Great Quotes #23
Howdy, y’all! It’s the end of the month once again, and as you may or may not know, that means it time for Great Quotes.
So, if you find yourself searching for some encouragement, inspiration or perhaps even just a chuckle or two, you’ve come to the right place. I think you’ll agree they may even impart a bit of wisdom – along with a bit of fun!
Check these out:
We don’t see things as they are, we see things as we are. – Anais Nin- I’m not sure I want popular opinion on my side — I’ve noticed those with the most opinions often have the fewest facts. – Bethania McKenstry
- If we did all of the things that we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves. – Thomas Edison
- What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens. – Benjamin Disraeli
- Sometimes when you look in his eyes you get the feeling that someone else is driving. – David Letterman
- The computer is a moron. – Peter Drucker
- The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible. – Arthur C. Clarke
- Tell me your friends, and I’ll tell you who you are. – Assyrian Proverb
The important thing in science is not so much to obtain new facts as to discover new ways of thinking about them. – Sir William Bragg- To get something done, a committee should consist of no more than three people, two of whom are absent. – Robert Copeland
- I’ve searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of committees. – G.K. Chesterton
- The next time you make an assumption, see what happens when you do the opposite. – Brian Clark
- People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first. – David H. Comins
- Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. – Douglas Adams
And just for fun, I’d like to dedicate this last one to all the dreamers in the audience:
- Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably will themselves not be realized. – Daniel Burnham
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Robert, another fantastic collection. The GKC quote is one of my favorites. Do you know who Letterman was referring to?
Howdy, Brad; thanks! No, I don’t know who Letterman was referring to, but I wish I did. I have a couple of candidates, though… er, never mind.
Love this one: “The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible. – Arthur C. Clarke “
Howdy, Karen! Yeah, Art Clarke says a lot with that one. But my favorite from this batch is Anais Nin’s.
My favorite was from David H. Commins. I’m going to test his theory.
Way to go, Jonathan! I think you’ll discover great success in life if you try it. (And I heard that from ol’ Ben himself…)
Lemme know how that works out for ya!
Thanks for this list Robert! I particularly like the quote from Thomas Edison.
If we did all of the things that we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves. – Thomas Edison
I think there is greatness in every human being, its just finding it!
@Rob – Maybe it’s more of a case of just “letting it out”? Greatness stirs everyone’s heart from time to time; we just need to let it be.