Motivational Quotes

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1. "Maturity of mind is the capacity to endure uncertainty"    ~John Finley

2. "In the end we can never be given knowledge by others; we can only be stimulated. We must develop our own knowledge"   ~Charles T. Tart

3. "If you judge people, you have no time to love them"  ~Mother Teresa

4. "You never find yourself until you face the truth"  ~Pearl Bailey

5. Never look back unless you want to go that way.

6. The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.  ~Vincent T. Lombardi

7. Leadership has less to do with position than it does with disposition.

8. The only real failure comes when you stop trying. ~G. D. Sorrell

9. Until input (thought) is linked to a goal (purpose) there can be no intelligent accomplishment.
     ~Paul G. Thomas

10. People with goals succeed because they know where they’re going.   ~Earl Nightingale

11. Discovery ~We do things to learn something we can define, and we wind up knowing things we never even imagined asking about. ~Maxine Singer

12. The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one. ~Mark Twain

13. "While one hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior."
    -- Henry C. Link

14. "Of course it's hard. It's supposed to be hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it. Hard is what makes it great." -- From the movie A League of Their Own

15. "When people say to me: "How do you do so many things?" I often answer them without meaning to be cruel: "How do you do so little?" It seems to me that people have vast potential. Most people can do extraordinary things if they have the confidence or take the risks. Yet most people sit in front of the TV and treat life as if it goes on forever." -- Phillip Adams

16. Give me somewhere to stand, and I will move the earth." -- Archimedes

17. "The only way to avoid failure is to never try anything new." -- Unknown

18. "What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?" -- Dr. Robert Schuller

19. Visionary, because without a clear goal, you will not be able to show others the direction to move. ~Kalai Selvan, Motorola Inc. (Singapore)

20. The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.  ~Socrates

21. Your business should be defined, not in terms of the product or service you offer, but in terms of what customer need your product or service fulfills. While products come and go, basic needs and customer groups stay around, i.e., the need for communication, the need for transportation, etc.  What market need do you supply? ~Ken Blanchard and Terry Waghorn in ‘Mission Possible’

22. The secret of success in life is for (one) to be ready for opportunity when it comes. ~Benjamin Disraeli

23. Image creates desire. What will you imagine? ~J.G. Gallimore

24. The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.  ~Mark Twain

25. My attitude has always been… if it's worth playing, it's worth paying the price to win. ~Paul "Bear" Bryant

26. Beware of those who stand aloof and greet each venture with reproof; the world would stop if things were run by men who say, "It can't be done".

27. Our children are like mirrors - they reflect our attitudes in life.

28. Live your life each day as you would climb a mountain.  An occasional glance towards the summit keeps the goal in mind, but many beautiful scenes are to be observed from each new vantage point.  Climb slowly, steadily, enjoying each passing moment, and the view from the summit will prove to be astonishing.

29. Once the toothpaste is out of the tube, it's hard to get back in. ~H.R. Haldeman, White House Chief of Staff

30. In business, the competition will bite you if you keep running; if you stand still, they will swallow you. ~William Knudson Jr., Chairman, Ford Motor Company

31. Attitudes are nothing more than habits of thoughts…repetition can change attitudes.  ~G. Sorrell

32. Nothing can stop a person with the right attitude from pursuing their goals.

33. The learned fool writes his nonsense in better language than the unlearned, but it is still nonsense. ~Benjamin Franklin

34. Kindness begets kindness.  Greek Proverb

35. You commit a sin of omission if you do not utilize all the power that is within you. All men have claims on man, and to the man with special talents, this is a very special claim. It is required that a man take part in the actions and clashes of his time than the peril of being judged not to have lived at all. -Oliver Wendell Holmes

36. The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems. -Gandhi

37. "I'm not a gambler and I didn't have that kind of money, but my funnybone instinct kept urging me on. So I closed my office door, cussed up and down, and threw things out the window. Then I called the lawyer back and said; 'Take it!'" -- Ray Kroc, MacDonalds' CEO on purchasing McDonalds

38. I am sure that if every leader who goes into battle will promise himself that he will come out either a conqueror or a corpse, he is sure to win. There is no doubt of that. Defeat is not due to losses but to the destruction of the Soul of the leaders--the 'live to fight another day' doctrine. -- General George S. Patton Jr.

