Favorite Quotes
"You can't be afraid to fail it's the only way to succeed to win. You are not going to succeed every time. You have to accept failure to get better. " Lebron James NBA Basketball Star

"To get what you’ve never had, you must do what you’ve never done." Unknown

"Watch your thoughts, for they become words. Choose your words, for they become actions. Understand your actions, for they become habits. Study your habits, for they will become your character. Develop your character, for it becomes your destiny. " Author Unknown

"True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are united". Alexander von Humboldt

"Life takes on meaning when you become motivated,set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner."   Les Brown

"Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step." Martin Luther King Jr

"Keep your goals visible at all times…literally! Keep your goal list on your desk, mirror, wallet/purse or your refrigerator. This plants the seeds of success in your mind and focuses your attention on things that will help you achieve your goal."   Author Unknown 

"Your future depends on many things , but mostly on you."

"Life is like riding a bike. It is impossible to maintain your balance while standing still." Linda Brakeall

"What I do today is important because I am paying a day of my life for it. What I accomplish must be worthwhile because the price is high." Author Unknown

"Spend enough time around success and failure, and you learn a reverence for possibility. " Dale Dauten

"For myself, I am an optimist--it does not seem to be much use being anything else."  Winston Churchill

"You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try."  Beverly Sills

"The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true." James Branch Cabell

"Run hard, be strong, think big!" Percy Cerutty

"Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image."   Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Many of life's failure are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."  Thomas Edison

"It's not a sin to get knocked down; it's a sin to stay down" and "I ain't going to let nobody steal my dream".   Carl Brashear

"A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at them." David Brinkley

"One of the true tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency."   Arnold H. Glasow

"He who finds diamonds must grapple in mud and mire because diamonds are not found in polished stones. They are made."   Henry B. Wilson

"The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective."  Al Neuharth

"He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else."   Benjamin Franklin

"Take rest. A field that has rested gives a beautiful crop."  Ovid

"He who dares, wins!"  Anonymous

"You must connect in a personal, lasting way that matters." Seth Godin

"The first step to getting good is admitting that you aren't (yet.)  Invest the time to become a pro ...."   Seth Godin

"You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call "failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down."   Mary Pickford

"Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit."   Arnold Glasgow

"Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire."  Conrad Hilton

"He who finds diamonds must grapple in mud and mire because diamonds are not found in polished stones. They are made."  Henry B. Wilson

"You gotta be hungry!"   Les Brown

"You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour." Jim Rohn

"You have to do what others won't. To achieve what others don't." Anonymous

"Quality begins on the inside... and then works its way out." Bob Moawad.

"When you discover your passion, great things happen!"

 Oprah Winfrey,  Popular Talk Host 

"In a world full of people ..... only some want to fly! Isn't that crazy?"

Words the the song, "Crazy" by Seal

"I skate where the pun is going to be, not where its been."

Wayne Gretzy Famous Professional Hockey Player

"Success is to be measured not so much by the position that I has reached in life as by the obtacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed."

Booker T. Washington, Educator 1856 to 1915

"The past is over. The future has not happened. The only time is right now! If you continue to look over your shoulder, your past becomes your future.

Dr. Phil McGraw, Popular Talk Show Host

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."

Steve Jobs, Co-Founder and President/CEO of Apple Computers

"It is not who you are underneath, it is what you do that defines you."

From the movie "Batman Begins"

"We were made for more than success, we were made to be significant."

Rick Warren, Author of " A Purpose Driven Life" and Pastor of Saddleback Church

"Its all about passion, vision and people. Are you passionate about what you do? Do you have a vision of what you want to become and where you want to go? Do you have the right team of people to get you there and achieve those goals?"

Kevin Plank, President & CEO of Under Armour, Sportswear company