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Every person who has become

successful has simply formed the habit of


doing things that failures dislike doing
and will not do.
- John C. Maxwell

"Be yourself. Everyone else


is already taken."
- Oscar Wilde

"Advertisements are now so numerous that


they are very negligently perused, and it is
therefore become necessary to gain attention
by magnificence of promises, and by
eloquence sometimes sublime and sometimes
pathetic."
-Samuel Johnson
1759

Rule #1: Take one more step. Rule #2:


When you cant take one more step, refer
to Rule #1.
- H. Jackson Brown

The only guarantee for failure is to stop


trying.
- John Maxwell

A champion is one who gets up when he


cant.
- Jack Dempsey

A day lived without doing something


good for others is a day not worth
living.
- Mother Teresa

Dreams come a size too big so that we


can grow into them.
- Josie Bisset

You may succeed if nobody else believes in


you, but you will never succeed if you dont
believe in yourself.
- John Maxwell

The more concerned you become with things


you cant control, the less you will do to
improve the things you can control.
- John Maxwell

To succeed in life, we must stay within


our strength zone but continually move
outside our comfort zone.
- John Maxwell

Successful generals make plans to fit


circumstances, but do not try to create
circumstances to fit plans.
- George S. Patton Jr.

It takes humility to seek feedback. It


takes wisdom to understand it, analyze it
and appropriately act on it.
- Stephen R. Covey

It is hard to be 100 percent better than


your competition, but can be 1 percent
better in 100 ways.
- Rich Melman

"Imagination is more important than


knowledge. Knowledge is limited.
Imagination encircles the world."
- Albert Einstein

Goals allow you to control the direction


of change in your favor.
- Brian Tracy

"They always say time changes things,


but you actually have to change them
yourself."
- Andy Warhol

When one door closes, another opens;


but we often look so long and so
regretfully upon the closed door that we
do not see the one which has opened."
- Alexander Graham Bell

The most successful people are those


who are good at Plan B."
- James Yorke

Pick battles big enough to matter, small


enough to win.
- Jonathan Kozol

We are what we repeatedly do.


Excellence, therefore, is not an act
but a habit."
- Aristotle

In any moment of decision the best


thing you can do is the right thing, the
next best thing is the wrong thing, and
the worst thing you can do is nothing."
- Theodore Roosevelt

It is our responsibilities, not ourselves,


that we should take seriously."
- Peter Ustinov

You must be the change you wish to see


in the world."
- Mahatma Gandhi

"Every strike brings me closer to the next


home run."
- Babe Ruth

I cannot give you the formula for


success, but I can give you the formula
for failure, which is try to please
everybody.
- Herbert Bayard Swope

When you have a great and difficult


task, something perhaps almost
impossible, if you only work a little at a
time, every day a little, suddenly the
work will finish itself.
- Isak Dinesen

"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as


if you'll die today."
- James Dean

We cannot become what we need to be


by remaining what we are.
- Zig Ziglar

Honest criticism is hard to take,


particularly when it comes from a
relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a
stranger.
- Franklin P. Jones

We all find time to do what we really


want to do.
- William Feather

Two ways to make every day better:


Think and thank.
- Zig Ziglar

The instant you set a goal a light goes


on in your future.
- Jim Paluch

A winner is big enough to admit his


mistakes, smart enough to profit from
them, and strong enough to correct
them.
- John Maxwell

You get better results if you have high


expectations.
- Charles Adair

Theres only one way to succeed in


anything and that is to give everything.
- Vince Lombardi

The measure of a life, after all, is not its


duration but its donation.
- Corrie Ten Boom

Youre not finished when you are


defeated, you are finished when you
quit.
- Zig Ziglar

You cannot live a perfect day without


doing something for someone who will
never be able to repay you.
- John Wooden

If someone offers you the world on a


silver platter, take the platter.
Wall Street Journal

Formal education will earn you a living.


Self-education will earn you a fortune.
- Jim Rohn

"Let your imagination release your


imprisoned possibilities."
- Robert H. Schuller

"Advertising is salesmanship mass produced.


No one would bother to use advertising if he
could talk to all his prospects face-to-face.
But he can't."
-Morris Hite
Adman: Morris Hite's Methods for Winning
the Ad Game

We will either find a way, or make


one.
- Hannibal

There are no shortcuts to anyplace


worth going.
- Beverly Sills

Just about anyone can make a living.


The duty and opportunity of everyone is
to make a life.
- Zig Ziglar

I not only use all the brains I have, but


all I can borrow.
- Woodrow Wilson

Pay now, play later;


play now, pay later.
- John C. Maxwell

Personality has the power to open


doors, but it takes character to keep them
open.
- Zig Ziglar

He who is good at making excuses is


seldom good for anything else.
- Benjamin Franklin

We first form habits.


