February 21st to February 27th
Sunday February 21, 2010 "Invest yourself entirely in the here and now." By Thich Nhat Hanh (1926 - ) Vietnamese scholar and activist
Monday February 22, 2010 "There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning." By Louis L'Amour (1908-1988) American writer
Tuesday February 23, 2010 "No victor believes in chance." By Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)
German philosopher
Wednesday February 24, 2010 "I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse." By Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) English pioneer of modern nursing
Thursday February 25, 2010 "Take your heart to work, and ask the most and best of everybody else too." By Meryl Streep (1949 - ) American actress Academy Award winner
Friday February 26, 2010 "Where one door is shut, another is opened." By Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) Spanish writer
Saturday February 27, 2010 "How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." By Anne Frank (1929-1945) Dutch diarist
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February 14th to February 20th
Sunday February 7, 2010 The future doesn't just happen - it's shaped by decisions." By Paul Tagliabue (1940 - ) American former NFL commissioner
Monday February 8, 2010 "I am aware that success is more than a good idea." By Anita Roddick (1942-2007) English entrepreneur and activist founder of The Body Shop
Tuesday February 9, 2010 "You have to trust in something: your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life." By Steve Jobs (1955 - ) American businessman Co-founder and CEO of Apple Inc.
Wednesday February 10, 2010 "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." By Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) American civil rights leader Nobel Peace Prize winner
Thursday February 11, 2010 "This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one... the being a force of nature..." By George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
Irish writer
Friday February 12, 2010 "An idea can turn to dust or magic depending on the talent that rubs against it." By William Bernbach (1911-1982) American pioneer of modern advertising
Saturday February 13, 2010 "Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth." By Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) English writer
January 31st to February 6th
Sunday January 31, 2010 "Make happy those who are near, and those who are far
will come." Chinese proverb
Monday February 1, 2010 "Add energy, inspire hope, and blow the coals into a useful flame..." By Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American writer and activist
Tuesday February 2, 2010 "It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently." By Warren Buffett (1930 - ) American businessman and philanthropist
Wednesday February 3, 2010 "You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down." By Mary Pickford (1892-1979) Canadian actress Co-founder of United Artists
Thursday February 4, 2010 "You cannot create experience. You must undergo it." By Albert Camus (1913-1960) French writer Nobel Prize winner
Friday February 5, 2010 "Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once." By William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English playwright and poet
Saturday February 6, 2010 "We can't think narrowly. We have to think in the biggest possible way." By Alice Waters (1944 - ) American chef and writer
February 7th to February 13th
Sunday February 7, 2010 The future doesn't just happen - it's shaped by decisions." By Paul Tagliabue (1940 - )former NFL commissioner
Monday February 8, 2010 "I am aware that success is more than a good idea." By Anita Roddick (1942-2007) English entrepreneur and activist founder of The Body Shop
Tuesday February 9, 2010 "You have to trust in something: your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life." By Steve Jobs (1955 - ) American businessman Co-founder and CEO of Apple Inc.
