Tag: Quote

Words to Live By (Great Quotes)

Some of my favorite quotes. What quote would you add?

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“If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true
enemies; succeed anyway.” – by Mother Theresa

“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.” – Author Unknown

“Well done is better than well said.” – by Benjamin Franklin

“No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.” – by Alice Walker

“Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – by Eleanor Roosevelt

“Failure is not falling down, failure is staying down!” – Dave Ramsey Show

“If you can not say what you mean, than you can not mean what you say.” – Author Unknown

“Five years from today, you’ll be the same person you are today; making the same money you are today; with the same problems you have today; except for the books you read and the people you meet in the next five years” – by Charlie Jones

“If you are nice to your friends but rude to the waiter, you are still a rude person.” – Author Unknown

“Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.” – by Benjamin Franklin

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It’s Not the Kite, It’s the Air

I love the song “Happy” by Pharrell Williams! I can’t help dancing every time I hear it! I like it so much, I bought the song for my iPod and the video for my iPad. Once, the song came over the intercom while I was eating dinner with three friends in a restaurant. All four of us started dancing in our chairs. The song just makes you, well … happy.

I watched an interview with Pharrell Williams on CBS Sunday Morning. During the interview, Pharrell said something I’ve been thinking about a lot. He was asked, “Are you afraid if you give yourself too much credit, it would all go away?”

Pharrell’s answer, “For sure. You see people spin out of control like that all the time. I mean, those are the most tragic stories, the most gifted people who start to believe it’s really all them. It’s not all you. It can’t be all you. Just like you need air to fly a kite, it’s not the kite. It’s the air.”

What a perfect?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? metaphor … “It’s not the kite, it’s the air.” Ego check. Happiness and success are rarely achieved alone. Each is produced with the help, support, and patience of the people around you. You should thank them for it from time to time.

I’m posting this the day after the Thanksgiving holiday in the US. A good time for anyone to look at their life and assess. As I look at my life. Let me tell my wife, family, and friends … THANK YOU!!! … for your help, support and bountiful patience! If I’m a kite … they’re the air. Thank you to my readers as well. If this blog is a kite, you’re the air!

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Start the Next Chapter of Your Life (Quote)

599a4e251b6623aa46e7409004b38f18“You can’t start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading the last one.” – Unknown

It’s a great quote because it explains the concept in simple terms … reading and chapters. It’s easy to translate to what I think is its true meaning … thinking forward or thinking backward.

Are you a backward thinker or a forward thinker? Re-reading the last chapter is focusing on the past and the mistakes you’ve made. Stop that! You can stay stuck in the past or move on. You can’t change the past, so the choice is clear … or it should be. Be a forward thinker. What are your GOALS, not your MISTAKES? Where do you want to be in the future? How do you get there? Make a plan. Focus on that.  Start the next chapter.

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Do It Anyway (Quote)

“People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered;
Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.

What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.

The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.

Give the world your best and it may never be enough;
Give the world your best anyway.

You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God;
It was never between you and them anyway.”

– by Mother Theresa

A Blue Print for Achievement (Quote)

BELIEVE – While others are doubting

PLAN – While others are playing

STUDY – While others are sleeping

DECIDE – While others are delaying

PREPARE – While others are daydreaming

BEGIN – While others are procrastinating

WORK – While others are wishing

SAVE – While others are wasting

LISTEN – While others are talking

SMILE – While others are pouting

COMMEND – While others are criticizing

PERSIST – While others are quitting

Nothing in the World Can Take the Place of Persistence. (Quote)

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“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not. Nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not. Unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not. The world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.”

– Calvin Coolidge
One of my favorite quotes!
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