"MOTIVATION"
"Let your light shine where others may see the beauty, glory and talent of your true self."
Copyright © 2006 Dellesa Kirk-Johnson
"In every life there is a challenge. For every challenge that I take on, if I follow through, I accomplish. When I have accomplished, then I have achieved. If I achieve, than I can proudly say I did my job well."
Copyright © 2006 Erica Brown
"A true leader is a person who sees light when there is only darkness."
Written in 2006 by Jordan Van Flute
"Achievement starts from within...if you don't believe in your own abilities how can you expect others to?"
Written in 2006 by Greg Lester --- Oregon
I manage a team of very talented and goal oriented sales people. The above quote I've used on many occasions and it rings true and is our team motto. We've yet to miss a sales goal we have set.
"Begin with praise and honest appreciation. Call attention to people's mistakes indirectly. Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person. Ask questions instead of giving direct orders...Make the fault easy to correct. Make the other person happy about doing what you suggest."
Dale Carnegie
"Sometimes the beginning of a great thing does not have a great beginning."
Copyright © 2003 Mike Boggus
I have collected a list of my personal favorite quotes for many years and compose them myself from time to time. I was involved in a project that started off as a disaster in 2003 but ultimately ended as a huge success later in the year and it motivated this quote that I added to my list of favorites.
"Strong people make as many mistakes as weak people. The difference is that strong people admit their mistakes, laugh at them, and learn from them. That is what makes them strong."
Richard Needham --- Submitted by Robbie Jackson --- Maryland
"A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her."
David Brinkley --- Submitted by I.K K --- United Kingdom
"Dream the impossible then make it happen!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Kim Wilder --- Kentucky
"When was the last time you have done something for the first time? Keep discovering."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Asesh Datta --- West Bengal, India
"With every passing day, try to learn something new. No matter how grand or minute the information; pass it on to another. You will be doing something to better yourself; and who knows, the information that you pass on may change lives."
Copyright © 2006 Tiana Lovelace
"When you allow yourself to begin to dream big dreams, creatively abandon the activities that are taking up too much of your time, and focus your inward energies on alleviating your main constraints, you start to feel an incredible sense of power and confidence."
Brian Tracy
"If I constantly and continuously look for positive, it will soon capture me and overwhelm me with its presence."
Copyright © 2006 Joseph Araza
"Visualize ahead creatively; it's an advantage."
Copyright © 2006 Vashi Chandiramani
"Do not think the world will become better in terms of our own inner change. We should rather think we'll achieve this goal only, and only if, we rescue the fact that the ultimate treasure lies at the end of our most positive creative deeds."
Copyright © 2006 Francisco Leon
Creativity rules everything. From a fly that never repeats the same flying pattern to a human brain that never stops "searching" for new chemical combinations to be motivated by, day after day.
"Roads are filled with gravel, little stones that may trip or bruise you, just like in life. There are setbacks that will trip you, fall but stand up, for abrasions will heal. Setbacks are part of life; it comes as a package. Grit your teeth and continue walking."
Copyright © 2006 Chua Hui Min
"If you say you will do something, ignore others trying to hold you back saying that it can't be done. And when you are doing the impossible don't stop trying, don't stop."
Written in 2006 by Gage W. --- Ohio
"Ideas are like seeds; you feed them until they become big and noticed."
Written in 2005 by Zack H. --- Ontario, Canada
Believe me, life is better when you're a leader and not a follower...sometimes you're born with the quality, sometimes you have to strive and fight to get it.
"Some of our biggest mistakes are responsible for some of our greatest accomplishments."
Written by James H. --- North Carolina
I have used this quote for years. It has helped me get through some of my biggest mistakes.
"A great leader always say to his soldiers, 'The cruelest enemy is not the one hiding behind thebushes, underneath the sand, deep in the sea or high in the air but the one that you always carryinside; and that is your fear'."
Written in 2006 by Mohammad Azmy Hamron
"Every achiever that I have ever met says, 'My life turned around when I began to believe in me.'"
Robert H. Schuller
"The singer is nothing without the song... don't hesitate to be the composer."
Copyright © 2004 Laura Mazurkiewicz
My senior year quote; reminds me that I can create whatever I want to lie in my future.
"Life is full of competition and to go forward you have to beat the tough challenges that are in your way."
Written in 2006 by Mohammad Ahmed Yasin
"Life is like the ocean. In order to survive, you must learn to ride the waves."
Written in 2006 by Tonia Knouse