"You can become an even more excellent person by constantly setting higher and higher standards for yourself and then by doing everything possible to live up to those standards."
-- Brian Tracy, Author
"Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad. "
-- Denis Waitley, writer
"Customers today want the very most and the very best for the very least amount of money, and on the best terms. Only the individuals and companies that provide absolutely excellent products and services at absolutely excellent prices will survive."
-- Brian Tracy, Author
"In proportion to the development of his individuality, each person becomes more valuable to others. "
-- John Stuart Mill, philosopher
"Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life."
-- Wayne Dyer, Self-help Author
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
QUOTES-2 3
"Financial education needs to become a part of our national curriculum and scoring systems so that it's not just the rich kids that learn about money.. it's all of us."
-- David Bach, Personal Finance Author, Speaker and Consultant
"Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative."
-- H.G. Wells, writer
"Of course there is no formula for success except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings."
-- Arthur Rubinstein, pianist
"If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability."
-- Henry Ford, Founder of the Ford Motor Company
"Opportunities are not offered. They must be wrested and worked for. And this calls for perseverance..and courage. "
-- Indira Gandhi, Indian prime minister
"A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power."
-- Brian Tracy, Author
-- David Bach, Personal Finance Author, Speaker and Consultant
"Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative."
-- H.G. Wells, writer
"Of course there is no formula for success except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings."
-- Arthur Rubinstein, pianist
"If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability."
-- Henry Ford, Founder of the Ford Motor Company
"Opportunities are not offered. They must be wrested and worked for. And this calls for perseverance..and courage. "
-- Indira Gandhi, Indian prime minister
"A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power."
-- Brian Tracy, Author
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Quotes2-2
"People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to."
---George Allen, football coach
“A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesn't feel like it."
-- Alistair Cooke, Journalist
"Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight."
-- Benjamin Franklin, Inventor
"It is impossible to get the measure of what an individual can accomplish, unless the responsibility is placed on him."
-- Alfred Sloan, General Motors chairman
"Of course there is no formula for success except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings."
-- Arthur Rubinstein, pianist
"I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But, I can't accept not trying."
--Michael Jordan, basketball star
"The trouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought of yet."
-- Ann Landers, Advice Columnist
"Energy and persistence conquer all things."
-- Benjamin Franklin, Inventor
"In giving advice, seek to help, not please, your friend."
-- Solon, Greek politician
"The further backward you look, the further forward you can see."
-- Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister
"An effective leader develops the ability to correctly identify the pertinent detail or details - incidentals in a market, industry or sport that might create an incremental advantage."
-- John Wooden, Basketball Coach
"Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be."
-- Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. president
"What counts can't always be counted; what can be counted doesn't always count."
-- Albert Einstein, Scientist
"I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right upfront, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it."
-- Lee Iacocca, executive
"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from indomitable will."
-- Mahatma Gandhi, statesman
"Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies."
-- Mother Teresa, Humanitarian
"The people who get on in this world are the ones who get up and look for the circumstances they want and, if they can't find them, make them."
-- George Bernard Shaw, Playwright
"Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, riches take wings. Only one thing endures, and that is character."
-- Horace Greeley, Publisher
"In soloing, as in other activities, it is far easier to start something than to finish it."
-- Amelia Earhart, aviator
"Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them."
-- Robert Jarvik, Artificial Heart Developer
"Think you can, think you can't; either way, you'll be right."
-- Henry Ford, Industrialist
"Do what is right, not what you think the high headquarters wants or what you think will make you look good."
-- Norman Schwarzkopf, General
"Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do."
-- John Wooden, Basketball Hall of Famer
"Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success. "
-- Henry Ford, automaker
"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, fashion designer
"It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him. "
-- John Steinbeck, author
"Control your own destiny or someone else will. "
-- Jack Welch, executive
"Perhaps the very best question that you can memorize and repeat, over and over, is, 'what is the most valuable use of my time right now?'"
-- Brian Tracy
"Energy and persistence conquer all things."
-- Benjamin Franklin, Inventor
"I was just pursuing what I enjoyed doing. I mean, I was pursuing my passion."
-- Pierre Omidyar, eBay founder and Internet Entrepreneur
"Your needs will be met once you can find a way of projecting energy and fulfilling someone else's need."
-- Stuart Wilde Biography, Self Help Author and Lecturer
"All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose."
-- Brian Tracy, Author
"Whatever you believe with feeling becomes your reality."
