Motivational quotes

Work ethic

I've got a theory that if you give 100 percent all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.  ~Larry Bird

The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.  ~Attributed to both Vidal Sassoon and Donald Kendall
  

When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures.  So I did ten times more work.  ~George Bernard Shaw

 
Put your heart, mind, intellect and soul even to your smallest acts.  This is the secret of success.  ~Swami Sivananda

Hard work spotlights the character of people:  some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.  ~Sam Ewing

Some people dream of success... while others wake up and work hard at it.  ~Author Unknown

Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end.  It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it.  ~Margaret Thatcher
   
Creativity

“Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.” -Rita Mae Brown

“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking, and don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart,…you’ll know when you find it.” — Steve Jobs

“Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people.” -Leo Burnett

“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.” - George Bernard Shaw

Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That's because they were able to connect experiences they've had and synthesize new things.
Steve Jobs

Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't try to do things. You simply must do things.
Ray Bradbury

 Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.
Erich Fromm

Creativity makes a leap, then looks to see where it is.
Mason Cooley

Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.
Eric Hoffer

Creativity is the greatest expression of liberty.
Bryant H. McGill

Creativity takes courage.
Henri Matisse

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.
Scott Adams

Well, I think, you know, the arts are really what - one of the things that make this country strong. We always think it's our economy or our military power, but in fact, I think it's our culture, our civilization, our ideas, our creativity.
Caroline Kennedy


Character

“Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.”
Zig Ziglar (born 1926);
Motivational Author, Speaker


“Every experience is a stitch in the fabric of your character.”
Gary Clausing - Musician

“Try not to become a man of success but a man of value.”
Albert Einstein (1879-1955);
Theoretical Physicist, Philosopher, Nobel Prize Winner


“Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and griefs which we endure help us in our marching onward.”
Henry Ford (1863-1947);
Founder Of Ford Motor Company


“I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. ”
Robert Frost (1874-1963);
Poet


“Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.”
Horace Greeley (1811-1872);
Editor And Publisher



“Personality can open doors, but only character can keep them open.”
Elmer G. Letterman - Author


“Six essential qualities that are the key to success: Sincerity, personal integrity, humility, courtesy, wisdom, charity.”
Dr. William Claire Menninger (1899-1966);
Psychiatrist



“Watch your thoughts; for they become words. Watch your words; for they become actions. Watch your actions; for they become habits. Watch your habits; for they become character. Watch your character for it will become your destiny. ”
Frank Outlaw -

It is no accident that the greatest geniuses share a profound irreverence toward conventional opinions. The courage to be different is a cornerstone of high intellect.                                      —Win Wenger,  The Einstein Factor  p.13

Knowledge is the stuff from which new ideas are made. Nonetheless, knowledge alone won’t make a person creative. I think we’ve all know people who knew lots of stuff and nothing creative happened. Their knowledge just sat in their crania because they didn’t think about what they knew in any new ways. Thus, the real key to being creative lies in what you do with your knowledge. Creative thinking requires an attitude or outlook which allows you to search for ideas and manipulate your knowledge and experiences.           — Roger von Oeck, p. 6


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