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All pastors have their favorite quotations. 
Here are a few of mine.


There are several good web sites for quotes to enhance one's speaking and writing abilities.  I would recommend the following free resources first:

The quintessential web site for quotations on most any subject is perhaps:
http://www.quotationspage.com/

Another good web site for general quotes in many categories is:
http://www.brainyquote.com/

"Winning Words" for coaches and others who motivate can be found at:
http://www.hoopsu.com/winning-words/quotations/

In addition to these, for several years now, I have been sending out a daily e-mail "thought for the day" known as "YOUr Daily Connection".  In so doing, I have amassed a collection of hundreds and hundreds of thoughtful (and sometimes provocative) quotations.  Here are a few of them.  Many more will be coming in the future.  When I am eventually finished with them, they will be available free of charge.  Also, my dream one day is to get them all indexed by subject as well.  (And you can quote me on that!)

Love of bustle is not industry.

Lucius Seneca

Talent is always conscious of its own abundance and does not object to sharing.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.
George Santayana

Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness.
Faith Baldwin


If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there.
Anonymous


I must keep some standard of principle fixed within myself.

Abraham Lincoln

Something I’ve learned through the years is the wrong decision at the wrong time is a disaster, the wrong decision at the right time is a mistake, the right decision at the wrong time is detrimental, and the right decision at the right time is a success.                                                                                                 Ron Stewart

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.
Helen Keller

Change always comes bearing gifts.
Price Pritchett

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
Robert F. Kennedy

Oh, what a beautiful day!
Rodgers and Hammerstein, Oklahoma

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
John Keats

Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.
Mother Teresa

All rising to a great place is by a winding stair.
Francis Bacon

I must keep some standard of principle fixed within myself.
Abraham Lincoln

We work to become, not to acquire.
Elbert Hubbard

Trouble is only opportunity disguised in work clothes.
Henry J. Kaiser


I am convinced that we must train not only the head,
but the heart and hand as well.

Madam Chiany Kai-Shek

This is the morning to take the air.
Christopher Fry

Character is that which can do without success.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

May you live all the days of your life.
Ethan Swift

Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne'er succeed.

To comprehend a nectar
Requires sorest need.

Emily Dickison 

I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
Golda Meir

I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back.
Abraham Lincoln

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
Jessamyn West

No dream is too extreme.
Walt Disney's Pinocchio

If I take care of my character,
my reputation will take care of itself.
Dwight L. Moody

Work is more fun than fun.
Noel Coward

Find the seed at the bottom of your heart and bring forth a flower.
Shigenori Kameoka

Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.
Charles F. Kettering

Excellence is not an act, but a habit.
Aristotle

While I am busy with little things,
I am not required to do greater things.
St. Francis de Sales

I am not afraid of storms,
For I am learning how to sail my ship.
Louisa May Alcott

One cannot have wisdom without living life.
Dorothy McCall

Progress comes from the intelligent use of experience.
Elbert Hubbard

The final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.
Anne Frank

The impossible is often the untried.
Jim Goodwin

Back of every noble life there are principles that have fashioned it.
George H. Lorimer

We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give.
Winston Churchill


Dost thou love life?  Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff
life is made of.

Benjamin Franklin

Nothing in life is to be feared.  It is only to be understood.
Marie Curie

She was never conscious of my limitations.
Helen Keller (tribute to Anne Sullivan)

A wise man hears one word and understands two.
Jewish Proverb

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
Eleanor Roosevelt

Genius is one percent inspiration
and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
Thomas A. Edison

Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting.
Elizabeth Bibesco

Character is long-standing habit.
Plutarch

Change your thoughts and you change your world.
Norman Vincent Peale

Sometimes the most modest changes can bring about enormous effects.
Malcolm Gladwell

What do we live for if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?
George Eliot

Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.
Jonathan Swift

Employment is nature's physician and is essential to human happiness.
Galen

We discovered that peace at any price is no peace at all.
Eve Curie

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Ralph Waldo Emerson


VAIN THE AMBITION OF KINGS
WHO SEEK BY TROPHIES AND LIKE THINGS
TO LEAVE A LIVING NAME BEHIND
AND WEAVE BUT NETS TO CATCH THE WIND
Anonymous


You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
Abraham Lincoln

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

He that riseth late must trot all day.

