I’ve always loved a good quotation. If you find them hokey, get off this page! You only have 10 minutes! Don’t spend time on something that’s not worthwhile to you!
But, if you do like a good quotation, these are some I feel really get to the heart of the purpose here. They’re all meant to show that just getting started is half the battle, and moving forward, advancing the ball just a little, is a success.
When I find one that hits home for me I write it on a Post-It note (am I supposed to do some trademark symbol there or something? This whole blogging thing is new to me) and stick it on my computer.
Here are a few. If you have a quote you like, please let me know…Send quote.
- “Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.” Henry Ford
- “Man cannot discover new oceans until he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” Andre Gide
- “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” Robert Louis Stevenson, sent in by Wanda
- “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” Sally Berger, sent in by Nancy
- “Don’t complain about what you have to do… just be happy you are able to do it.” Sent in by Maggie (my mother), quoting my grandmother
- “If it causes more stress than joy, don’t do it.” sent in by Nancy, who saw it in an article about de-stressing the holidays. Words to live by!
- “The perfect is the enemy of the good.” Voltaire, sent in by Jackie
- “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” Helen Keller, sent in by Victoria
- “If you understand, things are just as they are. If you do not
understand, things are just as they are.” Chinese Proverb sent in by Jun - “For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips,
speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge
that you are never alone.” Audrey Hepburn, sent in by Victoria - “If the life that you dream of far exceeds the life that you live……..
mind the gap.” submitted by Victoria - “You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.” Jack Kornfield, submitted by Erin
- “Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘Press On’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”
– Calvin Coolidge, submitted by Carolyn - “Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.” Abigail Adams
- “Well begun is half done.” Aristotle
- “Whether you think you can or whether you think you can’t, you’re right.” Henry Ford
- “Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.” Thomas Edison
- “A journey of 10,000 miles begins with but a single step.” Chinese proverb
- “What the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” Napoleon Hill
- “When you want something, all the universe conspires to help you achieve it.” From The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo
- “I long to accomplish a great and noble tasks, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble. The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.” Helen Keller