INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES : EXCELLENCE
To enjoy the things we ought and to hate the things we ought has the greatest bearing on excellence of character.Aristotle
The ancient Greek definition of happiness was the full use of your powers along lines of excellence.John F. Kennedy
Excellent things are rare.Plato
Perfection is not attainable. But if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence.Vince Lombardi
I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business.Michael J. Fox
Excellent firms don't believe in excellence - only in constant improvement and constant change.
Tom Peters
If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.Colin Powell
Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The moral sense is the first excellence of well-organized man.Thomas Jefferson
All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.Martin Luther King, Jr.
Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.Pat Riley
Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.Booker T. Washington
We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.Henry Ward Beecher
Losing a game is heartbreaking. Losing your sense of excellence or worth is a tragedy.
Joe Paterno
No man ever reached to excellence in any one art or profession without having passed through the slow and painful process of study and preparation.Horace
I believe the choice to be excellent begins with aligning your thoughts and words with the intention to require more from yourself.Oprah Winfrey
Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.Steve Jobs
The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is disappointment.William Arthur Ward
The foundation of lasting self-confidence and self esteem is excellence, mastery of your work.
Brian Tracy
I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.
Abraham Lincoln
The noblest search is the search for excellence.Lyndon B. Johnson
Excellence always sells.Earl Nightingale
Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.George Eliot
Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly one's own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man.Satchel Paige
A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.Confucius
Whatever you do, don't do it halfway.Bob Beamon
If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.Thomas J. Watson
When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.Zig Ziglar
The secret of living a life of excellence is merely a matter of thinking thoughts of excellence. Really, it's a matter of programming our minds with the kind of information that will set us free.
Charles R. Swindoll
We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.President Barack Obama
Always be getting and doing better. Never settle for mediocrity.Robin Sharma, The Greatness Guide
To achieve our personal best, we must overcome incorrect beliefs, many of which have been imprinted and reinforced ever since third grade.Henry Marsh, The Breakthrough Factor
Friday, February 17, 2012
Sunday, February 12, 2012
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES : DREAMS
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES : DREAMS
To give up the things you love is to abandon your dreams and allow a part of yourself to die. Nurture these parts of you as you would a flower and it will blossom and bring joy and beauty into your life; joy and beauty you may never have otherwise known.
By Michelle Ambler 2011
A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. You must break out of your current comfort zone and become comfortable with the unfamiliar and the unknown. Denis Waitley
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dream, and endeavors to live the life which he had imagines, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. Henry David Thoreau
I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet. William Butler Yeats
Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements. Napoleon Hill
If you can dream it, you can do it. Walt Disney
We've got to have a dream if we are going to make a dream come true. Denis Waitley
Dreams are the touchstones of our character. Henry David Thoreau
A goal is a dream with a deadline. Napoleon Hill
No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more that pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto. W. Clement Stone
Do more than dream: work. William Arthur Ward
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up, live out the true meaning of its creed - we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer. Robert Browning
It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else. Erma Bombeck
Motivation is when your dreams put on work clothes! Milton Berle
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. Eleanor Roosevelt
Like a morning dream, life becomes more and more bright the longer we live, and the reason of everything appears more clear. What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter as we approach the end. Jean Paul Richter
Return to old watering holes for more than water; friends and dreams are there to meet you. African Proverb
To give up the things you love is to abandon your dreams and allow a part of yourself to die. Nurture these parts of you as you would a flower and it will blossom and bring joy and beauty into your life; joy and beauty you may never have otherwise known.
