Words to inspire by influential people

Yesterday is but today's memory, and tomorrow is today's dream. Khalil Gibran #rafikfarouk

Most of the successful people I've known are the ones who do more listening than talking.  Bernard Baruch #rafikfarouk

I've learned that people will forget what you said,  people will forget what you did,  but people will never forget how you made them feel.  Maya Angelou #rafikfarouk

Writing is an exploration.  You start from nothing and learn as you go.  E. L. Doctorow #rafikfarouk

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.  Henry Ward Beecher #rafikfarouk

Winners don't do different things.  They do things differently.  Unknown #rafikfarouk

Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.  Charles R. Swindoll #rafikfarouk

In questions of science,  the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.  Galileo Galilei #rafikfarouk

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow.  The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.  Abraham Lincoln #rafikfarouk

Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.  Paul Tournier #rafikfarouk

Good luck is when opportunity meets preparation,  while bad luck is when lack of preparation meets reality.  Eliyahu Goldratt #rafikfarouk

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.  Plutarch #rafikfarouk

Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.  Napoleon Hill #rafikfarouk

Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for long-term values. Joshua L. Liebman #rafikfarouk

The mark of Friendship is not that help will be given when the pinch comes (of course it will) but that, having been given, it makes no difference at all.  C.S. Lewis #rafikfarouk

Work hard, stay positive, and get up early. It's the best part of the day. George Allen, Sr. #rafikfarouk

In matters of conscience, first thoughts are best.  In matters of prudence, last thoughts are best.  Robert Hall #rafikfarouk

Everything comes in time to those who can wait.  Francois Rabelais #rafikfarouk

A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. #rafikfarouk