Words to Live By

Wisdom, one quote at a time.

Every quote here is checked against its original source. Tap one to read the reflection behind it.

“But to do for the world more than the world does for you--that is Success.” — Henry Ford “Price is what you pay; value is what you get.” — Benjamin Graham “Nourish what makes you feel confident, connected, contented. Opportunity will rise to meet you.” — Oprah Winfrey “But true good fortune is what you make for yourself. Good fortune: good character, good intentions, and good actions.” — Marcus Aurelius “It is not the rich man's son that the young struggler for advancement has to fear in the race of life, nor his nephew, nor his cousin. Let him look out for the "dark horse" in the boy who begins by sweeping out the office.” — Andrew Carnegie “Self-trust is the first secret of success.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson “Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.” — Seneca the Younger “It is not industry, but idleness, that is degrading.” — Calvin Coolidge “Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.” — Maya Angelou “It is true of the Nation, as of the individual, that the greatest doer must also be a great dreamer.” — Theodore Roosevelt “If you desire many things, many things will seem but a few.” — Benjamin Franklin “Men take on the nature and the habits and the power of thought of those with whom they associate in a spirit of sympathy and harmony.” — Napoleon Hill “There is a limit to the time assigned you, and if you don't use it to free yourself it will be gone and never return.” — Marcus Aurelius “Nothing ever comes to me, that is worth having, except as the result of hard work.” — Booker T. Washington “That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.” — Henry David Thoreau “Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship.” — Benjamin Franklin “Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.” — Mark Twain “The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers. But above all, the world needs dreamers who do.” — Sarah Ban Breathnach “Embrace the challenge, find the strength, and make it happen.” — HQ Wealth Wise “The future belongs to the competent. Get good, get better, be the best!” — Brian Tracy Dreams & Goals
“The best way to predict your future is to create it.”

— commonly attributed to Peter Drucker

 “No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.” — Robin Williams “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.” — Bernard Baruch