To Be Irreplaceable

"In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different."

-- Coco Chanel


"'What could be worse than being born without any sight?' She replied, 'Vision is non-negotiable for anyone who wants to succeed. It is the blueprint of the inside of a leader, before she ever sees the plan on the outside.'"

-- Marcy Blochowiak
No Glass Ceiling, Just Blue Sky


"The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight but has no vision."

-- Helen Keller

Be An Immediate Successful Person

"The moment you decide on a goal to work toward, you're immediately a successful person. You are then in that rare and successful category of people who know where they're going. Out of every hundred people, you belong in the top five. Don't concern yourself too much with how you are going to achieve your goal-leave that to a power greater than yourself. All you have to do is know where you're going. The answers will come to you of their own accord, and at the right time."

-- Earl Nightingale
The Strangest Secret


"Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal."

-- Earl Nightingale


"With clear goals and qualified people in place, teams are positioned to benefit from the power of teamwork."

-- Scott Beare and Michael McMillan


"Team values build a sense of unity and establish a bond among team members that can't be broken even in the most difficult times. Accountability, integrity, respect and commitment are notable values shared by every person on the Blue Angels team. These traits provide a foundation for the most important value of all-TRUST."

-- Scott Beare and Michael McMillan
The Power of Teamwork

Great Enthusiasms and Devotions

"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause/who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails daring greatly."

-- Theodore Roosevelt
Motivational Quotes


"Courage is not limited to the battlefield. The real tests of courage are much quieter. They are the inner tests, like enduring pain when the room is empty or standing alone when you're misunderstood."

-- Charles Swindoll


"All of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon - instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today."

-- Dale Carnegie

Unlocks The Fullness of Life

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, and confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow."

-- Melody Beattie
May You Be Blessed


"I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand"

-- Confucius


"We determine whether something will be a blessing or a curse by the way we choose to see it."

-- Kate Nowak

Consistent Effort Plus Frequent Mistakes

"Constant effort and frequent mistakes are the stepping stones to genius."

-- ~Elbert Hubbard


"Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference."

-- Winston Churchill


"We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirement of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about."

-- Charles Kingsley
Motivational Quotes

Each Moment

"We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment is a miracle and a mystery."

-- H. G. Wells


"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."

-- Abraham Lincoln


"Work is not always required of a man. There is such a thing as a sacred idleness. The cultivation of which is now fearfully neglected." Take some time today to experience "sacred idleness".

-- George MacDonald
The Nature of Success

Making a Difference More Important

"Even though we often forget, we acknowledge it: making a difference is more important than making a dollar. Sure, a dollar puts food on the table and a roof over our head and four shiny wheels in the garage, but we know in our gut that more money won't matter as much in the end. What will matter are the people whose lives we touched along the way."

-- Todd Duncan
Simple Truths of Selling


"When people take precedence over profits, profits begin to climb."

-- Todd Duncan


"One's objective should be to get it right, get it quick, get it out, and get it over. You see, your problem won't improve with age."

-- Warren Buffett

Happiness Is Where We Focus

"Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives: where we focus our attention."

-- Greg Anderson


"Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm."

-- Benjamin Disraeli


"A vision without a task is but a dream. A task without a vision is drudgery. A vision and a task are the hope of the world."

-- Quote on a church wall in Sussex, England
Inspiration 365 Days a Year

Our Own Ultimate Freedom

Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.

-- Stephen R. Covey


"Fact: Every week, the average person receives: 682 e-mails, 12 text messages, 10.8 pieces of junk mail, 1.5 personal letters. Feeling appreciated is one of the strongest human desires. A handwritten note costs less than a dollar to write and mail, and the relational value is priceless."

-- Matthew Emerzian and Kelly Bozza


"Action: 1. Select the person whom you want to thank for what he or she brings into your life. 2. Choose a postcard, letter, or card. 3. Take a few minutes to write a warm, sincere message that clearly communicates your love and appreciation for that person. 4. Decide if you want to add any special touches. Send it today."

-- Matthew Emerzian and Kelly Bozza
Every Monday Matters

Whether You Get Up

"It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up."

-- Vince Lombardi


"Once a man has made a commitment to a way of life, he puts the greatest strength in the world behind him. It's something we call heart power. Once a man has made this commitment, nothing will stop him short of success."

-- Vince Lombardi
What it Takes to Be Number One


"Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul."

-- Douglas MacArthur

Focused, Dedicated and Disciplined

"No Horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No Steam or gas ever drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined."

-- Harry Emerson Fosdick, D.D.


"True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost."