Benjamin Franklin

A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.
James Crook


People often say that motivation doesn’t last.  Well, neither does bathing that is why we recommend it daily.
Zig Ziglar

Do the right thing, not the comfortable thing.

Anonymous

Confidence comes from being prepared.
John Wooden


Don’t let your learning lead to knowledge; let your learning lead to action.
Jim Rohn

The conduct of our lives is the true mirror of our doctrine.
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne 

If Columbus would have turned back, no one would have blamed him.  Of course, no one would have remembered him either.
Joe L. Griffith

The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.
Kenneth Blanchard

In achieving goal, try not to do too many things at once.  Know what you want, the number one thing today and tomorrow.  Persevere and get it done.
George Allen

If you believe it will work out, you’ll see opportunities.  If you believe it won’t, you’ll see obstacles.
Jon Alama


The good leader carries water for his people.
Lao Tzu

One cannot have wisdom without living life.
Dorothy McCall


Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun.  And when you have fun, you can do amazing things.
Joe Namath

You don’t have to be in “Who’s Who” to know what’s what.
Sam Levenson

You don’t need to be sick to get better.
Anonymous


My religious beliefs teach me to feel as safe in battle as sleeping in bed.
Stonewall Jackson

If you are not enjoying the journey, you probably won’t enjoy the destination.
Joe Tye

The first rule of survival is clear:  Nothing is more dangerous than yesterday’s success.
Alvin Toffler
 
A true friend is one who supports you when you are struggling, prods you to personal growth, and celebrates your successes as if they were his own.
Richard Exley

If you are bored with life – you don’t get up every morning with a burning desire to do things – you don’t have enough goals.

Lou Holtz

Prolonged idleness paralyzes initiative.
Anonymous


Those who are willing to accept responsibility usually get it.  That’s how true leaders are born.
Don Ward

The good old days?  The only good days are ahead.
Alice Childress

We need more “What if?” thinkers.
Jack Welch

Never ask yourself, “Can I do this?” Ask instead, “How can I do this?”
Dan Zadra

A diamond cannot be polished without friction, nor a person perfected without trials. 
Anonymous

The right angle to approach any problem is the TRY angle.
Anonymous


Someone is enjoying shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
Warren Buffett

There will be those who will tell you that you can’t make it because of where you live, because of how you look, because of the way you talk.  We all have heard that – I almost listened.
L. Douglas Wilder

We are remembered for what we do when it counts.
Don Ward

The tragedy of life is not that ends so soon, but that some wait so long to begin it.
W. M. Lewis

Leadership is not a trumpet call to self-importance- it is an opportunity to serve.
Mel Wallace

Let us now live out of our imagination instead of our memory.
Les Brown

Truth is not determined by a majority vote.

Doug Gwyn

True friends are those who really know you but love you anyway.
Edna Buchanan


I can get up at 8am and be rested... or I can get up at 5am and be President.
Jimmy Carter


Advice is like castor oil . . . easy to give, but hard to take.
Josh Billings

A little more kindness, A little less speed,
A little more giving, A little less greed,
A little more smile, A little less frown,
A little less kicking, A man while he’s down,
A little more “We”, A little less “I”,
A little more laugh, A little less cry,
A little more flowers, On the pathway of life,
And fewer on graves, At the end of the strife.

Samuel Clemmons, a.k.a. Mark Twain 

Creativity can be described as letting go of certainties.

Gail Sheehy


Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest accomplishment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
Leo Buscaglia


Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure.

Edward Thorndike

We do not remember days, we remember moments.

Author Unknown

Leadership is the art of influencing and directing others in such a way as to obtain their willing obedience, confidence, respect, and loyal cooperation in order to accomplish the mission.
Author Unknown
 

Character is what you have when you come to a new community.  Reputation is what you have when you go away.

