1,000-plus GREAT QUOTES

(as compiled by Clarence Elmer T. Quismundo)

1.) “We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.” – Helen
Keller

2.) “Letting your mind play is the best way to solve problems.” – Bill Watterson

3.) “The best way out is always through.” – Robert Frost (American poet)

4.) “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – Les Brown

5.) “A true friend is one soul in two bodies.” – Aristotle

6.) “If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.” – Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

7.) “In matters of style, swim with the current. In matters of principle, stand like a rock.” –
Thomas Jefferson

8.) “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” – Mike Tyson

9.) “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” – John F.
Kennedy

10.)“The time is always right to do what is right.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

11.)“Joy is not in things, it is in us.” – Charles Wagner

12.)“Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations.” – Mae Jemison

13.)“Don’t look for big things, just do small things with great love.” – Mother Teresa of Calcutta

14.)“No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.” – Alice
Walker

15.)“The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.” – Amelia Earhart

16.)“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” – Albert Einstein

17.)“One child, one teacher, one pen, and one book can change the world.” – Malala Yousafzai

18.)“Make decisions based on what should happen, not what shouldn’t.” – Michelle Obama

19.)“May you live all the days of your life.” – Jonathan Swift
20.)“Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live
within.” – James Baldwin

21.)“There is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be
it.” – Amanda Gorman

22.)“There’s not a word yet for old friends who’ve just met.” – Paul Williams

23.)“You are what you love, not what loves you.” – Charlie Kaufman

24.)“Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right.” –
The Grateful Dead

25.)“That man is richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.” – Henry David Thoreau

26.)“Comfort can be dangerous. Comfort provides a floor but also a ceiling.” – Trevor Noah

27.)“If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.” – Dolly Parton

28.)“Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.” – Babe Ruth (G.O.A.T. of Baseball)

29.)“He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.” – Epicurus

30.)“You don’t luck into integrity. You work at it.” – Betty White

31.)“The unending paradox is we do learn through pain.” – Madeleine L’Engle

32.)“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” – Theodore Roosevelt

33.)“There is no remedy for love but to love more.” – Henry David Thoreau

34.)“Above all, try something.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

35.)“I’ve been in love before, and I found that love was more than just holding hands.” – John
Lennon (“If I Fell”, Beatles)

36.)“The fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself.” – Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

37.)“If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time.” – Steve Jobs

38.)“Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.” – Terry Pratchett

39.)“Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public.” – Cornel West

40.)“Imagine living life so carefully that there are no signs you lived at all.” – Raven Leilani

41.)“You can start late, look different, be uncertain, and still succeed.” – Misty Copeland
42.)“A company is only as good as the people it keeps.” – Mary Kay Ash

43.)“The way to get started is to quit talking and start doing.” – Walt Disney

44.)“The mind is like a car battery; it recharges by running.” – Bill Watterson

45.)“If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.” – Jack Kornfield

46.)“Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting.” – Haruki Murakami

47.)“The world’s big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.” – John Muir

48.)“The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.” – Confucius

49.)“But love is blind and lovers cannot see the pretty follies that themselves commit.” – William
Shakespeare (“The Merchant of Venice”)

50.)“It is weak and silly to say you cannot bear what it is your fate to be required to bear.” –
Charlotte Bronte

51.)“Luck is not chance, it’s toil. Fortune’s expensive smile is earned.” – Emily Dickinson

52.)“The hardest choices require the strongest wills.” – Thanos (Avengers: Infinity War, 2018)

53.)“If you’re good at something, never do it for free.” – The Joker (The Dark Knight, 2008)

54.)“If you want to win the lottery, you’ve got to make money to buy a ticket.” – Louis Bloom
(Nightcrawler, 2014)

55.)“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning
stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.” – Henry Ford

56.)“Imagine there’s no heaven. It’s easy if you try. No hell below us. Above us, only sky.” – John
Lennon (“Imagine”)

57.)“And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.” – Paul McCartney (“The
End”, Beatles)

58.)“The point is not to pay back kindness but to pass it on.” – Julia Alvarez

59.)“You are never strong enough that you don’t need help.” – Cesar Chavez

60.)“Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.” – William Congreve (“The Mourning Bride”, 1697)

61.)“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

62.)“My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.” – Bishop Desmond
Tutu
63.)“If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine, it’s lethal.” – Paulo Coelho

64.)“A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.” – Lao Tzu

65.)“One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very
long time.” – Andre Gide

66.)“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a
trail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

67.)“A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to control it.” – John Steinbeck

68.)“Sometimes you have to travel along way to find what is near.” – Paulo Coelho

69.)“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller

70.)“Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist.” – George Carlin

71.)“They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who only dream
by night.” – Edgar Allan Poe

72.)“Try not to become a person of success but rather try to become a person of value.” – Albert
Einstein

73.)“We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.” – Cynthia Ozick

74.)“For once touched by love, everyone becomes a poet.” – Plato

75.)“A multitude of words is no proof of a prudent mind.” – Thales of Miletus

76.)“All is flux, nothing is stationary.” – Heraclitus

77.)“He who is not satisfied with a little, is satisfied with nothing.” – Epicurus

78.)“Fame and wealth without wisdom are unsafe possessions.” – Democritus

79.)“Everything in excess is opposed to nature.” – Hippocrates

80.)“The greatest reward of righteousness is peace of mind.” – Epicurus

81.)“Force has no place where there is need of skill.” – Herodotus

82.)“I myself know nothing, except just a little, enough to extract an argument from another
man who is wise and to receive it fairly.” – Socrates

83.)“It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, who is poor.” – Seneca
 84.)“A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure
permanently half-slave and half-free.” – Abraham Lincoln

85.)“Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.” –
Vincent Van Gogh

86.)“To lead people, walk behind them.” – Lao Tzu

87.)“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.” – Nelson
Mandela

88.)“He who makes a best of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.” – Dr. Samuel Johnson
(“Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas”, 1998)

89.)“The wicked flee when none pursueth.” – Proverbs 28:1 (“True Grit”, 2010)

90.)“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” –
Mahatma Gandhi

91.)“A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.” – Francis Bacon

92.)“I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the
non-successful ones is pure perseverance.” – Steve Jobs

93.)“Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get
on with improving your other innovations.” – Steve Jobs

94.)“The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” –
Steve Jobs

95.)“Discretion is the better part of valor.” – William Shakespeare (“Henry IV”)

96.) “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” – Aesop

97.) “Children see magic because they look for it.” – Christopher Moore

98.) “Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood. – Marie Curie

99.) “The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” – Confucius

100.) “There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” –
Edith Wharton

101.) “For every human illness, somewhere in the world there exists a plant which is the cure.” –
Rudolf Steiner

102.) “Failure is not the opposite of success; it’s part of success.” – Arianna Huffington
103.) “A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for.” – John A. Shedd

104.) “The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.” – Plutarch

105.) “Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get.” – William Patrick
“WP” Kinsella

106.) “The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.” – Marcus Aurelius
(former Roman Emperor)

107.) “It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.” – Lena Horne

108.) “Give me liberty or give me death.” – Patrick Henry (American patriot)

109.) “I learned a long time ago that there is something worse than missing the goal, and that’s
not pulling the trigger.” – Mia Hamm

110.) “I just keep fighting and try to be the last one standing.” – Kim Clijsters

111.) “Patience is a virtue.” – William Langland (“Piers Plowman”)

112.) “You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.” – Indira Gandhi

113.) “Discovering the truth about ourselves is a lifetime’s work, but it’s worth the effort.” – Fred
Rogers

114.) “Success is a collection of problems solved.” – Architect I.M. Pei

115.) ‘You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne “The Great One” Gretzky (NHL
Legend)

116.) “Don’t get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.” – Dolly Parton

117.) “Inspiration usually comes during work, rather than before it.” – Madeleine L’Engle

118.) “(In the fields of observation) chance favors only the prepared mind.” – Louis Pasteur

119.) “You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” – Jesus Christ (The New
Testament, John 8:32)

120.) “The only way to prove you are a good sport is to lose.” – Ernie Banks (MLB Player)

121.) “We didn’t lose the game; we just ran out of time.” – Vince Lombardi (Legendary NFL Coach
and executive)

122.) “You must have the courage to leave the table when respect is no longer being served.” –
Tene Edwards
 123.) “I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six
times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot…and missed. I’ve failed over and over and
over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan

124.) “Just remember…if things look hopeless, maybe you’re facing the wrong direction!” – Ziggy
(“Ziggy” comic strip)

125.) “Whatever you are, try to be a good one.” – William Makepeace Thackeray

126.) “The saddest aspect of life right now is that Science gathers Knowledge faster than Society
gathers Wisdom.” – Isaac Asimov

127.) “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” – John Lennon

128.) “Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.” – John Lennon [adapted from “Phrynette
Married”, a novel by Marthe Troly-Curtin]

129.) “Nobody controls me. I’m uncontrollable. The only one who controls me is me, and that’s
just barely possible.” – John Lennon

130.) “You don’t have to be a star to get a cheese sandwich. You just have to be first.” – John
Lennon

131.) “When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life.
When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’.
They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.” –
John Lennon

132.) “As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot.” – John Lennon

133.) “There’s an alternative to violence. It’s to stay in bed and grow your hair.” – John Lennon

134.) “Trying to please everybody is impossible; if you did that, you’d end up in the middle with
nobody liking you. You’ve just got to make the decision about what you think is your best, and do it.”
– John Lennon

135.) “Happiness is just how you feel when you don’t feel miserable.” – John Lennon

136.) “Being honest may not get you a lot of friends but it’ll always get you the right ones.” – John
Lennon

137.) “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.” – William Shakespeare
(“As You Like It”)

138.) “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.” – Alexander Pope (“An Essay on Criticism”)

139.) “If we all work on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be
little hope of advance.” – Orville Wright (co-inventor of the airplane)
140.) “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” – Jesus Christ (The New Testament,
Matthew 7:12)

141.) “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm
you, plans to give you hope and a future.” – God (The Old Testament, Jeremiah 29:11)

142.) “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”
– Thomas Jefferson

143.) “Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.” – Stephen
King

144.) “The future depends on what you do today.” – Mahatma Gandhi

145.) “When someone tells me no, it doesn’t mean I can’t do it. It simply means I can’t do it with
them.” – Karen E. Quinones Miller

146.) “Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try.” – Yoda (“Star Wars”)

147.) “Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use.” – William Hazlitt

148.) “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is
near, and their doom is coming quickly.” – Yahweh (The Old Testament, Deuteronomy 32:35)

149.) “Veni, vidi, vici (I came, I saw, I conquered).” – Julius Caesar

150.) “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when
they gave up.” – Thomas Alva Edison

151.) “I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.” – Michael
Jordan

152.) “In a world that’s changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not
taking risks.” – Mark Zuckerberg

153.) “When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.” – B.F. Skinner

154.) “It does not require many words to speak the truth.” – Chief Joseph (Native American)

155.) “What is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?” –
Albert Camus

156.) “I would rather have had one breath of her hair, one kiss of her mouth, one touch of her
hand, than an eternity without it.” – Nicholas Cage (Angel Seth, “City of Angels”, 1998)

157.) “Do not pray for an easy life; pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.” – Bruce Lee
158.) “Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” – Albert Einstein

159.) “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn.” – Clark Gable (Rhett Butler, “Gone With the Wind”,
1939)

160.) “I’ll go home and I’ll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day.”
– Vivien Leigh (Scarlett O’Hara, “Gone With the Wind”, 1939)

161.) “A small act is worth a million thoughts.” – Ai Weiwei

162.) “Actions speak louder than words.” – Abraham Lincoln

163.) “It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from
these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full
measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that
this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by
the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” – Abraham Lincoln (from the Gettysburg
Address, 19 November 1863)

164.) “There is no fountain of youth. What you put in your body is what you get out of it.” – Jack
LaLanne (fitness guru)

165.) “It’s not how you start, but it’s how you finish.” – Michael Phelps

166.) “I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has
practiced one kick 10,000 times.” – Bruce Lee

167.) “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven.” – King
Solomon (“Ecclesiastes”, The Old Testament)

168.) “Suppose one of you wants to build a tower, will he not first sit down and estimate the cost
to see if he has enough money to complete it.” – Earliest Reference to Quantity Surveying (The New
Testament, Luke 14:28)

169.) “It’s not bragging if you can back it up.” – Muhammad Ali

170.) “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee; his hands can’t hit what his eyes can’t see.” –
Muhammad Ali

171.) “The sun will rise and set regardless. What we choose to do with the light while it’s here is
up to us. Journey wisely.” – Alexandra Elle

172.) “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” – Seren Kierkegaard

173.) “To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance.” – Oscar Wilde

174.) “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” – Robert Frost
175.) “There is no such thing as a good war or a bad peace.” – Benjamin Franklin

176.) “The unexamined life is not worth living.” – Socrates

177.) “If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.” – Shirley Chisholm

178.) “The only difference between success and failure is the ability to take action.” – Alexander
Graham Bell

179.) “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” – Seneca

180.) “If you do not tell the truth about yourself, you cannot tell it about other people.” – Virginia
Woolf

181.) “The world always seems brighter when you’ve just made something that wasn’t there
before.” – Neil Gaiman

182.) “Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.” – Epictetus

183.) “Money has never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has, the more he
wants. Instead of filling a vacuum, it makes one.” – Benjamin Franklin

184.) “Keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer.” – Sun Tzu (“The Art of War”)

185.) “The enemy of my enemy is my friend.” – Sun Tzu (“The Art of War”)

186.) “Every day is a bank account, and time is our currency. No one is rich, no one is poor, we’ve
got 24 hours each.” – Christopher Rice

187.) “Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.” – Warren Buffett

188.) “Money is a terrible master but an excellent servant.” – P.T. Barnum

189.) “Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will
always be needed.” – Mahatma Gandhi

190.) “Many folks think they aren’t good at earning money, when what they don’t know is how to
use it.” – Frank A. Clark, politician

191.) “Sometimes the only closure you need is the realization that you deserve something better.”
– Trent Sheldon

192.) “Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains.” – Ron Shelton

193.) “You will either step forward into growth, or you will step backward into safety.” – Abraham
Maslow (American psychologist)
 194.) “We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or we can rejoice because thorn bushes
have roses.” – Abraham Lincoln

195.) “Sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.” – Vince Lombardi

196.) “If you don’t want something, change it; if you can’t change it, change the way you think
about it.” – Mary Engelbreit

197.) “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.” – attributed to Edward Murphy (Murphy’s Law)

198.) “Diligence is the mother of good fortune/luck.” – Miguel de Cervantes / Benjamin Franklin

199.) “Necessity is the mother of invention.” – Old Proverb

200.) “I must love someone, otherwise it is a miserable existence. And that someone is you.” –
Albert Einstein

201.) “Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.” – Napoleon Hill

202.) “Happiness is not a goal, it’s a by-product.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

203.) “I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.” – William Ernest Henley
(“Invictus”)

204.) “Adopt the pace of Nature. Her secret is patience.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

205.) “Seek first the virtues of the mind.” – Francis Bacon

206.) “Not what we have but what we enjoy constitutes our abundance.” – Jean Antoine Petit-
Senn

207.) “Hope springs eternal in the human breast.” – Alexander Pope (“Essay on Man”)

208.) “Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn.” – John C. Maxwell

209.) “He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions.” – Confucius

210.) “Don’t be afraid to quit a job that is wearing you out. Be afraid to hold onto a job that affects
your mental well-being.” – Sibel Terhaar

211.) “If you look around and see nothing but darkness, maybe you are the light.” – Rumi (13 th
century Persian poet and Islamic philosopher)

212.) “If you have a choice of two things and can’t decide, take both.” – Gregory Corso (Beat poet)

213.) “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not
be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
(“I Have a Dream”)
214.) “The most effective way to do it, is to do it.” – Amelia Earhart

