"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.",-- Theodore Roosevelt

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
Theodore Roosevelt

"To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end in life.",-- Robert Louis Stevenson

"To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end in life."
Robert Louis Stevenson

"The will to win is not nearly as important as the will to prepare to win.",-- Bobby Knight

"The will to win is not nearly as important as the will to prepare to win."
Bobby Knight

"A work well begun is half-ended.",-- Plato

"A work well begun is half-ended."
Plato

"A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.",-- Benjamin Franklin

"A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle."
Benjamin Franklin

"A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.",-- Grace Hopper

"A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for."
Grace Hopper

"The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.",-- Peter Drucker

"The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity."
Peter Drucker

"What lies behind us, and what lies before us, are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"What lies behind us, and what lies before us, are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Dig the well before you are thirsty.",-- Chinese Proverb

"Dig the well before you are thirsty."
Chinese Proverb

"Ideas are a dime a dozen. People who implement them are priceless.",-- Mary Kay Ash

"Ideas are a dime a dozen. People who implement them are priceless."
Mary Kay Ash

"Worry often gives a small thing a great shadow.",-- Swedish Proverb

"Worry often gives a small thing a great shadow."
Swedish Proverb

"Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Wishing is not enough; we must do.",-- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

"Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Wishing is not enough; we must do."
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

"The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.",-- Hans Hoffmann

"The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak."
Hans Hoffmann

"Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.",-- Japanese Proverb

"Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare."
Japanese Proverb

"You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do.",-- Henry Ford

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

"The miracle is this - the more we share, the more we have.",-- Leonard Nimoy

"The miracle is this - the more we share, the more we have."
Leonard Nimoy

"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the staircase.",-- Martin Luther King, Jr

"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the staircase."
Martin Luther King, Jr

"Just as iron rusts from disuse, even so does inaction spoil the intellect.",-- Leonardo da Vinci

"Just as iron rusts from disuse, even so does inaction spoil the intellect."
Leonardo da Vinci

"Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain.",-- Ralph Waldo Emerson, Poet

"Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain."
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Poet

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity

"The key is not to prioritize what is on the schedule, but to schedule your priorities.",-- Stephen Covey, Author and Speaker

"The key is not to prioritize what is on the schedule, but to schedule your priorities."
Stephen Covey, Author and Speaker

"As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.",-- Andrew Carnegie, Industrialist

"As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do."
Andrew Carnegie, Industrialist

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.",-- Chinese Proverb

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
Chinese Proverb

"Asking questions will get you the performance you are after far better than dictating demands.",-- Dan James

"Asking questions will get you the performance you are after far better than dictating demands."
Dan James

"We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.",-- Chuck Palahniuk

"We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will."
Chuck Palahniuk

"Great minds have purpose, others have wishes.",-- Washington Irving, American Author

"Great minds have purpose, others have wishes."
Washington Irving, American Author

"I am a great believer in luck, and I find that the harder I work, the more I have of it.",-- Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States of America

"I am a great believer in luck, and I find that the harder I work, the more I have of it."
Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States of America

"Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.",-- Proverb

"Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere."
Proverb

"The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.",-- Peter F. Drucker, Author and Management Expert

"The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said."
Peter F. Drucker, Author and Management Expert

"Man was created as a being who should constantly keep improving, a being who on reaching one goal sets a higher one.",-- Ralph Ransom

"Man was created as a being who should constantly keep improving, a being who on reaching one goal sets a higher one."
Ralph Ransom

"The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.",-- Peter F. Drucker, Author and Management Expert

"The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said."
Peter F. Drucker, Author and Management Expert

"Chance favors those in motion.",-- James H. Austin, Professor of Neurology and Author

"Chance favors those in motion."
James H. Austin, Professor of Neurology and Author

"In a moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.",-- Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States

"In a moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing."
Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States

"Until we can manage time, we can manage nothing else.",-- Peter F. Drucker, Author and Management Expert

"Until we can manage time, we can manage nothing else."
Peter F. Drucker, Author and Management Expert

"Nothing in life is more important than the ability to communicate effectively.",-- Gerald R. Ford, 38th President of the United States

"Nothing in life is more important than the ability to communicate effectively."
Gerald R. Ford, 38th President of the United States

"Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.",-- Arthur Christopher Benson, British Author

"Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene."
Arthur Christopher Benson, British Author

"Life is 10 percent what you make it, and 90 percent how you take it. ",-- Irving Berlin, American Composer and Lyricist

"Life is 10 percent what you make it, and 90 percent how you take it. "
Irving Berlin, American Composer and Lyricist

"Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, "Make me feel important." Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life.",-- Mary Kay Ash, Entrepreneur

"Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, "Make me feel important." Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life."
Mary Kay Ash, Entrepreneur

"The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot.",-- Michael Altshuler

"The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot."
Michael Altshuler

"As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.",-- Henry David Thoreau, Author, Philosopher

"As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness."
Henry David Thoreau, Author, Philosopher

"Thought is the original source of all wealth, all success, all material gain, all great discoveries and inventions, and of all achievement.",-- Claude M. Bristol, Author

"Thought is the original source of all wealth, all success, all material gain, all great discoveries and inventions, and of all achievement."
Claude M. Bristol, Author

"Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.",-- Benjamin Franklin, Inventor

"Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing."
Benjamin Franklin, Inventor

"Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become.",-- Jim Rohn, Author

"Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become."
Jim Rohn, Author

"Confidence and enthusiasm are the greatest sales producers in any kind of economy.",-- O. B. Smith

"Confidence and enthusiasm are the greatest sales producers in any kind of economy."
O. B. Smith

"If you can give your son or daughter only one gift, let it be enthusiasm." -- Bruce Barton, Executive

"If you can give your son or daughter only one gift, let it be enthusiasm."
Bruce Barton, Executive

"The great use of life is to spend it doing something that will outlast it.",-- William James, Psychologist

"The great use of life is to spend it doing something that will outlast it."
William James, Psychologist

"Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.",-- Thomas Jefferson, Third U.S. President

"Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching."
Thomas Jefferson, Third U.S. President

"Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.",-- William Faulkner, Author

"Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself."
William Faulkner, Author

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

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

"You make the world a better place by making yourself a better person.",-- Scott Sorrell

"You make the world a better place by making yourself a better person."
Scott Sorrell

"We must take change by the hand or rest assuredly, change will take us by the throat.",-- Winston Churchill, Former British prime minister

"We must take change by the hand or rest assuredly, change will take us by the throat."
Winston Churchill, Former British prime minister

"It is not the employer who pays wages -- he only handles the money. It is the product that pays wages.",-- Henry Ford, Industrialist

"It is not the employer who pays wages -- he only handles the money. It is the product that pays wages."
Henry Ford, Industrialist

"A man does what he must -- in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures.",-- John Kennedy, 35th U.S. President

"A man does what he must -- in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures."
John Kennedy, 35th U.S. President

"You miss 100% of the shots you never take.",-- Wayne Gretzky, Hockey Great

"You miss 100% of the shots you never take."
Wayne Gretzky, Hockey Great

"In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it.",-- Robert Heinlein, American Novelist

"In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it."
Robert Heinlein, American Novelist

"We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.",-- Jim Rohn, Motivational Coach

"We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons."
Jim Rohn, Motivational Coach

"Fortune favors the audacious.",-- Desiderius Erasmus, Theologian

"Fortune favors the audacious."
Desiderius Erasmus, Theologian

"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes in to us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands, and hopes we've learned something from yesterday.",-- John Wayne, Actor

"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes in to us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands, and hopes we've learned something from yesterday."
-- John Wayne, Actor

"Difficulties in life are intended to make us better not bitter.",-- Dan Reeves, Football Coach

"Difficulties in life are intended to make us better not bitter."
-- Dan Reeves, Football Coach

"Great hopes make everything great possible.",-- Benjamin Franklin, Statesman

"Great hopes make everything great possible."
Benjamin Franklin, Statesman

"The world is more malleable than you think, and it's waiting for you to hammer it into shape. ",-- Bono, musician

"The world is more malleable than you think, and it's waiting for you to hammer it into shape. "
Bono, musician

"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired and success achieved.",-- Helen Keller, lecturer

"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired and success achieved."
Helen Keller, lecturer

"Hope doesn't come from calculating whether the good news is winning out over the bad. It's simply a choice to take action.",-- Anna Lappe, Writer

"Hope doesn't come from calculating whether the good news is winning out over the bad. It's simply a choice to take action."
Anna Lappe, Writer

"Any fool can make things bigger, more complex and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction.",-- Albert Einstein, scientist

"Any fool can make things bigger, more complex and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction."
Albert Einstein, scientist

"The true measure of a career is to be able to be content, even proud, that you succeeded through your own endeavors without leaving a trail of casualties in your wake.",-- Alan Greenspan, economist

"The true measure of a career is to be able to be content, even proud, that you succeeded through your own endeavors without leaving a trail of casualties in your wake."
Alan Greenspan, economist

"We must look for the opportunity in every difficulty instead of being paralyzed at the thought of the difficulty in every opportunity." -- Walter E. Cole, Korean War Hero

"We must look for the opportunity in every difficulty instead of being paralyzed at the thought of the difficulty in every opportunity."

Walter E. Cole, Korean War Hero

"Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed.",-- Cavett Robert

"Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed."
Cavett Robert

"You do not succeed because you do not know what you want or you don't want it intensely enough.",-- Frank Crane, Minister

"You do not succeed because you do not know what you want or you don't want it intensely enough.",
Frank Crane, Minister

"I really do think that any deep crisis is an opportunity to make your life extraordinary in some way.",-- Martha Beck, Author

"I really do think that any deep crisis is an opportunity to make your life extraordinary in some way."
Martha Beck, Author

Managing Stress ~ Catherine Pulsifer

"When you find yourself stressed, ask yourself one question: Will this matter five years from now? If yes, then do something about the situation. If no, then let it go."
Catherine Pulsifer, writer

Patience - Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States

"A man watches his pear tree, day after day, impatient for the ripening of the fruit. Let him attempt to force the process, and he may spoil both the fruit and tree. But let him patiently wait, and the ripe pear, at length, falls into his lap."
Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States

"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks other have thrown at him.",-- David Brinkley, newscaster

"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks other have thrown at him.",
David Brinkley, newscaster

"Luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it.",-- Samuel Goldwyn, entertainment executive

"Luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it.",
Samuel Goldwyn, entertainment executive

Nobody succeeds beyond his or her wildest expectations unless he or she begins with some wild expectations. - RALPH CHARELL

Nobody succeeds beyond his or her wildest expectations unless he or she begins with some wild expectations.

