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.
You know, it has been said that politics is the second oldest profession and I've come to realize over the last few years, it bears a great similarity to the first.
"During my 87 years, I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think."
"I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it. The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on."
A hero in my world died today. A man who taught me a winning attitude and gave me a serious check up from the neck up when I needed it most. Mr. Zig Ziglar you helped me define myself and millions others. Thank you for the lessons you taught. You never knew me, but you have been the single most influential person in my life.
"I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good."
When you build up your own courage, you will be able to serve as a coach to others. Some of the best courage coaches are those who had to struggle to attain the courage they now have. Since it didn't come easy to them, they know what it's like to lack the courage to do what others consider easy.
If you don't yet have the courage you would like, let the knowledge that you will inevitably be able to help others serve as a further motivation to increase your own courage.
"I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear."
"Not being in tune with your customers is like living in an alternate reality; the way you think your customers feel about your product is not always the same as what your customers really think about your product."
Masters of self-confidence have the ability to see and hear themselves being self-confident. Even if you don't yet consider yourself to be a master of self-confident, right now you too can choose to see and hear yourself being self-confident. It's up to you at any given moment.
Fred G. Slabine
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.
Helen Keller
Nov 9, 2012
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Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.
Joseph Campbell
Nov 9, 2012
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Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!
Audrey Hepburn
Nov 9, 2012
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Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.
Nido Qubein
Nov 9, 2012
Meaghan Walker
Nov 9, 2012
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"It is the studying that you do after your school days that really counts. Otherwise, you know only that which everyone else knows."
Henry Doherty
Nov 10, 2012
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You know, it has been said that politics is the second oldest profession and I've come to realize over the last few years, it bears a great similarity to the first.
Ronald Reagan, 1977
Nov 10, 2012
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"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
Nov 11, 2012
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"If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business."
B. C. Forbes, Founder of Forbes Magazine
Nov 12, 2012
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November 13th Holiday
World Kindness Day - Promotes and encourages kindness, without reference to race, religion or ethnicity.
Nov 13, 2012
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"A strong imagination begetteth opportunity."
Michel de Montaigne, writer
Nov 14, 2012
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"We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will."
Chuck Palahniuk, Author
Nov 15, 2012
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We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.
Benjamin Franklin
Nov 15, 2012
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"During my 87 years, I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think."
Bernard Baruch, financier
Nov 16, 2012
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"You can't do it unless you can imagine it."
George Lucas, director
Nov 17, 2012
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The following quote is extremely true and asks the question; what are you thinking about? Fred G Slabine
"Being miserable is a habit. Being happy is a habit. The choice is yours."
Tom Hopkins, sales trainer
Nov 18, 2012
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"Everyone wants to be appreciated. So if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret."
Mary Kay Ash, Entrepreneur
Nov 19, 2012
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"I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it. The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on."
Samuel Goldwyn, movie executive
Nov 21, 2012
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"If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at anytime, and you would achieve nothing."
Margaret Thatcher, British prime minister
Nov 22, 2012
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"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader."
John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States
Nov 23, 2012
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"The miracle is this - the more we share, the more we have."
Leonard Nimoy, Actor
Nov 24, 2012
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"Your greatness is measured by your horizons."
Michelangelo
Nov 25, 2012
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"You can't get a pay raise when you're angry. People will react to the negative energy and will resist you."
Stuart Wilde, Self Help Author and Lecturer
Nov 26, 2012
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Famous Quote Said On November 26
When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself.
Isaac Bashevis Singer, 1978
Nov 26, 2012
Jack Higginbotham
A hero in my world died today. A man who taught me a winning attitude and gave me a serious check up from the neck up when I needed it most. Mr. Zig Ziglar you helped me define myself and millions others. Thank you for the lessons you taught. You never knew me, but you have been the single most influential person in my life.
Nov 28, 2012
Fred G. Slabine
"Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory."
Mahatma Gandhi, Statesman
Nov 29, 2012
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"If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we'd all be millionaires."
Abigail Van Buren, Advice Columnist
Nov 30, 2012
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"If anything terrifies me, I must try to conquer it."
Francis Chichester, adventurer
Dec 1, 2012
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"There are risks and costs to a plan of action. But they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction."
John F. Kennedy, 35 President of the United States
Dec 2, 2012
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"I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good."
Oprah Winfrey, Talk Show Host
Dec 3, 2012
Jack Higginbotham
"If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must become a worthwhile person in your own self-development."
— Brian Tracy
Dec 3, 2012
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"All serious daring starts from within."
Eudora Welty, writer
Dec 4, 2012
Jack Higginbotham
"It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference."
—Zig Ziglar
Dec 4, 2012
Fred G. Slabine
"Goals allow you to control the direction of change in your favor."
Brian Tracy, Author
Dec 5, 2012
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En-Courage Others
When you build up your own courage, you will be able to serve as a coach to others. Some of the best courage coaches are those who had to struggle to attain the courage they now have. Since it didn't come easy to them, they know what it's like to lack the courage to do what others consider easy.
If you don't yet have the courage you would like, let the knowledge that you will inevitably be able to help others serve as a further motivation to increase your own courage.
Rabbi Zelig Pliskin
Dec 6, 2012
Jack Higginbotham
"Ninety-nine percent of failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses."
Dec 11, 2012
Fred G. Slabine
"Difficulties in life are intended to make us better not bitter."
Dan Reeves, Football Coach
Dec 11, 2012
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"I was just pursuing what I enjoyed doing. I mean, I was pursuing my passion."
Pierre Omidyar, eBay founder and Internet Entrepreneur
Dec 11, 2012
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"Sales are contingent upon the attitude of the salesman - not the attitude of the prospect."
W. Clement Stone, Author
Dec 12, 2012
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"These are not dark days; these are great days - the greatest days our country has ever lived."
Winston Churchill
Dec 14, 2012
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"Choice, not chance, determines human destiny."
Robert W. Ellis
Dec 15, 2012
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"Courage is grace under pressure."
Ernest Hemingway, Author
Dec 17, 2012
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"I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear."
Nelson Mandela, Civil Rights Leader
Dec 19, 2012
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"To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes, the wise and the good learn wisdom for the future."
Plutarch, Historian
Dec 20, 2012
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"A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle."
Benjamin Franklin, Inventor
Dec 21, 2012
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"Not being in tune with your customers is like living in an alternate reality; the way you think your customers feel about your product is not always the same as what your customers really think about your product."
Bo Bennett, Author
Dec 24, 2012
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"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing. "
Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States
Dec 25, 2012
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"I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But, I can't accept not trying."
Michael Jordan, basketball star
Dec 26, 2012
Fred G. Slabine
Masters of self-confidence have the ability to see and hear themselves being self-confident. Even if you don't yet consider yourself to be a master of self-confident, right now you too can choose to see and hear yourself being self-confident. It's up to you at any given moment.
Rabbi Zelig Pliskin
Dec 27, 2012
Fred G. Slabine
"If people knew how hard I worked to gain my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful."
Michelangelo, Artist
Jan 3, 2013