Motivational Quotes

True leadership is rooted in accountability and integrity.

Up,

you mighty race,

accomplish what you will.

It has always been easy to hate and destroy.

To build and to cherish is much more difficult.

Being authentic is more important than being popular.

I'm convinced that about half of

what separates successful entrepreneurs from the non

successful ones is pure perseverance.

If we are not free,

no one will respect us.

My father... removed from Kentucky to... Indiana,

in my eighth year... It was a wild region,

with many bears and other wild animals still in the woods.

There I grew up... Of course when I came of age,

I did not know much.

Still somehow, I could read, write, and cipher...

but that was all.

I am an old man and have known a great many troubles,

but most of them never happened.

Girls are capable of doing everything men are capable of doing.

Sometimes they have more imagination than men.

The things that will destroy America are

prosperity at any price, peace at any price,

safety first instead of duty first,

the love of soft living, and the get rich quick theory of life.

The civilized man has built a coach,

but has lost the use of his feet.

My wife is always trying to get rid of me.

The other day she told me to put the garbage out.

I said to her I already did.

She told me to go and keep an eye on it.

Someone’s sitting in the shade today

because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

The greatest legacy one can pass on to one’s children

and grandchildren is not money or other

material things accumulated in one’s life,

but rather a legacy of character and faith.

Everyone should have a passion.

If you’re passionate about something,

you’ll work hard at it.

Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

Grief is the price we pay for love.

Life is about expressing yourself in ways that feel true to you.

Management is about persuading people

to do things they do not want to do,

while leadership is about inspiring people

to do things they never thought they could do.