215.) “The art of leadership is saying No, not Yes. It’s very easy to say Yes.” – Tony Blair (former UK
Prime Minister)

216.) “To be a good leader, you have to be a great listener. No one has a monopoly on good ideas
or good advice.” – Richard Branson

217.) “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

218.) “The laws of circumstance are abolished by new circumstances.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

219.) “Work doesn’t work without play.” – Shonda Rhimes

220.) “Progress is not possible without deviation.” – Frank Zappa

221.) “Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.” – Oscar Wilde

222.) “With confidence, you have won before you have started.” – Marcus Garvey

223.) “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.” – Michael Jordan

224.) “None of us is as smart as all of us.” – Ken Blanchard (business author and speaker)

225.) “Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than the one where they
sprang up.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes (former US Supreme Court Justice)

226.) “If you are working on something exciting that you really care about, you don’t have to be
pushed. The vision pulls you.” – Steve Jobs

227.) “To err is human, to forgive divine.” – Alexander Pope (“An Essay on Criticism”)

228.) “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” – attributed to Kurt Koffka (proponent of
Gestalt psychology)

229.) “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.” – J.R.R. Tolkien

230.) “Show respect even to people who don’t deserve it, not as a reflection of their character,
but as a reflection of yours.” – Dave Willis

231.) “You are killing yourself for a job that would replace you within a week if you dropped dead.
Take care of yourself.” – Jet Li

232.) “Never look down on everybody unless you’re helping them up.” – Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.
 233.) “Employees who work under great leaders tend to be happier, more productive and more
connected to their organization – and this has a ripple effect that reaches your business’s bottom
line.” – Skye Schooley

234.) “Happiness never decreases by being shared.” – Gautama Buddha

235.) “If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” – Isaac Newton

236.) “You cannot solve a problem with the same mind that created it.” – Albert Einstein

237.) “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” – Squire Bill Widener

238.) “Your task is not to foresee the future, but to enable it.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery

239.) “Live as of you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” – Mahatma
Gandhi

240.) “An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.” – Mahatma Gandhi

241.) “All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.” – Martin Buber

242.) “The secret to living well and longer is: eat half, walk double, laugh triple and love without
measure.” – Old Tibetan Proverb

243.) “I saw that my life was a vast glowing empty page and I could do anything I wanted.” – Jack
Kerouac

244.) “We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.” – Stevie Wonder

245.) “You’re only as young as the last time you changed your mind.” – Timothy Leary

246.) “Nothing succeeds like success.” – Maya Angelou

247.) “Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” –
Warren Buffett

248.) “My job is not to be easy on people. My job is to make them better.” – Steve Jobs

249.) “Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is
expected.” – Steve Jobs

250.) “Absolute power corrupts absolutely.” – Lord Acton (British historian)

251.) “The oppressed, instead of striving for liberation, tend themselves to become oppressors.” –
attributed to Paulo Freire, Brazilian educator but this phrase has been quoted much earlier in the
19th century by Dr. Jose P. Rizal, Philippine National Hero (hence, originator is undetermined)
252.) “In most things success depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.” – Baron de
Montesquieu (French philosopher)

253.) “Instead of wondering where your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life you don’t
need to escape from.” – Seth Godin

254.) “Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will
take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.” – Oprah Winfrey

255.) “Don’t hope that events will turn out the way you want, welcome events in whichever way
they happen: this is the path to peace.” – Epictetus

256.) “When I am … completely myself, entirely alone … or during the night when I cannot sleep, it
is on such occasions that my ideas flow best and most abundantly. Whence and how these ideas
come I know not nor can I force them.” – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

257.) “You can’t control everything. Sometimes you just need to relax and have faith that things
will work out. Let go a little and just let life happen.” – Kody Keplinger

258.) “An idle mind is the Devil’s workshop.” – Geoffrey Chaucer (14 th century poet and writer,
author of the British epic “Canterbury Tales”)

259.) “The end of man is knowledge, but there is one thing he can’t know. He can’t know whether
knowledge will save him or kill him.” – Robert Penn Warren (“All the King’s Men)

260.) “Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.” – Toni Morrison (“Beloved)

261.) “So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some
noise.” – Alex Haley & Malcolm X (“The Autobiography of Malcolm X”)

262.) “Burdens are for shoulders strong enough to carry them.” – Margaret Mitchell (“Gone With
the Wind”)

263.) “Courage involves pain, and is justly praised; for it is harder to face what is painful than to
abstain from what is pleasant.” – Aristotle

264.) “The man who gets angry at the right things and with the right people, and also in the right
way and at the right time and for the right length of time, is commended; so this person will be
patient... because a patient person tends to be unperturbed and not carried away by feelings.” –
Aristotle [Alternative Text: “Anyone can get angry – that is easy …but to do this to the right
person, to the right extent, at the right time, with the right motive, and in the right way, that is not
for every one, nor is it easy.”]

265.) “We blame both the ambitious man as aiming at honor more than is right and from wrong
sources, and the unambitious man as not willing to be honored even for noble reasons.” – Aristotle

266.) “Wit is cultured insolence.” – Aristotle

 267.) “Well something’s lost, but something’s gained in living every day.” – Joni Mitchell (“Both
Sides Now”)

268.) “I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems
from all angles.” – Nelson Mandela

269.) “It is not our diversity which divides us; it is not our ethnicity, or religion or culture that
divides us. Since we have achieved our freedom, there can only be one division amongst us:
between those who cherish democracy and those who do not.” – Nelson Mandela

270.) “A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.” – Nelson Mandela

271.) “Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone is
listening.” – Nelson Mandela

272.) “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas Alva Edison

273.) “The good of a book lies in its being read.” – Umberto Eco

274.) “I have been bent and broken, but – I hope – into a better shape.” – Charles Dickens (“Great
Expectations”)

275.) “Family not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also for those
whom we’d give blood.” – Charles Dickens (“Nicholas Nickleby”)

276.) “Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a
person’s character lies in their own hands.” – Anne Frank

277.) “What is done cannot be undone but one can prevent it happening again.” – Anne Frank

278.) “The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.” – Benjamin Franklin

279.) “This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
(former US Supreme Court Associate Justice, in response to a man’s cry for justice)

280.) “The young man knows the rules but the old man knows the exceptions.” – Oliver Wendell
Holmes, Jr.

281.) “Even a dog distinguishes between being stumbled over and being kicked.” – Oliver Wendell
Holmes, Jr.

282.) “I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing envy.” –
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

283.) “Young man, the secret of my success is that at an early age I discovered that I was not
God.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

284.) “Love is free; it is not practiced as a way of achieving other ends.” – Pope Benedict XVI
285.) “It’s how well you recover from mistakes, that’s the mark of a great player.” – Alice Cooper

286.) “Though this be madness, yet there is method in it.” [origin of the saying “method to my
madness”] – William Shakespeare (“Hamlet”)

287.) ‘Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.” – Ludwig van Beethoven

288.) “The only place where success comes before work is the dictionary.” – Vidal Sassoon

289.) “The road to success is always under construction.” – Lily Tomlin, actress

290.) “The difference between misery and happiness depends on what we do with our attention.”
– Sharon Salzberg

291.) “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” – Old Proverb

292.) “The ends justify the means.” – attributed to Niccolo Machiavelli (“The Prince”)

293.) “The best form of government is a dictatorship, governed by an angel.” – attributed to

Niccolo Machiavelli

294.) “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” – Benjamin Franklin

295.) “The principal goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are
capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done.” – Jean Piaget,
psychologist

296.) “The art of life is not controlling what happens to us, but using what happens to us.” – Gloria
Steinem

297.) “A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships.” – Helen Keller

298.) “Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.” – Will Durant

299.) “Only by not forgetting the past can we be the master of the future.” – Ba Jin

300.) “Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” – Anne
Lamott, writer

301.) “The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.” –
Stephen Covey, author

302.) “Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.”
– Khalil Gibran, writer

303.) “When one door closes, another one opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully
upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.” – Alexander Graham Bell
304.) “In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” – Albert Einstein

305.) “Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” – Mark Twain

306.) “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” – Robert Collier

307.) “Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the
poor.” – Sholom Aleichem

308.) “Things are beautiful if you love them.” – Jean Anouilh

309.) “Do not fear mistakes, there are none.” – Miles Davis

310.) “Whoever is not with me is against me. And anyone who does not work with me is working
against me.” – Jesus Christ (Matthew 12:30)

311.) “If you are not part of the solution, you must be part of the problem.” – attributed to
Eldridge Cleaver, Black American writer and political activist

312.) “Freedom is something that dies unless it’s used.” – Hunter S. Thompson

313.) “Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.” – Gore Vidal

314.) “The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.” – Alfred Adler [CEQ
adds…”to such an extent that it paralyzes you (analysis paralysis)]

315.) “Success is sometimes the outcome of a whole string of failures.” – Vincent Van Gogh

316.) “If you can’t see anything beautiful about yourself, get a better mirror.” – Shane Koyczan

317.) “However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.” – Stanley Kubrick

318.) “Hope is the feeling we have that the feeling we have is not permanent.” – Mignon
McLaughlin

319.) “Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control.” – Jack Kornfield

320.) “Behind every great fortune there is a crime.” – Mario Puzo (“The Godfather)

321.) “Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favors you have received.” –
Seneca

322.) “Go where your effort is appreciated. Don’t let your actions go unnoticed by individuals who
are never satisfied.” – Billy Chapata
 323.) I asked a wise man, “Tell me Sir, in which field could I make a great career?” He said with a
smile, “Be a good human being. There is a lot of opportunity in this area, and very little
competition.” [Author Unknown]

324.) “If the shoe doesn’t fit, must we change the foot?” – Gloria Steinem

325.) “Fear builds its phantoms which are more fearful than reality itself.” – Jawaharlal Nehru

326.) “The best thing one can do when it is raining is to let it rain.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

327.) “Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on
it, the road comes into existence.” – Lin Yutang

328.) “Is not life a hundred times too short for us to bore ourselves?” – Friedrich Nietzsche

329.) “Walls turned sideways are bridges.” – Angela Davis

330.) “Don’t plan it all. Let life surprise you a little.” – Julia Alvarez

331.) “Leaders are responsible for creating an environment where people can be at their best.” –
Simon Sinek

332.) “A ‘No’ uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a ‘Yes’ merely uttered to please,
or worse, to avoid trouble.” – Mahatma Gandhi

333.) “Family is anyone who loves you unconditionally.” – Anonymous

334.) “Respect is a two-way street. If you want to get it, you’ve got to give it.” – Jenny Garrett

335.) “Nothing is permanent. Don’t stress yourself too much because no matter how bad the
situation is, it will change.” [Author Unknown]

336.) “The problem with closed-minded people is their mouth is always open.” [Author Unknown]

337.) “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” – Frederick Douglass

338.) “Worrying does not take away tomorrow’s troubles. It takes away today’s peace.” [Author
Unknown]

339.) “Success is most often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.” – Coco
Chanel

340.) “When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue what you are.” – Oprah
Winfrey

341.) “Go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.” – Jimmy Carter (former US President)

342.) “One thing about music – when it hits you, you feel no pain.” – Bob Marley (reggae artist)
343.) “Your time is limited, so don’t waste time living someone else’s life.” – Steve Jobs

344.) “When you take risks, you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be
times when you fail, and both are equally important.” – Ellen DeGeneres

345.) “Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.” – Bill
Gates

346.) “The reality is: sometimes you lose. And you’re never too good to lose. You’re never too big
to lose. You’re never too smart to lose. It happens.” – Beyonce Knowles (R & B superstar)

347.) “Get busy living or get busy dying.” – Stephen King (legendary author)

348.) “True leaders don’t create followers. They create more leaders.” [Author Unknown] – similar
to “The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.” [Leadership First]

349.) “There is only one success… to be able to spend your life in your own way.” – Christopher
Morley

350.) “The quality of your thinking determines the quality of your life.” [Author Unknown]

351.) “Weak people revenge. Strong people forgive. Intelligent people ignore.” – Albert D’Silva

352.) “Sometimes you have to stop being scared and just go for it. Either it will work, or it won’t.
That’s life.” [Author Unknown]

353.) “Anything beyond what we need is poison. It can be power, laziness, food, ego, ambition,
vanity, fear, anger or whatever.” – Quoted by a Shaman

354.) “When I’m really done, I leave in silence. I only fight when I care.” [Author Unknown]

355.) “Don’t compare your life to others. There’s no comparison between the sun and the moon.
They shine when it’s their time.” [Author Unknown]

356.) “Don’t wait for the perfect moment. Take the moment and make it perfect.” [Author
Unknown]

357.) “People think being alone makes you lonely, but I don’t think that’s true. Being surrounded
by the wrong people is the loneliest thing in the world.” [Author Unknown]

358.) “Beware of over-concern for money, or position, or glory. Someday you will meet a man who
cares for none of these things. Then you will know how poor you are.” – Rudyard Kipling

359.) “The Promised Land always lies on the other side of a wilderness.” – Havelock Ellis

360.) “What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?” – George Eliot
361.) “Don’t throw stones at your neighbors, if your own windows are glass.” – Benjamin Franklin

362.) “The poor have little, beggars none, the rich too much, enough not one.” – Benjamin
Franklin

363.) “If man could have half his wishes, he would double his troubles.” – Benjamin Franklin

364.) “He that lies down with Dogs, shall rise up with fleas.” – Benjamin Franklin

365.) “Beware of little expenses: a small leak will sink a great ship.” – Benjamin Franklin

366.) “Education’s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.” – Malcolm Forbes

367.) “Don’t rush the process. Good things take time.” [Author Unknown] – similar to another
quote: “Don’t rush the process. You’ll get there at the right time.”

