Quotes by Richard M. Devos - Page 1

It is fun to be Rich DeVos. It's great fun.
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Rich
Great Fun
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If you have a dream, give it a chance to happen.
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Dream
Chance
Give
Happen
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My parents instilled a strong work ethic early on in my life.
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Work Ethic
Life Work Parents
Life Work My Life
Ethic
Instilled
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I've by and large been a positive person ever since I can remember.
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Positive
Positive Person
Large
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I believe we are more a product of our homes than of any other single influence.
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Homes
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Life... It tends to respond to our outlook, to shape itself to meet our expectations.
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Expectations
Outlook
Itself
Respond
Meet
Shape
Tends
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I give God the glory for the people I've worked with who have helped me along the way.
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Glory
God Me People
For The People
Helped
Worked
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If I had some idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago?
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Finish Line
Years Ago
Crossed
Finish
Line
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A positive atmosphere nurtures a positive attitude, which is required to take positive action.
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Positive
Attitude
Action
Atmosphere
Positive Attitude
Take
Required
Which
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I've learned that positive thinking and encouragement are essential for leadership and progress.
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Encouragement
Leadership
Positive
Positive Thinking
Progress
Thinking
Essential
Learned
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The easiest thing to find on God's green earth is someone to tell you all the things you cannot do.
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Earth
Green
Easiest Thing
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Money cannot buy peace of mind. It cannot heal ruptured relationships, or build meaning into a life that has none.
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Money
Heal
Mind
Peace Of Mind
Build
Life Peace Mind
Buy
Cannot
Meaning
None
Relationships
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It is impossible to win the race unless you venture to run, impossible to win the victory unless you dare to battle.
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Battle
Dare
Impossible
Race
Venture
Victory
Run
Win
Unless
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I learned that you appreciate what you earn much more than what is given you. I also learned that decisions have consequences.
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Appreciate
Decisions
Consequences
Earn
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Delivering the 'Grand Rapids Press' taught me responsibility, accountability, and all the principles of the rewards of hard work.
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Accountability
Delivering
Principles
Rewards
Grand
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Every society needs people who can encourage and stimulate and cheer. They are the ones who make the world run. You can be one of them!
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Society
Cheer
Needs
Society World People
World People Who
Run
Encourage
Stimulate
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Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A 'you can do it' when things are tough.
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Positive
Smile
Hope
Optimism
Powerful
Tough
World
You Can Do It
Things
More
Positive Hope World
You
Few
Few Things
Push
Than
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A positive impact stems from our admission that we were wrong or our thinking was wrong. 'I'm wrong' are two little words that can help improve our own positive attitude.
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Attitude
Admission
Impact
Positive Attitude
Improve
Stems
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A positive attitude is a choice, like walking to the other side of a street to avoid trouble or making a 180-degree turn when you feel you're heading in the wrong direction.
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Positive
Attitude
Positive Attitude
Trouble
Walking
Wrong Direction
Avoid
Side
Choice
Direction
Wrong
Street
Heading
Making
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If the auto plants in Detroit would just sit around the table and say, 'What do we gotta do to make this thing work?' Instead of, 'I want this and I want that,' they might make it.
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Detroit
Auto
Gotta
Plants
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If a negative atmosphere pervades where you live or work, go elsewhere. Seek out friends, business associates, and mentors with positive attitudes who share your goals and best interests.
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Positive
Associates
Atmosphere
Elsewhere
Negative
Share
Best Work Business
Positive Best Work
Attitudes
Best Interests
Interests
Seek
Mentors
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I can't dismiss my roots as a kid growing up during the Great Depression in the ordinary midwestern town of Grand Rapids, Michigan. From the standpoint of money and material possessions, we were barely scraping by.
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Depression
Growing Up
Michigan
Ordinary
Roots
Scraping
Standpoint
Barely
Dismiss
Grand
Material
Midwestern
Possessions
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I still refer to myself as a 'cheerleader' because I keep encouraging others to have confidence and to use their talents to follow their dreams. It's been one of the most important reasons for my success and my helping others succeed.
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Confidence
Encouraging
Cheerleader
Helping
Succeed
Talents
Follow
Reasons
Refer
The Most Important
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Saying 'I'm wrong' is meaningless unless it comes from our heart, not just our lips. That often requires a genuine and profound change within ourselves, because we need to realize it's simply human nature and that everyone makes mistakes.
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Genuine
Heart
Human Nature
Lips
Meaningless
Profound
Within
Everyone
Mistakes
Often
Simply
Wrong
Makes
Realize
Requires
Saying
Unless
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People who achieve the highest levels of success - whether in business or in raising families or simply in discovering fulfillment and satisfaction and purpose in life - are those who place their focus on other people rather than themselves.
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Business
Achieve
Discovering
Focus
Fulfillment
Levels
Purpose
Satisfaction
Life Success Focus
Life Success Business
Simply
Families
Highest Levels
Place
Raising
Rather
Themselves
Whether
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Jay and I used to talk about this: we never had a goal of making a lot of money. We had a goal of having a business of our own. And there were many times we could have sold out and had a lot of money. Billions. We just put it in our pocket and go home, OK? But that was never our goal.
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Billions
Go Home
Jay
Pocket
Sold
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