Below are some "Pearls of Wisdom" that have inspired or entertained me.
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what other think you are.
- John Wooden
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”
- Isaiah 55:8-9
Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
- John Wooden
I never did give them hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it was hell.
- Harry S. Truman
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
- Harry S. Truman
The key is not the will to win… everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important.
- Bobby Knight
It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.
- Vince Lombardi
Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
- Vince Lombardi
All great change in America begins at the dinner table.
- Ronald Reagan
Don’t be afraid to see what you see.
- Ronald Reagan
Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
- Winston Churchill
If you don’t know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else.
- Yogi Berra
Nobody goes there anymore; it’s too crowded.
- Yogi Berra
I didn’t really say everything I said.
- Yogi Berra
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
- Winston Churchill
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you too can become great.
- Mark Twain
Say what you mean and act how you feel, because those who matter don’t mind, and those who mind don’t matter.
- Dr. Seuss
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.
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