He who talks much about virtue in the abstract, begins to be suspected; it is shrewdly guessed that where there is great preaching there will be little almsgiving.
Unleash Your Willpower: Quotes to Ignite Your Determination - page 51
The good man is the man who, no matter how morally unworthy he has been, is moving to become better.
Success is actually a short race-a sprint fueled by discipline just long enough for habit to kick in and take over.
Gary W. Keller
Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win - essential to success.
The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play.
Arnold J. Toynbee
The keen spirit
Seizes the prompt occasion, makes the thought
Start into instant action, and at once
Plans and performs, resolves and executes!
Hannah More
Most areas of intellectual life have discovered the virtues of speculation, and have embraced them wildly. In academia, speculation is usually dignified as theory.
Michael Crichton
I know a lot of Americans in Paris who have married Frenchmen. They keep bringing up their experience, the clash of civilizations, the clash of personalities.
Leslie Caron
No one who shall invoke this Mother of Grace with devotion and perseverance can possibly perish forever.
John Eudes
![The most important thing is that the work has to be solid [in terms of its formal structure] and that the work accomplishes what it strives to achieve. It has to be genuine - not mannered or stylistically driven.](/fotos/12/12956a6b2ae0661cc9ea33eb6f08088a.webp)
I started with shoes, and with hard work and discipline, the business prospered. I moved to the department store business and again, things went well.
Henry Sy
The real and effectual discipline which is exercised over a workman is that of his customers. It is the fear of losing their employment which restrains his frauds and corrects his negligence.
Adam Smith
Prudence is the virtue of the senses. It is the science of appearances. It is the outmost action of the inward life.
Be still, he said, voice harsh. I might not be able to control myself if you step away.
Deborah Harkness
If you want to get somewhere you have to know where you want to go and how to get there. Then never, never, never give up.
I honor women who are not mothers. They know that motherhood is but one of the realms of womankind. The virtue and intelligence of women are uniquely applicable to other realms as well, such as compassionate service and teaching.
Russell M. Nelson
My mom is a very warm, typical sort of Jewish-mother type. And my dad has a somewhat, um, different personality.
Peter R. Orszag
Bravery comes along as a gradual accumulation of discipline.
Buzz Aldrin
Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place - that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realise the great life.
Abdul Kalam