RALPH CHARELL

"My father taught me that reputation, not money, was the most important thing in the world.",-- William Rosenberg, Dunkin Donuts founder

"My father taught me that reputation, not money, was the most important thing in the world.",
William Rosenberg, Dunkin Donuts founder

"You can't do it unless you can imagine it.",-- George Lucas, director

"You can't do it unless you can imagine it.",
George Lucas, director

“Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.” Jim Rohn

"Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals."

Jim Rohn

A Very Nice Read About Anger and Love from Paulo Coelho Blog

story sent by Anupam Karn

A master asked his disciples:
‘Why do we shout in anger? Why do people shout at each other when they are upset?’

the disciples thought for a while, and one of them said
‘Because we lose our calm, we shout for that.’
‘But, why to shout when the other person is just next to you? ‘Isn’t it possible to speak to him or her with a soft voice? Why do you shout at a person when you’re angry?’
The disciples gave him some other answers but none satisfied the master.

Finally he explained:
‘When two people are angry at each other, their hearts distance a lot. To cover that distance they must shout to be able to hear each other. The angrier they are, the stronger they will have to shout to hear each other through that great distance.’

Then the master asked:
‘What happens when two people fall in love? They don’t shout at each other but talk softly, why? Because their hearts are very close. The distance between them is very small…’
And he finally said:
‘When they love each other even more, what happens?
‘They do not speak, only whisper and they get even closer to each other in their love.
‘Finally they even need not whisper, they only look at each other and that’s all. That is how close two people are when they love each other.’

Source:
http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2010/09/23/10-sec-read-why-to-shout/

Two Simple Principles of the Road To Happiness ~ John D. Rockefeller

"The road to happiness lies in two simple principles: find what it is that interests you and that you can do well, and when you find it put your whole soul into it - every bit of energy and ambition and natural ability you have."
John D. Rockefeller, industrialist

How can I be useful, of what service can I be? There is something inside me, what can it be? ~ Vincent Van Gogh

"How can I be useful, of what service can I be? There is something inside me, what can it be?"
Vincent Van Gogh

The Golden Hour

by Brian Tracy on Sep 21, 2010

You become what you think about most of the time. And the most important part of each day is what you think about at the beginning of that day.

Start Your Day Right

Take 30 minutes each morning to sit quietly and to reflect on your goals. You’ll find when you read the biographies and autobiographies of successful men and women that almost every one of them began their upward trajectory to success when they begin getting up early in the morning and spending time with themselves.

Feed Your Mind with Positive Ideas

This is called the Golden Hour. The first hour sets the tone for the day. The things that you do in the first hour prepare your mind and set you up for the entire day. During the first thirty to sixty minutes, take time to think and review your plans for the future.

Use Your Quiet Time Effectively

Here are four things that you can do during that quiet time in the morning.

Number one is personal planning. Take time to review your plans for accomplishing your goals and change your plans if necessary.

Number two is think of better ways to accomplish your goals and objectives. As an exercise, assume that the way you’re going about it is totally wrong and imagine going about it totally differently. What would you do different from what you’re doing right now?

Number three, reflect on the valuable lessons that you have learned and are learning as you move toward your goals.

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Check out the full post here The Golden Hour

"Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.",-- Henry Ford, Industrialist

"Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.",
Henry Ford, Industrialist

"It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.",-- Napolean Hill, author

"It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.",
Napolean Hill, author

"Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall." ~ Confucious

"Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall."
Confucious

"The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher.",-- Thomas Huxley, Biologist

"The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher.",
Thomas Huxley, Biologist

"All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim and have fixed their gaze on a goal that is high--one that sometimes seems impossible.",-- Orison Swett Marden, Motivational Writer

"All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim and have fixed their gaze on a goal that is high--one that sometimes seems impossible.",
Orison Swett Marden, Motivational Writer

"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." Anne Frank

"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." Anne Frank

"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does!" William James

"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does!"

William James

"I have always found that if I move with 75% or more of the facts, I usually never regret it. It's the guys who wait to have everything perfect that drive you crazy.",-- Lee Iacocca, executive

"I have always found that if I move with 75% or more of the facts, I usually never regret it. It's the guys who wait to have everything perfect that drive you crazy.",
Lee Iacocca, executive

"Any supervisor worth his salt would rather deal with people who attempt too much than with those who try too little.",-- Lee Iacocca, executive

"Any supervisor worth his salt would rather deal with people who attempt too much than with those who try too little.",
Lee Iacocca, executive

"Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get.",-- Dave Gardner, comedian

"Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get.",
Dave Gardner, comedian

"I base my calculation on the expectation that luck will be against me.",-- Napolean Bonaparte, French emperor

"I base my calculation on the expectation that luck will be against me.",
Napolean Bonaparte, French emperor

"When you innovate, you've got to be prepared for everyone telling you you're nuts.",-- Larry Ellison, entrepreneur

"When you innovate, you've got to be prepared for everyone telling you you're nuts.",
Larry Ellison, entrepreneur

"Learn to see in another's calamity the ills that you should avoid.",-- Thomas Jefferson, third U.S. president

"Learn to see in another's calamity the ills that you should avoid.",
Thomas Jefferson, third U.S. president

"No one's happiness but my own is in my power to achieve or to destroy.",-- Ayn Rand, writer

"No one's happiness but my own is in my power to achieve or to destroy.",
Ayn Rand, writer

"Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought.",-- Napolean Hill, author

"Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought.",
Napolean Hill, author

