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 A dream becomes a goal when action is taken toward its achievement. Bo Bennett A successful individual typically sets his next goal somewhat but not too much above his last achievement. In this way he steadily raises his level of aspiration. Kurt Lewin Achievement brings its own anticlimax. Maya Angelou Big thinking precedes great achievement. Wilferd A. Peterson A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men. Plato The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual. Vince Lombardi Goals are a means to an end, not the ultimate purpose of our lives. They are simply a tool to concentrate our focus and move us in a direction. The only reason we really pursue goals is to cause ourselves to expand and grow. Achieving goals by themselves will never make us happy in the long term; it's who you become, as you overcome the obstacles necessary to achieve your goals, that can give you the deepest and most long-lasting sense of fulfillment. Anthony Robbins The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to surpass yourself and to be worthy of your own approval. Denis Waitley It is important that you recognize your progress and take pride in your accomplishments. Share your achievements with others. Brag a little. The recognition and support of those around you is nurturing. Rosemarie Rossetti The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat. Napoleon Hill Nothing limits achievement like small thinking; nothing expands possibilities like unleashed imagination. William Arthur Ward All great achievements require time. Maya Angelou Winners compare their achievements with their goals, while losers compare their achievements with those of other people. Nido Qubein All personal achievement starts in the mind of the individual. Your personal achievement starts in your

mind. The first step is to know exactly what your problem, goal or desire is. W. Clement Stone A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done. Ralph Lauren Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement. Henry Ford Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve. Mary Kay Ash Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement. Nelson Mandela One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular. Anthony Robbins To desire is to obtain; to aspire is to achieve. James Allen Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. Ralph Waldo Emerson Success is achieved by development of our strengths, not by elimination of our weakness. Marilyn Vos Savant One of the most difficult things everyone has to learn is that for your entire life you must keep fighting and adjusting if you hope to survive. No matter who you are or what your position is you must keep fighting for whatever it is you desire to achieve. George Allen There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure. Paulo Coelho The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply. Denis Waitley That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well. Abraham Lincoln

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 lessthan-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

Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength." Henry Ward Beecher "Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them." William Shakespeare "Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness." Napoleon Hill "To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them." Marleen Charles de Montesquieu "A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed." Ansel Adams "There are countless ways of attaining greatness, but any road to reaching one's maximum potential must be built on a bedrock of respect for the individual, a commitment to excellence, and a rejection of mediocrity." Buck Rodgers "Heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight but, while their companions slept, they were toiling upward in the night." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"Do continue to believe that with your feeling and your work you are taking part in the greatest; the more strongly you cultivate in yourself this belief, the more will reality and the world go forth from it." Rainer Maria Rilke "It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others." Dalai Lama "It is unavoidable that if we learn more about a great man's life, we shall also hear of occasions on which he has done no better than we, and has in fact come nearer to us as a human being." Sigmund Freud "One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do." Henry Ford "Responsibility is the price of greatness." Winston Churchill "Every great man, every successful man, no matter what the field of endeavor, has known the magic that lies in these words: every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit." W. Clement Stone "Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure." Napoleon Hill "Never discourage anyone.....who continually makes progress, no matter how slow." Plato "Each of us is great insofar as we perceive and act on the infinite possibilities which lie undiscovered and unrecognized about us." James Harvey Robinson "No great man ever complains of want of opportunity." Ralph Waldo Emerson "Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes." Benjamin Disraeli "Great effort springs naturally from a great attitude." Pat Riley "The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats." Theodore Roosevelt "Great hopes make great men." Thomas Fuller "Humor is mankind's greatest blessing." Mark Twain "Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit." Benjamin Disraeli "Great minds have purposes; little minds have wishes. Little minds are subdued by misfortunes; great minds rise

above them." Washington Irving "Champion the right to be yourself; dare to be different and to set your own pattern; live your own life and follow your own star." Wilferd Peterson The Art of Living

