Motivational Quotations

"Always do what you are afraid to do." Ralph Waldo Emerson

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit. Aristotle

Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remain dormant. There is a fuel in us which needs to be ignited with sparks. ---Johann Gottfried Von Herder Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need. ---Voltaire Men's best successes come after their disappointments. ---Henry Ward Beecher
Constant dripping hollows out a stone. ---Lucretius "When faced with a challenge, look for a way, not a way out." ---David Weatherford "Courage is about doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared." [intro of company] ---Eddie Rickenbacker

"It takes chances to make changes." ---Danielle Ballentine

"Excellence is the result of habitual integrity." ---Lenny Bennett

Change Quotations
t is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory. W. Edwards Deming (Thanks, Michelle) Growth is the only evidence of life. John Henry Newman, Apologia pro vita sua, 1864 "Unless you are prepared to give up something valuable you will never be able to truly change at all, because you'll be forever in the control of things you can't give up." Andy Law

"Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change." Confucius "One key to successful leadership is continuous personal change. Personal change is a reflection of our inner growth and empowerment." Robert E. Quinn "People don't resist change. They resist being changed!" Peter Senge "Your success in life isn't based on your ability to simply change. It is based on your ability to change faster than your competition, customers and business." Mark Sanborn

Learning Quotations
Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death. Albert Einstein
Communication is a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. If you're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of every part of your life. Brian Tracy he purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live. Mortimer Adler

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other. John F. Kennedy Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning. Bill Gates Neither comprehension nor learning can take place in an atmosphere of anxiety. Rose Kennedy It's a weird sensation to be mad and learning at the same time. Jeff Foxworthy

Change is the end result of all true learning. Leo Buscaglia

Learning is finding out what you already know. Richard Bach There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. Colin Powell People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom. Francis Bacon
I don't think human beings learn anything without desperation. Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything or creating anything. Period. If you ain't desperate at some point, you ain't interesting. Jim Carrey

Never become so much of an expert that you stop gaining expertise. View life as a continuous learning experience. Denis Waitley
If you're going to go through hell... I suggest you come back learning something. Drew Barrymore

Stress Quotations
"One moment of patience may ward off great disaster, one moment of impatience may ruin a whole life." Chinese wisdom
"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity." Albert Einstein

"Every problem has a gift for you in its hands." Richard Bach "The next time you find yourself in an argument, rather than defend your position, see if you can see the other point of view first." Richard Carlson, PH.D.

Give your stress wings and let it fly away. Terri Guillemets Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths. Etty Hillesum Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one. Hans Selye
God will never give you anything you can't handle, so don't stress. Kelly Clarkson

If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding worry, stress and tension. And if you didn't ask me, I'd still have to say it. George Burns Its not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it. Hans Selye Reality is the leading cause of stress for those in touch with it. Jack Wagner The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. William James The key to winning is poise under stress. Paul Brown Training gives us an outlet for suppressed energies created by stress and thus tones the spirit just as exercise conditions the body. Arnold Schwarzenegger Stress is like spice - in the right proportion it enhances the flavor of a dish. Too little produces a bland, dull meal; too much may choke you. Donald Tubesing Worrying can lead to stress. What do we accomplish when we worry? Focus your mind on actions rather than on worrying! Action brings less stress. Catherine Pulsifer
The future is largely determined by the way we handle the present. Rosemary A. Payne

Stress is not necessarily something bad it all depends on how you take it. The stress of exhilarating, creative successful work is beneficial, while that of failure, humiliation or infection is detrimental. Hans Selye

Leadership Quotations
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. Harold R. McAlindon

The price of greatness is responsibility. Winston Churchill

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. John Quincy Adams High sentiments always win in the end, The leaders who offer blood, toil, tears and sweat always get more out of their followers than those who offer safety and a good time. When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic. George Orwell

The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority. Kenneth Blancha The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You cant blow an uncertain trumpet. Theodore M. Hesburgh
Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. Steve Jobs "All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership." John Kenneth Galbraith

"All Leadership is influence." John C. Maxwell

"People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives." Theodore Roosevelt "Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned." Harold Geneen

"Speak Softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." Theodore Roosevelt

"Leadership is the ability to establish standards and manage a creative climate where people are selfmotivated toward the mastery of long term constructive goals, in a participatory environment of mutual respect, compatible with personal values." Mike Vance "Leadership is getting people to work for you when they are not obligated." Fred Smith
"Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others." Jack Welch "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." Abraham Lincoln

"Lead and inspire people. Don't try to manage and manipulate people. Inventories can be managed but people must be lead." Ross Perot "The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers." Ralph Nader
"A leader is a dealer in hope." Napoleon Bonaparte

"The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist." Eric Hoffer
"Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions. Harold S. Geneen "One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency." ArnoldGlasow "Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy." Norman Schwarzkopf A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward. Ovid

The best example of leadership, is leadership by example. Jerry McClain of Seattle, WA

Excellence is not an accomplishment. It is a spirit, a never-ending process. Lawrence M. Miller A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says "I was beaten," he does not say "My men were beaten." Antoine de Saint-Exupery
You can't lead anyone else further than you have gone yourself. Gene Mauch Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them. Robert Jarvik

Work place Quotations

The quest for peace begins in the home, in the school and in the workplace. Silvia Cartwright

Management Quotations
Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. Peter F.Drucker
Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out. Stephen R. Covey All time management begins with planning. Tom Greening "I believe the real difference between success and failure in a corporation can be very often traced to the question of how well the organization brings out the great energies and talents of its people." Thomas J. Watson, Jr.

"Management is, above all, a practice where art, science, and craft meet." Henry Mintzberg , McGill University t is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them. Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Training Quotations
Anecdotal thinking comes naturally; science requires training. Michael Shermer The training comes to us with the benefit of what has gone before. Linda M. Godwin It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained. Elizabeth II The purpose of training is to tighten up the slack, toughen the body, and polish the spirit. Morihei Ueshiba