| Quote | Author | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
I would say to the House, as I said to those who have joined this Government: ‘I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.’ |
Sir Winston Churchill | 1874 – 1965 | Knowles, E. (1999). The Oxford dictionary of quotations. Oxford: Oxford University Press. |
Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working. |
Pablo Picasso | 1881 – 1973 | |
Perfection is the child of Time. |
Joseph Hall | Knowles, E. (1999). The Oxford dictionary of quotations. Oxford: Oxford University Press. | |
I began to realise how important it was to be an enthusiast in life. He taught me that if you are interested in something, no matter what it is, go at it at full speed ahead. Embrace it with both arms, hug it, love it and above all become passionate about it. Lukewarm is no good. Hot is no good either. White hot and passionate is the only thing to be. |
Roald Dahl | 1916 – 1990 | My Uncle Oswald |
The important thing in life is not the victory but the contest; the essential thing is not to have won but to be well beaten. |
Baron Pierre de Coubertin | 1863 – 1937 | Knowles, E. (1999). The Oxford dictionary of quotations. Oxford: Oxford University Press. |
Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing. |
Muhammad Ali | 1942 – 2016 | |
We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done. |
Alan Turing | 1912 – 1954 | |
I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one. |
Bill Gates | born 1955 | |
Work hard in silence; Let success make the noise. |
Unknown | ||
Don’t count the days, make the days count. |
Muhammad Ali | 1942 – 2016 | |
I hated every minute of training, but I said, “Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.” |
Muhammad Ali | 1942 – 2016 | |
Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone. |
Pablo Picasso | 1881 – 1973 | |
The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses – behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights. |
Muhammad Ali | 1942 – 2016 |