368.) “There are only two rules for being successful. One, figure out exactly what you want to do,
and two, do it.” – Mario Cuomo

369.) “The biggest wall you’ve gotta climb is the one you build in your mind.” [Author Unknown]

370.) “People will come and go in life, but the person in the mirror will be there forever: so be
good to yourself.” [Author Unknown]

371.) “Maturity is not when we start speaking big things. It is when we start understanding small
things.” [Author Unknown]

372.) “Common sense is not a gift, it’s a punishment. Because you have to deal with everyone who
doesn’t have it.” [Author Unknown]

373.) “You may think the grass is greener on the other side, but if you take the time to water your
own grass, it would be just as green.” – Henry Ford

374.) “Good things never come from comfort zones. If we want success, we must get comfortable
being uncomfortable.” [Author Unknown]

375.) “No one has the right to judge you, because no one really knows what you have been
through. They might have heard the stories, but they didn’t feel what you felt in your heart.” –
G.M.B. Akash

376.) “The good life is a process, not a state of being.” – Carl Rogers

377.) “Nice is different than good.” – Stephen Sondheim

378.) “Most people don’t want to be part of the process; they just want to be part of the outcome.
But the process is where you figure out who’s worth being part of the outcome.” [Author Unknown]
 379.) “It doesn’t make sense to hire smart people and tell them what to do; we hire smart people
so they can tell us what to do.” – Steve Jobs

380.) “No result? Keep working. Bad Result? Keep working. Good result? Keep working.
Consistency is key.” [Author Unknown]

381.) “People join because of great vision. People leave because of poor leadership.” [Author
Unknown]

382.) “Patience is also a form of action.” – Auguste Rodin

383.) “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” –
James Baldwin

384.) “The smallest deed is better than the grandest intention.” – Anonymous

385.) “Do not listen with the intent to reply, but with the intent to understand.” [Author
Unknown]

386.) “Own satisfaction is better than success because success is a measure decided by others,
while satisfaction is a measure decided by us.” [Author Unknown]

387.) “The most dangerous liars are those who think they are telling the truth.” [Author Unknown]

388.) “Always remember one thing. Good employees don’t complain, they just leave.” [Author
Unknown]

389.) “Happiness is not about getting all you want, it is about enjoying all you have.” [Author
Unknown]

390.) “We go through life. We shed our skins. We become ourselves.” – Patti Smith

391.) “It is the artist’s business to create sunshine when the sun fails.” – Romain Rolland

392.) “Appreciate where you are in your journey, even if it’s not where you want to be. Every
season serves a purpose.” [Author Unknown]

393.) “Great leaders are willing to sacrifice the numbers to save the people. Poor leaders sacrifice
the people to save the numbers.” – Simon Sanek

394.) “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” – Milton Berle

395.) “To build a strong team, you must see someone else’s strength as a complement to your
weakness and not a threat to your position or authority.” – Christine Caine

396.) “When I shut my mouth and walk away, it does not mean you have won. It simply means
you are not worth my time anymore.” [Author Unknown]
397.) “Sometimes the best way to get someone’s attention is to stop giving them yours.” [Author
Unknown]

398.) “People will notice the change in your attitude towards them, but won’t notice their
behavior that made you change.” [Author Unknown]

399.) “Everyone wants the truth… but no one wants to be honest.” [Author Unknown]

400.) “Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.” – Jonathan Swift

401.) “The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.” – Dolly Parton

402.) “The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one.” – John C.
Maxwell

403.) “Habitual liars invent falsehoods not to gain any end or even to deceive their hearers, but to
amuse themselves. It is partly practice and partly habit. It requires an effort in them to speak truth.”
– William Hazlitt

404.) “I was smart enough to go through any door that opened.” – Joan Rivers

405.) “Always be a first-rate version of yourself, not a second-rate version of somebody else.” –
Judy Garland

406.) “A hungry stomach, an empty pocket and a broken heart can teach us the best lessons in
life.” – From the movie “The Pursuit of Happiness” starring Will Smith

407.) “A man who chases two rabbits doesn’t deserve one.” [Old Japanese Proverb]

408.) “Imagination, not intelligence, made us human.” – Terry Pratchett

409.) “The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each
other.” – Richard Bach

410.) “When push comes to shove, you always know who to turn to. That being a family isn’t a
social construct but an instinct.” – Jodi Picoult

411.) “A home isn’t always the house we live in. It’s also the people we choose to surround
ourselves with.” – T.J. Klune

412.) “A team is not a group of people who work together. A team is a group of people who trust
each other.” – Simon Sinek

413.) “I restore myself when I’m alone. A career is born in public – talent in privacy.” – Marilyn
Monroe

414.) “Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.” –
Dalai Lama
415.) “A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.” – Frank Capra

416.) “Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.” – Jonathan Swift

417.) “Social justice comes first. Law is the machinery for its realization and is vital only as it
expresses and embodies it.” – Woodrow Wilson (State of the Union, 1913)

418.) “People will provoke you until they bring out your ugly side, then play victim when you go
there.” [Author Unknown]

419.) “If you want to build a great company, create an environment where someone can raise
their hand and say ‘I disagree’ without any fear of victimization or termination.” [Author Unknown]

420.) “What do you do when there’s nowhere to turn? You drive straight ahead.” – Leslie Gordon

421.) “I will either find a way, or make one.” – Hannibal (legendary Carthaginian general)

422.) “If the people you deal with is fixated in finding fault, no amount of justifications will be
enough. They will always question anything and the discussions will never end until someone puts
his/her foot down and say it’s enough or we’ll achieve nothing.” [CEQ]

423.) “Cataract is the third biggest cause of blindness. Religion and politics remain the first two.”
[Author Unknown]

424.) “Knowledge will give you power, but good character will give you respect.” [Author
Unknown]

425.) “Forget finding the right woman, focus on being the right man.” [Author Unknown]

426.) “The devil doesn’t come after you when you’re living in sin, he comes after you when you’re
trying to get out.” – Rich Walters

427.) “Don’t worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don’t even try.”
[Author Unknown]

428.) “Nobody is too busy in this world. We all have the same 24 hours. It’s all about priorities.”
[Author Unknown]

429.) “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.” – Herman Cain

430.) “Don’t lose hope. You never know what tomorrow will bring.” [Author Unknown]

431.) “A bird sitting on a tree is never afraid of the branch breaking because its trust is not in the
branch but in its own wings. Always believe in yourself.” [Author Unknown]
 432.) “The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way
to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.” –
Steve Jobs

433.) “A problem thoroughly understood is always fairly simple.” – Charles Kettering (engineer
and inventor)

434.) “No one can lead you. You are born to be aware of yourself, to know the master in yourself.”
– Benjamin Creme (artist and author)

435.) “Lots of people don’t like coping with logic when it dictates hard decisions. That’s a problem
with people, noy logic.” – Cory Doctorow (journalist and author)

436.) “For many things we can find substitutes, but there is not now, nor will there ever be, a
substitute for creative thought.” – Crawford Greenewalt (chemical engineer)

437.) “Champions keep playing until they get it right.” – Billie Jean King (American tennis
champion)

438.) “All battles are first won or lost, in the mind.” – Joan of Arc (French national heroine)

439.) “Everything’s got a moral, if only you can find it.” – Lewis Carroll

440.) “You can’t judge people only by how they treat you. The true test of character is how they
treat those they don’t like or need. Even if someone is kind to you, proceed with caution if they’re
consistently unkind to others. Selective civility is a sign of deep-seated hostility.” – Adam Grant

441.) “Sometimes God calms the storm. Sometimes He lets the storm rage and calms His child.”
[Author Unknown]

442.) “Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.” –
Pope John Paul II

443.) “Your biggest achievement is winning those silent battles which no one knows about.”
[Author Unknown]

444.) “Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first
step.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

445.) “When people feel safe enough to raise their hands and say ‘I made a mistake’ or ‘I need
some help’, the Leader has created an environment where people feel safe to be themselves.” –
Simon Sinek

446.) “Positions are temporary. Titles, limited. But the way you treat people, it will be
remembered.” [Author Unknown]

447.) “If you are judgmental, don’t be surprised if you find yourself judged.” - The New Testament,
Luke 6:36-38
 448.) “A negative thinker sees a difficulty in every opportunity. A positive thinker sees an
opportunity in every difficulty.” [Author Unknown]

449.) “Don’t waste energy on the wrong people. The right people won’t make you chase them.
They’ll just show up.” [Author Unknown]

450.) “Ask yourself if what you’re doing today is getting you closer to where you want to be
tomorrow.” [Author Unknown]

451.) “Leadership is communicating people’s worth and potential so clearly that they are inspired
to see it in themselves.” – Stephen Covey

452.) “Never push a loyal person to the point where they no longer care.” [Author Unknown]

453.) “When you are a good person, you don’t lose people. They lose you.” [Author Unknown]

454.) “The people in your life should be a source of reducing stress, not causing more of it.”
[Author Unknown]

455.) “Optimism is a perfectly legitimate response to failure.” – Stephen King

456.) “Art is about finding creativity in the gutter next to you.” – Olafur Eliasson

457.) “God never gives you a dream that matches your budget. He’s not checking your bank
account, He’s checking your faith.” [Author Unknown]

458.) “Find the thing you do well and do it again and again for the rest of your life.” – Johann
Johansson

459.) “Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to
attempt.” – William Shakespeare (“Measure for Measure”)

460.) “There’s no magic formula for company culture. The key is just to treat your staff how you
would like to be treated.” – Richard Branson

461.) “Never regret being a good person to the wrong people. Your kindness says everything
about you. Their behavior says everything about them.” [Author Unknown]

462.) “Be careful with your words. Once they are said, they can only be forgiven, not forgotten.”
[Author Unknown]

463.) “Don’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have
to say.” – Barbara Kingsolver

464.) “Don’t give up. The beginning is always the hardest.” [Author Unknown]

465.) “Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.” – Dale Carnegie
466.) “You can’t do your job and be afraid.” – Meryl Streep

467.) “It will cost you more to replace top talent than it would have cost you to keep them. Pay
people what they are worth.” – Gary Travis

468.) “Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be silly.” – Rose Franken

469.) “You need the right people with you, not the best people.” – Jack Ma (Ali Baba founder)

470.) “Successful leaders have the courage to take action while others hesitate.” – John C.
Maxwell

471.) “The distance between your dreams and reality is called action.” – Ben Francia (blog)

472.) “We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that stupid people won’t be
offended”. [Author Unknown] – variant from Mr. Carlos Dominguez: “We live in a world where the
intelligent must keep quiet so that the stupid will not be offended.”

473.) “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear.” – Mark Twain

474.) “Ultimately a genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.” –
Martin Luther King, Jr.

475.) “Truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but… there it is.” –
Winston Churchill (former UK Prime Minister)

476.) “Employees who get compensated properly at work don’t just comply, they contribute. They
work beyond what’s asked because they know they’re valued by the organization.” – Jonathan Yabut

477.) “Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston
Churchill

478.) “Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.” –
Winston Churchill

479.) “The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in
every difficulty.” – Winston Churchill

480.) “That’s been one of my mantras — focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex;
you have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple.” – Steve Jobs

481.) “Blowing out someone else’s candle won’t make yours shine brighter.” [Anonymous]

482.) “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker (Management Guru)

483.) “Congratulate yourself more often. You’re the only one who knows how hard you worked to
get here.” [Author Unknown]
 484.) “A great leader eliminates fear. A terrible leader weaponizes fear.” – Gary Vaynerchuk (CEO
of Vaynermedia)

485.) “Impossible is not a fact, it’s an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration, it’s a dare.
Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” – Muhammad Ali

486.) “The eyes are useless when the mind is blind.” [Author Unknown]

487.) “I found my place when I stopped looking for it.” – Mahershala Ali

488.) It’s not too late to become the person you’ve always wanted to become.” [Author Unknown]

489.) “The older you get, the quieter you become. Life humbles you so deeply as you age. You
realize how much nonsense you’ve wasted time on.” [Author Unknown]

490.) “The difference between humans and animals – animals would never allow the dumbest of
the herd to lead them.” [Author Unknown]

491.) “Do a favor to yourself. Stop being available to people every time.” – Joker Quotes

492.) “Learn to be OK with not being invited, included or considered.” – Joker Quotes

493.) “Not all storms come to disrupt your life. Some come to clear your path.” [Author Unknown]

494.) “Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the truth.” – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
(Russian dissident and author)

495.) “Rivers never go reverse. So try to live life like a river. Forget your past and focus on your
future. Always be positive.” [Author Unknown]

496.) “The ability to learn is the most important quality a leader can have.” – Sheryl Sandberg
[Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Facebook]

497.) “I can’t give you a recipe for success, but I can give you a recipe for failure: try to please
everybody.” – Frank Langella

498.) “When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

499.) “No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot.” – attributed to Mark Twain (novelist)

500.) “You don’t need a new day to start over, you only need a new mindset.” [Author Unknown]

501.) “No one notices your tears. No one notices your sadness. No one notices your pains. But
they all notice your mistakes.” [Author Unknown]

502.) “Notice how people change when they don’t get what they want from you.” [Author
Unknown]
503.) “You don’t build a business. You build people and then people build the business.” [Author
Unknown]

504.) “It’s more difficult to be simple, and it’s easier to be more complicated.” – Black Francis
(Pixies front man)

505.) “If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more. If you look at what you don’t
have in life, you’ll never have enough.” – Oprah Winfrey

506.) “It’s only possible to live happily ever after on a day-to-day basis.” – Margaret Bonnano

507.) “That’s the very reason they put rubber on the end of pencils… because people make
mistakes.” – Phoebe Waller-Bridge

508.) “The biggest concern for any organization should be when their most passionate people
become quiet.” – Gifford Thomas (“The Inspirational Leader”)

509.) “The only way to get a thing done is to start to do it, then keep on doing it, and finally you’ll
finish it.” – Langston Hughes

510.) “Success is the process itself.” – Matt Damon

511.) “Every successful person has a painful story. Every painful story has a successful ending.
Accept the pain and get ready for success.” [Author Unknown]

512.) “Love the people God gave you because one day, He’ll take them back.” [Author Unknown]

513.) “Don’t confuse my personality with my attitude. My personality is who I am, and my attitude
depends on who you are.” [Author unknown]

514.) “A house is made of walls and beams; a home is built with love and dreams.” – Ralph Waldo
Emerson

515.) “Your value doesn’t decrease based on someone’s inability to see your worth.” – Paulo
Coelho

516.) “When a hero stumbles, the cowards rejoice. Nothing feels better to a coward than to see a
brave guy fall.” – Dave Chapelle

517.) “Those who say that having a child-like faith means not asking questions haven’t met too
many children.” – Rachel Held Evans

518.) “Always stand up for what you believe in, even if it means standing alone.” – Kim Hanks

519.) “The older you get, the more you appreciate being at home doing absolutely nothing.”
[Author Unknown]
 520.) “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” – Leo
Tolstoy

521.) “Maturity is achieved when a person accepts life as full of tension.” – Joshua L. Liebman

522.) “When I criticize a system, they think I criticize them – and that is of course because they
fully accept the system and identify themselves with it.” – Thomas Merton

523.) “Who among us hasn’t envied a cat’s ability to ignore the cares of daily life and to relax
completely?” – Karen Brademeyer

524.) “I hope someday people will understand that English is a language, not a measure of
intelligence.” – Morgan Freeman

525.) “I am the greatest. I said that even before I knew I was. I figured that if I said it enough, I
would convince the world that I was really the greatest.” – Muhammad Ali

526.) “Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.” –
Isaac Newton

527.) “Leadership is not about necessarily being the loudest in the room.” – Lucinda Aldern

528.) “At the end of the day, you are enough exactly as you are.” – Meghan Markle

529.) “If the risk is fully aligned with your purpose and mission, then it’s worth considering.” –
Peter Diamandis

530.) “Never forget who helped you out while everyone else was making excuses.” [Author
Unknown]

531.) “I’m doing many different things to prepare for the inevitable failure of one of them.” –
Jesse Eisenberg

532.) “Joy is the kind of happiness that does not depend on what happens.” – David Steindl-Rast

533.) “If you hit a wrong note, it’s the next note that you play that determines if it’s good or bad.”
– Miles Davis

534.) “Micromanagement is a complete waste of everybody’s time. It sucks the life out of
employees, fosters anxiety and creates a high-stress work environment. Select the right people and
give them room to get on with the job.” – Brigette Hyacinth

535.) “A fact is information without emotion. An opinion is information plus experience. Ignorance
is an opinion lacking information. And, stupidity is an opinion that ignores the fact.” [Author
Unknown]

536.) “Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.”
[Author Unknown]
 537.) “You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones on every dog that bark.”
– quoted by BBM (17th President of the Philippines, 25 May 2022)

538.) “What you think about day and night forms your character and personality.” – Masami
Saionji

539.) “Funny thing about getting older: Your eyesight starts getting weaker but your ability to see
through people’s bullshit gets much better.” [Author Unknown]

540.) “Learning never exhausts the mind.” – Leonardo Da Vinci

541.) “A lion will never eat grass, no matter how hungry he is. Be like a lion, never lower your
standards because someone expects that from you.” [Author Unknown]

542.) “When a toxic person can no longer control you, they will try to control how others see you.
The misinformation will feel unfair, but stay above it, trusting that other people will eventually see
the truth just like you did.” [Author Unknown]

543.) “Sometimes you have to Eat your words, Chew your ego, Swallow your pride and accept
that you’re wrong. It’s not giving up, it’s called growing up.” [Author Unknown]

544.) “I’m not impressed by your looks, money, social status or job title. I’m impressed by the way
you treat other human beings.” [Author Unknown]

545.) “It’s not the plane. It’s the pilot.” – Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Top Gun Maverick 2022)