"To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult." Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche "When you say you'll meet someone at 11:00 AM, be there at 10:45. When you promise a check on the 30th, send it on the 28th. Whatever you agree to do, do it a bit more. Start with your employees, then extend it to everyone you deal with. News will soon get around that you are a person of your word." Charles Scott
I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?" Benjamin Disraeli "He that cannot obey, cannot command." Benjamin Franklin A good leader can't get too far ahead of his followers. Theodore Roosevelt Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. Dwight Eisenhower The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority. Kenneth Blanchard There is an enormous number of managers who have retired on the job. Peter F. Drucker A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit. Arnold H. Glasgow Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. Peter F. Drucker "It is not fair to ask of others what you are unwilling to do yourself." Eleanor Roosevelt Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders. Tom Peters "The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but reveal to them their own." Benjamin Disraeli "You do not lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership." Dwight Eisenhower "A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better." Jim Rohn "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 "Too many leaders act as if the sheep... their people... are there for the benefit of the shepherd, not that the shepherd has responsibility for the sheep." Kenneth Blanchard

"The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires." William Arthur Ward "The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say "I". And that's not because they have trained themselves not to say "I". They don't think "I". They think "we"; they think "team". They understand their job to be to make the team function. They accept responsibility and don't sidestep it, but "we" gets the credit. This is what creates trust, what enables you to get the task done." Peter F. Drucker "In the past a leader was a boss. Today's leaders must be partners with their people... they no longer can lead solely based on positional power." Kenneth Blanchard "Having the capacity to lead is not enough. The leader must be willing to use it." Vince Lombardi "I always remember the axiom: a leader...is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind." Nelson Mandela "The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly." Jim Rohn "The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and selfrestraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it." Theodore Roosevelt "People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader works in the open, and the boss in covert. The leader leads, and the boss drives." Theodore Roosevelt "One of the true tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency." Arnold H. Glasgow "Leaders aren't born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work." Vince Lombardi "No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it." Andrew Carnegie "Leadership is not magnetic personality - that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not "making friends and influencing people" - that is flattery. Leadership is lifting a person's vision to high sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations." Peter F. Drucker "Your attitude as a manager or supervisor will be a major factor in determining what the climate is within your work group. And your attitude is one of the few things that is totally under your control." Pritchett, Price and Pound, Ron. Business As Unusual. Pritchett, LP, 2009, p. 3. "Breaking worn-out habits and fighting bureaucratic practices are empty acts if you don't offer employees something better." Pritchett, Price and Pound, Ron. High Velocity Culture Change: A Handbook for Managers. Pritchett and Associates, Inc., 1993, p. 27. "Managing major change is always a discovery process. Even if the people in charge plan carefully beforehand, they'll still have to improvise and chart the path as they go."

Pritchett, Price and Pound, Ron. The Employee Handbook for Organizational Change. Pritchett Rummler-Brache, 2008, p. 19. "Success in business, or in our personal lives, will always come down to the connections we have with others." McGroarty, Gerald. 2010 Summer. "The Brand Within You." Motivated Magazine. p. 28. "Yet in the music business, as in all walks of life, a leader who feels he is superior is likely to suppress the voices of the very people on whom he must relay to deliver his vision alive and kicking." Zander, Rosamund Stone and Zander, Benjamin. The Art of Possibility. Harvard Business School Press, 1994, p. 67. "Build for your team a feeling of oneness, of dependence upon one another and of strength to be derived by unity." Lombardi , Vince. Great Quotes from Great Leaders. Celebrating Excellence Publishing, 1990, p. 16. "To have an open mind takes courage. It means allowing our ideas, thoughts, and beliefs to be challenged." Pulsifer, Catherine. Wings of Wisdom. Anncath-Roby Books, 1998, p. 29. "It's your contribution that counts. Not the hours (or years) you put in. Or how busy you are." Pritchett, Price. The Employee Handbook of New Work Habits for a Radically Changing World. Pritchett and Associates, Inc., 1994, p. 30. "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership." Nelson Mandela "Mentoring from behind a desk can be far more intimidating than sitting at a forty-five-degree angle without barriers. Role or position can be an obstacle when learning is the objective." Bell, Chip. Managers as Mentors. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., 1996, p. 128. "People that get things done in this world don't wait for the spirit to move them; they move the spirit." David Schwartz, The Magic of Thinking Big "True leadership has a primal quality, based on courage as much as anything." David Holt. "Looking Fear In The Eyes" "Leaders foster partnership by making sure their mouths match their moves." Chip R.Bell Managers as Mentors

"If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well." Martin Luther King "Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others do." Jose Gasset

"You must be resolutely determined that whatever you do shall always be the best of which you are capable." Charles Popplestone "The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his information and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence at whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him he's always doing both." James Michener
"We can be resentful of our age, or we can be grateful for having attained it."
William Arthur Ward

"If you'll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives."
Vince Lombardi

"Great minds have purposes; little minds have wishes. Little minds are subdued by misfortunes; great minds rise above them."
Washington Irving

"Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common."
Satchel Paige

"Influence others positively by being a teacher, coach, counselor, or mentor."

