INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES World Knowledge & Education

Muhammad Ali

Professional Boxer

 

Quotes :

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.

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Abraham Lincoln

16th U.S. President

 Quotes :

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

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- Pablo Picasso (Artist, 1881-1973)

  

 Quotes :

My mother said to me, “If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.” Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso. 

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Bill Gates

Business magnate 

 

 Quotes :

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

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Steve Jobs
Entrepreneur
 
 Quotes :

Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.

Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful, that's what matters to me.

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.

 

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- Oprah Winfrey (Business woman, 1954-)

 

 Quotes :

I think education is power. I think that being able to communicate with people is power. One of my main goals on the planet is to encourage people to empower themselves.

 

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- Mark Twain (Writer, lecturer, 1935-1910) 

 

 Quotes :

Keep away from people who try to belittle your dreams. Small people always do that, but the really great ones make you feel that you, too, can become great.

 

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Abraham Lincoln

16th U.S. President

 

 Quotes :

There are seven things that will destroy us:

Wealth without work;

Pleasure without conscience;

Knowledge without character;

Religion without sacrifice;

Politics without principle;

Science without humanity;

Business without ethics.

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- Michael Jordan (Athlete, 1963-) 

 

 Quotes :

I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty six times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed.

I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

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- Richard Nixon (37th US President 1913-1994)
 

 Quotes :

A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.

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Girl & The Rattlesnake
A young girl walking along a mountain path to her grandmother's house heard a rustle at her feet. Looking down, she saw a snake, but before she could react, the snake spoke to her.

"I am about to die," he said. "It's too cold for me up here, and I am freezing. There is no food in these mountains, and I am starving. Please put me under your coat and take me with you."

"No," the girl replied. "I know your kind. You are a rattlesnake. And if I pick you up, you will bite me and your bite is poisonous."

"No, no," the snake said. "If you help me, you will be my best friend. I will treat YOU differently."

The young girl sat down on a rock for a moment to rest and think things over. She looked at the beautiful markings on the snake and she had to admit he was the most beautiful snake she had ever seen.

Suddenly, she said, "I believe you. I will save you. All living things deserve to be treated with kindness."

She then reached over, put the snake gently under her coat and continued toward her grandmother's house.

Within a moment, she felt a sharp pain in her side. The snake had bitten her!

"How could you do this to me?" she cried. "You promised that you would not bite me, and I trusted you!"

"You knew what I was when you picked me up," he hissed as he slithered away

- Ann Landers' column (with minor edits)
- Rattle Snake photo: G BALLARD