546.) “We should measure the prosperity of a nation not by the number of millionaires, but by the
absence of poverty, the prevalence of health, the efficiency of the public schools, and the number of
people who can and do read worthwhile books.” – W.E.B. Du Bois (American sociologist)

547.) “A winner is a dreamer who never gave up.” [Author Unknown]

548.) “Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.” – Clarence Thomas

549.) ‘Don’t let them treat you poorly just because you needed them.” – Jessa Macaraig (Pretty
You)

550.) “If you hate me, hate me alone. Don’t be out there lying about me trying to recruit people to
hate me with you.” [The Joker Quotes]

551.) “Don’t be too confident when someone tells you they like you. The real question is until
when? Because just like seasons, people change.” [Author Unknown]

552.) “It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old; they grow old
because they stop pursuing dreams.” – Gabriel Garcia Marquez (famous Colombian novelist)
 553.) “Everything that truly makes us happy is quite simple: love, sex and food.” – Meryl Streep
(Hollywood actress)

554.) “I don’t really care so much what people say about me because it usually is a reflection of
who they are.” – Prince

555.) “When you wake up, each day looks the same, so each day should be a new beginning.” –
Prince

556.) “No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination.” – Edward
Hopper

557.) “Good leadership requires you to surround yourself with people of diverse perspectives who
can disagree with you without fear of retaliation.” – Doris Kearns Goodwin

558.) LOOKING BACK: “Never break the pot that once gave you water. Never bite the hands that
once fed you. Never despise the home that once gave you shelter. Never punch holes in the
umbrella that once gave you cover. Never insult the breasts that once gave you pleasure. And never
malign the church that once gave you fire. If, for now, you have outgrown their usefulness, leave
them intact, and go quietly and honorably. For it may be the time and season of breakthrough for
others also. Be careful how you close a door. Never ever bang it, you may need to walk through that
same door tomorrow.” [Author Unknown]

559.) CEO Mindset: “You don’t need a better phone. You don’t need a better home. You don’t
need a better job. You don’t need a better car. You don’t need a better suit. You need a better
mindset.” [Author Unknown]

560.) “Life is not meant to be easy, my child; but take courage: it can be delightful.” – George
Bernard Shaw

561.) “You learn nothing from life if you think you’re right all the time.” [Author unknown]

562.) “Even if you hear a bad story about me, understand, there was a time I was good to those
people too, but they won’t tell you that part.” [Author Unknown]

563.) “In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” – George Orwell

564.) “Just because a woman gives birth to a child doesn’t make her a mother. How she raises
one, makes one.” – Sushimita Sen (former Miss Universe from India)

565.) “My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my
expectations.” – Michael J. Fox

566.) “All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.” – Michael John Bobak

567.) “If someone treats you badly, just remember that there is something wrong with them, not
you. Normal people don’t go around destroying other human beings.” [Author Unknown]
568.) “In life we never lose friends, we only learn who the true ones are.” [Author Unknown]

569.) “I’m at that stage of my life where I keep myself out of arguments. Even if you tell me 1+1=5
you’re absolutely correct, enjoy.” – You will bear the results of your own mistakes anyway. (CEQ
personal note) [Author Unknown]

570.) “Setting boundaries with draining people doesn’t mean you don’t love them. It just means
you love yourself too.”

571.) “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” – T.S. Eliot

572.) “Motherhood is Fact. Fatherhood is Faith.” [Author Unknown] – Happy Father’s day to all
fathers! (18 June 2022)

573.) “The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.” –
Frederick Douglass

574.) “Peacemaking doesn’t mean passivity. It is the act of interrupting injustice without mirroring
injustice, the act of disarming evil without destroying the evildoer, the act of finding a third way that
is neither fight nor flight but the careful, arduous pursuit of reconciliation and justice. It is about a
revolution of love that is big enough to set both the oppressed and the oppressors free.” – Mahatma
Gandhi

575.) “Most people don’t want to be part of the process, they just want to be part of the outcome.
But the process is where you figure out who’s worth being part of the outcome.” – Carey Lohrenz

576.) “Never argue with a liar. You can’t win because they believe their own lies.” [Author
Unknown]

577.) “My silence doesn’t mean I agree with you. It means your level of stupidity rendered me
speechless.” [Author Unknown]

578.) “They don’t like you, but they still find the time to watch everything you do.” [Author
Unknown]

579.) “There is no need to rush. What’s meant for you always arrives right on time. Keep
believing.” [Wonders Diary]

580.) “Even a liar can be scared into telling the truth, same as an honest man can be tortured into
telling a lie.” – William Faulkner

581.) “The only weapon that becomes sharper with constant use is the tongue.” [Author
Unknown]

582.) “The heaviest burdens that we carry are the thoughts in our head.” [Author Unknown]

583.) “All you have to do is take a close look at yourself and you will understand everyone else.” –
Isaac Asimov
 584.) “The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn.” – Gloria
Steinem

585.) “If you don’t believe you are the best, then you will never achieve all that you are capable
of.” – Cristiano Ronaldo

586.) “Nothing will kill a great employee faster than watching you tolerate a bad one.” – Perry
Belcher (co-founder of digitalmarketer.com)

587.) “Let us temper our criticism with kindness. None of us comes fully equipped.” – Carl Sagan

588.) “Never reply when you’re angry. Never make a promise when you’re happy. Never make a
decision when you’re sad.” [Author Unknown]

589.) “Experience teaches slowly, Robin. And at a cost of many mistakes.” [“Batman” TV series
(1966)]

590.) “Sometimes the truth isn’t good enough, sometimes people deserve more. Sometimes
people deserve to have their faith rewarded.” [“The Dark Knight” (2008)]

591.) “If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never
done.” – Thomas Jefferson

592.) “Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person's own mind than on the
externals in the world.” – George Washington

593.) “Well done is better than well said.” – Benjamin Franklin

594.) “I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political
world as storms in the physical.” – Thomas Jefferson

595.) “If conscience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.” – John
Adams

596.) “People sometimes attribute my success to my genius; all the genius I know anything about
is hard work.” – Alexander Hamilton

597.) “Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.” – Emily Dickinson

598.) “If a man expects a woman to be an Angel in his life, he must create Heaven for her first
because angels don’t live in Hell.” – Angelina Jolie

599.) “If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.” [Author Unknown]

600.) “Learn to say NO. Some people feel no shame in taking advantage of your kindness.” [Author
Unknown]
601.) “The harder you work, the luckier you get.” – Gary Player (professional golfer)

602.) “A complaining tongue reveals an ungrateful heart” – William Arthur Ward

603.) “Even good people can eventually get tired of being good to ungrateful people.” – Brad
Turnbull

604.) “A grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.” – Saadi

605.) “In a battle between heart and brain, I always listen to my stomach.” [Maria Stamati]

606.) “Poor leadership is building a great team and doing everything in your power to hold onto
control. It makes no sense to recruit the best people and tie their hands by not giving them the
freedom to perform.” [Leadership First]

607.) “Always treat your team with respect because respect is the glue that holds teams and
organizations together.” [Leadership First]

608.) “Stop making excuses; you’re the only one stopping you.” – Issa Rae

609.) “We realize the importance of our voice when we are silenced.” – Malala Yousafzai

610.) “Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly of wisdom.” – Queen
Elizabeth II

611.) “The fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself.” – Paulo Coelho

612.) “Leaders: If you are micromanaging your team, you are toxic to your business.” [Leadership
First]

613.) “Anyone can say they care. But watch their actions, not their words.” [Author Unknown]

614.) “The day you plant the seed is not the day you eat the fruit. Be patient. Be hopeful. Don’t
give up.” [Author Unknown]

615.) “If they respect you, respect them. If they disrespect you, still respect them. Do not allow
the actions of others to affect your good manners, because you represent yourself, not others.”
[Author Unknown]

616.) “Nobody is ever too busy. If they’re interested, they’ll make time.” [Author Unknown]

617.) “Work on your boundaries baby. You can’t be everything to everyone and nothing to
yourself.” [Author Unknown]

618.) “Life is so ironic. It takes sadness to know happiness, noise to appreciate silence, and
absence to value presence.” [Author Unknown]

619.) “There are things that are not sayable. That’s why we have art.” – Leonora Carrington
620.) “Be proud of yourself for surviving all the days you thought you couldn’t.” [Author
Unknown]

621.) “Sometimes love don’t feel that it should. You make it hurt so good.” – John Cougar
Mellencamp (“Hurts So Good”)

622.) “Life is just a party, and parties weren’t meant to last.” – Prince (”1999”)

623.) “Five lessons from COVID: (a) Life is short; (b) Jobs are temporary; (c) Your savings can save
you; (d) Nature deserves our respect; (e) Your greatest wealth is your health.” – Daniel Abrahams

624.) “Surround yourself with people that push you to do better. No drama or negativity. Just
higher goals and higher motivation. Good times and positive energy. No jealousy or hate. Simply
bringing out the absolute best in each other.” – Warren Buffett

625.) “Don’t complicate life. Missing somebody? Call. Wanna meet up? Invite. Wanna be
understood? Explain. Have questions? Ask. Don’t like something? Say. Want something? Ask for it.
Love someone? Tell them.” [Author Unknown]

626.) “Some bosses think they have dynamic personalities because they are constantly exploding.
Rude, disrespectful, bullying people around. However, somebody says, ‘Rudeness is a weak man’s
imitation of strength.’ What people want is inspiring and empowering leaders who are confident and
competent. And predictably, these good leaders are humble and respectful. They are admired, not
flattered. They are respected and not feared. This is what makes them effective.” – Francis Kong

627.) “One reason people resist change is because they focus on what they have to give up,
instead of what they have to gain.” – Rick Godwin

628.) “Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.” – Zero Dean

629.) “Do not hurry your promotion. It will be given to you at the perfect moment, at times, when
you least expect it.” [Author Unknown]

630.) “You will become way less concerned with what other people think of you when you realize
how seldom they do.” – David Foster Wallace (“Infinite Jest”)

631.) “Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead.” – F.
Scott Fitzgerald (“The Great Gatsby”)

632.) “Don’t cry over the past, it’s gone. Don’t stress about the future, it hasn’t arrived. Live in the
present and make it beautiful.” [Author unknown]

633.) “You don’t have to be positive all the time. It’s perfectly okay to feel sad, angry, annoyed,
frustrated, scared, or anxious. Having feelings doesn’t make you a ‘negative person’. It makes you
human.” – Lori Deschene

634.) “If it makes you happy, no one else’s opinion should matter.” [Author Unknown]
 635.) “In the end, we all just want someone who chooses us. Over everyone else, under any
circumstances.” [Author Unknown]

636.) “The important thing is that we maintain plausible deniability.” – Richard M. Nixon (former
US President)

637.) “If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else.” – Marvin
Gaye

638.) “Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.” – Dalai Lama

639.) “Peace is its own reward.” – Mahatma Gandhi

640.) “Just set one day’s work in front of the last day’s work, that’s the way it comes out.” – John
Steinbeck

641.) “One day soon, you’ll look back and see that what you’ve gained will be far greater than
what you’ve lost.” [Author Unknown]

642.) “Just because you haven’t found your talent yet, doesn’t mean you don’t have one.” –
Kermit the Frog (on Twitter)

643.) “The best friend is he that, when he wishes a person’s good, wishes it for that person’s own
sake.” – Aristotle

644.) “You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.” –
Christopher Columbus

645.) “The secret of success is to do the common thing uncommonly well.” – John D.
Rockefeller,Jr.

646.) “So often people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working on the right thing is probably
more important than working hard.” – Caterina Fake

647.) “Don’t be intimidated by what you don’t know. That can be your greatest strength and
ensure that you do things differently from everyone else.” – Sara Blakely

648.) “There is no perfect fit when you’re looking for the next big thing to do. You have to take
opportunities and make an opportunity fit for you, rather than the other way around.” – Sheryl
Sandberg (Facebook COO)

649.) “People respond well to those that are sure of what they want.” – Anna Wintour (Vogue
Magazine, Editor-in-Chief)

650.) “Don’t push your most loyal people to the point that they no longer care. Because of you do,
you run the risk of pushing away great talent while settling for mediocrity.” [Leadership First]
 651.) “God never takes away something from your life without replacing it with something
better.” – Billy Graham

652.) “There is always satisfaction in the reflection that, if there were no trials, there would be no
victories.” – Anne Sullivan

653.) “I think it’s important to try and be present with whatever it is that you’re doing. And if you
can’t be present, take a break.” – Emily Griffin

654.) “The problem is that technology has become an extra limb for some of us. It’s important to
utilize technology, but at the same time it’s important to know when to take a break from it.”
— Alex Broches

655.) “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

656.) “Confidence is preparation. Everything else is beyond your control.” – Richard Kline

657.) “Familiarity breeds contempt.” – Geoffrey Chaucer (“Tale of Melibee”)

658.) “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.” – Oscar
Wilde

659.) “There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” – Beverly Sills

660.) “There are some four million different kinds of animals and plants in the world. Four million
different solutions to the problems of staying alive.” – David Attenborough (“Life on Earth”, 1979)

661.) “The most powerful weapon in the hands of the oppressor is in the mind of the oppressed.”
– Steve Biko

662.) “A good friend is a connection to life – a tie to the past, a road to the future.” – Lois Wyse

663.) “I don’t have to explain myself. My frequency is very common and is open to anybody to
tune in.” – RuPaul

664.) “The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest men of past centuries.” –
Rene Descartes

665.) “You can start late, look different, be uncertain, and still succeed.” – Misty Copeland

666.) “There are times when dreams sustain us more than facts.” – Helen Fagin

667.) “Thinking for yourself and having a strong opinion and going against the grain is shocking to
most people.” – Madonna

668.) “There are two sides to every story. Everything isn’t cut and dried; everything isn’t black and
white.” – Madonna
669.) “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela

670.) “The water you touch in a river is the last of which has passed, and the first of that which is
coming. Thus it is with time present.” [TIME IS FLEETING] – Leonardo Da Vinci

671.) “The scientific man does not aim at an immediate result. He does not expect that his
advanced ideas will be readily taken up. His work is like that of the planter – for the future. His duty
is to lay the foundation for those who are to come, and point the way.” – Nikola Tesla

672.) “Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What’s a sundial in the shade?!” – Benjamin
Franklin

673.) “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma
– which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions
drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and
intuition.” – Steve Jobs

674.) “Half-formed ideas, they float around. They come from different places, and the mind has
got this wonderful way of somehow just shoveling them around until one day they fit.” – Tim
Berners-Lee (inventor of the World Wide Web), 1989

675.) “I’ve got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the
end.” – Larry Bird (legendary Celtics player)

676.) “I hate to lose more than I like to win.” – Larry Bird

677.) “Success always demand a greater effort.” – Winston Churchill

678.) “I married for love, but the obvious side benefit of having someone around to find my
glasses cannot be ignored.” – Cameron Esposito

679.) “Leadership is about vision and responsibility, not power.” – Seth Berkley

680.) “An environment that is not safe to disagree is not an environment focused on growth. It’s
an environment focused on control.” – Wendi Jade

681.) “Don’t think you deserve the job? Apply for it anyways. Don’t think your article is good
enough? Publish it anyways. Don’t think they’ll reply to your email? Send it anyways. Don’t self-
reject.” – Sahil Lavingia on Twitter

682.) “Trust yourself; you know more than you think you do.” – Benjamin Spock (pediatrician)

683.) “You don’t have to be an expert. No one is expecting you to be an expert. All you need to do
is show up and be you.” – Ruth Soukup (motivational author)

684.) “Don’t use your energy to worry. Use your energy to believe.” [Thoughts Wonder]
 685.) “When Church becomes optional to you, it will become unnecessary to your children.”
[Author Unknown]

686.) “Dissatisfaction is a symbol of ambition. It’s the coal that fuels the fire.” – Alison Brie (”mad
Men”)

687.) “Make it simple, but significant.” – Jon Hamm {“Mad Men”) [Against the more well-known
tag line of “Keep it simple, stupid” or KISS, this makes more sense. If you keep it simple but it has
no value, there is no benefit so you might as well not do it.]