Wednesday February 10, 2010 "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." By Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) American civil rights leader Nobel Peace Prize winner
Thursday February 11, 2010 "This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one... the being a force of nature..." By George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
Irish writer
Friday February 12, 2010 "An idea can turn to dust or magic depending on the talent that rubs against it." By William Bernbach (1911-1982) American pioneer of modern advertising
Saturday February 13, 2010 "Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth." By Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) English writer
January 31st to February 6th
Sunday January 31, 2010 "Make happy those who are near, and those who are far
will come." Chinese proverb
Monday February 1, 2010 "Add energy, inspire hope, and blow the coals into a useful flame..." By Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American writer and activist
Tuesday February 2, 2010 "It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently." By Warren Buffett (1930 - ) American businessman and philanthropist
Wednesday February 3, 2010 "You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down." By Mary Pickford (1892-1979) Canadian actress Co-founder of United Artists
Thursday February 4, 2010 "You cannot create experience. You must undergo it." By Albert Camus (1913-1960) French writer Nobel Prize winner
Friday February 5, 2010 "Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once." By William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English playwright and poet
Saturday February 6, 2010 "We can't think narrowly. We have to think in the biggest possible way." By Alice Waters (1944 - ) American chef and writer
January 24th to January 30th
Sunday January 24, 2010 "No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty." By George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) (1819-1880) English writer
Monday January 25, 2010 "We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems." By John W. Gardner (1912-2002) American reformer and activist
Tuesday January 26, 2010 "A road well begun is the battle half won. The important thing is to make a beginning and get under way." By Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) Danish philosopher and writer
Wednesday January 27, 2010 "Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of
small things brought together." By Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) Dutch painter
Thursday January 28, 2010 "Don't be "consistent," but be simply true." By Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894) American physician and writer
Friday January 29, 2010 "Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it." By Margaret Thatcher (1925 - ) Former prime minister of the U.K
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Saturday January 30, 2010 "The best is the enemy of the good." By Voltaire (1694-1778)
French writer and philosopher
January 17th to January 23rd
Sunday January 17, 2010 "You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today."By Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) 16th President of the United States
Monday January 18, 2010 "Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing." By Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) German medical missionary Nobel Peace Prize winner
Tuesday January 19, 2010 "Unless you love everybody, you can't sell anybody." By the late Dicky Fox American sports agent from the film Jerry Maguire (1996)
Wednesday January 20, 2010 "The last of the human freedoms - to set of circumstances, to choose one's own way." By Viktor Frankl (1905-1997) Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist
Thursday January 21, 2010 "Life is an adventure, dare it." By Mother Teresa (1910-1997)
Macedonian missionary Nobel Peace Prize winner
Friday January 22, 2010 "An athlete may run ten thousand miles in order to prepare for one hundred yards. Quantity gives experience." By Ray Bradbury (1920 - ) American writer
Saturday January 23, 2010 "A fool finds no pleasure in understanding but delights
in airing his own opinions." Proverbs 18:2
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Saturday January 16, 2010 "Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind." By Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Italian painter, sculptor, and inventor
Friday January 15, 2010 "Work is love made visible." By Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931)
Lebanese poet and philosopher
Thursday January 14, 2010 "Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance." By Marie Curie (1867-1934) French physicist and chemist two-time Nobel Prize winner
Wednesday January 13, 2010 "Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry." By Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer
Tuesday January 12 2010 "Never stop because you are afraid - you are never so likely to be wrong." By Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930) Norwegian explorer Nobel Peace Prize winner
Monday January 11, 2010 "You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down." By Ray Bradbury (1920 - ) American writer
Sunday January 10, 2010 "Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few more upon it." By Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) German medical missionary Nobel Peace Prize winner
Wednesday January 6, 2010 "We are far too easily eased."
By C.S. Lewis (1898-1963) Irish writer and scholar
Tuesday January 5, 2010 "What we do in life, echoes in eternity." By Maximus Decimus Meridias Roman general from the film "Gladiator" (2000)
Monday January 4, 2010 "The people at the very top don't work just harder or even much harder than everyone else. They work much, much harder." By Malcolm Gladwell (1963 - ) Canadian journalist
