"There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist." "If one truly has lost hope, one would not be around to say so." "Lost time is like a run in a stocking. It always gets worse." "The ability to concentrate and use time well is everything." "Let me tell thee, time is a very precious gift of God; so precious that it is only given to us moment by moment." "The universe is completely balanced and in perfect order. You will always be compensated in full for everything you do." "Life is part positive and part negative. Suppose you went to hear a symphony orchestra and all they played were the little, happy, high notes? Would you leave soon? Let me hear the rumble of the bass, the crash of the cymbals, and the minor keys." "To acquire balance means to achieve that happy medium between the minimum and the maximum that represents your optimum. The minimum is the least you can get by with. The maximum is the most you're capable of. The optimum is the amount or degree of anything that is most favorable toward the ends you desire." "Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well to think." "Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving." "Be absolutely clear about who you are and what you stand for. Refuse to compromise." "Handle challenges fast. If someone has a challenge with your product or service, take care of it right now." "There are those of us who are always about to live. We are waiting until things change, until there is more time, until we are less tired, until we get a promotion, until we settle down -- until, until, until. It always seems as if there is some major event that must occur in our lives before we begin living." "For all sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have been.'" "Now is the only time there is. Make your now wow, your minutes miracles, and your days pay. Your life will have been magnificently lived and invested, and when you die you will have made a difference." "Excellence is not a destination; it is a continuous journey that never ends." "The difference between failure and success is doing a thing nearly right and doing a thing exactly right." "No one ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him; it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction." "The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor." "Whatever is expressed, is impressed. Whatever you say to yourself, with emotion, generates thoughts, ideas and behaviors consistent with those words." "If your sunshine wants far outstrip your cold morning desire, have a talk with yourself. Then have a lot more talks with yourself. Convince number one that you can succeed -- and you will succeed. If you don't believe in you, why should anyone else?" "End your day by privately looking directly into your eyes in the mirror and saying, 'I love you!' Do this for thirty days and watch how you transform." "Determine what specific goal you want to achieve. Then dedicate yourself to its attainment with unswerving singleness of purpose, the trenchant zeal of a crusader." "Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives." "The best advice I ever came across on the subject of concentration is: Wherever you are, be there." "Key to success: Concentrate single-mindedly on one thing, the most important thing, and stay at it until it is 100 percent complete." " When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die." " Never give way to melancholy; resist it steadily, for the habit will encroach." " You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it." " No other technique for the conduct of life attaches the individual so firmly to reality as laying emphasis on work; for his work at least gives him a secure place in a portion of reality, in the human community." |