Saturday, December 12, 2009

There is a price to pay to grow. Commitment is the price. ~Ed Cole
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of chosen field. ~Vince Lombardi
Life is a book and you are its author. You determine its plot and pace and you - only you - turn its pages. ~Beth Mende Conny
If you think too much about being re-elected, it is very difficult to be worth re-electing. ~Woodrow Wilson
Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did. ~Newt Gingrich
The only thing we're going to be asked when we die and go to Heaven is, "Why didn't you become you?" ~Elie Weisel
There's nothing wrong with being realistic as long as you create your own reality. ~Beth Mende Conny
Great men undertake great things because they are great; fools because they think them easy. ~Vauvenargues

Friday, December 11, 2009

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. ~Henry Ward Beecher
Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction. ~Anne Frank

Thursday, December 10, 2009

The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more. ~Jonas Salk, M.D.
Trust is the highest form of human motivation. ~Stephen R. Covey
Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it. ~George Halas

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

A leader is one who sees MORE than others see, who sees FARTHER than others see, and who sees BEFORE others see. ~Leroy Eims
Big shots are little shots who kept shooting. ~Christopher Morely
The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind in other men the conviction and the will to carry on. ~Walter Lippmann
The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind in other people the convictions and the will to carry on. ~Walter Lippmann

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Most of us...have jobs that are too small for our spirit. Jobs are not big enough for people. ~Nora Watson (this has been so true for me).
When work goes out of style, we may expect to see civilization totter and fall. ~John D. Rockefeller
The opportunist thinks of me and today. The statesman thinks of us and tomorrow. ~Dwight D. Eisenhower
The mind gives you thousands of ways to say no, but there's only one way to say yes, and that's from the heart. ~Suze Orman
Do not wait for ideal circumstances; they never come. ~Janet Erskine Stuart
Big thinking precedes great achievement. ~Wilfred A. Peterson

Monday, December 7, 2009

Most of the things worth doing in this life had been declared impossible by others before they were done. ~@JohnCMaxwell
Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
No great thing is created suddenly. ~Epictetus
Make no small plans for they have no capacity to stir men's souls. ~Niccolo Machiavelli

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Humility comes when a leader sees himself in the light of the task he desires to achieve. ~@JohnCMaxwell
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do. ~Henry Ford
If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both. ~Horace Mann
There is no dress rehearsal: This is one day in your life. ~Mohandas K. Gandhi
Most people spend more time planning their vacations than thinking about what they want to do with their lives. ~Bob McDonald
The individual succumbs, but he does not die if he has left something behind. ~Will Durant