Inspirational Quote Post

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I personally read 3-5 quotes every 2 hours during the business day to remind myself to reach for greatness, and I look forward to turning this discussion into a section of the network that will inspire us all.

"Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get."
Dale Carnegie

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Permalink Reply by Phyllis "Krystara" Swenson on December 13, 2008 at 3:06pm: "He who lives without discipline, dies without honor." ~ Icelandic Proverb; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Phyllis "Krystara" Swenson on December 13, 2008 at 3:07pm: "The only discipline that lasts is self-discipline." ~ Bum Phillips; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Phyllis "Krystara" Swenson on December 13, 2008 at 3:15pm: "Nothing of importance is ever achieved without discipline. I feel myself sometimes not wholly in sympathy with some modern educational theorists, because I think they underestimate the part that discipline plays. But the discipline you have in your life should be one determined by your own desires and your own needs, not put upon you by society or authority." ~ Bertrand Russell; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Phyllis "Krystara" Swenson on December 13, 2008 at 3:18pm: "Man can learn self-discipline without becoming ascetic. He can be wise without waiting to be old. He can be influential without waiting for status. Man can sharpen his ability to distinguish between matters of principle and matters of preference, but only if we have a wise interplay between time and truth, between minutes and morality." ~ Neal A. Maxwell; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Phyllis "Krystara" Swenson on December 13, 2008 at 3:23pm: "Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the Universe, no less than the trees or the stars. You have a right to be here." ~ From "Disiderata"; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Phyllis "Krystara" Swenson on December 13, 2008 at 5:54pm: "You see things and say "Why", but I dream things and say, "Why not?" ~ George Bernard Shaw; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Phyllis "Krystara" Swenson on December 13, 2008 at 5:56pm: "Keep your heart open to dreams. For as long as there's a dream, there is hope, and as long as there is hope, there is joy in living." ~ Anonymous; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Phyllis "Krystara" Swenson on December 13, 2008 at 5:56pm: "When our memories outweighs our dreams, we become old." ~ Bill Clinton; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Phyllis "Krystara" Swenson on December 13, 2008 at 6:00pm: "We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. They see things in the soft haze of a spring day or in the red fire of a long winter's evening. Some of us let these great dreams die, but others nourish and protect them, nurse them through bad days till they bring them to the sunshine and light which comes always to those who sincerely hope that their dreams will come true." ~ Woodrow Wilson; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Phyllis "Krystara" Swenson on December 13, 2008 at 6:01pm: "We should show life neither as it is or as it ought to be, but only as we see it in our dreams." ~ Leo Tolstoy; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Phyllis "Krystara" Swenson on December 13, 2008 at 6:03pm: "They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. In their grey visions they obtain glimpses of eternity." ~ Edgar Allan Poe; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Phyllis "Krystara" Swenson on December 13, 2008 at 6:05pm: "Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born." ~ Dale E. Turner; ▶ Reply to This