Quotes for June

"Doubt whom you will, but never yourself." John Christian Bovee

"Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity." Bo Bennett

"The sentiment of justice is so natural, and so universally acquired by all mankind, that it seems to be independent of all law, all party, all religion." Voltaire

"One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time." Andre Gide

"To sin is a human business, to justify sins is a devilish business." Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy

"Discontent is the first necessity of progress." Thomas A. Edison

"One of the most important lessons that experience teaches is that, on the whole, success depends more upon character than upon either intellect or fortune." William Edward Hartpole Lecky

"If we're growing, we're always going to be out of our comfort zone." John Maxwell

"If we do not discipline ourselves, the world will do it for us." William Feather

"Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life." Sandra Carey

"Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we might win, by fearing to attempt." William Shakespeare

"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." Seneca

"A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. You must break out of your current comfort zone and become comfortable with the unfamiliar and the unknown." Denis Waitley

"The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted." Mother Teresa

"One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention." Clifton Fadiman

"Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality; man, alone, can dream and make his dreams come true." Napoleon Hill

"What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your own." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"The greatest reverses of fortune are the most easily borne from a sort of dignity belonging to them." William Hazlitt

"Magnetism is one of the Six Fundamental Forces of the Universe, with the other five being Gravity, Duct Tape, Whining, Remote Control, and The Force That Pulls Dogs Toward The Groins Of Strangers." Dave Barry

"You never will be the person you can be if pressure, tension and discipline are taken out of your life." James G. Bilkey

"Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth." Katherine Mansfield

"In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it." Norman Vincent Peale

"A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position." John Maxwell

"Difficulties increase the nearer we approach the goal." Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

"People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within." Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

"You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can." Jimmy Carter

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

"The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person's determination." Tommy Lasorda

"Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors." Confucius

"If you must begin, then go all the way, because if you begin and quit, the unfinished business you have left behind begins to haunt you all the time." Chogyam Trungpa

"An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her." Agatha Christie

"Be determined to handle any challenge in a way that will make you grow." Les Brown

"Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can - there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did." Sarah Caldwell

"More than anything else, I believe it's our decisions, not the conditions of our lives, that determine our destiny." Anthony Robbins

"The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love." William Wordsworth

"Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time." Thomas Merton

"Live as you will wish to have lived when you are dying." Christian Furchtegott Gellert

"A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance." Benjamin Disraeli

"Storms make the oak grow deeper roots." George Herbert

"I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back." Maya Angelou

"It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent, so much as the smallness of his wants." William Cobbett

"If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude." Colin Powell

"If you desire many things, many things will seem few." Benjamin Franklin

"He who controls the present, controls the past. He who controls the past, controls the future." George Orwell

"Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough, You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it." James M. Barrie

"Confidence is contagious; so is lack of confidence." Vince Lombardi

"A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means." William Hazlitt

"The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat." Sam Snead