"Personal Success Quotes"



"A man can fall many times in life, but he's never a failure until he refuses to get back up."
Evel Knievel --- Submitted by Lenny Schmidt --- Iowa



"Always take a job that's too big for you, and then do your best."
Harry Emerson Fosdick



"The time to make up your mind about people is never."
The Philadelphia Story (Katharine Hepburn speaking to James Stewart)
--- Submitted by Matt Price

I feel that this is a good quote to share because when I think I know someone, they shock me with something good they do. Always surprising me.





"To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist."
Gail Sheehy



"It is better to be faithful than famous."
Theodore Roosevelt



"Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts."
Henri Frederic Amiel



"If I have been of service, if I have glimpsed more of the nature and essence of ultimate good, if I am inspired to reach wider horizons of thought and action, if I am at peace with myself, it has been a successful day."
Alex Noble



"Forgive all who have offended you, not for them, but for yourself."
Harriet Nelson



"If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded."
Maya Angelou



"If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right."
Jules Renard



"People prefer to follow those who help them, not those who intimidate them."
C. Gene Wilkes --- Submitted by Brandon R. --- Tennessee



"Fame is a four-letter word. And like tape, or zoom, or face, or pain, or love, or life, what ultimately matters is what we do with it."
Fred Rogers



"Anything can be made simpler if you have the 3 most important ingredients:
Common sense - 70%
Understanding or analyzing - 20%
Sharing - 10%"
Copyright © 2003 Lalitha Bajaj
A person should be flexible, logical, practical, and reasonable. Then, every problem can be solved very easily.



"The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them."
Ralph Nichols



"It is always easy to think of your greatest accomplishments and write them down. But to look at your life andto present your failures, is to be truly humble."
Copyright © 2004 Maria McFadden
I'm never really good at writing things but this came to my mind while writing a paper and now I can't believe Ididn't think of it before.



"Being on the tightrope is living; everything else is waiting."
Karl Wallenda