Quotes I'm Pondering May 2021

Some quotes I’ve been pondering this month.

“Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.”

- Babe Ruth, baseball player

“A genius is the one most like himself.”

-Thelonius Monk, musician & composer

“Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.”

-Suzy Kassem, writer & poet

“Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.”

-Earl Nightingale, author & radio speaker

“I will not be a common man. I will stir the smooth sands of monotony. I do not crave security. I wish to hazard my soul to opportunity.”

-Peter O'Toole, actor

“Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.”

- James F. Byrnes, judge & politician

“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.”

-Benjamin Franklin, politician - scientist - inventor

“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.”

-Henry David Thoreau, poet & philosopher

““The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.” 

- Kahlil Gibran, poet & writer