"The greatest test of courage is to bear defeat without losing heart.",-- Robert Ingersoll, orator

"The greatest test of courage is to bear defeat without losing heart.",
Robert Ingersoll, orator

"One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his work. But speaking for myself, I can honestly say this isn't so... I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.",-- Thomas Edison, inventor

"One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his work. But speaking for myself, I can honestly say this isn't so... I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.",
Thomas Edison, inventor

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.",-- Eleanor Roosevelt

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.",
Eleanor Roosevelt

"Hope is a vigorous principle; it sets the head and heart to work, and animates a man to do his utmost. It makes a seeming impossibility give way.",-- Jeremy Collier, critic

"Hope is a vigorous principle; it sets the head and heart to work, and animates a man to do his utmost. It makes a seeming impossibility give way.",
Jeremy Collier, critic

"I contend that not only can you laugh at adversity, but it is essential to do so if you are to deal with setbacks without defeat.",-- Allen Klein, businessman

"I contend that not only can you laugh at adversity, but it is essential to do so if you are to deal with setbacks without defeat.",
Allen Klein, businessman

"You can't do it unless you can imagine it.",-- George Lucas, director

"You can't do it unless you can imagine it.",
George Lucas, director

"Difficulties are things that show a man's nature.",-- Epictetus, philosopher

"Difficulties are things that show a man's nature.",
Epictetus, philosopher

"If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we'd all be millionaires.",-- Abigail Van Buren, Advice Columnist

"If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we'd all be millionaires.",
Abigail Van Buren, Advice Columnist

"Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.",-- Franklin Roosevelt, 32nd U.S. president

"Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.",
Franklin Roosevelt, 32nd U.S. president

"Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.",-- Muhammad Ali, boxer

"Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.",
Muhammad Ali, boxer

“Guard your integrity as a sacred thing. Nothing is at last sacred by the integrity of your own mind.”--Emerson

"Guard your integrity as a sacred thing. Nothing is at last sacred by the integrity of your own mind."
Emerson

"Communication is a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. If you're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of every part of your life.",-- Brian Tracy, Author

"Communication is a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. If you're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of every part of your life.",
Brian Tracy, Author

"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

"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

"There's no great mystery to satisfying your customers. Build them a quality product and treat them with respect. It's that simple.",-- Lee Iacocca, executive

"There's no great mystery to satisfying your customers. Build them a quality product and treat them with respect. It's that simple.",
Lee Iacocca, executive

"Wealth depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality; that is, waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both.",-- Benjamin Franklin, statesman

""Wealth depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality; that is, waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both.",
Benjamin Franklin, statesman

"In a decisive set, confidence is the difference.",-- Chris Evert, Tennis Champion

"In a decisive set, confidence is the difference.",
Chris Evert, Tennis Champion

"If you are not moving closer to what you want in sales (or in life), you probably aren't doing enough asking.",-- Jack Canfield, Inspirational Self Help Author and Success Coach

"If you are not moving closer to what you want in sales (or in life), you probably aren't doing enough asking.",
Jack Canfield, Inspirational Self Help Author and Success Coach

"In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it.",-- Robert Heinlein

"In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it.",
Robert Heinlein

"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, Writer

"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, Writer

"A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power.",-- Brian Tracy, Author

"A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power.",
Brian Tracy, Author

Success and Saying No -- Jack Canfield, Success Coach

"Success depends on getting good at saying no without feeling guilty. You cannot get ahead with your own goals if you are always saying yes to someone else's projects. You can only get ahead with your desired lifestyle if you are focused on the things that will produce that lifestyle.",

Jack Canfield, Success Coach

"Successful people form the habit of doing what failures don't like to do. They like the results they get by doing what they don't necessarily enjoy. ",-- Earl Nightingale, Motivational Speaker

"Successful people form the habit of doing what failures don't like to do. They like the results they get by doing what they don't necessarily enjoy. ",
Earl Nightingale, Motivational Speaker

"High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.",-- Charles Kettering, Inventor

"High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.",
Charles Kettering, Inventor

"Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. Accordingly a genius is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework.",-- Thomas Edison, Inventor

"Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. Accordingly a genius is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework.",
Thomas Edison, Inventor

"The wisest mind has something yet to learn.",-- George Santayana, Philosopher

"The wisest mind has something yet to learn.",
George Santayana, Philosopher

"Freedom lies in being bold.",-- Robert Frost, poet

"Freedom lies in being bold.",
Robert Frost, poet

"The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.",-- Kenneth Blanchard, writer

"The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.",
Kenneth Blanchard, writer

"You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.",-- George Patton, General

"You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.",
George Patton, General

"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

"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

"Your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing.",-- Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. president

"Your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing.",
Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. president

"Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not, to put this plan into action.",-- Napolean Hill, Motivational Writer

"Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not, to put this plan into action.",
Napolean Hill, Motivational Writer

"Good management consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people",-- John. D. Rockefeller, American Industrialist

"Good management consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people",
John. D. Rockefeller, American Industrialist

"A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power." -- Brian Tracy, Author

"A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power."

Brian Tracy, Author

"I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more.",-- Jonas Salk, virologist

"I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more.",
Jonas Salk, virologist

About hope ~ Anonymous

"Hope works in these ways: it looks for the good in people instead of harping on the worst; it discovers what can be done instead of grumbling about what cannot; it regards problems, large or small, as opportunities; it pushes ahead when it would be easy to quit; it "lights the candle" instead of "cursing the darkness."

