"Quote of the Day"

At the beginning of each class, a quotation will be written on the board.  This is designed to inspire students in their various endeavors.  The following is a list of quotes that will be used throughout the school year.
(A special thanks to Mr. James Carey, my father, for enlightening me with the quotes.  He is the inspiration for the "Quote of the Day, and "Story of the Week.")  

Quotable Quotes

1. You never get a second chance to make a first impression.

2. Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

3. Losers try, and winners achieve.

4. Overconfidence is the first step toward defeat.

5. Everything looks impossible to the people who never try anything.

6. If it is meant to be, it is up to me.

7. When your knees are knocking, it might help to kneel on them.

8. Life is 10% what happens and 90% how you deal with it.

9. The harder you fight, the harder it is to surrender.

10. What you put up with is exactly what you will have.

11. He who sacrifices most surrenders last.

12. For every freedom there is a corresponding responsibility.

13. Without challenge there is no achievement.

14. Leaders are like eagles.  They don’t flock, you find them one at a time.

15. Failure is an event, not a person.

16. If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.

17. Without discipline, there is not learning.

18. If you are not mature enough to accept criticism, you are too immature for praise.

19. If you don’t have what you want you are not committed to it 100%.

20. Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.

21. A first class mistake is to treat someone as a second-class person.

22. There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching out and lift people up.

23. A cynic is a person who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one.

24. Tough times never last, but tough people do.

25. Attitude is everything.

26. Honor your parents by what you become.

27. He who lives without discipline dies without honor.

28. Teamwork means more we and less me.

29. A great person is one who never reminds us of someone else.

30. If you want something done, ask a busy person.

31. It makes some people feel big to make other people feel small.

32. There is no limit to the height a man can attain by remaining on the level.

33. Some people have more money than brains, but not for long.

34. Worry clouds tomorrow sunshine.

35. The race does not always go to the swiftest, but to those who keep running.

36. The harder you work, the luckier you get.

37. An error does not become a mistake unless you fail to correct it.

38. When you see someone at the top of the mountain, don’t assume they were born there.

39. There are a thousand reasons for defeat but not one excuse.

40. T.E.A.M. Together Everyone Achieves More.

41. You can always tell a failure by how much they criticize success.

42. Can’t means won’t.

43. Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.

44. Why quit when things are only going to change for the better.

45. Believe it, achieve it.  Doubt it, do without it.

46. Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

47. If you’re not afraid to face the music, you may someday lead the band.

48. Do what you feel in your heart is right, because you will be criticized anyway.

49. The most important thing in life is not the triumph, but the struggle.  The essential thing is not to have conquered, but to have fought well—The Olympic Creed.