Sunday January 3, 2010 "Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend." By Theophrastus (372 BC-287 BC) Greek philosopher
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Saturday July 25, 2009 "Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth." Proverbs 10:4
Friday July 24, 2009 "If America is the pursuit of happiness, the best way to pursue happiness is to help other people." By George Lucas (1944 - ) American film director, producer and screenwriter
Thursday July 23, 2009 "Failure is impossible." By Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) American activist for women's suffrage
Wednesday July 22, 2009 "The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious of the rose." By Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931) Lebanese writer and philosopher
Tuesday July 21. 2009 "Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air." By John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) 6th president of the United States
Monday July 20, 2009 "You only have what you give. It's by spending yourself that you become rich." By Isabel Allende (1942 - ) Chilean-American novelist
Sunday July 19, 2009 "The difficult is what takes a little time; the impossible is what takes a little longer." By Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930) Norwegian explorer Nobel Prize winner
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Saturday July 18, 2009 "The people at the very top don't work just harder or even much harder than everyone else. They work much, much harder." By Malcolm Gladwell (1963 - ) Canadian journalist
Friday July 17, 2009 "Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend." By Theophrastus (372 BC-287 BC) Greek philosopher
Thursday July 16. 2009 "How much pain have cost us the evils which have never happened!" By Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) 3rd president of the United States
Wednesday July 15, 2009 "Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself." By St. Francis de Sales (1567-1622) French bishop and writer
Tuesday July 14, 2009 "Be real. Try to do what you say, say what you mean, and be what you seem." By Marian Wright Edelman (1939 - ) American activist founder of the Children's Defense Fund
Monday July 13, 2009 "To play it safe is not to play." By Robert Altman (1925-2006) American film director
Sunday July 12, 2009 "To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield!" By Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) English poet
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Saturday July 11, 2009 "The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication." By Cecil B. DeMille Famous USA movie director
Friday July 10, 2009 "When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us." By Helen Keller (1880-1968) American humanitarian, advocate for the deaf and blind
Thursday July 9, 2009 "If there is no struggle, there is no progress." By Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) American civil rights leader
Wednesday July 8, 2009 "When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it." By Paulo Coelho (1947 - ) Brazilian writer
Tuesday July 7. 2009 "When the lion is chasing the antelope, he doesn't look back. He has to eat." By Robert Cheruiyot (1978 - ) Kenyan marathon runner, four-time Boston Marathon winner
Monday July 6, 2009 "Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside themselves was superior to circumstance." By Bruce Barton (1886-1967) American advertising executive, U.S. congressman
Sunday July 5, 2009 "Above all, don't fear difficult moments. The best comes from them." By Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909 - ) Italian scientist, senator, Nobel Prize winner
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Saturday July 4, 2009 "Leaders do not avoid, repress, or deny conflict, but rather see it as an opportunity." By Warren Bennis (1925 - ) American scholar, writer
Friday July 3, 2009 "Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." By Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Swiss physicist
Thursday July 2, 2009 "Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretense." By Marcus Aurelius (121-180) Roman emperor, philosopher
Wednesday July 1, 2009 "So what if you fail? At least you'll know what not to do when you try again." By Venus Williams (1980 - ) American professional tennis player 5-time Wimbledon champion
Tuesday June 30, 2009 "Chance favors only the prepared mind." By Louis Pasteur (1822 - 1895) French chemist and biologist
Monday June 29, 2009 "Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of." By Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist and writer
Sunday June 28, 2009 "We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours." By Dag Hammarskjold (1905-1961) Swedish diplomat and economist Nobel Prize winner
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Saturday June 27, 2009 “Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all.” By Dale Carnegie
Friday June 26, 2009 “
That man is richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.” By Henry David Thoreau Born - 12th of July, 1817 Massachusetts, USA / Died 6th of May, 1862 United States of America
Thursday June 25, 2009 “A culture of discipline is not a principle of business; it is a principle of greatness.” By Jim Collins Born - 1958 Colorado, USA Business Author and Theorist
Wednesday June 24, 2009 “If we only have great companies, we will merely have a prosperous society, not a great one. Economic growth and power are the means, not the definition, of a great nation.” By Jim Collins Born - 1958 Colorado, USA Business Author and Theorist
Tuesday June 23. 2009 “Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.” By Ralph Waldo Emerson Born - 25th of May, 1803 Boston, Massachusetts, USA / Died 27th of April, 1882,