-- Charles Caleb Colton


"The price that must be paid for mastery is discipline. No one achieves lasting success without it. So from the moment you awake each day, devote yourself to the perfection of whatever you pursue. Do this and you will achieve self-mastery. Achieve self-mastery and you will have the makings of a great leader... Discipline is all about cultivating powerful habits that become part of your lifestyle."

-- Robin Crow
Rock Solid Leadership

Ask Yourself These Questions

"Ask yourself: How significant is my life? Do I make a difference? When I move... when I act... when I do something... does the universe notice? Do I really matter?"

-- Andy Andrews
The Butterfly Effect


"You must be the change you wish to see in the world."

-- Ghandi


"Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness."

-- James Thurber


"The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts. No Americans have been more impoverished than these, who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving."

-- H. U. Westermayer
Learning to Dance in the Rain

Someone Who Achieve Consistently

"Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend their lives and careers merely following? The extra mile."

-- Gary Ryan Blair


"The difference is that raving fans, unlike satisfied customers, become part of your sales force. They tell friends, family and co-workers about your services and your products. And, of course, good things will happen!"

-- Mac Anderson, author
Customer Love


Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.

-- Will Cuppy

Move Mountain by Carrying Away Small Stones

"The person who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones."

-- Mary


"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."

-- Theodore Roosevelt


"To keep your life in balance, you should resolve to work all the time you work. When you go to work, put your head down and work the whole time. Start a little earlier, stay a little later, and work a little harder. Don't waste time. Every minute that you spend in idle chitchat with coworkers is time taken away from the work you must accomplish if you want to keep your job."

-- Brian Tracy
Eat That Frog!

Everthing An Opportunity or Obstacles

"With everything that has happened to you, you can either feel sorry for yourself or treat what has happened as a gift. Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose."

-- Wayne Dyer


"With a little perspective... you can live a life of permanent purpose."

-- Andy Andrews


"Exactly who was it that saved the two billion lives? Is there a specific person to whom we could point? How far back would we have to go? How many lives would we need to examine in order to determine whose actions saved two billion people... a number that continues to increase every minute? And how far forward would we need to go in your life to show the difference you make?"

-- Andy Andrews, author
The Butterfly Effect

Power of Touch, Smile and Kind Word

"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around."

-- Leo F. Buscaglia


"Sometimes the lessons taught in school aren't always found in books
important things like FLEXIBILITY
And nothing helps to make the point like showing how it's done...
making 'upside down days' FUN like they should be!"

-- Paula J. Fox, author
Heart of a Teacher


"You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you."

-- Dale Carnegie

Plan Your Work and Work Your Plan

"You have undoubtedly heard the phrase, 'Plan your work and work your plan.' Planning is as important as purpose because it gets you where you're going... faster. To do twice as much in half the time, you can't approach your goals haphazardly. A well-thought plan will keep you clearly on track towards your goal; and the methods of planning are as varied as our personalities. So, what is your method of planning?"

-- Amy Jones, author
Twice As Much in Half the Time


"Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success."

-- Pablo Picasso


"Put off for one day, and ten days will pass."

-- Korean Proverb

Enlightenment Comes Little by Little

"Enlightenment must come little by little - otherwise it would overwhelm."

-- Idries Shah


"All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt."

-- Charles M. Schulz


"According to most studies, people's number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two! Does that sound right? That means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you're better off in the casket than doing the eulogy."

-- Jerry Seinfeld, quoted in
Laughter is an Instant Vacation

Be a Possibilitarian

"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."

-- Dr. Norman Vincent Peale


"You can't promise your customers sunny weather, but you can promise to hold an umbrella over them when it rains."

-- Sign in a Customer Service Center


"Marty's greatest lesson was not what he told me but what he constantly showed me. In one or two minutes of time we had the opportunity to define ourselves as human beings. There isn't much room for error. Two minutes is what Marty spent with most customers. If you think about it, two minutes is about the average amount of time we spend with most people in our lives. In a precious few moments, what we say and what we do can be lasting."

-- VJ Smith, author
The Richest Man in Town

Exchanging a Day of Your Life

"This is the beginning of a new day. You have been given this day to use as you will. You can waste it or use it for good. What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it. When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever; in its place is something that you have left behind... let it be something good."

-- Mac Anderson, author
Finding Joy


"What lies behind us, and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us."

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson


"To open your heart means risking it all- to experience great joy and profound sorrow."

-- Tom Mathews


"Opening your heart is the only way to capture the real brilliance of leadership. Trust and respect serve as the constant unconscious heartbeats of the authentic leader. Without these qualities, real leadership can never exist."

-- Tom Mathews, author
Aim for the Heart