Jim Berlin's
Thought for the Day

Don't blink

Don't be stupid

Never surrender

Don’t be stupid!

Love one another.

You gotta believe!

Need teaches a plan

Just keep swimming.

Don’t procrastinate

Fate will find a way

New day--new destiny

You did it last week!

Love all; trust a few

Find a way or make one

Passion for Excellence

The best is yet to be.

All that I can, I will.

Communication is the key

Fortune favors the bold.

Change before you have to

From caring comes courage

The menu is not the meal.

Above all, try something.

The journey is the reward

Work is love made visible

Be quick, but never hurry

Be curious, not judgmental

That's life, man. Strap in

We rise by lifting others.

What I give, I give myself

Good health to your horse!

Beware of a man of one book

Forgive everyone everything

Leap and the net will appear

You either win--or you learn

Today is my new favorite day

Hire character. Train skill.

Who helps quickly helps twice

I choose love. I affirm life.

Not my circus, not my monkeys

Our lives teach us who we are

He that never rode never fell

Success is 99 percent failure

It ain't over 'till it's over.

Do or do not. There is no try.

A lazy man never attains glory

Pessimism never won any battle

Systems die; instincts remain.

Forgiveness liberates the soul

Whatever you are be a good one

There is no hand to catch time

You have to believe in yourself

Quality is pride of workmanship

Make each day your masterpiece.

Rest in reason. Move in passion.

Never mistake motion for action.

Fall seven times, stand up eight

Never confuse motion with action

Do, or do not. There is no 'try'

Work hard. Have fun. Make history

We'll win when we deserve to win.

Democracy is the greatest revenge

Not all those who wander are lost

Leadership is action, not position

Keep the main thing the main thing

You manage things; you lead people

Be humble, for you will be humbled

Don't fight the problem, decide it

The best way out is always through

Lead, follow or get out of the way.

You sell to people not to companies

Man is by nature a political animal

Your world is as big as you make it

Play hard. Play smart. Play together

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens

You never fail until you stop trying

There is no education like adversity

None of us is as smart as all of us.

Dig the well before you are thirsty.

I never lose. I either win or learn.

La carga obliga al burro para mover.

Culture eats strategy for breakfast.

Ask the experienced, not the learned

Opportunities come but do not linger

We aim above the mark to hit the mark

By changing nothing, nothing changes.

I learned somethin' about bees today.

The morning is wiser than the evening

Passion is what makes the good, great

The best things in life aren't things

The work will teach you how to do it.

Creativity is just connecting things.

Stories happen to those who tell them

We will either find a way or make one

It is not enough to aim, you must hit

I can't sing, but I'm an expert on it

Enthusiasm is a glimpse into the soul

Don't let the same dog bite you twice

Never mistake activity for achievement

Show up every day--to work and to life

Ask questions instead of giving orders

Don't make excuses, make improvements.

Act as though it's impossible to fail.

May you live all the days of your life

You come at the king, you best not miss

A single spark can start a prairie fire

There's good fishing in troubled waters

Be the motivation, not the distraction.

Opportunity looks a lot like hard work.

Today is a good day to have a good day.

Find out who you are and be that person

Grow old with me! The best is yet to be

You can't change the music of your soul

You can't cross a chasm in 2 small jumps

A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor

Do what you need to do to make it better

When things go wrong, don't go with them

Life is short--even in its longest days.

What would you do if you weren’t afraid?

The discontented man finds no easy chair

Love all. Trust a few. Do wrong to none.

Never underestimate the power of purpose

If luck plays along, cleverness succeeds

Opportunities multiply as they are seized

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take

Examine what is said, not who is speaking

Those who tell the stories rule the world

Don't make a mountain out of a mole hill.

Behind the clouds the sky is always blue.

Results, not promises, make a reputation.

If you never try, then you'll never know.

Rules cannot be a substitute for judgment

Love is the flower you’ve got to let grow

All the roads we have to walk are winding

Leadership's "2Rs": Relentless. Resilient

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional

One father is more than 100 schoolmasters.

If you can't do as you wish, do as you can

If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door

The expert in anything was once a beginner

You get things done by getting things done

Coincidences mean you're on the right path

What is coming is better than what is gone

Every man dies. Not every man really lives

Don't count the days, make the days count.

Control your destiny or someone else will.

He came to the river. The river was there.

Love is the flower you've got to let grow.

Luck is when preparation meets opportunity

Don't go. We'll eat you up. We love you so

It's better to burn out than it is to rust

Good is not good where better is expected.

The limits are, as always, those of vision

The little things are infinitely important

A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse

To know oneself, one should assert oneself

Boredom is the shriek of unused capacities

Maana is often the busiest day of the week

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory

Treat your customers like lifetime partners

The most effective way to do it is to do it

Be bold, and mighty forces come to your aid

It always seems impossible until it's done.

Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken

If I choose to run, it'll be right at them.

No-one knows what he can do until he tries.

A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse

What you can do, or think you can, begin it

Keep company with those who make you better

It is easier to criticize than to do better

Ask the experienced rather than the learned

To go fast, go alone. To go far, go together

When you're through changing, you're through

Tough times never last, but tough people do.

There is no human activity without obstacles

Vision is the art of seeing things invisible

The burden which is well borne becomes light

Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow

Kill first the man who is coming to kill you

An ounce of gold cannot buy an ounce of time

Never ask your barber if you need a haircut.

It may be that those who do most, dream most

When a door closes, somewhere a window opens

Control your destiny...or somebody else will

The secret of success is constancy of purpose

An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox

To know the road ahead, ask those coming back

With every mistake we must surely be learning

The world's been spinning since the beginning

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

Your feet will bring you where your heart is.

Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.

