Positive Quotations
Babe Ruth on Courage
“Don’t let the fear of striking out hold you back.” Babe Ruth
Show compassion and give care to people and animals to find more joy
Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace. – Albert Schweitzer
Watch how a person treats an animal and you will see how he will treat you when no one else is watching
If you have men who will exclude any of God’s creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow man. – Saint Francis of Assisi
Teach how to live
“If you really want to help this world, what you will have to do is teach how to live in it.” -Joseph Campbell- Schools and colleges will increasingly teach students of best-self leadership and to write plans for school and life to apply what they learn plus identify callings and make choices. When we help […]
Plan to Stretch Your Mind
Man’s mind, stretched to a new idea, never goes back to its original dimension.” –Oliver Wendell Holmes When we push ourselves to expand beyond routine, we expand our capacities. Significant events, experiences, education can change us–over time, so can seemingly small improvements in attitude, fitness, and use of time. You likely know people who went […]
Mental Mastery
“Rule your mind or it will rule you.” –Horace
Mastery
“Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.” –Lao Tzu
Plato on Personal Leadership
“The first and best victory is to conquer self.” –Plato
Plan and Persist
“The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those, which fail.” -Napoleon Hill