Words to inspire by influential people

I define a leader as anyone who takes responsibility for finding the potential in people and processes, and who has the courage to develop that potential.  Brené Brown #Rafikfarouk

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.  Benjamin Franklin #Rafikfarouk

Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.  Alexander Graham Bell #Rafikfarouk

Tragedy is a hell of a teacher. it's much too strict, but it's a hell of a teacher.  Harlan Coben #Rafikfarouk

What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?  George Eliot #Rafikfarouk

If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.  Meister Eckhart #Rafikfarouk

The effect of sailing is produced by a judicious arrangement of the sails to the direction of the wind.  William Falconer #Rafikfarouk

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.  Abraham Lincoln #Rafikfarouk

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.  Henry David Thoreau #Rafikfarouk

Character develops itself in the stream of life.  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe #Rafikfarouk

A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.  Henrik Ibsen #Rafikfarouk

You don't need many words if you already know what you're talking about.  William Stafford #Rafikfarouk

Don't sleep too much. If you sleep three hours less each night for a year, you will have an extra month and a half to succeed in. Aristotle Onassis #Rafikfarouk

The proactive approach to a mistake is to acknowledge it instantly,  correct and learn from it.  Stephen Covey #Rafikfarouk

One must know oneself.  If this does not serve to discover truth,  it at least serves as a rule of life and there is nothing better.  Blaise Pascal #Rafikfarouk