Then habits form us.
- John C. Maxwell

The richest soil, uncultivated, produces


the rankest weeds.
- Plutarch

If youre not doing something with your


life, it doesnt matter how long it is.
- Peace Corps Commercial

Ninety-nine percent of failures come


from people who have the habit of
making excuses.
- George Washington Carver

We judge ourselves by what we feel


capable of doing; others judge us by
what we have done.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

You cannot go any higher than your


self-image.
- John C. Maxwell

Dont put off for tomorrow what you


can do today, because if you enjoy it
today, you can do it again tomorrow.
- James A. Michener

Choice, not chance, determines human


destiny.
- Zig Ziglar

When you cease to make a contribution,


you begin to die.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

The greatest mistake we make is living


in constant fear that we will make one.
- John C. Maxwell

The future belongs to people who see


possibilities before they become
obvious.
- Ted Levitt

The man who starts out going nowhere


generally gets there.
- Dale Carnegie

Between saying and doing, many a pair


of shoes is worn out.
- Italian Proverb

Why not go out on a limb?


Isnt that where the fruit is?
- Frank Scully

People who never do any more than


they get paid for never get paid for any
more than they do.
- Elbert Hubbard

Winners concentrate on winning.


Losers concentrate on getting by.
- John C. Maxwell

Keep away from people who belittle


your ambitions. Small people always do
that, but the really great make you feel
that you, too, can become great.
- Mark Twain

Are you gonna get any better, or is this


it?
- Earl Weaver, former Baltimore Orioles
manager, speaking to an umpire

A rut is a grave with both ends knocked


out.
- Unknown

Essentially there are two actions in life:


Performance and excuses. Make a
decision as to which you will accept for
yourself.
- Stephen Brown

Excellence is the gradual result of


always striving to do better.
- Pat Riley

When was the last time that you did


something for the first time?
- Unknown

I not only use all the brains I have, but


all I can borrow.
- Woodrow Wilson

Pay now, play later;


play now, pay later.
- John C. Maxwell

Image is what people think we are.


Integrity is what we really are.
- John C. Maxwell

If youre not doing something with your


life, it doesnt matter how long it is.
- Peace Corps Commercial

The greatest mistake we make is living


in constant fear that we will make one.
- John C. Maxwell

The man who starts out going nowhere


generally gets there.
- Dale Carnegie

People who never do any more than


they get paid for never get paid for any
more than they do.
- Elbert Hubbard

Essentially there are two actions in life:


Performance and excuses. Make a
decision as to which you will accept for
yourself.
- Stephen Brown

Youve got to be careful if you dont


know where youre going cause you
might not get there.
- Yogi Berra

Image is what people think we are.


Integrity is what we really are.
- John C. Maxwell

I not only use all the brains I have, but


all I can borrow.
- Woodrow Wilson

Pay now, play later;


play now, pay later.
- John C. Maxwell

If youre not doing something with your


life, it doesnt matter how long it is.
- Peace Corps Commercial

The greatest mistake we make is living


in constant fear that we will make one.
- John C. Maxwell

The man who starts out going nowhere


generally gets there.
- Dale Carnegie

People who never do any more than


they get paid for never get paid for any
more than they do.
- Elbert Hubbard

Essentially there are two actions in life:


Performance and excuses. Make a
decision as to which you will accept for
yourself.
- Stephen Brown

We first form habits.


Then habits form us.
- John C. Maxwell

When was the last time that you did


something for the first time?
- Unknown

Great fear will always lose out to great


faith
- Zig Ziglar

You never have to recover from a good


start.
- Unknown

Image is what people think we are.


Integrity is what we really are.
- John C. Maxwell

You never have to recover from a good


start.
- Unknown

Anyone who has made a mistake and


doesnt correct it is making another one.
- Unknown

Life is a lot like tennis the one who


can serve best seldom loses.
- Unknown

If you think you can, you can. And if


you think you cant youre right.
- Mary Kay Ash

Experience is knowing a lot of things


you shouldnt do.
- William Knudson

Life is like an ice-cream cone- just


when you think youve got it licked, it
drips all over you.
- Zig Ziglar

Progress always involves risks. You


cant steal second and keep your foot on
first.
- Fredrick Wilcox

If we did all the things we are capable


of doing, we would literally astonish
ourselves.
- Thomas Edison

You have to give up to go up.