Live while you're alive. No one will survive.

The value of an idea lies in the using of it.

If you want something done, ask a busy person

It's never 'just a game' when you are winning

To control your cow, give it a bigger pasture

All things are difficult before they are easy

The day you decide to do it is your lucky day

Problems are a chance for you to do your best

Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet

Yesterday's home runs do not win today's games

Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games.

No battle plan survives contact with the enemy

Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it.

We're all working together. That's the secret.

When the going gets tough the tough get going.

A Champion is a guy who gets up when he can't.

Change your thoughts and you change your world

If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts

Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one

Success doesn't come to you . . . you go to it

Every problem has a gift for you in its hands.

You must do the things you think you cannot do

True greatness is expressed through simplicity

Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going

He who sees the invisible can do the impossible

A committee is ten people doing the work of one

You can make excuses, or you can make it happen

Anything you lose comes around in another form.

Success is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves

To know how to do something well is to enjoy it

Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend

The first test of a truly great man is humility

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible

Time is the most valuable thing anyone can spend

There are no shortcuts to the top of a palm tree

As you start to walk on the way, the way appears

Wise people don't judge; they seek to understand

There is nothing impossible to him who will try.

Out of many little streams a mighty river flows.

Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.

Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins

Life has no limitations except the ones you make

Nothing is good or bad, but thinking makes it so

Never burn a penny candle looking for a halfpenny

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

Work hard, in silence; let success make the noise

Do the best you can; no one can do more than that

If you listen, you learn; if you talk, you don't.

The grass isn't always greener on the other side.

The art of being wise is to know what to overlook

You can want and hope, or you can make it happen.

What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul

Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped

Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits

Do what you can where you are with what you've got

Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it

Do not look where you fell; look where you slipped

If there is no struggle, there can be no progress.

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

You can't stop the waves but you can learn to surf

The purpose of a business is to create a customer.

I have never learned anything while I was talking.

Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.

You just can't beat the person who never gives up.

Life is tough, but it’s tougher when you’re stupid

He who can see the invisible can do the impossible

I'm afraid I'd dig deep down and find I'm shallow.

Nothing is too difficult--you only have to know it

Like a fish, one should look for a hole in the net

The biggest temptation is to settle for too little

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without

To speak ill of anyone is to speak ill of yourself

A committee is twelve people doing the work of one

You Must be the change you wish to see in the world

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

Nothing you wear is more important than your smile.

Do what you can wherever you are with all you have.

Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly

The best way to predict your future is to create it

No excuses should be made, as none will be accepted

If those near are pleased, those far away will come

There is a great deal of unmapped country within us

Have no fear of perfection. You will never reach it

I know what happiness is, for I have done good work

In all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity

Adjust your attitude and your focus will be sharper

Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live

Difficulties are just things to overcome, after all.

If you're not positive energy you're negative energy

In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed

You can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs

Don't undo your bootlaces until you get to the river

Everything comes to those who hustle while they wait

Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next

You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.

Many times it's not what you say, but how you say it

If it rains, let it rain; if wind blows, let it blow

The beginning is the most important part of the work

What may be done at any time will be done in no time

No one binds you so there is no need to be set free.

Better an honest smack in the face than a false kiss

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored

Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't

Always remember to keep the main thing the main thing

We are stubborn on vision. We are flexible on details

Never sell the bearskin before you've killed the bear

Give back in some way. Always be thoughtful of others

The beginning of the work is the most important part.

It's a very bad day when you fall into your own trap.

If you want to lift yourself up, lift someone else up

While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts

Brown--lie down. Black--attack. White--say good night.

You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep

The world is changed by your example, not your opinion

Good pitching always stops good hitting and visa versa

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

It is much better to try and fail than to fail to try.

Walk as if you are going to battle, not coming from it

Receive with simplicity everything that happens to you

The world is a good teacher, but it charges a huge fee

Courage is being scared to death and saddling up anyway

Though the blind man cannot see it, light remains light

The only mistake is the one from which we learn nothing

You never really learn much from hearing yourself speak

Give me a fast ship for I intend to sail in harm's way.

You never sell your company; you sell your reliability.

Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom a good one.

I have found if you love life, life will love you back.

I am the captain of my fate, I am the master of my soul

When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber

If you only look in the past you will trip going forward

People inspire you or they drain you - pick them wisely.

A challenge only becomes an obstacle when you bow to it.

Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.

Tell me who you are with and I will tell you who you are

What matters most is how well you walk through the fire.

The best way to improve the team is to improve ourselves

Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet.

When the mouse laughts at the cat, there's a hole nearby

Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.

IF you have to step on their toe, don't ruin their shine.

Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even

Treat employees like they make a difference and they will

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience

The fierce to the bullring go, the tame to the cattle pen

We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are.

If you do little things well, you will do big ones better

If you’re not humble, life will visit humbleness upon you

War is politics with blood; politics is war without blood

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing

The goal is not the end of the road. The goal is the road

Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you

That it will never come again Is what makes life so sweet

We don't know one millionth of one percent about anything

Come, my friends, 'tis not too late to seek a newer world

Whatever good things we end up building end up building us

The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd

He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.

The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement.

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you

A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business

Between the beginning and the end there is always a middle

You never see the moment that will change your life coming

Once you carry your own water, you will remember every drop

How people treat you is their karma, how you react is yours

The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.

A closed mind and a closed book are the same block of wood.

You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink.

It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing

You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.

We can't become what we need to be by remaining what we are

Simply pushing harder within the old boundaries will not do

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be discovered

Fate leads the willing, and drags along those who hang back

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do

Don't worry about the horse being blind--just load the wagon

If there's a heaven for me, I'm sure it has a beach attached

There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs

Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.

