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EXCELLENCE

“Excellence is not a destination; it is a continuous journey that never ends.” ~Brian Tracy

“The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.” ~Vincent T. Lombardi

“Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives.” ~Willa A. Foster

“My parents ingrained in me early on that the perfect score is always something to strive for. I want to win, and I want to succeed no matter what.” ~Andrea Jung

“Do what you love, love what you do, and deliver more than you promise.” ~Harvey Mackay

“Don’t get complacent. Push yourself out of your comfort zone and set higher standards of achievement for yourself. Once you’ve achieved a standard of excellence, never let it rest—push yourself even higher.” ~Dave Anderson

“Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.” ~Pat Riley

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PERCEPTION/OPINION

“Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.” ~Albert Einstein

“The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is.” ~Kahlil Gibran

“New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.” ~John Locke

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“If money is your hope for independence, you will never have it. The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.” ~Henry Ford
“Success is a process that continues, not a status that you reach. If you are alive, there are lessons to be learned.” ~Denis Waitley
“The reading of all good books is indeed like a conversation with the noblest men of past centuries who were the authors of them, nay a carefully studied conversation, in which they reveal to us none but the best of their thoughts.” ~Rene Descartes
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Determination

“We will either find a way or make one.”  ~ Hannibal, Carthaginian General

“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of determination.”  ~ Vince Lombardi

“It’s a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don’t quit when you’re tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.”  ~ Robert Strauss Read the rest of this entry »

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FOCUS
Continuous effort is the key to unlocking out potential ~ Wiston Churchill

“To do two things at once is to do neither.” ~Publilius Syrus

Talent and effort are nothing without focus and determination.”You must remain focused on your journey to greatness.” ~Les Brown

“I never hit a shot, not even in practice, without having a very sharp in-focus picture of it in my head.” ~Jack Nicklaus

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Some quotes on Books & Reading. Enjoy

“The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who’ll get me a book I ain’t read.” ~Abraham Lincoln

“There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island… and best of all, you can enjoy these riches every day of your life.” ~Walt Disney

“If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.” ~Warren Buffett

“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.” ~Groucho Marx

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 FAITH
“Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were to die tomorrow.” ~Benjamin Franklin

“I do not believe in a fate that falls on men and women however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.” ~G.K. Chesterton

“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith.” ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

“The fruits of a fulfilling life - happiness, confidence, enthusiasm, purpose, and money - are mainly by-products of doing something we enjoy, with excellence and faith, rather than things we can seek directly.”
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“Home Depot knows ‘the more they help, the more they sell’ - oh by the way, for the ‘bottom liners’ who disagree -  it’s also vice-versa.” ~Jeffrey Gitomer

“Demonstrate to your customer the difference between price and cost. The price is what it takes to purchase the item. The cost is the amount the customer eventually pays. They are not the same.”  ~Brian Tracy

“To succeed in sales, simply talk to lots of people every day. And here´s what´s exciting - there are lots of people!”  ~Jim Rohn
“Life is a series of sales situations, and the answer is NO if you don’t ask.” ~Patricia Fripp

“Now, if you want to get rich, you have only to produce a product or service that will give people greater use value than the price you charge for it. How rich you get will be determined by the number of people to whom you can sell the product or service.” ~Earl Nightingale

“In sales there are going to be times when you can’t make everyone happy. Don’t expect to and you won’t be let down. Just do your best for each client in each situation as it arises. Then, learn from each situation how to do it better the next time.” ~Tom Hopkins Read the rest of this entry »

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DISCIPLINE 

“The only competition you will ever have is the competition between your disciplined and undisciplined mind.” ~James A. Ray

“The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.” ~General H. Norman Schwarzkopf

“Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.” ~Stephen King Read the rest of this entry »

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 - Courage comes from a reserve of mind more powerful than outside circumstances.

COURAGE
“All our dreams can come true - if we have the courage to pursue them.” ~ Walt Disney

“Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.” ~ Sir Winston Churchill

“Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes.” ~ J.M. Barrie

“You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.” ~Aristotle  Read the rest of this entry »

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TRUST

“Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

“A person will not buy from you until he is convinced that you are a friend and are acting in his best interest. You must make this clear.” ~Brian Tracy

“To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved.” ~George MacDonald

“Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.” ~Booker T. Washington Read the rest of this entry »

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STEWARDSHIP

“I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. I will not refuse to do the something I can do.” ~ Helen Keller

“If you wish to have power and influence over the many, be faithful (disciplined) when there is just a few. If you have a few employees, a few distributors, a few people, that’s the time to stay in touch and be totally absorbed when there is just a few.” ~ Jim Rohn

“Waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both. Without industry and frugality, nothing will do, and with them everything.” ~ Benjamin Franklin. Read the rest of this entry »

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Urgency

“Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.” ~ Jim Rohn

“Do not wait for life. Do not long for it. Be aware, always and at every moment, that the miracle is in the here and now.”
~ Marcel Proust

“I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.” ~ Leonardo Da Vinci

“There is only one time that is important - NOW! It is the most important time because it is the only time we have any power over.” ~ Attributed to Leo Tolstoy Read the rest of this entry »

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HEALTH

“Make sure the outside of you is a good reflection of the inside of you.” ~Jim Rohn

“Good friends are good for your health.” ~Irwin

“A good laugh is sunshine in the house.” ~William Makepeace Thackeray Read the rest of this entry »

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PATIENCE

“Patience is a bitter plant that produces sweet fruit.” ~Charles Swindoll

“Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast.” ~William Shakespeare

“The twin killers of success are impatience and greed.” ~Jim Rohn Read the rest of this entry »

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OVERCOMING FEAR
“Many of our fears are tissue paper thin, and a single courageous step would carry us clear through them.” ~Brendan Francis

“Not a single person has ever accomplished anything of significance without first feeling scared to death!” ~Rick Beneteau

“Fearlessness is not the absence of fear. It’s the mastery of fear. It’s about getting up one more time than we fall down.” ~Arianna Huffington

“To overcome fear, act as if it were impossible to fail, and it shall be.” ~Brian Tracy Read the rest of this entry »

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MASTERY
“The great thing and the hard thing is to stick to things when you have outlived the first interest, and not yet got the second, which comes with a sort of mastery.” ~ Janet Erskine Stuart
“With more success, comes greater problems along with greater ability to solve them.” ~ Mark Victor Hansen
“Challenge everything you do. Expand your thinking. Refocus your efforts. Rededicate yourself to your future.” ~ Patricia Fripp
“Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain cool and unruffled under all circumstances.” ~ Thomas Jefferson Read the rest of this entry »

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“The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I want to demonstrate by my life and my results, not my talk, not my wishes, but by my results.” ~ Gerry Robert
“It is not what you say or hope or wish or intend but only what you do that counts. Your choices tell you unerringly who you really are.” ~ Brian Tracy
“Life asks us to make measurable progress in reasonable time. That’s why they make those fourth grade chairs so small – so you won’t fit in them at age twenty-five!” ~ Jim Rohn

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