Category: Motivational

“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” – HS Truman

When Thomas Edison was interviewed by a young reporter who boldly asked Mr. Edison if he felt like a failure and if he thought he should just give up by now.  Perplexed, Edison replied, “Young man, why would I feel like a failure?  And why would I ever give up?  I now know definitively over 9,000 ways that an electric light bulb will not work.  Success is almost in my grasp.”  And shortly after that, and over 10,000 attempts, Edison invented the light bulb.

“Don’t let the past steal your present.” – Cherralea Morgen

“You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can’t get them across, your ideas won’t get you anywhere.”  – Lee Iacocca

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“Those who give up essential liberties for temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.”
– Benjamin Franklin

“America will never be destroyed from the outside.  If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“Peace is not the absence of conflict.  It is the ability to handle conflict through peaceful means.”
– Ronald Regan

“Manage your ENERGY, not your time. Time is fixed. Energy varies” – Rick Warren

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

“If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere” – Frank A. Clark

“Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of becoming a successful executive.” – Scott Adams (creator of Dilbert)