Great Quotes
"You don't have to be great to get started, but you have to get started to be great."
~ Les Brown
"The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we hit it."
~ Michelangelo
"Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible. "
~ Doug Larson
"We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal and then leap in the dark to our success." ~Henry David Thoreau
"What the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” ~Napoleon Hill
"There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure." ~Colin Powell
"Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs" ~Henry Ford
"Accept everything about yourself-I mean everything. You are you and that is the beginning and the end-no apologies, no regrets." ~Clark Moustakas
"Creative ideas reside in people's minds but are trapped by fear or rejection. Create a judgment-free environment and you'll unleash a torrent of creativity." ~Alex Osborn
"We should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes." ~John F. Kennedy
“Our greatest lack is not money for any undertaking, but rather ideas. If the ideas are good, cash will somehow flow to where it is needed." ~Robert Schuller
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." ~Thomas A. Edison
"People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most people succeed because they are determined to."
~George E. Allen
"It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance." ~Robert F. Kennedy
"The ability to discipline yourself to delay gratification in the short term in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long term is the indispensable prerequisite for success."
~Brian Tracy
“The road is there, it will always be there. You just have to decide when to take it.” ~Chris Humphrey
"You become what you think about." ~Earl Nightingale
"People with goals succeed because they know where they are going... It's as simple as that." ~Earl Nightingale
"The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want." ~Ben Stein
"There are only two lasting bequests we can give our children... one is roots, the other wings." ~Stephen Covey
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
Don’t wait for your ship to sail in…swim out to it!
You can’t steal second with your foot on first base.
“To every man there comes in his lifetime that special moment when he is figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered a chance to do a very special thing, unique to him and fitted to his talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds him unprepared or unqualified for the work which would be his finest hour.” ~Winston Churchill
"The secret to productive goal setting is in establishing clearly defined goals, writing them down and then focusing on them several times a day with words, pictures and emotions as if we've already achieved them." ~Dennis Waitley
"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
"The first step to becoming is to will it." ~Mother Teresa
“Do your work. Not just your work and no more, but a little more for the lavishing sake, that little more which is worth all the rest. And if you suffer as you must, and if you doubt as you must, do your work. Put your heart into it and the sky will clear. And then out of your very doubt and suffering will come the supreme joy of life.” ~Dean Briggs
“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls, and looks like work.” ~Thomas A. Edison
“The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.” ~Robert Frost
“Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it.” ~Henry Ford
"Time is our most valuable asset, yet we tend to waste it, kill it, and spend it rather than invest it." ~Jim Rohn
"Always bear in mind, that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing." ~Abraham Lincoln
"Big goals get big results. No goals get no results or somebody else's results.” ~Mark Victor Hansen
"Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others; to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. I am going to have kind thoughts towards others, I am not going to get angry or think badly about others. I am going to benefit others as much as I can." ~The Dalai Lama
"The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot." ~Michael Althsuler
"Do not wait; the time will never be ''just right.'' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along." ~Napoleon Hill
“Working without a goal is like traveling without a destination. You might get there...but how will you know?” ~Chris Humphrey
"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
Do your work. Not just your work and nothing more, but a little more for the lavishing sake. That little more which is worth all the rest. And if you suffer, as you must, and if you doubt as you must, do your work. Put your heart into it and the sky will clear. Then out of your very doubt and suffering will be found the supreme joy of life ~Dean Briggs
“It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed."
~Napoleon Hill
“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.” ~Mark Twain
“Confidence is a habit that can be developed by acting as if you already had the confidence you desire to have.” ~Brian Tracy
Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes
The mind, once expanded to the dimensions of larger ideas, never returns to its original size.
~Oliver Wendell Holmes
The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.
~Oliver Wendell Holmes
"Our lives are defined by opportunities, even the ones we miss." ~F. Scott Fitzgerald
~ Les Brown
"The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we hit it."
~ Michelangelo
"Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible. "
~ Doug Larson
"We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal and then leap in the dark to our success." ~Henry David Thoreau
"What the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” ~Napoleon Hill
"There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure." ~Colin Powell
"Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs" ~Henry Ford
"Accept everything about yourself-I mean everything. You are you and that is the beginning and the end-no apologies, no regrets." ~Clark Moustakas
"Creative ideas reside in people's minds but are trapped by fear or rejection. Create a judgment-free environment and you'll unleash a torrent of creativity." ~Alex Osborn
"We should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes." ~John F. Kennedy
“Our greatest lack is not money for any undertaking, but rather ideas. If the ideas are good, cash will somehow flow to where it is needed." ~Robert Schuller
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." ~Thomas A. Edison
"People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most people succeed because they are determined to."
~George E. Allen
"It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance." ~Robert F. Kennedy
"The ability to discipline yourself to delay gratification in the short term in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long term is the indispensable prerequisite for success."
~Brian Tracy
“The road is there, it will always be there. You just have to decide when to take it.” ~Chris Humphrey
"You become what you think about." ~Earl Nightingale
"People with goals succeed because they know where they are going... It's as simple as that." ~Earl Nightingale
"The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want." ~Ben Stein
"There are only two lasting bequests we can give our children... one is roots, the other wings." ~Stephen Covey
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
Don’t wait for your ship to sail in…swim out to it!
You can’t steal second with your foot on first base.
“To every man there comes in his lifetime that special moment when he is figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered a chance to do a very special thing, unique to him and fitted to his talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds him unprepared or unqualified for the work which would be his finest hour.” ~Winston Churchill
"The secret to productive goal setting is in establishing clearly defined goals, writing them down and then focusing on them several times a day with words, pictures and emotions as if we've already achieved them." ~Dennis Waitley
"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
"The first step to becoming is to will it." ~Mother Teresa
“Do your work. Not just your work and no more, but a little more for the lavishing sake, that little more which is worth all the rest. And if you suffer as you must, and if you doubt as you must, do your work. Put your heart into it and the sky will clear. And then out of your very doubt and suffering will come the supreme joy of life.” ~Dean Briggs
“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls, and looks like work.” ~Thomas A. Edison
“The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.” ~Robert Frost
“Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it.” ~Henry Ford
"Time is our most valuable asset, yet we tend to waste it, kill it, and spend it rather than invest it." ~Jim Rohn
"Always bear in mind, that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing." ~Abraham Lincoln
"Big goals get big results. No goals get no results or somebody else's results.” ~Mark Victor Hansen
"Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others; to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. I am going to have kind thoughts towards others, I am not going to get angry or think badly about others. I am going to benefit others as much as I can." ~The Dalai Lama
"The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot." ~Michael Althsuler
"Do not wait; the time will never be ''just right.'' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along." ~Napoleon Hill
“Working without a goal is like traveling without a destination. You might get there...but how will you know?” ~Chris Humphrey
"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
Do your work. Not just your work and nothing more, but a little more for the lavishing sake. That little more which is worth all the rest. And if you suffer, as you must, and if you doubt as you must, do your work. Put your heart into it and the sky will clear. Then out of your very doubt and suffering will be found the supreme joy of life ~Dean Briggs
“It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed."
~Napoleon Hill
“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.” ~Mark Twain
“Confidence is a habit that can be developed by acting as if you already had the confidence you desire to have.” ~Brian Tracy
Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes
The mind, once expanded to the dimensions of larger ideas, never returns to its original size.
~Oliver Wendell Holmes
The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.
~Oliver Wendell Holmes
"Our lives are defined by opportunities, even the ones we miss." ~F. Scott Fitzgerald
