When you get right down to the root meaning of the word “succeed,” you find that it simply means to follow through.
Almost all men are intelligent. It is method that they lack.
F. W. Nichol was a Vice President and General Manager for IBM (International Business Machines).
If a window of opportunity appears, don’t pull down the shade.
Smile if it kills you. The physiology of smiling diffuses a lot of anger and angst. It makes your body and soul feel better.
Tom Peters (born 1942) is an American writer. Much of his work deals with business management practices.
Morale and attitude are fundamentals to success.
The man who tried his best and failed is superior to the man who never tried.
Bud Wilkinson (1916-1994) was an American college football coach and broadcaster. From 1947-1963, he served as the head coach at the University of Oklahoma, and his teams won three national titles and 14 conference championships.
Life’s many contrasts
Endless connections
Myriad of opposites
Seeking further inspection
Day overcomes night
Life’s next stepping stone
Stubborn mindset accepts change
Learning from world’s great unknown
Every new journey
Wisdom’s gathering
Life learning to navigate
Recalling facts, staggering
Confidence growing
Life’s balancing act
Success opens one more door
Rising to sign new contract
Life teaches lessons
Trials not all rough
Either pushing or pulling
Guiding wagon, easy stuff
Success is not achieved by winning all the time. Real success comes when we rise after we fall.
True success is reaching our potential without compromising our values.
Muhammad Ali (1942-2016) was an American professional boxer and humanitarian. He was regarded as one of the greatest boxers to ever step into the ring.
Good leadership requires you to surround yourself with people of diverse perspectives who can disagree with you without fear of retaliation.
With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it, nothing can succeed.
Doris Kearns Goodwin (born 1943) is an American biographer and historian. In 1995, she received the Pulitzer Prize for History from her work on a biography about Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt during World War II. She has also worked as sports journalist.
Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It’s what you do for others.
There are two types of people in this world, the Givers and the Takers. The Takers sometimes eat better, but the Givers always sleep better.
Danny Thomas (1912-1991) was an American actor, comedian, singer, and philanthropist.
There is no secret to success, except hard work and getting something indefinable which we call “the breaks.”
For we must be one thing or the other, an asset or a liability, the sinew in your wing to help you soar, or the chain to bind you to earth.
Countee Cullen (1903-1946) was an American poet and novelist, who made a significant impact during the Harlem Renaissance.
The secret of greatness is simple: do better work than any other man in your field–and keep on doing it.
Happiness doesn’t come from doing what we like to do but from liking what we have to do.
Wilferd Peterson (1900-1995) was a prolific American author. While he published nine books, his inspirational essays filled the pages of a national Sunday newspaper supplement, THIS WEEK.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by another encounter with another human being.
Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) was a French-born theologian, writer, humanitarian, and philosopher. He received the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize for his philosophy of “Reverence for Life.”
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