Potent Quotes On Demand

HAPPY 2010 and New Decade, All! :o)

To get off a new series of memorable and pragmatic quotes seems to be so appropriate that, without further adieu, I shall be sharing the following with you to start You off with a Powerful Bang! All my Best to You and Yours!

Jacques
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"It is dangerous to go into eternity with possibilities that oneself has prevented from becoming realities. A possibility is a hint from God. One must follow it. "
- Soren Kierkegaard, Philosopher

"There is no such thing as a minor lapse of integrity."
- Tom Peters, Author

"Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed."
- Cavett Robert

"Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone."
- Charles de Gaulle, statesman

"If you want to get the best out of a person you must look for the best that is in him."
- Bernard Haldane

"We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated."
- Maya Angelou, poet

"Self-esteem is like a difficult-to-cultivate flower. It requires frequent nurturing that occurs when you keep your word and follow through on your promises."
- Derrick Bell

"Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it."
- Johann von Goethe

"For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack."
- Rudyard Kipling

"The first one gets the oyster, the second gets the shell."
- Andrew Carnegie, industrialist

"Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth."
- Katherine Mansfield, author

"After investigating a problem in all directions, ideas come unexpectedly, without effort, like an inspiration."
- H.L. von Helmholtz

"We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once."
- Calvin Coolidge, 30th U.S. President

"Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory."
- Mahatma Gandhi, Statesman

"To me success can only be achieved through repeated failure and introspection. In fact, success represents 1% of your work that results from the 99% that is called failure."
- Soichiro Honda, car executive

"If you play to win, as I do, the game never ends."
- Stan Mikita, hockey player

"Business is like a wheelbarrow - it stands still until someone pushes it."
- Unknown

"If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, Poet