James Hill

Railroad Tycoon Canadian-American 1838 – 1916

Built Great Northern Railway and became prominent railroad magnate.

388 quotes

"Cracks in the pavement cannot keep flowers from growing."
Hope
"Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try."
Courage
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
Strength
"The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart."
Wisdom
"All that we are is the result of what we have thought."
Knowledge
"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream."
Dreams
"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
Knowledge
"Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and shadows will fall behind you."
Hope
"Everything you want is on the other side of fear."
Fear
"Believe you can and you're halfway there."
Motivation
"The greatest wealth is health."
Health
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
Leadership
"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."
Perseverance
"Everything has beauty, but not everyone can see."
Beauty
"The mind is everything. What you think you become."
Creativity
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."
Success
"I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship."
Courage
"Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
Kindness
"Today is the perfect day to start living your dreams."
Dreams
"The future is created by what you do today, not tomorrow."
Time
"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions."
Happiness
"Do what you have to do, to do what you want to do."
Work
"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without."
Peace
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."
Freedom
"You cannot live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you."
Gratitude
"The same boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you're made of."
Strength
"Your limitation—it's only your imagination."
Imagination
"Push yourself, because no one else is going to do it for you."
Motivation
"Sometimes we're tested not to show our weaknesses, but to discover our strengths."
Strength
"The greatest discoveries of all time have been made by following a hunch."
Science