Meaningful Quotes: Initiative and Diligence
"Don't be banging your shin on a stool that's not in the way." (Unknown)
"If you don't take the time to do it right, you'll find the time to do it twice." (Unknown)
“I could either watch it happen or be a part of it.” (Elon Musk)
"You could be good today, but instead you choose tomorrow." (Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius)
It doesn't matter what you have done; it matters what you are doing. (unknown)
"If it falls your lot to sweep streets, sweep them like Michelangelo painted pictures, like Shakespeare wrote poetry, like Beethoven composed music." (Anonymous, paraphrased by Martin Luther King Jr.)
"We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid." (Benjamin Franklin)
"He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question is a fool forever. We are all born ignorant, but to stay ignorant is a choice, without some form of education you are lost." (Chinese Proverb)
"Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education." (Bertrand Russell)
“Get action. Do things; be sane, don’t fritter away your time; create, act, take a place wherever you are and be somebody; get action.” (Teddy Roosevelt)
"If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in bed with a mosquito." (Bette Reese)
"Aim small; miss small." (Benjamin Martin, The Patriot)
“What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated.” (Thomas Paine)
"Double the powder, and shorten the fuse!" (Captain Hook, Disney's Peter Pan)
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls, and it looks like work." (Thomas Edison)
“In English, there are only three words which end in ‘ceed’: proceed, exceed, succeed. (unknown)
“Lives of great significance begin with a spark – a nudge – a gesture.” (John Furlong, 2010 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony)
“No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.” (William Blake)
“If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write things worth reading or do things worth writing.” (Benjamin Franklin)
“Time given to laziness and sloth will be looked back upon with regret.” (Jim Palmer)
“The process of stretching our minds and utilizing the skills of our hands lifts us from the stagnation of mediocrity.” (Gordon B. Hinckley)
“Each morning, waking, the soul should feel the urge to rise to the ideal person one ought to be from the person one is.” (Leroy Brownlow)
“Opportunity doesn’t knock very loudly on a pillow.” (unknown)
“The road to accomplishment is like any other road: a good place for traveling, but a poor place for sleeping.” (Leroy Brownlow)
“It is in keeping with nature for wood to become driftwood, but it is a miscarriage of nature for man to become driftman.” (Leroy Brownlow)
“Life asks us to make measurable progress in reasonable time. That’s why they make those fourth-grade chairs so small – so you won’t fit in them at age 25.” (Jim Rohn)
“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.” (Elinor Smith)
Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible.” (Cadet Maxim, West Point)
“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” (unknown)
"If you don't take the time to do it right, you'll find the time to do it twice." (Unknown)
“I could either watch it happen or be a part of it.” (Elon Musk)
"You could be good today, but instead you choose tomorrow." (Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius)
It doesn't matter what you have done; it matters what you are doing. (unknown)
"If it falls your lot to sweep streets, sweep them like Michelangelo painted pictures, like Shakespeare wrote poetry, like Beethoven composed music." (Anonymous, paraphrased by Martin Luther King Jr.)
"We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid." (Benjamin Franklin)
"He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question is a fool forever. We are all born ignorant, but to stay ignorant is a choice, without some form of education you are lost." (Chinese Proverb)
"Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education." (Bertrand Russell)
“Get action. Do things; be sane, don’t fritter away your time; create, act, take a place wherever you are and be somebody; get action.” (Teddy Roosevelt)
"If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in bed with a mosquito." (Bette Reese)
"Aim small; miss small." (Benjamin Martin, The Patriot)
“What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated.” (Thomas Paine)
"Double the powder, and shorten the fuse!" (Captain Hook, Disney's Peter Pan)
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls, and it looks like work." (Thomas Edison)
“In English, there are only three words which end in ‘ceed’: proceed, exceed, succeed. (unknown)
“Lives of great significance begin with a spark – a nudge – a gesture.” (John Furlong, 2010 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony)
“No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.” (William Blake)
“If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write things worth reading or do things worth writing.” (Benjamin Franklin)
“Time given to laziness and sloth will be looked back upon with regret.” (Jim Palmer)
“The process of stretching our minds and utilizing the skills of our hands lifts us from the stagnation of mediocrity.” (Gordon B. Hinckley)
“Each morning, waking, the soul should feel the urge to rise to the ideal person one ought to be from the person one is.” (Leroy Brownlow)
“Opportunity doesn’t knock very loudly on a pillow.” (unknown)
“The road to accomplishment is like any other road: a good place for traveling, but a poor place for sleeping.” (Leroy Brownlow)
“It is in keeping with nature for wood to become driftwood, but it is a miscarriage of nature for man to become driftman.” (Leroy Brownlow)
“Life asks us to make measurable progress in reasonable time. That’s why they make those fourth-grade chairs so small – so you won’t fit in them at age 25.” (Jim Rohn)
“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.” (Elinor Smith)
Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible.” (Cadet Maxim, West Point)
“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” (unknown)