Say What?, Sandy Foster [management books to read TXT] 📗

the deterioration of life, but the deterioration of our faith, our enthusiasm, our will to progress.” – Connie Fillmore
543. “Always aim for achievement, and forget about success.” – Helen Hayes
544. “Friendship is a promise of future loyalty, loyalty no matter what comes. Promises are the bricks of life and trust is the mortar.” – Stephen Carter, “The Emperor of Ocean Park
545. “Each day, and the living of it, has to be a conscious creation in which discipline and order are relieved with some play and pure foolishness.” – May Sarton
546. “Everyone has talent. What’s rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.” – Erica Jong
547. “Work and play are words used to describe the same thing under differing circumstances.” – Mark Twain
548. “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” – Robert Louis Stevenson
549. “One cannot help being old, but one can resist being aged.” – Lord Samuel
550. “Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don’t.” – Pete Seeger
551. “There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend.” – Katherine Butler Hathaway
552. “After the verb ‘to love’, ‘to help’ is the most beautiful verb in the world.” – Bertha von Suttner
553. “Imagination was given to us to compensate for what we are not; a sense of humor was given to us to console us for what we are.” – Mark McGinnis
554. “Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends with them?” – Abraham Lincoln
555. “All problems become smaller if you don’t dodge them, but confront them. Touch a thistle timidly and it pricks you; grasp it boldly and its spine crumbles.” – William S. Halsey
556. “A lie has speed, but truth has endurance.” – Edgard Mohn
557. “Why can’t life’s problems hit us when we’re 17 and know everything?” – A.C. Jolly
558. “One can acquire everything in solitude – except character.” – Henri Stendhal
559. “Get a life in which you are not alone. Find people you love and who love you. And remember that love is not leisure; it is work.” – Anna Quindlen
560. “Everything that is worthwhile in life is scary. Choosing a school, choosing a career, getting married, having kids – all those things are scary. If it is not fearful, it is not worthwhile.” – Paul Tornier
561. “Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful or to discover something that is true.” – William Inge
562. “The talent for being happy is appreciating and liking what you have, instead of what you don’t have.” – Woody Allen
563. “He who wants a rose must respect the thorn.” – Persian Proverb
564. “Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.” – Albert Einstein
565. “…And these children that you spit on as they try to change their world are immune to your consultations. They’re quite aware of what they’re going through.” – David Bowie
566. “Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee and do not try to maker the universe a blind alley.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
567. “The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing in the right place, but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.” – Dorothy Nevill
568. “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” – Cicero
569. “Conditions are never just right. People who delay action until all factors are favorable are the kind who do nothing.” – William Feather
570. “Enthusiasm finds the opportunities and energy makes the most of them.” – Henry S. Haskins
571. “Friendship is about sharing.”
572. “Forgiveness is giving love when there is no reason to.”
573. “Apologize immediately when you lose your temper.”
574. “Save your best for a friend.”
575. “Good breeding consists of concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.” – Mark Twain
576. “Pain is your friend, your ally. It will tell you when you are seriously injured. It will keep you awake and angry and remind you to finish the job and get the hell home. But, you know the best thing about pain? It lets you know you’re not dead yet.” – Master Chief, GI Jane
577. “What? You’ve never seen two idiots exchange saliva before?” – Lily, The Princess Diaries
578. “Me? A princess? SHUT UP!!” – Mia, The Princess Diaries
579. “I’m going to straighten up the royal bedchamber.” – Mia, The Princess Diaries
580. “So, the future of your country is in the hands of my 15-year-old?” – Mia’s Mom, The Princess Diaries
581. “Do you raise limousines, too?” – Mia The Princess Diaries
582. “You can call me ‘Joe’.” – Joe, “Joey?” – Mia, “No, Joe.” – Joe, The Princess Diaries
583. “This is a non-riot hearse. If it were a hearse, there would be silence in the back.” – Joe, The Princess Diaries
584. “Amelia, does your bad posture affect your hearing?” – Clarice, The Princess Diaries
585. “Charlotte, I think it’s time for tea.” – Clarice, The Princess Diaries
586. “I never put on pantyhose, but it sounds dangerous.” – Joe, The Princess Diaries
587. “No bobbing of the head. It’s not a doggie on the dashboard.” – Joe, The Princess Diaries
588. “You’ve been wearing black for too long.” – Joe to Clarice, The Princess Diaries
589. “Oi! Who destroyed you?” – Lily, The Princess Diaries
590. “You look ridiculous. You should sue.” – Lily, The Princess Diaries