688.) “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” – Martin Luther King,
Jr.

689.) “You either get bitter or you get better. It’s that simple. You either take what has been dealt
to you and allow it to make you a better person, or you allow it to tear you down. The choice does
not belong to fate, it belongs to you.” – Josh Shipp (motivational speaker)

690.) “Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day
saying ‘I will try again tomorrow.’” – Mary Anne Radmacher (writer and artist)

691.) “You can’t calm the storm, so stop trying. What you can do is calm yourself. The storm will
pass.” – Timber Hawkeye (author)

692.) “Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have
kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.” – Dale Carnegie

693.) “Never let the things you cannot do prevent you from doing the things you can.” – John
Wooden (NCAA basketball coach)

694.) “When I feel like quitting, I remember there are many people I need to prove wrong.” [CEO
Mindset]

695.) “You must believe that your past is not your future.” – Gayle Carson

696.) “There are simply two ways to be rich. One is to have all you need, the other is to be
satisfied with what you have.”

697.) “What’s done is done. What’s gone is gone. One of life’s best lessons is learning how to let
go and move on. It’s okay to look back at your memory but never let the past stop you from moving
forward.” [Author Unknown]

698.) “Good decisions come from experience. But experience comes from bad decisions. This is
life, so never regret. Learn from mistakes and go ahead.” [Author Unknown]

699.) “Failures are part of life. If you don’t fail, you don’t learn. If you don’t learn, you’ll never
change.” [Author Unknown]
700.) “Sometimes you need to make choices that break your heart but heal your soul.” [Author
Unknown]

701.) “What we usually consider impossible are nothing but engineering problems. There’s no law
of physics preventing them.” – Michio Kaku (theoretical physicist and futurologist)

702.) “Pain nourishes courage. You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to
you.” – Mary Tyler Moore

703.) “Speed doesn’t matter. Forward is forward. Little progress is called progress. As long as you
don’t stop, you will get to the top.” [CEO Mindset]

704.) “Strong people don’t put others down, they lift them up.” [Author Unknown]

705.) “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” – Tao Te Ching

706.) “You can’t live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to
repay you.” – John Wooden

707.) “Forget your age. If you have dreams to achieve, you are still young.” [Author Unknown]

708.) “Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry.” – The New
Testament (James 1:19b, New International Version)

709.) “One day you will realize that after all the battles you’ve fought, all the storms that you’ve
survived and every mountain that you’ve climbed, you’ve always had the strength to make it
through life’s journey.” – Roger Lee

710.) “If it’s a broken part, replace it. If it’s a broken arm, then brace it. If it’s a broken heart, then
face it.” – Jason Mraz (singer/songwriter)

711.) “You are allowed to feel messed up inside and out. It doesn’t mean you’re defective, it just
means you’re human.” – David Mitchell (comedian/writer)

712.) “Just because things hadn’t gone the way I had planned didn’t necessarily mean they had
gone wrong.” – Ann Patchett

713.) “Standing alone doesn’t mean I’m alone. It means I’m strong enough to handle things by
myself.” [Author Unknown]

714.) “If it’s not broke, don’t fix it.” – Thomas Bertram Lance (Jimmy Carter’s campaign adviser,
1976) [Don’t mess with a winning formula. – related principle]

715.) “You are unique and if that is not fulfilled, then something has been lost.” – Martha Graham
(dance legend)

716.) “Slow and steady wins the race.” – Robert Lloyd

 717.) “As a CEO, I don’t agree with having ‘back-up’ employees in case employees leave. I’d rather
keep my employees happy so they don’t want to leave in the first place.” – Gary Travis

718.) “If God is making you wait, then be prepared to receive more than what you asked for.”
[Author Unknown]

719.) “The scariest moment is always just before you start.” – Stephen King

720.) “Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.” – Voltaire

721.) “Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.” – William A. Ward

722.) “Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.” [Author Unknown]

723.) “Spiritual maturity is choosing what is right over what is easy.” – Chris Sonksen

724.) “The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.” – Robert
Swan, OBE (author)

725.) “I get to work in a job that I love, but I have always worked at a job that I loved. I loved it just
as much when I thought it was a big deal to make $1,000. I urge you to work in jobs that you love. I
think you are out of your mind if you keep taking jobs that you don’t like because you think it would
look good on your resume.” – Warren Buffet

726.) “If you have men who will only come if they know there is a good road, I don’t want them. I
want men who will come if there is no road at all.” – David Livingstone (Scottish physician and anti-
slavery crusader)

727.) “Victory awaits him who has everything in order – luck, people all it. Defeat is certain for him
who has neglected to take the necessary precautions in time; this is called bad luck.” – Roald
Amundsen (Norwegian explorer, first to reach the South Pole in 1911)

728.) “In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how
gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.” – Buddha

729.) “If you feel pain, you’re alive. If you feel other people’s pain, you’re a human being.” – Leo
Tolstoy

730.) “Perhaps I am not interesting, but I am the only thing I have to offer, and I want to offer
something.” – Charlie Kaufman

731.) “Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it.” – Eckhart Tolle

732.) “Never give up. You never know how close you are.” [Author Unknown] – similar to another
quote by Thomas A. Edison

733.) “Try to never be the smartest person in the room. And if you are, I suggest you invite
smarter people or find a different room.” – Michael Dell
734.) “Allow yourself to be a beginner. No one starts at the top.” [Author Unknown]

735.) “If you are a giver, learn your limits because takers don’t have any.” [Author Unknown]

736.) “A moment of patience in a moment of anger saves a thousand moments of regret.” – Ali
Ibn Abu Talib

737.) “Nothing is permanent in this world, not even our troubles.” – Charlie Chaplin

738.) “When they say it’s impossible, it’s impossible for them, not for you.” [Author Unknown]

739.) “Communication should travel via the shortest path necessary to get the job done, not
through the chain of command.” – Elon Musk (world’s richest man in 2022)

740.) “For fast-acting relief, try slowing down.” – Jane Wagner (American writer, director and
producer)

741.) “Every time we think we’ve measured our capacity to reach a challenge, we look up and
we’re reminded that capacity may well be limitless.” – quoted from Jed Bartlet, “The West Wing”
(played by Martin Sheen)

742.) “I’m the President of the United States, not the President of the people who agree with me.”
– Jed Bartlet [similar quote by Tacloban City Mayor Alfred Romualdez after the super typhoon
Yolanda: “The President of the Philippine is also the President of Tacloban City”, in response to
DILG Secretary Mar Roxas who said earlier, “Remember, you are a Romualdez. Our President is an
Aquino.”]

743.) “We did not expect nor did we invite a confrontation with evil. Yet the true measure of a
people’s strength is how they rise to master that moment when it does arrive.” – Jed Bartlet

744.) “We hold these truths to be self-evident, they said, ‘that all men are created equal’. Strange
as it may seem, that was the first time in history that anyone had ever bothered to write that down.
Decisions are made by those who show up.” – Jed Bartlet

745.) “If fidelity to freedom and democracy is the code of our civic religion, then surely the code of
our humanity is faithful service to that unwritten commandment that says we shall give our children
better than we ourselves received.” – Jed Bartlet

746.) “The simplest solution is almost always the best.” – William of Ockham (14 th century logician
and theologian) – this principle is commonly called as Occam’s Razor

747.) “A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others.” – Confucius

748.) “Family is not about blood. It’s about who is willing to hold your hand when you need it the
most.” [Author Unknown]

749.) “The speaker of truth has no friends.” – Old African Proverb

 750.) “A real team is a group of very different individuals who enjoy working together and who
respect, care and trust each other.” [Leadership First]

751.) “Things people learn too late: (a) Everything is temporary; (b) Life isn’t fair; (c) Family
matters more than friends; (d) Beneath anger is always fear; (e) A lifetime isn’t forever; (f) The
biggest risk is taking no risk; (g) Things don’t matter that much; (h) Happiness is a choice; (i) You
played it too safe; (j) Money let’s you be yourself. So go get.” – Warren Buffett

752.) “The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.” – Theodore Roosevelt

753.) “Don’t be a part-time Christian, who demands a full-time God.” [Author Unknown]

754.) “If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy
and inspires your hopes.” – Andrew Carnegie

755.) “A lie doesn’t become truth, wrong doesn’t become right, and evil doesn’t become good,
just because it’s accepted by a majority.” – Booker T. Washington

756.) “We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.” – Aesop

757.) “Remember that no matter how good you are at work, you are still replaceable. Loyalty is
important, but no one else will take good care of your career and your health but you.” – Jonathan
Yabut

758.) “Don’t be afraid of change. It is leading you to a new beginning.” [Author Unknown]

759.) “The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It’s the loneliness of it. Memories
need to be shared.” – Lois Lowry (author)

760.) “Memory takes a lot of poetic license. It omits some details; others are exaggerated,
according to the emotional value of the article it touches, for memory is seated predominantly in the
heart.” – Tennessee Williams (legendary American playwright)

761.) “Don’t let yourself be controlled by three things: people, money, or past experiences.”
[Author Unknown]

762.) “If you do nothing unexpected, nothing unexpected happens.” – Fay Weldon

763.) “Make yourself a priority once in a while. It’s not selfish. It’s necessary.” [Leadership First]

764.) “Tolerance will come to such a level that intelligent people will be banned from their
opinions in order not to offend the imbeciles.” – Fyodor M. Dostoevsky (Russian novelist)

765.) “You can’t talk power moves and life goals around people who don’t have the same hunger
as you. It will just sound like you are bragging.” – Drake (Canadian rap artist)

766.) “A negative mind will never give you a positive life.” [Author Unknown]
767.) “The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself.” – Rita Mae Brown

768.) “We suffer more often in imagination than in reality. There is nothing in this world that can
trouble you as much as your own thoughts. Stop over-thinking.” [Author Unknown]

769.) “If we would take little pains, the nettle would be useful; we neglect it, and it becomes
harmful. Then we kill it. How much men are like the nettle! My friends, remember this, that there
are no weeds, and no worthless men, there are only bad farmers.” – Victor Hugo (“Les Miserables”)

770.) “You only live one, but if you do it right, once is enough.” – Mae West

771.) “What looks like a Delay to you could be God’s Wisdom at work for your good.” [Author
Unknown]

772.) “Once a wise man was asked… what is the meaning of life? He replied…life itself has no
meaning. Life is an opportunity to create a meaning.” [Author Unknown]

773.) “Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside
ourselves will affect us.” – Stephen Covey

774.) “You build your mind, so make it into something you want to live with.” – Marilynne
Robinson

775.) “We don’t grow when things are easy, we grow when we face challenges.” [Author
Unknown]

776.) “Don’t be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it, you can
make it so.” – Belva Davis

777.) “Hardest test in life is the patience to wait for the right moment.” – Dr. V. Mohan (Indian
diabetologist)

778.) “Be patient. Sometimes you have to go through the worst to get the best.” [Author
Unknown]

779.) “Silence is not empty. It is full of answers.” [Author Unknown] – Given this context, silence
does not necessarily mean Yes or No. It could be anything, even a boiling rage waiting to explode
at any given time. Or it could mean as simple as “I don’t care.” (CEQ notes)

780.) “The best revenge is no revenge. Just smile, work hard, and succeed.” [Author Unknown]

781.) “Freedom’s just another word for nothin’ left to lose.” – Fred Foster & Kris Kristofferson
(“Me and Bobby McGee”)

782.) “You got to know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em; know when to walk away, and
know when to run. You never count your money when you’re sittin’ at the table. There’ll be time
enough for countin’ when the dealin’s done.” – Don Schlitz (“The Gambler”)
783.) “Most people rush after pleasure so fast that they rush right past it.” – Soren Kierkegaard

784.) “4 Steps to Success: Decide what you want. Write it down. Make a plan. Work on it every
single day.” – Jack Ma

785.) “Your competition isn’t other people. It’s your procrastination. It’s your laziness. It’s your
excuses. Conquer yourself.” – Jack Ma

786.) “Don’t climb mountains so that people can see you. Climb mountains so that you can see the
world.” – David McCullough, Jr.

787.) “Know what to let go and what to hold tight.” [Author Unknown]

788.) “The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.” – Paulo Coelho

789.) “Once you realize that you can do something, it would be difficult to live with yourself if you
didn’t do it.” – James Baldwin

790.) “The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.” – Keanu Reeves

791.) “They say words can kill. But then, you haven’t seen what silence can do.” [Author
Unknown]

792.) “Quiet people have the loudest minds.” [Author Unknown]

793.) “He who has the gold makes the rules. / He who holds the purse has the loudest voice.” –
similarly themed quotes [original Author Unknown]

794.) “Leadership is not about being in charge. Leadership is about taking care of those in your
charge.” [Author Unknown]

795.) “The way a team plays determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of
individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime.” – Babe
Ruth

796.) ”Never leave a true relation for a few faults. Nobody is perfect, nobody is correct, and in the
end, affection is always greater than perfection.” [Author Unknown]

797.) “When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” – Wayne Dyer

798.) “Sell the problem you solve, not the product.” [Author Unknown]

799.) “You become an inspirational leader when you have the humility to build a team with people
more talented than you.” [Leadership First]

800.) “It’s rarely the work that stresses someone out. It’s the culture.” – Ammar S. Al Shamsi
801.) “Everything is good, but not everything may be beautiful.” – Fr. Dave Concepcion

802.) “Apologizing does not mean you’re wrong and the other person is right. It just means you
value your relationship more than your ego.” [Author Unknown]

803.) “A man cannot choose the time in which to be born and live. It is not up to him to be born of
any parents, nor from any nation, but it depends on him how he will act at a given time; whether s a
man or as a non-man, regardless of in which nation and from which parents.” – Patriarch Pavle
(Serbian religious leader)

804.) “A true leader doesn’t create separation. A true leader brings people together.” [Author
Unknown]

805.) “Great bosses make sure their employees have life outside work.” – Jonathan Yabut

806.) “A lot of employers don’t realize this, but keeping their employees happy is the best
marketing they can do.” – Gary Travis

807.) “Keep chasing your goals whether you are: alone, broke, tired or scared. Keep going.”
[Author Unknown]

808.) “You are a true leader when you help your team become successful. Remember, leadership
is not about you, it’s all about the people you serve.” [Leadership First]

809.) “People change. Things go wrong. Things happen. But life goes on.” [Author Unknown]

810.) “The image is one thing and the human being is another… it’s very hard to live up to an
image.” – Elvis Presley

811.) “Pride is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right.” – Ezra T.
Benson

812.) “Don’t burn your opportunities for a temporary comfort.” [Author Unknown]

813.) “Don’t just wait for opportunities to come your way. Get up and make them happen.” –
Chinkee Tan

814.) “People don’t leave jobs, they leave toxic work cultures.” – Dr. Amina Aitsi-Selmi

815.) “To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.” – Thomas Alva Edison

816.) “Authentic leadership is never about authority or power. It’s about helping others learn,
grow, and succeed.” – Michael Mints

817.) “You need a break from people, not life.” [Author Unknown]

818.) “To build a strong team, you must see someone else’s strength as a complement to your
weakness and not a threat to your position or authority.” – Christine Caine
819.) “Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” [Author Unknown]

820.) “You can tell a bully from a leader by how they treat people who disagree with them.” –
Miles K. Davis

821.) “Blowing out someone else’s candle won’t make yours shine brighter.” [Author Unknown]

822.) “Behind every strong person is a story that gave them no choice.” [Author Unknown]

823.) “Success has many fathers but failure is an orphan.” – John F. Kennedy

824.) “Don’t seek revenge. The rotten fruits will fall by themselves.” [Author Unknown] – similar to
“Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” – Old Testament (Deuteronomy 32:35)

