Sunday, 10 July 2011

Today's Fortune Quotes!




"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."

"Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent"

"The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true"

"Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance"

"Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow"

"One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat them at politeness"

"Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend"

"The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it"

"Prejudice is opinion without judgement"

"Dance is the hidden language of the soul"

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts"

"I think that we as human beings should have more respect for the difference between knowledge and wisdom." - Mine, copied and modified from Star Wars script.

"Our strength grows out of our weaknesses"

"Make yourself necessary to somebody"

"Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own"

"Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it"

"Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right"

"Pessimism never won any battle"

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance"

"He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever"

"Today might be a great and wondeful day. It depends on you"

"The best gift you can give is a hug: one size fits all and no one ever minds if you return it"

"If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun"

"The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure"

"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the oportunity in every difficulty"

"Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending"

"Esperar o melhor das coisas, se preparar para o pior, e, aceitar o que vier...

Expect the best, prepare yourself for the worst, and accept what will come..."

"Watch what you say of those who say nothing, few are silent"

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life"

"Everyone is gifted - but some people never open their package"

"A man who does not think for himself, does not think at all"

"Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live"

"Nosce te ipsum => Know thyself (Latim) from old Greek"

"What we think, we become (Please don't think you are a superhero and don't try to fly)"

"Try and fail, but don't fail to try"

"A person needs a clean reputation to survive"

"If you're never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take any chances"

"Do right and fear no man"

"Education is the best provision for the journey to the old age"

"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others"

"Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names"

"Try to compliment someone today"

"Many of the great achievements of the world were accomplished by tired and discouraged men who kept on working"