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Your first encounter of the day has a more direct bearing on your attitude for that day than your next five encounters.
I'm convinced that what kids need today are parents - not buddies. They need someone who will exercise mature judgment.
Champions invariably have fervent philosophical beliefs. Philosophy, in its simplest terms, means 'the love of wisdom.'
For every sale you miss because you're too enthusiastic, you will miss a hundred because you're not enthusiastic enough.
Too many people spend more time planning how to get the job than on how to become productive and successful in that job.
Don't start your day with broken pieces of the past. Yesterday ended last night. Today is a brand new day and it's yours.
Most people consider me an optimist because I laughingly state that I would take my last two dollars and buy a money belt.
When you are tough on yourself, life is inevitably easy. When you are easy on yourself, life will be inevitably difficult.
Of course motivation is not permanent. But then, neither is bathing; but it is something you should do on a regular basis.
Character produces endurance and persistence when the going gets tough, and life truly is an endurance race, not a sprint.
Life is too short to spend your precious time trying to convince the person who wants to live in gloom and doom otherwise.
There are seldom, if ever, any hopeless situations, but there are many people who lose hope in the face of some situations.
The things you have that money won't buy are the things that will enable you to get more of the things that money will buy.
Your faith is very important. I have done the math, and you are going to be dead a whole lot longer that you will be alive.
It is impossible to go as high as you are capable of going, if you are carrying the burden of hate, revenge and bitterness.
Your business is never really good or bad 'out there.' Your business is either good or bad right between your own two ears.
You enhance your chances for success when you understand that your yearning power is more important than your earning power
God never shuts one door without opening a bigger better door. Hang in there. You are closer to success than you may think.
If God would have wanted us to live in a permissive society He would have given us Ten Suggestions and not Ten Commandments.
Your mind doesn't know the difference between reality and fantasy. Your mindacts on what you feed it. Feed it good thoughts.
If you go out looking for friends, they'll be scarce. If you go out looking to be one, you'll have all the friends you need.
People who truly understand God's purpose for their lives know that we are called to be intimately involved with one another.
When management and labor (employer and employee) both understand they are all on the same side, then each will prosper more.
You are a success when you have made friends with your past, are focused on the present, and are optimistic about your future
In life we have many disappointments. Those who go on to greater things dwell on the disappointments briefly and then move on
We all need a daily checkup from the neck up to avoid stinkin' thinkin' which ultimately leads to hardening of the attitudes.
You are free to choose, but the choices you make today will determine what you have, be, and do in the tomorrow of your life.
Be grateful for what you have and stop complaining - it bores everybody else, does you no good and doesn't solve any problems!
Failure doesn't mean you are a failure... it just means you haven't succeeded yet. Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.
You build a successful career, regardless of your field of endeavor, by the dozens of little things you do on and off the job.
Be strong, but not rude; Be kind, but not weak; Be bold, but not bully; Be humble, but not timid; Be prooud, but not arrogant.
When you exercise your freedom to express yourself at the lowest level, you ultimately condemn yourself to live at that level.
Most people stand on the dock of life waiting for their ship to come in when deep down inside they know it has never left port.
Be grateful for what you have and stop complaining - it bores everybody else, does you no good, and doesn't solve any problems.
It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through.
Unless you have a definite, precise, clearly set goals, you are not going to realize the maximum potential that lies within you.
In the blink of an eye everything can change. So forgive often and love with all your heart. You may not have that chance again.
There is a certain amount of dissatisfaction that goes with knowing your time, talent and abilities are not being properly used.
Fortunately, problems are an everyday part of our life. Consider this: If there were no problems, most of us would be unemployed.
In many ways, effective communication begins with mutual respect, communication that inspires, encourages others to do their best.
The child who has not been disciplined with love by his little world will be disciplined, generally without love, by the big world.
If you don't have time to invest in a goals program is it possible that you don't have time because you don't have a goals program?
Most Americans honestly believe America is the most powerful nation on earth, but actualy the most powerful nation is imagi-nation.
If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.
God showed me that He could and would replace everything that was missing in my life, but that nothing could replace Him in my life.
We are Physical, Mental and Spiritual beings. If you don't deal with ALL OF LIFE you're not going to get all that life has to offer.
Today I will be a successful sales professional, and I will learn something today that will make me even more professional tomorrow.
If you go looking for a friend, you're going to find they're very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you'll find them everywhere.
The six people who had the biggest impact on my life were all women. Had I been sexist, my life would have been far less fulfilling.
Motivation is the spark that lights the fire of knowledge and fuels the engine of accomplishment, it maximizes and maintains momentum