Saturday, July 5, 2008

Quotes to Live By

To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. ~ Tennyson's 'Ulysses'
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a step. ~ Lao-tzu
Exploration is the physical expression of the Intellectual Capital. ~ Aspley Cherry-Garrard
Simplicity is the ultimate form of sophistication. ~ Leonardo da Vinci
Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go. ~ T.S. Elliot
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. ~ Mark Twain
All know the way, but few actually walk it. ~ Bodhidharma
The achievement of one goal should be the starting point of another. ~ Alexander Graham Bell
If Not Now, When? ~ Hillel
Never confuse motion with action. ~ Benjamin Franklin
The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving. ~ Johann Wolfgang
Nothing will come of nothing. ~ William Shakespeare
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Life is pure adventure and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art. ~ Maya Angelou
It is always your next move. ~ Napoleon Hill
The danger of an adventure is worth a thousand days of ease and comfort. ~ Paulo Coelho
Sweep away the clutter of things that complicate our lives. ~ Henry David Thoreau
If anything is worth doing, do it with all your heart. ~ Buddha
The beginning is half of every action. ~ Greek Proverb
We must strive to reach that simplicity that lies beyond sophistication. ~ John Gardner
Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed. ~ Mahatma Gandhi
Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively, unless you can choose a challenge instead of a competence. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. ~ Henry David Thoreau
An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered; an adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. ~ G.K. Chesterton
We cannot cross the sea merely by staring at the water. ~ Rabindranath Tagore
Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions. ~ Albert Einstein
Genius is the ability to put into effect what is in your mind. ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they be executed! ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that's the stuff life is made of. ~ Benjamin Franklin
In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing. ~ Teddy Roosevelt
Live not as though there were a thousand years ahead of you. Fate is at your elbow; make yourself good while life and power are still yours. ~ Marcus Aurelius
I would not give a fig for the simplicity on this side of complexity, but I would give my life for the simplicity on the other side of complexity. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
Life is growth. If we stop growing, technically and spiritually, we are as good as dead. ~ Morihei Ueshiba
The most important actions are never comfortable. ~ Timothy Ferriss

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