"Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books - especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day."
John WoodenTiny Panda Quotes
Quotes by John Wooden
29 quotes found
Share
"Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts."
John Wooden"I'm not afraid to die."
John Wooden"Don't give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you."
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be."
John Wooden"There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith, which cannot be acquired without prayer."
John Wooden"Be true to yourself. Make each day a masterpiece. Help others. Drink deeply from good books. Make friendship a fine art. Build a shelter against a rainy day."
John Wooden"Friendship is two-sided. It isn't a friend just because someone's doing something nice for you. That's a nice person. There's friendship when you do for each other. It's like marriage - it's two-sided."
John Wooden"Material possessions, winning scores, and great reputations are meaningless in the eyes of the Lord, because He knows what we really are and that is all that matters."
John Wooden"Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful."
John Wooden"Today is the only day. Yesterday is gone."
John Wooden"It's what you learn after you know it all that counts."
John Wooden"If I am through learning, I am through."
John Wooden"All of life is peaks and valleys. Don't let the peaks get too high and the valleys too low."
John Wooden"Passion is momentary; love is enduring."
John Wooden"Don't let making a living prevent you from making a life."
John Wooden"I worry that business leaders are more interested in material gain than they are in having the patience to build up a strong organization, and a strong organization starts with caring for their people."
John Wooden"Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming."
John Wooden"Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable."
John Wooden"If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes."
John Wooden"I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession."
John Wooden"Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming."
John Wooden"I'm glad I was a teacher."
John Wooden"If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?"
John Wooden"There's as much crookedness as you want to find. There was something Abraham Lincoln said - he'd rather trust and be disappointed than distrust and be miserable all the time. Maybe I trusted too much."
John Wooden"Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you."
John Wooden"It isn't what you do, but how you do it."
John Wooden"It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen."
John Wooden