Inspirational Quotes from Jacob Riis

1. When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before. – Jacob Riis

2. The path to success is to take massive, determined action. – Jacob Riis

3. Look at a man the way that he is, and he only becomes worse. But look at him as if he were what he could be, then he becomes what he should be. – Jacob Riis

4. The only way to do great work is to love what you do. – Jacob Riis

5. It is not what we have, but what we enjoy that constitutes our abundance. – Jacob Riis

6. When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at a rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before. – Jacob Riis

7. The stone often recoils upon the head of the thrower. – Jacob Riis

8. In the days when the spinning wheel was spun by hand, the spinning wheel was a symbol of poverty and of virtue. – Jacob Riis

9. Look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before. – Jacob Riis

10. When you continually give of yourself, you will continually have more to give. – Jacob Riis

11. The first step in the right direction is to believe in yourself. – Jacob Riis

12. It’s not the day we prepare for that nourishes us, but the day that advises us. – Jacob Riis

13. Don’t lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. – Jacob Riis

14. There is no shame in hard work, only in hard work left undone. – Jacob Riis

15. Be the change you want to see in the world. – Jacob Riis

16. Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. – Jacob Riis

17. Do not wait for your ship to come in – swim out to it. – Jacob Riis

18. The road to success is always under construction. – Jacob Riis

1. When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before. – Jacob Riis

2. The way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them. – Jacob Riis

3. The rich man’s dog gets more in the way of vaccination, medicine and medical care than do the workers upon whom the rich man’s wealth is built. – Jacob Riis

4. Look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred-and-first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not the last blow that did it, but all that had gone before. – Jacob Riis

5. When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. – Jacob Riis

6. The man who asks of freedom anything other than itself is born to be a slave. – Jacob Riis

7. The outlook of the slum child, the world in which he lives, is a world without faith. – Jacob Riis

8. The slum is the measure of civilization. – Jacob Riis

9. You may be on the right track, but if you just sit there, you’ll get run over. – Jacob Riis

10. When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. – Jacob Riis

11. Look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it, yet at the hundred-and-first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not the last blow that did it, but all that had gone before. – Jacob Riis

12. The writer must have a good imagination to begin with, but the imagination has to be muscular, which means it must be exercised in a disciplined way, day in and day out, by writing, failing, succeeding and revising. – Jacob Riis

13. Don’t bunt. Aim out of the ballpark. – Jacob Riis

14. When the map of a city has foe for every cardial point, and there are no respectable unicorns, the slums have arrived. – Jacob Riis

15. Man who asks of freedom anything other than itself is born to be a slave. – Jacob Riis

16. The rich man’s dog gets more in the way of vaccination, medicine and medical care than do the workers upon whom the rich man’s wealth is built. – Jacob Riis

17. Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare the truth thou hast, that all may share; Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare. – Jacob Riis

18. When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. – Jacob Riis

1. When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow, it will split in two, and I know it was not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before. – Jacob Riis

2. Look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before. – Jacob Riis

3. The more we look into the petty struggles of the race, the greater becomes our sense of the splendid courage with which the millions of little people are breast the surge of life. – Jacob Riis

4. When nothing happens, you can write your wishes in the sand and hope that they will come floating back. – Jacob Riis

5. The fact is, what I have is not an education, but an inspiration. You might not learn anything from me, but you might feel something. – Jacob Riis

6. There is no evidence that anything much can be done about the ugly. We must put it under the carpet, and only take care that the corner of the carpet does not stick up. – Jacob Riis

7. What you can be, you already are. You are a star. You are a lamp. Shine! – Jacob Riis

8. The history of the world has been and still is the history of the great passions on behalf of the great human race. We can count on success only if we learn to follow the rules of life. – Jacob Riis

9. The power to wield the pen or the brush is in itself a resource that no one can totally dety. The social era has perforce given a wider outlet to the longings of the human heart. – Jacob Riis

10. There is never a time to force decisions on others. If you want to know what an individual will say, ask him to write the answer. – Jacob Riis

11. The best thing in life is a good book, a good letter, a good conversation. – Jacob Riis

12. The volunteer is for the village a great blessing, but for the volunteer the village can be a great hell. – Jacob Riis

13. The time to change is now. Don’t wait for others to do something; do something yourself. – Jacob Riis

14. The greatest triumph for any individual is not in what you do, but what you make others do. – Jacob Riis

15. It is not the wish to be like others, but the wish to be what one is that confers dignity. – Jacob Riis

16. There are people who were created to make a difference and who are inspired by their environment. They can change their misfortunes or they will not survive. – Jacob Riis

17. The important thing is not to stop questioning, because curiosity has its own requirements and the power to withstand. – Jacob Riis

18. The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender. – Jacob Riis.

1. Life is short, live it to the fullest
2. Success is not the key to happiness, happiness is the key to success
3. Be the change you wish to see in the world – Mahatma Gandhi
4. Do what you love, love what you do
5. In the end, we only regret the chances we didn’t take
6. The only way to do great work is to love what you do – Steve Jobs
7. Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions – Dalai Lama
8. Don’t wait for the perfect moment, take the moment and make it perfect
9. The only limits that exist are the ones you place on yourself
10. Dream big, work hard, stay focused
11. The best way to predict your future is to create it
12. Believe you can and you’re halfway there – Theodore Roosevelt
13. Success is not the key to happiness, happiness is the key to success
14. Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it
15. You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take – Wayne Gretzky
16. The secret of getting ahead is getting started – Mark Twain
17. Your attitude determines your direction
18. The only way to taste the sweetness of success is by overcoming the bitterness of failure