50. What you can be is more important that what you have been.

51. The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work.

52. A dream is a goal with a finish line.

53. Before you start tooting your own horn, make sure there is plenty of juice in the battery.

54. Nothing is so embarrassing as watching someone do something that you said couldn’t be done.

55. Everyman’s work is a portrait of himself.

56. He who throws mud loses ground.

57. It takes both rain and sunshine to make a rainbow.

58. Life is like a ten-speed bike, most of the gears we never use.

59. Adversity causes some men to break and others to break records.

60. Profanity is a means of escape for someone who runs out of ideas.

61. Nothing big ever came from something small.

62. Hospitality is making your guests feel at home, even though you wish they were.

63. When people need love and understanding the most, is when they probably deserve it the least.

64. Give the best you’ve got today, it is a recipe for a better tomorrow.

65. The difference between a hero and a coward is one step sideways.

66. Depend on the rabbit’s foot if you will, but remember, it wasn’t lucky for the rabbit.

67. The best inheritance parents can leave is a good name.

68. Remember the three R’s. Respect for self.  Respect for others.  Responsibility for all your actions.

69. They have the right to criticize that have the heart to help.

70. A person is a failure who goes through life earning nothing but money.

71. The impossible is sometimes the untried.

72. Ability without ambition is like a car without a motor.

73. Life is like a bank account.  You only get out of it what you put in it.

74. The only thing more expensive than the cost of going to college is the cost of not going to college.

75. If you are angry for one minute, you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

76. Profanity is evidence of the lack of a sufficient vocabulary—and brains.

77. The only thing in life achieved without effort is failure.

78. You have to stand for something or you’ll fall for anything.

79. The hero is commonly the simplest and obscurest of men.

80. Never take a no from someone who isn’t in power to give you a yes anyway.

81. Only boring people are bored.

82. It’s not the I.Q. but the I Will that’s important.

83. The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.

84. To get nowhere, follow the crowd.

85. Don’t mistake kindness for weakness.

86. The one thing worse than a quitter is the man who is afraid to start.

87. Pain is temporary.  Pride is forever.

88. What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight, it is the size of the fight in the dog.

89. The more you bleed in peace, the less you bleed in war.

90. Well done is better than well said.

91. Never has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.

92. First, be the best, then be first.

93. You can never get ahead of anyone by trying to get even.

94. The best way to have a friend is to be one.

95. The sky is the limit when your heart is in it.

96. Most people admire a good loser as long as it is someone else.

97. Preparation prevents pressure procrastination produces. 

98. The only difference between falling and failing is whether you choose to get up.

99. That which does not break me can only make me stronger.

100. Hunger is the handmade of genius.

101. The person who rows the boat doesn’t have time to rock it.

102. When you think you’re at the end of your rope,  tie a knot and hang on.

103. Your language is the index of your mind.

104. You should be more concerned with your character than your reputation.

105. The quality of any person’s life should be measured by his total dedication to excellence and victory.

106. Profanity is the use of strong words by weak people.

107. It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.

108. There is nothing stronger than the heart of a volunteer.

109. When things do not go as planned we have two choices: Become frustrated.  Become motivated.

110. To see the rainbow, you must get past the rain.

111. To be king you don’t need a crown.

112. Injustice anywhere  is a threat to justice everywhere.

113. Everyone dies, but not everyone lives.

114. Easy street is the road to defeat.

115. More men are hanged by their tongues than by a rope.

116. No person ever injured their eyesight by looking at the bright side of things.

117. The most uncommon phrase in America is, “It is my fault.”

118. Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted.

119. One man with courage makes a majority.

120. People can alter their lives by altering their attitudes.

121. A champion is someone who gets up even when they are down.

122. It is better to say thank you and not mean it, than to mean it and not say it.

123. Give someone a shot of praise, it has no harmful side effects.

124. You can meet friends everywhere, but you cannot meet enemies anywhere, you have to make them.

125. The person who steals an egg, will steal a chicken.

126. You’ve got to go through fire to make steel.

127. Killing time is not murder, it’s suicide.

128. There is no honor among thieves.

129. If you help enough people to get what they want, you can have anything you want.

130. You’ll never move up it by running someone down.

131. Soldiers give up their tomorrows for your today.

132. The two great tests of character are wealth and poverty.

133. Some of us will do our jobs well, and some of us will not, but we will be judged by one thing—The Result.

134. Three can keep a secret if two of them are dead.

135. If you have a problem, tell someone about it.

136. Few burdens are heavy when everybody lifts.

137. When you lose don’t lose the lesson.

138. Only a dead fish goes with the flow of all time.

139. Times change, but good friends usually don’t.

140. You don’t lose when you’re beaten until you quit.

141. Necessity is the mother of invention.

142. Doing what is right isn’t always easy, but it is always right.

143. No one can help everybody, but everybody can help someone.

144. The only way to make a person trustworthy is to trust them.

145. When you help someone up a hill, you are a little closer to the top yourself.

146. You can count on me.

147. There is no knowledge that is not power.

148. Courage is putting your fears aside and doing your job.

149. Many of us spend half our time wishing for things we could have, if we didn’t spend half our time wishing.

150. When you’re through changing, you’re through.

151. The only time you should look down on someone is when you are trying to help them up.

152. A successful life is not measured by the money we made, but by the difference we made.

153. Tell me- I will.  Show me- I will remember.  Involve me- and I will understand.

154. We are such foolish creatures that we try to get even with our enemies and ahead of our friends.

155. A man who strikes a woman ceases to be a man.

156. You can never do a kindness too soon because you never know when it is going to be too late.

157. The Big 4  1. Eye contact.  2.  smile.  3.  Firm handshake.  4.  Introduce yourself.  To remember someone’s name, repeat it or associate it with someone you know.

158. The top 10 steps to success. 10 just keep trying. 9 try to determine what is working.  8 try to determine what is wrong.  7 try to find someone who’s done it. 6 try and ask for help. 5 try it again tomorrow.  4 try it a little differently.  3 try once more 2 try again. 1 Try.

159. Remember the three R’s 1. respect for self 2. respect of others 3. responsibility for all your actions.

160. A leader 1 is trusted 2 takes the initiative 3 uses good judgment 4 speaks with authority 5 strengthens others 6 is optimistic and enthusiastic 7 never compromises absolutes 8 leads by example.

161. To be late is to be rude.

162. When selfishness ends, happiness begins.

163. Respect is contagious.

164. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. 

165. We can raise our standard of education or lower our standing of living.

166. Nothing is interesting if you are not interested.