05/28/2009

"We must reform society before we can reform ourselves." -George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

"You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call failure is not the falling down, but the staying down."-Mary Pickford (1893-1979), Actress and Producer

"If your position is everywhere, your momentum is Zero." -Michael Korda

05/26/2009

An Invincible Vision

"Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties." - Helen Keller (1880-1968)

"There is a place in God's sun for the youth 'farthest down' who has the vision, the determination, and the courage to reach it." - Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955)

"Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood and probably will themselves not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die."- Daniel H. Burnham (1846-1912)

"The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire." - Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929)

05/24/2009

"The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions."

“If your own mind is muddled, much more will the minds of your hearers be confused.” -Dale Carnegie

“Try honestly to make the other person feel important, and do it sincerely.” - Dale Carnegie

“Is enthusiasm important in selling? Yes, genuine, heartfelt enthusiasm is one of the most potent factors of success in almost any undertaking.” - Dale Carnegie

05/19/2009

Finding Strength in Change

"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable." - Helen Keller (1880-1968)

"In this world of change, nothing which comes stays, and nothing which goes is lost." - Anne Sophie Swetchine (1782-1857)

"Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil." - James Allen (1864-1912)

"It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power." - Alan Cohen

05/17/2007

"There is no such thing as can't, only won't. If you're qualified, all it takes is a burning desire to accomplish, to make a change. Go forward, go backward. Whatever it takes! But you can't blame other people or society in general. It all comes from your mind. When we do the impossible we realize we are special people." - Jan Ashford

"If you make the unconditional commitment to reach your most important goals, if the strength of your decision is sufficient, you will find the way and the power to achieve your goals." -Robert Conklin,Teacher, Author and Speaker

"Everyone's life is under someone's control - it might as well be under your own so that you can direct your destiny." -Harry

"The individual who wants to reach the top in business must appreciate the might of the force of habit and must understand that practices are what create habits. He must be quick to break those habits that can break him and hasten to adopt those practices that will become the habits that help him achieve the success he desires." -J. Paul Getty, 1892-1976, American Oil Tycoon

05/15/2009

“If your own mind is muddled, much more will the minds of your hearers be confused.” - Dale Carnegie

"Many of the great achievements of the world were accomplished by tired and discouraged men who kept on working"

"The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want." - Ben Stein

"If you really do put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price." - Anonymous

05/13/2009

"Your life is nothing more than a collection of experiences." - Jim Rohn

"You can have anything you want, if you help enough other people get what they want" - Zig Zigler

"False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports." -Sir Richard Burton 1821-1890, Explorer

"The real winners in life are the people who look at every situation with an expectation that they can make it work or make it better." - Barbara Pletcher Author

05/12/2009

A Graduation of Winners

"I hope that my achievements in life shall be these: that I will have fought for what was right and fair, risked for that which mattered, given help to those who were in need, and that I will have left the earth a better place for what I've done and who I've been." - C. Hoppe

"Graduation is only a concept. In real life every day you graduate. Graduation is a process that goes on until the last day of your life. If you can grasp that, you'll make a difference." - Arie Pencovici

"The measure of your success usually comes down to who wins the battle that rages between the two of you. The 'you' who wants to stop, give up, or take it easy, and the 'you' who chooses to beat back that which would stand in the way of your success - complacency." - Chris Widener

"You cannot help but learn more as you take the world into your hands. Take it up reverently, for it is an old piece of clay with millions of thumbprints on it." - John Updike (1932-2009)

05/11/2009

"I can feel guilty about the past, apprehensive about the future, but only in the present can I act. The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness." -Abraham Maslow, 1908-1970, Psychologist

"As simple as it sounds, we all must try to be the best person we can: by making the best choices, by making the most of the talents we've been given." -Mary Lou Retton

"Winners are losers who got up and gave it one more try." -Dennis DeYoung

"When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion." -Ethiopian Proverb

05/09/2009

"Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way." -Booker T. Washington (1856-1915)

"If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self." -Napoleon Hill

"What does money like? Money likes speed. That's the secret few know about money. Money comes to those who act fast. If you think, wonder, question, doubt, plan, meet, discuss, or in any other way drag your feet, money goes to the next person in line." -Joe Vitale

"It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels he is worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him." -Abraham Lincoln

05/08/2009

"Many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yield themselves up when taken little by little." -Plutarch

"Great work is done by people who are not afraid to be great." -Fernando Flores

"Courage is not the absence of fear, it's the mastery of it." -Zig Ziglar quoting Mark Twain

"He insulted me, he cheated me, he beat me, he robbed me' -- those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace." - Buddha

05/06/2009

"The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice." -George Eliot

"If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work." -Thomas J. Watson,1874-1956, Founder of IBM

"Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there." -John Wooden

"Every man is the architect of his own fortune." -Sallust

Small and Significant

"What I do you cannot do; but what you do, I cannot do. The needs are great, and none of us, including me, ever do great things. But we can all do small things, with great love, and together we can do something wonderful." - Mother Teresa (1910-1997)

"Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones tend to take care of themselves." - Dale Carnegie (1888-1955)

"To do something, however small, to make others happier and better, is the highest ambition, the most elevating hope, which can inspire a human being." -John Lubbock (1834-1913)

"Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see." - C.S. Lewis (1898-1963)

05/02/2009

"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." ~ Thomas Edison

"Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish." -John Quincy Adams (1767-1848)