Quote of the day: Archive - GREAT LIFE ZONE

Over the period, following wonderful quotes have been published by us, under the heading “Quote of the Day”:

The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender – Vince Lombardi
There is a time to let things happen and a time to make things happen. – Hugh Prather
Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more.
They did all that was expected of them and a little bit more. – Lou Vickery, American Business Writer
Don’t do something permanently stupid just because you are temporarily upset.
Character – the willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life – is the source from which self-respect springs. – Joan Didion
People think being alone makes you lonely, but I don’t think that’s true. Being surrounded by the wrong people is the loneliest thing in the world. – Kim Culbertson
When you wish good for others, good things come back to you. – Anony
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work and learning from failure. – Colin L. Powell
Man was created as a being who should constantly keep improving, a being who on reaching one goal sets a higher one. – Ralph Ransom
Winning is important to me, but what brings me real joy is the experience of being fully engaged in whatever I’m doing. – Phil Jackson, Basketball Coach
Successful people form the habit of doing what failures don’t like to do. They like the results they get by doing what they don’t necessarily enjoy. – Earl Nightingale
Confidence is the most important single factor in this game, and no matter how great your talent, there is only one way to obtain it-work. – Jack Nicklaus, Golfer
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you. – Dale Carnegie
You have to believe in yourself, that’s the secret. Even when I was in the orphanage, when I was roaming the street trying to find enough to eat, even then I thought of myself as the greatest actor in the world. – Charlie Chaplin
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. – John Wooden, Basketball Coach
Leadership is action, not position – Donald H McGannon
Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop. – Ovid
Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow – Swedish Proverb

A mind too active is no mind at all – Theodore Roethke
Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you’re ready or not, to put this plan into action. – Napoleon Hill
The only certain means of success is to render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what your task may be. – Og Mandino
Listen a hundred times; ponder a thousand times; speak once. ~ Turkish Proverb
As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do. – Andrew Carnegie, Industrialist
The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket – Andrew Carnegie
Set peace of mind as your highest goal, and organize your life around it – Brian Tracy
I am willing to put myself through anything; temporary pain or discomfort means nothing to me as long as I can see that the experience will take me to a new level. – Diana Nyad, Swimmer
Comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house a guest, and then becomes a host, then a master. And then it becomes a tamer, and with a hook and whip it makes puppets of your larger desires. – Kahlil Gibran
A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world. Everyone you meet is your mirror.- Ken Keyes
Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems. – Brian Tracy
We are made to persist. That’s how we find out who we are. – Tobias Wolff, Writer
Knowledge is power, but enthusiasm pulls the switch. – Ivern Ball
The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket. – Andrew Carnegie
If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence. – Richard DeVos, Amway Co-founder
Laughter is like a windshield wiper, it doesn’t stop the rain but allows us to keep going.
In my house I’m the boss, my wife is just the decision maker.
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. Jiddu Krishnamurti
Freedom lies in being bold. -Robert Frost
Without faith, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible.- Mary Bethune
Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.
– Langston Hughes
Make the most of today. Don’t allow the troubles of yesterday to steal the gift of right now. – Kristen Butler

You will be transformed by what you read. ~ Deepak Chopra
age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.- Douglas MacArthur
To get the full value of a joy, you must have somebody to divide it with. – Mark Twain
Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. ~ Steve Jobs
Don’t play for safety. It’s the most dangerous thing in the world.
Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will and be judged by only one thing: the result. – Vince Lombardi
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from indomitable will.- Mahatma Gandhi
Accept the challenges so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.- George Patton, General
Nothing really worth having comes quickly and easily. If it did, I doubt that we would ever grow – Eknath Easwaran
The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heav’n of hell and a hell of a heav’n.” – John Milton, poet
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. – Henry Ford
People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things. – Sir Edmund Hilary
We are a product of the choices we make, not the circumstances that we face.- Roger Crawford
Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. – Arthur Ashe, Tennis Player
You are not beaten until you admit it. – General George Patton
Skill to do comes of doing. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts. – Arnold Bennett, Novelist
Good people are good because they’ve come to wisdom through failure. – William Saroyan, Writer
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you’ll be a success. – Albert Schweitzer
Worrying does not take away tomorrow’s troubles, it takes away today’s peace of mind.
The Thankful Heart Is Always Close to the Riches of the Universe. – Joseph Murphy

