Post by Patti on Oct 6, 2003 11:09:15 GMT -5
"Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to error that counts."
- Nikki Giovanni
"When I keep putting something off, it may not be procrastination, but a decision I've already made and not yet admitted to myself."
- Judith M. Knowlton
"If you're imprisoned by the fear of appearing foolish or of being criticized, then you won't ever get very much done. Those who risk appearing foolish are the ones who accomplish things."
- Ralph Marston
"I haven't taken my Christmas lights down. They look so nice on the pumpkin."
- Winston Spear
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
-Thomas Alva Edison
"Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."
- Unknown
"The only limits you have are the limits you believe."
- Dr. Wayne Dyer
"Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it."
- Lou Holtz
"I think I was fifteen or so before I realized my name wasn't "Shhhh.""
- Erma Bombeck
"The secret of getting ahead is getting started."
- Sally Berger
"The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing that you will make one."
- Ellen Hubbard
"The pursuit of excellence is gratifying and healthy; the pursuit of perfection is frustrating, neurotic, and a terrible waste of time."
- Unknown
"Success is getting up one more time than you fall down."
- Unknown
"Never put off till tomorrow what can be put off till day-after-tomorrow just as well."
- Mark Twain
"Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task."
- William James
"Change happens NOT by trying to make yourself change, but by becoming aware of what's NOT working."
-Shakti Gawain
"One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries."
- A. A. Milne
"If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it."
- Mary Engelbreit
"My mind can spin out in endless directions with excuses that keep me from moving ahead, from taking risks. It's exhausting. I analyze and analyze, getting stuck in my head rather than including my heart and listening to what my soul is trying to tell me."
- Judith Light
"It's easier to act your way into a new way of thinking than to think your way into a new way of acting."
- Millard Fuller (founder of Habitat for Humanity)
"Procrastination is the thief of time."
- John Dos Pasos
"Trying to be normal is the greatest abnormality in the world."
- Becky Alunan
"You don't need endless time and perfect conditions. Do it now. Do it today. Do it for twenty minutes and watch your heart start beating."
- Barbara Sher
"Every strike brings me closer to the next home run."
- Babe Ruth
"There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is in having lots to do and not doing it."
- Mary Wilson Little
"Whether you believe you can, or whether you believe you can't, you're absolutely right."
- Henry Ford
"I personally am inclined to approach housework the way governments treat dissent: ignore it until it revolts."
- Barbara Kingsolver
"It's a small world, but not if you have to clean it."
- Barbara Kruger
"Everything interesting happens at the edge of chaos. The idea that you can arrive at a state where things are finished, where no further change is possible or necessary - that's a state of death, and the only thing that can result from it is decay."
- Jane Jacobs
"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."
- Thomas Alva Edison
"One hundred percent of the shots I don't make don't go in."
- Wayne Gretzky
"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all."
- Dale Carnegie
"Embrace your uniqueness. Time is much too short to be living someone else's life."
- Kobi Yamada
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to error that counts."
- Nikki Giovanni
"When I keep putting something off, it may not be procrastination, but a decision I've already made and not yet admitted to myself."
- Judith M. Knowlton
"If you're imprisoned by the fear of appearing foolish or of being criticized, then you won't ever get very much done. Those who risk appearing foolish are the ones who accomplish things."
- Ralph Marston
"I haven't taken my Christmas lights down. They look so nice on the pumpkin."
- Winston Spear
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
-Thomas Alva Edison
"Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."
- Unknown
"The only limits you have are the limits you believe."
- Dr. Wayne Dyer
"Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it."
- Lou Holtz
"I think I was fifteen or so before I realized my name wasn't "Shhhh.""
- Erma Bombeck
"The secret of getting ahead is getting started."
- Sally Berger
"The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing that you will make one."
- Ellen Hubbard
"The pursuit of excellence is gratifying and healthy; the pursuit of perfection is frustrating, neurotic, and a terrible waste of time."
- Unknown
"Success is getting up one more time than you fall down."
- Unknown
"Never put off till tomorrow what can be put off till day-after-tomorrow just as well."
- Mark Twain
"Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task."
- William James
"Change happens NOT by trying to make yourself change, but by becoming aware of what's NOT working."
-Shakti Gawain
"One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries."
- A. A. Milne
"If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it."
- Mary Engelbreit
"My mind can spin out in endless directions with excuses that keep me from moving ahead, from taking risks. It's exhausting. I analyze and analyze, getting stuck in my head rather than including my heart and listening to what my soul is trying to tell me."
- Judith Light
"It's easier to act your way into a new way of thinking than to think your way into a new way of acting."
- Millard Fuller (founder of Habitat for Humanity)
"Procrastination is the thief of time."
- John Dos Pasos
"Trying to be normal is the greatest abnormality in the world."
- Becky Alunan
"You don't need endless time and perfect conditions. Do it now. Do it today. Do it for twenty minutes and watch your heart start beating."
- Barbara Sher
"Every strike brings me closer to the next home run."
- Babe Ruth
"There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is in having lots to do and not doing it."
- Mary Wilson Little
"Whether you believe you can, or whether you believe you can't, you're absolutely right."
- Henry Ford
"I personally am inclined to approach housework the way governments treat dissent: ignore it until it revolts."
- Barbara Kingsolver
"It's a small world, but not if you have to clean it."
- Barbara Kruger
"Everything interesting happens at the edge of chaos. The idea that you can arrive at a state where things are finished, where no further change is possible or necessary - that's a state of death, and the only thing that can result from it is decay."
- Jane Jacobs
"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."
- Thomas Alva Edison
"One hundred percent of the shots I don't make don't go in."
- Wayne Gretzky
"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all."
- Dale Carnegie
"Embrace your uniqueness. Time is much too short to be living someone else's life."
- Kobi Yamada
