Showing posts with label Success. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Success. Show all posts

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Jimmy Dugan (Tom Hanks)

All good things are worth the effort.  It's always better to have the satisfaction of overcoming something.

"It's supposed to be hard.  If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it.  The hard is what makes it great."

-Jimmy Dugan (played by Tom Hanks), A League of Their Own

Monday, February 6, 2012

Oscar Wilde

Any New Yorker will testify this is true:

"Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination."

~Oscar Wilde

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Bruce Barton

"Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance."

-Bruce Barton

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Lewis Carroll

I'm still trying to figure out my life, but I need to remember that it just figures itself out:

"If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there."

-Lewis Carroll

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Chuck Palahniuk

Make life worth it...

"We all die.  The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will."

-Chuck Palahniuk

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Jay Z

When the idea of work is bringing me down, I think this quote adds a little levity to the situation.

"I'm not a businessman.  I'm a business, man."

-Jay Z

Friday, April 2, 2010

Freddie Mercury

No specific reason why I picked this quote for today.  I just really liked it - it kinda got me ready to go for the day!

“The reason we're successful, darling? My overall charisma, of course.”

-Freddie Mercury