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Attitude
Football Coach Lou Holtz said Life is 10% what happens to you 90% of how you respond to it.
Behavior
The trouble with trouble is that it starts out as fun – Naomi Judd
Character
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. - Abraham Lincoln
Watch your thoughts, they become words.
Watch your words, they become actions.
Watch your actions, they become habits.
Watch your habits, they become character.
Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.
--- Frank Outlaw
Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value. Albert Einstein
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. Albert Einstein
Commitment
The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: the chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'.
Determination
"You're never beaten until you admit it." General George S. Patton, Jr
The nose of the bulldog is slanted backward so he can breathe without letting go
the great violinist Fritz Kreisler after one of his concerts... She said, "Mr Kreisler, I would give my life to play as you play!" He turned to her, smiled and said, "I DID!"
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed no help at all." Dale Carnegie
Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all. Sam Ewing
Excellence
I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business. Michael J. Fox
Excellence is not an accomplishment. It is a spirit, a never-ending process.
"Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster." Friedrich Nietzsche
God
With the disappearance of God the Ego moves forward to become the sole divinity. Dorothee Sölle
"I still say a church steeple with a lightening rod on top shows a lack of confidence." Doug McLeod
Integrity
“Happiness is not the end of life: character is.” Henry Ward Beecher
Good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you, and were helped by you, will remember you when forget-me-nots are withered. Carve your name on hearts, and not on marble. Charles Haddon Spurgeon
"But rules cannot substitute for character." Alan Greenspan
"A man's character is his fate." Heraclitus
Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right. Isaac Asimov
Truth is eternal, knowledge is changeable. It is disastrous to confuse them. Madeleine L'Engle
The taste of low quality lingers long after the satisfaction of low price.
“I don't like people who are in politics for themselves and not for others. You want that, you can go into show business.'' Elvis Presley
Art, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere. G. K. Chesterton
Kindess
"Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant with the weak and the wrong. Sometime in your life you will have been all of these." Bob Goddard
The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you. John E. Southard
It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice. Author Unknown
Leadership
The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. - Max DePree
There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit. Napoleon Bonapart
"Use power to help people. For we are given power not to advance our own purposes nor to make a great show in the world, nor a name. There is but one just use of power and it is to serve people." George Bush
You can do more with a kind word and a gun than with just a kind word. Al Capone
You do not lead by hitting people over the head-that's assault, not leadership. Dwight D. Eisenhower
A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Inventories can be managed, but people must be led. H Ross Perot
”The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.” John Maxwell
The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes. Tony Blair
Every man who takes office . . . either grows or swells, and when I give a man an office, I watch him carefully to see whether he is swelling or growing. Woodrow Wilson
"The man who can't make a mistake can't make anything." Abraham Lincoln One bad general is worth two good ones." - Napoleon Bonaparte "If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking." General George Patton Jr Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom. General George Patton Jr We have, I fear, confused power with greatness. Stewart L. Udall Men make history, and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better. Harry S Truman Money Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells." J. Paul Getty
Purpose
I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be happy. I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be compassionate. It is, above all to matter, to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all. Leo Rosten
The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found out how to serve. – Albert Schweitzer
“The question for each man or woman to settle is not what he would do if he had the means, time, influence and educational advantages, but what he will do with the things he has.”
“I am only one, but still, I am one. I cannot do everything but I can do something. And, because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do what I can.” — Edward Everett Hale,
"It's not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something. May I suggest that it be creating joy for others, sharing what we have for the betterment of personkind, bringing hope to the lost and love to the lonely." Leo Buscaglia
"We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give." Winston churhcill
The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth. It is obvious that man is himself a traveler; that the purpose of this world is not "to have and to hold" but "to give and serve." There can be no other meaning. Sir Wilfred T. Grenfell
Success
Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm Winston Churchill
Success is relative. It is what we can make of the mess we have made of things. T. S. Eliott
Success is never final." Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.” John Wooden
The answer is yes the question is how
In the pasture of life, don't be a cowpie.
Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer you get to the end the faster it goes.
All men make mistakes but married men find out about them sooner.
We should all make sure that we know who is in charge. ~ Aesop's Fables
If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulder of giants. Isaac Newton
If we don't change our direction we're likely to end up where we're headed. Chinese Proverb
The Lord gave us two ends -- one to sit on and the other to think with. Success depends on which one we use the most. ~ Ann Landers
The statistics on sanity are that one out of every 4 Americans are suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you. Rita Mae Brown
Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real. Iris Murdoch
Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city. George Burns
There are two ways to slide easily through life; to believe everything or to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking. Alfred Korzybski
Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious. Peter Ustinov
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. Abraham Lincoln
All the taxes paid over a lifetime by the average American are spent by the government in less than a second. Jim Fiebig
The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat. Lily Tomlin
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. Martin Luther King Jr.
There are two types of people--those who come into a room and say, 'Well, here I am!' and those who come in and say, 'Ah, there you are.' Frederick L Collins
Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible. Frank Moore Colby
We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like? Jean Cocteau
I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up. Napoleon Bonaparte
In politics stupidity is not a handicap. Napoleon Bonaparte
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. Napoleon Bonaparte
The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue. Napoleon Bonaparte
You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war. Napoleon Bonapart
An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows. Dwight D. Eisenhower
"You are not here merely to make a living. You are here to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, and with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world. You impoverish yourself if you forget this errand." Woodrow Wilson
The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race. Don Marquis
Write a wise saying and your name will live forever Anonymous
When you blame others, you give up your power to change Douglas adams
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain -- and most fools do." Dale Carnegie
The past does not repeat itself, but it rhymes. Mark Twain
Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier. Colin Powell
The future ain't what it used to be. Yogi Berra
"The man who can't make a mistake can't make anything." -Abraham Lincoln