within himself and his family circle, he achieves peace.  At the end only two things really matter to a man, regardless of who he is:  the affection and understanding of his family.’ Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.  Romans 15:13 "The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance." -- Robert R. Coveyou "One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say." -- Will Durant "Middle age is when you've met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else." -- Ogden Nash "You don't get anything clean without getting something else dirty." -- Cecil Baxter "There is no nonsense so errant that it cannot be made the creed of the vast majority by adequate governmental action." -- Bertrand Russell "Hell, there are no rules here — we're trying to accomplish something." -- Thomas A. Edison Sir John Templeton said, “The best time to be buying stocks is when others are urgently and anxiously selling them, for it is always necessary to have a bad seller in order to have a good buyer."The future will be better tomorrow."- Dan Quayle"When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest." - William Hazlitt"The human brain starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public." -- George Jessel"Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it." - George Orwell“People have a tendency to bask in the false coziness of unimplemented insight.” Max Dixon“So, before you are tempted to give up or get discouraged, remember all success is based on long term commitment, faith, discipline, attitude and a few stepping stones along the way. You might not like the stone you are on right now, but it's sure to be one of the stones that lead to great opportunities in the future.” Jim RohnWhile working for an organization that delivers lunches to elderly shut-ins, I used to take my 4-year-old daughter on my afternoon rounds. She was unfailingly intrigued by the various appliances of old age, particularly the canes, walkers and wheelchairs. One day I found her staring at a pair of false teeth soaking in a glass. As I braced myself for the inevitable barrage of questions, she merely turned and whispered, "The tooth fairy will never believe this!"On the first day of school, a first-grader handed his teacher a note from his mother. The note read, "The opinions expressed by this child are not necessarily those of his parents.""God has the tough end of the deal. What if instead of planting the seed you had to make the tree? That would keep you up late at night, trying to figure that one out." Jim Rohn"Some people have so much respect for their superiors they have none left for themselves."  - Peter McArthur"History will be kind to me for I intend to write it." -- Sir Winston Churchill"There are 100 men seeking security to one able man who is willing to risk his fortune." - J. Paul Getty"Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit."- W. Somerset Maugham"To win without risk is to triumph without glory." – Pierre CorneilleNo man knows how bad he is until he has tried very hard to be good.  - C.S. Lewis"Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones." - Sir Winston ChurchillSuccess is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day; while failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day. It is the accumulative weight of our disciplines and our judgments that leads us to either fortune or failure. – Jim RohnMiddle age is when your broad mind and narrow waist begin to change places." -- E. Joseph Crossman"History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illuminates reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life and brings us tidings of antiquity."  Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), Pro Publio SestioFranklin Delano RooseveltFourth Inaugural Address(Saturday, January 20, 1945: Washington, DC)Chief Justice, Mr. Vice President, my friends, you will understand and, I believe, agree with my wish that the form of this inauguration be simple and its words brief.We Americans of today, together with our allies, are passing through a period of supreme test. It is a test of our courage -- of our resolve -- of our wisdom -- our essential democracy.If we meet that test -- successfully and honorably -- we shall perform a service of historic importance which men and women and children will honor throughout all time.As I stand here today, having taken the solemn oath of office in the presence of my fellow countrymen -- in the presence of our God -- I know that it is America's purpose that we shall not fail.In the days and in the years that are to come we shall work for a just and honorable peace, a durable peace, as today we work and fight for total victory in war.We can and we will achieve such a peace.We shall strive for perfection. We shall not achieve it immediately -- but we still shall strive. We may make mistakes -- but they must never be mistakes which result from faintness of heart or abandonment of moral principle.I remember that my old schoolmaster, Dr. Peabody, said, in days that seemed to us then to be secure and untroubled: "Things in life will not always run smoothly. Sometimes we will be rising toward the heights -- then all will seem to reverse itself and start downward. The great fact to remember is that the trend of civilization itself is forever upward; that a line drawn through the middle of the peaks and the valleys of the centuries always has an upward trend."Our Constitution of 1787 was not a perfect instrument; it is not perfect yet. But it provided a firm base upon which all manner of men, of all races and colors and creeds, could build our solid structure of democracy.And so today, in this year of war, 1945, we have learned lessons -- at a fearful cost -- and we shall profit by them.We have learned that we cannot live alone, at peace; that our own well-being is dependent on the well-being of other nations far away. We have learned that we must live as men, not as ostriches, nor as dogs in the manger.We have learned to be citizens of the world, members of the human community.We have learned the simple truth, as Emerson said, that "The only way to have a friend is to be one."We can gain no lasting peace if we approach it with suspicion and mistrust or with fear. We can gain it only if we proceed with the understanding, the confidence, and the courage which flow from conviction.The Almighty God has blessed our land in many ways. He has given our people stout hearts and strong arms with which to strike mighty blows for freedom and truth. He has given to our country a faith which has become the hope of all peoples in an anguished world.So we pray to Him now for the vision to see our way clearly -- to see the way that leads to a better life for ourselves and for all our fellow men -- to the achievement of His will to peace on earth. 
