Inspirational Quotes By Wally Amos

Wally Amos
Born 1936
American Businessman

Wallace "Wally" Amos, Jr. (born July 1, 1936) is an American actor and writer from Tallahassee, Florida. He is the founder of the "Famous Amos" chocolate chip cookie brand. He later co-founded Uncle Wally's muffins. He is currently married to his wife of 30 years, Christine, and resides in Kailua, Hawaii and also Long Island, New York where he runs the Chip & Cookie gourmet cookie brand and store.

Enjoy these Wally Amos quotes. A collection of famous quotes from the man famous for his cookies. Let his words inspire you to accomplish whatever your goals are.

Nothing is an obstacle unless you say it is.
~Wally Amos ( a great graduation saying)

For me, giving thanks is a sign of appreciation and gratitude that also brings about a deep sense of peace.
~Wally Amos

You may not be responsible for getting knocked down,
but you're certainly responsible for getting back up.
~Wally Amos

Frequently we live our lives on automatic pilot,
taking each experience for granted.
~Wally Amos

I think we just have to be more sensitive to the fact that we are all individuals,
and that maybe we are not all going to go to college.
~Wally Amos

Opportunities come into my life and
I respond to those that appeal to me.
~Wally Amos

It doesn't matter how many say it cannot be done
or how many people have tried it before;
it's important to realize that whatever you're doing,
it's your first attempt at it.
~Wally Amos

Sometimes you have to do a lot of things to determine what it is
you don't want to do. Along the way you pick up a lot of experience.
~Wally Amos

If you don't like where you are,
go someplace else;
if you don't like who you work with,
go work with somebody else.
~Wally Amos

Because to create the opportunity if your not prepared, I mean if you want to be a bus mechanic, and all of a sudden this job comes along, well that is an opportunity, but if you never learned how to repair the engine on a bus, there is nothing you can do with the opportunity.
~Wally Amos

I believe, along with many others, that you must first ask for what you want before you can have it.
~Wally Amos

We are so focused on the material aspects of life that we lose sight of everything else.
Wally Amos
In 1975 I decided I would like to do something for satisfaction instead of for the money.
~Wally Amos

Everybody learns at different levels.
~Wally Amos

There are two reasons why people fail. One is irresponsibility. The second is fear.
~Wally Amos

And everything is possible, you've just got to find a way to make it work.
~Wally Amos

I also like the fact that it is up to me to create the results I desire.
~Wally Amos

My number one goal is peace of mind.
~Wally Amos

Life doesn't kick you around. You kick yourself around.
~Wally Amos

Each year I become more mindful of being thankful for each life experience.
~Wally Amos

I lost a company. So what? It's just stuff. Can't take it with you.
~Wally Amos

The thing is not to leave unfinished business; make every day count.
~Wally Amos

The best way to change another person is to change yourself.
~Wally Amos

You see we are not all good at the same thing and we won't all do the same thing.
~Wally Amos

It's in every area of life, we are responsible for our successes, for our failures.
~Wally Amos

Remember that everything starts with a thought and thoughts produce in kind.
~Wally Amos

Inspirational Quotes By Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott
1832 - 1888
American Novelist

Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist. She is best known for the novel Little Women, published in 1868. This novel is loosely based on her childhood experiences with her three sisters.



Enjoy our collection of inspirational quotes by the famous author, Louisa May Alcott. May you find inspiration in her words.

~Help one another, is part of the religion of sisterhood.
Louisa May Alcott

~Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success.
Louisa May Alcott

~Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us-and those around us - more effectively. Look for the learning.
Louisa May Alcott

~It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.
Louisa May Alcott

~You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long, and the great charm of all power is modesty.
Louisa May Alcott

We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving. And we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing.
~Louisa May Alcott

A faithful friend is a strong defense; and he that hath found him hath found a treasure.
~Louisa May Alcott

Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty.
~Louisa May Alcott

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
~Louisa May Alcott

Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can without potatoes.
~Louisa May Alcott

Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
~Louisa May Alcott

Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors!
~Louisa May Alcott

I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
~Louisa May Alcott

It takes two flints to make a fire.
~Louisa May Alcott

Love is a great beautifier.
~Louisa May Alcott

Never use a long word when a short one will do.
~Louisa May Alcott

Resolve to take fate by the throat and shake a living out of her.
~Louisa May Alcott

"Stay" is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.
~Louisa May Alcott

Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.
~Louisa May Alcott

Do the things you know, and you shall learn the truth you need to know.
~Louisa May Alcott

He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
~Louisa May Alcott

Inspirational Quotes By John Wooden

John Wooden
Born October 14, 1910
American Basketball Coach

John Robert Wooden (born October 14, 1910) is a retired American basketball coach. He is a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player (class of 1961) and as a coach (class of 1973). He was the first person ever enshrined in both categories; only Lenny Wilkens and Bill Sharman have since been so honored. His 10 NCAA National Championships in 12 years while at UCLA are unmatched by any other college basketball coach.




