Quotes From The Road #285
January 31, 2014
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.”
Aristotle, 384-322 BC: Greek Philosopher
“Sow a thought, and you reap an act;
Sow an act, and you reap a habit;
Sow a habit, and you reap a character;
Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.”
Samuel Smiles, 1812-1904: Scottish Author and Government Reformer
Cheers & Blessings,
Dave Hoskins
Quotes From The Road #284
January 24, 2014
“Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.”
Oprah Winfrey: American Media Mogul
“It is not how much we do, but how much love we put into the doing.”
Mother Teresa, 1910-1997: Minister to Roman Catholic Nun and Nobel Laureate
Cheers & Blessings,
Dave Hoskins
Quotes From The Road #283
January 17, 2014
“When I face the desolate impossibility of writing five hundred pages, a sick sense of failure falls on me and I know I can never do it. Then gradually I write one page – then another. One day’s work is all that I can permit myself to contemplate.”
John Steinbeck 1902-1968: American Writer
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex down into small, manageable tasks and then starting on the first one.”
Samuel Langhorne Clemens aka Mark Twain, 1835-1910: American Writer and Lecturer
Cheers & Blessings,
Dave Hoskins
Quotes From The Road #282
January 10, 2014
“If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember that this whole thing was started with a dream and a mouse.”
Walt Disney, 1901-1966: American Film Pioneer & Cultural Icon
“What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.”
C.S. Lewis, 1898-1963: English Writer & Theologian
Cheers & Blessings,
Dave Hoskins
Quotes From The Road #281
January 3, 2014
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”
Viktor E. Frankl, 1905-1997: Austrian Neurologist, Psychiatrist and Holocaust Survivor. Author of Man’s Search for Meaning
“Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one’s potential.”
Bruce Lee, 1940-1973: Hong Kong American Martial Artist and Filmmaker
Cheers & Blessings,
Dave Hoskins