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    “Leadership is influence, nothing more, nothing less. How do you gain influence from people? You invest in them. How do you invest in them? It starts with giving them time.” ~ John C. Maxwell, Leadership Gold

      “I know a man who grabbed a cat by the tail and he learned 40 percent more about cats than the man who didn’t.” ~ Mark Twain

        “The arrogance of the young is a direct result of not having known enough consequences. The turkey that every day greedily approaches the farmer who tosss him grain is not wrong. It is just that no one ever told him about Thanksgiving.” ~ Harry Golden

          “Don’t just learn something from every experience. Learn something positive.” ~ Allen Neuharth, USA Today Founder

            “The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure.” ~ John C. Maxwell, Leadership Gold

              “Experience teaches nothing, but evaluated experience teaches everything.” ~ John C. Maxwell, Leadership Gold

                “People naturally follow leaders stronger than themselves.” ~ John C. Maxwell, Leadership Gold

                  “We cannot consistently behave in a way that is inconsistent with our beliefs.” ~ John C. Maxwell, Leadership Gold

                    “Some cause happiness wherever they go. Some cause happiness whenever they go.” ~ Oscar Wilde

                      “Sad is the day for any man when he becomes absolutely satisfied with the life he is living, the thoughts that he is thinking and the deeds that he is doing; when there ceases to be forever beating at the doors of his soul a desire to do something larger which he seeks and knows he was meant and intended to do.” ~ Philips Brooks

                        “The secret to success can be found in people’s daily agendas. If they do something intentional to grow every day, they move closer to reaching their potential. If they don’t, their potential slowly slips away over the course of their lifetime.” ~ John C. Maxwell, Leadership Gold

                          “We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already. We have the power to imagine better.” ~ J.K. Rowling

                            “The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work, and the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking, and don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking, don’t settle.” ~ Steve Jobs

                              “In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.” ~ Buddha

                                “Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.” ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

                                  “If your fidelity to perfectionism is too high, you never do anything.” ~ David Foster Wallace

                                    “A jet plane cannot mow the lawn, but it can fly to distant destinations. Don’t worry so much about what you can’t do; just do what you can as only you can do it.” ~ Dan Millman

                                      “Do the things you used to talk about doing but never did. Know when to let go and when to hold on tight. Stop rushing. Don’t be intimidated to say it like it is. Stop apologizing all the time. Learn to say no, so your yes has some oomph. Spend time with the friends who lift you up, and cut loose the ones who bring you down. Stop giving your power away. Be more concerned with being interested than being interesting. Be old enough to appreciate your freedom, and young enough to enjoy it. Finally know who you are.” ~ Kristin Armstrong

                                      The 10 Universal Laws of the Warrior Code by Dawn Callen

                                        1. Pay Attention. Stay in the present. It’s the only place anything real is happening.
                                        2. Take Responsibility. This is your life, take it back. Either you get to own it or you get to blame someone or something else for it. Choose.
                                        3. No Kvetching (to complain persistently). No whining, no sniveling – it takes you out of the present and lets you abdicate responsibility.
                                        4. Don’t Take Any Abuse. It’s very bad for ones self esteem to take any abuse. Stand up to your tyrants, both internal and external. The cost is too great not to.
                                        5. Do It Anyway. Hard choices temper our strength and our integrity; they make the difference between a life of excellence and a life of mediocrity.
                                        6. Don’t Quit. Look at what stops you, at where you give the effort up. That is the edge between becoming a victim or a warrior.
                                        7. Keep Your Agreements. A warrior is only as good as his or her word. The way we build self-trust and trust in others is by making and keeping agreements.
                                        8. Keep Your Sense of Humor. Otherwise what’s the point? Humor helps us to stretch beyond our own limits and ourselves.
                                        9. Love One Another. Otherwise where’s the meaning? It’s the way we remember we’re not alone in the universe.
                                        10. Honor Your Connection To The Source. There is a force in the universe, greater than ourselves that creates us, provides for us, cares for us, guides us, and loves us. It speaks to us from within. Trust it.

                                          “Who are we, if not measured by our impact on others? That’s who we are! We’re not who we say we are, we’re not who we want to be – we are the sum of the influence and impact that we have, in our lives, on others.” ~ Carl Sagan