Archive for the ‘Pearls of Wisdom’ Category
Pearls of Wisdom – Tom Peters
“Leaders don’t create followers, they create more leaders” – Tom Peters
Pearls of Wisdom – Martin Luther King
“The quality, not the longevity, of one’s life is what is important” – Martin Luther King
Pearls of Wisdom – Dale Carnegie
“Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get” – Dale Carnegie
Pearls of Wisdom – Nelson Mandela
“There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living” – Nelson Mandela
Pearls of Wisdom – Albert Einstein
“You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else” – Albert Einstein
Pearls of Wisdom – Napoleon Hill
“All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea” – Napoleon Hill
Pearls of Wisdom – Epictetus
“First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do” Epictetus
Pearls of Wisdom – Leon J. Suenes
“Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true” – Leon J. Suenes
Pearls of Wisdom – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“No great man ever complains of want of opportunities” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Pearls of Wisdom – Buddha
“Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.” Buddha
Pearls of Wisdom – George Bernard Shaw
“We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.” George Bernard Shaw
Pearls of Wisdom – Blanchard
“The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.” – Kenneth Blanchard
Pearls of Wisdom – Muriel Strode
“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” Muriel Strode
Pearls of Wisdom – Bill Gates
“As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower other.” – Bill Gates
Pearls of Wisdom – Heroes
“Nurture your mind with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.” – Benjamin Disraeli
Pearls of Wisdom – Wise Man
“A wise man adapts himself to circumstances as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it” – Chinese Proverb
Pearls of Wisdom – Aristotle
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit” - Aristotle
Pearls of Wisdom – Tubman
“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world” – Harriet Tubman
Pearls of Wisdom – Trials
“The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials” – Chinese proverb
Pearls of Wisdom – Roosevelt
“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed” – Theodore Roosevelt
Pearls of Wisdom – Morley
“There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning” – Christopher Morley
Pearls of Wisdom – Lucille Ball
“I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done” – Lucille Ball
Pearls of Wisdom – Attitude
“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference” – Winston Churchill
Pearls of Wisdom – Lombardi
“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will” – Vince Lombardi
Pearls of Wisdom – Einstein
“Try not to become a man of success but a man of value” – Albert Einstein
Pearls of Wisdom – Better Still
Better still
“Where avoidable, I will go out of my way not to cause physical or
emotional harm to my fellow countryman”.
Pearls of Wisdom – Zealot
“Don’t waste your time arguing with a zealot … it’s a lose-lose situation that will go nowhere” – Putera Sampoerna
Pearls of Wisdom – Contribute
“We should all strive to somehow contribute, within our own capacity, to leaving this world a better place than that which we were born into.” Putera Sampoerna
Pearls of Wisdom – Propositions
“You do not enter the ring hoping that you do not lose too badly !!!”
So, always evaluate propositions starting with why you should … why you cannot, can be addressed and possibly resolved, one at a time, later on down the process.
Pearls of Wisdom – Limitations
“Do not allow yourself to be held back by the limitations of others … including yourself !!!” — Putera Sampoerna
That is, know your own limitations and supplement them with the resources (people, alliances) necessary to make up for those weaknesses.
Pearls of Wisdom – Knowledge
“Knowledge in what is possible is the beginning of happiness … (So) Dwell on the possibilities and then strive to make them happen.”
Pearls of Wisdom – Social Disharmony
“Ideological differences cannot be bombed into oblivion … A disenfranchised segment of society that feels let down by the system, and that is hopelessly resigned to the fact that their quality of life will not improve, is the root cause to Social Disharmony.”