-- Brian Tracy, Author
"What matters is where you want to go. Focus in the right direction!"
-- Donald Trump, Billionaire Real Estate Developer
"Leaders are people who can discern the inevitable and act accordingly. When people talk about business acumen, discernment is a big part of it. It's a bit like gut instinct, but a little more developed."
-- Donald Trump Biography, Billionaire Real Estate Developer
---George Allen, football coach
“A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesn't feel like it."
-- Alistair Cooke, Journalist
"Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight."
-- Benjamin Franklin, Inventor
"It is impossible to get the measure of what an individual can accomplish, unless the responsibility is placed on him."
-- Alfred Sloan, General Motors chairman
"Of course there is no formula for success except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings."
-- Arthur Rubinstein, pianist
"I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But, I can't accept not trying."
--Michael Jordan, basketball star
"The trouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought of yet."
-- Ann Landers, Advice Columnist
"Energy and persistence conquer all things."
-- Benjamin Franklin, Inventor
"In giving advice, seek to help, not please, your friend."
-- Solon, Greek politician
"The further backward you look, the further forward you can see."
-- Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister
"An effective leader develops the ability to correctly identify the pertinent detail or details - incidentals in a market, industry or sport that might create an incremental advantage."
-- John Wooden, Basketball Coach
"Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be."
-- Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. president
"What counts can't always be counted; what can be counted doesn't always count."
-- Albert Einstein, Scientist
"I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right upfront, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it."
-- Lee Iacocca, executive
"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from indomitable will."
-- Mahatma Gandhi, statesman
"Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies."
-- Mother Teresa, Humanitarian
"The people who get on in this world are the ones who get up and look for the circumstances they want and, if they can't find them, make them."
-- George Bernard Shaw, Playwright
"Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, riches take wings. Only one thing endures, and that is character."
-- Horace Greeley, Publisher
"In soloing, as in other activities, it is far easier to start something than to finish it."
-- Amelia Earhart, aviator
"Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them."
-- Robert Jarvik, Artificial Heart Developer
"Think you can, think you can't; either way, you'll be right."
-- Henry Ford, Industrialist
"Do what is right, not what you think the high headquarters wants or what you think will make you look good."
-- Norman Schwarzkopf, General
"Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do."
-- John Wooden, Basketball Hall of Famer
"Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success. "
-- Henry Ford, automaker
"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, fashion designer
"It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him. "
-- John Steinbeck, author
"Control your own destiny or someone else will. "
-- Jack Welch, executive
"Perhaps the very best question that you can memorize and repeat, over and over, is, 'what is the most valuable use of my time right now?'"
-- Brian Tracy
"Energy and persistence conquer all things."
-- Benjamin Franklin, Inventor
"I was just pursuing what I enjoyed doing. I mean, I was pursuing my passion."
-- Pierre Omidyar, eBay founder and Internet Entrepreneur
"Your needs will be met once you can find a way of projecting energy and fulfilling someone else's need."
-- Stuart Wilde Biography, Self Help Author and Lecturer
"All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose."
-- Brian Tracy, Author
"Whatever you believe with feeling becomes your reality."
-- Brian Tracy, Author
"What matters is where you want to go. Focus in the right direction!"
-- Donald Trump, Billionaire Real Estate Developer
"Leaders are people who can discern the inevitable and act accordingly. When people talk about business acumen, discernment is a big part of it. It's a bit like gut instinct, but a little more developed."
-- Donald Trump Biography, Billionaire Real Estate Developer
Saturday, January 26, 2008
QUOTES-2
"If you are not moving closer to what you want in sales (or in life), you probably aren't doing enough asking."
"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. "
"An enterprising person is one who sees opportunity in all areas of life."
"One of the virtues of being very young is that you don't let the facts get in the way of your imagination. "
"Work is not man's punishment.It is his reward and his strength and his pleasure."
-- George Sand, novelist
"There are only two options regarding commitment. You're either in or out. There's no such thing as a life in-between. "
-- Pat Riley, basketball coach
"Self-trust is the first secret of success. "
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson, poet
"It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change."
-- Charles Darwin, scientist
"There is at least one point in the history of any company when you have to change dramatically to rise to the next level of performance. Miss that moment, and you start to decline."
-- Andy Grove, Intel CEO
"The path of least resistance is the path of the loser. "
-- H.G. Wells, author
"You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them. "
-- Michael Jordan, basketball star
"You always pass failure on the way to success."
