Quotes and -isms

QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“To create a new business that makes money, and more significantly, employs others, and more significantly, gives a product to a customer that improves their life, is our greatest challenge, our greatest opportunity, and the greatest gift, far greater than any charity that we can give to our fellow person.”

My personal favorites:

“Relationships are all there is. Everything in the universe only exists because it is in relationship to everything else. Nothing exists in isolation. We have to stop pretending we are individuals that ca go it alone.” ~ Margaret Wheatley

“All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, and mediocrity are easy. Stay away from easy.” ~ Scott Alexander

“Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.” ~ Fulton J. Sheen

“We are who we are because of the dominating thoughts that occupy our mind.” ~ John C. Maxwell

“The size of the future you actually experience will largely be determined by one factor: the people you choose to connect with. When you invite people who are truly committed to growth into every aspect of your life, your own potential for growth becomes truly unlimited.” ~ Dan Sullivan

“The strongest single factor in prosperity consciousness is self-esteem: believing you can do it, believing you deserve it, believing you will get it.” ~ Jerry Gillies

The first step to turning a dream into a reality is seeking something bigger than getting rich.

“Failure is the opportunity to begin again, more intelligently.” ~ Henry Ford

By the yard it’s hard, but by the inch it’s a cinch.

“Do what you do so well that they will want to see it again and bring their friends.” ~ Walt Disney

“Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage.” ~ Nicolo Machiavelli

“The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.” ~ Chinese Proverb

“It’s not that I’m so smart. It’s just that I stay with problems longer.” ~ Albert Einstein

“Happiness is being the creator of your experience, choosing to take pleasure in what you have right now, regardless of the circumstances, while being the best that you can be.” ~ Alex Shalman

“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.” ~ Dale Carnegie

“Emphasize the error, not the person committing it.” ~ Terri Lonier

“One-half of life is luck; the other half is discipline — and that’s the important half, for without discipline
you wouldn’t know what to do with luck.” ~ Carl Zuckmayer

Everyone gets knocked down. The ones who find a way to get back up – well they become somebody.

“As long as you’re going to be thinking anyway, think big.” ~ Donald Trump

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

How do you deal with a person who knows exactly what she wants? Get out of the way.

“Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.” ~ Henry Ford

“No suffering befalls the man who calls nothing his own.” ~ Dhamapada

“Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity. The soul must see through these eyes alone, and if they are dim, the whole world is clouded.” ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.” ~ Michaelangelo

“Opportunity is missed by most because it’s dressed in overalls and looks like work.” ~ Thomas Edison

Have you ever met a person you couldn’t defeat? The concept is not within her ability to perceive it. Attitude is everything.

“Don’t be afraid to take a big step when one is indicated. You can’t cross a chasm in two leaps.” ~ David Lloyd George

“No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.” ~ Confucius

“My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.” ~ Dalai Lama

“The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.” ~ Robert M. Pirsig

“Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.” ~ Pablo Picasso

“Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.” ~ Martin Luther King

The real measure of your wealth is how much you’d be worth if you lost all your money.

“Successful people think differently than unsuccessful people.” ~ John C. Maxwell

“Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.” ~ Steven Covey