Sayings about Keys
Monday is the key day of the week. ~ Scottish Proverbs
A golden key will open every lock. ~ Yiddish Proverbs
Death is the key that will open a miser’s coffers. ~ Sierra Leonean Proverbs
The key to success isn’t much good until one discovers the right lock to put it in. ~ Chinese Proverb
The key that opens is also the key that locks. ~ African Proverb
Beware of the door with too many keys . ~ Portuguese Proverbs
Patience is the key to paradise. ~ Albanian Proverbs
A house with two keys is worth nothing. ~ Congolese Proverbs
When two friends part they have to lock up each other’s secrets and throw away the key. ~ Hebrew Proverb
Everyone is given the key to the gates of Heaven. The same key opens the gates of Hell. ~ Traditional Proverb
Sloth is the key to poverty. ~ Traditional Proverb
Death has the key to open the miser’s chest. ~ Ghanaian Proverbs
Doubt is the key to knowledge. ~ Iranian Proverbs
Indecision is the key to flexibility. ~ Traditional Proverb
Quotations about Keys
Nice manners are the secret keys to the universe. ~Amy Poehler
The self-image is the key to human personality and human behavior. Change the self-image and you change the personality and the behavior. ~ Maxwell Maltz
Honesty and loyalty are key. If two people can be honest with each other about everything, that’s probably the biggest key to success. ~ Taylor Lautner
The key to success isn’t kicking down the door; it’s building your own. ~ Brian Celio
Three keys to more abundant living: caring about others, daring for others, sharing with others. ~ William Arthur Ward
Learning to celebrate success is a key component of learning how to win in the market. ~ Douglas Conant
One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation. ~ Arthur Ashe
Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity. ~ W. Clement Stone
You unlock the door with the key of imagination… ~ Rod Serling
Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students. ~ Solomon Ortiz
Fascination is a key to productivity; it unites experiences; it is even its own reward. ~ Erving Polster
The key of persistence will open up any door that has been closed by resistance. ~ John Di Lemme
Since we are not solely material creatures, it is a mistake to place all our hopes for happiness on external development alone. The key is to develop inner peace. ~ Dalai Lama Quotes
I believe that one key to success is to accept truth, no matter how it’s spoken. ~ Robert Kiyosaki
We believe that the business system only is the key to success. It’s no miracle, only day-to-day work in the appropriate way. ~ Alexei Mordashov
No one can drive us crazy unless we give them the keys. ~ Douglas Horton
One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory. ~ Rita Mae Brown
The key to my success has been to give up everything for my dream. ~ John H. Johnson
Smile, it is the key that fits the lock of everybody’s heart. ~ Anthony J. D’Angelo
Six essential qualities that are the key to success: sincerity, personal integrity, humility, courtesy, wisdom, charity. ~ William C. Menninger
I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. ~ Bill Cosby
Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt or fear. ~ Dan Millman
The key of knowledge is in the application of what you have learned. Anything less makes you an armchair artist. ~ Roger Asselin
Positive thinking is the key to success in business, education, pro football, anything that you can mention. I go out there thinking that I’m going to complete every pass. ~ Ron Jaworski
Experimentation is the key to ‘lively up’ the art. ~ Bob Marley
The keys to patience are acceptance and faith. Accept things as they are, and look realistically at the world around you. Have faith in yourself and in the direction you have chosen. ~ Ralph Marston
Action is the foundational key to success. ~ Pablo Picasso Quotes
Maintaining a spirit of anticipation and joy are the key to success. ~ Linda Blondheim
Persistence and love of one’s work is the key. ~ Paul Russo
Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks. ~ Doug Larson
The precept that location is key to the success of a business applies to art, and even to life itself: we thrive or wither depending on how nourishing our environment is. ~ Yann Martel
The key to making healthy decisions is to respect your future self. Honor him or her. Treat him or her like you would treat a friend or a loved one. ~ A.J. Jacobs
Teach a man to read and write, and you have put into his hands the great keys of the wisdom box. But it is quite another thing to open the box. ~ Thomas H. Huxley
Strokes are indeed the sensual emissions of the creative artist. Good strokes and the persistent making of good strokes are the key to productivity. ~ Cesar Girolamo
There is a master key to success with which no man can fail. Its name is simplicity… reducing to the simplest possible terms every problem. ~ Henri Deterding
If you can’t find the key to success, pick the lock. ~Author Unknown
The short-goal habit is key to larger success and is at the root of human greatness. Life is think and do, think and do, think and do. Small steps can be greater than great leaps. ~ Robert Genn
We must therefore turn to the child as to the key to the fate of our future life. ~ Maria Montessori
The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness. ~ Lao Tzu
The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear. ~ Brian Tracy
