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.
"As for worrying about what other people might think - forget it. They aren't concerned about you. They're too busy worrying about what you and other people think of them." - Michael le Boeuf
True success is measured by creating lasting solutions to increasingly difficult problems. Any man can be lucky sometimes but real success comes from solutions not dumb luck.....Ian
"When you are in the zone, your intuition comes to the forefront, ... Your intuition will guide you. It is your best friend. It has information your mind does not have. When you are a zone performer — no matter what it is you do — you are operating on intuition and you have an unfair advantage over the competition."
"You were born with potential. You were born with goodness and trust. You were born with ideals and dreams. You were born with greatness. You were born with wings. You are not meant for crawling, so don't. You have wings. Learn to use them and fly." ~Mevlana Jelalu'ddin Rumi
"Take the obvious, add a cupful of brains, a generous pinch of imagination, a bucketful of courage and daring, stir well and bring to a boil." - Bernard Mannes Baruch
"We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons."
"Someone might have a germ of talent, but 90% of it is discipline and how you practice it, what you do with it. Instinct won't carry you through the entire journey. It's what you do in the moments between inspiration."
"Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy."
"Mickey Mouse popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad... when the business fortunes of my brother Roy and myself were at their lowest ebb and disaster seemed right around the corner."
Jack Higginbotham
"It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver."
— Mohandas Gandhi
Dec 20, 2011
Fred G. Slabine
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
Eleanor Roosevelt, Former First Lady
Dec 20, 2011
Fred G. Slabine
"We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself."
Lloyd Alexander
Dec 21, 2011
Jack Higginbotham
"Talkers have always ruled. They will continue to rule. The smart thing is to join them."
—Bruce Barton
Dec 21, 2011
Fred G. Slabine
"The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity."
Thomas J. 'Tom' Peters
Dec 22, 2011
Fred G. Slabine
"No one can defeat us unless we first defeat ourselves."
Dwight Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States
Dec 23, 2011
Jack Higginbotham
"We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within."
— Earl Nightingale
Dec 23, 2011
Jack Higginbotham
"As for worrying about what other people might think - forget it. They aren't concerned about you. They're too busy worrying about what you and other people think of them."
- Michael le Boeuf
Dec 23, 2011
Jack Higginbotham
"Christmas is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas."
~Dale Evans
Dec 24, 2011
Fred G. Slabine
"Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans."
Charles de Gaulle, 18th President of the French Republic
Dec 25, 2011
Jack Higginbotham
Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a STATE OF MIND.
To cherish peace and goodwill,
to be plenteous in mercy,
is to have the REAL spirit of Christmas.
So may Christmas spirit be always with you!
Enjoy this time with your family.... (They are all that matters after all.)
Merry Christmas!
Dec 25, 2011
Fred G. Slabine
"Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing ordinary things extraordinarily well. "
Angelique Arnauld, Abbess of Port-Royal
Dec 26, 2011
Fred G. Slabine
"The happiness of most people we know is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things."
Ernest Dimnet
Dec 27, 2011
Fred G. Slabine
"A successful individual typically sets his next goal somewhat but not too much above his last achievement."
Kurt Lewin, Psychologist
Dec 28, 2011
Fred G. Slabine
"The first great gift we can bestow on others is a good example."
Thomas Morell, Librettist
Dec 30, 2011
Fred G. Slabine
"Purpose and laughter are the twins that must not separate. Each is empty without the other."
Robert K. Greenleaf, Founder of the modern Servant leadership movement
Dec 31, 2011
Jack Higginbotham
"Another fresh new year is here... Another year to live! To banish worry, doubt, and fear, To love and laugh and give!"
~William Arthur Ward
Dec 31, 2011
Jack Higginbotham
"What the New Year brings to you will depend a great deal on what you bring to the New Year."
~Vern McLellan
Jan 1, 2012
Fred G. Slabine
"The history of the world is full of men who rose to leadership by sheer force of self-confidence, bravery, and tenacity."
Mahatma Gandhi, Statesman
Jan 1, 2012
Jack Higginbotham
"Reflect upon your blessings, of which every man has plenty, not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some."