-- Mickey Rooney, actor
"The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before. "
-- Steve Young, football player
"You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you. "
-- Dale Carnegie, author
"If you believe in unlimited quality and act in all your business dealings with total integrity, the rest will take care of itself. "
-- Frank Perdue, Perdue Farms president
"Goals provide the energy source that powers our lives. One of the best ways we can get the most from the energy we have is to focus it. That is what goals can do for us: concentrate our energy. "
-- Denis Waitley, motivational coach
"An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive business advantage."
-- Jack Welch, General Electric CEO
"You have to pretend you're 100% sure. You have to take action; you can't hesitate or hedge your bets. Anything less will condemn your efforts to failure. "
-- Andrew Grove, Intel co-founder
"The world is more malleable than you think, and it's waiting for you to hammer it into shape. "
-- Bono, musician
"Try not to become a man of success, but rather a man of value."
-- Albert Einstein, scientist
"Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks. "
-- Herodotus, historian
"I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing. "
-- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, basketball player
"Salesmanship is an American specialty. It typifies the competitive spirit of our economy. Nowhere else in the world have so many executives come up through the selling ranks. "
-- Robert Whitney, financial executive
"Heights were made to be looked at, not to be looked from. "
-- G.K. Chesterton, writer
"Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others. "
-- Martin Luther King Jr., clergyman
"If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative. "
-- Woody Allen, director
"The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help." "
-- Ronald Reagan, 40th U.S. president
"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. "
-- Winston Churchill, British prime minister
"The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win. "
-- Roger Bannister, runner
"A man's doubts and fears are his worst enemies. "
-- William Wrigley Jr., entrepreneur
"The point to remember about selling things is that, as well as creating atmosphere and excitement around your products, you've got to know what you're selling."
-- Stuart Wilde, Self Help Author and Lecturer
"A visionary company doesn't simply balance between preserving a tightly held core ideology and stimulating vigorous change and movement; it does both to an extreme."
-- Jim Collins, Business Consultant
"You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you."
-- Brian Tracy, Author
"Always think outside the box and embrace opportunities that appear,
wherever they might be."
--Lakshmi Mittal, CEO of Arcelor Mittal
"Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work. "
-- Stephen King, author
"I enjoy every opportunity and live every moment. And that is why I have no regrets. It's when you are not scared of losing that you win everything."
-- Shailendra Singh, Vice President, Sequoia Capital
"Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor nor should life rest on a single hope."
-- Epictetus, philosopher
"To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful."
-- Edward R. Murrow, Journalist
"Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful."
-- Samuel Johnson, Lexicographer
"Don't let yesterday take up too much of today."
-- Will Rogers, humorist
"Customers provide you with the most accurate barometer of what's right and wrong."
-- Herb Kelleher, Southwest Airlines co-founder
"There is more to life than just increasing its speed."
-- Mahatma Gandhi, Statesman
"Winning is important to me, but what brings me real joy is the experience of being fully engaged in whatever I'm doing."
-- Phil Jackson, basketball coach
"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. "
"An enterprising person is one who sees opportunity in all areas of life."
"One of the virtues of being very young is that you don't let the facts get in the way of your imagination. "
"Work is not man's punishment.It is his reward and his strength and his pleasure."
-- George Sand, novelist
"There are only two options regarding commitment. You're either in or out. There's no such thing as a life in-between. "
-- Pat Riley, basketball coach
"Self-trust is the first secret of success. "
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson, poet
"It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change."
-- Charles Darwin, scientist
"There is at least one point in the history of any company when you have to change dramatically to rise to the next level of performance. Miss that moment, and you start to decline."
-- Andy Grove, Intel CEO
"The path of least resistance is the path of the loser. "
-- H.G. Wells, author
"You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them. "
-- Michael Jordan, basketball star
"You always pass failure on the way to success."
-- Mickey Rooney, actor
"The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before. "
-- Steve Young, football player
"You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you. "
-- Dale Carnegie, author
"If you believe in unlimited quality and act in all your business dealings with total integrity, the rest will take care of itself. "
-- Frank Perdue, Perdue Farms president
"Goals provide the energy source that powers our lives. One of the best ways we can get the most from the energy we have is to focus it. That is what goals can do for us: concentrate our energy. "
-- Denis Waitley, motivational coach
"An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive business advantage."
