My Business Drive

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.
- Carl Rogers

Until you, make peace with which you are, you will never be content with what you have.                            – Doris Mortman

I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty _six times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot …and missed. I have failed over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
- Micheal Jordan
(ARGUABLY THE GREATEST)
BASKETBALL PLAYER EVER)

Admitting errors clears the score
And proves you wiser than before. – ARTHUR GUITERMAN

There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself. – Louis Xiv

We act as through comfort and luxury were the chief requirement of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.
Charles Kingsley

Thinking excitement talk excitement act out excitement and you will become an excited person. Life will take on a new zest, with deeper interest and greater meaning. You can talk, think and act yourself into enthusiasm or dullness and into monotony or into unhappiness. By the same process you can build up inspiration, excitement, and a surging depth of joy. – Norman Vincent Peale

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement

Times of general calamity and confusion have ever been productive of the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest thunderbolt is the one elicited from the darkest storm. – Charles Caleb Colton.

The door to opportunity swings on the hinges of adversity. Problems are the price of progress. The obstacles of life are intended to make us better, not bitter. Adversity has advantages.

For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin REAL LIFE. But there was always some obstacles in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time will still to be served, and a debt to be paid. Then, life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.
- Alfred D. Souza

Circumstances are the rules of the weak; but they are the instruments of the wise. – Samuel Glover

The ultimate measure of man is not where he stands in moment of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenges and controversy. – Martin Luther King Jr.

Two half truths don’t make a whole truth. In fact, beware of half truths: you may have gotten hold of the wrong half. You will find that a lie has no legs; it has to be supported by other lies.

The liar’s punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.

Always tell the truth and you never have to remember what you said. -T.L Osborn

If you lie and then tell the truth, the truth will be considered a lie. -Sumerian Proverb

Look at the stone cutter; hammering away at the rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first below it will split in two, and I know it was not the last blow that did it, but all that had gone before. – Jacob Riis

You may be whatever you resolve to be. Determine to something in the world and you will be something. ”I cannot” never accomplished anything; “I will try” has wrought wonders. – Joel Hause

The great majority of men are bundles of beginnings. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something perhaps when you are least expecting it.” – Charles Kettering

The nose of the bulldog is slanted backwards so he can continue to breathe without letting go. – Winston Churchill

Hold on; hold fast; hold out. Patience is genius. – Georges Louis Leclerc
The height of your accomplishments will equal the depth of your conviction. Seek happiness for its own sake, and you will not find it; seek for purpose, and happiness will follow as a shadow comes with the sunshine. – William Scolavino

There is something for you to start that is destined for you to finish. Myles Monroe

Without a purpose nothing should be done. – Marcus Aurelius

It is a poor, disgraceful thing not to be able to reply, with some degree of certainty, to the simple questions, what will you be? What will you do? – Charles Garfield

The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.

What ever your plan is, just know that nothing else will satisfy you.

The purpose of life is a life of purpose. Robert Byrne

There is no moment like the present. The man who will not execute his resolutions when they are fresh on him can have no hope from them afterwards; for they will be dissipated lost, and perished in hurry and scurry of world or sunk in the slough of indolence. Marie Edgeworth

The lesson of which life repeats and constantly reinforces is, ‘Took underfoot.” You are always nearer than you think…the greatest opportunity is where you are. Do not despise your place and hour. – John Burroughs

The only ones among you who will really be happy are those who have sought and found to serve. Albert Schweitzer

The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of oneself to others. – Pierre Telilhard de Chardin

The entire population of the universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others. – John Andrew Holmes

One of the most amazing things ever said on earth is Jesus statement, He that is greatest among you shall be your servant.”  None have one chance in a billion of being thought of as really great a century after they’re gone except those who have been servants of all –Harry Emerson Fosdick

Nobody makes the greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little.-Edmund Burke

Remember this on your way up:
The biggest dog was once a pup. –Anonymous

No longer forward nor behind
I look in hope or fear;
But, grateful, take the good I find,
The best of now and here. –John Greenleaf Whittier

The world will always give you the opportunity to quit, but only the world would call quitting an opportunity. – Clint Brown

One well cultivated talent, deepened and enlarged, is worth one hundred shallow facilities. –William Matthews

To be nobody but yourself- In a world that is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else- means to fight the hardest battle that any human being can fight and never stop fighting. – E.E. Cummings

Beware of those who stand aloof and great each venture with reproof; the world would stop if things were run by men who say,” it can’t be done.”- Samuel Glover

Lots of folks confuse bad management (decision – making) with destiny. – Kin Hubbard

What I gave, I have;
What I spent, I had;
What I kept, I lost. – Old Epitaph

Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves. – James Matthew Barrie

No man was ever honored for what he received.
Honor has been the reward for what he gave.- Calvin Coolidge

He who ignores discipline comes to poverty and shame, but whoever heeds correction is honored. – Proverbs 13:18

