A major part of successful living lies in the ability to put first things first. Indeed the reason most major goals are not achieved is that we spend our time doing second things first.
— Robert J. McKain
FIND a WAY to WIN at something EVERY DAY
It doesn’t have to be big. Some of the best days are made up of one or more small victories. Those incremental wins add up to meaningful change over time.
Willingness is essential in any initiation or in making any dream come true. "I can’t" often means "I won’t." You can change "I won’t" to "I will" with willpower.
— Marcia Wieder
Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed.
— Wayne Dyer
Unless you have definite, precise, clearly set goals, you are not going to realize the maximum potential that lies within you.
— Zig Ziglar
If you think dealing with issues like worthiness and authenticity and vulnerability are not worthwhile because there are more pressing issues, like the bottom line or attendance or standardized test scores, you are sadly, sadly mistaken.
— Brené Brown
Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.
— Nelson Mandela
The only way you survive is you continuously transform into something else. It’s this idea of continuous transformation that makes you an innovation company.
— Ginny Rometty
I never lose. I either win or learn.
— Nelson Mandela
Arriving at one goal is the starting point of another.
— John Dewey
Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice.
— Elizabeth Cady Stanton
We are at a point where CEOs recognize they just can't be for their shareholders. They have to be for all their stakeholders, whether it's for their schools, environment or equality for every human being.
— Marc Benioff
Stay close to the people who are doing the real work in your organization.
— Rick Gibbs
To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform.
— Theodore H. White
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
— Antoine de Saint Exupery
The reason most goals aren’t achieved is not lack of resources or time, but lack of prioritization. We spend our time doing second things first. Learn to prioritize and you’ll find yourself crushing your goals.
— Preethi Kasireddy
If you don’t ask the right questions, you don’t get the right answers. A question asked the right way often points to its own answer. Asking questions is the ABC of diagnosis.
— Edward Hodnett
I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
— Michael Jordan
Everything you ever wanted is on the other side of fear.
— George Addair
It takes less time to do a thing right than to explain why you did it wrong.
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Manage the cause, not the result.
— W.E. Deming
There is no invesment you can make which will pay you so well as the effort to scatter sunshine and good cheer through your establishment.
— Orison Swett Marden
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
— Mark Twain
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
— Dale Carnegie
The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.
— Paulo Coelho
We all have activities or situations that we avoid because we’re afraid or feel uncomfortable. Those are the ones we need to tackle first and with gusto. Embrace discomfort and you will triumph with confidence.
— Corinn Price
Bravery is not a quality of the body. It is of the soul.
— Mahatma Gandhi
It's not about you; it's about the influence you have on others.
— Walt Rakowich
There's zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas.
— Susan Cain
Strive for continuous improvement, instead of perfection.
— Kim Collins
A person who wants to lead the orchestra must turn their back on the crowd.
— Max Lucado
We have two ears and one mouth and we should use them proportionally.
— Susan Cain
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