“To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.”
Steve Prefontaine (1951–1975) United States long-distance runner
Tom Jordan, Pre: Americas Greatest Running Legend, Steve Prefontaine, ISBN 0875964575
“To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.”
Steve Prefontaine (1951–1975) United States long-distance runner
Tom Jordan, Pre: Americas Greatest Running Legend, Steve Prefontaine, ISBN 0875964575
“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit”
Harry Truman (1884–1972) American politician, 33rd president of the United States (in office from 1945 to 1953)
This is attributed to Truman in some sources, but a similar saying is recorded as early as 1909 https://books.google.com/books?id=bidJAAAAIAAJ&dq=how%20much%20%22care%20who%20gets%20the%20credit%22&pg=PA26#v=onepage&q=how%20much%20%22care%20who%20gets%20the%20credit%22&f=false. <br class="br">Misattributed
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (1971–2019) leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, 22 August 2018 (date of quote) <br class="br">2014, 2018, Statement released in Arabic, 22 August 2018 <br class="br">Source: In a public statement by ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, the first in a year, he calls on his supporters to carry out terrorist attacks worldwide, mainly in Western countries. He mentions shooting, stabbing and ramming attacks as well as detonation of IEDs. https://www.terrorism-info.org.il/en/microsoft-wordin-public-statement-isis-leader-abu-bakr-al-baghdadi-first-year-calls-supporters-carry-terrorist-attacks-worldwide-mainly-western-countries-ment/, The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, 27 August 2018
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States
Source: You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life
“Live within your income; spend less than you get; pay as you go.”
Scott Nearing (1883–1983) American activist
Attributed to Scott Nearing by Helen Nearing, Loving and Leaving the Good Life (White River Junction: Chelsea Green Publishing, 1993), p. 104 https://books.google.com/books?id=1pM2aj5YqZkC&pg=PA104
Abraham Maslow (1908–1970) American psychologist
As quoted in Perfecting Private Practice (2004) by Joan Neehall-Davidson, p. 95.
1970s and later
Source: book The Farther Reaches of Human
Drew Carey (1958) American actor, comedian, game show host, libertarian and photographer
Advocates for Self Government Carey quote http://www.self-gov.org/carey.html <br class="br"> Reason Magazine Interview http://reason.com/9711/fe.int.carey.shtml