Anonymous

Most people would learn from their mistakes if they weren’t so busy denying them.
Harold J. Smith

Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us daily.
Sally Koch

Personality can open doors, but only character can keep them open.
Elmer G. Letterman

The rule that governs my life is this:  anything that dims my vision of Christ, or takes away my taste for Bible study, or cramps my prayer life, or makes Christian work difficult, is wrong for me, and I must as a Christian turn away from it.
J. Wilbur Chapman 

Some think it’s holding on that makes one strong:  sometimes it’s letting go.
Sylvia Robinson 

Don’t cry because it’s over-smile because it happened.
Author Unknown 

A child’s life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark.
Chinese Proverb 

Keeping score of old scores and scars, getting even and one-upping, always make you less than you are.
Malcolm Forbes 

Be life long or short, its completeness depends on what it was lived for.
David Starr Jordan 

The average human heart beats 100,000 times a day.  Make those beats count.
Author Unknown

Nothing is easy to the unwilling.
Nikki Giovanni

Either you decide to stay in the shallow end of the pool or you go out in the ocean.
Christopher Reeve 


Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. 
William Arthur Ward


God has two dwellings:  one in Heaven and the other in a meek and thankful heart.  
Izaak Walton

In order to succeed, at times you have to make something from nothing.
Ruth Mickleby-Land

No matter what you’ve done for yourself or for humanity, if you can’t look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished?
Lee Iacocca 

A winner never stops trying.
Author Unknown 

“Life is Hard . . . But God is Good”
God is strong in our weakness.
God is comfort when we’re in pain.
God is love when we need acceptance.
God is peace when we’re haunted by fear.
God is protection when we’re in trouble.
God heals our wounds when someone or something has hurt us.
God is our joy when our hearts are grieved.
God is our friend when we’ve been rejected.
God is our power when we need a miracle.
Sheri Rose Shepherd from “Fit for Excellence” 

I am more convinced that our happiness or unhappiness depends far more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of those events themselves.
Wilhelm Von Humboldt

WINNING OVER WORRY
Don’t give up.  Hope in God.
Walk by faith, not by sight.
Take time out for a good laugh.
Use the Bible as a window to see your world.
Never trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.
Make choices based on God’s Word.
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good.
Ask for God’s strength to get you through.
Stop and enjoy the moment.
Pray as if everything depended upon God – it does.
Linda Shepherd 

This is the final test of a gentleman . . . his respect for those who can be of no possible value to him.
Author Unknown

Good leadership involves responsibility to the welfare of the group, which means that some people will get angry at your actions and decisions.  It is inevitable – if you are honorable.
Colin Powell 

Doing your best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
Oprah Winfrey 

Draw your salary before spending it.
Forty Modern Fables 

In unity, there is strength.
Aesop

Leaders ask questions.  Asking the right questions takes as much skill as giving the right answers.
Robert Half

There are two sides to every question.  The wise man hears both before he acts.
Author Unknown

The bigger the price you pay for something, the harder it is to give up on it.
Bob Williams 

Don’t dwell on your mistakes.  Get it right the next time.
Kirk Speraw 

A peaceful home is as sacred a place as any chapel or cathedral.

Bill Keane

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor the person perfected without trials.

Author Unknown

Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting.
Elizabeth Bibesco

If I do not practice one day, I know it.  If I do not practice the next day, the orchestra knows it.  If I do not practice the third day, the whole world knows it.
Ignace Paderewski

Things that hurt, instruct.
Ben Franklin 

You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try.
Dolly Parton 

Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm.
Author Unknown 

The time will come when winter will ask what you were doing all summer.
Henry Clay, American Statesman 

There are no office hours for champions.
Paul Dietzel 

Some people say that dreaming gets you nowhere in life.  But I say you can’t get anywhere in life without dreaming.
Rose Zadra 

Do just once what others say you can’t do and you will never pay attention to their limitations again.
Edmund Brown, Jr. 

