Quotes & Thoughts
Although it may seem like our particular situation is completely
unique, it is rare that we are in a situation completely unlike what
anyone else has ever experienced. Almost every circumstance that we might
find ourselves in has been experienced by someone else. They have learned
from those experiences, and many people have expressed what they have learned in
thoughts worthy of quoting.
The quotes and thoughts below are concepts that have been
particularly helpful in the past. We have shared them with hundreds of
people over the years, and have now started sharing them both here and through
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"A river without a bank is just a big puddle"
And it isn't going anywhere.
If you aim for the bull's-eye and miss, you at
least still hit the target. If you aim just for the target and miss,
you're nowhere.
"Dream big, dare to fail" - Norman Vaughan
"When you choose your fields of labor, go
where nobody else is willing to go." -- Mary Lyon
"I feel that one... must scan every life
choice with rational thinking but then base the decision on whether one's heart
will be in it." -- Jean Shinoda Bolen
Having focus means saying no to most
opportunities.
"The pessimist complains about the wind;
the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails." -- William
Arthur Ward
"One of the things I keep learning is that
the secret to being happy is doing things for other people." -- Dick Gregory
"Things are temporary, relationships last
forever. Nothing can replace the time we spend investing in the life of
another." -- Roy Lessin
It is common for people to say that to
take risks is to risk everything. I say that to not take any risks is to
guarantee missing the most important things.
We were given two ears and one mouth; we should use them in that
proportion
Why is it that we never have time to do it right, but always have
time to do it over again?
Worry is problem oriented; Concern is solution oriented
The difference between a daydream and a vision is a
well-implemented plan.
"Growth
is the only evidence of life." -- Newman
"The desire
accomplished is sweet to the soul." --
Proverbs 13:19
"In everything one must
consider the end."
-- Jean de la Fontaine
"Wisdom is the
principle thing; Therefore, get wisdom: And in all your getting, get
understanding." -- Proverbs
"No one is under budget
when we are under profitability."
-- Mike Glavin
The person that is the master of human relations is priceless
Find out what other people want, help them get it, and you will be successful
Get in the habit of doing more than you are paid for. One day you will be paid
for more than you do
People who have goals and plans dictate to others; while those
who have no goals and plans are dictated to
You can only change others by changing yourself
Confucius say,
Man who says it cannot be done, should not interrupt man already doing it.
Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me
and I'll understand. -- Chinese proverb
In the absence of facts, people assume the worst.
If it were easy, everyone would be doing it
"Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the
Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic."
--Dave Barry
"Integrity is
never painless." -- M. Scott Peck
"Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you're
right!" -- Henry Ford
"
'There is no use trying', said Alice; 'one can't believe impossible things.'
'I dare say you haven't had much practice', said the Queen. 'When I was your
age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as
many as six impossible things before breakfast.'" -- Lewis Carroll
"When enthusiasm is driven by confidence any goal can be attained." -- Robert E.
Regent
"Be
so good they can't ignore you." -- Jerry Dunn
"Happiness, I have discovered, is nearly always a rebound from hard work." --
David Grayson
"Here's a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you're
alive, it isn't." -- Richard Bach
"No, you never get any fun out of the things you haven't done." -- Ogden
Nash
"Chance favors the prepared mind." -- Louis Pasteur
"Slowing down is sometimes the best way to speed up." -- Mike Vance
"To
stay ahead, you must have your next idea waiting in the wings." -- Rosabeth Moss
Kanter
"Incident piled on incident no more makes life than brick piled on brick makes a
house." -- Edith Ronald Mirrieless
"The future never just happened. It was created." -- Will and Ariel
Durant
"To
make a great dream come true, you must first have a great dream." -- Hans
Selye
"What differentiates the many from the few is their inability to act on their
beliefs." -- Henry Miller
Worry can't fix the past, but it can ruin the future.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of
enthusiasm". -- Winston Churchill
"I'd
rather be a thermostat than a thermometer"
"If you
ask the wrong question, you are going to get the wrong answer" -- Dr. Gaines S.
Dobbins
“Courage is a prerequisite to
healthy relationships and a fulfilling life. Courageous leaders and followers
working together sow seeds; when circumstances do not let them reap the harvest
themselves, they leave the soil enriched by their integrity and commitment for
the next planting.” -- Ira Chaleff in his book The Courageous Follower
“Give a good, short
speech and people will remember it as a good speech. Give a good but long
speech and people will remember it as a long speech. Give a long and poor
speech and people will boo.” -- John Carlson
"Quality time comes
from quantity time." -- Jamie Bohnett
"Committee: A group of
the unwilling, picked from the unfit, to do the unnecessary." -- Richard
Harkness
"Hope is not a
strategy"
"All companies have a
culture, some companies have discipline, but few companies have a culture of
discipline. When you have disciplined people, you don't need hierarchy.
When you have disciplined thought, you don't need bureaucracy. When you have
disciplined action, you don' t need excessive controls. When you combine a
culture of discipline with an ethic of entrepreneurship, you get the magical
alchemy of great performance." -- Jim Collins
"We're going to see
leadership emerge as the most important element of business -- the attribute
that is highest in demand and shortest in supply." -- Tom Peters
"First say to yourself what you would be;
and then do what you have to do." -- Epictetus
"I wasn't ahead of the curve, I just knew
there was a curve" -- William Gibson
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