patricia's quotes

"The tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. It isn't a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream. It is not a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for. Not failure, but low aim is sin."

"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat."

"Love never fails; Character never quits; and with patience and persistence; Dreams do come true."

"Dreams are the touchstones of our character."

"More important than talent, strength, or knowledge is the ability to laugh at yourself and enjoy the pursuit of your dreams."

"The man who has no imagination has no wings."

"By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be."

"If you can dream it, you can do it."

"The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer."

"It is never too late to be what you might have been."

"Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly."

"The world has the habit of making room for the man whose words and actions show that he knows where he is going."

"Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits."

"You always pass failure on the way to success."

"Being defeated is often only a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent."

"You can have everything in life you want if you'll just help enough other people to get what they want!"

"Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness - great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation and great joy."

"It's funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it."

"My parents always told me that people will never know how long it takes you to do something. They will only know how well it is done."

"You cannot succeed by yourself. It's hard to find a rich hermit."

"The big shots are only the little shots who keep shooting."

"Don't bother just to be better than your counterparts or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself."

"Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow."

"Life has no limitations, except the ones you make."

"Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon must inevitably come to pass!"

"Ideas without action are worthless."

"Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure."

"Do not follow where the path my lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."

"In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time."

"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination are omnipotent."