Darlene Quinn > Darlene's Quotes

“It's never too late to reinvent yourself.”
― Darlene Quinn

“Others see obstacles; I see opportunities.”
― Darlene Quinn, Webs of Fate

“Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open?”
― Jelalludin Rumi

“Love to learn—hate to be taught.”
― Winston Churchill

“Don’t be afraid to fail. The greatest failure of all is not to act when action is needed.”
― John Wooden

“Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions down out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”
― Steve Jobs

“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”
― Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.”
― Lou Holtz

“You don’t want to get to the top of the ladder only to find out you had it leaning up against the wrong wall.”
― Jack Canfield, Chicken Soup for the Soul

“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.”
― Steve Jobs

“Any day you don’t learn something new is a day you should
have stayed in bed.”
― Jerome A. Gottschalk

“You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore”
― André Gide

“If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.”
― Jim Rohn

“To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.”
― Elbert Hubbard, Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Vol. 3: American Statesmen

“You are never too old to set another goal, or to dream a new dream.”
― Les Brown, Live Your Dreams: Les Brown's Formula and Action Planner for Achieving Success and Happiness

“A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt

“The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.”
― Amelia Earhart

“I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Walden: Or, Life in the Woods

“You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.”
― Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

“I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed.”
― Robert H. Schuller, Tough Times Never Last, But Tough People Do!

“In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. ”
― Bill Cosby

“The best revenge is massive success.”
― Frank Sinatra

“Be awesome! Be a book nut!”
― Dr. Seuss

“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
― Jorge Luis Borges

“Some are born great. Some achieve greatness. Some get it as a graduation gift.”
― Robin Williams

“Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.”
― Carl von Clausewitz

“We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change.”
― Katharine Hepburn, Me: Stories of My Life

“When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, I used everything you gave me.”
― Erma Bombeck

“Wounds turn into scars and scars make you tough.”
― Aisha Tyler