39. A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. Francis Bacon

40. If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; If you would know, and not be known, live in a city. - Charles Caleb Colton

41. "Solitude is painful when one is young, but delightful when one is more mature."  ~Albert Einstein

42. "Patience means self-suffering." ~Mahatma Gandhi

43. The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. ~William James

44. Nothing is impossible to a willing heart. ~Joan Heywood

45. Wisdom has its root in goodness, and not goodness its root in wisdom. ~Emerson

46. "Who I am is much bigger than anything that could ever happen to me." - Anthony Robbins

47. "Whatever you focus on is what you get." - Anthony Robbins

48. "People are my greatest resource." - Anthony Robbins

49. "There is no such thing as failure, only results." - Anthony Robbins

50. Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection. ~Mark Twain

51. Success comes to those who make it happen. ~Gary Sorrell

52. Fortune favors the bold but abandons the timid. Latin Proverb

53. You can educate a fool, but you cannot make him think. The Talmud

54. Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn’t be any fun living in it, or profit. ~Josh Billings

55. Just think how happy you would be if you lost everything you have right now, and then got it back again.
    Frances Rodman

56. Not much happens without a dream. And for something great to happen, there must be a great dream. Behind every great achievement is a dreamer of great dreams. ~Robert Greenleaf

57. Get the fools on your side and you can be elected to anything. ~Frank Dane

58. I am sure that if every leader who goes into battle will promise himself that he will come out either a conqueror or a corpse, he is sure to win. There is no doubt of that. Defeat is not due to losses but to the destruction of the Soul of the leaders--the 'live to fight another day' doctrine. ~General George S. Patton Jr.

59. Success is the accomplishment of predetermined goals. So set your goals high. Anonymous

60. The mind covers more ground than the heart but goes less far. Chinese Proverb

61. If to talk to oneself when alone is folly, it must be doubly unwise to listen to oneself in the presence of others.
    ~Baltasar Gracian

62. You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get others interested in you. ~Dale Carnegie

63. "Challenges are an opportunity to learn and grow." - Anonymous

64. "It's what you learn after you know everything that counts." - John Wooden

65. "The best way to predict the future is to create it." - Peter Drucker

66. "Success is how high you bounce when you've hit bottom."  --General George Patton

67. "The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards." --Arthur Koestler

68. "Behind every successful man there's a lot of unsuccessful years." ~Bob Brown

69. "Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another." --Walter Elliot

70. Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes. ~Henry J. Kaiser

71. The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes - but in having new eyes.
    ~Marcel Proust

72. Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
    Michael Jordan

73. We get so much in the habit of wearing a disguise before others that we eventually appear disguised before ourselves. ~Jim Bishop

74. Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time. ~Betty Smith

75. Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions. ~Harold S. Geneen

76. "The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes."  ~Benjamin Disraeli

77. "You cannot consistently perform in a manner which is inconsistent with the way you see yourself." ~Zig Ziglar

78. Smile - what can it hurt?

79. "A smile costs nothing, but creates much, It happens in a flash, but the memory of it lasts forever, It cannot be bought, begged, borrowed nor stolen, but it is Something that is no earthly good to anyone until it is given away. So if in your hurry and rush You meet someone, who is too weary to give you a smile, Leave one of yours, For no one needs a smile quite as much as the one who has none left to give."
    -Author Unknown

80. It is not your customer's job to remember you; it is your obligation and responsibility to make sure they don't have the chance to forget you.

81. "Success is never final, and failure is never fatal; it's courage that counts." - Unknown

82. "Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage." - Richard Lovelace

83. To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life; and to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts right. ~ Confucius ~

84. We must become the change we want to see. ~ Mahatma Gandhi ~

85. I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs, but how high he bounces when he hits bottom. ~ George S. Patton ~

86. Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world.

87. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. ~ Margaret Mead

88. "It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be." ~ Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992) US science writer, science-fiction writer

89. The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to be released and channeled toward some great good. ~ Brian Tracy

90. "After all, the chief business of the American people is business." ~ Calvin Coolidge

91. "Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most." - Fyodor Dostoevsky

92. "What you see is what you get." - Flip Wilson

93. "We are always getting ready to live, but never living." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

94. "Failure is only the opportunity to more intelligently begin again." - Henry Ford

95. "Expect victory and you make victory." - Preston Bradley

96. "Excellence means when a man or a woman asks of himself more than others do." - Ortega Y Gasset

97. "Little minds attain and are subdued by misfortunes; but great minds rise above them." - Washington Irving

98. "There is no limit on earnings." - Earl Nightingale

99. "We are slaves to whatever we don't understand." - Vernon Howard

100. "What's going on in the inside shows on the outside." - Earl Nightingale

101. "What I do is prepare myself until I know I can do what I have to do." - Joe Namath

102. "You are where you are today because you've chosen to be there." - Harry Browne

