Quotable Quips

•Advice•

Advice is worth what it costs-that is, nothing
Douglas MacArthur
The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on; it is never of any use to oneself.
Oscar Wilde
When a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice he wants, and I give it to him.
Josh Billings
In those days, he was wiser than he is now.  He used frequently to take my advice.
Winston Churchill
Give me money, not advice.
Portugese proverb
Old people like to give good advice, as solace for no longer being able to provide bad examples.
Francois, duc de La Rochefoucauld

•Age•

Youth is the best time to be rich and the best time to be poor.
Euripides
Never trust anyone over thirty
Abbie Hoffman
Everything I know I learned after I was thirty
Georges Clemenceau
When I was 18, I wanted to save the world.  Now, I'd be happy to save a hundred dollars.
Earl Wilson
God help us if the younger generation ever stops being the despair of its grandparents.
Deems Taylor
I am not young enough to know everything.
James M.Barrie
Youth is a wonderful thing.  What a crime to waste it on children.
George Bernard Shaw
Men who are "orthodox" when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
Water Lippmann
Middle age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it isn't for you.
Ogden Nash
From middle age on, everything of interest is either illegal, immoral or fattening.
Alexander Woollcoott
When you are slowed down by the doctor instead of the police, you have reached middle age.
Anonymous
Middle age: When you begin to exchange your emotions for symptoms.
Irvin S.Cobb
Grow up as soon as you can.  It pays.  The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty.
Hervey Allen
Longevity is one of the more dubious rewards of virtue.
Ngaio Marsh
At seventy, one is no longer on the threshold of old age.  One is just an old man.
W. Somerset Maughman
To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am.
Bernard Baruch
That sign of old age, extolling the past at the expense of the present.
Sydney Smith
The older I grow, the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.
H.L. Mencken

•Appearance•

It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes.
Henry David Thoreau
I hate to see men overdressed; a man ought to look like he's put together by accident, not added up on purpose.
Christopher Morley
If we could see ourselves as others see us, we might never come back for a second look.
Anonymous
Common-looking people are the best in the world.  That is the reason the Lord made so many of them.
Abraham Lincoln

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Famous Quotes

“People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly, when someone is failing, the tendency is to get on a downward spiral that can even become a self-fulfilling prophecy.”
Tony Robbins


“If you don’t build your dream, someone else will hire you to help them build theirs.”
Dhirubhai  Ambani


 
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
Mark Twain

“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.”
Eleanor Roosevelt



“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”
Thomas A. Edison

“If you don’t value your time, neither will others. Stop giving away your time and talents. Value what you know & start charging for it.”
Kim Garst

“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.”
David Brinkley

“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
Steve Jobs

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
Eleanor Roosevelt

“Let him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present.”
Roger Babson

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
Mahatma Gandhi

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.”
Mark Twain

“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.”
Vince Lombardi

“Success is about creating benefit for all and enjoying the process. If you focus on this & adopt this definition, success is yours.”
Kelly Kim

“I used to want the words ‘She tried’ on my tombstone. Now I want ‘She did it.’”
Katherine Dunham

“Really it comes down to your philosophy. Do you want to play it safe and be good or do you want to take a chance and be great?”
Jimmy J

“It is our choices, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
J. K Rowling

“You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.”
Albert Einstein

“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”
Harriet Tubman

“The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.”
Bruce Lee

“Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life – think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.”
Swami Vivekananda

“Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.”
Dale Carnegie

“If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.”
Jim Rohn

“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.”
Ayn Rand

“If you genuinely want something, don’t wait for it – teach yourself to be impatient.”
Gurbaksh Chahal

“Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning.”
Robert Kiyosaki

“If you want to make a permanent change, stop focusing on the size of your problems and start focusing on the size of you!”
T. Harv Eker

“You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.”
Steve Jobs



"You either master money, or, on some level, money masters you."
Tony Robbins


" The fact is: You are not a manager of circumstance, you are the architect of your life's experience."
Tony Robbins


 “You’re already a financial trader. You might not think of it in just this way, but if you work for a living, you’re trading your time for money. Frankly, it’s just about the worst trade you can make. Why? You can always get more money, but you can’t get more time.”
Tony Robbins


"Remember THIS: Anticipation is the ultimate power. Losers react, leaders anticipate."
Tony Robbins


 “Let’s face it, we’re not about to earn our way to wealth. That’s a mistake millions of Americans make. We think that if we work harder, smarter, longer, we’ll achieve our financial dreams, but our paycheck alone—no matter how big—isn’t the answer.”
Tony Robbins


 “The secret to unleashing your true power is setting goals that are exciting enough that they truly inspire your creativity and ignite your passion."
Tony Robbins


"And always remember the ultimate truth: life is not about money, it’s about emotion.”
Tony Robbins


“Change your story, change your life. Divorce the story of limitation, and marry the story of the truth and everything changes."
Tony Robbins


 “You have to make the shift from being a consumer in the economy to becoming an owner—and you do it by becoming an investor.”
Tony Robbins


 “At the end of the day, the question to ask yourself is this: do your expenses, big and small, bring you the thrill they once did?”
Tony Robbins