Gabriel Hummel

10 Quotes That Will Make You Think Twice

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I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed

- Michael Jordan

An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind

- Gandhi

By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day

- Robert Frost

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor

- Truman Capote

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself

- Leo Tolstoy

100% of the shots you don’t take don’t go in

- Wayne Gretzky

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great

- Mark Twain

If you knew how much work went into it, you wouldn’t call it genius

- Michelangelo

When I hear somebody sigh, ‘Life is hard,’ I am always tempted to ask, ‘Compared to what?’

- Sydney Harris

To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing

- Elbert Hubbard

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Gabriel

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18 comments to 10 Quotes That Will Make You Think Twice

S|n|ster

not perfectly applicable but…

“Two hands working can do more than a thousand clasped in prayer”

yerai88

really nice quotes! a lot of value here

@S|n|ster
Good quote, thanks for the feedback

@yerai88
Thanks mate :)

Neil

Great quotes man.

Sam

great quotes man, especially the Jordan one – i’m a huge fan of that

Daniel

You succeed, because of your failures.

So ultimately, its doesn’t matter if you fail.

So then even more ultimately, it doesn’t really matter what the outcome is, because it doesn’t matter if you fail.

So then ultimately, failure = success

Divides by zero

@Neil
Gracias mate

@Sam
Yea I love that quote also

@Daniel
Great supplement quotes, thanks for the input

The Robert Frost quote hits you hard! Especially when you are already in an office job with no end in site…. wow life can really put you to the test sometimes….. when the harsh reality kicks in, it’s not about what you can get out of life, but how many times you can get back up after it knocks you on your ass

Karita

nice! i’m gonna make my own journal

@Mike
That is one of my favorite quotes as well, and has an erie level of truth to it.

I also really enjoy the Micheal Jordon quotation, as most people think he is simply a God at basketball but do not understand the unearthly amount of work he put in to be the best there ever was.

@Kar

Awesome! Send me a link when its up

I really liked these and tweeted them. Thanks.

Jess

“the road to failure is paved with shortcuts” My math teacher ‘made this up’

@Jess

Awesome Contribution

Minette

A quote I live by:
“Speak less, say more and be profound.”

Love the quotes!

@Minette

Awesome contribution, thanks for that

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