To do anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.

People who are wrapped up in themselves make small packages.

There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew.

A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.

Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a big ship

Watch the little things; a small leak will sink a great ship

I skate where the puck is going to be, not where it has been

To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it

You see the hut, yet you ask 'where shall I go for shelter'?

It is not the same to talk of bulls as to be in the bullring

If you must walk in someone's shadow make sure it's your own.

If you cannot win, make the guy ahead of you break the record

The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.

To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift

Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom

Tell me who your friends are, and I will tell you who you are

Always remember - Goliath was a 40 point favorite over David.

Delegating work works, provided the one delegating works, too

When imaginations begin to skip out of control, so do events.

Information's pretty thin stuff unless mixed with experience.

Genius is the ability to put into effect what is in your mind

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

To know how to do it is simple, the difficulty is in doing it

If you cannot win, make the one ahead of you break the record

You see the hut yet you ask, 'Where shall we go for shelter'?

The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work

I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.

The comfort zone is where the feint hearted take up residence.

Where there is no bridge, the smallest plank is of great value

Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude

Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.

It's the job that's never started that takes longest to finish

Don't think there are no crocodiles because the water is calm.

Don’t ever take down a fence until you know why it was put up.

While one may encounter many defeats, one must not be defeated

Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.

When the time comes for you to live, there aren't enough years

I took the time it would take to mope and wrote a song instead

Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

Plug away, learn, and work with everyone to improve what we do.

Success is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.

I don't think of work as work and play as play. It's all living

Be always a little afraid so that you will never be much afraid

It is there, right in front of you. Obviously you do not see it

Nothing is as important as proper execution of the fundamentals

A setback is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.

I hear and I forget. I see and I believe. I do and I understand

Teach thy tongue to say 'I do not know', and thou shalt progress

The one who moves mountains begins by carrying away small stones

I'm not sure I'm so smart. I just stay with the problems longer.

The wise man said, 'It can't be done.' The fool came and did it.

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles.

Work is about a search for daily meaning as well as daily bread.

You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.

Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So…get on your way.

A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it

Don’t worry about whether the horse is blind—just load the wagon

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises

When John speaks about Paul, it reflects on John and not on Paul

A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth

There are people that fish, and those who just disturb the water

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans

You get the best out of others when you give the best of yourself

Doing something 80% right is better than doing nothing 100% right

We cannot solve a problem with the same mentality that created it

Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game

The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.

It does not matter how slowly you go, as long as you do not stop.

Success isn't owned. Success is leased, and rent is due everyday.

Don’t worry about whether the horse is blind. Just load the wagon

Politics is war without bloodshed. War is politics with bloodshed

Impossibility—a word only to be found in the dictionary of fools.

I am always doing things I can't do, that's how I get to do them.

A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.

A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives you roses

The opportunity that God sends does not wake up him who is asleep

Put things into their place and they will put you into your place

What wise men suppose is worth more than the certainties of fools

Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile I caught hell for

Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves

The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts

Ideas are a dime a dozen. People who implement them are invaluable

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.

Still round the corner there may wait A new road or a secret gate.

If you want to fly, you have to give up things that weigh you down

You must take life the way it comes at you and make the best of it

Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple

The less you speak of your greatness, the more I shall think of it

As for the future, your task is not to foresee it but to enable it

For a team to be successful, players have got to trust their coach

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear--not absence of fear

If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough

Still around the corner there may wait, a new road or a secret gate

Look after the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves

Whether you think you can or think you can't; you're probably right

A ship is always safe in shore, but that's not what it is built for

A ship is always safe at shore but that is not what it's built for.

The person who moves mountains begins by carrying away small stones

Looking at a tree, see it's fruit. Looking at a man, see his deeds.

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

Never let someone who has done nothing tell you how to do anything.

A parent knows success when his child turns out better than he did.

A ship in harbor is safe; but that is not what ships are built for.

A life is not important except for the impact it has on other lives

If you live in the river you should make friends with the crocodile

One dog barks at something specific and a hundred bark at the sound

It's not enough to know how to ride--one must also know how to fall

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear

Most of the stuff people worry about ain't never gonna happen anyway

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.

The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

A man who dares waste one hour has not discovered the value of life.

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood

Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living

It is the job that is never started that takes the longest to finish

It's not enough to know how to ride - one must also know how to fall

Man stands for long time with mouth open before roast duck flies in.

It is always there, right where you are; obviously you do not see it

Be most interested in finding the best way not in having your own way

A ship in the harbor is safe; but that's not what ships are built for

We have 2 ears and 1 mouth so we can listen twice as much as we speak

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.

Facing it, always facing it, that is the way to get through. Face it.

I started out from God knows where. Guess I'll know when I get there.

If everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough.

Hell, there are no rules here – we’re trying to accomplish something.

Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.

Climb up, up in the trees. Every chance you get is a chance you seize

Sometimes you have to sacrifice your beard in order to save your head

We often live our lives in chains, never even knowing we hold the key

Always do right. This will gratify some people, and astonish the rest

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams

Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold

You don't get medals for trying something, you get medals for results.

To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do to conclusions.

Stay away from negative people. They have a problem for every solution

An argument is about who is right. A discussion is about what is right

If you are too busy to help those around you succeed, you’re too busy.

We have not journeyed all this way because we are made of sugar candy.

If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees.

He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree.

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

The most important trip you may take in life is meeting people halfway

Meetings are those place where you keep the minutes and lose the hours

It's not that I'm so smart. It's just that I stay with problems longer

If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change

How you think about a problem is more important than the problem itself

If I asked people what they wanted they would have said 'faster horses'

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.

Don't cling to a mistake just because you made a lot of time making it.