We receive His peace when we ask Him for it. We keep His peace by extending it to others. Those are the keys and there are no others. ~ Marianne Williamson
The first key to wisdom is assiduous and frequent questioning. ~ Peter Abelard
I believe there are three keys to success. For me it is keeping my priorities in order: It’s my faith and my family, and then the business. ~ Kathy Ireland
A key to achieving success is to assemble a strong and stable management team. ~ Vivek Wadhwa
Reading can be a road to freedom or a key to a secret garden, which, if tended, will transform all of life. ~ Katherine Paterson
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. ~ Albert Schweitzer
A graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in identical caps and gowns that ‘individuality’ is the key to success. ~ Robert Orben
With one day’s reading a man may have the key in his hands. ~ Ezra Pound
The key to success is to keep growing in all areas of life — mental, emotional, spiritual, as well as physical. ~ Julius Erving
Having an aim is the key to achieving your best. ~ Henry J. Kaiser
Order is the key to all problems. ~ Alexandre Dumas
My brain is the key that sets my mind free. ~ Harry Houdini
‘The reality of things’ is the key to being able to be alone… the key to our progress, our stability, poise, and is the rudder for our sanity and happiness. ~ Nancy Schempp
The key to handling pressure is to enjoy it when you’re confronted with it rather than worry about it too much. ~ Steve Waugh
The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence. ~ Confucius Quotes
Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy… ~ David Steindl-Rast
The keys to brand success are self-definition, transparency, authenticity and accountability. ~ Simon Mainwaring
Questions provide the key to unlocking our unlimited potential. ~ Tony Robbins
I think there are those individuals who are intimidated by really smart, talented people. But for me, surrounding yourself with great talent is the key to success. ~ Monika Chiang
Humility and openness are the key to success without compromising your beliefs. ~ George Hickenlooper
Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something. ~ Morihei Ueshiba
Variation is key to creating interest in a painting: sharp and soft, cool and warm, dark and light… ~ Richard Robinson
You are searching for the magic key that will unlock the door to the source of power; and yet you have the key in your own hands, and you may use it the moment you learn to control your thoughts. ~ Napoleon Hill
The pursuit of art on a regular basis may be the key to healing our minds and bodies. ~ Kim Blair
The key is to trust your heart to move where your talents can flourish. This old world will really spin when work becomes a joyous expression of the soul. ~ Al Sacharov
Finding good partners is the key to success in anything: in business, in marriage and, especially, in investing. ~ Robert Kiyosaki
If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding worry, stress and tension. And if you didn’t ask me, I’d still have to say it. ~ George Burns
The real key to being creative lies in what you do with your knowledge. ~ Roger von Oech
The single most important key to success is to be a good listener. ~ Kelly Wearstler
Ambivalence is a key to success. You have to care about your work but not the result. You have to care about how good you are… but not about how good people think you are… ~ Amy Poehler
We are all eternal students – and this may be one of the keys to success. ~ Stella Violano
A critical key to achieving success lies in your ability to activate your potential to create the results you seek… start by being aware of your self-sabotaging patterns. ~ Lauren Mackler
Educated risks are the key to success. ~ William Olsten
Having the keys to unlock your talent is a talent. ~ William Carmen Soyak III
Maintaining spirituality and humanism are the keys to success. It’s a balance. ~ Bikram Choudhury
Adjusting to the passage of time, I think, is a key to success and to life: just being able to roll with the punches. ~ Dolly Parton
People are the key to success or extraordinary success. ~ Azim Premji
Learning to focus and pay attention, if only for a short time, has been identified as a primary key to the development of human effectiveness. ~ Robert Genn
If greater openness is a key to economic success, I believe there is increasingly a need for openness in the political sphere as well. ~ Paul Wolfowitz
Communication – the human connection – is the key to personal and career success. ~ Paul J. Meyer
Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity. ~ John F. Kennedy Quotes
Only divine love bestows the keys of knowledge. ~ Arthur Rimbaud
People say that money isn’t the key to happiness, but I always figured if you have enough money, you can have a key made. ~ Joan Rivers
Key metaphors help determine what and how we perceive and how we think about our perceptions. ~ M. H. Abrams
You will find the key to success under the alarm clock. ~ Benjamin Franklin Quotes
The bad news: There is no key to the universe. The good news: It was never locked. ~ Swami Beyondananda
Creativity is the key to success in the future, and primary education is where teachers can bring creativity in children at that level. ~ A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Before anything else, preparation is the key to success. ~ Alexander Graham Bell