June 06, 2005

Quotable Quotes (A whole lotta 'em)

Quotable Quotes
Opportunity is often difficult to recognize; we usually expect it to beckon us with beepers and billboards.
-Unknown

I try to learn from the past, but i plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's where the fun is.
-Donald Trump

Yesterday is a cancelled check; Tomorrow is a promissory note; Today is the only cash you have, so spend it wisely.
-Kim Lyons

Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.
-Anonymous

What is laid down, ordered, factual is never enough to embrace the whole truth: life always spills over the rim of every cup.
-Boris Pasternak

We are not what we know but what we are willing to learn.
-Mary Catherine Bateson

Marriage is not just spiritual communion, it is also remembering to take out the trash.
-Joyce Brothers

A lady is one who never shows her underwear unintentionally. (tis' phrased wrongly..)
-Lillian Day

It's nice to be important, but it's important to be nice.
-Melissa Hahn

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow talent to the dark place where it leads.
-Erica Jong

Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.
-Sophia

There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is.
-Albert Einstein

(The following are found in MDIS Aljunied, Samtas 2)
The secret of success is being crystal clear as to your purpose and directions, and having the courage to act accordingly.
-J. Donald Walters

What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing.
-Aristotle

Success is the progressive realisation of predetermined worthwhile personal goals.
-Paul Meyer

The true art of memory is the art of attention.
-Samuel Johnson

A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
-Chinese Proverb

(The following are found in MDIS Bugis, Ivory 2)
You need all the knocks for your greatness to appear.
-President Richard Nixon

Greatness lies not in being strong but in the right use of strength.
-Henry Ward Beecher

To succeed, we need flexibility in this ever-changing world.
-Geoffrey Moss

(The following are found in MDIS Bugis, Meeting Room 1 & 2 respectively)
You may have to fight a battle more thst once to win it.
-Margaret Thatcher

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the face.
-Helen Keller

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