It is always there, right in front of you. Obviously you do not see it.

If you want work well done, ask a busy man; the other kind has no time.

The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.

High achievement always takes place in a framework of high expectation.

There ain't no rules around here! We're trying to accomplish something!

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize and enjoy every moment of it

Happiness is someone to love, something to do and something to hope for

It's no use waiting for your ship to come in, unless you've sent one out

Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a carpenter to build one.

Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.

Who kept the faith and fought the fight; the glory theirs, the duty ours

We may all have come in different ships, but we're in the same boat now.

Goals are the links in the chain that connect activity to accomplishment

You never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice

We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from life

The first step to waking up is the discovery that you have been asleep..

There's always room for improvement. It's the biggest room in the house.

A fellow who does things that count, doesn't usually stop to count them.

There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still

Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.

Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act, but a habit

On a clear day you can still only see where you have the courage to look

Be humble, for you are made of earth. Be noble, for you are made of stars

God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas, but for scars

Beware complexifiers and complicators. Truly smart people simplify things

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving

If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself

Climb the mountain so you can see the world; not so the world can see you

The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.

Hell, there are no rules around here—we’re trying to accomplish something

When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change

We leave a little bit of ourselves with everybody we come in contact with

It doesn't matter if the cat is black or white; as long as it catches mice

When you come out of the storm, you won't be the same person who walked in

Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others

The real opportunity for success lies within the person and not in the job

It's amazing what can be accomplished when no one cares who gets the glory

The best way to figure out how to get something done is to start doing it.

Every day you either get better or you get worse. You never stay the same.

We must all hang together or, most assuredly, we will all hang separately.

The one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is unchangeable or certain.

Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase

Life is a gamble at terrible odds. If it were a bet, you would not take it

To reach a port, we must sail - sail, not tie at anchor - sail, not drift.

A dog in a kennel scratches at his fleas--a hunting dog does not feel them

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life. It goes on

Spirit has fifty times the strength and staying power of brains and muscle

However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results

You can’t reach for anything new if your hands are full of yeterday’s junk.

Extraordinary things are always hiding in places people never think to look

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now

Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.

Faith is taking the first step even when you cannot see the whole staircase

Man stands for a very long time with mouth open before roast duck flies in.

You will never 'find' time for anything. If you want time you must make it.

Do something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn't, do something else.

Excellence. (The only standard! Never an exception! Start now! No excuses!)

You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.

If experience was so important, we'd never have had anyone walk on the moon

Not everyone who chased the zebra caught it, but he who caught it chased it

From success to failure is one step; from failure to success is a long road

If you're gonna enjoy the rainbow, I figure you gotta put up with some rain

The struggle you're in today is developing the strength you'll need tomorrow

Running away from any problem only increases the distance from the solution.

What the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly.

The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.

Perseverance is not a long race. It is many short races, one after the other

Experience: the most brutal of teachers. But you learn--my God, do you learn

To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

To dare is to lose your footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose yourself

Resolve to be thyself: and know, that he who finds himself, loses his misery

One way to get high blood pressure is to go mountain climbing over molehills

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds

The biggest mistake you can make is mistaking someone's kindness for weakness

Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.

Faith is taking the first step even though you don't see the whole staircase.

If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?

He who is outside the door has already a good part of his journey behind him.

If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said 'faster horses'.

The strength of the pack is the wolf and the strength of the wolf is the pack.

Beware complexifiers and complicators. (Truly 'smart people' simplify things).

You only have to forgive once. To resent, you have to do it all day, every day

You don’t lead by hitting people over the head—that’s assault, not leadership.

The best way to know your faults is to notice which ones you accuse others of.

Be kind always. Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.

Seek wisdom, not knowledge. Knowledge is of the past. Wisdom is of the future.

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do

Everyone is here as an example, whether it is a good example or a bad example.

Failure is the foundation of success; success is the lurking place of failure.

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor people perfected without trials

We meet ourselves, time and again, in a thousand disguises on the path of life

To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose one's self

Strength is built upon inner character. Character is built upon inner strength.

You don't get happy by achieving success. You achieve success by getting happy.

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose one’s self

Be not deceived with the first appearance of things, for show is not substance.

This time, like all times, is a very good one if we but know what to do with it

Human relationships always help us to carry on because they presuppose a future

The future belongs to those who see the possibilities before they become obvious

The strength of the pack is in the wolf; the strength of the wolf is in the pack

To succeed in life you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone

It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look farther than you can see.

Those who have ­knowledge don’t predict. Those who predict don’t have knowledge.

For others, you may have to get on them a little bit to get the most out of them

I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered

This time, like all times, is a very good time--if we but know what to do with it

Dive in, be prepared to fail, be prepared to succeed, be willing to change course

True entrepreneurs never fail. Sometimes it doesn't work out, but they never fail

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose

Once someone lies to you once, you can't believe anything he ever tells you again

Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.

Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

One of the most difficult things is not to change society, but to change yourself

Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.

One person with belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who have only interests

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal

Actions speak louder than words. A smile says, 'I like you. I am glad to see you.'

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.

When a man does all he can, though it succeeds not well, blame not him that did it

There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the infinite passion of life

There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only one infinite passion of life

The wise man says, 'I am looking for the truth', the fool 'I have found the truth'

You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over

A heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals

If you really want to do it, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse

Opportunity doesn't make appointments. You have to be ready for it when it arrives.

In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.

If you want to go quickly, go by yourself. If you want to go farther, go in a group

They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.

There are two kinds of light--the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obsures

Half the failures of this world arise from pulling in one's horse as he is leaping.

Talent develops in quiet, alone; character is sharpened in the torrent of the world

Good things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle

Things work out the best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out

Kindness is something those that are deaf can hear and those that are blind can see.