Monday June 22, 2009 “Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour's duties will be the best preparation for the hours and ages that will follow it.” By Ralph Waldo Emerson Born - 25th of May, 1803 Boston, Massachusetts, USA / Died 27th of April, 1882,
Sunday June 21, 2009 “People ask me, how is managing in the New Economy different from managing in the Old Economy? Actually, it's a lot the same. It's about the financial discipline of the bottom line, understanding your customers, segmenting your customers by their needs, and building a world-class management team.” By Meg Whitman Former eBay CEO Born - 4th of August, 1956 New York, USA
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Saturday June 20, 2009 "Honor, courage, commitment - these are our core values." U.S. Marine Corps
Friday June 19, 2009 "The greater the tension, the greater is the potential." By Carl Jung (1875-1961) Swiss psychiatrist
Thursday June 18, 2009 "Never regret. If it's good, it's wonderful. If it's bad, it's experience." By Victoria Holt (1906-1993) British writer
Wednesday June 17, 2009 "Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example." By Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer
Tuesday June 16, 2009 "Mediocre people have an answer for everything and are astonished at nothing." By Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863) French artist
Monday June 15, 2009 "Be conscious in this world." By Alice Waters (1944 - ) American chef and writer
Sunday June 14, 2009 "I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing..." By Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) 3rd president of the United States principal author of the Declaration of Independence
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Saturday June 13, 2009 "For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else..." By Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) British prime minister during WWII
Friday June 12, 2009 "The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive." By Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Swiss physicist
Thursday June 11, 2009 "He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill." By Edmund Burke (1729-1797) Irish philosopher and statesman
Wednesday June 10, 2009 "Punctuality is the politeness of kings." By Louis XVIII (1755-1824)French king
Tuesday June 9. 2009 "Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold." By Helen Keller (1880-1968) American humanitarian advocate for the deaf and blind
Monday June 8, 2009 "The great thing about tomorrow? I can be better tomorrow than I am today." By Tiger Woods (1975 - ) American professional golfer
Sunday June 7, 2009 "I'll tell you a big secret, my friend. Don't wait for the last judgment. It takes place every day." By Albert Camus (1913-1960) French writer Nobel Prize winner
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Today’s Quote Saturday June 6, 2009 “Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly”. By Stephen R. Covey
Today's Quote Friday June 5, 2009 “Nobody motivates today’s workers. If it doesn’t come from within, it doesn’t come. Fun helps remove the barriers that allow people to motivate themselves”. By Herman Cain
Today's Quote Thursday June 4, 2009 “Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong”. By Ella Fitzgerald (famous American Jazz singer) English
Today's Quote Wednesday June 3, 2009 “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful”. By Albert Schweitzer
Today's Quote Tuesday June 2, 2009 “Success requires that you have a motivating inner power to push you forward” By Remez Sasson
Today's Quote Monday June 1, 2009 “One who fears failure limits his activities. Failure is only the opportunity to more intelligently begin again”. By Henry Ford
Today's Quote Sunday May 31, 2009 "What's the point of talking to anyone if you don't tell 'em what you think?" By Jon Krakauer (1952 - ) American writer, mountaineer Pulitzer Prize finalist
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Today’s Quote Saturday May 30, 2009 "On no account brood over your wrong-doing. Rolling in the muck is not the best way of getting clean." By Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) English writer, author of "Brave New World"
Today's Quote Friday May 29, 2009 "The future will depend on what we do in the present." By Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) Indian activist
Today's Quote Thursday May 28, 2009 "Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction." By Anne Frank (1929-1945) German diarist
Today's Quote Wednesday May 27, 2009 "Being maniacal about something is very helpful." By Bill Gates (1955 - ) American businessman, philanthropist
Today's Quote Tuesday A May 26, 2009 "Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there." By Will Rogers (1879 -1935) American comedian and actor
Today's Quote Monday May 25, 2009 "When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on." By Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) 32nd president of the United States
Today's Quote Sunday May 24, 2009 "High expectations are the key to everything." By Sam Walton (1918-1992) Founder of Wal-Mart
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Today’s Quote Saturday May 23, 2009 "The sleeping fox catches no poultry." By Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, writer
Today's Quote Friday May 22, 2009 "I only want people around me who can do the impossible." By Elizabeth Arden (1878-1966) Canadian businesswoman, style mogul
Today's Quote Thursday May 21, 2009 "Life all comes down to a few moments. This is one of them." By Bud Fox American stockbroker from the film "Wall Street" (1987)
Today's Quote Wednesday May 20, 2009 "Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game." By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)German writer
Today's Quote Tuesday May 19, 2009 "Life is an opportunity, avail it."