Anonymous

"A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.",-- Larry Bird, basketball player

"A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.",
Larry Bird, basketball player

"If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at anytime, and you would achieve nothing.",-- Margaret Thatcher, British prime minister

"If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at anytime, and you would achieve nothing.",
Margaret Thatcher, British prime minister

"Every mistake that I made - and we all make mistakes - came because I didn't take the time to get the facts. I didn't drive hard enough." -- Charles Knight, publisher

"Every mistake that I made - and we all make mistakes - came because I didn't take the time to get the facts. I didn't drive hard enough."

Charles Knight, publisher

"It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed." -- Napolean Hill, author

"It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed."

Napolean Hill, author

"To know yourself is the first and most important step in pursuing your dreams and goals." -- Stedman Graham, educator

"To know yourself is the first and most important step in pursuing your dreams and goals."
Stedman Graham, educator

"Do not fear going forward slowly; fear only to stand still.",-- Chinese Proverb

"Do not fear going forward slowly; fear only to stand still.",
Chinese Proverb

"Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound." -- James Allen

"Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound."

James Allen

"Don't argue for other people's weaknesses. Don't argue for your own. When you make a mistake, admit it, correct it, and learn from it immediately. ",-- Stephen R. Covey, Author and Speaker

"Don't argue for other people's weaknesses. Don't argue for your own. When you make a mistake, admit it, correct it, and learn from it immediately. ",
Stephen R. Covey, Author and Speaker

The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up." -- Paul Valery, French Poet

"The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up."

Paul Valery, French Poet

"Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience." -- Hyman Rickover, Admiral

"Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience."

Hyman Rickover, Admiral

"The only safe thing is to take a chance.",-- Mike Nichols, director

"The only safe thing is to take a chance.",
Mike Nichols, director

"I learned that good judgment comes from experience and that experience grows out of mistakes." -- Omar Bradley, general

"I learned that good judgment comes from experience and that experience grows out of mistakes."

Omar Bradley, general

"Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.",-- Henry Kaiser, industrialist

"Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.",
Henry Kaiser, industrialist

"Courage is rarely reckless or foolish. Courage usually involves a highly realistic estimate of the odds that must be faced.",-- Margaret Truman, author

"Courage is rarely reckless or foolish. Courage usually involves a highly realistic estimate of the odds that must be faced.",
Margaret Truman, author

"You can't do it unless you can imagine it.",-- George Lucas, director

"You can't do it unless you can imagine it.",
George Lucas, director

"You are not beaten until you admit it.",-- George Patton, general

"You are not beaten until you admit it.",
George Patton, general

"Wisdom is knowing what to do; virtue is doing it.",-- David Jordan, scientist

"Wisdom is knowing what to do; virtue is doing it.",
David Jordan, scientist

"Knowledge has to be improved, challenged and increased constantly, or it vanishes." -- Peter Drucker, management expert

"Knowledge has to be improved, challenged and increased constantly, or it vanishes."

Peter Drucker, management expert

"Problems should be solved on the spot, as soon as they arise. No frontline employee should have to wait for a supervisor's permission.",-- Jan Carlzon, airline executive

"Problems should be solved on the spot, as soon as they arise. No frontline employee should have to wait for a supervisor's permission.",
Jan Carlzon, airline executive

now - this moment, this day,-- Joe Torre

"We can learn from past failures and mistakes, but we shouldn't get stuck there. We can keep future goals in mind, but we shouldn't get stuck there, either. The only way to reach our potential is to focus on what we must do now - this moment, this day - to perform effectively and win.",
Joe Torre

"The successful man is the one who had the chance and took it.",-- Roger Babson, executive

"The successful man is the one who had the chance and took it.",
Roger Babson, executive

"Life just doesn't hand you things. You have to get out there and make things happen. That's the exciting part.",-- Emeril Lagasse, chef

"Life just doesn't hand you things. You have to get out there and make things happen. That's the exciting part.",
Emeril Lagasse, chef

"Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer the goal.",-- Elbert Hubbard, publisher

"Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer the goal.",
Elbert Hubbard, publisher

"Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize yor full potential.",-- Charles de Gaulle, president of France

"Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize yor full potential.",
Charles de Gaulle, president of France

"Action is the real measure of intelligence.",-- Napolean Hill, author

"Action is the real measure of intelligence.",
Napolean Hill, author

"Someone might have a germ of talent, but 90% of it is discipline and how you practice it, what you do with it. Instinct won't carry you through the entire journey. It's what you do in the moments between inspiration.",-- Cate Blanchett, actress

"Someone might have a germ of talent, but 90% of it is discipline and how you practice it, what you do with it. Instinct won't carry you through the entire journey. It's what you do in the moments between inspiration.",
Cate Blanchett, actress

"Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Louis Pasteur, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson and Albert Einstein.",-- Jackson Brown Jr., writer

"Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Louis Pasteur, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson and Albert Einstein.",
Jackson Brown Jr., writer

"Without courage, all other virtues lose their meaning.",-- Winston Churchill, British prime minister

"Without courage, all other virtues lose their meaning.",
Winston Churchill, British prime minister

"All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail.",-- Dorothea Brande, writer

"All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail.",
Dorothea Brande, writer

"You can't do it unless you can imagine it.",-- George Lucas, director

"You can't do it unless you can imagine it.",
George Lucas, director

"The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.",-- Kenneth Blanchard, writer

"The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.",
Kenneth Blanchard, writer

"Happiness is only a byproduct of successful living.",-- Austen Riggs, psychiatrist

"Happiness is only a byproduct of successful living.",
Austen Riggs, psychiatrist

"Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict." -- William Channing, theologian

"Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is
to grow strong by conflict."
William Channing, theologian

"Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.",-- Julie Andrews, actress

"Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.",
Julie Andrews, actress

"You can't do it unless you can imagine it." -- George Lucas, director

"You can't do it unless you can imagine it."

