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Quotations by Me and Others

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Obviously, this is a section of nothing but quotations. Some are well known while others are not.

QUOTATIONS BY OTHERS:

"You play the way you practice." -Pop Warner

"Love people. Use things. Not vice-versa." -Kelly Rothaus

"The important thing is not to stop questioning." -Albert Einstein

"It's not that important that you win, but more that you built that habit." -Andy Nguyen

"No race has a monopoly on vice or virtue, and the worth of an individual is not related to the color of their skin." -Whitney Moore Young, Jr.

"It's better to be alone than in bad company." -George Washington

"Enjoy the earth gently, for if the earth is spoiled it cannot be repaired." -Yoruba Tribe, Africa

"When one must, one can." -Jewish Proverb

"History's lessons are no more enlightening than the wisdom of those who interpret them." -David Schoenbrun

"Give to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself." -Robert G. Ingersoll

"There is no wealth but life." -John Ruskin

"Lead by example, not by force." -Dan Kelly

"Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself." -Chief Seattle

"Help people reach their full potential. Catch them doing something right." -Dan Kelly

"Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend." -Martin Luther King, Jr.

"There are those who see an opportunity. And then there are those who SEIZE an opportunity!" -Joanie Warren

"Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself." -Chinese Proverb

"Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. The third is to be kind." -Henry James

"Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul." -Will Durant

"Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else." -Judy Garland

"In all things it is better to hope than to despair." -J. W. von Goethe

"Invest in yourself. It will pay you for the rest of your life." -Malcolm Nothling

"Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still." -Chinese Proverb

"Good is not good if better is expected and best is possible." -Pramit Mehta

"The world is a book, and those who do not travel, read only a page." -St. Augustine

"There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open." -Jawaharlal Nehru

"Never treat another as if they do not matter." -Dan Kelly

"Either I will find a way, or I will make one." -Philip Sidney

"Acquire new knowledge whilst thinking over the old, and you may become a teacher of others." -Confucius

"To see things in the seed, that is genius." Lao-tzu

"Tell me who you're going around with and I'll tell you who you are." -Hispanic Proverb

"Education is, not a preparation for life; education is life itself." -John Dewey

"Be brave anough to live life creatively. The creative is the place where no one else has ever been." -Alan Alda

"Be a pianist, not a piano." -A. R. Orage

"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions." -Mark Twain

"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." -Dr. Seuss

"To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act." -Anatole France

"Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best." -Henry Van Dyke

"All that we send into the lives of others comes back into your own." -Edwin Markham

"You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand." -Woodrow Wilson

"Every right implies a responsibility; ever opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty." -John D. Rockefeller

"If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment." -Chris Evert

"Leave people better than you found them." -Marvin J. Ashton

"Respect is love in plain clothes." -Frankie Byrne

"Whatever you do, don't do it halfway." -Bob Beamon

"All human interactions are opportunities either to learn or to teach." -M. Scott Peck

"Sometimes you have to create what you want to be a part of." -Geri Weitzman

"Have you had a kindness shown? Pass it on." -Henry Burton

"Think today, and speak tomorrow." -H. C. Bohn

"Character is what you know you are, not what others think you have." -Marva Collins

"Never grow a wishbone where your backbone ought to be." -Clementine Paddleford

"A good motto is: use friendliness but do not use your friends." -Frank Crane

"No one should think himself or herself a zero, and think he can do nothing about the state of the world." -Bernard M. Baruch

"We must not only give what we have, we must also give what we are." -Desire Joseph, Cardinal Mercier

"Decided on the values that are most important to you. And live by them always. -Edmund O'Neill

"I can't be limited when there is everything to learn and read and discover." -Hanif Kureishi

"I want you to start a crusade in your life: to dare to be your best." -William Danforth

"Life is what we make it. Always has been, always will be."
-Grandma Moses

"Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it." -Lou Holtz

"Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must." -Goethe

"Don't part company with your ideals. They are anchors in a storm." -Arnold Glasgow

"Try to do your duty, and you'll know right away what you amount to." -Goethe

"Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old, shared a little of what he is good at doing." -Quincy Jones

"Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment." -Jim Rohn

"Don't find fault, find a remedy." -Henry Ford

"The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win." -Roger Bannister

"Peace can't be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding." -Albert Einstein

"It's not where you go; it's how you get there." -Gus Van Sant

"Plant a seed of friendship; reap a bouquet of happiness. -Lois L. Kaufman

"Self-respect is the root of self discipline." -Abraham J. Heschel

"The art of communication is the language of leadership." -James Humes

"Be not simply good; be good for something." -Henry David Thoreau

"The liar is not believed even when he tells truth." -A Proverb

"Hear the other side." -Saint Augustine

QUOTATIONS BY ME AND PEEPS:

"Make new friends, but don't forget the old ones."

"You cannot open a book without learning something."

"There is no color to the hand of friendship."

"Why do we hurt the ones who love us and love the ones who hurt us?"

"It is better to be pissed off than to be pissed on."

"Life is what you make of it."

"It is nice to be important, but it is more important to be nice."

"No guy can handle me but I'm still waiting for the girl who can."

"I swing while everyone else strikes out."

"Dude, where's my scarf?" -Ashley P.

"Everyday is a blonde day. Or is it bond day?" -Ashley P.

"I know a lot about so little." -Matt S.

"Oh, dear." -Arica

"That is not cool. That is so not cool." -Joy

"TOZ" -Mina
 
"Well, everyone is a little gay." -Maud

Any comments, quotations and ideas? If so, then e-mail me:

mortichai@mogenic.com