I am looking for a good quote to use in the training materials for a sales class. I'd like something about tenacity, prospecting, or planning. I'd prefer it to be consise & funny, rather than old-english sounding. I looked online but can't quite find anything. Can you help?

Try this location:

http://aphorismsgalore.com/

Here are just a few.

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught. Oscar Wilde

To know what to leave out and what to put in; just where and just how, ah, THAT is to have be educated in the knowledge of simplicity. Frank Lloyd Wright


The great aim of education is not knowledge but action Herbert Spencer“Man’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.” Oliver Wendell HolmesSomebody who only reads newspapers and at best books of contemporary authors looks to me like an extremely near-sighted person who scorns eyeglasses. He is completely dependent on the prejudices and fashions of his times, since he never gets to see or hear anything else. Albert Einstein

Personally, I am always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught. Winston Churchill

In the first place God made idiots. This was for practice. The he maide School Boards. Mark Twain

Learning is not a spectator sport. Anonymous

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education. Albert Einstein

The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn Alvin Toffler

Many public-school children seem to know only two dates–1492 and 4th of July; and as a rule they don’t know what happened on either occasion Mark Twain

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. William Butler Yates.


Here are some great philosphers.

Yogi Berra..

“A nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore.”
“Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical”
“I always thought that record would stand until it was broken. “
“I never said most of the things I said”
“Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded”
“There are some people who, if they don’t already know, you can’t tell ‘em.”
“You can observe a lot by just watching.”
Gracie Allen…

“Brains, integrity, and force may be all very well, but what you need today is Charm. Go ahead and work on your economic programs if you want to, I’ll develop my radio personality.”
“The President of today is just the postage stamp of tomorrow.”
“This used to be a government of checks and balances. Now it’s all checks and no balances.”
“When I was born I was so surprised I didn’t talk for a year and a half.”
“Smartness runs in my family. When I went to school I was so smart my teacher was in my class for five years”
Casey Stengel

“All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height. ”
“Don’t cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.”
“Never make predictions, especially about the future”
“The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided.”
“There comes a time in every man’s life, and I’ve had plenty of them”
Groucho Marx

“ A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere. ”
“From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down, I convulsed with laughter. Someday I intend on reading it. ”
“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book. ”
“I never forget a face, but in your case I’ll be glad to make an exception.”
“I’ve had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn’t it.”

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