John Wooden
35 quotes
Biography
"Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming."
"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."
"Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts."
"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."
"Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you."
"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."
"The most important thing in the world is family and love."
"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."
"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."
"Don't mistake activity with achievement."
"If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have the time to do it over?"
"Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do."
"Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating...too often fathers neglect it because they get so caught up in making a living they forget to make a life."
"Today is the only day. Yesterday is gone."
"Passion is momentary; love is enduring."
"All of life is peaks and valleys. Don't let the peaks get too high and the valleys too low."
"Never mistake activity for achievement."
"You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one."
"Learn as if you were to live forever; live as if you were to die tomorrow."
"Young people need models, not critics."
"Talent is God-given; be humble. Fame is man-given; be thankful. Conceit is self-given; be careful."
"You can’t live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you."
"Failure is not fatal but failure to change might be."
"Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then."
"Success is peace of mind attained only through self-satisfaction and knowing you’ve made the effort, do the best of what you’re capable."