Interesting Quotes Page 30

"Few men during their lifetime come anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There are deep wells of strength that are never used."

Source-- Richard Byrd, Explorer

"Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks."

Source-- Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway, CEO

"Character is much easier kept than recovered. "

Source-- Thomas Paine, author

"Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, "What's in it for me?""

Source-- Brian Tracy, Author

"Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it."

Source-- Stan Smith, Tennis Champion

"We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once."

Source-- Calvin Coolidge, 30th U.S. President

"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. "

Source-- Bill Cosby, Comedian

"Asking questions will get you the performance you are after far better than dictating demands."

Source-- Dan James

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

Source-- Bernard Haldane

"So great has been the endurance, so incredible the achievement that, as long as the sun keeps a set course in heaven, it would be foolish to despair of the human race."

Source-- Ernest Woodward, Publisher

"I teach something called The Law of Probabilities, which says the more things you try, the more likely one of them will work. The more books you read, the more likely one of them will have an answer to a question that could solve the major problems of your life.. make you wealthier, solve a health problem, whatever it might be."

Source-- Jack Canfield, Success Coach

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"If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember this whole thing was started by a mouse."

-- Walt Disney, Animator, Film Producer

"Success is waking up in the morning and bounding out of bed because there's something out there that you love to do, that you believe in, that you're good at - something that's bigger than you are, and you can hardly wait to get at it again."

-- Whit Hobbs

"It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him. "

-- John Steinbeck, author

"Evidence is conclusive that your self-talk has a direct bearing on your performance."

-- Zig Ziglar, Motivational Speaker

"Great hopes make everything great possible."

-- Benjamin Franklin, Statesman

"I learn something new about the game almost every time I step on the course."

-- Ben Hogan, golfer

"There is no passion to be found playing small, in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living"

-- Nelson Mandela, 11th President of South Africa

"Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom."

-- Theodore Isaac Rubin, Psychiatrist

"We must do that which we think we cannot."

-- Eleanor Roosevelt, first lady

"Problems should be solved on the spot, as soon as they arise. No frontline employee should have to wait for a supervisor's permission."

-- Jan Carlzon, airline executive

"If life was so easy that you could just go buy success, there would be a lot more successful companies in the world. Successful enterprises are built from the ground up."

-- Lou Gerstner, IBM CEO

The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small fire makes a small amount of heat."

-- Napoleon Hill, author

"I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who sought and found out how to serve."

-- Albert Schweitzer, Humanitarian

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

-- Stephen King, author

"No matter how bad someone has it, there are others who have it worse. Remembering that makes life a lot easier and allows you to take pleasure in the blessings you have been given."

-- Lou Holtz

"If you want to leave your footprints on the sands of time, be sure you're wearing work shoes."

-- Author Unknown

"Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed."

-- Cavett Robert

"The purpose of our lives is to give birth to the best which is within us."

-- Marianne Williamson, Author and Spiritual Activist

"The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before. "

-- Steve Young, football player

"Worry often gives a small thing a great shadow."

-- Swedish Proverb