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A sample of great quotes that I often review
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"Success is going from "Success is going from failure to failure without failure to failure without
loss of enthusiasm." loss of enthusiasm."
Winston Churchill
""Life is not a journey to the grave ""Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention to arrive safely in with the intention to arrive safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, a pretty and well-preserved body,
but rather to skid in broadside, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming: Wow!! What and loudly proclaiming: Wow!! What
a ride!"a ride!"
Quote from a running buddy of Dean Karnazes, runner of 50 marathons in 50 days in 50 states
"The man who does not "The man who does not read good books has no read good books has no advantage over the man advantage over the man who cannot read them." who cannot read them."
Mark Twain
"A good plan today is "A good plan today is better than a perfect plan better than a perfect plan
tomorrow" tomorrow"
George S. Patton
"The idea of an overnight "The idea of an overnight delivery service isn’t delivery service isn’t
feasible." feasible." Yale business professor (in 1966) referring to a thesis submitted by
Fred Smith, founder of Fedex
"Good habits are as "Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, addictive as bad habits,
and a lot more rewarding." and a lot more rewarding."
Harvey Mackay
"Champions aren’t made in gyms. "Champions aren’t made in gyms. Champions are made from something they Champions are made from something they
have deep inside them – a desire, a have deep inside them – a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the dream, a vision. They have to have the skill, and the will. But the will must be skill, and the will. But the will must be
stronger than the skill."stronger than the skill."
Muhammad Ali
"Victorious warriors win "Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, first and then go to war, while defeated warriors while defeated warriors go to war first and then go to war first and then
seek to win." seek to win."
Sun-Tzu
"You must live in the present, launch "You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity yourself on every wave, find your eternity
in each moment. Fools stand on their in each moment. Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward island of opportunities and look toward
another land. There is no other land; there another land. There is no other land; there
is no other life but this."is no other life but this."
Henry David Thoreau
"We can't afford to waste "We can't afford to waste tears on might-have-beens. tears on might-have-beens. We need to turn the tears We need to turn the tears
into sweat that can take us into sweat that can take us to what can be." to what can be."
Denis Waitley
"Abundance is not "Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we acquire. It is something we tune into." something we tune into."
Wayne Dyer
"Courage is being scared "Courage is being scared to death -- but saddling up to death -- but saddling up
anyway." anyway."
John Wayne
"One of the greatest "One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, discoveries a man makes,
one of his great surprises, is one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he to find he can do what he
was afraid he couldn't do." was afraid he couldn't do."
Henry Ford
"Pretend that every single "Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that around his or her neck that
says. 'Make me feel says. 'Make me feel important.' Not only will you important.' Not only will you
succeed in sales, you will succeed in sales, you will succeed in life." succeed in life."
Mary Kay Ash
"How wonderful it is that "How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single nobody need wait a single moment before starting to moment before starting to
improve the world." improve the world."
Anne Frank
"We are all faced with a "We are all faced with a series of great series of great
opportunities brilliantly opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible disguised as impossible
situations." situations."
Charles Swindoll
"Our doubts are traitors, "Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good and make us lose the good
we oft might win by we oft might win by fearing to attempt." fearing to attempt."
William Shakespeare
"Triumph is just "umph" "Triumph is just "umph" added to try." added to try."
Unknown
"And the day came when "And the day came when the risk it took to remain the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was tight inside the bud was
more painful than the risk more painful than the risk it took to blossom." it took to blossom."
Anais Nin
““Remember, you only have Remember, you only have to succeed the last time." to succeed the last time."
Brian Tracy
““Failure is a prerequisite Failure is a prerequisite for great success.If you for great success.If you want to succeed faster, want to succeed faster,
double your rate of double your rate of failure." failure."
Brian Tracy
““It's not the will to win, but It's not the will to win, but the will to prepare to win the will to prepare to win
that makes the that makes the difference." difference."
Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant
"Do not go where the path "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead may lead, go instead
where there is no path and where there is no path and leave a trail." leave a trail."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Though no one can go "Though no one can go back and make a brand back and make a brand new start, anyone can new start, anyone can
start from now and make a start from now and make a brand new ending."brand new ending."Author Unknown
"We are all self made - "We are all self made - only the successful are only the successful are prepared to admit it." prepared to admit it."
Ona Brown
"So many dreams at first "So many dreams at first seem impossible. And then seem impossible. And then they seem improbable. And they seem improbable. And then when we summon the then when we summon the
will, they soon become will, they soon become inevitable."inevitable."Christopher Reeve
"Anything I've ever done "Anything I've ever done that ultimately was that ultimately was worthwhile...initially worthwhile...initially
scared me to death." scared me to death."
Betty Bender
““Demand More of Yourself Demand More of Yourself than anyone else would than anyone else would
expect from you”expect from you”
Anthony Robbins
"You can dream, create, "You can dream, create, design, and build the most design, and build the most
wonderful idea in the world, wonderful idea in the world, but it requires people...to but it requires people...to make the dream a reality."make the dream a reality."
Walt Disney