Reveals In Every Loss Or Defeat

"I've learned that every loss or defeat reveals an important surprise…for time will prove each setback, was a blessing in disguise."

-- Linda Ellis


"We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same."

-- Anne Frank


"What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first step to something better."

-- Wendell Phillips


"Power over others is weakness disguised as strength. True power if within, and it is available to you now."

-- Eckhart Tolle

To Be Your Own Self

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson


"It takes a real storm in the average person's life to make him realize how much worrying he has done over the squalls."

-- Arthur Wang


"One of the most amazing things about business (and life) is the power of one idea. And one of your great challenges as a leader is to understand how to find and nurture them."

-- Mac Anderson


"We are the music makers, we are the dreamers of dreams…we are the movers and shakers of the world forever, it seems."

-- Arthur O'Shaughnessy

Never Let Yourself Be Defeated

"We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated."

-- Maya Angelou


"Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life, the process is its own reward. Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And if they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others."

-- Amelia Earhart


"Teamwork requires training, practice and trust…each member counts on one another to perform."

-- Michael McMillan


"Every situation requires a proper response."

-- Michael McMillan

The Happiest People

"No one's happiness but my own is in my power to achieve or to destroy."

-- Ayn Rand


"The happiest people in don't have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything they have."

-- Arthur Wang


"Nothing is so contagious as an example. We never do great good or great evil without bringing about more of the same on the part of others."

-- Francois Rochefoucauld


"The measure of a truly great man is the courtesy with which he treats lesser men."

-- Arthur Wang

What Is Courage

"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm."

-- Winston Churchill


"There are those days when it's hard to put one foot in front of the other, but those are the days when champions are created. It's about making the most of the minutes you are given."

-- David McNally


"It is not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is, 'What are we busy about'?"

-- Henry David Thoreau


"Pure and simple, any person who is enjoying life is a success."

-- William Feather

How We Want Our Life To Be

"Understanding that we control our own destiny is key to our success in life. Simply put, when we decide how we want our life to be we must take responsibility and move forward."

-- Mac Anderson


"Be happy. Talk happiness. Happiness calls out responsive gladness in others. There is enough sadness in the world without yours . never doubt the excellence and permanence of what is yet to be. Join the great company of those who make the barren places of life fruitful with kindness. Your success and happiness lie in you. The great enduring realities are love and service. Resolve to keep happy and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties."

-- Helen Keller



"We first make our habits, and then our habits make us."

-- John Dryden

Pretending To Be That Person

"Pretend to be the person you want to be. One day you'll realize you are no longer pretending."

-- Arthur Wang


"The only difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is extraordinary determination."

-- Mary Kay Ash


"Effective communication is an art. While it comes easier for some more than others, it can be developed and improved by all of us."

-- Twyman Towery


"The greatest problem in communication is the illusion that it has been accomplished."

-- George Bernard Shaw

Giving Kind Words

"Kind words are a creative force, a power that concurs in the building up of all that is good, and energy that showers blessings upon the world."

-- Lawrence G. Lovasik


"I can live for two months on a good compliment."

-- Mark Twain


"Great service is not an accident. It starts by deciding what kind of experience you want your customers to have—a clear vision."

-- Ken Blanchard


"Always give the customer more than they expect."

-- Nelson Boswell

Thougths Are Things

"Trully, 'thoughts are things,' and powerful things at that, when they are mixed with definiteness of purpose, persistence and a burning desire for thieir translation into riches or other material objects."

-- Napoloen Hill


"The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong."

-- Thomas Carlyle


"If your sunshine wants far outstrip your cold morning desire, have a talk with yourself. Then have a lot more talks with yourself. Convince number one that you can succeed--and you will succeed. If you don't believe in you, why should anyone else?"

-- Tom Hopkins


"Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that."

-- Norman Vincent Peale

What Is Still Possible

"Consult not your fears but your hopes and dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what is still possible for you to do.."

-- Pope John XXIII


"One of the most wonderful things about having a positive attitude is the number of people it touches, many times in ways you'll never know."

-- Mac Anderson


"It's not the things we get but the hearts we touch that will determine our success in life."

-- Mac Anderson


"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves."

-- Carl Jung