By Mother Teresa (1910-1997) Macedonian missionary Nobel Peace Prize winner
Today's Quote Monday May 18, 2009
"Life all comes down to a few moments. This is one of them." By Bud Fox
American stockbroker from the film "Wall Street" (1987)
Today's Quote Sunday May 17, 2009
"Shallow men believe in luck, believe in circumstances...
Strong men believe in cause and effect." By Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American writer, activist
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Today’s Quote Saturday May 16, 2009 "It is wonderful what you can do when you have to." By C.S. Lewis (1898-1963), Irish writer, scholar
Today's Quote Friday May 15, 2009 "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..." By Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) American 26th president of the United States
Today's Quote Thursday May 14, 2009 "This is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure." By Winston Churchill (1874-1965) British prime minister during WWII
Today's Quote Wednesday May 13, 2009 "Don't feel entitled to anything you don't sweat and struggle for." By Marian Wright Edelman (1939 - ) American activist, founder of the Children's Defense Fund
Today's Quote Tuesday A May 12, 2009 "There are some things one can only achieve by a deliberate leap in the opposite direction." By Franz Kafka (1883-1924) Austro-Hungarian writer
Today's Quote Monday May 11, 2009 “The great successful men of the world have used their imaginations, they think ahead and create their mental picture, and then go to work materializing that picture in all its details, filling in here, adding a little there, altering this a bit and that a bit, but steadily building — steadily building”. By Robert Collier
Today's Quote Sunday May 10, 2009 “Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising”. By Mark Twain
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Today’s Quote Saturday May 9,2009 Vision without action is a daydream, action without vision is a nightmare. Japanese Proverb
Today's Quote Friday May 8, 2009 “Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there!” By Will Rogers
Today's Quote Thursday May 7, 2009 “I don’t measure a man’s success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.” By George Patton
Today's Quote Wednesday May 6, 2009 “A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.” By Hoshang N. Akhtar
Today's Quote Tuesday May 5, 2009 “There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other.” By Douglas Everett
Today's Quote Monday May 4, 2009 “It is not enough to start doing something. You have also to continue, until you finish doing it.” By Remez
Today's Quote Sunday May 3, 2009 “Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.” By Michael Jordon
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Today’s Quote Saturday May 2, 2009 The Importance of Focus by Corey Wells
Focus is the act of channeling all our activities into achieving a desired objective. Focused behavior doesn’t just happen by chance. It happens when we take the time necessary to regularly look at our own behavior and then choose what needs to be done each day in order to obtain our goal. This requires a lot of personal discipline and the ability to shield yourself from the distractions of everyday events or other opportunities. Someone who is truly focused does not allow occasional problems or the resistance of others to keep them from pursuing their ultimate goal.
Although setting a desired goal and focusing your efforts to obtain that goal may sound simple, it’s not. As time passes the concentration necessary to keep focused is continually under assault by such things as boredom, new objectives and other possibilities. Many start out with clear objectives, but find themselves inevitably distracted by other emerging and exciting opportunities. It’s easy to get excited about something new and many times people have fallen pray to shifting focus half way through their original goal.
What happens when we lose focus? We start going in multiple directions toward multiple goals and end up doing nothing well. We have essentially invited failure by focusing our efforts on too many things. Success comes from focusing on doing one thing right, rather than doing many things poorly. Stay focused and be successful at whatever you do.
So how do you stay focused? The best way is to review your main goal each and every day. Try to remember why this goal or objective was so important to you. Try to remember the emotional excitement you originally had towards this objective. If you cannot get yourself excited about your goal then it may be time to reevaluate. You may need to change your aim to reenergize your focus. Just don’t fall into the trap of never accomplishing anything. There are always obstacles along the road of success and it’s important you push yourself through the discouraging times. Otherwise you risk never knowing your full potential.
