Notable Quotes for August
Legendary Lady Vols coach Pat Summitt was known for her memorable quotes, many of which shed light on her leadership style and work ethic. During her 38 years as Head Women’s Basketball Coach at the University of Tennessee, she won more games than any other Division One coach – man or woman – in history.
“When you grow up on a dairy farm, cows don’t take a day off. So you work every day and my dad always said, ‘No one can outwork you.’ ”
“Here’s how I’m going to beat you. I’m going to outwork you. That’s it. That’s all there is to it.”
“Discipline helps you finish a job, and finishing is what separates excellent work from average work.”
— Pat Summitt
in her 1999 book Reach for the Summit.
“I dream of a better tomorrow, where chickens can cross the road and not be questioned about their motives.”
— Anonymous
“These are my principles, and if you don’t like them…
well, I have others.”
— Groucho Marx
“To be a champion you must believe you are the best.
If you’re not… pretend you are.”
— Muhammad Ali
(1942 –June 5, 2016)
“I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain’t never been seen by this generation.”
— Satchel Paige
Satchel Paige ((July 7, 1906 – June 8, 1982)) was the first player who had played in the Negro leagues to pitch in the World Series, in 1948, and was the first player from the Committee on Negro Baseball Leagues to be inducted in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, in 1971.
“I believe there is something out there watching us. Unfortunately, it’s the government.”
— Woody Allen
“You can fool all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.”
— Abraham Lincoln
“I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power, than by violent and sudden usurpations.”
— James Madison
Fourth President of the USA (1809-1817)
Poor Richard’s Almanack
“Love your Enemies, for they tell you your Faults.”
“Lost Time is never found again.”
“There cannot be good living where there is not good drinking.”
“If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth writing.”
— Benjamin Franklin
“The Sayings of Poor Richard:” The Prefaces, Proverbs, And Poems of Benjamin Franklin, Pub. 1773 — 1758
“Love Your Neighbor; Yet do not pull down your hedge.
— Benjamin Franklin
“Fools make feasts and wise men eat them.”
— Benjamin Franklin
“The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf.”
— WIll Rogers
“Ohio claims they are due a president as they haven’t had one since Taft.
Look at the United States – they have not had one since Lincoln.”
— WIll Rogers
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity;
an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
— Winston Churchill
“Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.”
–Albert Einstein
“Evening news is when they begin with, ‘Good evening,’ and then proceed to tell you why it isn’t.”
– Justine Vogt
“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: What! You too? I thought I was the only one.”
— C.S. Lewis