103. "The greatest power that a person posseses is the power to choose." - J. Martin Kohe

104. "A man is literally what he thinks." - Abraham Lincoln

105. "It's not the situation....It's your reaction to the situation." - Bob Conklin

106. "Each of us bears responsibility for all who look up to us." - Kent Krive

107. "When we fail to appreciate, we begin to depreciate." - Kent Krive

108. "He who has begun has half done." - Horace

109. "Take away love and our earth is a tomb." - Robert Browning

110. "Give yourself something to work toward constantly." - Mary Kay Ash

111. "What is important is that one strives to achieve a goal." - Ronald Reagan

112. "We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end." - Benjamin Disraeli

113. The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances, if there is any reaction, both are transformed. ~ Dr. Carl Jung

114. "You must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing." - Andrew Jackson

115. "All doors open to courtesy." - Thomas Fuller

116. "To know is to control." - Scott Reed

117. "Put yourself in a position where luck can happen" Gary Sorrell

118. "Thoughts are forces." - Ralph Waldo Trine

119. "We know what we are, but know not what we may be." - William Shakespeare

120. "The only lack or limitation is in your own mind." - N.H. Moos

121. "Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit." - Napoleon Hill

122. "Success...seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit." - Conrad Hilton

123. "Consideration for others is the basis of a good life, a good society." - Confucius

124. "The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightening and the lightening bug." - Mark Twain

125. "That which we are capable of feeling, we are capable of saying." - Cervantes

126. "A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds." - Francis Bacon

127. "Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself." - Thomas Jefferson

128. "I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it." - Thomas Jefferson

129. "The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time." - Thomas Jefferson

130. "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

131. "Those who do not know how to weep with their whole heart don't know how to laugh either." - Golda Meir

132. "Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure." - Unknown

133. "There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability." - Robert Half

134. "Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." - Elmer Letterman

135. "Who is a wise man? He who learns from all men." - The Talmud

136. "You are the same today that you'll be five years from now except for two things: the people you meet and the books you read." - Mac McMillan

137. "No man fails who does his best..." - Orison Swett Marden

138. "Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later." - Og Mandino

139. "The scars you acquire by excercising courage will never make you feel inferior." - D.A. Battista

140. "Yesterday is a cancelled check; tomorrow is a promissory note; today is the only cash you haveso spend it wisely." - Kay Lyons

141. "The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will." - Vincent T. Lombardi

142. "The man who believes he can do something is probably right, and so is the man who believes he can't." - Unknown

143. "All progress begins by asking a better question." - Robert Stuberg

144. "Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never – in nothing, great or small, large or petty – never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense." – Winston Churchill

145. "Government's view of the company could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." – Ronald Regan

146. “I know the price of success: dedication, hard work and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen.”
     Frank Lloyd Wright

147. “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work and learning from failure.”
     General Colin L. Powell

148. "Leaders aren't born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work." Vince Lombardi (1913-1970) football coach

149. "Know Thyself." - Socrates

150. You can have anything you want – if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose. - Abraham Lincoln

151. Putting off an easy thing makes it hard. Putting off a hard thing makes it impossible. -Charles E. Wilson

152. "Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort." Franklin D. Roosevelt

153. "Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory." - General George S. Patton

154. “Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” - Unknown

155. “The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson “Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice.” - Oliver Wendell Holmes

156. “Success equals longevity” - Tom Hanks

157. “The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.” - Unknown

158. “People forget how fast you did a job - but they remember how well you did it.” - Howard W. Newton

159. “The speed of the leader determines the rate of the pack.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

160. "Winners expect to win in advance. Life is a self-fulfilling prophecy." - Unknown

161. “When you reach for the stars you may not quite get one, but you won’t come up with a handful of mud either.” Leo Burnett (1891-1971)

162. I tell you and you forget. I show you and you remember. I involve you and you understand. ~ Eric Butterworth

163. You are the only person on this earth who can use your abilities.

164. Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. ~ Muriel Strode

165. One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks. ~ Jack Penn

166. Don’t base your success; success of your life, on other people’s expectations. View success the way you want it to be and set a course to make it happen. ~ Gary Sorrell

167. Only those who risk going too far will ever know how far they can go. ~ Author Unknown

168. Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world would do this, it would change the earth.
      - William Faulkner

169. To grasp and hold a vision - that is the very essence of successful leadership.
     Ronald Reagan
      

170. The first rule of focus is this: "Wherever you are, be there."
     Unknown Author

171. Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine.
     Johann Friedrich Von Schiller

172. Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion, you must set yourself on fire first.
     Reggie Leach

