Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Words of wisdom

Success is not to be measured by the position someone has reached in life, but the obstacles he has overcome while trying to succeed.
Booker T. Washington

When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard, ' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'
Sydney Harris

Don't let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.
Richard L. Evans

Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
Joshua J. Marine

The best way to predict your future is to create it.
Unknown

The World is not dangerous because of those who do harm but because of those who look at it without doing anything.
Albert Einstein

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.
Helen Keller

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.
Unknown

No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.
Helen Keller

The real test of character is whether you will do the right thing even when it costs more than you want to pay.
Michael Josephson

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
John Wooden

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Most great men and women are not perfectly rounded in their personalities, but are instead people whose one driving enthusiasm is so great it makes their faults seem insignificant.
Charles A. Cerami

There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: Those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed.
Ray Goforth

To succeed it is necessary to accept the world as it is and rise above it.
Michael Korda

Men succeed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for their victories.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

What would you attempt to do if you knew you would not fail?
Robert H. Schuller

There are no great people in this world, only great challenges which ordinary people rise to meet.
William Frederick Halsy, Jr

Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.
Norman Vincent Peale

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
Albert Einstein

The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
Walter Bagehet

Far better it is to dare mighty things to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered with failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that know not victory or defeat.
Theodore Roosevelt

Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish.
Sam Walton

A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be.
Rosalynn Carter

A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the quality of his actions and the integrity of his intent.

The greatest motivational act one person can do for another is to listen.
Robert E. Moody

Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.
John Maxwell

Leaders aren't born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.
Vince Lombardi

There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
Gilbert K. Chesterton

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
Mark Twain

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.

Never let yesterday's disappointments overshadow tomorrow's dreams.
Unknown

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
Walt Disney

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
Albert Einstein

When you come to the edge of all that you know, you must believe one of two things: There will be earth upon which to stand, or you will be given wings to fly.

One of the greatest weaknesses in most of us is our lack of faith in ourselves.
L. Tom Perry

A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory.
Arthur Golden

I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution.
Wernher von Braun

The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
Walter Bagehot

The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.
Eleanor Roosevelt

The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.
Denis Watley

To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.
Anatole France

You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, "Why not?"
George Bernard Shaw

We need men who can dream of things that never were.
John F. Kennedy

I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint - and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you.
Oprah Winfrey

The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but significance - and then even the small steps and little victories along your path will take on greater meaning.
Oprah Winfrey

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Eleanor Roosevelt

Dwelling on the negative simply contributes to its power.
Shirley MacLaine

If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all.
Anna Quindlen

The time is now, the place is here. Stay in the present. You can do nothing to change the past, and the future will never come exactly as you plan or hope for.
Dan Millman

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.
Mark Twain

Look, if you had one shot, one opportunity To seize everything you ever wanted…One moment Would you capture it or just let it slip? -Eminem

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1 comment:

  1. Thanks for sharing Michael's quote. He just posted a guide on establishing an ethical workplace culture on Josephson Institutes business ethics blog. Please feel free to repost the video or link.
    http://josephsoninstitute.org/business/blog/2010/11/creating-an-ethical-workplace-culture/

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