- David Jeremiah

To err is humanbut when the eraser


wears out ahead of the pencil, youre
overdoing it.
- Jerry Jenkins

There are a lot of ways to become a


failure, but never taking a chance is the
most successful.
- Unknown

Very often a change of self is needed


more than a change of scene.
- Benson

We cannot become what we need to be


by remaining what we are.
- Unknown

Most people are more comfortable with


old problems than with new solutions.
- Unknown

The average person goes to his grave


with his music still in him.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes

All accomplishment comes from daring


to begin.
- Unknown

Eighty percent of success is showing


up.
- Woody Allen

If youre looking for a big opportunity,


seek out a big problem.
- Unknown

No man ever listened himself out of a


job.
- Calvin Coolidge

To go nowhere, follow the crowd.


- John C. Maxwell

Pair up in threes.
- Yogi Berra

Inspiration without perspiration is a


dream; perspiration without inspiration is
a nightmare.
- Unknown

Anytime you let up, expect a letdown.


- John C. Maxwell

Whiners achieve only when they feel


like it. Winners achieve even when they
dont.
- John C. Maxwell

You must have long-range goals to keep


you from being frustrated by short-range
failures.
- Charles C. Noble

Always keep your eye on the prize.


- George Foreman

Great people dont equal great teams.


- Tom Peters

Were lost, but were making good


time.
- Yogi Berra

People dont care how much you know


until they know how much you care.
- John C. Maxwell

I will pay more for the ability to deal


with people than for any other ability
under the sun.
- John D. Rockefeller

You can tell more about a person by


what he says about others than you can
by what others say about him.
- Unknown

Truth without love is brutality. Love


without truth is hypocrisy.
- Unknown

The only way to have a friend is to be


one.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Confidence is contagious. So is lack of


confidence.
- Vince Lombardi

What worries you masters you."


- Haddon W. Robinson

If I take care of my character, my


reputation will take care of itself.
- D.L. Moody

Many succeed momentarily by what


they know; Some succeed temporarily by
what they do; Few succeed permanently
by what they are.
- John Maxwell

"A positive attitude may not solve all


your problems, but it will annoy
enough people to make it worth the
effort."
- Herm Albright

"If you hear a voice within you say "you


cannot paint," then by all means paint
and that voice will be silenced."
- Vincent Van Gogh

"Remember that the toes you are


stepping on today may well be attached
to the ass you may need to kiss
tomorrow."
- Anonymous

"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is


about creating yourself."
- George Bernard Shaw

"Sometimes you gotta create what you


want to be a part of."
- Geri Weitzman

"People don't really care how much you


know until they know how much you
care."
- Mike McNight

"Marketing is not an event, but a process... It


has a beginning, a middle, but never an end,
for it is a process. You improve it, perfect it,
change it, even pause it. But you never stop it
completely."
- Jay Conrad Levinson

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of


the majority, it is time to pause and reflect."
- Mark Twain

"I have never worked a day in my life without


selling. If I believe in something, I sell it, and
I sell it hard."
- Este Lauder

"The greatest problem with


communication is the illusion that it has
been accomplished."
- George Bernard Shaw

"Somewhere, something incredible is


waiting to be known."
- Carl Sagan

"The secret of all effective originality in


advertising is not the creation of new and
tricky words and pictures, but one of putting
familiar words and pictures into new
relationships."
- Leo Burnett

"Everyone lives by selling something."


- Robert Louis Stevenson

"Be it furniture, clothes, or health care, many


industries today are marketing nothing more
than commodities - no more, no less. What
will make the difference in the long run is the
care and feeding of customers."
- Michael Mescon

"The only way to discover the limits of


the possible is to go beyond them into
the impossible."
- Arthur C. Clarke

If you havent got the time to do it right,


when will you find the time to do it
over?
- Jeffrey Mayer

We first form habits.


Then habits form us.
- John C. Maxwell

Take care to get what you like, or you


will be forced to like what you get.
- George Bernard Shaw

Whoever loves discipline loves


knowledge, but those who hate to be
rebuked are stupid.
- Proverbs 12:1 (New Revised Standard
Version)

"No one can make you feel inferior


without your consent."
- Eleanor Roosevelt

"No one can defeat us unless we first


defeat ourselves."
- Dwight D. Eisenhower

It is not necessary that we should all


think exactly alike, but we should all
think.
- Zig Ziglar

Your talent determines what you can do.


Your motivation determines how much
you are willing to do. Your attitude
determines how well you do it.
- Lou Holtz

"How you think when you lose


determines how long it will be until you
win."
- Gilbert K. Chesterton

Your mind, being creative and original,


will make you famous.
- Jones Soda bottle cap

"Knowledge comes by taking things


apart: analysis. But wisdom comes by
putting things together."
- John A. Morrison

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