Quotes and Proverbs

(Note: I believe the quotes using the words man and men apply equally to women, but I have left them unchanged because I do not feel at liberty to alter other people’s words. – Mr. Muth)

The miracle is not that I had the strength to finish, but that I had the courage to begin. – John "The Penguin" Bingham, runner and author

You don’t conquer the mountain, you conquer yourself. – Sir Edmund Hillary, leader of the first team to climb Mt. Everest

You cannot help people by doing for them what they can and should do for themselves. – Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President

Race your strengths, but train your weaknesses. – athelete's proverb

To believe in others is to believe in yourself. To believe in yourself is to believe in others. – anonymous

Speak softly and carry a big stick. – Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, U.S. President

You’ll get further with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone. – Al "Scarface" Capone, notorious gangster

There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the very real labor of thinking. – Thomas Jefferson, U.S. President

No one can make you feel bad about yourself without your permission. – Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady

To thine own self be true. – William Shakespeare, The Immortal Bard

The journey of a thousand kilometers begins with the first step. – proverb

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds. – Bob Marley, composer and musician

If you think you can, or you can’t, you’re right. – Henry Ford

Nobody ever died wishing they had spent more time at the office. – unknown

Both the man of science and the man of action live always at the edge of mystery, surrounded by it. – Robert Oppenheimer, physicist

Reality is an illusion. But it is a very persistent illusion. – Albert Einstein, physicist

Is it farther to New York or by bus? – Ralph Cramden, bus driver from The Honeymooners

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