Life's blows cannot break a person whose spirit is warmed at the fire of enthusiasm.

If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, 'thank you', that would suffice.

Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day

What would be the use of immortality to a person who cannot use well a half an hour?

Today is life, make the most of today. Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you

You know, just when you think it doesn't matter, you'd sell your soul for this thing

The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of

If you want to get the best out of a person you must look for the best that is in him

When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.

If the rules are such that you can't make progress, then you have to fight the rules.

Not so much that it burns the saint, nor so little that it does not shed light on him

Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

The future is different from the past the same way that water is different from water

Things turn out the best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.

Lack of planning on your part does not necessarily constitute an emergency on my part

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.

Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.

I have always admired the ability to bite off more than one can chew and then chew it.

You fail all the time. But you're not a failure until you start blaming somebody else.

You can accomplish anything in life, provided that you don't mind who gets the credit.

Rarely have I seen a situation where doing less than the other guy is a good strategy.

Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.

Half of everything you know will be wrong in ten years; you just don't know which half

Great things in business are never done by one person; they're done by a team of people

It is easy to sit up and take notice. What is difficult is getting up and taking action

If you don't have time to do it right, how do you think you'll have time to do it over?

Democracy is a very bad form of government, but it is so much better than all the rest.

There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America.

Without leadership, every problem is insurmountable. With it, no problem is unsolvable.

We have to continually be jumping off cliffs, and developing our wings on the way down.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones, and little ones into none at all

If the string is too loose, it will not make a sound; if it is too tight, it will break

Don't worry about opposition. Remember a kite rises against the wind, not with the wind

The foolish person seeks happiness in the distance. The wise one grows it under his feet

I look up, see the stars, and have questions. I look down, see my boys, and have answers

Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do.

A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory

In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure

We need to learn to set our course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship

The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten

Ask your self, What is the main thing? Because the main thing needs to be the main thing.

Faith and Fear both demand that you believe in something that you cannot see. You choose!

No one but no one can rob you of your attitude. It's all yours to shape and put on parade

Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work

Thats what it is to be a human- to always do the best you can, no matter the circumstances

Aging is an extraordinary process where you become the person you always should have been.

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

All streams flow to the sea because it is lower than they are. Humility gives it its power

Cowards die a thousand times before their death; the valiant never taste of death but once

I don't want to achieve immortality though my work. I want to achieve it through not dying

A coward dies a thousand times before his death; the valiant never taste of death but once

The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team

You have brains in your head and feet in your shoes; you can go in any direction you choose

When things get tough and everyone is panicked, that's when you most have to keep your cool

Be steady and well-ordered in your life so that you can be fierce and original in your work.

The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it.

There is a major difference between intelligence and stupidity; intelligence has its limits.

If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.

The most important thing is to have the team believe in themselves and believe in each other

Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital.

A successful man is one who can build a firm foundation with bricks that others throw at him

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

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity

Leadership is not about a title or designation. It's about impact, influence, and inspiration

If you focus on results, you will never change. If you focus on change, you will get results.

There never was a cowboy who couldnt be throwed; there never was a horse that couldnt be rode

You've got to be strong. Plain and simple. If you get knocked down, you've got to get back up

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power

I'm looking for people who love to win. If I run out of those, I want people who hate to lose.

If the rate of change on the outside exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end is near

We are continually faced with great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.

I always wondered why somebody doesn't do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.

Think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize half of them are stupider than that

Yesterday I was clever. I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

A competitive world has two possibilities. You can lose or, if you want to win, you can change.

Great dancers are not great because of their technique; they are great because of their passion

Where your attention goes, your energy flows. Focus on what matters and let go of what does not.

I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end

Everything will be fine in the end... and if everything isn't fine yet, then it's not the end yet

Here's something you might want to know: he died doing what he wanted to do--helping other people

You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.

A group that’s tied together, working for each other; that’s the type of stuff that helps us win.

No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.

A faithful friend never becomes a stranger, never mind if he hasn't seen you for a hundred years.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime

The growth of the human mind is still high adventure, in many ways the highest adventure on earth

There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self

Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time, and always start with the person nearest you

If you think about what you ought to do for other people, your character will take care of itself.

Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand

Leadership does not mean getting people to do their job. It means getting people to do their best.

Gold medals aren't made of gold. They're made of blood, sweat and a hard to find alloy called guts

The folks who know the truth aren't talking. The ones who don't have a clue, you can't shut them up

We really don't learn anything from our experience. We only learn from reflecting on our experience

When asked if my cup is half-full or half-empty my only response is that I am thankful I have a cup

Our main business is not to see what dimly lies at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.

Be a yardstick of quality. Some people are not used to an environment where excellence is expected.

You can't always get what you want. But if you try sometime, you might find, you get what you need.

Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit.

What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals

The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet

You've got to get up every morning with determination if youre going to go to bed with satisfaction.

- Henry Ward Beecher We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

No one but no one but no one can rob you of your attitude. It's all yours to shape and put on parade

How you think about a problem is more important than the problem itself. So always think positively.

The past is history. The future's a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why they call it 'the present'

If you understand, things are just as they are. If you do not understand, things are just as they are

If you’re riding ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it’s still there

In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm...in the real world all rests on perseverance.

If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed; if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.

The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people

There seems to be no plan because it is all plan; there seems to be no center because it is all center

When I was a waiter, I wanted to be the best waiter I could be and worked to be better at it every day.

All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem

The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty

Whenever you feel like you have to walk on eggs, you might as well dance. They're going to break anyway

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches, but to reveal to him his own

From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached.

A good plan, vigorously executed this week, will always be better than a perfect plan executed next week

The best way to get to the top of an Oak tree is to start climbing; the other way is to sit on an acorn.

