April Quotes

"The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
--Winston Churchill

"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worthwhile."
--Herm Albright, writer

"Pain is mandatory, but suffering is optional."
--Sylvia Boorstein, Buddhist-Jewish teacher

"The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense."
--Thomas Edison

“Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.”
--Peter Drucker

"No plans survive first contact with the enemy."
--Carl von Clausewitz

"A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood."
--General George S. Patton


"It is impossible to learn everything about a man, his soul, his will and his judgment, until he is seen practicing government and law."
--Sophocles (Antigone)

"Some day bemused students will try to see how we came to this decision and credit us with profound thought we never had. The thing as I see it is to get a definite, simple plan quickly, and win by execution ..."
--George S. Patton, on plans for the 1943 invasion of Sicily

"I may lose a battle, but I shall never lose a minute."
--Napoleon Bonaparte

"Many assume that half efforts can be effective. A small jump is easier than a large one, but no one wishing to cross a wide ditch would cross half of it first."
--Carl von Clausewitz

"When life gets to be more than you can stand, kneel."

“Meetings are a symptom of bad organization. The fewer meetings the better.” - --Peter Drucker

“Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.” - --Peter Drucker

"Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons."
--Woody Allen

"However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results." - --Winston Churchill

"Finish last in your league and they call you 'Idiot.' Finish last in medical school and they call you 'Doctor'."
--Abe Lemons, college basketball coaching legend

"Doctors bury their mistakes, mine are still on scholarship."
--Abe Lemons

“One's objective should be to get it right, get it quick,
get it out, and get it over ... your problem won't
improve with age.”
--Warren Buffett

"One does not accumulate but eliminate. It is not daily increase but daily decrease. The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity."
--Bruce Lee

"Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking."
--Albert Einstein