Here’s another batch of 10 random inspirational quotes. As you can see, it’s #4 in the series.
Please make mental notes of the ones you like the most so you can comment on them at the end. Here you go:
1. A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
-Francis Bacon
2. If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world.
-Francis Bacon
3. Don’t listen to anyone who tells you that you can’t do this or that. That’s nonsense. Make up your mind you’ll never use crutches or a stick, then have a go at everything…never, never let them persuade you that things are too difficult or impossible.
-Sir Douglas Bader, British aviator
4. You don’t get to choose how you’re going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you’re going to live. Now.
-Joan Baez, U.S. folksinger
5. Life is a school of probability.
-Walter Bagehot, British journalist
6. I think knowing what you cannot do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that’s good taste.
-Lucille Ball, U.S. actress and comedian
7. Luck? I don’t know anything about luck. I’ve never banked on it, and I’m afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: hard work and realizing what is opportunity and what isn’t.
-Lucille Ball, U.S. actress and comedian
8. There is no such thing as a great talent without great willpower.
-Honoré de Balzac, French writer
9. You grow old first not in your own eyes, but in other people’s eyes; then, slowly, you agree with their opinion of you.
-Julian Barnes, British writer
10. If we keep an open mind, too much is likely to fall into it.
-Natalie Clifford Barney, U.S. writer
WHICH ONES DID YOU LIKE?
I like 3 and 10. Do you have any random quotes to share? Please share them below in the comments section (and make sure to share your URL too, if you have one).
Shawn
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