173. If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.
     Thomas J. Peters

174. The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.
     Orison Swett Marden

175. There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.
     Louis L'Amour

176. Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.
     Carl Bard

177. It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.
     Sir Edmund Hillary

178. I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances. Martha Washington, 1st First Lady

179. Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
     Albert Einstein, physicist

180. I take nothing for granted. I now have only good days, or great days.
     Lance Armstrong, Tour de France winner

181. Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
     Lou Holtz, football coach

182. It is not your aptitude, but your attitude, that determines your altitude.
     Zig Ziglar

183. Live out your imagination not your history.
     Stephen R. Covey, author and lecturer

184. Too many leaders act as if the sheep—their people—are there for the benefit of the shepherd, not that the shepherd has responsibility for the sheep.
     Ken Blanchard

185. Never confuse activity with results.
     Lou Gerstner, CEO of IBM

186. Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
     T. S. Elliot

187. Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.
     George S. Patton, Jr., U.S. general

188. If you want risk taking, set an example yourself and reward and praise those that do.
     Jack Welch, former GE CEO

189. Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
     Robert F. Kennedy, US senator, US attorney general

190. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
     Mark Twain

191. Most salespeople try to take the horse to water and make him drink. It’s your job to make the horse thirsty.
     Gabriel Siegel, President of MediCab of NY

192. People do not like to be sold….but they love to buy.
     Linda Martin, Founder Resource Associates Corporation

193. It’s not what you know, it’s who you know. It’s not who you know, it’s who knows you.
     Unknown

194. The exact words that you use are far less important than the energy, intensity and conviction with which you use them.
     Jules Rose, Vice President, Sloan Supermarkets

195. Some men are just as firmly convinced of what they think as others are of what they know.
     Aristotle, philosopher

196. A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
     Mark Twain

197. You can live a lifetime and, at the end of it, know more about other people than you know about yourself.
     Beryl Markham, aviator

198. If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it would be the ability for each individual to learn to laugh at himself.
     Charles Shulltz, cartoonist

199. Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.
     Arthur Schopenhaure, philosopher

200. I am always doing things I can’t do; that is how I get to do them.
     Pablo Picasso, artist

201. Critics hang around and wait for others to make mistakes. But the real doers of the world have not time for criticizing others. They are too busy doing, making mistakes, improving, making progress.
     Dr. Wayne Dyer

202. Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
     Arnold Schwarzenegger

203. It is easy to have faith in yourself when you’re a winner, when you’re number one. What you’ve got to have is faith in yourself when you’re not a winner.
     Vince Lombardi, football coach

204. Try first to be a man of value; success will follow. Albert Einstein, physicist

205. Quality questions create a quality life. Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers.
     Anthony Robbins

206. Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.
     Albert von Szent-Gyorgyi, US Biochemist

207. There is only one success—to be able to spend your life in your own way.
     Christopher Morley, author

208. It's how you deal with failure that determines how you achieve success. David Feherty

209. I know the price of success: dedication, hard work and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen.
     Frank Lloyd Wright

210. Everyone has talent.
     Erica Jong

211. If a team is to reach its potential, each player must be willing to subordinate his personal goals to the good of the team.
     Bud Wilkinson, football coach

212. Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.
     Helen Keller.

213. It is surprising what a man can do when he has to, and how little most men will do when they don't have to.
     Walter Linn

214. Some people change when they see the light, others when they feel the heat.
     Caroline Schoeder

215. The greatest amount of wasted time is the time not getting started.
     Dawson Trotman

216. We are not compelled to meditate by some outside agent, by other people, or by God. Rather, just as we are responsible for our own suffering, so are we solely responsible for our own cure. We have created the situation in which we find ourselves, and it is up to us to create the circumstances for our release.
     Lama Thubten Yeshe, Buddhist teacher

217. You can’t see the future through a review mirror.
     Peter Lynch, investor

218. The problems of this world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were.
     John F. Kennedy, 35th U.S. president

219. The future never just happened. It was created.
     Will and Ariel Durant, authors

220. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it will be a fish.
     Ovid, Latin poet

221. Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
     Ralph Waldo Emerson

222. If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.
     Milton Berle

223. I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.
     Brian Tracy

224. Making a consistent small investment in people can reproduce itself to create an outstanding return.
     Scott Johnson, composer

225. A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read. Mark Twain

226. When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary.

227. If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody is not thinking. George S. Patton, US Army General

228. The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been. Alan Ashley-Pitts, author

229. Affirmations are the acclamations of life and success.Gary Sorrell

230. "We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations." Charles R. Swindoll

231. "Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." Seneca

232. "Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them." Orison Swett Marden

233. "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." Thomas Alva Edison

234. "The freedom to move forward to new opportunities and to produce results comes from living in the present not the past." Brian Koslow

235. "Opportunities always look bigger going than coming." Unknown

236. "Even when opportunity knocks a man still has to get up off his seat and open the door." Unknown

237. "An obstacle is often an unrecognized opportunity." Unknown

238. "Wise men make more opportunities than they find." Francis Bacon, Sr.

