- I love the
man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from
distress, and row brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of
little minds to shrink but he whose heart is firm, and whose
conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles
unto death. Thomas Paine
- I never could have
done what I have done without the habits of punctuality,
order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate
myself on one subject at a time. Charles Dickens
- Neither believe nor
reject anything because any other person's rejected or
believed it. Your own reason is the only oracle given you by
heaven. Thomas Jefferson
- Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt, and dance like no one's
watching, sing like nobody's listening, live like it's Heaven on Earth.
Unknown Author
- Integrity is not a 90 percent thing, not a 95 percent thing; either you have it or you don't. Peter Scotese
- Good leaders are like
baseball umpires - they go practically unnoticed when doing
their jobs right. Byrd Baggett
- It often takes a thousand words soft spoken every day, to bury
just the three or four that we didn't mean to say. Jana Poston
- Don't expect
to build up the weak by pulling down the strong. Calvin
Coolidge
- Waste no more time
arguing what a good man should be. Be one. Marcus Aurelius
- The obstacles you face are... mental barriers which can be broken by adopting a more positive approach.
Clarence Blasier
- Strength does not come
from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
Mahatma Gandhi
- How much better to know
that we have dared to live our dreams than to live our lives
in a lethargy of regret. Gilbert Caplin
- Now, I say to you today my friends, even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: -
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created
equal.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- Start by doing what's
necessary, then do what's possible, and suddenly you are doing
the impossible. Saint Francis of Assisi
- In difficult
situations when hope seems feeble, the boldest plans are the
safest. Livy
- Maturity is the capacity
to endure uncertainty. John Huston Finley
- Chop your own wood, and it will warm you twice. Henry Ford
- Defeat may test you; it need not stop you. If at first you don't succeed, try another way. For every obstacle there is a solution. Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. The greatest mistake is giving up. Source Unknown
- The man who removes a
mountain begins by carrying away small stones. William
Faulkner
- Every man who is high up loves to think that he has done it all himself; and the wife smiles, and lets it go at that.
Sir James M. Barrie
- Like an unchecked cancer,
hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity.
Hate destroys a man's sense of values and his objectivity. It
causes him to describe the beautiful as ugly and the ugly as
beautiful, and to confuse the true with the false and the
false with the true. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Be sure you put your
feet in the right place, then stand firm. Abraham Lincoln
- In this world nothing can be said
to be certain, except death and taxes. Benjamin Franklin
- The brave man is not he
who feels no fear. For that were stupid and irrational. But
he, whose noble soul its fears subdues, and bravely dares the
danger nature shrinks from. Joanna Baillie
- A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can
say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go
around. Edgar Watson Howe
- A heretic, my dear
sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something
neither of you knows anything about. Charles Carver
- I haven't failed, I've found 10,000 ways that don't
work.
Thomas Edison
- Good
work habits help develop an internal toughness and a
self-confident attitude that will sustain you through every
adversity and temporary discouragement. Paul J. Fleye
- Knowing is not enough; we must apply.
Willing is not enough; we must do. Goethe
- I got a simple rule
about everybody. If you don't treat me right, shame on you.
Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong
- I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man, I keep his house.
Zsa Zsa Gabor
- Every really new idea
looks crazy at first. Alfred N. Whitehead
-
Some people see things as they are and say why.
I dream things that never were and say why not. Robert F. Kennedy
-
In order to win, you must expect to win. Richard Bach
- Defeat may test you; it need not stop you. If at first you don't succeed, try another way. For every obstacle there is a solution. Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. The greatest mistake is giving up.
Unknown
- Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can’t build on it; it’s only for wallowing
in. Katherine Mansfield
- Do not confuse notoriety and fame with greatness. . . . For you see, greatness is a measure of one's spirit, not a result of one's rank in human affairs. Sherman Finesilver
- Always do right - this will gratify some and astonish the rest. Mark Twain
- Do not confuse notoriety and fame with greatness. . . . For you see, greatness is a measure of one's spirit, not a result of one's rank in human
affairs. Sherman Finesilver
- There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to
meet. William F. Halsey
- He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.
Aristotle
-
Leaders aren't born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal. Vince Lombardi
-
Entrepreneurs are the forgotten heroes of America. Ronald Reagan
You will never be a leader unless you first learn to follow and be led. Tiorio
-
Integrity is the most valuable and respected quality of
leadership. Always keep your word.
Jim Rohn
- Press on. Obstacles are
seldom the same size tomorrow as they are today. Robert H.
Schuller
- Flatter me, and I may not believe you.
Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you.
Encourage me, and I may not forget you. William Arthur
-
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than
sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. Martin
Luther King Jr.
