Quotes for Inspiration March (06)
George Bernard Shaw said "Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get". I am sure that also means be careful what you wish for. Shaw was a playright, dramatist, equality of income advocate and defender of women's rights. He was born 1856 and died 1950. See biography at your right.
On life
We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.
—Ernest Hemingway
Life is surprising and that’s a good thing, because it’s nice to know that when you least expect it, things can take a sudden turn for the better. You can actually have the life that you think only happens for other people. Isn’t that wonderful?
—Callie Khouri
Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get.
—George Bernard Shaw
On judging others
If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
—Mother Teresa
On proverbs
A proverb is no proverb to you until life has illustrated it.
—John Keats
On writing well
Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it and, above all, accurately so they will be guided by its light.
—Joseph Pulitzer
On plans
I would rather have a good plan today than a perfect plan two weeks from now.
—General George S. Patton
On confidence
When you are asked if you can do a job, tell ’em, "Certainly I can!" Then get busy and find out how to do it.
—Theodore Roosevelt
Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
—Dale Carnegie
On Success>
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
—Henry David Thoreau
On effectiveness
We may be very busy, we may be very efficient, but we will also be truly effective only when we begin with the end in mind.
—Stephen R. Covey
Hone your skills for work and family and you hone them for living life to the fullest
On life
We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.
—Ernest Hemingway
Life is surprising and that’s a good thing, because it’s nice to know that when you least expect it, things can take a sudden turn for the better. You can actually have the life that you think only happens for other people. Isn’t that wonderful?
—Callie Khouri
Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get.
—George Bernard Shaw
On judging others
If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
—Mother Teresa
On proverbs
A proverb is no proverb to you until life has illustrated it.
—John Keats
On writing well
Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it and, above all, accurately so they will be guided by its light.
—Joseph Pulitzer
On plans
I would rather have a good plan today than a perfect plan two weeks from now.
—General George S. Patton
On confidence
When you are asked if you can do a job, tell ’em, "Certainly I can!" Then get busy and find out how to do it.
—Theodore Roosevelt
Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
—Dale Carnegie
On Success>
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
—Henry David Thoreau
On effectiveness
We may be very busy, we may be very efficient, but we will also be truly effective only when we begin with the end in mind.
—Stephen R. Covey
Hone your skills for work and family and you hone them for living life to the fullest
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