"Plan for gradual improvement, not spectacular leaps. . .A slow and steady stream of water will, in time, erode the hardest rock."
David Campbell, Ph.D., If You Don't Know Where You're Going, You'll Probably End Up Somewhere Else

"Believe deep down in your heart that you're destined to do great things."
Joe Paterno

"We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience."
George Washington

"Earth is crammed with Heaven."

"Remember, the inspiration follows action and not vice versa."

"Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck."
Dalai Lama

"All things come round to him who will but wait."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action."
Anthony Robbins

"I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter."
Walt Disney

"When we find a greater purpose for our lives, our dreams become more exciting to us, helping us grow as individuals as we help others."
Cook, Sharon and Sholander Graciela, Dream It Do It: Inspiring Stories of Dreams Come True. "So, whether you're boldly defying convention or taking small, calculated risks ... have fun in all that you do and strive for. You're an amazing person with untapped potential." Hilton-Barbert, Miles, Life is a Rollercoaster, not a Rocking Chair "We all find ourselves in situations that at times seem hopeless. And, we all have the choice to do nothing or take action." Catherine Pulsifer "For our idea to endure, we must generate interest and curiosity." Heath, Chip Heath, Dan, Made to Stick "You were born with everything you needed to live your life in a most exceptional and worthwhile way." Helmstetter, Shad, What to Say When you Talk To Yourself "The world is full of winners who rose from nothing and losers who were given every opportunity." Neviaser, Donald, The Inner View, Life Enhancing Perspectives Kanevia Books, 2000, preface. "Notice when you are wishing you were somewhere else and bring yourself back to a state of appreciation for where you are." Dyer, Wayne. Wisdom of the Ages: 60 Days to Enlightenment. First Quill, 2002, p. 244. "Each day offers us a new opportunity to take steps in the right direction, steps that enlighten, enrich, or improve us and others." Powers, Margaret Fishback, The Footprints Book of Daily Inspirations "How often we miss our life by focusing on the past or yearning for the future." Schaef, Anne Wilson, Meditations for Women Who Do Too Much "I see the ant not just as the antithesis of a sluggard but also as one who never quits." Jenkins, Jerry B. Jenkins, Twelve Things I Want My Kids to Remember Forever "Everything comes if a man will only wait." Benjamin Disraeli "There is no failure except in no longer trying." Elbert Hubbard "A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into." Ansel Adams "You can either engage in the blame game, making frequent use of the statement, 'I couldn't because . . . ,' or you can take control of your life and shape it as you would like." Carter-Scott, Cherie, If Life is a Game, These are the Rules

"When we are best to ourselves, we radiate a healthy mental attitude of optimism, joy, gladness, and hope." Marden, Orison Swett, The Get-to-the-Point Success Reader "Most of us say we know we are responsible for own satisfaction, but deep down we still wait for that someone to appear who will make us happy." Moeller, Kristen, Waiting for Jack "Adopt a positive mental attitude that will help you shape the course of your own destiny rather than drifting along at the mercy of adversity." Hill, Napoleon, A Year of Growing Rich "That which we constantly affirm has the tendency to take over in our thoughts and to produce changed attitudes." Peale, Norman Vincent, Have a Great Day "Life is a gift and the present is the time to cherish it." Richards, Shadonna, Think and Be Happy "How many times in our life have we been afraid to tackle a tough job or project, believing that we just didn't have enough talent or brains or guts to succeed, and then once we have forced ourselves to try and successfully completed the challenge - we look back at what we have done, finally realizing that our greatest enemy, the one who urges us not even to try because we would certainly fail, was none other than ourselves." Mandino, Og, Secrets for Success and Happiness "Even during trying circumstances or tragedies, winners dig out the positives and summon the courage to take the next step and make things better." Kassorla, Dr. Irene, Go For It "If we pour our best positive energy into the world, the world will work better." Liebau, Paul, Thoughts on Relationships "I've also learned that both the good and bad times in my life are truly gifts, and that each has great value, if I manage them well." Johnson, Spencer, Peaks and Valleys "The truth is, we are all born with potential greatness and blessed with numerous opportunities to soar to dizzying new heights." Greive, Bradley Trevor, The Meaning of Life "You get to fill the blackboard of your life with whatever you want. If you have filled it in with baggage from the past, wipe it clean." Byrne, Rhonda, the Secret "Enjoy each moment as it happens. Your life is made up of one moment after another, either lived or lost." Francis, Cindy, Life Lessons for Women "Enthusiasm is the greatest asset in the world. Its potential value far surpasses money and power and influence." Mandino, Og, The Greatest Salesman in the World Part II Your life is whatever you focus on." Richards, Shadonna, A Gift of Hope "Life tells you nothing, it shows you everything."

