1. If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.
2. Speak Slowly but, Think Quickly.....
3. 'Knowledge is not power, the ability to apply your knowledge is true power'Morne Swanepoel, President Jeet Kune Do Unlimited - South Africa
4. "The way is of acceptance, not of denial"
5. "An eye for an eye only leaves everyone blind" -Ghandi
6. "Every obstacle is a stepping stone to your success."
7. "If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. - Henry David Thoreau"
8. What would you do if you knew you couldn't fail?
9. "Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling 5 balls in the air. You name them - work, family, health, friends and spirit. You are keeping them all in the air when you realize the work ball is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back up to you, but the other four balls - family, health, friends and spirit - are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will irrevocably be scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged or even shattered. They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for balance in your life."Brian Dyson, CEO Coca Cola
10. "History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people."Martin Luther King, Jr.
11. A man was walking on a great journey when he came to a massive wall. He tried to get over it, but couldn't. He tried to go around, but it was too great. He tried to go under, but the ground was too hard. Finally, another traveller came up to the wall. The first turned and said, "It is impossible. I have tried everything to pass this wall and I have failed." The second traveller looked at the wall and walked up to it. He opened a door in it and walked through. "Perhaps you should try the door."The most obvious answer is usually the right one.
12. Victory favors neither the righteous nor the wicked. It favors the prepared.
13. "When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves." ~ William Arthur Ward
14. When the door of happiness closes, another opens, but often times we look so long at the closed door that we don't see the one which has been opened for us.
15. The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything, they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.
16. When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.
17. Ambition without knowledge, is like a boat on dry land.
18. "To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly; to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart; to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never. In a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common. This is to be my symphony."William Henry Channing {1810-1884 American Writer}
19. "The body, mind or spirit has to go through an initial period of discomfort until it adjusts to the new demand" copywright C.J. Doyle
20. Don't judge his heart by the size of the man. Judge the man by the size of his heart.
21. "In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is. " - Jan L.A. van de Snepscheut
22. Expect nothing, then you won't be disappointed...
23. A man who says he does not fear death is bluffing, A man who says he fears neither death nor life is truly fearless. Patrick Owens
24. If you constantly ask yourself "What if..." before trying something for the first time, you'll eventually start saying "I wish I had...."
25. IF YOU SHOOT FOR THE MOON AND COME UP SHORT YOU WILL STILL BE AMONG THE STARS.....
26. You are like a metal chain as you are only as good as your weakness like a metal chain is only as strong as it's weakest link.
27. Anger is a weapon only to your attacker...
28. It is not what you see or hear is the action what really matters at the right time.
29. A wise man does not know everything only fools know everything.
30. Time = Gold, silence=silver , Knowledge= Invaluable
31. Do not rush down the path to its end, for the end does not exist. Every path leads onto another, so enjoy the path you are on...
32. If you can't, you must. If you must you will.
33. "One does not fall "in" or "out" of love. One grows in love." Leo Buscaglia
34. "Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself." Leo Buscaglia
35. Knowledge is not enough we must apply, Willing is not enough we must do.
36. "Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood and probably they will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will never die, but long after we are gone will be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistency. Remember that our sons and daughters are going to do things that would stagger us." Daniel Burnham, 1910
37. Eleven Rules from Bill Gates' new book, "Business @ The Speed of Thought":1) Life is not fair; get used to it.2) The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.3) You will NOT make 40 thousand dollars a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice president with a car phone, until you earn both.4) If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure.5) Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping; they called it opportunity.6) If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.7) Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you are. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parents' generation, try "delousing" the closet in your own room.8) Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not. In some schools they have abolished failing grades; they'll give you as many times as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.9) Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself. Do that on your own time.10)Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.11)Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.
38. Repetition is the mother of skil ...
39. "It's easier to build a child than rebuild an adult !" Clark Walters
40. " I can show you the door, but your the one who has to walk through it."-Morphius
41. It's not the bite of the snake that does damage, but the poison left behind ...
42. I can always do better than what I think I can ...
43. Keep an open mind, but not so open that your brain falls out.
44. "People who fight fire with fire with usually end up with ashes ..." Abigail Vanburen
45. "You can not shake hands with a clenched fist..." Indira Gandhi
46. "Always do right. This will gratify some people, and astonish the rest." Mark Twain
47. There is no try, only do or do not. -Yoda, Star Wars.
48. Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behaviors. Keep your behaviors positive because your behaviors become your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny.- Gandhi
49. In life its not the destination that matters, but the distance traveled. - a student
50. "The only fear, is fear it's self."--Joshua Gallegos
51. not knowing and asking may bring a moment of shame; not knowing and not asking will bring many years of shame.
52. Inquire Within Yourself
53. "There is a difference in not knowing.......and not wanting to know."-anonymous
54. In an age of scientific wonders, the human body is still the world's most dangerous machine.-Fatal Fury
55. Honor is your sword - keep it untarnished and its edge will cut through your enemies as swiftly as the finest steel.
56. You must first look inside then you can see outside. neonpsyke
57. "Control the focus of your mind and you control your life" Jerry Trimble
58. Experience fears the vigor of youth, however youth fears the depth of experience.
59. No matter how big the wave you are riding on now is, you will still eventually have to paddle back out-
60. Thousand mile journey starts with one step
61. There are two roads that touch success. One is through determination and hard work, and one through luck. To take the first path you will get TO SUCCESS from failure, To take the second you will come FROM SUCCESS to failure. - By Victor Ma
62. Education is not the piling on of learning, information, data, facts, skills, or abilities--that's training or instruction--but is rather a making visible what is hidden as a seed... To be educated, a person doesn't have to know much or be informed, but he or she does have to have been exposed vulnerably to the transformative events of an engaged human life... One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled but few are educated. ---Thomas Moore
63. Men will lie to you. Your eyes will deceive you. Steel never lies nor deceives nor hides bitter reality. In the sword, there is truth.
64. Honor is your sword - keep it untarnished and it will cut through your enemies as swiftly as the finest steel.
65. Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habit. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character for it becomes your destiny.
66. A dog at play has the mind of a wise martial arts master, a mind capable of perfect focus. Marc-Christophe
67. "there is a difference of knowing the path and walking it" - Morphius Matrix
68. To change with change, is the changeless state.
69. The easiest way to get lost is when you think you know the Path!!!
70. Is it better not to be born? Or to live then die? Either way, your here now. So take advantage of it!
71. PRACTICE WILL NEVER MAKE YOU PERFECT....ONLY PERFECT PRACTICE WILL MAKE YOU PERFECT!
72. You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. Raph Waldo Emerson