More Quotations

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." -- Edmund Burke

Two quotes from Woody Hayes..."You win with people". The second quote which Hayes used is credited to Emerson. "You can pay back only seldom. You can always pay forward, and you must pay, line for line, deed for deed and cent for cent." I will never be able to back pay to all those who helped me get to where I am today, but I certainly can help others get to their future.

“When you're finished changing, you're finished.” Benjamin Franklin (American Statesman)

"There are only two days that we can't do anything. Yesterday and tomorrow"

"We make a living by what we get, we make a life out of what we give" ......Winston Churchill
or

"A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty"

The first reminds me that it is how we 'use' our resources to better the world that defines us, not the amount of the resources themselves. The second reminds me that we, as individuals, are the only ones who can really define what it means to be 'rich'.

The greatest challenge in life is to figure out what is important to you and disregard the rest.

From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
Arthur Ashe... When you have a passion for something it doesnt matter how much $ you make, if you enjoy what you do, it creates financial rewards.

A former boss used to say to me "It only takes one." I haven't forgotten it ---- as it applies to finding a job, making a decision, etc. Don't know where it came from.

"In God we trust; everyone else bring data".

This was spoken by the President of a company I worked at quite a few years ago at an executive committee meeting after someone had just made a highly emotional case for project funding that was short on data and analysis. I just love the simplicity of the message.

"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it."


George Bernard Shaw

1) Where you decide to stand determines what you will see; and

2) Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead

"The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital." As a Penn Stater, we give credit to Joe Paterno for this one..........it's message is clear......

"The poorest of all men is not a man without a dollar but a man without a dream." Martin Luther King

"It isn't the mountain that wears you out, it is the grain of sand in your shoe." Winston Churchill. Another way of saying don't sweat the small stuff!

"When two people in business always agree, one is unnecessary. Dare to disagree." William Wrigley, Jr.

My favorite quote is one of American psychologist and philosopher William James:

"First... a new theory is attacked as absurd; then it is admitted to be true, but obvious and insignificant; finally it is seen to be so important that its adversaries claim that they themselves discovered it".
— William James
'Pragmatism's Conception of Truth'

My favorite quote is:

"If you always think as you've always thought,
You'll always do what you've always done.
If you always do what you've always done,
You'll always get what you've always got.
If you always get what you've always got,
You'll always think as you've always thought."

Author - Unknown

Why? It speaks to the importance of change.

"Far and away the best price that Life has offered is the chance to work and at work worth doing" said Theodore Roosvelt.

Every job, task or activity is the best for us as within each chance is an underlying opportunity which taps our strength and capability to accomplish. As we start enjoying our work we realize every job is worrth doing and there is learning.

A pessimist always sees diificulty in every opportunity while an optimist always sees opportunity in every dificulty.

"These are my principles - If you don't like them, I have others" Groucho Marx

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
-- Aristotle

"You're either part of the solution or part of the problem" - Eldridge Cleaver

"Every man is the architect of his own fortune."

"People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it."

"We will either find a way, or make one."

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us." Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882).

"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain." Maya Angelou

"This too shall pass."

"It takes a pregnant woman 9 months to have a baby. You can't get 9 women pregnant for 1 month each and expect to have a baby" This was a favorite quote from a VP Engineering when pressed to get products developed faster.
But I take to mean ---- some things just take time and you might as well learn patience.

'You don't have to be nasty, but make sure you do the right thing'

'Try not to become a man of success but a man of value.' --> Einstein

Always forgive but remember the names~John F Kennedy

"When you are working among lazy people, the probability of your success is very high"

"Academic distinction is less important than a personality.'

"Stay current and on top of your game: Just when you think you are winning the rat race, along come faster rats."

"Pessimists complain about the wind. Optimists expects it to change. Leaders adjust the sails."