Surviving is important. Thriving is elegant.- Maya Angelou
All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers. – Orison Swett Marden, Writer
Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results. – George S. Patton, US Army General
Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude – Zig Ziglar
A good plan is like a road map: It shows the final destination and usually the best way to get there. – H. Stanley Judd, Writer
Always try to represent yourself ‘happy’, because initially it becomes your ‘look’, gradually it becomes your ‘habit’ and finally it becomes your ‘personality’. – Dr. Anita
Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.- Arthur Christopher Benson
Our destiny is not created by the shoes we wear, but by the steps we take.
If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astonish ourselves. – Thomas Edison
If you aren’t fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm. – Vince Lombardi, American Football Coach
Example is not the main thing in influencing other people; it’s the only thing – Abraham Lincoln
Great hopes make everything great possible.- Benjamin Franklin, Statesman
The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small fire makes a small amount of heat.
– Napoleon Hill
Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work. – Stephen King
It’s not what you do once in a while; it’s what you do day in and day out that makes the difference.- Jenny Craig
Man was created as a being who should constantly keep improving, a being who on reaching one goal sets a higher one – Ralph Ransom
A man with ability and the desire to accomplish something can do anything. – Donald Kircher
There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path. – Buddha
Some of us learn from other people’s mistakes and the rest of us have to be other people. – Zig Ziglar

Energy and persistence conquer all things. – Benjamin Franklin
Until you commit your goals to paper, you have intentions that are seeds without soil. -Anonymous
We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. – Maya Angelou, Poet
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.- Gordon B. Hinckley
Just as iron rusts from disuse, even so does inaction spoil the intellect.- Leonardo da Vinci
Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.- T.S. Eliot
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.- Ancient Proverb
The most delightful surprise in life is to suddenly recognize your own worth. – Maxwell Maltz, Surgeon
You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life. ― Winston S. Churchill
Our aspirations are our possibilities.- Robert Browning
I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. – Maya Angelou, Poet
What lies behind us, and what lies before us, are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.- Charles Kettering
Do not fear going forward slowly; fear only to stand still.- Chinese Proverb
The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you’re willing to work. – Oprah Winfrey
I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right upfront, tell people what you’re trying to accomplish and what you’re willing to sacrifice to accomplish it. – Lee Iacocca
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises. – Demosthenes, Statesman

No one can defeat us unless we first defeat ourselves. – Dwight Eisenhower
No great thing is created suddenly.- Epictetus
A successful individual typically sets his next goal somewhat but not too much above his last achievement.- Kurt Lewin, Psychologist
There are only two options regarding commitment. You’re either in or out. There’s no such thing as a life in-between. – Pat Riley
Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing ordinary things extraordinarily well. – Angelique Arnauld
If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it . – William James, Psychologist
The greatest lesson of life is that you are responsible for your life. – Oprah Winfrey
Self-image sets the boundaries of accomplishment. – Maxwell Maltz, Author
There are managers so preoccupied with their e-mail messages that they never look up from their screens to see what’s happening in the non-digital world. – Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Professor of Psychology
Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.- St. Francis of Assisi
Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip. – Winston Churchill
It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste time. – Henry Ford
The person who pays an ounce of principle for a pound of popularity gets badly cheated. – Ronald Reagan, 40th U.S. President
Without courage, all other virtues lose their meaning.- Winston Churchill
I am a great believer in luck, and I find that the harder I work, the more I have of it. – Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States of America
You must master your time rather than becoming a slave to the constant flow of events and demands on your time. And you must organize your life to achieve balance, harmony, and inner peace. – Brian Tracy
There must have been an idea, a mental picture, back of every well known achievement. From the beginning, this is the creative plan. – Sundeep Kataria Motivator, Success Coach
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
It’s not where you start – it’s where you finish that counts. – Zig Ziglar
Only by GIVING are you able to receive more than you already have.. Release your golden nuggets to the world.- Author Unknown
You are the master of your life; call forth your power, initiative, and ingenuity, and BE the master. Fate is in your hands, determine it! – Sundeep Kataria Motivator, Success Coach
There is no glory in practice, but without practice, there is no glory.
If you find yourself in a hole; stop digging. – Sharon Cooke Vargas
Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new. – Brian Tracy
Successful people recognize crisis as a time for change – from lesser to greater, smaller to bigger. – Edwin Louis Cole
What you do, the way you think makes you beautiful – Scott Westerfeld
Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own. – Robert A. Heinlein
Meditation is surrender, it is not a demand. It is not forcing existence your way, it is relaxing into the way existence wants you to be. It is a let go. – Osho