Compiled by Krishna Pandaya ’21
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”- Albert Einstein
“Either you run the day or the day runs you.”- Jim Rohn
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”- Arthur Ashe
“Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.”-
Zig Ziglar
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.”
Mark Twain
“Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.”
Will Durant
“Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.”
Wayne Dyer
“Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.”-John R. Wooden
“You will either step forward into growth, or you will step backward into safety.”- Abraham Maslow
“If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.”- Ben Franklin
“Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting down.”-Charles F. Kettering
“Remember that failure is an event, not a person.”- Zig Ziglar
“If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.”- Jim Rohn
“It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.”- Epictetus
“If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.”- Abraham Maslow
One of my favorite quotes is “Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently” by Henry Ford. I appreciate your list and believe we need perseverance more than ever to make it through this pandemic.
Some great RGB quotes (may she rest in peace):
“Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.”
“Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.”
“Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one’s ability to persuade.”
“A gender line… helps to keep women not on a pedestal, but in a cage.”
“So often in life, things that you regard as an impediment turn out to be great, good fortune.”