Notable Quotes for July

“Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.”

—  Lou Holtz

Inducted into the American College Football hall of fame in 2008, 
Holtz is known for both his winning record, and his scrapes with NCAA scholarship regulations. 
He is he only college football coach to lead six different programs to bowl games, and a 1988 championship (Notre Dame, 12-0).


“A good cigar is like a beautiful chick with a great body who also knows the American League box scores. 

— Cpl. Klinger, M*A*S*H*,
Bug-Out, 1976


“The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing.
If you can fake that, you’ve got it made.”

— Groucho Marx

 

 

“I don’t count the sit-ups. I only start counting when it starts hurting because they’re the only ones that count.
That’s what makes you a champion.” 

— Muhammad Ali   (1942 – 2016)

 

 

“Wherever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.”

— Peter Drucker

 



“The best argument against democracy s a five-minute conversation with the average voter.”

— Winston Churchill

 

 


“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.”

— Groucho Marx



“Life will always throw you curves, just keep fouling them off... the right pitch will come, but when it does, be prepared to run the bases.”

— Rick Maksian

 

 

“The past may not repeat itself, but it sure does rhyme.”

— Mark Twain

 



“What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight – it’s the size of the fight in the dog.”

— General Dwight D Eisenhower

 


“Impossible is just a word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” 

— Muhammad Ali  (1942 –June 5, 2016)


 

 

“Somehow I can’t believe that there are any heights that can’t be scaled by a man who knows the secrets of making dreams come true. This special secret, it seems to me, can be summarized in four C’s. They are curiosity, confidence, courage, and constancy, and the greatest of all is confidence. When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionably.”

— Walt Disney

 


“We are told that talent creates its own opportunities.

But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.”

— Eric Hoffer  (1898 – May 21, 1983) 

Hoffer, the author of 10 books and many essays, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in
February, 1983.


“This country has gotten where it is in spite of politics, not by the aid of it.

That we have carried as much political bunk as we have and still survived shows we are a super nation.”

— Will Rogers

Daily Telegram, 1938


Excerpts from Poor Richard’s Almanack


Act uprightly and despise Calumny; Dirt may stick to a Mud Wall, but not to polish’d Marble.


A false Friend and a Shadow attend only while the Sun shines.


There are three Things extreamly hard: Steel, a Diamond and to know one’s self.


A lie stands on one leg, truth on two.


Nothing brings more pain than too much pleasure; nothing more bondage than too much liberty.


‘Tis easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.


If you would reap Praise you must sow the Seeds, gentle Words and useful Deeds.


Beware of little Expenses: a small Leak will sink a great Ship.


Wink at small faults – remember thou hast great ones.


— Benjamin Franklin, 

from the yearly pamphlet  Poor Richard’s Almanack, published between 1733 and  1758, in the American colonies.