Bach, Richard, Messiah's Handbook. "In today's fiercely competitive world, standing still is the same as going backward. If you don't go forward, others will speed right past you." Gagan, James L., America's Best Kept Secret

"The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self improvement, about being better than you were the day before." Steve Young
I have drawn so much inspiration in my life by reading about and studying people who have turned failure after failure into success, adversity into opportunity, a negative into a positive, or a seemingly hopeless situation into one of hope. Charles M. Marcus, Success is Not a Spectator Sport Nothing will change in your life if you don't do something different from what you have been doing. E. Perry Good, In Pursuit of Happiness Success each day should be judged by the seeds sown, not the harvest reaped. John C. Maxwell, The Difference Maker, Making Your Attitude Your Greatest Asset We must cherish our imagination; our ability to dream; for the highest achievers since history began, have been the dreamers who, combined their perspiration and their aspiration to make their own unique contribution. Andrew Matthews, Being Happy! "Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives." William James, 1842 - 1910 You get what you think about, whether you want it or not. Commit to thinking about what you want, rather than how impossible or difficult that dream may seem. Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, Being in Balance "The most immutable barrier in nature is between one man's thoughts and another's." William James "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." Plato "Formula for success: under promise and over deliver." Tom Peters "Success is steady progress toward one's personal goals." Jim Rohn "If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a lack of success, to discourage me I cannot see any way in which I would ever have made progress." Calvin Coolidge "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 "Speaking from my personal experiences, setting goals, along with a detailed action plan, has actually changed my life from one cast in frustration to one of purpose." Catherine Pulsifer "If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress." President Obama "Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations." Jean Paul Richter "If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain." Maya Angelou "Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself." Bach, Richard Messiah's Handbook

"A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing." George Bernard Shaw "He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed." William James "The best way to teach people is by telling a story." Kenneth Blanchard "If you'll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives." Vince Lombardi "It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome." William James "There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man's lack of faith in his true Self." William James "A new idea is first condemned as ridiculous and then dismissed as trivial, until finally, it becomes what everybody knows." William James "I had to pick myself up and get on with it, do it all over again, only even better this time." Sam Walton "There is no use whatsoever in trying to help people who do not help themselves." Andrew Carnegie "As I grow older, I pay less attention to what people say. I just watch what they do." Andrew Carnegie "The first man gets the oyster; the second man gets the shell." Andrew Carnegie "I believe the true road to preeminent success in any line is to make yourself master in that line." Andrew Carnegie "In a moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing."Theodore Roosevelt "When I hear somebody sigh, "Life is hard", I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?' Sydney J. Harris Be not simply good; be good for something. Henry David Thoreau An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men. Thomas Fuller There is no failure except in no longer trying. Elbert Hubbard What keeps me going is goals. Muhammad Ali Great minds have purposes; others have wishes. Washington Irving It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one. George Washington "A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs." Bernard M. Baruch "It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference." Tom Brokaw The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way. Dale Carnegie Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed on an equal or greater benefit. Napoleon Hill Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will. Zig Ziglar Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all. Dwight Eisenhower If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can become it. William Arthur Ward