Today's Quote Friday May 1, 2009 “What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us. What we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.” By Albert Pine
Today's Quote Thursday April 30, 2009 “If you don’t have confidence, you’ll always find a way not to win.” By Carl Lewis
Today's Quote Wednesday April 29, 2009 “The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.” By Vince Lombardi
Today's Quote Tuesday April 28, 2009 “A culture of discipline is not a principle of business; it is a principle of greatness.” By Jim Collins Business Author and Theorist Born - 1958 Colorado, USA
Today's Quote Monday April 27, 2009 “If we only have great companies, we will merely have a prosperous society, not a great one. Economic growth and power are the means, not the definition, of a great nation.” By Jim Collins Business Author and Theorist Born - 1958 Colorado, USA
Today's Quote Sunday April 26, 2009 “The kind of commitment I find among the best performers
across virtually every field is a single-minded passion for what they do, an unwavering desire for excellence in the way they think and the way they work. Genuine confidence is what launches you out of bed in the morning, and through your day with a spring in your step.” By Jim Collins Business Author and Theorist Born - 1958 Colorado, USA
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Today’s Quote Saturday April 25th “The dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you’re willing to pay the price.“ By Vince Lombardi
Today's Quote Friday April 24th “Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.” By Aristotle
Today's Quote Thursday April 23rd “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” By John Quincy Adams
Today's Quote Wednesday April 22nd “Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records”. By William A. Ward
Today's Quote Tuesday April 21st “Nothing will happen if I don’t make it happen.” By Vincent Palmieri Jr. President Take5English and former Vice President of Citibank & Morgan Stanley
Today's Quote Monday April 20th “If you hear a voice within you say “you cannot paint,” then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced”. By Vincent Van Gogh
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Today's Quote Sunday April 19th "Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up." By Paul the Apostle Galatians 6:9
Today’s Quote Saturday April 18th “Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I may not forget you.” By William Arthur
Today's Quote Friday April 17th “A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.” By Alexander Pope
Today's Quote Thursday April 16th “The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can’t do.” By Dennis Waitley
Today's Quote Wednesday April 15th “If you swing hard enough and often enough you must eventually hit a home run.” By Brian Tracy
Today's Quote Tuesday April 14th “For any student of history, change is the law of life. Any attempt to contain it guarantees an explosion down the road; the more rigid the adherence to the status quo, the more violent the ultimate outcome will be.” By Henry Kissinger
Today's Quote Monday April 13th “Character is what you know you are, not what others think you have.” By Marva Collins
Today's Quote Sunday April 12th "Obstacles cannot bend me. Every obstacle yields to effort." By Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Italian painter, sculptor and inventor
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Today’s Quote Saturday April 11th “Young love is when you love someone because of what they do right. Mature love is when you love someone in spite of what they do wrong.” By Mark Goulston
Today's Quote Friday April 10th “Everything you do is triggered by an emotion of either desire or fear.” By Brian Tracy
Today's Quote Thursday April 9th “I’ve met a lot of leaders in the Army who were very competent–but they didn’t have character. And for every job they did well, they sought reward in the form of promotions, in the form of awards and decorations, in the form of getting ahead at the expense of someone else, in the form of another piece of paper that awarded them another degree—a sure road to the top. You see, these were competent people, but they lacked character. I’ve also met a lot of leaders who had superb character but who lacked competence. They weren’t willing to pay the price of leadership, to go the extra mile because that’s what it took to be a great leader. And that’s sort of what it’s all about. To lead in the 21st century, to take soldiers, sailors, airmen into battle–you will be required to have both character and competence.” By Norman Schwarzkopf former U.S. Army General
Today's Quote Wednesday April 8th "I am not afraid of the word tension." By Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) American civil rights leader Nobel Peace Prize winner
Today's Quote Tuesday April 7th "Certainly what one is, is of far greater importance than what one appears to be." By Emily Post (1872-1960) American writer and etiquette expert
Today's Quote Monday April 6th "What does not destroy me, makes me stronger." By Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) German philosopher
Today's Quote Sunday April 5th "I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." By Michael Jordan (1963 - ) American businessman and basketball player
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