239. “There is nothing like a dream to create the future.” Victor Hugo

240. “It is not your aptitude, but your attitude, that determines your altitude.” Zig Ziglar

241. “Live out your imagination not your history.” Stephen R. Covey

242.  “Too many leaders act as if the sheep—their people—are there for the benefit of the shepherd, not that the shepherd has responsibility for the sheep.”
     Ken Blanchard

243. “Never confuse activity with results.” Lou Gerstner, CEO of IBM

244. "Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action."
     Benjamin Disraeli “

245. Peace. It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.” Unknown

246. What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he holds it. ~Ezra Pound

247. This is how humans are: we question all our beliefs, except for the ones we really believe, and those we never think to question. ~Orson Scott Card

248. He does not believe who does not live according to his belief. ~Thomas Fuller

249. The eloquent man is he who is no beautiful speaker, but who is inwardly and desperately drunk with a certain belief. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

250. Generally the theories we believe we call facts, and the facts we disbelieve we call theories. ~Felix Cohen

251. Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are convinced beyond doubt that they are right. ~Laurens van der Post

252. It is easier to believe than to doubt. ~E.D. Martin, The Meaning of a Liberal Education

253. "Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions." Harold Geneen, Founder, MCI Communications

254. Excellence The kind of people I look for to fill top management spots are the eager beavers, the mavericks. These are the ones who try to do more than they’re expected to do - they always reach. Lee Iacocca

255. A race horse that can run a mile a few seconds faster is worth twice as much. That little extra proves to be the greatest value. John D. Hess

256. The real voyage of discovery consists of not in seeing new landscapes but in having new eyes. Marcel Proust, novelist

257. The future never just happened. It was created. Will and Ariel Durant, authors

258. The problems of this world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were. John F. Kennedy, 35th U.S. president

259. Life is like a ten-speed bike. Most of us have gears we never use. Charles Schulz, cartoonist

260. People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing – that's why we recommend it daily. Zig Ziglar

261. I take nothing for granted. I now have only good days, or great days. Lance Armstrong, Tour de France winner

262. The path to success begins in the mind. Author, Gary Sorrell

263. Positive thinking prevents negative results. Author, Gary Sorrell

264. The most successful people are the ones who make their dreams a reality! Gary Sorrell, Author

265. “The best thing about the future is that it only comes one day at a time.” -Abraham Lincoln

266. “Whatever you are, be a good one.” Abraham Lincoln

267. "Dream big...the possibilities are limitless" Gary Sorrell

268. Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. Henry David Thoreau

269. Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. Thomas Jefferson

270. Keep steadily before you the fact that all true success depends at last upon yourself. Theodore T. Hunger

271. Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out. Robert Collier

272. They can because they think they can. Virgil

273. If we all did what we are capable of, we would astound ourselves. Thomas Edison.

274. Collect as precious pearls the words of the wise and virtuous. - Abd-el-Kadar

275. Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow. - Doug Firebaugh

276. Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have. Zig Ziglar

277. “Live out your imagination not your history.” Stephen R. Covey

278. “Never confuse activity with results.” Lou Gerstner, CEO of IBM

279. "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." Thomas Alva Edison

280. Ordinary people think merely of spending time. Great people think of using it. -Unknown

281. You are only as strong as your purpose, therefore let us choose reasons to act that are big, bold, righteous and eternal. -Barry Munro

282. Achievement seems to be connected with action. Successful men and women keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
     Conrad Hilton

283. Personal development is your springboard to personal excellence. Ongoing, continuous, non-stop personal development literally assures you that there is no limit to what you can accomplish.
     Brian Tracy

284. Steve Jobs Quotes “Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me… Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful… that’s what matters to me.” The Wall Street Journal (Summer 1993).