If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. Wayne Dyer Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things. Peter F. Drucker Laughter is an instant vacation. Milton Berle Improvement begins with I. Arnold H. Glasgow It is better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly. Tuchy Palmieri Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. Albert Einstein Failure is impossible. Susan B. Anthony "Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best." Andrew Carnegie Whatever you do, you should do it with feeling. Yogi Berra My recipe for dealing with anger and frustration: set the kitchen timer for twenty minutes, cry, rant, and rave, and at the sound of the bell, simmer down and go about business as usual. Phyllis Diller "People see me and say, 'If you can do it, so can I,' and I am there to tell them yes, yes they can." Emma Rhodes, ED.D "It's not so much knowing when to speak, when to pause." Jack Benny "A whole stack of memories never equal one little hope." Charles Schulz "Men who reach decisions promptly usually have the capacity to move with definiteness of purpose in other circumstances." Andrew Carnegie "To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded."Ralph Waldo Emerson "I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on. Life was meant to be lived. Curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life."Eleanor Roosevelt "Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other." Erma Bombeck "The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions." Confucius "Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action." Benjamin Disraeli "It doesn't matter if I don't succeed in something, what matters is that I learn from my mistakes." Linda Evans "Obstacles are those frightening things that become visible when we take our eyes off our goals." Henry Ford "The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams." Oprah Winfrey "It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going." Brian Tracy "Risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing." Leo Buscaglia You may delay, but time will not." Benjamin Franklin "Be the change that you want to see in the world." Mohandas Gandhi "Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody else has thought." Jonathan Swift

"If you want a quality, act as if you already had it. Try the 'as if' technique." William James "If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it." William James "There are one hundred men seeking security to one able man who is willing to risk his fortune." John Paul Getty "Try to realize it's all within yourself no one else can make you change, and to see you're only very small and life flows on within you and without you." George Harrison "When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things - not the great occasions - that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness." Bob Hope "It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions." Charles F. Kettering "Knowledge of what makes a life happy and purposeful means little if this knowledge is not translated into action." Izzo, John, The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die "If you aim for nothing, you'll hit it right on the head, and if you aim for something, you will hit that too." DeNotaris, David, Feeling Your Way Through Life "Don't settle for second best, ever. A life lived at less than its full potential is a life half wasted." Clark, Tony, thinkUcan Never Ending Destination "Make a list of what you admire about someone. Work at bringing those virtues to your own life." Francis, Cindy, Life Lessons for Women "Life, as we live it, is not a setup of prescheduled events that have no relationship to one another. Life is an unfolding in which we can participate." Schaef, Anne Wilson, Meditations for People Who (May) Worry Too Much "More than anybody else and more than any of the circumstances that surround you, you have the largest say in what your future will be." Cook,Sharon and Sholander, Graciela, Dream It Do It "The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important." Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "Don't compare yourself negatively with the giants or anyone else. . .rather, use them as models. Then get on with whatever it is you can accomplish with your life. . . and give it everything you have." Kassorla, Dr. Irene, Go for It "Motivation comes from the goals you truly desire to accomplish AND your commitment to do whatever is necessary to accomplish the goals." Russ Mallard

No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or 'get rich' in business by being a conformist." J. P. Getty "To climb steep hills requires slow pace at first." William Shakespeare "There's no secret about success. Did you ever know a successful man who didn't tell you about it?" Kin Hubbard "The secret of man's success resides in his insight into the moods of people, and his tact in dealing with them." Josiah Gilbert Holland "Do you stop yourself by your own attitude?" from Quotations on Life

"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 Goals have made a tremendous difference in my life. They have allowed me to achieve success, and to accomplish what I had previously only dreamed of, or wished for. Catherine Pulsifer We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobiles, rather than by the quality of our service relationship to humanity. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like the male spider, who is killed by the female the moment he has succeeded in his courtship. I like a state of continual becoming, with a goal in front and not behind. George Bernard Shaw Never confuse movement with action. Ernest Hemmingway Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. Dale Carnegie In everything we do, our own thoughts can help us succeed, or they can help us fail. Maintain a positive attitude. Catherine Pulsifer Most of the successful people I've known are the ones who do more listening than talking. Bernard M. Baruch Making a success of the job at hand is the best step toward the kind you want. Bernard M. Baruch You cannot measure a man by his failures. You must know what use he makes of them. What did they mean to him. What did he get out of them. Orison Swett Marden 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 Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other. Erma Bombeck Successful minds work like a gimlet, - to a single point. Bovee Either do not attempt at all, or go through with it." Ovid One fails forward toward success. Charles F. Kettering Genius is the ability to put into effect what is in your mind. F. Scott Fitzgerald How to succeed: try hard enough. How to fail: try too hard. Malcolm S. Forbes Whether you think you can or you can't, you're right! Henry Ford A wise man turns chance into good fortune. Thomas Fuller Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time. Arnold H. Glasow It's better to succeed at something small than fail at something big. Mira Kirshenbaum, The Gift of a

