I’ve often posted collections of quotes (see here).  Tonight I was preparing for a lecture and I wanted to mention some of the all-time favorite short quotes.  There are many website that offer such collections, including this one, where I obtained these short quotes that work well for me.

“Either you run the day, or the day runs you.”
– Jim Rohn

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”
– Anais Nin

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”
– Mahatma Gandhi

“Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.”
– Charles Kettering

“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.”
– Alan Kay

“Change your thoughts and you change your world.”
– Norman Vincent

“If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.
– Booker T. Washington

“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.”
– Wayne Gretzky

“The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.”
– Chinese Proverb

“The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.”
– Helen Keller

“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”
– Aristotle

“The only true wisdom is knowing that you know nothing.”
– Socrates

“If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today.”
– E. Joseph Cossman

“Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else.”
– Judy Garland