Motivation Station

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In our chosen careers, we all need a little motivation once in a while. This group is for sharing Quotes, Sayings and Guidance To help get you through your day! Add your favorite quote that gets you motivated on a daily basis.

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  • Fred G. Slabine

    "Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul."

    Douglas MacArthur, General

    Mar 5, 2011

  • Fred G. Slabine

    "Long-range goals keep you from being frustrated by short-term failures."

    J.C. Penney, Retailer

    Mar 6, 2011

  • Jack Higginbotham

    "The miracle is this - the more we share, the more we have."
    ~Leonard Nimoy

    Mar 6, 2011

  • Fred G. Slabine

    "Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads."

    Erica Jong, Author

    Mar 7, 2011

  • Jack Higginbotham

    "Most people who fail in their dreams fail not from lack of ability but from lack of commitment."
    ~Zig Ziglar

    Mar 8, 2011

  • Fred G. Slabine

    "When a man dies, if he can pass enthusiasm along to his children, he has left them an estate of incalculable value."

    Thomas Edison, inventor

    Mar 14, 2011

  • Fred G. Slabine

    "To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge."

    Benjamin Disraeli, British prime minister

    Mar 16, 2011

  • Fred G. Slabine

    "Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it with use."

    Ruth Gordon, actress

    Mar 20, 2011

  • Fred G. Slabine

    "Without faith, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible."

    Mary Bethune, educator

    Mar 21, 2011

  • Jeremie Warner

    "Act like its impossible to fail." JW

    Mar 21, 2011

  • Jack Higginbotham

    "Great minds have purpose, others have wishes. "
    ~Washington Irving

    Mar 22, 2011

  • Fred G. Slabine

    "The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heav'n of hell and a hell of a heav'n."

    John Milton, poet

    Mar 22, 2011

  • Fred G. Slabine

    "People will not bear it when advice is violently given, even if it is well founded. Hearts are flowers; they remain open to the softly falling dew, but shut up in the violent downpour of rain."

    John Paul Richter

    Mar 23, 2011

  • Jack Higginbotham

    "It takes the hammer of persistence to drive the nail of success."
     ~John Mason

    Mar 24, 2011

  • Fred G. Slabine

    "It isn't where you came from; it's where you're going that counts."

    Ella Fitzgerald, jazz singer

    Mar 25, 2011

  • Jack Higginbotham

    "The depth and the willingness with which we serve is a direct reflection of our gratitude."
    ~Gordon T. Watts

    Mar 26, 2011

  • Fred G. Slabine

    "I was taught that the way of progress is neither swift nor easy."

    Marie Curie, Physicist

    Mar 27, 2011

  • Jack Higginbotham

    "The great secret of success in life is for a man
    to be ready when his opportunity comes."
    — Benjamin Disraeli

    Mar 29, 2011

  • Jack Higginbotham

    "Great things are done by a series of
    small things brought together."
    — Vincent van Gogh

    Mar 30, 2011

  • Jack Higginbotham

    "There's no such thing as not enough time if you're doing what you want to do."
    ~Robert Half

    Mar 31, 2011

  • Fred G. Slabine

    "The highest form of success... comes... to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship or from bitter toil, and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph."

    Theodore Roosevelt, 26th U.S. president

    Mar 31, 2011

  • Fred G. Slabine

    "In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends."

    John Churton Collins, critic

    Mar 31, 2011

  • Jack Higginbotham

    "All life is a chance. So take it! The person who goes furthest is the one who is willing to do and dare."
    ~Dale Carnegie

    Apr 1, 2011

  • Fred G. Slabine

    "It's better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours, and you'll drift in that direction."

    Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway, CEO

    Apr 5, 2011

  • Fred G. Slabine

    "Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so."

    Charles de Gaulle, statesman

    Apr 6, 2011

  • Jack Higginbotham

    "He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has."
    ~Epictetus

    Apr 6, 2011

  • Fred G. Slabine

    "Who has not served cannot command."

    John Florio

    Apr 7, 2011

  • Jack Higginbotham

    "Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it."
    ~Johann von Goethe

    Apr 8, 2011

  • Jack Higginbotham

    Many people have gone a lot farther than they thought they could because someone else thought they could.
    ~Mary Kay Ash

    Apr 10, 2011

  • Fred G. Slabine

    "Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it."

    Julia Child, chef

    Apr 11, 2011

  • Fred G. Slabine

    "The most powerful element in advertising is the truth."

    William Bernbach, ad executive

    Apr 13, 2011

  • Jack Higginbotham

    "Success will not lower its standard to us. We must raise our standard to success."
    ~Rev. Randall R. McBride

    Apr 13, 2011

  • Fred G. Slabine

    "The great creators-the thinkers, the artists, the scientists, the inventors-stood alone against the men of their time."

    Ayn Rand, writer

    Apr 14, 2011

  • Jack Higginbotham

    "I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence, but it comes from within. It is there all the time."
    ~Anna Freud

    Apr 14, 2011

  • Shannon Page

    I like this one a LOT!  Thanks Jack!

    Apr 14, 2011

  • Cathy Aron

    Aw Jack, always so much wisdom that you share!  This is truly one of my favorites, "..looking outside myself for strength and confidence, but it comes from within..." THANK YOU for the reminder!

    Apr 14, 2011

  • Jack Higginbotham

    Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be.
    - George Sheehan

    Apr 14, 2011

  • Jack Higginbotham

    "When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere."
    ~Francois de La Rochefoucauld

    Apr 16, 2011

  • Fred G. Slabine

    "A good marriage is when you're married not to someone you can live with, but to someone you really cannot live without."

    Dr. Howard Hendricks

    Apr 17, 2011

  • Jack Higginbotham

    "Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart."
    ~Henry Clay

    Apr 18, 2011

  • Fred G. Slabine

    “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a vision.”

    Anonymous

    Apr 18, 2011

  • Fred G. Slabine

    "Ninety-nine percent of failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses."

    George Washington Carver, botanist

    Apr 20, 2011

  • Fred G. Slabine

    "Never say no when a client asks for something, even if it is the moon. You can always try, and anyhow there is plenty of time afterward to explain that it was not possible."

    Cesar Ritz, hotelier

    Apr 22, 2011

  • Cathy Aron

    That's so true Fred, no matter what the customer asks for, it's worth it (at least to try) to seek a solution.

    Apr 22, 2011

  • Fred G. Slabine

    Thank you for your thoughts, Cathy. 

    Apr 23, 2011

  • Fred G. Slabine

    "In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these."

    Paul Harvey, broadcaster

    Apr 23, 2011

  • Jack Higginbotham

    "Destiny is not a matter of chance, but of choice. Not something to wish for, but to attain."
    ~William Jennings Bryan

    Apr 23, 2011

  • Jack Higginbotham

    "For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it."
    ~Ivan Panin

    Apr 24, 2011

  • Fred G. Slabine

    "If you want to leave your footprints on the sands of time, be sure you're wearing work shoes."

    Author Unknown

    Apr 26, 2011

  • Fred G. Slabine

    "Keep your sense of humor. There's enough stress in the rest of your life to let bad shots ruin a game you're supposed to enjoy."

    Amy Alcott, golfer

    Apr 27, 2011