Inspiring Quotes

Collected By Dr. Bahaeldin Makkawi

• “Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.”  Vince
• Lombardi.
• “Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.” Albert Eintein.
• “The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.” Sydney J. Harris.
• “A goal is not always meant to be reached; it often serves simply as something to aim at.” – Bruce Lee.
• “Lead and inspire people. Don’t try to manage and manipulate people. Inventories can be managed but people must be lead”.  Ross Perot.
• “There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.” Peter F. Drucker .
• “Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.” Peter Drucker .  
• “You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.” Woodrow Wilson .
• “Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.” Kahlil Gibran.
• “Quality in education is a ” journey “ – a journey of putting learning at the heart of all your decision – making.
• Pity the nation that is full of beliefs and empty of religion. Pity the nation that wears a cloth it does not weave  and eats a bread it does not harvest. 
• Pity the nation that acclaims the bully as hero, and that deems the glittering conqueror bountiful. 
• Pity a nation that despises a passion in its dream,  yet submits in its awakening. 
• Pity the nation that raises not its voice save when it walks in a funeral,  boasts not except among its ruins,  and will rebel not save when its neck is laid  between the sword and the block. 
• Pity the nation whose statesman is a fox, whose philosopher is a juggler,  and whose art is the art of patching and mimicking  .
• Pity the nation that welcomes its new ruler with trumpeting, and farewells him with hooting,  only to welcome another with trumpeting again. 
• Pity the nation whose sages are dumb with years and whose strongmen are yet in the cradle. 
• Pity the nation divided into fragments, each fragment deeming itself a nation.” 
•  Kahlil Gibran, The Garden of The Prophet .
•  ‘Watch the little things; a small leak will sink a great ship’ – Benjamin Franklin.
• When the winds of change blow, some people build walls, and others build windmills – Chinese proverb.
• “He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander” –Aristotle.
• A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way. John C. Maxwell.
• A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. Winston Churchill.
• Without change there is no innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable. William Pollard.
• “Leadership is an action, not a position.” -Donald McGannon.
• “Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value” . Albert Einstein.
• The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today. Elbert Hubbar.
• Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality. Warren Bennis.
• “Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.” Andrew Carnegie.
• “I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things.” Mother Teresa.
• Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing. Thomas A. Edison.
• “The measure of intelligence is the ability to change” Albert Einstein.
• “It is not enough to be busy… The question is: what are we busy about?” -Henry David Thoreau.
• “A good job is more than just a paycheck. A good job fosters independence and discipline, and contributes to the health of the community. A good job is a means to provide for the health and welfare of your family, to own a home, and save for retirement”. James H. Douglas, Jr.
• “A leader’s job is not to do the work for others, it’s to help others figure out how to do it themselves, to get things done, and to succeed beyond what they thought possible”. Simon Sinek.
• “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower”. Steve Jobs .
• “Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.” Leonardo da Vinci .
• “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time”. Thomas A. Edison.
• “If the scholar feels that he must know everything about any topic, he is in trouble – and will not publish with a clear conscience” .Kenneth L. Pike.
• “It always seems impossible until it is done”. Nelson Mandela.
• “Good, better, best. Never let it rest. ‘Til your good is better and your better is best” Jerome.
• “Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.” Earl Nightingale.
• “”The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.” Michelangelo.
• “We learned about honesty and integrity – that the truth matters… that you don’t take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules… and success doesn’t count unless you earn it fair and square.” Michelle Obama.
• “An entire sea of water can’t sink a ship unless it gets inside the ship. Similarly, the negativity of the world can’t put you down unless you allow it to get inside you. ” Goi Nasu.
• “Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.” George Bernard Shaw.
• “Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.” Warren Bennis.
• “To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” Winston Churchill.
• “Trust is the glue of life. It’s the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It’s the foundational principle that holds all relationships. “Stephen Covey.
• “Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent efforts”. John Ruskin.
• “If you have no critics, you’ll likely have no success”. Michael Forbes.
• “Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.” Theodore Roosevelt.
• “Pity the nation that wears a cloth it does not weave and eats a bread it does not harvest.” Gibran Khalil Gibran.
• “The celebration… you cannot practice it or anything. It’s a moment when the excitement of your goal makes you react to the moment.” Peter Bondra .
• “Leadership requires five ingredients–brains, energy, determination, trust, and ethics. The key challenges today are in terms of the last two–trust and ethics.” Fred Hilmer .
• “People that have trust s only need to look in the mirror. There they will meet the one person that will betray them the most.” Shannon L. Alder.
• “Quality is not an act, it is a habit.”
• “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” Sam Levenson.
• “Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.” Malcolm X. – Volume .
• “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower” Steve jobs.
• “If you don’t have integrity, you have nothing. You can’t buy it. You can have all the money in the world, but if you are not a moral and ethical person, you really have nothing.” Henry Kravis – Volume.
• “Learning and innovation go hand in hand. The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow.” William Pollard.
• “The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” Winston Churchill.
• “I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious” Albert Einstein.
• “You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.” Joyce Meyer.
• “Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and acts on it, he is giving a great deal of what it is the world needs most. It is not complicated but it takes courage. It takes courage for a person to listen to his own goodness and act on it.” Pablo Casals.
• “If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity and you’re not sure you can do it, say yes – then learn how to do it later” Richard Branson.
• “Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do” Pele.
• “The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.” Theodore Roosevelt.
• “No legacy is so rich as honesty.” William Shakespeare .
• “Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.” Thomas Jefferson .
• “Loyalty cannot be blueprinted. It cannot be produced on an assembly line. In fact, it cannot be manufactured at all, for its origin is the human heart-the center of self-respect and human dignity. It is a force which leaps into being only when conditions are exactly right for it-and it is a force very sensitive to betrayal.” Maurice R. Franks.
• “Quality is not an act, it is a habit.” Aristotle.
• “By learning you will teach, by teaching you will learn”. Latin proverb .
• “A good conscience is a soft pillow”. German Proverb – Latin proverb.
• “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.
• “Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results”. Willie Nelson.
• “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful”. Albert Schweitzer.
• “The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence”. Confucius.
• “Excellence is not a skill, it’s an attitude”. Ralph Marston.
• “Great people have great values and great ethics.”. Jeffrey Gitomer.
• “Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do”. Potter Stewart – “Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do”. Potter Stewart.
• “Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy”. Norman Vincent Peal.
• “A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning”. Brad Henry – Volume .
• “Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students”. Solomon Ortiz.
• “With integrity, you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide. With integrity, you will do the right thing, so you will have no guilt”. Ziga Ziglar.
• “A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.” Colin Powell.
• “Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.” Laurence Sterne.
• “The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t said.” Peter Drucker .
• “Learning and innovation go hand in hand. The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow.” William Pollard.