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“Be true to yourself.
Make each day your masterpiece.
Help others.
Drink deeply from good books.
Make friendship a fine art.
Build a shelter against a rainy day.
Pray for guidance and give thanks for your blessings every day.”

John Wooden
Friendship , Books , Art , Drink

“Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is what you are, reputation merely what others think you are.”

John Wooden

Variant: 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.

Thinking

“You are not a failure until you start blaming others for your mistakes”

John Wooden

Source: Wooden on Leadership: How to Create a Winning Organizaion

Failure

“Discipline yourself and others won't need to.”

John Wooden

Source: Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

“You should never try to be better than someone else, you should always be learning from others. But you should never cease trying to be the best you could be because that’s under your control and the other isn’t.
quoting his father”

John Wooden

Interview on Charlie Rose https://archive.org/details/WHUT_20100614_130000_Charlie_Rose (2000)

Quotes , Learning

“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 Wooden
Friendship , Books , Drink , Help