Here are some of my favorite Quotes in which I've been keeping in my notebook
since I was in High School and some of them I got from different managerial and
motivational books and used to provide more motivation to my staff.
"Life is a do-it-yourself project. Your life tomorrow will be the
result of your attitudes and the choices you make today."
Anonymous
"We only live once but if you live right, once is enough."
Anonymous
"Early in life, people give up their health to Gain wealth... In
later life, people give up some of their wealth to Regain health!"
Ken Blanchard, D.W. Edington & Marjorie Blanchard
(Balances Life and Work, The One Minute Manager)
"You may fool the whole world down the pathway of life and get pats
on your back as you pass, but your final reward will be heartaches and
tears if you've cheated the man in the glass."
Dale Wimbrow
"If you want to know why your people are not performing well, step up
to the mirror and take a peek."
Anonymous
"Don't wait until people do things exactly right before you praise
them."
Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson
"People with humility don't think less of themselves, they just think
of themselves less."
Norman Vincent Peale
(The Power of Ethical management)
"Choose work you love and you will never have to work a day in your
life."
Confucius
"If God had wanted us to talk more than listen, He would have given
us two mouths rather than two ears."
Ken Blanchard
(We Are the Beloved)
"The only job security you have today is your commitment to
continuous personal improvement."
Anonymous
"It's surprising how much you can accomplish if you don't care who
gets the credit."
Abraham Lincoln
"Leadership is not something you do to people. It's something you do
with people."
Ken Blanchard, Patricia Zigarmi and Drea Zigarmi
(Leadership and The One Minute Manager)
"If a person gives you his time, he can give you no more precious
gift."
Frank Tyger
"Vanity is so secure in the heart of man that everyone wants to be
admired: even I who write this, and you who read this."
Blaise Pascal
"The course of life is unpredictable . . . no one can write his
autobiography in advance."
Abraham Joshua Heschel
"Every creative act requires elimination and simplification.
Simplification results from a realization of what is essential."
Hans Hoffmann
"He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is
mighty."
Lao-tzu
"You had better live your best and act your best and think your best
today; for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other
tomorrows that follow."
Harriet Martineau
"We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at
once."
Calvin Coolidge
"Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be
able to decide."