George Lucas, director

"My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition." -- Indira Gandhi, Indian prime minister

"My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people:
those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try
to be in the first group; there was much less competition."

Indira Gandhi, Indian prime minister

"Being smart is an elusive concept. There's a certain sharpness, an ability to absorb new facts, to ask an insightful question or relate to domains that may not seem connected at first.",-- Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder

"Being smart is an elusive concept. There's a certain sharpness, an ability to absorb new facts, to ask an insightful question or relate to domains that may not seem connected at first.",
Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder

"The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowded with fruition.",-- Oliver Goldsmith, writer

"The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowded with fruition.",
Oliver Goldsmith, writer

"To some degree, you control your life by controlling your time. ",-- Conrad Hilton, hotel executive

"To some degree, you control your life by controlling your time. ",
Conrad Hilton, hotel executive

"No matter how good an idea sounds, test it first. ",-- Henry Bloch, H&R Block co-founder

"No matter how good an idea sounds, test it first. ",
Henry Bloch, H&R Block co-founder

"Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.",-- Mother Teresa, charity worker

"Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.",
Mother Teresa, charity worker

"All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.",-- Napolean Hill, author

"All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.",
Napolean Hill, author

"Our minds can shape the way a thing will be because we act according to our expectations.",-- Federico Fellini, director

"Our minds can shape the way a thing will be because we act according to our expectations.",
Federico Fellini, director

"Deal first with whatever is causing you the greatest emotional distress. Often this will break the logjam in your work and free you up mentally to complete (the) other tasks.",-- Brian Tracy, motivational coach

"Deal first with whatever is causing you the greatest emotional distress. Often this will break the logjam in your work and free you up mentally to complete (the) other tasks.",
Brian Tracy, motivational coach

"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.",-- John Wooden, basketball coach

"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.",
John Wooden, basketball coach

"If you want to conquer fear, don't sit at home and think about it. Go out and get busy. ",-- Dale Carnegie, motivational expert

"If you want to conquer fear, don't sit at home and think about it. Go out and get busy. ",
Dale Carnegie, motivational expert

"I am willing to put myself through anything; temporary pain or discomfort means nothing to me as long as I can see that the experience will take me to a new level.",-- Diana Nyad, swimmer

"I am willing to put myself through anything; temporary pain or discomfort means nothing to me as long as I can see that the experience will take me to a new level.",
Diana Nyad, swimmer

"Don't ever be afraid to admit you were wrong. It's like saying you're wiser today than you were yesterday.",-- Robert Newell, humorist

"Don't ever be afraid to admit you were wrong. It's like saying you're wiser today than you were yesterday.",
Robert Newell, humorist

"A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer and attempting a task he cannot achieve." -- Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., physician

"A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he
cannot answer and attempting a task he cannot achieve."

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., physician

"No matter what it is, pick yourself up and go on to the next project." -- Shelley Duvall, actress

"No matter what it is, pick yourself up and go on to the next project."

Shelley Duvall, actress

"Character is built daily by the way one thinks and acts - thought by thought, action by action.",-- Helen Douglas, legislator

"Character is built daily by the way one thinks and acts - thought by thought, action by action.",
Helen Douglas, legislator

"I don't think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You've got to keep pushing. ",-- Larry Bird, basketball player

"I don't think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You've got to keep pushing. ",
Larry Bird, basketball player

"Life is the sum of all your choices.",-- Albert Camus, Author

"Life is the sum of all your choices.",
Albert Camus, Author

"All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.",-- Orison Swett Marden, writer

"All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.",
Orison Swett Marden, writer

"You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who can do nothing for them or to them.",-- Malcolm Forbes, publisher

"You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who can do nothing for them or to them.",
Malcolm Forbes, publisher

"The real winners in life are the people who look at every situation with an expectation that they can make it work or make it better.",-- Barbara Pletcher, author

"The real winners in life are the people who look at every situation with an expectation that they can make it work or make it better.",
Barbara Pletcher, author

"If life was so easy that you could just go buy success, there would be a lot more successful companies in the world. Successful enterprises are built from the ground up.",-- Lou Gerstner, IBM CEO

"If life was so easy that you could just go buy success, there would be a lot more successful companies in the world. Successful enterprises are built from the ground up.",
Lou Gerstner, IBM CEO

"Someone has well said, "Success is a journey, not a destination." Happiness is to be found along the way, not at the end of the road.",-- Robert Updegraff, business counselor

"Someone has well said, "Success is a journey, not a destination." Happiness is to be found along the way, not at the end of the road.",
Robert Updegraff, business counselor

"Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.",-- Dorothy Thompson, journalist

"Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.",
Dorothy Thompson, journalist

"The secret of business, especially these days, is to focus relentlessly on your unfair advantage - the thing you do that others don't.",-- John Rollwagen, executive

"The secret of business, especially these days, is to focus relentlessly on your unfair advantage - the thing you do that others don't.",
John Rollwagen, executive