825.) “Rest is not idle, is not wasteful. Sometimes rest is the most productive thing you can do for
body and soul.” – Erica Layne

826.) “As the leader you have an opportunity to make a profound impact on your team, but you
must first recognize that your team is the organization’s most valuable resource.” – Dr. Patton
(motivational speaker, “Authentic Leadership: Inside the Mind of Dr. Patton”)

827.) “Never re-friend a person who has tried to destroy your character or reputation. A snake
only sheds its skin to become a bigger snake, not a better one.” – Dr. Patton

828.) “Only you and you alone can change your situation. Don’t blame it on anything or anyone.”
[Author Unknown]

829.) “When you hit rock bottom, there is nowhere to go but up.” – Pattie Mallette

830.) “Be strong, but not rude. Be kind, but not weak. Be bold, but don’t bully. Be humble, but not
shy. Be proud, but not arrogant.” – Jim Rohn

831.) “Wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it. Right is right even if no one is doing it.” [Author
Unknown]

832.) “Better to have one thousand enemies outside the house than to have one single enemy
inside it.” [Old Lebanese Proverb]

833.) “The world only exists in your eyes. You can make it as big or as small as you want.” – F.
Scott Fitzgerald

834.) “Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.” – Rick Warren (“The
Purpose Driven Life”)

835.) “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” – John F. Kennedy

836.) “Those people who tried to bury you didn’t know you were a seed.” [Author Unknown]
 837.) “Live your life, take chances, be crazy. Don’t wait. Because right now is the oldest you’ve
been and the youngest you will ever be again.” – Suzanne Collins

838.) “When praying for a job, also pray for a working environment that won’t lead you to burn-
out, depression and regret.” [Author Unknown]

839.) “Until it’s my turn, I will simply keep clapping for others.” [Author Unknown]

840.) “If God is with us, who can be against us?” (New Testament, Romans 8:31)

841.) “Learn to be alone. Not everyone will stay.” [Author Unknown]

842.) “I believe great people do things before they are ready.” – Amy Poehler

843.) “I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.” – Albert Einstein

844.) “Never follow a leader who is more in love with power than people.” [Native American
Proverb]

845.) “No leader can build and sustain a great company if no trust exists.” [Leadership First]

846.) “Don’t force your children into your ways, for they were created for a time different from
your own.” – Plato (Greek father of Philosophy)

847.) “Weak leaders blame others for their mistakes, but true leaders are humble enough to
admit their mistakes.” [Leadership First]

848.) “Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing.” – Warren Buffett

849.) “I like thinking big, I always have. To me it’s very simple: if you’re going to be thinking
anyway, you might as well think big.” – Warren Buffett

850.) “It's better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is
better than yours and you'll drift in that direction.” – Warren Buffett

851.) “One can best prepare themselves for the economic future by investing in your own
education. If you study hard and learn at a young age, you will be in the best circumstances to secure
your future.” – Warren Buffett

852.) “Opportunities come infrequently. When it rains gold, put out the bucket, not the thimble.”
– Warren Buffett

853.) “Apologize for your mistakes, not your feelings.” [Author Unknown]

854.) “No salary is worth staying in a toxic work environment that is detrimental to your mental
health.” – Sibel Terhaar
 855.) “Originality thrives in seclusion free of outside influences beating upon us to cripple the
creative mind.” – Nikola Tesla

856.) “Courage doesn’t mean you don’t get afraid. Courage means you don’t let fear stop you.” –
Bethany Hamilton

857.) Success at work should not be measured by how much you sacrifice. It is not a barter for
health or life. Learn when to turn off. Set boundaries. Know that you can restart after any company
or any career.” [Author Unknown]

858.) “The sad truth is that the best employees quit because of micro-managers.” – Sibel Terhaar

859.) “You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean
are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.” – Mahatma Gandhi

860.) “He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.” – Old Idiom (attributed to the
Greek orator Demosthenes)

861.) “It is unwise to be sure of one’s own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest
might weaken and the wisest might err.” – Mahatma Gandhi

862.) “Insanity is doing the same thing over again and expecting the same results.” [Author
Unknown]

863.) “Stop wondering if you’re good enough. Know you are and start acting like it.” [Author
Unknown]

864.) “Fall asleep with a dream and wake up with a purpose.” [Author Unknown]

865.) “A boss has the title, a leader has the people.” – Simon Sinek

866.) “Don’t be fooled by the illusion of wealth. Big houses, fancy cars, and designer clothes are
not wealth. It’s most likely debt. Wealth is freedom, options, time and health.” [Author Unknown]

867.) “Success is for those who never give up.” [Author Unknown]

868.) “In life you will realize there is a role for everyone you meet. Some will test you, some will
use you, some will love you, and some will teach you. But the ones who are truly important are the
ones who bring out the best in you. They are the rare and amazing people who remind you why it’s
worth it.” [Author Unknown]

869.) “Not invited, don’t go. Not told, don’t ask. Late invites, decline. You were never part of the
plan, you’ve suddenly become a convenience.” [Author Unknown]

870.) “Who are you to judge the life I live? I am not perfect and I don’t have to be. Before you
start pointing fingers, make sure your hands are clean.” – Bob Marley

871.) “The worst form is injustice is pretended justice.” – Plato

872.) “Law without justice is a wound without a cure.” – William Scott Downey

873.) “Walk out of a meeting or drop off a call as soon as it is obvious you aren’t adding value. It is
not rude to leave, it is rude to make someone stay and waste their time.” – Elon Musk (world’s
richest man, 2022)

874.) “Work hard until expensive becomes cheap.” [Author Unknown]

875.) “The opinions of others do not pay your bills.” [Author unknown]

876.) “No salary can compensate for a peaceful state of mind.” – Chris Dumas

877.) “Excuses will always be there for you. Opportunity won’t.” [Author Unknown]

878.) “Dear Bosses: Don’t encourage your employees to speak up when you are not willing to
listen. Don’t say ‘we practice open communication’ when you use their words against them. When
you ask employees to speak up, be willing to act and implement on their concerns.” [posted on
Twitter by Osinachi Akanegbu, original author unknown]

879.) “There is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.” – Virginia
Woolf

880.) “Choose the guy who takes you to his house to meet his parents, not his bedroom.” [Author
Unknown]

881.) “A man’s money will never attract an independent woman.” [Author Unknown]

882.) “Some of us matured early because life showed us the worst side of the world at an early
age.” [Author Unknown]

883.) “Appreciation can change a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all
that is necessary.” – Margaret Cousins

884.) “If you want to lead, you need to grow. Good leaders are always good learners.” – John C.
Maxwell

885.) “No matter how intelligent and skilled your employees are, they will continuously doubt
their potential if they lack confidence. Great leaders boost the self-esteem of their team because
when people believe in themselves, it’s amazing what they can accomplish.” [Leadership First]

886.) “A man who chases two rabbits doesn’t deserve one.” [Old Japanese Idiom]

887.) “Fall seven times, get up eight.” [Old Japanese Idiom]

888.) “You will never be good enough for everybody, but you will always be the best for someone
who really appreciates you.” [Author Unknown]
889.) “Remove yourself from anywhere you don’t feel valued.” [Author Unknown]

890.) “Toxic is when they can’t let you go, but can’t treat you right either.” [Author Unknown]

891.) “Be teachable. You’re not always right.” [Author Unknown]

892.) “You are in the position you’re in because you deserve to be there.” – Kalesha Madlani

893.) “If you give yourself 30 days to clean your home, it will take you 30 days. But if you give
yourself three hours, it will take you three hours. The same applies to your goals, ambitions, and
potential.” – Elon Musk

894.) “Risk something or forever sit with your dreams.” – Herb Brooks

895.) “Aging is an extra-ordinary process whereby you become the person that you always should
have been.” – David Bowie

896.) “Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing
myself.” – Rumi

897.) “No amount of money or success can take the place of time spent with your family.” [Author
Unknown]

898.) “You will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.” [Author Unknown]

899.) “The best managers are great individual contributors, not professional managers.” – Steve
Jobs

900.) “A happy soul doesn’t get jealous of others’ happiness.” [Author Unknown]

901.) “Be calm. Nobody can trigger your emotions without your permission. Learn to be calm and
centered no matter what’s happening outside of you.” – Idil Ahmed

902.) “Five simple rules for happiness: a.) Free your heart from hatred; b.) Free your mind from
worries; c.) Live simply; d.) Give more; e.) Expect less.” [Author Unknown]

903.) “When people are financially invested, they want a return. When people are emotionally
invested, they want to contribute.” – Simon Sinek

904.) “I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life
is a complex matter.” – Walt Disney

905.) “A negative mindset never leads to a positive life.” [Author Unknown]

906.) “Do everything with a good heart and expect nothing in return, and you will never be
disappointed.” [Author Unknown]

907.) “My life is full of mistakes. They’re like pebbles that make a good road.” – Beatrice Wood
 908.) “Everything on Earth is borrowed. There is no Mine or Yours, there is only Ours. Even time is
borrowed. We kill over a plot of land that belongs only to our Mother Earth. All you have is what you
came with… and what you will leave with… your Spirit.” [Native American Proverb]

909.) “The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.” – Sylvia Plath

910.) “You will know that you are completely done with something when you give it up and you
feel freedom instead of loss.” – Emily Maroutian (Armenian author and poet) / Shane Steele
(“Natural Origin”)

911.) “We are all bad in someone’s story.” [Author Unknown]

912.) “Which is worth more, a crowd of thousands, or your own genuine solitude? Freedom, or
power over an entire nation? A little while alone in your room will prove more valuable than
anything else that could ever be given you.” – Rumi

913.) “Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I’ll meet you there.” – Rumi

914.) “Vulnerability is important. You can’t let your skin get too thick.” – Al Pacino

915.) “It’s better to look ahead and prepare, than to look back and regret.” – Jackie Joyner-Kersee
(American Olympian in Track & Field)

916.) “You are not a leader until you have produced another leader who can produce another
leader.” [Author Unknown]

917.) “Every failure is a step to success.” [Author Unknown]

918.) “Ships don’t sink because of the water around them. Ships sink because of the water that
gets in them. Don’t let what’s happening around you get inside you and weigh you down.” [Author
Unknown]

919.) “I don’t care who is doing better than me. I’m doing better than I was last year. It’s Me vs
Me.” – Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson (superstar wrestler and actor)

920.) “Trust the wait. Embrace the uncertainty. Enjoy the beauty of becoming. When nothing is
certain, anything is possible.” [Author Unknown]

921.) “Never take advantage of the heart that stood by your side when nobody else did.” – Trent
Shelton

922.) “Integrity is doing the right thing even when no one is watching.” – C.S. Lewis

923.) “False information must always be corrected, not respected. Unresearched opinion must
always be validated, not tolerated.” – Jonathan Yabut. [I partially disagree. Anyone is entitled to his
own opinion whether researched or not because it reflects one’s personal views. If we cannot
reconcile, we should all agree to disagree. – CEQ]
 924.) “How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. Same goes with overcoming your trials.
Take one step at a time.” [Author Unknown]

925.) “Sometimes the best thing to do is to be silent. And when silence is employed, it does not
mean ignorance, but it simply is a wise decision to realize that the argument is not worth it when the
other party is not even willing to listen.” – Francis Kong

926.) “Leadership is not wielding authority, it is empowering people.” – Becky Brodin

927.) “I never lose. I either win or learn.” – Nelson Mandela

928.) “A sign of growth is being okay with not being okay.” [Author Unknown]

929.) “You are never too old to re-invent yourself.” [Author Unknown]

930.) “Trust is like a match stick. You won’t fire the same one twice.” [Author Unknown]

931.) “It’s hard to trust when all you have from the past is evidence of why you shouldn’t.”
[Author Unknown]

932.) “Don’t force someone to have time for you. If they want, they will.” [Author Unknown]

933.) “Never be too much available for some, otherwise you will lose your importance.” [Author
Unknown]

934.) “Stop telling people your plans. Level up in private.” [Author Unknown]

935.) “You don’t always have to win an argument. Humility is victory.” [Author Unknown]

936.) “The leader’s job isn’t to have all the ideas. It’s to make sure all the ideas are heard and that
the best one wins.” [Author Unknown]

937.) “The best thing in life is finding someone who knows all your flaws, mistakes, and
weaknesses and still thinks you’re completely amazing.” [Author Unknown]

938.) “Never force anything, just let it be. If it’s meant to be, it will be.” [Author Unknown]

939.) “I don’t regret the things I’ve done. I regret the things I didn’t do when I had the chance.”
[Author Unknown]

940.) “Every noble work is at first impossible.” – Thomas Carlyle

941.) “If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there.” – George Harrison

942.) “Leadership is not about being the best. Leadership is about making everyone else better.”
[Author Unknown]
943.) “A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.” [Old English Proverb]

944.) “3 Things I’ve learned this year: (a) You’re not always going to get the closure or explanation
you think or deserve; (b) Sometimes you have to accept something for what it is or move on; (c)
Everything does really happen for a reason.”

945.) “Don’t chase love, money, or success. Become the best version of yourself and those things
will chase you.” [Author Unknown]

946.) “If you need to constantly remind people of their commitments, it’s time to encourage them
to move on.” – Purdeep Sangha

947.) “Emotions that arise from a toxic work environment seep into every aspect of your life. Get
out. No job is worth that kind of misery.” [Author Unknown]

948.) “People quit people, not companies.” – John C. Maxwell

949.) “No one in this world is pure and perfect. If you avoid people for their mistakes, you will
always be alone. So judge less and love more.” [Author Unknown]

950.) “Don’t be surprised when God answers your prayers. Be ready.” [Author Unknown]

951.) "The problem then is not that we lack the means to spot incompetence, but that we more
often choose to be seduced by it." [Harvard Business Review]

952.) “You become an inspirational leader when you have the humility to build a team with people
more talented than you.” [Leadership First]

953.) “Be the reason someone believes in pure hearts, good vibes, and kind souls.” [Author
Unknown]

954.) “When life gets hard, don’t wish it to be easier. Decide to be stronger.” [Author Unknown]

955.) “Speak in such a way that others love to listen to you. Listen in such a way that others love
to speak to you.” [Author Unknown]

956.) “In weak companies, politics win. In strong companies, ideas win.” – Steve Jobs

957.) “Create new habits. Meet new people. Try a new routine. Wake up earlier. There are too
many possibilities in life to be doing the same thing.” [Ms. Chinie Go, showbiz personality and
blogger]

958.) “Someday, when things are great, you’ll look back and feel proud that you did not give up.”
[Author Unknown]

959.) “Never let a toxic boss or work culture make you doubt your value.” – Zeta Yarwood
 960.) “Don’t trust people whose feelings change with time. Trust people whose feelings remain
the same, even when the time changes.” [Author Unknown]

961.) “Weak people revenge. Strong people forgive. Intelligent people ignore.” [Author Unknown]

962.) “When you were made a leader, you weren’t given a crown. You were given the
responsibility to bring out the best in others.” – Jack Welch (legendary former Chairman and CEO of
General Electric)

963.) “Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson (American
essayist and poet)

964.) “If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your
estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.” – Marcus Aurelius

965.) “Never let the fear of striking out get in your way [or keep you from playing the game].” –
Babe Ruth

966.) “Quitting a job is scary. But you know what is scarier? Staying in a job that doesn’t treat you
well: professionally, financially, emotionally.” – Pratik Thakker

967.) “If you don’t change your mindset, it’s hard to bring a change in life. Work on your inside to
change your world outside.” – Gaur Gopal Das

968.) “You don’t inspire your teammates by showing them how amazing you are. You inspire them
by showing them how amazing they are.” – Robyn Benincasa (World Champion Adventurer Racer)

