Spped Quotes

Sometimes the most ordinary things could be made extraordinary,

simply by doing them with the right people.

A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops

under his command make him.

The wealth of information now available at

the click of a finger amazes me.

It is the quality of the moment,

not the number of days,

or events,

or of actors,

that imports.

I try to buy stock in businesses

that are so wonderful that an idiot can run them.

Focus on the process,

not the outcome.

Excellence comes from repetition.

Use only that which works.

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present.

The occasion is piled high with difficulty,

and we must rise with the occasion.

As our case is new,

so we must think anew and act anew.

Who ever loved that loved not at first sight?

Buy the ticket,

take the ride.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is

for good men to do nothing.

What material success does is provide,

you with the ability to concentrate

on other things that really matter,

And that is being able to make a difference,

not only in your own life,

but in other people's lives.

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful,

committed citizens can change the world.

Indeed,

it is the only thing that ever has.

There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law.

Each life is made up of

mistakes and learning

waiting and growing

practicing patience and

being persistent.

A man watches his pear tree day after day,

impatient for the ripening of the fruit.

Let him attempt to force the process,

and he may spoil both fruit and tree.

But let him patiently wait,

and the ripe pear at length falls into his lap.

I want you to act as if the house is on fire,

because it is.

Don’t ever trade your authenticity for approval.

All that I am,

or ever hope to be,

I owe to my mother.

Grief changes shape,

but it never ends.