Thursday, May 31, 2007

Inspirational Quotations on Imagination

Imagination is more important than knowledge.
- Albert Einstein

A strong imagination begetteth opportunity.
- Michel de Montaigne

He who has imagination without learning, has wings and no feet.
- Joseph Joubert

You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
- Mark Twain

Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
- Louisa May Alcott

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Inspired by your Dreams

All men dream but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes to make it possible.
- T.E. Lawrence

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

A skillful man reads his dreams for self-knowledge, yet not the details but the quality.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
- Patrick Henry

The end of wisdom is to dream high enough not to lose the dream in the seeking of it.
- William Faulkner

Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die,
life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.
- Lanston Hughes

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
- Henry David Thoreau

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Communication Quotes

The great thing is to know when to speak and when to keep quiet.
- Seneca the Younger

Be silent, or say something better than silence.
- Pythagoras

Many can argue - not many converse.
- A. Bronson Alcott

The first ingredient in conversation is truth:
the next good sense;
the third, good humor;
and the fourth wit.
- Sir William Temple

Proper words in proper places make the true definition of a style.
- Jonathan Swift

The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.
- Sir Francis Bacon

Friday, May 25, 2007

Best Quotes for Good Health

"To insure good health: Eat lightly, breathe deeply, live moderately, cultivate cheerfulness, and maintain an interest in life."
- William Londen

"The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly."
- Siddartha Guatama Buddha

"To get rich never your risk your health. For it is the truth that health is the wealth of wealth."
- Richard Baker

"He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything."
- Arabian Proverb

"The human body has been designed to resist an infinite number of changes and attacks brought about by its environment. The secret of good health lies in successful adjustment to changing stresses on the body."
- Harry J. Johnson

"The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend."
- Benjamin Disraeli

"His best companions, innocence and health; And his best riches, ignorance of wealth."
- Oliver Goldsmith

"We are healthy only to the extent that our ideas are humane."
- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

"Nine-tenths of our sickness can be prevented by right thinking plus right hygiene — nine-tenths of it! "
- Henry Miller

Thursday, May 24, 2007

Best Leadership Quotations

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Let he him who would be moved to convince others, be first moved to convince himself.
- Thomas Carlyle

Do not follow where the path may lead.
Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
- Harold R. McAlindon

To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.
- Friedrich Nietzsche

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
- George Patton

He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
- Solon

The real leader has no need to lead--
he is content to point the way.
- Henry Miller

A good general not only sees the way to victory; he also knows when victory is impossible.
- Polybius

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Inspirational Quotes about "Integrity"

Our heritage and ideals, our codes and standards - the things we live by and teach our children - are preserved or diminished by how freely we exchange ideas and feelings.
- Walt Disney

I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it.
- Lee Iacocca

It's more important to do the right thing than to do things right.
- Peter Drucker

Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
- Mary Kay Ash

The highest courage is to dare to be yourself in the face of adversity. Choosing right over wrong, ethic over convenience, and truth over popularity ... these are choices that measure your life. Travel the path of integrity without looking back, for there is never a wrong time to do the right thing.
- Submitted by Michael Moore

Good values are easier caught than taught.
- Zig Ziglar

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Moral courage and character go hand in hand .... a man of real character is consistently courageous, being imbued with a basic integrity and a firm sense of principle.
- Martha Boaz

The question is not whether we will die, but how we will live.
- Joan Borysenko

The power of man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but by his ordinary doings.
- Blaise Pascal

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Motivating Quotes for Knowledge

"Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything."
– George Bernard Shaw

“There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning.”
- Christopher Morley

"Insecurity exists in the absence of knowledge."
- Anonymous

"Formal education will make you a living. Self-education will make you a fortune."
- Jim Rohn

"Man's flight through life is sustained by the power of his knowledge."
- U.S. Air Force

"Today knowledge has power. It controls access to opportunity and advancement."
- Peter F. Drucker

"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."
- Albert Einstein

"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance — it is the illusion of knowledge."
- Daniel J. Boorstin

"'How do you know so much about everything?' was asked of a very wise and intelligent man; and the answer was 'By never being afraid or ashamed to ask questions as to anything of which I was ignorant."
- John Abbott

Learn something new.Try something different.Convince yourself that youhave no limits.
- Brian Tracy

Thursday, May 17, 2007

Inspiring Quotes for Strength

"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will."
- Mahatma Gandhi

“Never letting the competition define you. Instead, you have to define yourself based on a point of view you care deeply about.”
– Tom Chappel

"Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting, but never hit soft."
- Theodore Roosevelt

"Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world right in the eye."
– Helen Keller

"Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do no pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for power equal to your tasks."
- Phillips Brooks

"It is truly said: It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide what to do."
- Chow Ching

"It is true that we shall not be able to reach perfection, but in our struggle toward it we shall strengthen our characters and give stability to our ideas, so that, whilst ever advancing calmly in the same direction, we shall be rendered capable of applying the faculties with which we have been gifted to the best possible account."
- Confucius

"It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do."
- Elbert Hubbard

"No one can defeat us unless we first defeat ourselves."
- Dwight Eisenhower

"It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else."
- Erma Bombeck

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Motivational Quotes on Success

To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first.
- Shakespeare

The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.
- Frank Loyd Wright

The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
- Earl of Beaconsfield

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.
- Robert Collier

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

Success is the good fortune that comes from aspiration, desperation, perspiration and inspiration.
- Evan Esar

Failures do what is tension relieving, while winners do what is goal achieving.
- Dennis Waitley

Success does not consist in never making blunders, but in never making the same one a second time.
- Josh Billings

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.
- Vince Lombardi

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

Monday, May 14, 2007

Top 10 Motivational Quotes For Employees

"Whatever you can do - or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it." (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer, 1749-1832 - thanks Yvonne Bent)

"We cannot solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them." (Albert Einstein)

"I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles overcome while trying to succeed." (Booker T Washington, 1856-1915, American Educator and African-American spokesman, thanks for quote M Kincaid, and for biography correction M Yates and A Chatterjee)

"It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit." (President Harry S Truman)

"If you're not part of the solution you must be part of the problem." (The commonly paraphrased version of the original quote: "What we're saying today is that you're either part of the solution, or you're part of the problem" by Eldridge Cleaver 1935-98, founder member and information minister of the Black Panthers, American political activist group, in a speech in 1968 - thanks RVP)

"A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline." (Harvey Mackay - thanks Brad Hanson)

"Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second. Give your dreams all you've got and you'll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you." (William James, American Philosopher, 1842-1910 - thanks Jean Stevens)

"In the midst of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer." (Albert Camus, 1913 - 1960, French author & philosopher)

"A life spent in making mistakes is not only more honourable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing." (George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950.)

"A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than the giant himself." (Didacus Stella, circa AD60 - and, as a matter of interest, abridged on the edge of an English £2 coin)