By Michelle Ambler 2011
A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. You must break out of your current comfort zone and become comfortable with the unfamiliar and the unknown. Denis Waitley
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dream, and endeavors to live the life which he had imagines, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. Henry David Thoreau
I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet. William Butler Yeats
Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements. Napoleon Hill
If you can dream it, you can do it. Walt Disney
We've got to have a dream if we are going to make a dream come true. Denis Waitley
Dreams are the touchstones of our character. Henry David Thoreau
A goal is a dream with a deadline. Napoleon Hill
No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more that pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto. W. Clement Stone
Do more than dream: work. William Arthur Ward
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up, live out the true meaning of its creed - we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer. Robert Browning
It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else. Erma Bombeck
Motivation is when your dreams put on work clothes! Milton Berle
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. Eleanor Roosevelt
Like a morning dream, life becomes more and more bright the longer we live, and the reason of everything appears more clear. What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter as we approach the end. Jean Paul Richter
Return to old watering holes for more than water; friends and dreams are there to meet you. African Proverb
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES : DIFFICULT TIMES
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES : DIFFICULT TIMES
"If you're feeling low, don't despair. The sun has a sinking spell every night, but it comes back up every morning. The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain." Dolly Parton
"To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist." Gail Sheehy
It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe. Mahummad Ali
"Flow with whatever is happening and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate." Chuang Tzu
You may not be responsible for getting knocked down, but you're certainly responsible for getting back up. Wally Amos
"I endeavor to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with what cannot be mended and patient when there is no redress." Elizabeth Montagu
Bad things are not the worst things that can happen to us. "Nothing" is the worst thing that can happen to us! Richard Bach
"The part can never be well unless the whole is well."
Plato
"Mountains cannot be surmounted except by winding paths." Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Approach each new problem not with a view of finding what you hope will be there, but to get the truth, the realities that must be grappled with. You may not like what you find. In that case you are entitled to try to change it. But do not deceive yourself as to what you do find to be the facts of the situation. Bernard M. Baruch
"Challenges and difficult times aren't just those things that occur to someone else. The secret is in learning to turn problems into positives and attacking each issue with action not inaction." Byron Pulsifer
"Never underestimate your problem or your ability to deal with it." Robert H. Schuller
Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith. Henry Ward Beecher
"Impossibilities are merely things which we have not yet learned." Charles W. Chesnutt
When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make lemonade. Dale Carnegie
Bless a thing and it will bless you. Curse it and it will curse you...If you bless a situation, it has no power to hurt you, and even if it is troublesome for a time, it will gradually fade out, if you sincerely bless it. Emmet Fox
You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you. Walt Disney
"If you're feeling low, don't despair. The sun has a sinking spell every night, but it comes back up every morning. The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain." Dolly Parton
"To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist." Gail Sheehy
It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe. Mahummad Ali
"Flow with whatever is happening and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate." Chuang Tzu
You may not be responsible for getting knocked down, but you're certainly responsible for getting back up. Wally Amos
"I endeavor to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with what cannot be mended and patient when there is no redress." Elizabeth Montagu
Bad things are not the worst things that can happen to us. "Nothing" is the worst thing that can happen to us! Richard Bach
"The part can never be well unless the whole is well."
Plato
"Mountains cannot be surmounted except by winding paths." Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Approach each new problem not with a view of finding what you hope will be there, but to get the truth, the realities that must be grappled with. You may not like what you find. In that case you are entitled to try to change it. But do not deceive yourself as to what you do find to be the facts of the situation. Bernard M. Baruch
"Challenges and difficult times aren't just those things that occur to someone else. The secret is in learning to turn problems into positives and attacking each issue with action not inaction." Byron Pulsifer
"Never underestimate your problem or your ability to deal with it." Robert H. Schuller
Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith. Henry Ward Beecher
"Impossibilities are merely things which we have not yet learned." Charles W. Chesnutt
When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make lemonade. Dale Carnegie
Bless a thing and it will bless you. Curse it and it will curse you...If you bless a situation, it has no power to hurt you, and even if it is troublesome for a time, it will gradually fade out, if you sincerely bless it. Emmet Fox
You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you. Walt Disney
Thursday, February 2, 2012
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES : COMMUNICATION
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES : COMMUNICATION
To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others. Anthony Robbins
The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place. George Bernard Shaw
Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret. Dr. Laurence J. Peter
You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. Plato
We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak. Epictetus
The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives. Anthony Robbins
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. Mother Teresa
