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