Inspirational Quotes !

You may have noticed that e mails from gillassociates.com end with an inspirational quotation. Some of these are about fundraising or not for profit issues, some are of a general nature. The quote changes every month. A list of past quotes is given below.

'If computers get too powerful, we can organize them into a committee -- that will do them in'
Anon

'You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.'
Woodrow Wilson

'The bad news is time flies.  The good news is you're the pilot'. 
Michael Althsuler.

'There are three kinds of people: one who watches things happen, one who makes things happen and one who says 'what happened?''. 
Anon.

Be the change you want to see in the world'. 
Gandhi

‘The very best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the second best time is now’.
Chinese Proverb

‘God is on the side not of the heavy battalions, but of the best shots’.
Voltaire

‘Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it’.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

‘We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God – your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people will not feel insecure around you’.
Nelson Mandela

‘There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life - happiness, freedom, and peace of mind - are always attained by giving them to someone else’.
Peyton Conway March

‘Yesterday is a cancelled cheque, tomorrow is a promissory note, only today is cash in the bank’.
Anon

‘You make a living by what you get. You make a life by what you give’.
Winston Churchill

‘I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve’.
Albert Schweitzer

‘Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough’.
Oprah Winfrey

‘Wouldn’t life be boring and mundane if you don’t look for a challenge?’.
John Harbin, Crystal Palace FC

‘ In good times and bad, we know that people give because you meet needs, not because you have needs’.
Kay Grace