969.) “Never regret a day in your life. Good days give you happiness. Bad days give you
experience. Worst days give you lessons. And best days give you memories.” [Author Unknown]

970.) “People ask what you do for a living so that they can calculate the level of respect to give
you.” [Author Unknown]

971.) “A merry heart doeth good like a medicine.” [The Old Testament, “Proverbs 17:22”]

972.) “All experience is great providing you live through it.” – Alice Neel

973.) “Not all those who wander are lost.” – J.R.R. Tolkien

974.) “When someone truly cares about you they make an effort, not an excuse.” [Author
Unknown]

975.) “You’ll never be criticized by someone who is doing more than you. You’ll always be
criticized by someone doing less. Remember that.” – Denzel Washington

976.) “You can tell a bully from a leader by how they treat people who disagree with them.” –
Miles K. Davis
977.) “Books, minds and umbrellas only work when they’re open.” [Author Unknown]

978.) “Rule number one is, don’t sweat the small stuff. Rule number two is, it’s all small stuff.” –
Robert Eliot (writer)

979.) “These mountains that you are carrying, you were only supposed to climb.” – Najwa Zebian
(writer and activist)

980.) “Some people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power.” – Bell
Hooks

981.) “Every struggle you had in your life shaped you into the person you are today. Be thankful
for the hard times, they can only make you stronger.” [Author Unknown]

982.) “Stop showing loyalty to someone who isn’t even sure about you.” [Author Unknown]

983.) “Have faith in your journey. Everything had to happen exactly as it did to get you where
you’re going next.” – Mandy Hale

984.) “Never become so thirsty that you drink from any cup that’s presented to you. Be selective,
be smart, be wise.” [Author Unknown]

985.) “No one stays with you permanently so learn to survive alone.” [Author Unknown]

986.) “Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful
than one with all the facts.” [Author Unknown]

987.) “A good husband is not a man who is rich or handsome. He is the man who knows the value
of a woman.” [Author Unknown]

988.) “I will remember you, but as a lesson.” [Author Unknown]

989.) “We all have pasts. We all made choices that maybe weren’t the best ones. None of us are
completely innocent, but we get a fresh start everyday to be a better person than we were
yesterday.” [Author Unknown]

990.) “Make a list of things that make you happy. Make a list of things you do every day. Compare
the lists. Adjust accordingly.” [Author Unknown]

991.) “Toxic people at the workplace may indirectly force you to look for a new job. It is their
skill.” – Sanjoy Kumar Malik

992.) “Never expect to get what you give, not everyone has a heart like you.” – Liam Neeson
(actor)

993.) “When trust is broken, sorry means nothing.” [Author Unknown]

994.) “A lot of people have the wrong idea about me and I have no desire to clear shit up.” (Joker
Quotes)

995.) “Always be ready to say goodbye to anything.” [Author Unknown]

996.) “Classy is when you have a lot to say but you choose to stay silent in front of fools.” (Joker
Quotes)

997.) “Your future is created by what you do today.” [Author Unknown]

998.) “Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or self-
confidence.” – Robert Frost

999.) “It is impossible for you to go on as you were before, so you must go on as you never have.”
– Cheryl Strayed [CEQ adds…”because for each new day, you are a new person.”]

1000.) “People do not decide their futures. They decide their habit and their habits decide their
futures.” – Frederick Matthias Alexander

1001.) “You’re the most permanent thing in your life. Invest in yourself.” – Marshall Goldsmith

1002.) “Let frustration fuel inspiration.” – Sonia Boyce

1003.) “The difficult is what takes a little time; the impossible is what it takes a little longer.” –
Fridtjof Nansen (explorer)

1004.) “What we usually consider impossible are nothing but engineering problems. There’s no law
of physics preventing them.” – Michio Kaku (theoretical physicist and futurologist)

1005.) “A suffering person does not need a lecture, he needs a listener.” [Author Unknown]

1006.) “Recipe for a happy life: Let go of what has been. Accept what is now. Look forward to what
is coming.” [Author Unknown]

1007.) “I love when someone educates me on a topic I don’t know about without making me feel
dumb.” [Author Unknown]

1008.) “I have endured, I have been broken, I have known hardship. But here I stand, still moving
forward. I will never forget the harsh lessons in my life. I have survived because every day is a fresh
start.” [Author Unknown]

1009.) “No one can be a great leader unless they genuinely care about the success of each person
on their team.” [Author Unknown]

1010.) “Being good at your job often attracts more work. It’s called ‘performance punishment’ and
it is a dangerous game for leaders. Overworking your high performers to avoid growing your under
performers is a fast track to disaster. It breeds resentment. Good people will leave, and poor
performers will not learn. Be very careful of the behaviors and standards we reward.” [Author
Unknown]

1011.) “Your path is at your feet whether you realize it or not.” – Agnes Martin

1012.) “The world is full of good people. If you can’t find one, be one.” [Author Unknown]

1013.) “The sooner you start to believe in yourself, the quicker you will start seeing amazing
changes in your life.” – Roger Lee

1014.) “Ego is just a small three-letter word that can destroy a big twelve-letter word called
Relationship.” [Author Unknown]

1015.) “Be careful with words. The moment they depart from our mouths they are no longer ours.
We have to be accountable. Somebody says ‘when words are said, they can no longer be forgotten,
only forgiven’.” – Francis Kong

1016.) “The first time you do something only happens once.” – Chris Burden

1017.) “No job is worth sacrificing your health and sanity.” [Author Unknown]

1018.) “Management is about persuading people to do things they do not want to do, while
leadership is about inspiring people to do things they never thought they could.” – Steve Jobs

1019.) “Don’t be upset when people reject you. Nice things are rejected all the time by people who
can’t afford them.” [Author Unknown]

1020.) “The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live
it.” [Author Unknown]

1021.) “Be selective with your battles. Sometimes peace is better than being right.” [Author
Unknown]

1022.) “No matter how much effort you put in, if you use the wrong tools, you won’t make it.”
[Author Unknown]

1023.) “You don’t always have to tell your side of the story. Time will.” [Author Unknown]

1024.) “Fear kills more dreams than failure ever does.” [Author Unknown]

1025.) “Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

1026.) “You can’t lose what you never had, you can’t keep what’s not yours, and you can’t hold on
to something that doesn’t want to stay.” [Author Unknown]

1027.) “The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.” – Mark Twain
 1028.) "We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work,
they have the talent to put those men back to work." – John F. Kennedy

1029.) “If we are not our brother’s keeper, at least let us not be his executioner.” – Marlon Brando

1030.) “Not what we have but what we enjoy constitutes our abundance.” – Jean Antoine Petit-
Senn

1031.) “As you get older you start to understand the difference between friends and associates,
family and blood, business and work, love and lust, want and need. And most of all, what’s
important and what’s not.” [Author Unknown]

1032.) “One bad chapter doesn’t define your whole story.” [Author Unknown]

1033.) “Always remember this: Grapes must be crushed to make wine. Diamonds form under
pressure. Olives are pressed to release oil. Seeds grow in darkness. Whenever you feel crushed,
under pressure, pressed, or in darkness, you’re in a powerful place of transformation.” – Rakshith
Maben

1034.) “Never judge the future of a person based on their present conditions, because time has the
power to change any black coal to a shiny diamond.” – Chanakya (Hindu statesman and philosopher)

1035.) “A leader (king) is the face of a nation. He is a reflection of the society since he is
responsible for everything that is happening to the society. The welfare of the people must be the
ultimate goal of a king, who should strive for attaining this.” – Chanakya

1036.) “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.” – Winston Churchill

1037.) “I can resist everything except temptation.” – Oscar Wilde

1038.) “I can fix a bad page. I can’t fix a blank one.” – Nora Roberts

1039.) “Once I care, I don’t leave. Once I leave, I don’t care.” [from “Peaky Blinders”]

1040.) “A mistake that makes you humble is better than an achievement that makes you arrogant.”
[Author Unknown]

1041.) “Train people well enough so they can leave. Treat them well enough so they don’t want to.”
[Author Unknown]

1042.) “Everything you need is already inside you. Don’t wait for others to light your fire. You have
your own matches.” [Author Unknown]

1043.) “Once you’ve matured you will realize that silence is more important than proving a point.”
[Author Unknown]

1044.) “Silence speaks a thousand words.” [from song of the same title by Debbie Gibson]
 1045.) “Insecure leaders surround themselves with ‘yes people.’ Effective leaders surround
themselves with people who challenge them.” [Author Unknown]

1046.) “Efforts are always better than promises. Remember that.” [Author Unknown]

1047.) “If you want to be strong, learn to fight alone.” [Author Unknown]

1048.) “Peace is accepting that everything changes. When we stop clinging to how things are, we
can let go and embrace what’s growing in front of us. Doing this shifts our mindset from one that’s
scared of change to one that’s energized by the excitement of future potential.” – Cory Allen

1049.) “Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, working together is success.” –
Henry Ford

1050.) “If you want to succeed, then focus on changing yourself and not others.” [Author Unknown]

1051.) “If your path is more difficult, it’s because your calling is higher.” [Author Unknown]

1052.) “Bottleneck is always on the top of the bottle. If there is any issue in the organization, you
need to check the top level people, not the bottom level employees.” [Author Unknown]

1053.) “Don’t feel bad for making decisions that upset other people. You’re not responsible for
their happiness. You’re responsible for yours.” [Author Unknown]

1054.) “He who dares not offend cannot be honest.” – Thomas Paine

1055.) “Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more
time.” [Author Unknown]

1056.) “Culture is how employees’ hearts and stomachs feel about Monday morning on Sunday
night.” – Bill Marklein

1057.) “Don’t force yourself to fit in somewhere you don’t belong.” [Author Unknown]

1058.) “When God blesses you financially, don’t raise your standard of living. Raise your standard of
giving.” – Mark Batterson

1059.) “Anger is the feeling that makes your mouth work faster than your mind.” [Author
Unknown]

1060.) “You only need one thing from fake people. Distance.” [Author Unknown]

1061.) “Do not Problematize life. Just live it.” [Author Unknown]

1062.) “Some people can’t function without negativity because bringing down others makes them
feel better.” [Author Unknown]
 1063.) “A leader’s job is too look into the future and see the organization, not as it is, but as it
should be.” – Jack Welch

1064.) “Be careful how hard you sell standardization and what it can do for you, because it sounds
great on the surface but devil on the details.” – Matt Sellers

1065.) “The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all
cases.” – Carl Jung

1066.) “When you promote the wrong people, you begin to lose your best people.” [Author
Unknown]

1067.) “Every thought pretends that it matters so much. It wants to draw your attention in
completely. Here is a new spiritual practice for you: Don’t take your thoughts too seriously.” –
Eckhart Tolle

1068.) “When you find yourself reacting to something that doesn’t deserve your energy, always
say: ‘my peace is more important.’” [Author Unknown]

1069.) “Patience is not the ability to wait, but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting.”
[Author Unknown]

1070.) “What is the use of being famous on Earth, when Heaven doesn’t know your name?” – Billy
Graham (evangelist)

1071.) “Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.” – Suzy Kassem (screenwriter)

1072.) “If you don’t have some self-doubts and fears when you pursue a dream, then you haven’t
dreamed big enough.” – Joe Vitale (spiritual teacher and author)

1073.) “To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of
transportation.” – Yann Martel (author)

1074.) “It’s not your job to be likeable. It’s your job to be yourself. Someone will like you anyway.” –
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

1075.) “Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest
failure.” – Napoleon Hill

1076.) “Success is nothing more than a few simple processes, practiced every day.” – Jim Rohn

1077.) “Life is similar to a boxing ring. Defeat is not declared when you fall down. Defeat is declared
when you refuse to rise up.” [Author Unknown]

1078.) “Don’t allow yourself to wake up with yesterday’s issues troubling your mind. Refuse to live
backwards, see every day as a new chapter.” [Author Unknown]

1079.) “You live out the confusions until they become clear.” – Anais Nin
 1080.) “Everyone must choose one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regrets.”
[Author Unknown]

1081.) “There is nothing in this world that can trouble you more than your own thoughts.” [Author
Unknown]

1082.) “Great minds do not think alike. They challenge each other to think again.” – Adam Grant
(organizational psychologist)

1083.) “Much learning does not teach understanding.” – Heraclitus

1084.) “Once a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right.” –
Robert Hunter

1085.) “Sometimes removing some people out of your life makes room for better people who will
come to fill them in.” – Chester Nanini

1086.) “People will throw stones at you. Don’t throw them back. Collect them all and build an
empire.” [Author Unknown]

1087.) “Every win is a celebration not because it’s a win but because of all the hard work that went
behind it.” [Author Unknown]

1088.) “Don’t expect 100% productivity from a new employee if you are giving them 1% training.” –
Sibel Terhaar

1089.) “The guitar’s all right, but you’ll never earn your living with it.” – John Lennon’s Aunt Mimi
Smith

1090.) “Slow success builds character. Fast success builds ego.” – St. Mother Teresa

1091.) “When a person can’t find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with
pleasure.” [Author Unknown]

1092.) “Reminder: You can’t pour from an empty cup. Take care of yourself first.” [Author
Unknown]

1093.) “Don’t let excitement make you announce things prematurely. Be silent until you’re sure.
Even when you’re sure, don’t give too much away.” [Author Unknown]

1094.) “True friendship withstands time, distance and silence.” – Isabel Allende

1095.) “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” – Albert Einstein

1096.) “Content makes poor men rich. Discontent makes rich men poor.” – Benjamin Franklin

1097.) “Make your vision so clear that your fears become irrelevant.” [Author Unknown]
1098.) “Make a habit of shutting down conversations that involve hating on other people.” [Author
Unknown]

1099.) “There is no excitement in getting a promotion just being blindly obedient and saying ‘yes
sir, yes sir’.” [Author Unknown]

1100.) “Leaving a toxic workplace is an act of bravery, not an act of defeat.” – Sibel Terhaar

1101.) “You can speak with spiritual eloquence, pray in public, and maintain a holy appearance, but
it is your behavior that will reveal your true character.” – Steve Maraboli

1102.) “A resignation shouldn’t turn an employee into an enemy. No employee promises lifetime
loyalty, just like no organization promises lifetime job security.” – Nour Shaito

1103.) “A person who is genuinely appreciated will always do more than what is expected.” –
Thomas Gifford

1104.) “Growth sometimes can come by unlearning what has been taught and learning what is
actually needed. What is taught to us is not always what is needed or helps us grow.” – Diprenda
Tamang

1105.) “Temper is what gets most of us into trouble. Pride is what keeps us there.” [Author
Unknown]

1106.) “Over-thinking is the biggest waste of human energy. Trust yourself, make a decision, and
gain more experience. There is no such thing as perfect. You cannot think your way into perfection,
just take action.” – Sylvester McNutt III

1107.) “A dream written down with a date becomes a goal. A goal broken down into steps becomes
a plan. A plan backed by action makes your dreams come true.” [Author Unknown]

1108.) “A lot of things broke my heart but fixed my vision.” [Author Unknown]

1109.) “Never trust words. Some people have sugar on their lips but venom in their hearts.”
[Author Unknown]

1110.) “Money often costs too much.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

1111.) “Not all speed is movement.” – Toni Cade Bambara

1112.) “Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.” – Arthur
Schopenhauer

1113.) “I am worthy of a job that supports the way I want to live.” – Daniel Abrahams

1114.) “Investing in your mind is the best investment you can make in your entire life.” [Author
Unknown]
 1115.) “Don’t be afraid to make mistakes. Every time I took the wrong step, it led to the right one.”
– Barbara Corcoran

1116.) “Your character and integrity will take you places your talent can’t.” – Yvonne Orji

1117.) “Winners are not people who never fail, but people who never quit.” [Author Unknown]

1118.) “You will never always be motivated, so you must learn to always be disciplined.” – Grant
Cordone

1119.) “Never laugh at someone’s situation, because you just never know if someday you will find
yourself in the very same position.” [Author Unknown]

1120.) “Let the improvement of yourself keep you so busy that you have no time to criticize
others.” – Roy T. Bennett (author)

1121.) “Train your mind to be stronger than your emotions or else you’ll lose yourself every time in
the battle of life.” [Author Unknown]

1122.) “When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”
– Viktor Frankl (psychologist)

1123.) “All that glitters is not gold.” – William Shakespeare

1124.) “Sometimes you have to stay silent because no words can explain what is going on in your
mind and your heart.” [Author Unknown]

1125.) “Love your job but never fall in love with your company because you never know when the
company stops loving you.” – N.R. Narayana Murthy (founder of Infosys)

1126.) “If you wake up and the day is broken, just lean into the crack.” – Bjork

1127.) “Take forgiveness slowly. Don’t blame yourself for being slow. Peace will come.” – Yoko Ono

1128.) “A correct decision can double the confidence, and a wrong decision can double the
experience. So no need to worry about both the situations. Continue to do efforts.” [Author
Unknown, excerpted from a post by a friend – Ms. Ruby Ann Caseres]

1129.) “Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that
impact lasts in your absence.” [Author Unknown]

1130.) “Trust your mind to see the good in everything. Positivity is a choice. The happiness of your
life depends on the quality of your thoughts.” [Author Unknown, but the final statement is
attributed to Marcus Aurelius (former Roman Emperor)]

1131.) “If you delegate tasks, you create followers. If you delegate authority, you create leaders.” –
Craig Groeschel
1132.) “One day you’ll look back and realize that you worried too much about things that didn’t
matter.” – Christopher Hummel

1133.) “Everything in the world began with a Yes.” – Clarice Lispector

1134.) “Don’t compromise yourself. You’re all you’ve got.” – Janis Joplin (legendary rock singer)

1135.) “I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the
strength to start all over again.” – Eric Roth

1136.) “If we go for the easy way, we never change.” – Marina Abramovic

1137.) “Motivate yourself. Don’t listen to those who only see your mistakes.” [Author Unknown]

1138.) “If you really want something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.” – Jim
Rohn [similar to our local saying, “Pag gusto may paraan. Pag ayaw may dahilan.”]