~Charles Dickens
Jan 2, 2012
Ian nethercott
Great quote...Ian
Jan 2, 2012
Ian nethercott
True success is measured by creating lasting solutions to increasingly difficult problems. Any man can be lucky sometimes but real success comes from solutions not dumb luck.....Ian
Jan 2, 2012
Jack Higginbotham
"When you are in the zone, your intuition comes to the forefront, ... Your intuition will guide you. It is your best friend. It has information your mind does not have. When you are a zone performer — no matter what it is you do — you are operating on intuition and you have an unfair advantage over the competition."
— Jim Fannin
Jan 3, 2012
Jack Higginbotham
"You were born with potential. You were born with goodness and trust. You were born with ideals and dreams. You were born with greatness. You were born with wings. You are not meant for crawling, so don't. You have wings. Learn to use them and fly."
~Mevlana Jelalu'ddin Rumi
Jan 4, 2012
Fred G. Slabine
"Giving up is the ultimate tragedy."
Robert Donovan, writer
Jan 5, 2012
Jack Higginbotham
"Nothing can add more power to your life than concentrating all your energies on a limited set of targets."
—Nido Qubein
Jan 5, 2012
Fred G. Slabine
"The difference between intelligence and education is this: Intelligence will make you a good living."
Charles Kettering, Social Philosopher
Jan 6, 2012
Scott Peters
"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it." --Henry David Thoreau
Jan 6, 2012
Fred G. Slabine
"if you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it"
William James, Psychologist
Jan 7, 2012
Jack Higginbotham
"When you come to see you are not as wise today as you thought you were yesterday, you are wiser today."
~Anthony de Mello
Jan 7, 2012
Fred G. Slabine
"Lost time is never found again."
Benjamin Franklin, inventor
Jan 8, 2012
Jack Higginbotham
"The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what we want most for what we want at the moment."
~Author Unknown
Jan 8, 2012
Fred G. Slabine
"Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well. "
Jim Rohn, Motivational Speaker
Jan 9, 2012
Jack Higginbotham
"To climb steep hills requires slow pace at first."
~William Shakespeare
Jan 9, 2012
Jack Higginbotham
"Failures do what is tension relieving, while winners do what is goal achieving"
— Dennis Waitley
Jan 11, 2012
Fred G. Slabine
"Self-image sets the boundaries of accomplishment."
Maxwell Maltz, Author
Jan 11, 2012
Jack Higginbotham
"The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want."
~Ben Stein
Jan 12, 2012
Fred G. Slabine
"You win or lose, live or die - and the difference is just an eyelash."
Douglas MacArthur, General
Jan 13, 2012
Jack Higginbotham
"Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it."
~Stan Smith
Jan 15, 2012
Fred G. Slabine
"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, 26th President of the United States
Jan 15, 2012
Fred G. Slabine
"Necessity is the mother of taking chances. "
Mark Twain, author
Jan 16, 2012
Jack Higginbotham
“Experience is a good school, but the fees are high.”
~Heinrich Heine
Jan 16, 2012
Cars - Jim Canto
"Take the obvious, add a cupful of brains, a generous
pinch of imagination, a bucketful of courage and daring,
stir well and bring to a boil."
- Bernard Mannes Baruch
Jan 18, 2012
Fred G. Slabine
"We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons."
Jim Rohn, Motivational Coach
Jan 19, 2012
Fred G. Slabine
"Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort."
Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of The United States of America
Jan 20, 2012
Fred G. Slabine
"The most delightful surprise in life is to suddenly recognize your own worth."
Maxwell Maltz, Surgeon
Jan 22, 2012
Fred G. Slabine
"Someone might have a germ of talent, but 90% of it is discipline and how you practice it, what you do with it. Instinct won't carry you through the entire journey. It's what you do in the moments between inspiration."
Cate Blanchett, actress
Jan 24, 2012
Jack Higginbotham
"Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy."
— Dale Carnegie
Jan 26, 2012
Fred G. Slabine
"Mickey Mouse popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad... when the business fortunes of my brother Roy and myself were at their lowest ebb and disaster seemed right around the corner."
Walt Disney, producer
Jan 27, 2012
Jack Higginbotham
"Losers live in the past. Winners learn from the past and enjoy
working in the present toward the future."
— Denis Waitley
Jan 28, 2012