Year Formula for success: Rise early, work hard, strike oil. John Paul Getty The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work. Mark Twain Life is succession of moments. To live each one is to succeed. Corita Kent One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes. Benjamin Disraeli Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe. Norman Vincent Peale Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success. Dale Carnegie Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value. Albert Einstein The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people. Theodore Roosevelt I do not like to repeat successes, I like to go on to other things. Walt Disney The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration. Confucius "Like children all over the globe, he (Elmo) teaches us that we can always reach a little higher, jump a little farther, do a little better." Clash, Kevin. My Life as a Furry Red Monster Broadway Books, 2006, p. 207. "Any individual can choose to change his or her life with little steps that, over time, will accumulate into a great life." Sharma, Robin. 2010. "Sharma Brings Leadership Message To Saint John." Progress. Vol. 17, No. 05, p. 24. "One of the common traits of successful people is their understanding of the importance of time, effort, and commitment to achieve success!" Pulsifer, Catherine. Wings of Wisdom. Anncath-Roby Books, 1998, p. 23. "Too many people overvalue what they are not, and undervalue what they are." Powers, Margaret Fishback. The Footprints Book of Daily Inspirations. Collins, 2008. "Think like a champion in the game of life. Play well. Believe in yourself - all the time, every time." Richards, Shadonna. Think and Be Happy. Infinity Publishing, 2009, p. 49. "Focused will is incredible. If you have a dream and you don't give up no matter what obstacles come up, then life's problems will fall away and you will get what you want. It happens. It works." Yanni. Yanni in Words. Miramax Books, 2002, p. 209. "Imagine yourself enjoying your better future in such specific, believable detail that you soon enjoy doing what takes you there!" Johnson, Spencer. Peaks and Valleys. Atria Books, 2009, p. 57. "Do not allow your current circumstances to limit the nature of your dreams." Long, Weldon. 2010 Winter. "Who I Am Now." Motivated Magazine. p. 21.

"Always believe that you can, and you will find that you can." Peale, Norman Vincent. The Positive Principle Today. Ballantine Books, 1988, p. 212. "Personal initiative is a trait much admired and if carried out with discretion and logic, can very quickly put you ahead of the crowd." Hill, Napoleon and Keown, Harold. Succeed and Grow Rich Through Persuasion. Ballantine Books, 1970, p.81. "Don't waste time waiting for inspiration. Begin, and inspiration will find you." H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Life's Little Instruction Book, Volume II. Rutledge Hill Press, 1993. "We weren't born to think negatively, we were taught to do so." Cypert Samuel. Believe and Achieve. Avon Books, 1991, p. 27. "Entrepreneurs have many other unusual telltale signs, but persistence is what makes the difference." Gilfoy, Neville. 2011. "The Magic Elixir." Progress Vol. 18, No. 01, p. 8. "Dedication will allow you to attain success in areas that YOU want." Pulsifer, Catherine, Wings for Goals Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing." Lincoln, Abraham, Great Quotes from Great Leaders "If you want to succeed, first help others to succeed." Japanese Proverb, A Wealth of Wisdom Success tends to become habitual. David Campbell, Ph.D., If You Don't Know Where You're Going, You'll Probably End Up Somewhere Else Trying ultimately leads to success, but success can never happen without trying. Greg Henry Quinn, 365 Meditations for Teachers
Teamwork is the ability to work as a group toward a common vision, even if that vision becomes extremely blurry. Author Unknown Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work. Vince Lombardi The nice thing about teamwork is that you always have others on your side. Margaret Carty No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent. John Donne Cooperation is the thorough conviction that nobody can get there unless everybody gets there. Virginia Burden Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable. Kenyan Proverb Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success. Henry Ford Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. Michael Jordan

Contrary to popular belief, there most certainly is an "I" in "team." It is the same "I" that appears three times in "responsibility." Amber Harding