"Success is something you attract by the person you become." That phrase changed my life. Success is not to be pursued, but to be attracted by the person you become. Put your energy into becoming a better you, the best you. Learn the skills. Practice the skills. Attract the success. Jim Rohn"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored." - Aldous HuxleyToo often we obsess so much over missed opportunities that we fail to see the abundance of greater opportunities that are unfolding before us.  Robb Wolff"Since most of us spend our lives doing ordinary tasks, the most important thing is to carry them out extraordinarily well." - Henry David Thoreau"A conference is a gathering of important people who singly can do nothing, but together can decide that nothing can be done." -- Fred Allen"He who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year." - Leonardo da Vinci"The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever." - Anatole France"You and I can never do a kindness too soon, for we never know how soon it will be too late." – Ralph Waldo Emerson"I have yet to find the man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism." – Charles SchwabSometimes you need to stay in touch but be out of reach.Never begin the day until it is finished on paper."What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us." - Ralph Waldo EmersonQuality, in a product or service, is not what the supplier puts in. It is what the customer gets out and is willing to pay for. A product is not quality because it is hard to make and costs a lot of money, as manufacturers typically believe. Customers pay only for what is of use to them and gives them value. Nothing else constitutes quality."     Peter Drucker                                   My face in the mirrorIsn't wrinkled or drawn.My house isn't dirty,The cobwebs are gone.My garden looks lovelyAnd so does my lawn.I think I might neverPut my glasses back on. "Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people." – Hyman Rickover "Learn to listen. Opportunity could be knocking at your door very softly."- Frank Tyger In Leicester, England, an inscription on the outside wall of an old church reads, “In the year 1653 when all things were, throughout this nation, either demolished or profaned, Sir Robert Shirley, Baronet, founded and built this church. He it is whose singular praise it is to have done the best things in the worst times, and to have hoped them in the most calamitous.” "Don't be afraid to take a big step. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps." - David Lloyd George “If at first you don’t succeed, sky diving is not for you” “Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up, and hurry off as if nothing happened.”                                           Winston Churchill Bumper Stickers under Consideration (..no, not really)  
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  "Our best friends and our worst enemies are our thoughts. A thought can do us more good than a doctor or banker or a faithful friend. It can also do us more harm than a brick." – Dr. Frank Crane "The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues."- Elizabeth Taylor  "Economic disaster begins with a philosophy of doing less and wanting more." Jim Rohn  Sales people should take lessons from their kids. What does the word "no" mean to a child? Almost nothing.  Jim Rohn To succeed in sales, simply talk to lots of people every day. And here's what's exciting - there are lots of people! Jim Rohn One key to a fulfilling life is to be determined enough to be able to do rewarding things. "All of us have schnozzles...if not in our face then in our character, minds or habits. When we admit our schnozzles instead of defending them, we begin to laugh and the world laughs with us." – Jimmy Durante "The higher the buildings, the lower the morals." -- Noel Coward 

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