Duties delayed are the devil’s delight.
Author Unknown

An army’s effectiveness depends on its size, training, experience, and morale.  And morale is worth more than all the other factors combined.
Napoleon 

Can anything be sadder than work unfinished?  Yes, work never begun.
Christian Georgina Rossetti 

Commitment is never an act of moderation.
Kenneth G. Mills 

Standing your ground is progress when you are battling a hurricane.
David Weinbaum

Your past is not your potential.
Marilyn Ferguson

Someone is enjoying shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
Warren Buffett 

We can often do more for other men by correcting our own faults than by trying to correct theirs.
Author Unknown

If you never take a chance, you will never be defeated – but you will never accomplish anything either.
Edgar A. Guest 

Here is the key to being free from the stranglehold of past failures and mistakes:  Learn the lesson and forget the details.
Author Unknown 

Talent for a particular job sometimes comes wrapped in unexpected packages.
Author Unknown

Desire is possibility seeking expression.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

She was never conscious of my limitations.
Helen Keller (tribute to Anne Sullivan)


The impossible is often the untried.
Jim Goodwin 

Act out your dreams and visions, even if it takes a lifetime.
Vijali Hamilton 

He who forgets the language of gratitude can never be on speaking terms with happiness.
Author Unknown 

I cannot give you a formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure – which is:  Try to please everybody.
Herbert Bayard Swope 

Defeat must be faced, but it need not be final.
Anonymous 

It’s tougher to be a football coach than the President of the United States. You’ve got four years as a president, and they guard you.  A football coach doesn’t have anyone to protect him when things go wrong.
Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States

Nothing is opened by mistake as often as one’s mouth.
Anonymous

Life is not easy for any of us, but it is a continued challenge, and it is up to us to be cheerful and to be strong, so that those who depend on us may draw strength from our example.
Author Unknown

Will you be the rock that redirects the course of the river?
Claire Nuer


I fear John Knox’s prayers more than an army of ten thousand men.
Mary, Queen of Scotland

To have big success, you must have big dreams, and you must be willing to take a chance.
Sumner M. Redstone

A man’s learning usually passes through three stages.  In the beginning, he learns the right answers.  In the second stage, he learns the right questions. In the third and final stage, he learns which questions are worth asking.

Author Unknown

A Supervisor’s Prayer
Dear Lord,
Please help me . . .
To accept human beings as they are – not to yearn for perfect creatures;
To recognize ability – and to encourage it.
To understand shortcomings – and make allowance for them;
To work patiently for improvement – and not expect too much too quickly;
To appreciate what people do right – not just criticize what they do wrong.
To be slow to anger and hard to discourage;
To have the hide of an elephant and the patience of Job;
In short, Lord, please help me be a better boss!
John Luther

The test we must set for ourselves is not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.
Hubert H. Humphrey 

We’ve staked our future on our ability to follow the Ten Commandments with all of our heart.
James Madison

The best part of a new day is that it is a new day!  Life begins again every day.  How will you begin your new life today?

Andrew S. Hartwell

People are most critical of the things they least understand.
Paul W. Spoor

If you see a fault in others, think of two of your own, and do not add a third one by your hasty judgment.
Author Unknown

Have a reason for making a decision.  You won’t always be right, but be sure your reasoning was correct.
Eddie Kasko


Always remember there are two types of people in this world.  Those who come into a room and say, “Well, here I am!” and those who come in and say, “Ah, there you are!”
Frederick L. Collins

Respect is not slavery.  
Swahili proverb


Courage as an acronym is:
Continuing
Onward
Under
Rigorous
And
Grinding
Experiences

Michael Staver

In scattering seeds of kindness, do it by hand and not by machine.
George Ade


Never allow yourself to become one of those people who, when they are old, tell you how they missed their chances.
Claire Ortega


A large part of virtue consists in good habits.
William Paley 

When you’ve exhausted all possibilities, remember this:  You haven’t!

Robert H. Schuler

When will you know you have enough, and what will you do then?
Barbara De Angelis  

I’ve always been in the right place at the right time.  Of course, I steered myself there with hard work.  
Bob Hope 

Treasure each other in the recognition that we do not know how long we shall have each other.
Joshua Loth Liebman


We on this continent should never forget that men first crossed the Atlantic not to find soil for their ploughs but to secure liberty for their souls.
Robert J. McCracken in recognition of July 4th 


One of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears – by listening to them.
Dean Rusk

Passion costs me too much to bestow it on every trifle.
Thomas Adams

My greatest point is my persistence.  I never give up in a match.  However down I am, I fight until the last ball.  My matches show that I have turned a great many so-called irretrievable defeats into victories.
Bjorn Borg

You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.
Zig Ziglar

There is no ceiling on effort.
Harvey C. Fruehauf

If you take responsibility for yourself, you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.

