Sunday Quotes 10.18.09

“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.” — Benjamin Franklin

“Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become.” — Jim Rohn

“The sense that in this universe we are treated as strangers, the longing to be acknowledged, to meet with some response, to bridge some chasm that yawns between us and reality, is part of our inconsolable secret. And surely, from this point of view, the promise of glory, in the sense described, becomes highly relevant to our deep desire. For glory means good report with God, acceptance by God, response, acknowledgment, and welcome into the heart of things. The door on which we have been knocking all our lives will open at last.” — C.S. Lewis

“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated failures. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.” — Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States

May we all neither fear to die nor refuse to live!! — David Wayne

Economists,  who study such things, say that the inability to delay gratification-that is,  the natural tendency of individuals to spend everything they earn plus a little  bit more, and the mind-set of doing what is fun, easy and enjoyable-is the  primary cause of economic failure. –Brian Tracy

“Thought is the original source of all wealth, all success, all material gain, all great discoveries and inventions, and of all achievement.” — Claude M. Bristol
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