285. “We don’t get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent, because this is our life. Life is brief, and then you die, you know? And we’ve all chosen to do this with our lives. So it better be damn good. It better be worth it.” Fortune

286. "One of the true tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency." ~Arnold Glasow~

287. "Developing excellent communication skills is absolutely essential to effective leadership. The leader must be able to share knowledge and ideas to transmit a sense of urgency and enthusiasm to others. If a leader can't get a message across clearly and motivate others to act on it, then having a message doesn't even matter." ~Gilbert Amelio~

288.  "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." ~ Aristotle ~

289.  "There is one quality that one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it." ~ Napoleon Hill ~

290.  "To use power wisely is the final test of leadership. Thus, the first rule in the game of power (or life) and, in fact, the only hard and fast rule in the entire game is: POWER MUST BE THE SERVANT; IT MUST NOT BE THE MASTER!"

291. "They may forget what you said, they may forget what you did, but they will never forget how you made them feel." ~Carl W. Buecher~

292. "There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle, or to be the mirror that reflects it." ~Edith Wharton~

293. "Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand-and melting like a snowflake..." ~ Francis Bacon, Sr. ~

294. "There is one quality that one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it." ~ Napoleon Hill ~

295. "To use power wisely is the final test of leadership. Thus, the first rule in the game of power (or life) and, in fact, the only hard and fast rule in the entire game is: POWER MUST BE THE SERVANT; IT MUST NOT BE THE MASTER!" ~Thomas D. Willhite~

296. "Great minds have great purposes, others have wishes. Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them." - Washington Irving

297. "The start is what stops most people." - Don Shula

298. "You can't just sit and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You've got to get out there and make it happen for yourself." - Diana Ross

299. “Developing excellent communication skills is absolutely essential to effective leadership. The leader must be able to share knowledge and ideas to transmit a sense of urgency and enthusiasm to others. If a leader can’t get a message across clearly and motivate others to act on it, then having a message doesn’t even matter.” ~Gilbert Amelio~

300. “A smile while giving honest criticism can make the difference between resentment and reform.” ~Philip Steinmetz~

301. "I'm so optimistic I'd go after Moby Dick in a row boat and bring the tartar sauce with me".....Zig Ziglar

302.  "The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one." -Elbert Hubbard

303. "How do you become better tomorrow? By improving yourself, the world is made better. Be not afraid of growing too slowly. Be afraid of standing still. Forget your mistakes, but remember what they taught you. So how do you become better tomorrow? By becoming better today." -Benjamin Franklin

304.  “Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential." -Winston Churchill
      

305. "Live daringly, boldly, fearlessly. Taste the relish to be found in competition - in having put forth the best within you."
     - Henry J. Kaiser

306. "Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized."
     - Albert Einstein

307. "One of the marks of excellent people is that they never compare themselves with others. They only compare themselves with themselves and with their past accomplishments and future potential."
     - Brian Tracy

308. “To use power wisely is the final test of leadership. Thus, the first rule in the game of power (or life) and, in fact, the only hard and fast rule in the entire game is: POWER MUST BE THE SERVANT; IT MUST NOT BE THE MASTER!” ~Thomas D. Willhite~

309. “One of the true tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.”~Arnold Glasow~

310. “Do just once what others say you can’t do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again.”
     -James R. Cook

311. "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

312. "Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today."
     -James Dean

313. "The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it."
     -Moliere

314. “We could all use a little coaching. When you’re playing the game, it’s hard to think of everything.”  Jim Rohn

315. “Developing excellent communication skills is absolutely essential to effective leadership. The leader must be able to share knowledge and ideas to transmit a sense of urgency and enthusiasm to others. If a leader can’t get a message across clearly and motivate others to act on it, then having a message doesn’t even matter.” - Gilbert Amelio

316. “Tell me, I will forget. Show me, I may remember. Involve me, I will understand.”
     - Chinese Proverb

317. “A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.”
     - Ralph Lauren

318.  “Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon them and to let them know that you trust them.”
     - Booker T. Washington

319.  You can always be less than you are, but you can never be more than you are. Jose Ramos.

320. “We should seize every opportunity to give encouragement. Encouragement is oxygen to the soul. The days are always dark enough. There is no need for us to emphasize the fact by spreading further gloom.” - George M. Adams

321. “A smile while giving honest criticism can make the difference between resentment and reform.” - Philip Steinmetz

322. “CEOs are hired for their intellect and business expertise – and fired for a lack of emotional intelligence.” - Daniel Goleman

323.  “We should seize every opportunity to give encouragement. Encouragement is oxygen to the soul. The days are always dark enough. There is no need for us to emphasize the fact by spreading further gloom.” - George M. Adams

324. Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.” - Michael Jordan

      and what is FEAR? :)

     False Expectations Appearing Real.