Change is always an undo-it – yourself project. – Abigail Van Buren-

A wise old owl sat on an oak;
The more he saw the less he spoke;
The less he spoke the more he heard;
Why we aren’t like that wise old bird. – Edward H. Richards

Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down. – William M. Winans

It’s a funny thing about lift: if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. – W. Somerset Mangham

A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. – John Barrymore

The first law of success… is concentration to bend all the energies to one point, and to go directly, looking neither to the right nor the left. – William Matthews

Learn to define yourself, to content yourself with some specific thing and some definite work; dare to be what you really are, and to learn to accept with good grace all that you are not. – Anonymous

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain, and most do, – Dale Carnegie

A critic is a man created to praise greater men than himself but he is never able to find them. – Richard Le Gallienne

We have no more right to put our discordant states of mind into the lives of those around us and rob them of their sunshine and brightness than we have to enter their houses and steal their silverware. –Julia Seton

A good thing to remember;
A better thing to do
Work with the construction gang
Not the wrecking crew. – Anonymous

People judge you by actions, not your intentions.
You may have a heart of gold, but so does a hard boiled egg. – Good Readng

The common conception is that motivation leads to action, but the reverse is true- action precedes motivation – Robert J. Mckain

It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today’ and the reality of tomorrow. – Robert Goddard

No man could be ideally successful until he has found his place. Like a locomotive, he is strong on the track, but weak anywhere else. – Orison Marden

Do not follow where the path may lead- go instead where no path is and leave a trail. – Unknown

Almost every man wastes part of his life in attempts to display qualities he does not possess. – Samuel Johnson
Indecision is debilitating; it feeds upon itself, it is, one might say, habit forming. But it is contagious; it transmits itself to others. – H.A.Hope

The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one that will last forever – Anatole France

Don’t be afraid to fail. Don’t waste energy trying to cover up failure, if you’re not growing. – H.Stanley  Judd

Remember, there are two benefits of failure. First, if you do fail, you learn what doesn’t work; and second, the failure gives you an opportunity to try a new approach…. Most people think of success and failure as opposites, but they are actually both products of the same process. – Roger Von Oech

No matter what mistakes you have made- no matter how you’ve messed things  up-you can still make a new beginning. The person who fully realizes this suffer less from the shock and pain of failure and sooner gets off to a new beginning. – Norman Vincent Peale

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it, you will land among the stars. – Les Brown

Nobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care. – Theodore Roosevelt

The measure of life is not in its duration. Everyone can be because everyone can serve – Peter Marshall

Every man must do two things alone: he must do his own believing and his own dying. – Martin Luther

There are three keys to more abundant living caring about others, daring for others, and s haring with others -William Ward

The true meaning of life is to plant trees under whose shade you do not expect to sit. –Nelson Hendreson

We’re all fugitives, and the things we didn’t do yesterday are the bloodhounds. –Prism

Do not allow idleness to deceive you; for while you give him today, he steals tomorrow from you. –Crow Quill

Tomorrow will I live,’ the fool does say; tomorrow itself is too late; the wise lived yesterday. -    Martial
The fool, with all his other thoughts, has this also: he is always getting ready to live. – Epicurus

It is those who have this imperative demand for the best in their natures and those who will accept nothing short of it, which hold the banners of progress, which set the standards, the ideals for others. –Orison Marden

There are those of us who are always” about” to live. We’re waiting until things change, until there is time, until we are less tired, until we get a promotion, until we settle down- until, until, until. It always seems that there is some major event that must occur in our lives before we begin living. – George Sheehan

It’s what you learn after you know it all the counts. –John Wooden

Show me a thoroughly satisfied man, and I will show you a failure – Thomas Edison

Of all the passions, jealously is that which exacts the hardest services and pays the bitterest wages. Its services are to watch the success of our enemy; it’s wages to be sure of it. –Charles Caleb Colton

When an envious man hears another praised, he feels himself injured –English Proverb

Of all the things God created, I am often most grateful he created laughter –Chuck Swindoll

It’s difficult to remain neutral or indifferent in the presence of a positive thinker. –Denis Waltley

The worst liars in the world are your own fears: worry is the traitor in our camp that dampens our powder and weakens our aim – William JORDEN

Don’t wait for all the lights to be green before you leave the house- Jim Stovail

You determines your business. Okoh C. Paul

Don’t play game with God be open and sincere with Him…don’t feel too big for God. Okoh C. Paul

Never limit yourself there’s more to you then you think. Okoh C. Paul

The ability to realize your mistake is a great point for a new beginning. Okoh C. Paul

The most important qualities for success in business are patience and foresight and the man who lacks patience is not cut out for success in competitive enterprise. -Henry Ford

what matters most in business is speed. -Okoh C. Paul

A budget tells us what we can’t afford, but it doesn’t keep us from buying it.
William Feather

A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.
Henry Ford

A cardinal principle of Total Quality escapes too many managers: you cannot continuously improve interdependent systems and processes until you progressively perfect interdependent, interpersonal relationships.
Stephen Covey

About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends.
Herbert Hoover

Airline travel is hours of boredom interrupted by moments of stark terror.
Al Boliska