Les Brown

Vision is the art of seeing the invisible.
Jonathan Swift

It is so easy to succeed at everything else he does; and still for a man to fail at the most important thing he does - to be a good father.
William E. Homan

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something.  But I can’t accept not trying.
Michael Jordan

The length of conversation does not tell me anything about the size of the intellect.
Author Unknown 

The successful man has enthusiasm.  Good work is never done in cold blood; heat is needed to forge anything.  Every great achievement is the story of a flaming heart.
Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States

The smallest good deed is better than the best intention.
Anonymous

The brook would lose its song if you removed the rocks.
Author Unknown

The man who wins may have been counted out several times, but didn’t hear the referee.
H. E. Janson 

Success is to be measured not so much by the position one has reached in life, as by the obstacles he or she has overcome while trying to succeed.
Booker T. Washington

Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.
Will Rogers

You cannot do a kindness too soon because you never know how soon it will be too late.
Ralph Waldo Emmerson

To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved.
George MacDonald

Individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, and civilization work.
Vince Lombardi

A quick tempered man does foolish things . . . 
Proverbs 14:17

In spite of all that doctors know, and their studies never end, the best cure of all when spirits fall is a kind note from a friend.
John Wooden

If you insist on measuring yourself, put a tape around your heart rather than your head.

Anonymous

Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.
Will Rogers

Acknowledging a mistake just shows you’re smarter today than you were yesterday.
Author Unknown

Good leaders inspire people to have confidence in them.  Great leaders inspire people to have confidence in themselves.
Sam Ewing

Memorial Day is our most sacred holiday and I urge that we not ponder with sad thoughts the passing of our heroes, but rather ponder their legacy – the life they made possible for us by their commitment and pain.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

The people who shape our lives have the ability to communicate a vision or a quest or a joy or a mission.
Anthony Robbins

Friendship is one of the sweetest joys of life.  Many might have fallen beneath the bitterness of their trial had they not found a friend.
Charles H. Spurgeon


I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.                    
Sir Winston Churchill

Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.

J. Harold Smith

If you want to feel rich . . . just count all of the things you have . . . that money can’t buy.
Author Unknown

Nothing binds us one to another like a promise kept.
Massachusetts Mutual Insurance Company Advertisement

The Law of Accumulation:  The sum total of a lot of little things isn’t little.
Michael Nolan

The most dangerous of all false doctrines is the one seasoned with a little truth. 
Author Unknown


It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible.
George Washington

The Bible is the rock upon which our republic rests.
Andrew Jackson

Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Just think of something that would be “wonderful” if it were only “possible.”  Then set out to make it possible.
Armand Hammer

Character is what emerges from all the little things you were too busy to do yesterday, but did anyway.
Mignon McLaughlin 

Oh, it’s just a little thing!  Just a little moment.  Remember, they aren’t little.
Steven Potter

I think one's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results.
Florence Nightingale

Qualities To Pass On To Your Children
Determination                  “Stick with it, regardless.”
Honesty                            “Speak and live the truth – always.”
Responsibility                   “Be dependable, be trustworthy.”
Thoughtfulness                 “Think of others before yourself.”
Confidentiality                  “Don’t tell secrets.  Seal your lips.”
Punctuality                        “Be on time.”
Self-Control                       “When under stress, stay calm.”
Patience                            “Fight irritability.  Be willing to wait.”
Purity                                “Reject anything that lowers your standards.”
Compassion                      “When another hurts, feel it with him.”
Diligence                           “Work hard.  Tough it out.”
Charles Swindoll, from “Growing Strong In The Seasons Of Life”

Either we have our dreams or we live our dreams.  
Zoë Koplowitz

The word communication comes from the Latin “communico” meaning, “to come together, to share.”
Michael Nolan

We could hardly wait to get up in the morning.
Wilbur Wright, December 17, 1903 at Kill Devil Hill, North Carolina


We work to become, not to acquire.
Elbert Hubbard


These are the hard times in which a genius would wish to live.  Great necessities call forth great leaders.
Abigail Adams 

