John Wooden Famous Quotes
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.
Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out.
"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are."
Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.
"Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there."
You cannot live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.
John Wooden Quotations
It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.
Jerome K Jerome
True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable.
Unknown
"Whatever happens it all happens as it should thou wilt find this true, if thou shouldst watch closely."
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
"Learn from the past, Hope for the future, Live in the present."
Ken Lancaster
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.
Chinese Proverb
"Forgiveness breaks the chain of causality because he who forgives you -- out of love--takes upon himself the consequences of what you have done. Forgiveness, therefore, always entails a sacrifice."
Dag Hammarskjld
Generations to come will find it difficult to believe that a man such as Gandhi ever walked the face of this earth.
Albert Einstein
"Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money."
Arthur Miller
"We cannot change anything unless we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses."
Carl Jung
The good teacher ... discovers the natural gifts of his pupils and liberates them by the stimulating influence of the inspiration that he can impart. The true leader makes his followers twice the men they were before.
Stephen Neill