591. “Was my rear view mirror fogging up or was someone tearing back there?” – Joe, The Princess Diaries
592. “No one should make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Joe, The Princess Diaries
593. “I can’t feel my toes! I don’t have any toes! I think I need a hug.” – Donkey, Shrek
594. “Share the snowballs!: – Ciderhouse Rules
595. “We’re supposed to be in color!” – Mary Sue, Pleasantville
596. “Can we do any better?” – Mary Sue, Pleasantville
597. “You just got promoted.” – Benny, The Mummy
598. “Your strength gives me strength.” – Benny, The Mummy
599. “Relax. I’m the map. It’s all up here.” – Rick, The Mummy
600. “Hey, Benny! It looks to me that you’re on the wrong side of the river.” – Rick, The Mummy
601. “Hey, you little stink weed, where’ve you been?” – Rick, The Mummy
602. “The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but to reveal to him his own.” – Benjamin Disraeli
603. “What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us, what we have done for others and the world remains immortal.” – Albert Pike
604. “When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one and a lily with the other.”“ – Chinese Proverb
605. “It’s not the size of the dog in the fight; it’s the size of the fight in the dog.” – Mark Twain
606. “The greatest carver does the least cutting.” – Tao Te Ching
607. “Most persons would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
608. “If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.” – Lucy Lareom
609. “Failure is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.” – Rabindranath Tago
610. “In our Journey towards God, we proceed like those small birds whose flight is in loops. They always seem to be about to drop, but the drop in the flight seems to urge them forward.” – Gerard W. Hughes
611. “There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” – Beverly Sills
612. “We know nothing of tomorrow, our business is to be good and happy today.” – Sydney Smith
613. “There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other is wings.” – Hodding Carter
614. “The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.” – Lilly Tomlin
615. “Kindly words, sympathizing attentions, watchfulness against wounding men’s sensitivities – these cost very little, but they are priceless in their value.” – F.W. Robertson
616. “Strive to realize a state of inward happiness, independent of circumstances.” – J.P. Greaves
617. “A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.” – St. Francis of Assisi
618. “There are two ways of spreading light – to be a candle or the mirror that reflects it.” – Edith Wharton
619. “Every exit is an entry somewhere else.” – Tom Stoppard
620. “When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package.” – John Ruskin
621. “It is easy to love the people far away. It is not always easy to love those close to us. Bring love into your home for this is where our love for each other must start.” – Mother Teresa
622. “Never think that God’s delays are God’s denials. Hold on; hold fast; hold out. Patience is genius.” – Conte de Buffon
623. “Unshared joy is an unlighted candle.” – Spanish proverb
624. “Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer
625. “All comes at the proper time to him who knows how to want.” – St. Vincent de Paul
626. “Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don’t recognize them.” – Ann Landers
627. “The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.” – Walter Bagehot
628. “Growth in wisdom may be exactly measured by decrease in bitterness.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
629. “What likes behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
630. “We grow old as soon as we cease to love and trust.” – Madame de Chorseul
631. “There is only one success – to be able to spend your life in your own way. “ – Christopher Morley
632. “What would like be like if we had no courage to attempt anything?” – Vincent van Gogh
633. “Go and surprise the world by doing something right.” – Mark Twain
634. “Do everything in love.” – I Corinthians 16:14
635. “Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you.” – I Peter 5:7
636. “Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ Jesus, God forgave you.” – Ephesians 4:30-31
637. “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever.” – Hebrews 13:8
638. “Like cold water for a weary soul is good news from a distant land.” – Proverbs 25:25
639. “Help God – the bottom has fallen out of my life! Master, hear my cry for help” – Psalm 130, The Message paraphrase
640. “God is in the details.” – Albert Einstein
641. “There are more pleasant things to do than beat people up.” – Muhammad Ali
642. “It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
643. “Without music, life would be a mistake.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
644. “Wagner’s music is better than it sounds.” – Mark Twain
645. “If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
646. “Everyone’s born right-handed, but only the greatest overcome it.” – Left-Hander’s Club of Ireland slogan
647. “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” – Albert Einstein
648. “Man’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.” – Oliver Wendall Holmes, Jr.
649. “History will be kind to me, for