Deep listening is miraculous for both listener and speaker. When someone receives us with open-hearted, non-judging, intensely interested listening, our spirits expand. Sue Patton Thoele
The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them. Stephen King
Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true. Charles Dickens
The two words 'information' and 'communication' are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through. Sydney J. Harris
The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words. George Eliot
Constantly talking isn't necessarily communicating. Charlie Kaufman
Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know. Jim Rohn
We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them. Abigail Adams
Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone. Ralph Waldo Emerson
I do not mind what language an opera is sung in so long as it is an language I do not understand. Sir Edward Appleton
A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language. Gaston Bachelard
Let thy speech be short, comprehending much in a few words. Aprocrypha
I feel that if a person has problems communicating the very least he can do is to shut up. Tom Lehrer
By swallowing evil words unsaid, no one has ever harmed his stomach. Winston Churchill
Self-expression must pass into communication for its fulfillment. Pearl S. Buck
Realistically, English is a universal language; it's the number one language for music and for communicating with the rest of the world. Enrique Iglesias
Grammar and logic free language from being at the mercy of the tone of voice. Grammar protects us against misunderstanding the sound of an uttered name; logic protects us against what we say have double meaning. Rosenstock Huessy
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind. Rudyard Kipling
One of the basic causes for all the trouble in the world today is that people talk too much and think too little. They act impulsively without thinking. I always try to think before I talk. M. Chase Smith
To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others. Anthony Robbins
The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place. George Bernard Shaw
Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret. Dr. Laurence J. Peter
You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. Plato
We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak. Epictetus
The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives. Anthony Robbins
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. Mother Teresa
Deep listening is miraculous for both listener and speaker. When someone receives us with open-hearted, non-judging, intensely interested listening, our spirits expand. Sue Patton Thoele
The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them. Stephen King
Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true. Charles Dickens
The two words 'information' and 'communication' are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through. Sydney J. Harris
The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words. George Eliot
Constantly talking isn't necessarily communicating. Charlie Kaufman
Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know. Jim Rohn
We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them. Abigail Adams
Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone. Ralph Waldo Emerson
I do not mind what language an opera is sung in so long as it is an language I do not understand. Sir Edward Appleton
A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language. Gaston Bachelard
Let thy speech be short, comprehending much in a few words. Aprocrypha
I feel that if a person has problems communicating the very least he can do is to shut up. Tom Lehrer
By swallowing evil words unsaid, no one has ever harmed his stomach. Winston Churchill
Self-expression must pass into communication for its fulfillment. Pearl S. Buck
Realistically, English is a universal language; it's the number one language for music and for communicating with the rest of the world. Enrique Iglesias
Grammar and logic free language from being at the mercy of the tone of voice. Grammar protects us against misunderstanding the sound of an uttered name; logic protects us against what we say have double meaning. Rosenstock Huessy
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind. Rudyard Kipling
One of the basic causes for all the trouble in the world today is that people talk too much and think too little. They act impulsively without thinking. I always try to think before I talk. M. Chase Smith
Friday, January 27, 2012
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES : CHANGE
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES : CHANGE
"Rather than wishing for change, you first must be prepared to change." Catherine Pulsifer
"Everyone can think of the one thing that would make life better for them. But people are not so quick to answer the second question: 'What are you doing to make that change come true'." Catherine Pulsifer
"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself." Leo Tolstoy
"Change is as inexorable as time, yet nothing meets with more resistance." Benjamin Disraeli
"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain." Maya Angelou "The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress." Charles F. Kettering
"Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change." Confucius
"Never stop learning, like never stop changing and growing in your life - learning helps you adapt to change more easily." Learning Quotes
What we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds. Wayne Dyer
You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight. Jim Rohn
We are often disappointed because of our expectations. Only when you learn to see circumstances as they truly are can you become the architect of improvement." Greg Henry Quinn
"The only man I know who behaves sensibly is my tailor; he takes my measurements anew each time he sees me. The rest go on with their old measurements and expect me to fit them." George Bernard Shaw
"If you resist change, you will face challenges on a daily basis. If you consciously refocus your attitude to see the benefits of change, your outlook becomes positive and life becomes easier." Catherine Pulsifer
"It seldom happens that a man changes his life through his habitual reasoning. No matter how fully he may sense the new plans and aims revealed to him by reason, he continues to plod along in old paths until his life becomes frustrating and unbearable - he finally makes the change only when his usual life can no longer be tolerated." Leo Tolstoy
"No action, no change. Limited action, limited change. Lots of action - Change occurs." Catherine Pulsifer
"You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past." Richard Bach
"Don't let others change your life, be your own change agent and implement the changes you want! And if an unexpected change occurs in your life, find the positive in it. Catherine Pulsifer