A collection of famous quotes by John Wooden that are inspirational. Enjoy the quotes and wisdom of Mr. Wooden.

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

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
~John Wooden

Adversity is the state in which man mostly easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.
~John Wooden

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

You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.
~John Wooden

Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.
~John Wooden

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

Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.
~John Wooden

I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent.
~John Wooden

A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.
~John Wooden

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
~John Wooden

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
~John Wooden

Ability is a poor man's wealth.
~John Wooden

Be prepared and be honest.
~John Wooden

It isn't what you do, but how you do it.
~John Wooden

Never mistake activity for achievement.
~John Wooden

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.
~John Wooden

Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.
~John Wooden

The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.
~John Wooden

Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.
~John Wooden

If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?
~John Wooden

Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.
~John Wooden

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

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

You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.
~John Wooden

Inspirational Quotes By George Washington

George Washington
1732 - 1799
First President of the United States

George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) served as the first President of the United States of America (1789–1797), and led the Continental Army to victory over the Kingdom of Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783).

The Continental Congress appointed Washington commander-in-chief of the American revolutionary forces in 1775. The following year, he forced the British out of Boston, lost New York City, and crossed the Delaware River in New Jersey, defeating the surprised enemy units later that year. As a result of his strategy, Revolutionary forces captured the two main British combat armies at Saratoga and Yorktown. Negotiating with Congress, the colonial states, and French allies, he held together a tenuous army and a fragile nation amid the threats of disintegration and failure. Following the end of the war in 1783, Washington retired to his plantation at Mount Vernon, prompting an incredulous King George III to state, "If he does that, he will be the greatest man in the world."

Dissatisfied with the Articles of Confederation, he presided over the Philadelphia Convention that drafted the United States Constitution in 1787. Washington became President of the United States in 1789 and established many of the customs and usages of the new government's executive department. He sought to create a great nation capable of surviving in a world torn asunder by war between Britain and France. His unilateral Proclamation of Neutrality of 1793 provided a basis for avoiding any involvement in foreign conflicts. He supported plans to build a strong central government by funding the national debt, implementing an effective tax system, and creating a national bank. Washington avoided the temptation of war and began a decade of peace with Britain via the Jay Treaty in 1795; he used his prestige to get it ratified over intense opposition from the Jeffersonians. Although never officially joining the Federalist Party, he supported its programs and was its inspirational leader. Washington's farewell address was a primer on republican virtue and a stern warning against partisanship, sectionalism, and involvement in foreign wars.

Washington is seen as a symbol of the United States and republicanism in practice. His devotion to civic virtue made him an exemplary figure among early American politicians. Washington died in 1799, and in his funeral oration, Henry Lee said that of all Americans, he was "first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen. Washington has been consistently ranked by scholars as one of the greatest U.S. Presidents.

An inspirational collection of famous quotes by George Washington:

True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
~George Washington

I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.
~George Washington

Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.
~George Washington

We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.
~George Washington

It is better to be alone than in bad company.
~George Washington

Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse.
~George Washington

If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
~George Washington

All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.
~George Washington

We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.
~George Washington

Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation. It is better be alone than in bad company.
~George Washington

Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
~George Washington

If we are wise, let us prepare for the worst.
~George Washington

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
~George Washington

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.
~George Washington

Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
~George Washington

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
~George Washington

Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.
~George Washington

Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
~George Washington

Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
~George Washington

Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.
~George Washington

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
~George Washington

My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.
~George Washington

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
~George Washington

Reason, too late perhaps, may convince you of the folly of misspending time.
~George Washington

If, to please the people, we offer what we ourselves disapprove, how can we afterward defend our work? Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair.
~George Washington

Do not conceive that fine clothes make fine men, any more than fine feathers make fine birds. A plain, genteel dress is more admired, obtains more credit in the eyes of the judicious and sensible.
~George Washington

To err is natural; to rectify error is glory.
~George Washington

There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily.
~George Washington

It is well, I die hard, but I am not afraid to go.
~George Washington