Eat That Frog Quotes & Sayings

The frog answered, I do not care for thy clothes, thy pearls and jewels, or thy golden crown, but if thou wilt love me and let me be thy companion and play-fellow, and sit by thee at thy little table, and eat off thy little golden plate, and drink out of thy little cup, and sleep in thy little bed - if thou wilt promise me this I will go down below, and bring thee thy golden ball up again. — Jacob Grimm

Papa, ain't it a caution that we can only eat two legs off a frog, 'stead of four."
And he said: "Rob, here's what you do. You catch a real big bullfrog and make friends with him. And teach him to jump backwards. That'll make his front legs big as the hind. — Robert Newton Peck

If you have to eat two frogs, eat the ugliest one first.
This is another way of saying that if you have two important tasks before you, start with the biggest, hardest, and most important task first. — Brian Tracy

Your 'frog' should be the most difficult item on your things-to-do list, the one where you're most likely to procrastinate; because, if you eat that first, it'll give you energy and momentum for the rest of the day. — Brian Tracy

Mark Twain once said that if the first thing you do each morning is to eat a live frog, you can go through the day with the satisfaction of knowing that that is probably the worst thing that is going to happen to you all day long. Your — Brian Tracy

Your mental picture of yourself has a powerful effect on your behavior. Visualize yourself as the person you intend to be in the future. Your self-image, the way you see yourself on the inside, largely determines your performance on the outside. All
improvement in your outer life begins with improvements in your mental pictures, on the inside. — Tracy Brian

The second rule of frog eating is this: If you have to eat a live frog at all, it doesn't pay to sit and look at it for very long. The — Brian Tracy

The first rule of frog eating is this: If you have to eat two frogs, eat the ugliest one first. This — Brian Tracy

If the first thing you do each morning is to eat a live frog, you can go through the day with the satisfaction of knowing that that is probably the worst thing that is going to happen to you all day long! — Brian Tracy

Cane toads are all over the place.'
'Are they edible?'
'Heck, no. They're poisonous.'
'That is disappointing.' Hunger gnawed at her insides.
'Do you like frog's legs?'
Just the legs? She was hungry. She would eat the whole thing at the moment! 'Are the legs your specialty?'
'Mine? I can't cook to save myself. — Cheryse Durrant

Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day. — Mark Twain

If the first thing you do when you wake up in the morning is eat a live frog, then nothing worse can happen for the rest of the day!"
Brian Tracy says that your "frog" should be the most difficult item on your things-to-do list, the one you're most likely to procrastinate on; because, if you eat that first, it'll give you energy and momentum for the rest of the day. But, if you don't ... if you let him sit there on the plate and stare at you while you do a hundred unimportant things, it can drain your energy and you won't even know it. — Brian Tracy

You cannot eat every tadpole and frog in the pond, but you can eat the biggest and ugliest one, and that will be enough, at least for the time being.
— Brian Tracy

Eat that frog! If you have to eat 3 frogs, eat the biggest and uggliest one first. — Brian Tracy

When we are alone on a starlit night, when by chance we see the migrating birds in autumn descending on a grove of junipers to rest and eat; when we see children in a moment when they are really children, when we know love in our own hearts; or when, like the Japanese poet, Basho, we hear an old frog land in a quiet pond with a solitary splash - at such times the awakening, the turning inside out of all values, the "newness," the emptiness and the purity of vision that make themselves evident, all these provide a glimpse of the cosmic dance. — Thomas Merton

There is an intelligent way to eat a live frog - I just don't know what it is. — Sun Tzu

If it's your job to eat a frog, it's best to do it first thing in the morning. And If it's your job to eat two frogs, it's best to eat the biggest one first. — Mark Twain

If you have to eat a live frog at all, it doesn't pay to sit and look at it for very long. — Brian Tracy