"Change is inevitable. Change is constant." Benjamin Disraeli
"To focus on the people who do not like you and the things you cannot change is like climbing an infinite mountain; instead focus on the people who love you and the things you can change and you will find you can move mountains!" Michelle Ghislaine Ambler
"Rather than wishing for change, you first must be prepared to change." Catherine Pulsifer
"Everyone can think of the one thing that would make life better for them. But people are not so quick to answer the second question: 'What are you doing to make that change come true'." Catherine Pulsifer
"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself." Leo Tolstoy
"Change is as inexorable as time, yet nothing meets with more resistance." Benjamin Disraeli
"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain." Maya Angelou "The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress." Charles F. Kettering
"Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change." Confucius
"Never stop learning, like never stop changing and growing in your life - learning helps you adapt to change more easily." Learning Quotes
What we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds. Wayne Dyer
You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight. Jim Rohn
We are often disappointed because of our expectations. Only when you learn to see circumstances as they truly are can you become the architect of improvement." Greg Henry Quinn
"The only man I know who behaves sensibly is my tailor; he takes my measurements anew each time he sees me. The rest go on with their old measurements and expect me to fit them." George Bernard Shaw
"If you resist change, you will face challenges on a daily basis. If you consciously refocus your attitude to see the benefits of change, your outlook becomes positive and life becomes easier." Catherine Pulsifer
"It seldom happens that a man changes his life through his habitual reasoning. No matter how fully he may sense the new plans and aims revealed to him by reason, he continues to plod along in old paths until his life becomes frustrating and unbearable - he finally makes the change only when his usual life can no longer be tolerated." Leo Tolstoy
"No action, no change. Limited action, limited change. Lots of action - Change occurs." Catherine Pulsifer
"You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past." Richard Bach
"Don't let others change your life, be your own change agent and implement the changes you want! And if an unexpected change occurs in your life, find the positive in it. Catherine Pulsifer
"Change is inevitable. Change is constant." Benjamin Disraeli
"To focus on the people who do not like you and the things you cannot change is like climbing an infinite mountain; instead focus on the people who love you and the things you can change and you will find you can move mountains!" Michelle Ghislaine Ambler
Sunday, January 22, 2012
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES: ATTITUDE
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES: ATTITUDE
Great effort springs naturally from a great attitude. Pat Riley
Like success, failure is many things to many people. With Positive Mental Attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order and prepare to try again. W. Clement Stone
Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude. Zig Ziglar
Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation. Brian Tracy
You can adopt the attitude there is nothing you can do, or you can see the challenge as your call to action. Catherine Pulsifer
"An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while the pessimist sees only the red stoplight - The truly wise person is colorblind." Albert Schweitzer
Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will. Zig Ziglar
You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you. Brian Tracy
You can do it if you believe you can! Napoleon Hill
If you don't set a baseline standard for what you'll accept in life, you'll find it's easy to slip into behaviors and attitudes or a quality of life that's far below what you deserve. Anthony Robbins
If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain. Maya Angelou
The person who sends out positive thoughts activates the world around him positively and draws back to himself positive results. Norman Vincent Peale
If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, I guess you do have a problem. Richard Bach
Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have. Dale Carnegie
Anybody can do just about anything with himself that he really wants to and makes up his mind to do. We are capable of greater things than we realize. Norman Vincent Peale
If you will make a deliberate decision to develop a positive attitude toward opportunities and obstacles, you are on your way toward having what is the most important quality in education: the power of positive thinking. Robert H. Schuller, Success is Never Ending Failure is Never Final
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INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES: ACHIEVEMENTS
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES: ACHIEVEMENTS
All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea. Napoleon Hill
Never mistake activity for achievement. John Wooden
Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values. Ayn Rand
Achievement results from work realizing ambition. Adam Ant
Four steps to achievement: Plan purposefully. Prepare prayerfully. Proceed positively. Pursue persistently. William Arthur Ward
The most complicated achievements of thought are possible without the assistance of consciousness. Sigmund Freud
Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness. Napoleon Hill
Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Our achievements of today are but the sum total of our thoughts of yesterday. You are today where the thoughts of yesterday have brought you and you will be tomorrow where the thoughts of today take you. Blaise Pascal
Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul; the blueprints of your ultimate achievements. Napoleon Hill
You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else. Albert Einstein
I'm glad I did it, partly because it was worth it, but mostly because I shall never have to do it again Mark Twain
It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves. Edmund Hillary
Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. Albert Einstein
High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation. Charles F. Kettering
When you do nothing, you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved, you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better. Author Unknown
You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want Zig Ziglar
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