“That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly. It is dearness only which gives everything its value. Heaven know how to put a proper price on its goods.” ~ Thomas Paine
“Whatever your present situation, I assure you that you are not your habits. You can replace old patterns of self-defeating behavior with new patterns, new habits of effectiveness, happiness, and trust-based relationships.” ~ Stephen Covey
“No one can persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either by argument or by emotional appeal.” ~ Marilyn Ferguson
“Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny.” ~ Unknown
“If you want to be trusted, be trustworthy.” ~ Stephen Covey
“Borrowing strength builds weakness.” ~ Stephen Covey
“Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education.” ~ Henry Thoreau
“If your work is becoming uninteresting, so are you. Work is an inanimate thing and can be made lively and interesting only by injecting yourself into it. Your job is only as big as you are.” ~ George Hubbs
“There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living.” ~ David Starr Jordan
“To learn and not to do is really not to learn. To know and not to do is really not to know.” ~ Stephen Covey
“How many on their deathbeds wished they’d spent more time at the office – or watching TV? The answer is, No one.” ~ Stephen Covey
“The real beginning of influence comes as others sense you are being influenced by them – when they feel understood by you – that you have listened deeply and sincerely, and that you are open.” ~ Stephen Covey
“True greatness will be achieved through the abundant mind that works selflessly – with mutual respect, for mutual benefit.” ~ Stephen Covey
“Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.” ~ Lou Holtz
“Govern thy life and thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one, and read the other.” ~ Thomas Fuller
“If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.” ~ Anatole France
“It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.” ~ Lena Horne
“Replace the word ‘problem’ with the word ‘opportunity’ in all your thoughts.” ~ Matthew Keith Groves
“I love the man who can smile in trouble, gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection.” ~ Thomas Paine
“Peak performers see the ability to manage change as a necessity in fulfilling thier missions.” ~ Charles A. Garfield