All lasting business is built on friendship.
Alfred A. Montapert

Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing… layout, processes, and procedures.
Tom Peters

An advertising agency is 85 percent confusion and 15 percent commission.
Fred Allen

An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn’t happen today.
Laurence J. Peter

An economist’s guess is liable to be as good as anybody else’s.
Will Rogers

And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.
Andrew Carnegie

Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to dream, the urge to make dreams come true and the tendency to miss lunch.
Tim Berners-Lee

As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth.
John Greenleaf Whittier

Ask five economists and you’ll get five different answers – six if one went to Harvard.
Edgar R. Fiedler

Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.
Thomas Carlyle

Business is a combination of war and sport.
Andre Maurois

Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future; it is a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in foresight.
Henry R. Luce

Business, that’s easily defined – it’s other people’s money.
Peter Drucker

By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.
Robert Frost

Cannibals prefer those who have no spines.
Stanislaw Lem
Carpe per diem – seize the check.
Robin Williams

Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.
Ambrose Bierce

Definition of a Statistician: A man who believes figures don’t lie, but admits than under analysis some of them won’t stand up either.
Evan Esar

Definition of Statistics: The science of producing unreliable facts from reliable figures.
Evan Esar

Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend their lives and careers merely following? The extra mile.
Gary Ryan Blair

Do not trust people. They are capable of greatness.
Stanislaw Lem

Don’t gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don’t go up, don’t buy it.
Will Rogers

Don’t let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn’t go with it.
Colin Powell

Don’t simply retire from something; have something to retire to.
Harry Emerson Fosdick

Don’t worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you’ll have to ram them down people’s throats.
Howard Aiken

Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body – the producers and consumers themselves.
Herbert Hoover

Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.
Stephen Covey

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.
Napoleon Hill

Employees make the best dates. You don’t have to pick them up and they’re always tax-deductible.
Andy Warhol

Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I’m not there, I go to work.
Robert Orben

Every few seconds it changes – up an eighth, down an eighth -it’s like playing a slot machine. I lose $20 million, I gain $20 million.
Ted Turner

Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.
Henry Ward Beecher

Failure doesn’t mean you are a failure it just means you haven’t succeeded yet.
Robert H. Schuller

For a lot of people, the weekly paycheck is “take-home pay” because home is the only place they can afford to go with it.
Charles A. Jaffe

Government in the U.S. today is a senior partner in every business in the country.

Norman Cousins To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.
Andre Malraux

To think that the new economy is over is like somebody in London in 1830 saying the entire industrial revolution is over because some textile manufacturers in Manchester went broke.
Alvin Toffler

Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.
W. Clement Stone

We don’t have a monopoly. We have market share. There’s a difference.
Steve Ballmer

We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects.
Alexis de Tocqueville

Web users ultimately want to get at data quickly and easily. They don’t care as much about attractive sites and pretty design.
Tim Berners-Lee

Whales only get harpooned when they come to the surface, and turtles can only move forward when they stick their neck out, but investors face risk no matter what they do.
Charles A. Jaffe

What we actually learn, from any given set of circumstances, determines whether we become increasingly powerless or more powerful.
Blaine Lee

What we’ve gone through in the last several years has caused some people to question ‘Can we trust Microsoft?’
Steve Ballmer

What’s the subject of life – to get rich? All of those fellows out there getting rich could be dancing around the real subject of life.
Paul A. Volcker

When in doubt, mumble; when in trouble, delegate; when in charge, ponder.
James H. Boren

Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained, progress stops.
Thomas J. Watson

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
Mark Twain

Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn’t always have to be their top priority.
William Arthur Ward

You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world.
Tom Brokaw

You can’t operate a company by fear, because the way to eliminate fear is to avoid criticism. And the way to avoid criticism is to do nothing.
Steve Ross
If you can build a business up big enough, it’s respectable.
Will Rogers

If you can count your money, you don’t have a billion dollars.
J. Paul Getty

If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work.
Kahlil Gibran

If you don’t drive your business, you will be driven out of business.
B. C. Forbes

If you have to forecast, forecast often.
Edgar R. Fiedler

If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.
Robert H. Schuller

If you make a living, if you earn your own money, you’re free – however free one can be on this planet.
Theodore White

If you owe the bank $100 that’s your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that’s the bank’s problem.
J. Paul Getty

In modern business it is not the crook who is to be feared most, it is the honest man who doesn’t know what he is doing.
William Wordsworth

In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later.
Harold S. Geneen

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.
Benjamin Franklin

Informed decision-making comes from a long tradition of guessing and then blaming others for inadequate results.
Scott Adams

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.
Steve Jobs

Inside every working anarchy, there’s an Old Boy Network.
Mitchell Kapor

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.
Adam Smith

It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
Mark Twain

It’s called a pen. It’s like a printer, hooked straight to my brain.
Dale Dauten

It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference.
Tom Brokaw

It’s not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.
Will Rogers

It’s not your salary that makes you rich, it’s your spending habits.
Charles A. Jaffe