“Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities-always see them for they’re always there.” ~ Norman Vincent Peale
“Be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade, but of thought.” ~ Henry David Thoreau
“My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you’ll win… Channel your energy. Focus.” ~ Carl Lewis
“Look and you will find it – what is unsought will go undetected.” ~ Sophocles
“Life is like riding a bike. It is impossible to maintain your balance while standing still.” ~ Linda Brakeall
“Keep your mind on the things you want and off the things you don’t want.” ~ Hannah Whitall Smith
“A leader is a dealer in hope.” ~ Napoleon
“It is difficult to spread the contagion of excitement without having a sense of purpose and direction.” ~ Daniel Goleman
“Great leaders, the research shows, are made as they gradually acquire, in the course of their lives and careers, the competencies that make them so effective. The competencies can be learned by any leader, at any point.” ~ Daniel Goleman
“People learn what they want to learn. If learning is forced on us, even if we master it temporarily, it is soon forgotten.” ~ Daniel Goleman
“Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.” ~ William Ward
“The most powerful weapon is the undrawn sword.” ~ Anonymous
“It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.” ~ Seneca
“Give the world the best you have and the best will come back to you.” ~ Madeline Bridges
“In order to have influence, you have to be influenced.” ~ Stephen Covey
“Next to physical survival, the greatest need of a human being is psychological survival – to be understood, to be affirmed, to be validated, to be appreciated.” ~ Stephen Covey
“Seek first to understand, then to be understood.” ~ Stephen Covey
“You have to water the flowers you want to grow.” ~ Stephen Covey
“We have committed the Golden Rule to memory; let us now commit it to life.” ~ Edwin Markham
“It is the weak who are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.” ~ Leo Roskin