-
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in
moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at
times of challenge and controversy. Martin Luther
King Jr.
- The way I see it, if you want the
rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain. Dolly Parton
- It is neither wealth nor
splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give happiness.
Thomas Jefferson
- The attitudes of your
friends are like the buttons on an elevator. They will either
take you up or they will take you down. Alexander Lockhart
- Do not confuse motion and
progress. A rocking horse keeps moving, but does not make any
progress. Alfred A. Montapert
- The wise weigh their
words on a scale with gold. Bible
- The pessimist sees
difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the
opportunity in every difficulty. Winston Churchill
- The greatest obstacle to your success
is probably you. Frank Tyger
- You are born with three things:
intelligence, endurance and the opportunity to build
integrity. You decide how much intelligence and endurance you
are going to use. You build integrity every single day with
the choices you make. Bob Kerry
- Get me inside any boardroom and I'll get any decision I want.
Alan Bond
-
When
you determined what you want, you have made the most important
decision of your life. You have to know what you want in order
to attain it. Douglas Lurtan
- To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there
comes the opportunity to choose between honorable competence
and tainted wealth. The young man who starts out to be poor
and honorable, holds in his hand one of the strongest elements
of success. Orison Swett Marden
- If you want to test a
man's character, give him power. Abraham Lincoln
- There is only one thing
that remains to us, that cannot be taken away: to act with
courage and dignity and to stick to the ideals that have given
meaning to life. Jawaharlal Nehru
- I look at
life as a training ground, basically we are all auditioning
for the afterlife. AJF
- You have within you right
now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can
throw at you. Brian Tracy
- To utter pleasant words
without practicing them, is like a fine flower without
fragrance. Buddha (c.563-483 BC)
- Always
give more than what's expected of you. General George S.
Patton
- Business
is more exciting than any game. Lord Beaverbrook
- He that undervalues
himself will undervalue others, and he that undervalues others
will oppress them. Johnson
- I've got a theory that if
you give 100 percent all of the time, somehow things will work
out in the end. Larry Bird
- When
life’s problems seem overwhelming, look around and see what
other people are coping with. You may consider yourself
fortunate. Ann Landers
- What we hope ever
to do with ease, we must first learn to do with diligence.
Samuel Johnson
-
Nothing focuses the mind
better than the constant sight of a competitor who wants to wipe you off the
map. Wayne Calloway
- Believe that you possess
a basic goodness, which is the foundation for the greatness
you can ultimately achieve. Les Brown
- It sounds
extraordinary but it’s a fact that balance sheets can make
fascinating reading. Mary Archer
- My grandfather and father always told me as I was growing up, when you are at your lowest, thank God, because at that
moment you will know who you really are...and improve (if
necessary) accordingly! AJF
- Never miss a
good chance to shut up. Will Rogers
- I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but
it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and
noble. Helen Keller
-
Discipline is the
refining fire by which talent becomes ability. Roy L Smith
- Two things
are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not
sure about the universe. Albert Einstein
- Notice that the stiffest tree is
most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by
bending with the wind. Bruce Lee
- The good news is that
the bad news can be turned into good news when you change your
attitude. Robert H. Schuller
- Far better it is to dare
mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered
by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who
neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the
gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. Theodore
Roosevelt
- That old law about "an eye
for an eye" leaves everybody blind. The time is always
right to do the right thing. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- If you plan to go the distance,
YOU have to do the roadwork. Chuck Parker
- Good leaders are like
baseball umpires: they go practically unnoticed when doing
their jobs right. Byrd Baggett
- Action springs not
from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that
comes from bad judgment. Will Rogers
- If you are never scared,
embarrassed, or hurt, it means you never take chances. Julia
Soul
- The only limit to our
realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Franklin
D. Roosevelt
- The good neighbor looks beyond the external accidents and
discerns those inner qualities that make all men human and,
therefore, brothers. Martin Luther King Jr.
- Dreams are renewable. No
matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped
possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.
Dale E. Turner
-
I haven't failed, I've found ten thousand ways that don't work. Albert Einstein
- Winners have simply formed the habit of doing
things
losers don't like to do. Albert Gray
- Setting goals for your
game is an art. The trick is in setting them at the right
level neither too low nor too high. Greg Norman
- A positive attitude is like a fire; unless you continue to add
fuel, it goes out. Alexander Lockhart
- We are continually faced
by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble
problems. Lee Iococca
- I have always been
delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one
more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere
behind the morning. J. B. Priestley
- I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death.
