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Inspirational Quotations #161

March 18, 2007 By Nagesh Belludi Leave a Comment

Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (German Poet)

Change before you have to.
—Jack Welch (American Businessperson)

If you want to look like the people next door, you’re probably smothering yourself and your dreams.
—Clive Barker

You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.
—Maya Angelou (American Poet)

If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.
—Katharine Hepburn (American Actor)

In the blood of the martyrs to intolerance are the seeds of unbelief
—Walter Lippmann (American Journalist)

Genius is 1% inspiration, and 99% perspiration.
—Thomas Edison (American Inventor)

Genius is 99 percent perspiration and 1 percent inspiration.
—Thomas Edison (American Inventor)

In time of danger it is proper to be alarmed until danger be near at hand; but when we perceive that danger is near, we should oppose it as if we were not afraid.
—Hitopadesha

Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all your might. Put your whole soul into it. Stamp it with your own personality. Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and faithful, and you will accomplish your object. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (American Philosopher)

Speech is silvern, silence is golden; speech is human, silence is divine.
—German Proverb

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