Quotes September 24, 2016

Favorite:
“Be yourself, because an original is worth more than a copy.”
Unknown

I think we have all experienced passion that is not in any sense reasonable.
Stephen Fry

The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.
Harvey Firestone,
entrepreneur and corporate leader

Moving on, is a simple thing, what it leaves behind is hard.
Dave Mustaine

Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough. Mark Zuckerberg

“What is one’s personality, detached from that of the friends with whom fate happens to have linked one? I cannot think of myself apart from the influence of the two or three greatest friendships of my life, and any account of my own growth must be that of their stimulating and enlightening influence.”
Edith Wharton, A Backward Glance

“…the true secret of happiness lies in the taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life…”
William Morris, “The Aims of Art,” in The Collected Works of William Morris

Prisons of stone and iron may hold the body for long and painful years in darkness, but they cannot shut out the light of truth from the truth-loving soul; they cannot destroy the peace of the dutiful spirit.
Hubbard Winslow

Even if you fall on your face, you’re still moving forward.
Victor Kiam

I believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade… And try to find somebody whose life has given them vodka, and have a party.
Ron White

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month.
Theodore Roosevelt

One advantage of talking to yourself is that you know at least somebody’s listening.
Franklin P. Jones