Quote Collection: October 2024

"I see the world being slowly transformed into a wilderness; I hear the approaching thunder that, one day, will destroy us too. I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look up at the sky, I somehow feel that everything will change for the better, that this cruelty too shall end, that peace and tranquility will return once more."

 - Anne Frank

"To do something well is so worthwhile that to die trying to do it better cannot be foolhardy. It would be a waste of life to do nothing with one's ability, for I feel that life is measured in achievement, not in years alone."

 - Bruce McLaren

"Have no fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with you, therefore no harm can befall you; all is very, very well. Do this in complete faith and confidence."

 - Pope John Paul II

“Look before, or you’ll find yourself behind.” 

 - Benjamin Franklin in Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1735

“What more valuable than Gold? Diamonds. Than Diamonds? Virtue.”

 - Benjamin Franklin in Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1751

“I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business. I read and think. So I do more reading and thinking, and make less impulse decisions than most people in business. I do it because I like this kind of life.”

 - Warren Buffet

“If we become increasingly humble about how little we know, we may be more eager to search.” 

 - Ian Templeman

“I have no special talent, I am only passionately curious.” 

 - Albert Einstein

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” 

 - Thomas Edison 

“Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.”

 - Denis Waitley 

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”

  - Albert Schweitzer  

 “Everyone has a plan ‘till they get punched in the mouth”

 - Mike Tyson

“Change is the law of life. And those who only look to the past or present are certain to miss the future”

 - John F. Kennedy 

“If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading”

 - Lao Tzu