Librarian's Manifesto: Quotable Quotes

Courtesy: LIS Leadership Forum, et al. Chetan Hegde M, Librarian, Sri Ramakrishna Ashrama, Mysuru

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The Secret to Talking is Listening... We Bought a Zoo (2011)

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Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful... that's what matters to me.

- Steve Jobs 

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The only way to get positive feelings about yourself is to take positive actions. Man does not live as he thinks, he thinks as he lives.

- Vaughan Quinn 

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Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.

- Carl Jung 

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You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.

- Jim Rohn 

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Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see the possibilities — always see them, for they're always there.

Norman Vincent Peale

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A Teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

Henry Adams. from 'Tuesdays with Morrie' by Mitch Albom

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The most important thing in Life is to Learn how to give out Love, and to let it come in

from 'Tuesdays with Morrie' by Mitch Albom p. 52

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A good life is one Inspired by Love and guided by Knowledge.

Bertrand Russell

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To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.

William Shakespeare

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Laughter is the brush that sweeps away the cobwebs of your heart.

Mort Walker

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Things can fall apart, or threaten to, for many reasons, and then there's got to be a leap of faith. Ultimately, when you're at the edge, you have to go forward or backward; if you go forward, you have to jump together.

Yo-Yo Ma

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No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.

Confucius

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Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as knowing what to do next.

Herbert Hoover

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You only live once--but if you work it right, once is enough.

Joe Lewis

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Responsibility is the one thing people dread most of all. Yet it is the one thing in the world that develops us.

Frank Crane

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Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life. Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism. Confronting your fears and allowing yourself the right to be human can, paradoxically, make yourself a happier and more productive person.

Dr. David M. Burns