• Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Right Attitudes

Ideas for Impact

Inspirational Quotations #180

July 30, 2007 By Nagesh Belludi Leave a Comment

You’ll always miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
—Wayne Gretzky (Canadian Sportsperson)

Be this his praise, if praise be needed, as a father he succeeded.
—Edgar Guest (English-born American Poet)

Freedom to many means immediate betterment, as if by magic. Unless I can meet at least some of these aspirations, my support will wane and my head will roll just as surely as the tickbird follows the rhino.
—Julius Nyerere

My bounty is as boundless as the sea,|My love as deep; the more I give to thee,|The more I have, for both are infinite.
—William Shakespeare (British Playwright)

Perhaps love is the process of my leading you gently back to yourself. Not to whom I want you to be, but to who you are.
—Antoine de Saint-Exupery (French Novelist, Aviator)

A life without love is like a year without summer.
—Swedish Proverb

More children are punished for copying their parents, than for disobeying them. We should be what we want to see.
—Unknown

Time and money spent in helping men do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.
—Henry Ford (American Businessperson)

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.
—Ernest Hemingway (American Author)

You’ll never prove you’re too good for a job by not doing your best.
—Ethel Merman (American Actor)

You miss 100% of the shots you never take.
—Wayne Gretzky (Canadian Sportsperson)

Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.|The soul that knows it not, knows no release from little things;|Knows not the livid loneliness of fear;|Nor mountain heights where bitter joy can hear|The sound of wings.
—Amelia Earhart (American Aviator)

Filed Under: Inspirational Quotations

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

Popular Now

Anxiety Assertiveness Attitudes Balance Biases Coaching Conflict Conversations Creativity Critical Thinking Decision-Making Discipline Emotions Entrepreneurs Ethics Etiquette Feedback Getting Along Getting Things Done Goals Great Manager Innovation Leadership Lessons Likeability Mental Models Mindfulness Motivation Parables Performance Management Personal Growth Persuasion Philosophy Problem Solving Procrastination Psychology Relationships Resilience Simple Living Social Skills Stress Thinking Tools Thought Process Time Management Winning on the Job Wisdom

About: Nagesh Belludi [hire] is a St. Petersburg, Florida-based freethinker, investor, and leadership coach. He specializes in helping executives and companies ensure that the overall quality of their decision-making benefits isn’t compromised by a lack of a big-picture understanding.

Get Updates

Signup for emails

Subscribe via RSS

Contact Nagesh Belludi

RECOMMENDED BOOK:
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: Marie Kondo

Japanese organizing consultant Marie Kondo's bestseller has elevated the domestic chore of cleaning up into a process of emancipation and self-discovery.

Explore

  • Announcements
  • Belief and Spirituality
  • Business Stories
  • Career Development
  • Effective Communication
  • Great Personalities
  • Health and Well-being
  • Ideas and Insights
  • Inspirational Quotations
  • Leadership
  • Leadership Reading
  • Leading Teams
  • Living the Good Life
  • Managing Business Functions
  • Managing People
  • MBA in a Nutshell
  • Mental Models
  • News Analysis
  • Personal Finance
  • Podcasts
  • Project Management
  • Proverbs & Maxims
  • Sharpening Your Skills
  • The Great Innovators

Recently,

  • To Measure a Life Solely by Its Utility is to Mistake a Human Being for a Locomotive
  • Inspirational Quotations #1178
  • Uncomfortable Taking Compliments? Just Say ‘Thank You.’
  • Before You Become an Entrepreneur, Talk Yourself Out of It
  • ‘In the Mood for Love’ and the Residue of Stoic Restraint
  • Inspirational Quotations #1177
  • How to Deal with … Interrupters

Unless otherwise stated in the individual document, the works above are © Nagesh Belludi under a Creative Commons BY-NC-ND license. You may quote, copy and share them freely, as long as you link back to RightAttitudes.com, don't make money with them, and don't modify the content. Enjoy!