-- Jack Welch, General Electric CEO
"You have to pretend you're 100% sure. You have to take action; you can't hesitate or hedge your bets. Anything less will condemn your efforts to failure. "
-- Andrew Grove, Intel co-founder
"The world is more malleable than you think, and it's waiting for you to hammer it into shape. "
-- Bono, musician
"Try not to become a man of success, but rather a man of value."
-- Albert Einstein, scientist
"Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks. "
-- Herodotus, historian
"I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing. "
-- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, basketball player
"Salesmanship is an American specialty. It typifies the competitive spirit of our economy. Nowhere else in the world have so many executives come up through the selling ranks. "
-- Robert Whitney, financial executive
"Heights were made to be looked at, not to be looked from. "
-- G.K. Chesterton, writer
"Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others. "
-- Martin Luther King Jr., clergyman
"If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative. "
-- Woody Allen, director
"The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help." "
-- Ronald Reagan, 40th U.S. president
"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. "
-- Winston Churchill, British prime minister
"The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win. "
-- Roger Bannister, runner
"A man's doubts and fears are his worst enemies. "
-- William Wrigley Jr., entrepreneur
"The point to remember about selling things is that, as well as creating atmosphere and excitement around your products, you've got to know what you're selling."
-- Stuart Wilde, Self Help Author and Lecturer
"A visionary company doesn't simply balance between preserving a tightly held core ideology and stimulating vigorous change and movement; it does both to an extreme."
-- Jim Collins, Business Consultant
"You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you."
-- Brian Tracy, Author
"Always think outside the box and embrace opportunities that appear,
wherever they might be."
--Lakshmi Mittal, CEO of Arcelor Mittal
"Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work. "
-- Stephen King, author
"I enjoy every opportunity and live every moment. And that is why I have no regrets. It's when you are not scared of losing that you win everything."
-- Shailendra Singh, Vice President, Sequoia Capital
"Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor nor should life rest on a single hope."
-- Epictetus, philosopher
"To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful."
-- Edward R. Murrow, Journalist
"Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful."
-- Samuel Johnson, Lexicographer
"Don't let yesterday take up too much of today."
-- Will Rogers, humorist
"Customers provide you with the most accurate barometer of what's right and wrong."
-- Herb Kelleher, Southwest Airlines co-founder
"There is more to life than just increasing its speed."
-- Mahatma Gandhi, Statesman
"Winning is important to me, but what brings me real joy is the experience of being fully engaged in whatever I'm doing."
-- Phil Jackson, basketball coach
QUOTES
Waste no more time talking about great souls and how they should be. Become one yourself.
Confidence on the outside begins by living with integrity on the inside.
Brian Tracy
Kindness is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
Dalai Lama
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.
Chinese Proverb
It is intelligent to have a plan, but neurotic to fall in love with it.
Wayne Dyer
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
Norman MacFinan
I believe we are here on the planet Earth to live, grow up, and do what we can to make this world a better place for all people to enjoy freedom.
Rosa Parks
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you will help them become what they are capable of becoming.
-----Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.
----Jimmy Carter
When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.
----Jimi Hendrix
A man should never be ashamed to admit he has been wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.
----Jonathan Swift
You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.
----Oliver Goldsmith
Do what you can to show you care about other people, and you will make our world a better place.
----Rosalynn Carter
Of all the self-fulfilling prophecies in our culture, the assumption that aging means decline and poor health is probably the deadliest.
Marilyn Ferguson
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
--Eleanor Roosevelt
Your very silence shows you agree.
---Euripides
courtesy -susan
Confidence on the outside begins by living with integrity on the inside.
Brian Tracy
Kindness is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
Dalai Lama
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.
Chinese Proverb
It is intelligent to have a plan, but neurotic to fall in love with it.
Wayne Dyer
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
Norman MacFinan
I believe we are here on the planet Earth to live, grow up, and do what we can to make this world a better place for all people to enjoy freedom.
Rosa Parks
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you will help them become what they are capable of becoming.
-----Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.
----Jimmy Carter
When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.
----Jimi Hendrix
A man should never be ashamed to admit he has been wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.
----Jonathan Swift
You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.
----Oliver Goldsmith
Do what you can to show you care about other people, and you will make our world a better place.
----Rosalynn Carter
Of all the self-fulfilling prophecies in our culture, the assumption that aging means decline and poor health is probably the deadliest.
Marilyn Ferguson
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
--Eleanor Roosevelt
Your very silence shows you agree.
---Euripides
courtesy -susan
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