Pertinent Quotes
Commitment
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to
their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen endeavor.
Goals
The greatest
thing in the world is not so much where we are... but in what direction we are
moving.
It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the
best, you very often get it.
Teamwork
Teamwork is the
ability to work together toward a common vision, the ability to direct
individual accomplishment toward common objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to
attain uncommon results.
Working together, ordinary people can perform extraordinary
feats. They can lift things that come
into their hands a little higher, a little further on toward the heights of
excellence.
None of us is
as strong as all of us.
Leadership
The speed of the leader determines the rate of the pack.
I would rather
try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him, he will
stick. If I scare him, he will stay just
as long as he is scared, and then he is gone.
Determination
The race is not always to the swift... but to those who keep
on running.
When nothing
seems to help, go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps
a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will
split in two. Know that is was not that
blow that did it - but all that had gone first.
We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly
disguised as insoluble problems.
Nothing in the
world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not; nothing is more
common than unsuccessful people 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.
Effort
Some people dream of worthy accomplishments, while others
stay awake and do them.
Courage
In the end, the
only people who fail are those who do not try.
Pride
Pride is a personal commitment. It is an attitude which separates excellence
from mediocrity. It is an ingredient
which inspires us not to get ahead of others, but rather to get ahead of ourselves.
Attitude
"The
longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than
facts. It is more important than the
past, than education, than money, than circumstance, than failures, than
successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance,
giftedness, or skill. It will make or
break a company... a church... a home... a TEAM.
The
remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we
will embrace for that day. We cannot
change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain
way. We cannot change the
inevitable. The only thing we can do is
play on the string we have, and that is our attitude.
I
am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to
it. And so it is with you... we are in
charge of our Attitudes."
(Charles Swindoll)
