Quotes that shape my life everyday

QUOTES THAT SHAPE MY LIFE

I will be sharing with you today some of the quotes that have had significant impact on my thoughts and actions. Among other things, methinks we need to take doses of quotes for each day as we venture out for the day. Here:

ON FULFILMENT

-         Whatever you do, do well. For when you get to the grave, there will be no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.  – King Solomon, Ecclesiastes 9:10

-         I can do all things through Christ that strengthens me. – Paul the Apostle, Philippians 4:13

-         Lord, grant me that I may always desire more than I can accomplish. – Michel Angelo

-         You can’t build your reputation on what you’re going to do. – Henry Ford

-         I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have Kept the faith. – Paul the Apostle, II Tim 4:7  

ON TRYING/ TOUGH TIMES

-         Tough times never last, tough people do. -  Robert Schuller

-         Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them. – Anonymous

-         Adversity causes some men to break and others to break records. – Anonymous

-         Why can’t problems hit us when we are seventeen and know everything? – Anonymous

-         When the going gets tough, the tough get going. – Robert Schuller

-         If you fail in the day of adversity, your strength is small. – King Solomon, Proverbs 24:10

-         The right angle for approaching a difficult problem is the try-angle. - Anonymous

ON ANGER

-         A gentle answer turns away wrath but harsh words stir up anger. – King Solomon, Proverbs 15:1

-         Anger is just one letter short of danger. – Anonymous

-         He that keepeth his tongue, keepeth his life… - King Solomon, Proverbs 13:3

-         The greatest remedy for anger is delay. – Anonymous

-         When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry, count to a hundred. – Thomas Jefferson

ON TAKING ON CHALLENGES

-         You’ll be surprised how often nerve succeeds. – Anonymous

-         Create an unusual tomorrow, do the unusual today. – Ola Barnabas

-         Courage is fear that has said its prayers. – Anonymous

-         Act brave. The world steps aside for the man who acts like he knows where he is going. – D.S. Jordan

-         Bravery is falling but not yielding. – Latin Proverb

ON MAKING CHOICES

-         Be careful which road you choose – you’ll be on it for the next 200 miles – Sign at the crossroads in a southwestern state
-         In every success story, you find someone has made a courageous decision. – Peter Drucker

-         Your capacity to say NO determines your capacity to say YES to greater things. – E. Stanley Jones

-         Look at it, size it up, but don’t postpone your life just because you can’t make up your mind. – Omar Bradley

-         Choice is life’s business. – Robert Browning

-         Once the facts are clear, the decision jumps at you. – Peter Drucker

ON REPUTATION

-         Everyone should fear death until he has something that will live on after his death. – Anonymous

-         Reputation is the ideal, character is the judge of all. – Ola Barnabas

-         I will never be caught doing some things, I have no reputation to gain in them. I will forever be caught doing some things, I have no reputation to lose in them.  – Ola Barnabas

-         A good name is better to be chosen than great riches. King Solomon, Proverbs 22:1

-         No man is rich enough to buy back his past. – Anonymous

-         Judge a man by the reputation of his enemies. – Arabic proverb

ON RESPONSIBILITY

-         The buck stops here. – President Harry Truman

-         The price of greatness is responsibility. – Winston Churchill


-          The ability to accept responsibility is the measure of the man. – Roy L. Smith

-         “Wake up, wake up. Work, work, it’s another day.” The man who obeys that call, he is the man. – Ola Barnabas

-         Some people recognize their responsibilities in time to dodge them. – Anonymous

-         It’s an awesome responsibility to own a bible. – Anonymous

ON PERSEVERANCE

-         Persistence, persistence, persistence. Those are the three keys to success in life. – An old business man

-         Big shots are small shots that didn’t stop shooting.

-         We conquer-not in any brilliant fashion-we conquer in continuing. – George Matheson

-         The secret of success is to start from the scratch and keep on scratching. – Anonymous

-         I hold a doctrine to which I owe much, indeed, but all the little I ever had, namely, that with ordinary talent and extra-ordinary perseverance all things are attainable. – T.F. Buxton

ON SUCCESS

-         Success? It is a product, not a factor. – Ola Barnabas

-         Success is the child of audacity. – Benjamin Disreali

-         It takes twenty years to make an overnight success. – Eddie Cantor

-         How can such a thing as money be the definition of success? – Ola Barnabas

-         He who wakes up and finds himself successful has not been asleep. – Anonymous

-         Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure. – Earl Wilson

-         You will find the key to success under the alarm clock. – Anonymous

I hope you use these and many more that you come across as guides for your daily living.



See you.

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