Thomas Jefferson on Goals
“Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.”
- Thomas Jefferson
Archive for September, 2008
Gandhi on Accomplishment
“Every worthwhile accomplishment, big or little, has its stages of drudgery and triumph; a beginning , a struggle and a victory.”
- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Alexander Graham Bell on Power
“What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.”
- Alexander Graham Bell
Albert Einstein on Peace
“The pioneers of peace are the young people who refuse to take up arms.”
- Albert Einstein
Bob Dylan on Heroes
“A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.”
- Bob Dylan
D. Elton Trueblood on Faith
“Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.”
- D. Elton Trueblood
Bill Bartmann on Circumstance
“We will fail, but that’s not really us. It’s just circumstance.”
- Bill Bartmann
Ralph Waldo Emerson on Trust
“Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Norman Vincent Peale on Attitude
“Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude towards it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.”
- Norman Vincent Peale
Bill Bradley on Respect
“Resepct your fellow human being, treat them fairly, disagree with them honestly, enjoy their friendship, explore your thoughts about one another candidly, work together for a common goal and help one another achieve it. No destructive lies. No ridiculous fears. No debilitating anger.”
- Bill Bradley
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