Drinking (Bukowksi)

That's the problem with drinking, I thought, as I poured myself a drink. 

If something bad happens you drink in an attempt to forget; 
if something good happens you drink in order to celebrate; 
and if nothing happens you drink to make something happen

quote by Charles Bukowski

Never put off until tomorrow

Never put off until tomorrow 
what you can do the day after tomorrow.


Quote by Mark Twain

Reputation - Henry Ford

You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.

quote by Henry Ford

Whine and complain

If you have time to whine and complain about something 
then you have the time to do something about it.

quote by Anthony J. D'Angelo

Daring greatly - Roosevelt

It is not the critic who counts; 

not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, 

or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, 

whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; 

who strives valiantly… 

who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, 

and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.

quote by Theodore Roosevelt

Greener grass at the other side

When the grass looks greener on the other side of the fence,
it may be that they take better care of it there.

Quote by Cecil Selig

Einstein on action and initiative

The world is not dangerous because of those who do harm
but because of those who look at it without doing anything

quote by Albert Einstein

Action

Think like a man of action
Act like a man of thought

quote by Henri Bergson

Happiness and action

Action may not always bring happiness,
but there is no happiness without action…

quote by Benjamin Disraeli, former British prime minister

Making the news

It is better to be making the news than taking it
to be an actor rather than a critic

Quote by Winston Churchill

as if the world were watching

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.

quote by Thomas Jefferson

Effort, not ability

Effort, not ability, makes the biggest difference in achievement.

quote by Bill Clinton

Light at the end of the tunnel

Don’t wait for a light to appear at the end of the tunnel,
stride down there…
and light the bloody thing yourself.

Dara Henderson

Big shot - little shot

The major difference between the big shot and the little shot is the big shot is just a little shot who kept on shooting.

Zig Ziglar

Just do it

It's not knowing what to do, it's doing what you know…

Anthony Robbins

Vision / action

Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes time. Vision with action can change the world.

Joel Barker

Going to Hong Kong

The difficulty in going from Vilvorde* to Hong Kong is not going to Hong Kong, but leaving Vilvorde.

Jacques Brel

Translated from French: "La difficulté d’aller de Vilvorde à Hong Kong, ce n’est pas d’aller à Hong Kong, c’est de quitter Vilvorde"

* Vilvorde: small city near Brussels, Belgium

The causes of action - Cruyff

Sometimes something has to happen before something will happen.

Translated from Dutch: "Soms moet er iets gebeuren voordat er iets gebeurt"

Johan Cruyff

Finishing things

One worthwhile task carried to a successful conclusion is worth half-a-hundred half-finished tasks.

Malcolm Forbes

Do it now

The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second best time is now.

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