1139.) “Knowledge isn’t free. You have to pay attention.” – Richard P. Feynman

1140.) “If you cannot explain something in simple terms, you don’t understand it.” – Richard P.
Feynman

1141.) “You have to fail in order to practice being brave.” – Mary Tyler Moore

1142.) “If you lose your health, make sure nothing follows.” [Author Unknown]

1143.) “Fear has no place in management and leadership. If anyone uses fear as a strategy to get
their people to work, that person has no place leading or managing anyone.” – Gifford Thomas

1144.) “You get to choose what holds power in your life.” [Author Unknown]

1145.) “The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.” – Elbert Hubbard

1146.) “Facts are useless on their own. Our role in Project Controls is to analyze those facts and
provide the value and recommendation in a project.” – Chris Carson (AACEI)

1147.) “Forgive others. Not because they deserve forgiveness, but because you deserve peace.”
[Author Unknown]

1148.) “A lot of good things don’t get made because of too much thinking.” – Agnes Martin
[“analysis paralysis”]

1149.) “You don’t meet the people you love, you recognize them.” – Anna Gavalda

1150.) “The quality of our relationships determines the quality of our lives.” – Esther Perel

1151.) “Do not measure today with yesterday.” (How to Enjoy Everyday) [Author Unknown]
 1152.) “Respect is like a mirror. The more you show it to others, the more they will reflect it back.”
[Author Unknown]

1153.) “The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader
adjusts the sails.” – John Maxwell

1154.) “You cannot treat people like garbage and worship God at the same time.” [Author
Unknown]

1155.) “The words ‘I’m sorry’ are a formal declaration of intent. Changed behavior is the actual
apology.” – Kalen Dion

1156.) “You have to do what’s right for you. Nobody else is walking in your shoes.” [Author
Unknown]

1157.) “The difference between school and life? In school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a
test in life. In life, you’re given a test that teaches you a lesson.” [Author Unknown]

1158.) “Time is like a river. You cannot touch the same water twice, because the flow that has
passed will never pass again. Enjoy every moment of your life.” [Author Unknown]

1159.) “If people are doubting how far you can go, go so far that you can’t hear them anymore.” –
Michele Ruiz

1160.) “Trust is like glass. Once broken, it will never be the same again.” [Author Unknown]

1161.) “When you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the
truth.” – Sherlock Holmes (through the words of Arthur Conan Doyle)

1162.) “You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If
you’re not passionate enough from the start, you’ll never stick it out.” – Steve Jobs

1163.) “A chip on the shoulder is too heavy a piece of baggage to carry through life.” – John
Hancock (first signatory to the American Declaration of Independence, 04 July 1776)

1164.) “Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.” – Benjamin Franklin

1165.) “It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.” – George Washington

1166.) “I never expect to see a perfect work from an imperfect man.” – Alexander Hamilton

1167.) “The essence of Government is power; and power lodged as it must be, in human hands, will
ever be liable to abuse.” – James Madison (principal author of the US Constitution)

1168.) “My movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike
those of a culprit who is going to the place of his execution.” – George Washington (30 days before
his inauguration as the first US President)
1169.) “Happiness is something that multiplies when it is divided.” – Paulo Coelho

1170.) There’s no such thing in anyone’s life as an unimportant day.” – Alexander Woollcott

1171.) “Your best teacher is your last mistake.” [Author Unknown]

1172.) “One of the hardest decisions made in life is to choose which bridge to burn and which
bridge to cross.” (Be wise in which bridges you burn. Someday, it might save your life.) [Author
Unknown]

1173.) “Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.” – Sir Winston Churchill (former UK
Prime Minister)

1174.) “You don’t always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breathe, trust, let go, and see
what happens.” [Author Unknown]

1175.) “Many of us want the perks of leadership without the price of leadership.” – John Maxwell

1176.) “Nobody will remember your profile, your skill set, your salary. Everybody will remember the
tasty lunches you brought to office.” [Author Unknown]

1177.) “Manipulation is when they blame you for your reaction to their toxic behavior, but never
discuss their disrespect that triggered you.” [Author Unknown]

1178.) “I choose a lazy person to do a hard job because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.”
[attributed to Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft]

1179.) “You’ll never feel ready to start something that scares you, so do it scared. Confidence builds
after we take action, not before.” – Daniel Abrahams.

1180.) “Don’t find fault, find a remedy.” – Henry Ford (automobile pioneer)

1181.) “If you tell the truth, it becomes a part of your past. But if you lie, it becomes a part of your
future.” [Author Unknown]

1182.) “At every job you should either learn or earn. Either is fine. Both is best. But if it’s neither,
quit.” – Garry Tan

1183.) “6+3=9, but so does 5+4. The way you do things isn’t the only way to do them. Respect other
people’s way of thinking.” [Author Unknown)

1184.) “Everyone makes mistakes in life, but that doesn’t mean they have to pay for them the rest
of their life. Sometimes good people make bad choices. It doesn’t mean they are bad. It means they
are human.” [Author Unknown]

1185.) “Always believe that what is coming is better than what is gone.” [Author Unknown]
1186.) “Be careful what you tolerate, you are teaching people how to treat you.” [Author
Unknown]

1187.) “A Contract is only as good as the people signing it.” – Jeffrey Fry

1188.) “Speak in such a way that others love to listen to you. Listen in such a way that others love
to speak to you.” [Author Unknown]

1189.) “Your health is an investment, not an expense. Although it will become an expense if you
don’t take time to invest in it.” [Author Unknown]

1190.) “There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light comes in.” – Leonard Cohen

1191.) “Right actions for the future are the best apologies for wrong ones in the past.” – Tryon
Edwards

1192.) “The single most important claims avoidance technique in the industry is for the Contractor
to make money.” – Chris Carson (AACEI Founding Member and legendary construction claims and
project controls specialist)

1193.) “Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something
else.” – Fred Rogers

1194.) “First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win.” –
Mahatma Gandhi

1195.) “Never allow a person to tell you no, who doesn’t have the power to say yes.” – Eleanor
Roosevelt

1196.) “Chase the vision, not the money; the money will end up following you.” – Tony Hsieh

1197.) “The culture of any organization is shaped by the worst behavior the leader is willing to
tolerate.” – Gruenter & Whitaker

1198.) “We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.” – Seneca

1199.) “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.” – Albert Einstein

1200.) “We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t
have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.” – Frederick Koenig

1201.) “Happiness consists more in small conveniences or pleasures that occur every day, than in
great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom to a man in the course of his life.” – Benjamin
Franklin

1202.) “Many people think excitement is happiness. But when you are excited, you are not
peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
1203.) “You can’t laugh and be afraid at the same time of anything.” – Stephen Colbert

1204.) “Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.” – Rumi

1205.) “If you stay, stay forever. If you go, do it today. If you change, change for the better. And if
you talk, make sure you mean what you say.” [Author Unknown]

1206.) “Never stop learning, because life never stops teaching.” [Author Unknown]

1207.) “If you look around and see nothing but darkness, maybe you are the light.” [Author
Unknown]

1208.) “If Plan A doesn’t work, just remember there are 26 letters in the alphabet.” [Author
Unknown]

1209.) “Knowing that things could be worse should not stop us from trying to make them better.”
[Author Unknown, sent by SCIC-HR]

1210.) “Remember, being happy doesn’t mean you have it all. It simply means you are thankful for
all that you have.” [Author Unknown]

1211.) “People don’t want to hear this, but words not matching actions is called manipulation. And
refusing to be held accountable for it is called gaslighting.” [Author Unknown]

1212.) “The only one who can tell you ‘you can’t win’ is you and you don’t have to listen.” – Jessica
Ennis-Hill

1213.) “Tough times never last, but tough people do.” [Author Unknown]

1214.) “What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving
your goals.” [Author Unknown]

1215.) “Remember this: Losing toxic people is a win.” [Author Unknown]

1216.) “I don’t hide my scars. They are proof that I showed up for life. And fought.” [Author
Unknown]

1217.) “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” – Frederick Douglass (19 th
century African-American civil rights leader)

1218.) “Stop wondering if you’re good enough. Know you are and start acting like it.” [Author
Unknown]

1219.) “I only want one thing from the fake people; distance.” – Carlos Dominguez

1220.) “I’m aware that people talk behind my back. It’s a pleasure to know they don’t have the guts
to say it on my face.” – Carlos Dominguez
1221.) “You glow differently when you have money.” [Author Unknown]

1222.) “Just because a person smiles all the time doesn’t mean their life is perfect. That smile is a
symbol of Hope and Strength.” [Author Unknown]

1223.) “Don’t spend major time on minor things.” – Jim Rohn

1224.) “Sometimes temporary people teach you permanent lessons.” [Author Unknown]

1225.) “You’re so much stronger than your excuses.” [Author Unknown]

1226.) “If you think nobody cares about you, try missing a couple of payments.” – Hidetaka
Miyazaki

1227.) “The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.” – Aristotle

1228.) “Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.” – Aristotle

1229.) “Our characters are the result of our conduct.” – Aristotle

1230.) “A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end.” – Aristotle

1231.) “Hope is the dream of a waking man.” – Aristotle

1232.) “Much more practical are those mental activities and reflections which have their goal in
themselves and take place for their own sake.” – Aristotle

1233.) “The eternal difference between right and wrong does not fluctuate, it is immutable.” –
Patrick Henry

1234.) “Do not take life too seriously, you will never get out of it alive.” – Elbert Hubbard

1235.) “I have a simple philosophy: Fill what’s empty. Empty what’s full. And scratch where it
itches.” – Alice Roosevelt Longworth

1236.) “It’s never too late to be wise.” – Daniel Defoe

1237.) “My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully, and yell for help if you need it.” – Judy
Blume

1238.) “The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t said.” – Peter Drucker

1239.) “The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.” – Edward Gibbons

1240.) “If you need something from somebody, always give that person a way to hand it to you.” –
Sue Monk Kidd

1241.) “If you look for perfection, you will never be satisfied.” – Leo Tolstoy
1242.) “Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.” – Alan Watts

1243.) “There is in the worst of fortune the best of chances for a happy change.” – Euripides (Greek
Philosopher)

1244.) “The key to happiness is to find your passion and pursue it relentlessly, even on a Monday.”
[Author Unknown]

1245.) “Bear in mind that the wonderful things you learn in your schools are the work of many
generations. All this is put in your hands as your inheritance in order that you may receive it, honor
it, add to it, and one day faithfully hand it on to your children.” – Albert Einstein

1246.) “I want to go when I want. It is tasteless to prolong life artificially. I have done my share; it is
time to go. I will do it elegantly.” – Albert Einstein

1247.) “Maybe who we are isn’t so much about what we do, but rather what we’re capable of
when we least expect it.” – Jodi Picoult

1248.) “I do not think it worthwhile to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for
it.” – Jane Austen

1249.) “I am content to be Marilyn Monroe, to the best of my ability. Being one’s self is a twenty-
four hour a day job anyway, isn’t it?” – Marilyn Monroe

1250.) “I really don't think I can go as fast as other people. They get in their cars, they run into each
other, they never stop. I don't think mankind was intended to be like machines. Besides, it's a great
waste of time — you get more done doing it more sensibly, more leisurely.” – Marilyn Monroe

1251.) “Success is not final, failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Sir
Winston Churchill

1252.) “I don’t follow the ‘respect is earned’ philosophy. I respect everyone automatically and then
each person has the opportunity to lose my respect based on their behavior.” [Author Unknown]

1253.) “Wealth flows from smart decisions, not just from hard work alone.” [Author Unknown]

1254.) “Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.” – Albert Camus

1255.) “Life is a game. We can’t undo a move, but we can make the next one better.” [Author
Unknown]

1256.) “An empty mind makes the most noise.” [Author Unknown]

1257.) “What comes out of your mouth can hurt a person as much as your fists.” [Author Unknown]

1258.) “Our mind is the best receptor of information. Make sure that all it receives isn’t trash.”
[Author Unknown]
1259.) “Always remember that you are an influence in somebody’s life.” [Author Unknown]

1260.) “Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t
hurt them.” – Dalai Lama

1261.) “It is not about the ideas, it is about making the ideas happen.” – Scott Belsky

1262.) “Isn’t It nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?” – L.M.
Montgomery

1263.) “The beginning is always today.” – Mary Shelley

1264.) “Life doesn’t come with a manual. It comes with a mother.” [Author Unknown] – a Mother’s
Day thought, 12 May 2024

1265.) “Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use.” – Ruth Gordon

1266.) “Accept both compliments and criticism. Because a flower to grow takes both sun and rain.”
[Author Unknown]

1267.) “Sometimes it seems that the louder someone claims sainthood, the bigger the horns they
are hiding.” – Steve Maraboli

1268.) “There is a purpose for everyone you meet. Some people come into your life to test you,
some to teach you, some to use you, and some to bring out the very best in you.” [Author Unknown]

1269.)
*** As with all matters of contract management and administration, the contract conditions can
only provide the parties with the framework to deliver upon such objectives. The responsibility to
make it work remains with those involved in the process. – Phil Duggan (Driver-Trett, Middle East)

*** “Claims should not be made or taken personally as they are simply the means available to the
Parties to the Contract to be able to adjust the contractual and economic relationship between
them to meet changing conditions.” – E. Fisk and Wayne Reynolds (“Construction Project
Administration}

*** “This is the most powerful weapon in the universe. It only has one weakness – it’s user.”
[quote from “Green Lantern” (Animated Film)]

*** “In brightest day, in blackest night, no evil shall escape my sight. Let those who worship evil’s
might, beware my power, Green Lantern’s light.” [Green Lantern Oath]