Never mistake activity for achievement.

Quote by John Wooden

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If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer...

If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer...

You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be...

You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be...

Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things...

Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things...

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you...

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you...

Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished...

Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished...

If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to...

If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to...

You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught...

You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught...

Material possessions, winning scores, and great reputations are meaningless in the eyes of the Lord,...

Material possessions, winning scores, and great reputations are meaningless in the eyes of the Lord,...

Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but what you should have accomplished with...

Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but what you should have accomplished with...

Ability is a poor man's wealth.

Ability is a poor man's wealth.

Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before...

Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before...

What you are as a person is far more important that what you are as...

What you are as a person is far more important that what you are as...

Young people need models, not critics

Young people need models, not critics

It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.

It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.

It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.

It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.

Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.

Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.

Make each day your masterpiece.

Make each day your masterpiece.

Im not a prophet or a stone aged man, just a mortal with potential of...

Im not a prophet or a stone aged man, just a mortal with potential of...

Most goals are achieved, not by talent, or determination, or hard work....but by persistence.

Most goals are achieved, not by talent, or determination, or hard work....but by persistence.

Little by little one walks far

Little by little one walks far

I defended him [John McCain] in those hearings when some stupid-ass right-wing idiot accused him...

I defended him [John McCain] in those hearings when some stupid-ass right-wing idiot accused him...