Sticking to it is the genius.
Thomas Edison 

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Eleanor Roosevelt

Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.
Michelangelo

The ideal gift – A Hug – One size fits all!
Author Unknown

10 Ways To Be A Great Dad
1. Respect your children’s mother.
2. Spend time with your children.
3. Earn the right to be heard.
4. Discipline with love.
5. Be a role model.
6. Be a teacher
7. Eat together as a family.
8. Show affection.
9. Read to your children.
10. Realize that a father’s job is never done.
The National Fatherhood Initiative

Your spark can become a flame and change everything.  
E. D. Nixon

Sincere friends . . .  
Know my feelings.
Reveal to me how they feel.
Teach me about myself.
Are comfortable with silence.
Feel free to tell me the truth.
Give me freedom to fail.
Love me for who I am.
Sheri Rose Shepherd
 
I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go.
Abraham Lincoln

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.
Sir Winston Churchill

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
Albert Einstein

Courage does not always roar.  Sometimes courage is that little voice at the end of the day that says:  I'll try again tomorrow.
Anne Hunningstake

Life is an escalator: You can move forward or backward; you cannot remain still.
Patricia Russell-McCloud

The secrets of making dreams come true can be summarized in four "C's".  They are curiosity, confidence, courage, and constancy, and the greatest of all is confidence. When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionably.
Walt Disney

Setbacks never whip a fighter.
Author Unknown

Kill time and you murder opportunity.
Author Unknown

When you reach for the stars you may not quite get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud either.
Leo Burnett 

There is a big difference between nearly right and exactly right.

Author Unknown

A man cannot be polished without friction... nor a man perfected without trials.
Author Unknown

10 Ways to Overcome Fear of Speaking to a Group
1.   Remember “proper prior planning prevents pitiful poor performance”
2.   Memorize your first burst – your first two or three sentences.
3.   Speak to the “friendly eyes” – the ones who are interested.
4.   Dress appropriately for the group.
5.   Take deep breaths as you go to the front of the room.
6.   Visualize yourself being successful.
7.   Wear comfortable clothing that you don’t have to worry about.
8.   Use visual aids to take some of the attention off of you.
9.   Come to the meeting room 15 minutes early for any last minute  prep.
10. PRAY!
Chuck Updike

Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.

George Halas, former Chicago Bears coach 

Procrastination is the thief of production.
Jim Bartoli

Success often comes from not knowing your limitations.
Frank Tyger


May you have the hindsight to know where you've been, the foresight to know where you are going, and the insight to know when you have gone too far.
Irish Proverb


There is no such thing as an insignificant improvement.
Tom Peters


On the wall of his rehabilitation room was a picture of the space shuttle blasting off, autographed by every astronaut now at NASA.  On top of the picture it says, "We found nothing is impossible."  That should be our motto.   
Christopher Reeve


Hurdles are in your life for jumping!
Sharon Poindexter

One generation plants the trees another gets the shade.
Chinese Proverb

Perhaps the world little notes nor long remembers individual acts of kindness – but people do.
Herman Albright

The truth is that there is nothing noble in being superior to somebody else.  The only real nobility is in being superior to your former self.
Whitney Young, Civil rights leader

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.
Elbert Hubbard

You have to bear in mind that Gene Autry’s favorite horse was named Champion.  Mr. Autry never had a horse named Runner-Up.

California Angels manager, Gene Mauch, talking about his team’s owner,  former cowboy movie star, Gene Autry

The only new in this world is the history I have yet to know.
Harry Truman, 34th President of the United States

If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mouse-trap, that his neighbor, though he builds his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door.
Ralph Waldo Emerson 

THE WORLD OF BOOKS
The World of Books
Is the most remarkable creation of man
Nothing else that he builds ever last.
Monuments fall, nations perish,
Civilizations grow old and die out
And after an era of darkness
New races build others
But in the world of books are volumes
That have seen this happen again and again

And yet live on
Still young
Still as fresh as the day, they were written
Still telling men’s hearts of the hearts of men centuries dead. 

Clarence Day

Creation is an act of sheer will!
John Hammond

Talent means energy and persistence and nothing more!
Heinrich Schliemann

1000 heavy steps toward the goal; but not one step backwards!
Swedish Explorer Sven Hedin