Inspirational Quote Post

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I personally read 3-5 quotes every 2 hours during the business day to remind myself to reach for greatness, and I look forward to turning this discussion into a section of the network that will inspire us all.

"Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get."
Dale Carnegie

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Permalink Reply by Justina on July 15, 2009 at 8:15pm: "Just as we can't jump ahead on the road to a physical location, neither can we jump ahead of the present to achieve our goals. As I often remind myself, envision the future but act in the present! It's really the only way to get where you want to go."
~Betty Mahalik, author; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Justina on July 15, 2009 at 8:15pm: Until you accept total responsibility — no matter what — you will not be able to put plans in place to accomplish your goals.
~David Cottrell; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Justina on July 15, 2009 at 8:15pm: It almost sounds too simple to feel important, but understanding the power of gratitude can change your life forever. Sarah Breathnach; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Justina on July 15, 2009 at 8:16pm: "When we choose not to focus on what's missing from our lives
but are grateful for the abundance that's present...
we experience heaven on earth."; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Justina on July 15, 2009 at 8:16pm: The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.
~Plato; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Justina on July 15, 2009 at 8:16pm: "To get what you’ve never had, you must do what you’ve never done."; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Justina on July 15, 2009 at 8:16pm: What a man this of himself, that is which determines, or rather indicates, his fate.
~Henry David Thoreau; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Justina on July 15, 2009 at 8:17pm: "Ken Blanchard said, 'I go out into the world every day wit the attitude that my "okayness" is not up for grabs. That doesn't mean I don't have areas of my life that need improvement-just that at my basic core, I'm okay. If people give me negative feedback, or criticize something I do, my self-esteem permits me to listen in a non-defensive way-looking to see if there is something I can learn.'"
~Mac Anderson, author; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Justina on July 15, 2009 at 8:17pm: I can change only myself, but sometimes
that is enough.
~Ruth Humlecker; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Justina on July 15, 2009 at 8:17pm: Nothing is so contagious as an example. We never do great good or great evil without bringing about more of the same on the part of others.
~Francois Rochefoucauld; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Justina on July 15, 2009 at 8:18pm: "When asked if he thought leading by example was the most important quality of leadership, the great humanitarian, Albert Schweitzer thought for a second, and then replied, 'No, it's not the most important one. It's the only one.'"
~Mac Anderson and Tom Feltenstein, authors; ▶ Reply to This