“It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.”
~W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965), English writer
"You can have anything you want in life if you just help enough other people get what they want. "
~Zig Ziglar
"Fearlessness may be a gift, but perhaps more precious is the courage acquired through endeavor; courage that comes from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one’s actions, courage that could be described as ‘grace under pressure’ ~ grace which is renewed repeatedly in the face of harsh, unremitting pressure."
~Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize Winner
“Never stop because you are afraid - you are never so likely to be wrong.”
~Fridtj of Nansen (1861–1930), Norwegian explorer, Nobel Peace Prize winner
“Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance.”
~Marie Curie (1867–1934)
"I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity"
~John D. Rockefeller
“What we do in life, echoes in eternity.”
~Maximus Decimus Meridias , Roman general from the film "Gladiator" (2000)
"One critical piece of advice I received and have used throughout my career came from the best teacher I have ever had, my dad. He would remind me that delaying or not making a decision was in fact making the decision not to decide."
~Jim Ligotti, VP, Maritime Solutions at Ingersoll-Rand
“Patience is necessary... one cannot reap immediately where one has sown.”
~Soren Kierkegaard (1813–1855), Danish philosopher and writer
"Living inspired is born in the awareness that this is it! We have one chance at life. And the wonderful gift we are given every morning is the choice of how we are going to live that moment, that day."
~Sally Cofer-Lindberg
"Your ability to discipline yourself to set clear goals, and then to work toward them every day, will do more to guarantee your success than any other single factor."
~Brian Tracy
"The only person who succeeds is the person who is progressively realizing a worthy ideal. He's the person who says, 'I'm going to become this' and then begins to work toward that goal."
~Earl Nightingale
"Although your customers won't love you if you give bad service, your competitors will!"
~Kate Zabriskie
“Invest yourself entirely in the here and now.”
~Thich Nhat Hanh
"If you are compassionate in your approach to all tasks in life, believing that all 'problems' contain valuable lessons, you will find peace of mind."
~Dr. Lee Jampolsky
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
~Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945), 32nd president of the United States
“I do not intend for 'honor, courage, and commitment' to be just words; I expect them to frame the way that we live and act.”
~Charles Krulak, 31st Commandant of the US Marine Corps
“The big rewards come to those who travel the second, undemanded mile.”
~Bruce Barton (1886–1967), American advertising executive, U.S. congressman
"You are the storyteller of your own life and you can create the legend or not."
~Isabel Allende
“Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em.”
~William Shakespeare (1564–1616), English playwright and poet
"We cannot find the light until we acknowledge the darkness. This is called owning."
~Mina Parker
"The line between failure and success is so fine that we…are often on the line and do not know it. How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience, would have achieved success. A little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success."
~Elbert Hubbard
"Worry only about the things under your control, the things that can be influenced and changed by your actions, not about the things that are beyond your capacity to direct or alter."
~Charles E. Hummel
“Talent is a dreadfully cheap commodity, cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work and study.”
~Stephen King, American writer
“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.”
~Isaac Newton (1642–1727), English mathematician and physicist
"It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed."
~Napoleon Hill
“In this world, you must be a bit too kind in order to be kind enough.”
~Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux (1688–1763), French writer
"A sale isn't a thing, it's a process. It isn't standing still, it's moving. It isn't one long job, it's a series of smaller jobs."
~Unknown
"In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing you can do is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing."
~Theodore Roosevelt
“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.”
~Warren Buffett, American businessman and philanthropist
“Add energy, inspire hope, and blow the coals into a useful flame...”
~Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882), American writer and activist
"There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through encouragement from someone else. I don't care how great, how famous or successful a man or woman may be, each hungers for applause."
~George M. Adams
"Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right, decide on what you think is right and stick to it."
~George Eliot
"Personal responsibility is the root of all personal and professional success."
~Bud Bilanich
“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. (1929–1968), American civil rights leader Nobel Peace Prize winner
"Your life changes the moment you make a new, congruent and committed decision."
~Anthony Robbins
“You have to trust in something: your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.”
~Steve Jobs, American businessman Co-founder and CEO of Apple Inc.
