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Motivational Quotes

    “You can map out a fight plan or a life plan, but when the action starts, it may not go the way you planned, and you’re down to your reflexes – your training.  That’s where your roadwork shows.  If you cheated on that in the dark of morning, you’re getting found out now, under the bright lights.” ~ Joe Frazier

      “Both poverty and riches are the offspring of thought.” ~ Napoleon Hill

        “Winning is not a sometime thing.  You don’t win once in a while, you don’t do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is a habit.  Unfortunately, so is losing.” ~ Vincent Lombardi

          “The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but reveal to them their own.” ~ Disraeli

            “From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.” ~ Arthur Ashe

              “Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” ~ Buddha

                “At the end of life we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made, how many great things we have done.  We will be judged by ‘I was hungry and you gave me food to eat, I was naked and you clothed me, I was homeless and you took me in.’  Hungry not only for bread — but hungry for love. Naked not only for clothing — but naked for human dignity and respect. Homeless not only for want of a room of bricks — but homeless because of rejection.” ~ Mother Teresa

                  “No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.” ~ Aesop

                    “A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.” ~ Henry Adams

                      “Nothing speaks like results. If you want to build the kind of credibility that connects with people, then deliver results before you deliver a message. Get out and do what you advise others to do. Communicate from experience.” ~ John C. Maxwell

                        “You cannot speak that which you do not know.  You cannot share that which you do not feel.  You cannot translate that which you do not have.  And you cannot give that which you do not possess.  To give it and to share it, and for it to be effective, you first need to have it.” ~ Jim Rohn

                          “If you have to eat crow, eat it while it’s young and tender.” ~ Thomas Jefferson

                            “The most influential person who will talk to you all day, is you.  So, you should be very careful what you say to you.” ~ Zig Ziglar

                              “We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.” ~ Epictetus

                                “The way I like to measure greatness is… How many people can you make want to be better?” ~ Will Smith

                                  “If we treat people as who they can become, they will be inspired to rise to the level of our expectations.” ~ John Maxwell

                                    “Management is about persuading people to do things they do not want to do, while leadership is about inspiring people to do things they never thought they could.” ~ Steve Jobs

                                      “Every free action has two causes that come together to produce it. One is moral, the will that determines the act; the other is physical, the power that executes the will to act.” ~ J.J. Rouseau

                                        “A paralyzed man who wants to walk OR an agile man who does not want to walk will both remain neutral in nature.” ~ J.J. Rouseau

                                          “When we blather about trivial things, we ourselves become trivial, for our attention gets taken up with trivialities. You become what you give your attention to.” ~ Epictetus, The Art of Living