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It is better to be a has-been than a never-was.

It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret.

It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies.

It is better to fail in a cause that will ultimately succeed than to succeed in a cause that will ultimately fail.

It is decidedly not true that "nice guys finish last," as that highly original American baseball philosopher, Leo Durocher, was alleged to have said.

It is easier to go down a hill than up, but the view is from the top.

It is easy to get to the top after you get through the crowd at the bottom.

It is energy - the central element of which is will - that produces the miracle that is enthusiasm in all ages. Everywhere it is what is called force of character and the sustaining power of all great action

It is enough that we set out to mold the motley stuff of life into some form of our own choosing; when we do, the performance is itself the wage.

It is far too late and things are far too bad for pessimism.

It is important for young entrepreneurs to be adequately self-aware to know what they do not know.

It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed.This is quotes copyright © By Pumpkin Limited

It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.

It is manifestly vital to the success of the anti-slavery cause, that the authority and influence of proslavery, especially of slaveholding, ministers should be destroyed.

It is most difficult, in my mind, to separate any success, whether it be in your profession, your family, or as in my case, in basketball, from religion.

It is just as important to move on in the wake of stunning success as in the wake of disaster.

It is no coincidence that our country has not been attacked since 9-11. Our initiatives to protect the homeland and aggressively take the fight to the terrorists have been factors in that success.

It is not enough to be a good player... you must also play well

It is not enough to be exceptionally mad, licentious and fanatical in order to win a great reputation; it is still necessary to arrive on the scene at the right time.

It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs.

It is not enough to take steps which may someday lead to a goal; each step must be itself a goal and a step likewise.

It is not length of life, but depth of life.

It is not in everyone's power to secure wealth, office, or honors; but everyone may be good, generous, and wise.

It is not the situation which makes the man, but the man who makes the situation.

It is not sufficiently considered in the hour of exultation, that all human excellence is comparative; that no man performs much but in proportion to what other accomplish, or to the time and opportunities which have been allowed him.

It is not true that nice guys finish last. Nice guys are winners before the game even starts.

It isn't the common man at all who is important: it's the uncommon man.

It isn't success after all, is it, if it isn't an expression of your deepest energies?

It is only in the case of the Priestly Code that opinions differ widely; for it tries hard to imitate the costume of the Mosaic period, and, with whatever success, to disguise its own.

It is only possible to succeed at second-rate pursuits - like becoming a millionaire or a prime minister, winning a war, seducing beautiful women, flying through the stratosphere, or landing on the moon. First-rate pursuits - involving, as they must, trying to understand what life is about and trying to convey that understanding - inevitably result in a sense of failure. A Napoleon, a Churchill, or a Roosevelt can feel himself to be successful, but never a Socrates, a Pascal, or a Blake. Understanding is forever unattainable.

It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid.

It is on record that when a young aspirant asked Faraday the secret of his success as a scientific investigator, he replied, 'The secret is comprised in three words- Work, Finish, Publish.'

It is possible to indulge too great contempt for mere success, which is frequently attended with all the practical advantages of merit itself, and with several advantages that merit alone can never command.

It is rightly said that the most difficult thing in chess is winning a won position

It is possible to renounce everything and attain enlightenment. But most people don't want to renounce; they wish to run away from responsibility and hard work.

It is possible that the scrupulously honest man may not grow rich so fast as the unscrupulous and dishonest one; but the success will be of a truer kind, earned without fraud or injustice. And even though a man should for a time be unsuccessful, still he must be honest: better lose all and save character. For character is itself a fortune. . . .

It is the accumulative weight of our disciplines and our judgments that leads us to either fortune or failure.

It is simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences.

It is sometimes frightening to observe the success which comes even to the outlaw with a polished technique, and we find ourselves doubting the validity of the virtues we have been taught. But I believe we must reckon with character in the end, for it is as potent a force in world conflict as it is in our own domestic affairs. It strikes the last blow in any battle.

It is the satisfaction of doing it for yourself and motivating others to work with you in bringing it about. It is about the fun, innovation, creativity with the rewards being far greater than purely financial.

It is the ultimate luxury to combine passion and contribution. It's also a very clear path to happiness.

It is to be feared that those who emigrate to New South Wales, generally anticipate too great facility in their future operations and certainty of success in conducting them; but they should recollect that competency cannot be obtained without labour.

It is the privilege and duty of the present generation to pass on to its successors, unimpaired, the heritage of liberty bequeathed to it by the founders of the Republic.

It is through cooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes will be derived.

It is tragic that Howard Hughes had to die to prove that he was alive.

It is very important that your career raises your awareness. If your career is lowering your personal power, then it has got to change.

I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing.

It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.

It is within your power to see that all you have experienced, trials, errors, faults, deceptions, passions, your love and your hope, shall be merged wholly in your aim.

It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals his character.