Inspirational quotes

[smart1]

Does anybody have any good quotes relating work to success. I think an inspirational quote can be a good way to instill positive values. I found a good one the other day “The man on top of the mountain didn't fall there.”― Vince Lombardi.

[GeeTwo]

The spotlight post list is a good place to start.

[Sperkowsky]

Sometimes to innovate is to simplify - Me

"What are nationals? Sounds like a fun American party, can we Canadians come?" -Gregor Browning

[Anupam Goli]

Originally Posted by Sperkowsky

Sometimes to innovate is to simplify - Me

"I like to quote myself a lot" - one of my friends

[David Lame]

"If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them."

Thoreau

ETA: And I love the Lombardi quote. Much better than his more famous quote about winning.

[Abhishek R]

"We never even moved on Einstein, in 10 years!" - Chris P.



The inspiration is too much for me to handle

[smart1]

I don't know that I understand the Einstein one. If you like the Lombardi one he also said "The only place success comes before work is the dictionary".

[MikLast]

"We are not building a robot, we are building a team that builds a robot." -One of the mentors.

[JB987]

"It's not enough"...Mark Leon , (It is now our team motto). Ask him why

[Ichlieberoboter]

First sentence of our chairman's essay:

“Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.”

–Vince Lombardi

[Jacob Bendicksen]

From our Chairman's essay this year...

"To do more for the world than the world has done for you, that is success."

-Henry Ford

[BrennanB]

Originally Posted by smart1

I don't know that I understand the Einstein one.

118 made it to Einstein in 2002, 2005, 2012, and 2015. During their 2012 trip they never moved, so they haven't "moved" on Einstein in 10 years.

[msmathew726]

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus on the light -Aristotle Onassis

One of my favorites:
Believe you can and you're halfway there -Theodore Roosevelt

[cadandcookies]

I live my life by this one:

"A ship is safe at harbor, but that is not what ships are for." -William Shaw.

Other favorites:

"The most dangerous phrase in any language is 'We've always done it this way'" - Grace Hopper

"It seems perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away"
-Antoine de Saint Exupéry