Patrick Henry
- The only limit to our
realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Franklin
D. Roosevelt
- Before you speak, listen.
Before you write, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you invest, investigate.
Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try.
Before you retire, save.
Before you die, give. William Arthur Ward
- Greatness is not found in possessions, power, position, or prestige. It is discovered in goodness, humility, service, and
character. William Arthur Ward
- I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once. Jennifer Unlimited
- Don't be afraid your life
will end; be afraid that it will never begin. Grace Hansen
- If you have no confidence in self
you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence,
you have won even before you have started. Marcus Garvey
- Much of the best work of the world has been done against
seeming impossibilities. Dale Carnegie
- When you feel that you are at your lowest and think God has left you, think again! God can't never leave you - we are all part of him! Just endure the pain and grief a bit longer, you will soon find out that
it was all worth it! And all is OK! And the difficulties that you went through were necessary to make you
grow and make you stronger! God will never put you through a situation that you will not be able to
handle! AJF
- The reward of
suffering is experience. Aeschylus
- No one who has achieved great success has ever achieved it from a comfortable position. The struggles,
failures and hardships of life is what makes
success possible. AJF
- He is rich or poor according to
what he is, not according to what he has. Henry Ward Beecher
- If you feel better about yourself by putting others down, then I am sorry for you,
you are
obviously a weak person that needs to grow. AJF
- A positive attitude is like a fire - Unless
you continue to add fuel, it goes out. Alexander Lockhart
- The most distinguishing feature of
winners is their intensity of purpose. Alymer Letterman
- A weak soul,
why be inferior? You can change that in a heart beat! Do Good! Be Good!
AJF
- All experience is an arch to build on. Henry B. Adams
- Our own heart, and not
other men's opinion, forms our true honor. Samuel Taylor
Coleridge
- If you doubt you can
accomplish something, then you can't accomplish it. You have
to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough
to follow through. Rosalyn Carter
- You can't wait for the
phone to ring. You have to ring them. Lord Lew Grade
- I've come to believe
that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying
the foundation for the understandings that have created the
new level of living I now enjoy. Anthony Robbins
- When in England at a
fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by the
Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an
example of empire building by George Bush. He answered by saying that, "Over the
years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men
and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our
borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in
return is enough to bury those that did not return."
It became very quiet in the room.
- Today, we
gather to be reassured that God hears the lamenting and bitter
weeping of Mother America because so many of her children are
no more. Let us now seek that assurance in prayer for the
healing of our grief stricken hearts, for the souls and sacred
memory of those who have been lost. Let us also pray for
divine wisdom as our leaders consider the necessary actions
for national security, wisdom of the grace of God that as we
act, we not become the evil we deplore. Rev.
Nathan Baxter, Dean of Washington National Cathedral
- I walk slowly, but I never
walk backward. Abraham Lincoln
-
The best audience is
intelligent, well-educated and a little drunk. Alben W.
Barkley (U.S. Vice President)
- The obstacles you face are mental
barriers which can be broken by adopting a more positive
approach. Unknown
- A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar. Benjamin Franklin
- You don't get to control
any outcome, only every choice you make along the way. Stephen
C Paul
- Whether you think you can or whether you
think you can't, you're right! Henry Ford
- We must use time as a
tool, not as a couch. John F. Kennedy
- Character is
tested when you're up against it! Unknown
- What we do
in life, echoes in eternity! Unknown
- Vision
without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a
nightmare. Japanese Proverb
- It's supposed to be hard! If it wasn't
hard anyone could do it!
IT'S THE HARD THAT MAKES IT GREAT! Unknown
-
If you view all the things that happen to you, both good and bad, as opportunities, then you operate out of a higher level of consciousness. Les Brown
- We have to
earn and protect ON EVERY SINGLE DAY what we have already
attained. We sometimes (without realizing it) take
successes for granted or make mistakes, and that's when we can
put everything we’ve worked so hard for at risk – so on
every single day we should try to keep our focus where it
should be! AJF
- The policy of being
too cautious...Is the greatest risk of all. Jawaharlal
Nehru
- No person was ever
honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for
what he gave. Calvin Coolidge
- My most brilliant
achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to
marry me. Winston Churchill
- Aerodynamically, the
bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee
doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway. Mary Kay Ash
- Don't be afraid if
things seem difficult in the beginning. That's only the
initial impression. The important thing is not to retreat; you
have to master yourself. Olga Korbut
- A little twist to the
usual, "Everything comes to he who waits".
Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits. Thomas
Alva Edison
- People often say that
motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing that's why
we recommend it daily. Zig Ziglar
- A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair
weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain. Robert
Frost
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