Some people live more in 20 years than others do in 80. It’s not the time that matters, it’s the person.

Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you stop to look fear in the face

As you ramble through life, whatever be your goal; keep your eye upon the doughnut, and not upon the hole

It is a msitake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time

What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. It is always the same step, but you have to take it

Those who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed.

I don't think anybody yet has invented a pasttime that's as much fun, or keeps you as young, as a good job

Remember, there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.

Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character

Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you can sell him fishing equipment.

To be successful you must accept all challenges that come your way. You can't just accept the ones you like.

People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing. That's why we recommend it daily.

If someone gets ticked off because you're working hard, that's their fault. They're not working hard enough.

Ability is what you're capable of. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it

The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you

Good people are good because they’ve come to wisdom through failure. We get very little wisdom from success.

When the eyes say one thing and the tongue another; the practiced person relies on the language of the first

The men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed.

Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today's trouble is enough for today

The fact theres a highway to hell and only a stairway to heaven says a lot about anticipated traffic numbers.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose

The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot

There were so many things that were just luck and chance. There was no plan. We were just hoping for the best.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.

I make my practices real hard because if a player is a quitter, I want him to quit in practice, not in a game.

Never mind what others do; do better than yourself, beat your own record from day to day, and you are a success

Effective people are not problem-minded; theyre opportunity-minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems

The difference between a fool and a wise man is: A fool learns after his mistake. A wise man learns after yours

The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.

Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all his strength.

Make your product easier to buy than your competition, or you will find your customers buying from them, not you

Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.

Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit

Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them and it will change your life.

All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail

Whatever the problem, be part of the solution. Don’t just sit around raising questions and pointing out obstacles.

Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life

It's not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results, not attributes.

You aren't going to find anybody that's going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.

One small crack does not mean that you are broken, it means that you were put to the test and you didn't fall apart

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words

If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one >day, >>>so I never have to live without you.

It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change

The true Christmas spirit is putting others' happiness before our own, and finding you've never known such happiness

Believe in yourself. You are braver than you think, more talented than you know and capable of more than you imagine

The future has many names. For the weak it is unattainable. For the fearful, it’s unknown. For the bold, it’s ideal.

No sensible decision can be made without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be

Life is mostly froth and bubble, two things that stand like stone-- Kindness in another's trouble, courage in your own

Inspiration is one thing and you can't control it, but hard work is what keeps the ship moving. Keep up the good work.

When you cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action you should take... choose the bolder.

Word of mouth is the most valuable form of marketing. Always exceed customer expectations, and your business will grow.

It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.

You can't change what happens in the past. From that moment on you have to look forward and get ready for the next one.

People want to do business with someone they like. So, if they like you, they’re going to want to do business with you.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

Vision is not enough, it must be combined with action. It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs

As through this life you wander, you'll meet some funny men; some'll rob you with a six gun, and some with a fountain pen

Destiny is no matter of chance. It's a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for. It is a thing to be achieved

Insecure leaders surround themselves with yes people. Effective leaders surround themselves with people who challenge them

The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that is it too low and we reach it.

Championships are won by teamwork, with individuals who will do the many small things that are necessary to ensure victory.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently.

The definition of a consultant: Someone who borrows, your watch, tells you the time and then charges you for the privilege.

Too many people are praying for mountains of difficulty to be removed, when what they really need is courage to climb them.

Three rules of work: Out of clutter find simplicity. From discord find harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful

Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved. Only by attracting the best people will you accomplish great deeds

There is only one boss: the customer. He can fire everybody from the chairman on down simply by spending his money elsewhere

Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul

This above all: to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man

If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not Eureka!, but 'That's funny...'

Individual commitment to a group effort--that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what you want them to achieve, and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

People, as we know, are imperfect. Governments, composed top to bottom of imperfect people wielding power, are very imperfect

Far better it is to dare mighty things...than to take rank with those poor, timid spirits who know neither victory nor defeat

It is common that a problem difficult at night is often resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked it out

I never blame failure--there are too many complicated situations in life--but I am absolutely merciless towards lack of effort

Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the silent voice at the end of the day that says, 'I will try again tomorrow'

Most people can't complete the last 5-10% of a challenge. THAT is the biggest difference and what we have to do to be the best.

Most people meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.

The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it's the same problem you had last year

In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.

When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

You can be sure that somewhere along the line we're gonna screw up a shipment. But we're then gonna unscrew it as fast as we can.

Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing.

Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is, that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.

The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth

Be humble, for the worst thing in the world is of the same stuff as you; be confident, for the stars are of the same stuff as you

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them

There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit

Experts ranked in seried rows Fill the enormous plaza full; But only one is there who knows And he's the man that fights the bull.

A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities, and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties

Smart people learn from everything and everyone, average people from their experiences, stupid people already have all the answers.

There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or steppingstones, depending on how you use them.

Follow your dream as long as you live, do not lessen the time of following desire, for wasting time is an abomination of the spirit

If you want to know your past - look into your present conditions. If you want to know your future - look into your present actions.

If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep

When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat

There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and no happiness in any place except what you bring to it yourself.

Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough

Holding onto anger is like holding onto a hot coal with the intention of throwing it at someone else. You are the one who gets burned

The truth is, everything that has happened in my life--that I thought was a crushing event at the time, has turned out for the better

Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them you're a mile away and you have their shoes.

That things are changed, and that nothing really perishes, and that the sum of matter remains exactly the same, is sufficiently certain.

I know people in the ranks who will rise from the ranks. Why? I’ll tell you why: Simply Because They Have the Ability to GET THINGS DONE

That's the secret of entertaining. You make your guests feel welcome and at home. If you do that honestly, the rest takes care of itself

The worst thing that can happen in a democracy - as well as in an individual's life - is to become cynical about the future and lose hope.

