“It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste”
- Henry Ford
“The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.”
- Thomas A. Edison
“Don’t find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain”
- Henry Ford
“Things do not change; we change.”
- Henry David Thoreau
“Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one’s mistakes.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
“It is the obvious which is so difficult to see most of the time. People say ‘It’s as plain as the nose on your face.’ But how much of the nose on your face can you see, unless someone holds a mirror up to you?”
― Isaac Asimov, I, Robot
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
- Arthur Schopenhauer
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who can’t read and write, but those who can’t learn, unlearn and relearn.
- Alvin Toffler
“The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.”
- Napoleon Hill
“What we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds.” — Dr. Wayne Dyer