      

325. “A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.” - Ralph Lauren

      

326. “Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon them and to let them know that you trust them.” - Booker T. Washington

327.  “Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being.” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

328. “You do not lead by hitting people over the head — that’s assault, not leadership.”  - Dwight D. Eisenhower

329. Successful organizing is based on the recognition that people get organized because they, too, have a vision. Paul Wellstone

330. Procrastination is the thief of time. Edward Young

331. Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy. Wayne Gretzky

332. We must use time as a tool, not as a crutch. John F. Kennedy

333. It's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you're not. Author Unknown

334. I quit being afraid when my first venture failed and the sky didn't fall down. Allen H. Neuharth

335. Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve! Andrew Carnegie

336. I must follow the people. Am I not their leader? Benjamin Disraeli

337. You manage things; you lead people. Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper

338. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant. Max DePree

339. Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality. Warren Bennis

340. Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other. John F. Kennedy.

341. Taking an interest in what others are thinking and doing is often a much more powerful form of encouragement than praise.
     Robert Martin 

342. Learn all you can from the mistakes of others. You won't have time to make them all yourself.
     Alfred Sheinwold 

343. It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.
     Sally Field

344. "No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking."
     Voltaire

345. "You and I are not what we eat; we are what we think."
     Walter Anderson

346. "The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds."
     Will Durant

347. "Thinking is like loving and dying. Each of us must do it for himself."
     Josiah Royce

348. You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else. Albert Einstein

349. The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible. Author Unknown

350. "The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.” Elbert Hubbard

351. "If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us." Jim Rohn

352. "The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense." Thomas Edison

353. "Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can't be done." Bo Bennett

354. "Impossibilities are merely things which we have not yet learned." Charles W. Chesnutt

355. "You can start where you are with what you've got, and go to wherever it is you want to go." Zig Ziglar

356. "One of the marks of excellent people is that they never compare themselves with others. They only compare themselves with themselves and with their past accomplishments and future potential."
     – Brian Tracy

357.  "I don't care how much power, brilliance or energy you have, if you don't harness it and focus it on a specific target, and hold it there you're never going to accomplish as much as your ability warrants."
     –Zig Ziglar

358.  “An investment in education always pays the highest returns.” —Ben Franklin

359. “What’s worse than training your workers and losing them? Not training them and keeping them.” —Zig Ziglar, success speaker

360. "Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

361. "Whatever you are, be a good one." -Abraham Lincoln

362. "Life is like riding a bicycle - in order to keep your balance, you must keep moving." -Albert Einstein

363. Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine. Anthony J. D'Angelo

364. You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else. Albert Einstein

365. Fear less, hope more; Eat less, chew more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Love more, and all good things will be yours. Swedish Proverb

366. I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. - Thomas Jefferson

367. Life does not get better by chance. It gets better by change. - Anonymous

368. Nothing succeeds like the appearance of success. - Christopher Lasch

369. Look well to this day. Yesterday is but a dream and tomorrow is only a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well therefore to this day.
     Francis Gray

370. The only limits are, as always, those of vision.
     James Broughton

371. The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold. Aristotle  

372. "You can’t build a reputation on what you’re going to do." Henry Ford  

373. "Argument is the worst sort of conversation." Jonathan Swift

374.  The only limits are those of self. - Gary Sorrell

375. "The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance. Remember, the greatest failure is to not try. Once you find something you love to do, be the best at doing it." Debbi Fields

376. "Correction does much, but encouragement does more." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

377. Our voices give us messages continually, and what they say to us affects us. Juliene Berk

378. "Instead of giving myself reasons why I can't, I give myself reasons why I can." Author Unknown

379. Business is like roller skating, either you keep moving or you fall down. Doc Blakely

380. Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy. Norman Schwarzkopf

381. Be not afraid of going slowly. Be only afraid of standing still. Chinese Proverb

382. Constant repetition carries conviction. Robert Collier

383. The only disability in life is a bad attitude. JimmyScott Hamilton

384. Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results. Willie Nelson

385. "If you want to achieve greatness stop asking for permission." --Anonymous

386. "Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out." --John Wooden

387. "To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong." --Anonymous

388. "If you are not willing to risk the usual you will have to settle for the ordinary." --Jim Rohn

389.  I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs, but how high he bounces when he hits bottom. ~ George S. Patton

390.  "Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most." - Fyodor Dostoevsky

391. The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one. - Mark Twain

392.  I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. - Thomas A. Edison

393.  The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. - Vidal Sassoon

394. "If you don't value your time, neither will others. Stop giving away your time and talents--start charging for it." --Kim Garst

395. "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough." --Albert Einstein

396. "Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting." --Anonymous

397. Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough. - Og Mandino

398. Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God. - Leo Buscaglia

399. In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can. - Nikos Kazantzakis

400. “Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into strategy.” – Warren Bennis

401. Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough. Og Mandino

402. What you do today can improve all your tomorrows. Ralph Marston

403. "I look to the future because that's where I'm going to spend the rest of my life." -- George Burns

404. "The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress." Joseph Jouber

405. "Most people change only enough to get away from problems, not enough to fix them." ~ John C. Maxwell

406. "We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give" ~Winston Churchill

407. "If we doubted our fears instead of doubting our dreams, imagine how much life we would accomplish". ~ Joel Brown

408. Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success. Henry Ford

409. People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing- that’s why we recommend it daily. Zig Zigler

410. Losing is not an option with the right attitude! Gary Sorrell

411. Great leaders create a competitive advantage!

412. If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. Albert Einstein

413. A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds! Francis Bacon

414.  Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going. Sam Levenson

415. 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

416. Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. Thomas A. Edison

417. "The task of the leader is to get their people from where they are to where they have not been." Henry Kissinger
418. "The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are."  Carl Jung-
419. "All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them."  Walt Disney

420. Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success. Henry Ford

421. Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. Winston Churchill

422. The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand. Vince Lombardi

423. “Success is in the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph.” Zig Ziglar

424. “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” John C. Maxwell

425. “Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.” Steve Jobs

426. Remember there is plenty of room at the top — but not enough to sit down. Zig Ziglar

427. Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere as long as the policy you've decided upon is being carried out. Ronald Reagan

428. Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage. Theodore Roosevelt

429. Positive anything is better than negative nothing. Elbert Hubbard
430. Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose. Bill Gates
431. I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. Jimmy Dean

432. “Remember there is plenty of room at the top — but not enough to sit down.”

433. “Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.”

434. “When we do more than we are paid to do, eventually we will be paid more for what we do.” Zig Ziglar

435. “When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.” Elon Musk

436. Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination. Carl von Clausewitz

437. All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure. Mark Twain

438. Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose. Bill Gates

439. Think twice before you speak because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another. Napoleon Hill

440. It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. Confucius

441. Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. Helen Keller

442. Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. Lao Tzu

443.  With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts. Eleanor Roosevelt

444. In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can. Nikos Kazantzakis

445. You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Rabindranath Tagore

446. Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other. Abraham Lincoln

447. Where the senses fail us, reason must step in. Alileo Galilei

448. The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination. Albert Einstein

449. I don't work at being ordinary. Paul McCartney

450. Discipline yourself to do the things you need to do when you need to them and the day will come when you will be able to do the things you want to when you want do them! Zig Ziglar

451. “You are the only one who can use your ability. It is an awesome responsibility.” Zig Ziglar

452. We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone. Ronald Reagan

453. Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me. Carol Burnett

454.  It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. Confucius

455.  You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. Jack London

456.  Perfection itself is imperfection. Vladimir Horowitz

457.  People change and forget to tell each other. Lillian Hellman

458.  People change and forget to tell each other. Lillian Hellman

459. Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me. Carol Burnett

460. If you keep trying & never give up, you will always succeed. Gary Sorrell

461. When we do more than we are paid to do, eventually we will be paid more for what we do. Zig Ziglar

462. “I think that at the start of a game, you’re always playing to win, and then maybe if you’re ahead late in the game, you start playing not to lose. The true competitors, though, are the ones who always play to win.”  Tom Brady

463. “You wanna know which ring is my favorite? The next one.” Tom Brady

464. “If you don’t believe in yourself why is anyone else going to believe in you?” Tom Brady

465. The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one's destiny to do, and then do it. Henry Ford

466. No masterpiece was ever created by a lazy artist. Anonymous

467. Don't raise your voice, improve your argument. Anonymous

468. What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise. Oscar Wilde

469. The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away. Anonymous

470. The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success. Bruce Feirstein

471. "When you stop chasing the wrong things, you give the right things a chance to catch you." --Lolly Daskal

472. "I believe that the only courage anybody ever needs is the courage to follow your own dreams." --Oprah Winfrey

473. "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough." --Albert Einstein

474. "Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent." --Anonymous

475. "Knowledge is being aware of what you can do. Wisdom is knowing when not to do it." –Anonymous

476. "Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." - Lolly Daskal

477. "Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower." --Steve Jobs

478. "There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed." --Ray Goforth

479. "I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have." --Thomas Jefferson

480. "Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out." --Robert Collier

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

482. "All progress takes place outside the comfort zone." --Michael John Bobak

483. "You may only succeed if you desire succeeding; you may only fail if you do not mind failing." --Philippos

      

      

      

      

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