Thinking about your mistakes must wait until after the game or you can become demoralized & distracted. This is why errors lead to errors.

It is important for us to pause for a moment and make sure that we are talking with each other in a way that heals, not a way that wounds.

It's all a matter of attitude. Ho hum, bet you've heard that one before. But it is! One person's nightmare is another's golden opportunity

If you just believe in something enough; if you endure the trials and tribulations and learn from them, nothing is insurmountable. Nothing

A study in the Washington Post says that women have better verbal skills than men. I just want to say to the authors of that study: 'Duh'.

I know people in the ranks who will rise from the ranks. Why? I'll tell you why... Simply because they have the ability to get things done!

When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast

It is a magnificent feeling to recognize the unity of complex phenomena which appear to be things quite apart from the direct visible truth

It's easier to take than to give. It's nobler to give than to take. The thrill of taking lasts a day. The thrill of giving lasts a lifetime.

To be cynical is to be human. To be optimistic 100% of time is to be out of touch. But fight on. Persistence is the only "tool" that matters

Selling isn't about convincing, it's about helping. When you understand what people need and want, you put yourself in a position to help them,

She will live through me as she taught me to be kind, to be present, to love and be loved, to care, to express, and to always speak from the heart

There are two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there.

Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful...that's what matters to me

A brave man is scared of a lion three times: first when he sees the tracks; second when he hears the first roar; and third when they are face to face

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy

Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it--even if I have said it--unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.

In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing and the worst thing you can do is nothing

There's likely a place in paradise for people who tried hard, but what really matters is succeeding. If that requires you to change, that's your mission.

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.

I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.

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.

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, don’t sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

The chief criterion for management promotion should be the degree to which a candidate takes his or hers greatest pleasure in helping other people to grow.

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special

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

But, you know what courage is? Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the ability to have adversity of fear when fearful events happen such as this.

If someone gives you 30 days to clean up your room, most people will take 30 days. If you have 3 hours to clean up your room, you can get it done in 3 hours

If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea

If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.

Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.

We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day.

We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love... and then we return home

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet success unexpected in common hours

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great people make you feel that you, too, can become great.

I shall pass through this life but once. Any good therefore that I can do, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it. For I shall never pass this way again

Gentlemen, we will chase perfection, and we will chase it relentlessly, knowing all the while we can never attain it. But along the way, we shall catch excellence.

You don't have to be best friends. You don't have to go to dinner together. You don't even have to like each other. BUt when you're on the field, you have to unite

You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you will have to somehow trust that the dots will connect in your future.

Talent alone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the right time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are you ready?'

An entire sea of water can’t sink a ship unless it gets inside the ship. Similarly, the negativity of the world can’t put you down unless you allow it to get inside you.

If you want to build a ship don't herd people together to collect wood and assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.

If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea

Sow your seed in the morning, and at evening let not your hands be idle, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both will do equally well

You have to count on living every single day in a way you believe will make you feel good about your life - so that if it were over tomorrow, you'd be content with yourself.

Work while it is called today, for you know not how much you will be hindered tomorrow. One today is worth two tomorrow's; never leave that til tomorrow which you can do today.

Enthusiasm so often makes the critical difference: it sustains you when times are tough, it encourages those around you, it is totally infectious and it rapidly becomes a habit!

Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble onto something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting down

At 211 degrees, water is hot. At 212 degrees, it boils. And with boiling water, comes steam. And with steam, you can power a train. Just one extra degree makes all the difference.

When the archer misses the mark, he turns and looks for the fault within himself. Failure to hit the bulls-eye is never the fault of the target. To improve your aim—improve yourself

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like

But it's a journey and the sad thing is you only learn from experience, so as much as someone can tell you things, you have to go out there and make your own mistakes in order to learn.

I have always said that everyone is in sales. Maybe you don't hold the title of salesperson, but if the business you are in requires you to deal with people, you, my friend, are in sales

The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.

I know how valuable the stone is, but I give it back in the hope that you can give me something even more precious. Give me what you have within you that enabled you to give me the stone.

The essence of Americathat which really unites usis not ethnicity, or nationality or religionit is an ideaand what an idea it is: That you can come from humble circumstances and do great things.

Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else

Listen to the mustn't, child. Listen to the don't. Listen to the shouldn't, the impossible, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me. Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.

Whenever a guy doesn’t pick another guy up, we put it on film and show it to the players. We think it’s very important—if a guy’s willing to go to the floor, we should have four guys willing to pick him up

It is not work that kills men, it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hardly put more on a man than he can bear. But worry is rust upon the blade. It is not movement that destroys the machinery, but friction

When in despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won; there have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fail

I really like strawberries and cream. It is one of my favorite things. But when I go fishing, I don't bait the hook with strawberries and cream. I use worms and grasshoppers. Because that is what the fish like.

I do not denigrate the usefulness of a thoughtful strategy. It's just that it is crystal clear (to me!) that strategy is in fact unequivocally subordinate to Execution Excellence/Execution Mania/Bias for Action

A football player is like a spoke in a wheel, and every spoke is important to the balance of the wheel, the team. Try to be great athletes, but don’t forget to be great friends. Teammates, above all, and leaders.

One satisfied customer's telling a friend, an acquaintance, a cousin, a bus driver, a total stranger how happy he is with your service is worth its weight in gold (or five times its weight in advertising dollars)

if you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.

If you’re lucky enough to have a parent or two alive on this planet, call them. Don’t text. Don’t email. Call them on the phone. Tell them you love them, and thank them, and listen to them for as long as they want to talk to you

The secret of the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment of existence is: to live dangerously. Build your cities under Vesuvius! Send your ships into uncharted waters! Be robbers and conquerors - you lovers of knowledge!