"A good goal is like a strenuous exercise - it makes you stretch.",-- Mary Kay Ash, cosmetics pioneer

"A good goal is like a strenuous exercise - it makes you stretch.",
Mary Kay Ash, cosmetics pioneer

"One often hears the remark "He talks too much." But when did anyone last hear the criticism "He listens too much?"",-- Norman Augustine, aerospace executive

"One often hears the remark "He talks too much." But when did anyone last hear the criticism "He listens too much?"",
Norman Augustine, aerospace executive

"Confidence... thrives only on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them, it cannot live.",-- Franklin Roosevelt, 32nd U.S. president

"Confidence... thrives only on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them, it cannot live.",
Franklin Roosevelt, 32nd U.S. president

"Our greatest enemies, the ones we must fight most often, are within.",-- Thomas Paine, statesman

"Our greatest enemies, the ones we must fight most often, are within.",
Thomas Paine, statesman

"Never turn down a job because you think it's too small. You don't know where it can lead. ",-- Julia Morgan, architect

"Never turn down a job because you think it's too small. You don't know where it can lead. ",
Julia Morgan, architect

"If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart." -- Socrates

"If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must
take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their
own and depart."

Socrates

"As for worrying about what other people might think - forget it. They aren't concerned about you. They're too busy worrying about what you and other people think of them.",-- Michael le Boeuf

"As for worrying about what other people might think - forget it. They aren't concerned about you. They're too busy worrying about what you and other people think of them.",
Michael le Boeuf

"If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad.",-- Denis Waitley, motivational speaker

"If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad.",
Denis Waitley, motivational speaker

"Luck is not chance, it's toil. Fortune's expensive smile is earned." -- Emily Dickinson, poet

"Luck is not chance, it's toil. Fortune's expensive smile is earned."
Emily Dickinson, poet

"The most important thing is your self-respect. It doesn't matter what people think about you, but what you think about yourself.",-- Robert H. Abplanalp

"The most important thing is your self-respect. It doesn't matter what people think about you, but what you think about yourself.",
Robert H. Abplanalp

"Don't be content with doing only your duty. Do more than your duty. It's the horse that finishes a neck ahead that wins the race.",-- Andrew Carnegie, industrialist

"Don't be content with doing only your duty. Do more than your duty. It's the horse that finishes a neck ahead that wins the race.",
Andrew Carnegie, industrialist

"One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. "Which road do I take?" she asked. "Where do you want to go?" was his response. "I don't know," Alice answered. "Then," said the cat, "it doesn't matter."",-- Lewis Carroll, author

"One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. "Which road do I take?" she asked. "Where do you want to go?" was his response. "I don't know," Alice answered. "Then," said the cat, "it doesn't matter."",
Lewis Carroll, author

"Putting off an easy thing makes it hard. Putting off a hard thing makes it impossible." -- Charles Wilson, legislator

"Putting off an easy thing makes it hard. Putting off a hard thing
makes it impossible."
Charles Wilson, legislator

"What holds so many employees back is an unwillingness to pay the price, to make the effort to sacrifice their ease and comfort.",-- Orison Marden, writer

"What holds so many employees back is an unwillingness to pay the price, to make the effort to sacrifice their ease and comfort.",
Orison Marden, writer

"If you want to achieve your dreams, you must follow them, and the best way to follow them is not to think about wanting to be very rich, but to think about doing something that you really want to do.",-- Jackie Collins, author

"If you want to achieve your dreams, you must follow them, and the best way to follow them is not to think about wanting to be very rich, but to think about doing something that you really want to do.",
Jackie Collins, author

"If you keep working at it, in the last analysis, you win. They've got to kill us a hundred times. All we have to do is kill them once.",-- Frederick Smith, Federal Express founder

"If you keep working at it, in the last analysis, you win. They've got to kill us a hundred times. All we have to do is kill them once.",
Frederick Smith, Federal Express founder

"When I thought I couldn't go on, I forced myself to keep going. My success is based on persistence, not luck. " -- Estee Lauder, entrepreneur

"When I thought I couldn't go on, I forced myself to keep going. My
success is based on persistence, not luck. "
Estee Lauder, entrepreneur

"If you're not making mistakes, your'e not trying hard enough." -- Vince Lombardi, football coach

"If you're not making mistakes, your'e not trying hard enough."
Vince Lombardi, football coach

"Even when I lost, I learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses into strengths.",-- Larry Bird, basketball player

"Even when I lost, I learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses into strengths.",
Larry Bird, basketball player

"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.",-- Maya Angelou, poet

"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.",
Maya Angelou, poet

"All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.",-- Calvin Coolidge, 30th U.S. president

"All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.",
Calvin Coolidge, 30th U.S. president

"When you dare to dream, dare to follow that dream; dare to suffer through the pain, sacrifice, self-doubts and friction from the world.",-- Laura Schlessinger, talk-show host

"When you dare to dream, dare to follow that dream; dare to suffer through the pain, sacrifice, self-doubts and friction from the world."
Laura Schlessinger, talk-show host

"As a rule, men worry more about what they can't see than about what they can." -- Julius Caesar, Roman leader

"As a rule, men worry more about what they can't see than about what
they can."

