Eric Butterworth
Eric Butterworth
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionEducator
Date of Birth12 September 1916
CountryCanada
Eric Butterworth quotes about
- receptive
- universe
- wrong-answers
- principles
- study
- grows
- persons
- expectations
- accepting
- consciousness
- all-things
- attraction
- marriage
- happy-relationship
- expression
- sometimes
- things-to-do
- limitless
- creation
- desire
- purpose
- creatures
- motivational
- growth
- development-and-growth
- courage
- jobs
- mean
- athlete
- acceptance
dream strong moving
Dare to conceive of greater things for yourself. Dare to see yourself as strong, confident, successful, and possessed of the patience and stability to keep on moving in the direction of your dreams. "Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be. Your idea is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil."
boys artist silver-platter
The great piano virtuoso Paderewski was once playing before an audience of the rich and the royal. After a brilliant performance, an elegant lady waxed ecstatic over the great artist. She said, "Ah Maestro, you are a genius!" Paderewski tartly replied, "Ah yes, madam, but before I was a genius I was a clod!" What he was saying was that his present acclaim was not handed to him on a silver platter. He, too, was once a little boy laboriously practicing his scales. And even at his peak, behind every brilliant performance there were countless hours of practice and preparation.
strong average achievement
Why be an average person? All the great achievements of history have been made by strong individuals who refused to consult statistics or to listen to those who could prove convincingly that what they wanted to do, and in fact ultimately did do, was completely impossible.
have-faith want praying
Faith is expectancy. You do not receive what you want; you do not receive what you pray for, not even what you say you have faith in. You will always receive what you actually expect.
jobs vision
Our job is not to set things right but to see them right.
expression sometimes things-to-do
One of the best things to do sometimes is simply to be.