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Posted 2 months ago Try not to become a man of success but a man of value. Inspiration and genius--one and the same.
Victor Hugo To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says: "Leave no stone unturned." Edward Bulwer Lytton If you would create something, you must be something. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Every artist was first an amateur. Ralph Waldo Emerson No great man ever complains of want of opportunities. Ralph Waldo Emerson Men do less than they ought, unless they do all they can. Thomas Carlyle Let thy words be few. Ecclesiastes 5:2 from Words of Wisdom Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true. Leon J. Suenes The power of imagination makes us infinite. John Muir First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do. Epictetus
The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret to outward success.
Henry Ward Beecher The ability to concentrate and to use your time well is everything if you want to succeed in business--or almost anywhere else for that matter. Lee Iacocca
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
Francis Bacon In everything the ends well defined are the secret of durable success. Victor Cousins Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is. Vince Lombardi Failures do what is tension relieving, while winners do what is goal achieving. Dennis Waitley (as quoted in Brian Tracy's book, Eat That Frog) A man should have any number of little aims about which he should be conscious and for which he should have names, but he should have neither name for, nor consciousness concerning, the main aim of his life. Samuel Butler Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement. Brian Tracy, Eat that Frog The great and glorious masterpiece of man is to know how to live to purpose. Michel de Montaigne Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for? Robert Browning The significance of a man is not in what he attains but in what he longs to attain. Kahil Gibran Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor, upon which one walks as a matter of course and prescriptive right. Aldous Huxley If you don't know where you are going, you'll end up someplace else. Yogi Berra We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives. Viktor Frankl There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something. Henry Ford Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind. Seneca In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia. Author Unknown Don't bunt. Aim out of the ballpark. David Ogilvy There are two things to aim at in life; first to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind has achieved the second.Logan Pearsall Smith __________________
There is Nothing Impossible in This World...Because the word "Impossible" itself says...I-M-Possible! |
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| Posted 2 months ago "I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall rise refreshed in the morning. " Todd |
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| Posted 2 months ago “far Better to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much, nor suffer much, because they live in the grey of twilight that knows not victory nor defeat” Theodore Roosevelt |
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| Posted 2 months ago The quote that inspires me is by Albert Camus. I quote it often to myself on "down" days, and it is my all-time fave because it reflects me as an individual.
And if you live in Canada's winter wonderland, you will understand the need for that summer!! LiChing Ooi
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| Posted 2 months ago Excellence can be attained if you .... Care more than others think is wise. Risk more than others think is safe. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible. David Excellence can be attained if you ...
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| Posted 2 months ago DON'T QUIT When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, When the road you're trudging seems all uphill, When friends are few, and the debts are high, And you want to smile, but you have to sigh, When care is is pressing you down a bit, Rest if you must, but don't you quit.
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| Posted 2 months ago EAT THAT FROG - from the book by Brian Tracy The first rule of frog eating is this: If you have to eat two frogs, eat the ugliest one first. The second rule of frog eating is this: If you have to eat a live frog at all, it doesn't pay to sit and look at it for very long.
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| Posted 2 months ago Keep your face to the sunshine and you will never see the shadow. Todd |
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| Posted 2 months ago "Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved. " Todd |
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| Posted 2 months ago looi says ...
What a positive outlook! |
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| Posted 2 months ago All of these quotes truly are inspirational! |
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| Posted 2 months ago Every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with excellence. David Excellence can be attained if you ...
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| Posted 2 months ago If better is possible, Good is not enough. David Excellence can be attained if you ...
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| Posted 2 months ago We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. David Excellence can be attained if you ...
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| Posted 2 months ago We cannot direct the wind---But we can adjust the sails. David Excellence can be attained if you ...
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| Posted 2 months ago Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability. David Excellence can be attained if you ...
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| Posted 2 months ago DBeatty, Are those anonymous quotes or are they attributed to some person, dead or living? I like the one about eating the frog. I do not eat them but I remember when I was growing up in Asia, my grandma have them frozen in our fridge. Everyone, Thanks for the quotes!
LiChing Ooi
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| Posted 2 months ago LiChing, They were anonymous quotes unless I put a name by them. I collect books with quotes and I pulled some of them from one of the books I have. I have been sending out a daily exert from the book "Eat that Frog." Those who I have been sending to have really liked it. David Excellence can be attained if you ...
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| Posted 2 months ago Zig Ziglar
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| Posted 2 months ago "The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth." |
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| Posted 2 months ago "Failure is not the worst thing in the world. The very worst is not to try." David Excellence can be attained if you ...
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| Posted 2 months ago "The harder you work the luckier you get." Gary Player, Golfer David Excellence can be attained if you ...
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| Posted 2 months ago "Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible and achieves the impossible." David Excellence can be attained if you ...
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| Posted 2 months ago Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
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| Posted 2 months ago
Its very INspirational... Really i feel good kkant2002 says ...
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| Posted about 1 month ago Our Greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising everytime we fall
Confucius I am so glued with the words ,instantly it has revitalized my soul . Rosieskittles ,thanks for sharing . |
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| Posted about 1 month ago tapan says ...
good one, tapan! |
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| Posted about 1 month ago Inches made the champion. Vince Lombardi David Excellence can be attained if you ...
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| Posted about 1 month ago Many of life's failures are men who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. Thomas Edison David Excellence can be attained if you ...
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| Posted about 1 month ago Courage is fear holding on a minute longer. George Patton David Excellence can be attained if you ...
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