Way Quotes - Page 13

• The rise of Islam offers perhaps the most impressive example in world history of the power of words to alter human behavior in sudden, surprising ways.

  William Hardy McNeill

  Wisdom, Islamic, Example

  "Keeping Together in Time". Book by William Hardy McNeill, Ch. 4: Religious Ceremonies, 1995.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• My health is in the hands of Allah, who has ways of testing us. Whatever happens, happens. I a'int the greatest - it's Allah. I gave myself a job. I work for God.

  Muhammad Ali

  Wisdom, Jobs, Islamic

  32 Copy quote

• Humanity starts at the level of the human consciousness and makes its deliberate way to the summit, which is God Consciousness.

  Harold Klemp

  Humanity, Levels, Consciousness

  5 Copy quote

• Creativity is people who care enough to keep thinking about something until they find the simplest way to do it.

  Tim Cook

  Creativity, Thinking, People

  55 Copy quote

• Dying is a really hard way to learn about life.

  Michael Keaton

  Death, Dying, Hard

  12 Copy quote

• The final hour when we cease to exist does not itself bring death; it merely of itself completes the death-process. We reach death at that moment, but we have been a long time on the way.

  Seneca the Younger

  Death, Long, Dying

  7 Copy quote

• I can't tell you how much you gain, how much progress you can make, by working together as a team, by helping one another. You get much more done that way. If there's anything the Steelers of the '70s epitomized, I think it was that teamwork.

  Chuck Noll

  Teamwork, Football, Thinking

  58 Copy quote

• Losing doesn't eat at me the way it used to. I just get ready for the next play, the next game, the next season.

  Troy Aikman

  Sports, Football, Games

  53 Copy quote

• I didn't always walk that straight line. I'm not going to say that I'm an angel. But I made some right decisions along the way.

  Marshall Faulk

  Football, Angel, Nfl

  7 Copy quote

• I played football the only way I knew. If you have the football and 11 guys are after you - if you're smart - you'll run. It was no big deal.

  Red Grange

  Football, Running, Smart

  12 Copy quote

• Be patient with the negative people of the world. Take a moment to think how they are helping you clarify your own thinking and firming your own resolve. Then, headslap them out of your way.

  Deacon Jones

  Football, Thinking, Nfl

  20 Copy quote

• There is no way that I could have survived if I had not changed my style of play.

  Willie Lanier

  Football, Play, Nfl

  4 Copy quote

• Every successful business creates or provides something of value that other people want or need at a price they're willing to pay, in a way that satisfies the purchaser's needs and expectations and provides the business sufficient revenue to make it worthwhile for the owners to continue operation.

  Josh Kaufman

  Motivational, Business, Successful

  "The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business". Book by Josh Kaufman, August 28, 2012.

  13 Copy quote

  Show source

• I have learned to accept that, in the present moment at least, things are exactly as they are meant to be, and although I cannot control the future any more than I could control the wind and the weather, I can manage it and influence it in a positive way.

  Roz Savage

  Attitude, Wind, Weather

  5 Copy quote

• When you play test cricket, you don't give the Englishmen an inch. Play it tough, all the way. Grind them into the dust.

  Donald Bradman

  Sports, Dust, Play

  70 Copy quote

• I wasn't aware of the impact that I had made on the lives of Aboriginal people until I did a bit of travelling and visited various communities throughout Victoria. To see the way that my people looked at me and to know that I made a difference to them was an honour.

  Lionel Rose

  Sports, Winning, Differences

  50 Copy quote

• If you want to do something, anything, with all your heart, you will find a way.

  Pat Farmer

  Sports, Heart, Want

  8 Copy quote

• When most objects are truly functional, this technological age, which is just beginning, will be truly civilised. When all objects in this country are truly functional, Australia will be as beautiful in its own way as classical Greece.

  Robin Boyd

  Beauty, Beautiful, Country

  Robin Boyd, Australian Broadcasting Commission (1967). “Artificial Australia”

  11 Copy quote

  Show source

• I'm still here, I'm still alive, I'm still blessed, on my way to my destiny, because the favor of God is on my life.

  Hezekiah Walker

  Missing Someone, Blessed, Destiny

  Song: God Favored Me Pt. 1

  29 Copy quote

  Show source

• Such displays of the Australian spirit engender pride, regardless of background, religion and political persuasion. They are unifying... This spirit of leadership should be reflected in our national symbols and one appropriate way to do that is by finally making the changes needed to make Australia a republic... A country's history does not change because it takes a step forward, but its possibilities for the future do.

  Larissa Behrendt

  Leadership, Country, Pride

  5 Copy quote

• ..leaders should be looked upon as being 'in front', 'sharing' rather than 'showing' the way... it is the followers who save leaders and therefore make them.

  Michelle Grattan

  Leadership, Followers, Should

  5 Copy quote

• ... that ultimate success in community leadership will only be achieved if it stimulates participation by others who are also to be seen as in their own way leaders and not merely helpers.

  James Gobbo

  Leadership, Community, Ultimate Success

  6 Copy quote

• My way of communicating love and interest in people is through cooking. I grew up in an environment where food was really celebrated, and that gave me the message: food makes people happy.

  Kylie Kwong

  Love, People, Cooking

  11 Copy quote

• Wisdom is partly innate and partly developed and practised. It's about a lot more than just knowledge: experience, involvement, communication, interaction with people. Wisdom is a way of being.

  Hazel Hawke

  Wisdom, Communication, People

  7 Copy quote

• I realized that very young - that a life where you don't live to your full potential, or you don't experiment, or you're afraid, or you hesitate, or there are things you know you should do but you just don't get around to them, is a life that I'd be miserable living, and the only way to feel that I'm on the right path is just to be true to myself, whatever that may be, and that tends to come with stepping out of something that's maybe safe or traditional.

  Angelina Jolie

  Badass, May, Safe

  "Worldwide Exclusive: Angelina Jolie Opens Up". www.elle.com. May 7, 2014.

  17 Copy quote

  Show source