Julius Caesar, Roman leader

"The most important thing about goals is... having one." -- Geoffry F. Abert

"The most important thing about goals is... having one."
Geoffry F. Abert

"I never won anything without hard labor and the exercise of my best judgment.",-- Theodore Roosevelt, 26th U.S. president

"I never won anything without hard labor and the exercise of my best judgment.",
Theodore Roosevelt, 26th U.S. president

"The value decade is upon us. If you can't sell a top-quality product at the world's lowest price, you're going to be out of the game.",-- Jack Welch, Executive

"The value decade is upon us. If you can't sell a top-quality product at the world's lowest price, you're going to be out of the game.",
Jack Welch, Executive

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. Bill Cosby, Comedian

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to
please everybody.

Bill Cosby, Comedian

"The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success comes only later." -- William Jennings Bryan, attorney

The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first
interest; success comes only later.

William Jennings Bryan, attorney

"I would never have amounted to anything were it not for adversity. I was forced to come up the hard way.",-- J.C. Penney, businessman

"I would never have amounted to anything were it not for adversity. I was forced to come up the hard way.",
J.C. Penney, businessman

"Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.",-- T.S. Eliot

"Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.",
T.S. Eliot

"Start by doing what's necessary, then what's possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.",-- Francis of Assisi, clergyman

"Start by doing what's necessary, then what's possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.",
Francis of Assisi, clergyman

"A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping stone to the optimist.",-- Eleanor Roosevelt, Former First Lady

"A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping stone to the optimist.",
Eleanor Roosevelt, Former First Lady

"Think big thoughts, but relish small pleasures.",-- H. Jackson Brown, Author

"Think big thoughts, but relish small pleasures.",
H. Jackson Brown, Author

"If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.",-- Ralph Waldo Emerson, Poet

"If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.",
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Poet

"Business is like a wheelbarrow - it stands still until someone pushes it.",-- Unknown

"Business is like a wheelbarrow - it stands still until someone pushes it.",
Unknown

"Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory.",-- Mahatma Gandhi, Statesman

"Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory.",
Mahatma Gandhi, Statesman

"To me success can only be achieved through repeated failure and introspection. In fact, success represents 1% of your work that results from the 99% that is called failure.",-- Soichiro Honda, car executive

"To me success can only be achieved through repeated failure and introspection. In fact, success represents 1% of your work that results from the 99% that is called failure.",
Soichiro Honda, car executive

"We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.",-- Calvin Coolidge, 30th U.S. President

"We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.",
Calvin Coolidge, 30th U.S. President

"After investigating a problem in all directions, ideas come unexpectedly, without effort, like an inspiration.",-- H.L. von Helmholtz

"After investigating a problem in all directions, ideas come unexpectedly, without effort, like an inspiration.",
H.L. von Helmholtz

"If people knew how hard I worked to gain my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful.",-- Michelangelo, Artist

"If people knew how hard I worked to gain my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful.",
Michelangelo, Artist

"Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.",-- Johann von Goethe

"Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.",
Johann von Goethe

"All life is a chance. So take it! The person who goes furthest is the one who is willing to do and dare.",-- Dale Carnegie, motivational expert

"All life is a chance. So take it! The person who goes furthest is the one who is willing to do and dare.",
Dale Carnegie, motivational expert

"Self-esteem is like a difficult-to-cultivate flower. It requires frequent nurturing that occurs when you keep your word and follow through on your promises.",-- Derrick Bell

"Self-esteem is like a difficult-to-cultivate flower. It requires frequent nurturing that occurs when you keep your word and follow through on your promises.",
Derrick Bell

"You do not succeed because you do not know what you want or you don't want it intensely enough.",-- Frank Crane, Minister

"You do not succeed because you do not know what you want or you don't want it intensely enough.",
Frank Crane, Minister

"We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated.",-- Maya Angelou, poet

"We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated.",
Maya Angelou, poet

"Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.",-- Charles de Gaulle, statesman

"Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.",
Charles de Gaulle, statesman

"Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed.",-- Cavett Robert

"Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed.",
Cavett Robert

"The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.",-- Samuel Johnson, Lexicographer

"The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.",
Samuel Johnson, Lexicographer

"No great performance ever came from holding back.",-- Don Greene, performance coach

"No great performance ever came from holding back.",
Don Greene, performance coach

"It's not what you do once in a while; it's what you do day in and day out that makes the difference.",-- Jenny Craig, diet guru

"It's not what you do once in a while; it's what you do day in and day out that makes the difference.",
Jenny Craig, diet guru

"A strong imagination begetteth opportunity.",-- Michel de Montaigne, writer

"A strong imagination begetteth opportunity.",
Michel de Montaigne, writer

"I love the man who can smile in trouble, gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection.",-- Thomas Paine, Statesman

"I love the man who can smile in trouble, gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection.",
Thomas Paine, Statesman

"I have never known a really successful man who deep in his heart did not understand the grind, the discipline it takes to win.",-- Vince Lombardi, American Football Coach

"I have never known a really successful man who deep in his heart did not understand the grind, the discipline it takes to win.",
Vince Lombardi, American Football Coach

"What will your children remember? Moments spent listening, talking, playing and sharing together may be the most important times of all.",-- Gloria Gaither

"What will your children remember? Moments spent listening, talking, playing and sharing together may be the most important times of all.",
Gloria Gaither

"The important thing is to learn a lesson every time you lose.",-- John McEnroe, tennis champion

"The important thing is to learn a lesson every time you lose.",
John McEnroe, tennis champion

"The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small fire makes a small amount of heat.",-- Napoleon Hill, author

"The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small fire makes a small amount of heat.",
Napoleon Hill, author