Everyone's reputation is made on a daily basis. There are little incremental things--worthwhile efforts, moments you were helpful to others--and after a lifetime, they can add up to something. You can feel as if you lived and it mattered.

Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is another paradox: what is soft is strong

Le bonheur n'est pas une chose aisee, Il est tres difficile de le trouver dans nous, et impossible de le trouver ailleurs." "Happiness is not easy to come by, it is hard to find it within ourselves, and impossible to find it anywhere else.

What is leadership? Good strategic planning? Financial wizardry? Both. But more to the point are intensity, involvement, the ability to create and bring to life an inspiring vision, a belief in the product, and genuine enthusiasm for the work

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them--make them.

The world has witnessed one sure and steadfast truth: Americans refuse to be terrorized. Ultimately, that's what we'll remember from this week. That's what will remain. Stories of heroism and kindness, resolve and resilience, generosity and love

Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checked by failure...than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.

We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives... not looking for flaws, but for potential

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood

I believe in treating everybody with respect and making sure that if something needs to be done, no matter how small, even the president can do it. We all have to remind ourselves that we all can be humble and that to move forward you have to do the little things

If you get the person with the right character, they're going to come early, stay late and sacrifice their goals for the team. Second, you need people who are bright, sharp and really understand their jobs. And third, you need talent and toughness--physical and mental

Everything is determined, the beginning as well as the end, by forces over which we have no control. It is determined for the insect as well as for the star. Human beings, vegetables, or cosmic dust; we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper

For all our conceits about being the center of the universe, we live in a routine planet of a humdrum star stuck away in an obscure corner of an unexceptional galaxy, which is one of about 100 billion galaxies...that is the fundamental fact of the universe we inhabit, and it is very good for us to understand that

Think about this: All athletes play to win. All athletes want to succeed. They have the internal drive not only to play the competition and beat them, but also to compete against themselves, always bettering themselves. Athletes are always raising their own personal standards – always aiming to achieve their personal best.

Good coaches or managers make everybody feel important. You want people to understand how much their roles matter. Our drivers and crew chiefs are highly recruited and paid. But the guys who change tires have a crucial role too. So does our receptionist. For a lot of people, their entire impression of Joe Gibbs racing is going to be her

So we went to Atari and said, 'Hey, we've got this amazing thing, even built with some of your parts, and what do you think about funding us? Or we'll give it to you. We just want to do it. Pay our salary, we'll come work for you.' And they said, 'No.' So then we went to Hewlett Packard, and they said, 'Hey, we don't need you. You haven't got through college yet.'

Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.

Dad always said you've got to stay flexible. We never went on a family trip nor have we ever heard of a business trip in which the schedule was not changed at least once after the trip was underway. Later, we all snickered at some writers who viewed Dad as a grand strategist who intuitively developed complex plans and implemented them with precision. Dad thrived on change, and no decision was ever sacred

Leadership is somehow getting 52 other guys to raise their level of play. To get them to believe in what you are trying to do. You do that by setting an example, by doing things the right way. I've always shown up, I've always been prepared, I practice every day. I practice hard. I study. No matter what happens on the field, I never point blame at anybody else. Everything I do comes back to leadership, the example I want to set

There is no such thing as American ethnicity. Indeed the American population is made up of every ethnicity on earth. What binds us is that we all subscribe to the ideas so eloquently expressed in our founding document, that ‘We are endowed by our creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness’. If you come to this country, subscribe to those ideas, then congratulations, you’re an American, and every bit as much of one as someone whose ancestors arrived on the Mayflower

Life is complex beyond imagining, and we are mortals prone to stumbling into mistakes. Groupthink, rigid belief systems, egotism, lack of information, the notion that the past always predicts the future--all predispose the human mind to blindness and delusion. We learn best from trial and error, plotted courses need to be corrected along the way to account for shifts in wind and current. So let us not put too much trust in those who navigate the world with smug certainty; the truly wise concede their fallibility up front, and keep learning from their mistakes

Life is complex beyond imagining, and we are mortals prone to stumbling into mistakes. Group-think, rigid belief systems, egotism, lack of information, the notion that the past always predicts the future--all predispose the human mind to blindness and delusion. We learn best from trial and error, plotted courses need to be corrected along the way to account for shifts in wind and current. So let us not put too much trust in those who navigate the world with smug certainty; the truly wise concede their fallibility up front, and keep learning from their mistakes

In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery and death. I see the world gradually being turned into a wilderness, I hear the ever-approaching thunder, which will destroy us, too, I can feel the suffering of millions, and yet, if I look up into the heavens, I think that it will all come right, that this cruelty will end, and that peace and tranquility will return again. In the meantime, I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.

It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.

The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude in life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than success, than what other people think or say or do. It’s more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company…a church…a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day . We cannot change our past…we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you…we are in charge of our attitudes

What Bill Heinz (famous old-time sportwriter) knows and what Bill Heinz wrote is that life is the biggest fix of them all, and every one of us was bought the day we were born. Maybe you can pick the round you go down, or hold out for more money, or book yourself into the main event in a bigger room. But for all the training and the roadwork, for all the hours and weeks and years spent in patient, useless practice, for all the effort and hunger of it, the brutality and the sweetness of it too, the battering and the circling and the moments of perfect, silent pain or crazy, transcendent peace, on your feet or on your knees or on your ass, you know how this fight is going to end. What Bill Heinz knows and what Bill Heinz wrote is that the dignity, the nobility of it all, lies in the fighting itself and in taking the thing as deep into the late rounds as you can