Wednesday 1 June 2011

Woody Allen

"Eighty percent of success is showing up."

Irish Blessing

May the sun always shine on your windowpane; May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain; May the hand of a friend always be near you; May God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.

Richard L. Evans golden words

Children will not remember you for the material things you provided but for the feeling that you cherished them

Monday 30 May 2011

John Maxwell Golden words

Life is 10% of what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it

Saturday 19 March 2011

golden words A Beautiful Mind

"Charles: Nothing's ever for sure, John. That's the only sure thing I do know."
"Nash: I've made the most important discovery of my life. It's only in the mysterious equation of love that any logical reasons can be found. I'm only here tonight because of you. You are the only reason I am... you are all my reasons.
"Charles: Her husband was too drunk to know he was too drunk to drive.  

Tuesday 15 March 2011

Marva Collins

"Don't try to fix the students, fix ourselves first. The good teacher makes the poor student good and the good student superior. When our students fail, we, as teachers, too, have failed."

Saturday 12 March 2011

Quotes by men who have changed the course of American history

These quotes from some of the forefathers and presidents that have been inspirations to men and established the United States of America.

 
1) “I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my Country.”
--George Washington

2) “Diligence is the mother of good luck.”
--Benjamin Franklin
 
3) “Give me Liberty, or give me Death!”
--Patrick Henry
The speech was given as an opposition to the English Crown in 1775, however, this quote will always be heard wherever there is oppression of freedom. Life will not be worthwhile without being able to do the things we want to do.
 
4) Determine never to be idle...It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.

5) “A house divided against itself cannot stand.”
--Abraham Lincoln
 
6) "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far."
--Theodore Roosevelt
 
7) “I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.”
Quoted from the man who is the father of the atomic bomb.
 
8) “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.
The person who fought for equal rights with a peaceful advocate.
 
9) “Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”
--Ronald Regan
Led to the collapse of the Soviet Union.
 
10) “You are either with us, or against us”
--George W. Bush
The culmination of the war against terror that changed the United States.

Golden words:John Wooden's Top 10 Inspirational Quotes

There aren't many men, be it in sports, education or business that are quoted more than the imortal Basketball ledgend John Wooden and his Inspirational Quotes:

1. "Nothing will work unless you do."

2. "Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be."

3. "Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are."

4. "I'd rather have a lot of talent and little experience than a lot of experience and little talent."

5. "The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team."

6. "Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do."

7. "Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of being."

8. "Ability is a poor man's wealth."

9. "The athlete who says that something cannot be done should never interrupt the one who is doing it."

10. "You can't live a perfect day with doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you."

Tuesday 1 March 2011

Marcus Aurelius

"Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"The really unhappy person is the one who leaves undone what they can do, and starts doing what they don't understand; no wonder they come to grief."

Ralph Waldo Emerson golden word

"People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never."

Zig Ziglar Golden word

"You are the only person on earth who can use your ability."