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LIFE/LIVING

“To say yes, you have to sweat and roll up your sleeves and plunge both hands into life up to the elbows.” ~ Jean Anouilh

“Look up, laugh loud, talk big, keep the color in your cheek and the fire in your eye, adorn your person, maintain your health, your beauty and your animal spirits.’” ~ William Hazlitt

“Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“I live by this credo: Have a little laugh at life and look around you for happiness instead of sadness. Laughter has always brought me out of unhappy situations. Even in your darkest moment, you usually can find something to laugh about if you try hard enough.” ~ Red Skelton
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Determination - It is the size of one’s will which determines success.

INTEGRITY/HONESTY

“Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Integrity has no need of rules.” ~Albert Camus

“A life lived with integrity – even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune – is a shining star in whose light others may follow in the years to come.” ~Denis Waitley Read the rest of this entry »

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Some Weekly Quotes on  Imagination, Influence / Association and  Innovation

IMAGINATION

“Live out of your imagination, not your history.” ~ Stephen R. Covey

“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” ~ Albert Einstein

“You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.” ~ Mark Twain

“This world is but a canvas to our imaginations.” ~ Henry David Thoreau

INFLUENCE/ASSOCIATION

“You don’t have to be a “person of influence” to be influential. In fact, the most influential people in my life are probably not even aware of the things they’ve taught me.” ~ Scott Adams Read the rest of this entry »

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GIVING/ABUNDANCE

“That which you create in beauty and goodness and truth lives on for all time to come. Don’t spend your life accumulating material objects that will only turn to dust and ashes.” ¬Denis Waitley

“Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.” ¬Og Mandino

“One of the greatest gifts you can give to anyone is the gift of attention.” ¬Jim Rohn Read the rest of this entry »

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FASCINATION/CURIOSITY

“The mark of a truly civilized man is confidence in the strength and security derived from the inquiring mind.” ~Felix Frankfurter

“Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind.” ~Samuel Johnson

“I think, at a child’s birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.” ~Eleanor Roosevelt
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 a very interesting and meaningful fowarded email I got about Balance Sheet of Life

Our Birth is our Opening Balance

Our Death is our Closing Balance

Our Prejudiced Views are our Liabilities

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Some quotes for the week.. enjoy EXPECTATION

“I believe in the perfect outcome in every area of my life! Expect to be successful! Expect to win!” ~Brian Tracy

“It is funny about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the very best you will very often get it.” ~W. Somerset Maugham

“Life… It tends to respond to our outlook, to shape itself to meet our expectations.” ~ Richard M. DeVos Read the rest of this entry »

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FREEDOM
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” ~The Declaration of Independence
“In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice.” ~Richard Bach
Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make good use of it! (letter to Abigail Adams, April 26, 1777) ~John Adams
“These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.” ~Thomas Paine Read the rest of this entry »

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EVALUATION“The only man who behaves sensibly is my tailor; he takes my measurements anew every time he sees me, while all the rest go on with their old measurements and expect me to fit them.” ~ George Bernard Shaw

“True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information.” ~ Winston Churchill

“The most serious mistakes are not being made as a result of wrong answers. The truly dangerous thing is asking the wrong question.” ~ Peter Drucker

One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results” ~ Milton Friedman

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“… if we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.” ~ Ivan Turgenev

“Each of us must do massive right thinking, take massive right action and get massive right results, right here, right now.” ~ Mark Victor Hansen

“The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can.” ~ Richard Cushing

“Someone once asked me what I want on my epitaph when I pass away. Just the words – ‘I tried.’ That’s what this game of life is all about. Trying. There’s the tryers, the criers, and the liars.” ~ Mickey Rooney
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Here’s some quote on Being The Best, Belief and Basic Fundamentals.
BEING THE BEST
“A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t.” ~ Jack Dempsey
“A hero is a man who does what he can.” ~ Roman Rollard
“Offer the best you have and expect the best in return.” ~ Denis Waitley
“Benchmark your performance against your best competitors. Think how you can beat them next time.” ~ Brian Tracy
“When you miss a shot, never think of what you did wrong. Take the next shot thinking of what you must do right.” ~Tony Alfonso

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ATTITUDE

“I find that it is not the circumstances in which we are placed, but the spirit in which we face them, that constitutes our comfort.” ~ Elizabeth T. King

“If you don’t like something change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Don’t complain.” ~ Maya Angelou

“Some folks go through life pleased that the glass is half full. Others spend a lifetime lamenting that it’s half-empty. The truth is: There is a glass with a certain volume of liquid in it. From there, it’s up to you!” ~ Dr. James S. Vuocolo

“A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds; it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before we changed.” ~ Earl Nightingale Read the rest of this entry »

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Here’s some weekly quotes on Winning, Wisdom, Words & Vocabulary

WINNING

“Winning isn’t everything, but making the effort to win is.” ~ Denis Waitley

“Victory belongs to the most persevering.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.” ~ General George S. Patton Read the rest of this entry »

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Some interesting quote on technology and thinking big..

TECHNOLOGY
“Upon the creatures we have made, we are, ourselves, at last, dependent.” ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“You always try to get the things you want with the very least effort possible. All technological advances are ways of getting greater output with less input.” ~ Brian Tracy

“Whereas knights of old wore armor of plate, the modern knights of the air wear the invisible but magic armor of confidence in technology” ~ Mike Spick Read the rest of this entry »

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Some interesting quotes on risk-taking, sales and saving..

RISK-TAKING
“If you are never scared, embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take chances.” ~ Julia Soul

“Discoveries are often made by not following instructions, but by going off the main road; by trying the untried.” ~ Frank Tyger

“You must break out of your current comfort zone and become comfortable with the unfamiliar and the unknown.” ~ Denis Waitle

“There is always a risk to follow your bliss, a price to pursue your passion.” ~ James A. Ray

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Make your life a mission - not an intermission.
~Arnold Glasgow

There are two great medicines: diet and self-control.
~Oscar Maximilian Bircher-Benner

You will be amazed at how much free time you actually have when you never have to think about or worry about money.
~Bob Proctor

Better three hours too soon, than one minute too late.
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  PRODUCTIVITY

“One should guard against preaching to young people success in the customary form as the main aim in life. The most important motive for work in school and in life is pleasure in work, pleasure in its result, and the knowledge of the value of the result to the community.” ~ Albert Einstein

“Productivity is determined not by work… but by EFFECTIVE actions disguised as work.” ~Doug Firebaugh

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The real secret to success is enthusiasm.
~ Walter Chrysler

Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
~ Winston Churchill

It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.
~ Anthony Robbins

Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win.
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