Archives for the 'QOTD' Category
Quotes - June 16 [Ian's Messy Desk]
“Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.” —Anne Morrow Lindbergh
“For effective communication, use brevity. Jesus said, ‘Follow me.’ Now that’s brief! He could be brief because of all that he was that he didn’t have to say.” —Jim Rohn
“The 8 key words that will move practically anyone [...]
Quotes - June 9 [Ian's Messy Desk]
“The most important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one’s work seriously and taking one’s self seriously. The first is imperative, and the second disastrous.” — Margaret Fontey
Rely on the ordinary virtues that intelligent, balanced human beings have relied on for centuries: common sense, thrift, realistic expectations, patience, and [...]
Quotes - June 2 [Ian's Messy Desk]
Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are. —Malcolm Forbes
Seek respect mainly from thyself, for it comes first from within. —Steven H. Coogler
“What you see is what you get, and who you feel like is who you really are.” —Denis Waitley
“Would you know others? Read yourself—and learn!” —Friedrich von Schiller
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Quotes - May 26 [Ian's Messy Desk]
“Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which once you have got it you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted had you known.” —Garrison Keillor
“You can’t have everything… where would you put it?” —Stephen Wright
“I am a big believer in [...]
Quotes - May 5 [Ian's Messy Desk]
“Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.” —Sir Winston Churchill
“No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see the possibilities - always see them, for they’re always there.” —Norman Vincent Peale
“You are infinitely lovable, infinitely desirable, because the One who [...]
Quotes - April 21 [Ian's Messy Desk]
“Each indecision brings its own delays and days are lost lamenting over lost days… What you can do or think you can do, begin it. For boldness has magic, power, and genius in it.” —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“People begin to become successful the minute they decide to be.” —Harvey Mackay
“Choice determines direction… Decision determines destiny…” [...]
Quotes - April 14 [Ian's Messy Desk]
“The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything.” —Lee Iococca
It is better to say, “This one thing I do” than to say, “These forty things I dabble in.” —Washington Gladden
“What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is [...]
Quotes - April 7 [Ian's Messy Desk]
“Fear not for the future, weep not for the past.” -Percy Bysshe Shelley
“My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there.” -Charles Kettering
“Spend 80 percent of your time focusing on the opportunities of tomorrow rather than the problems of yesterday.” -Brian Tracy
“Tomorrow is the most important [...]
Quotes - March 31 [Ian's Messy Desk]
“Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.” —Napoleon Hill
“The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man’s determination.” —Tommy Lasorda
“When you know what you want, and you want it bad enough, you will find a way to [...]
Quotes - March 24 [Ian's Messy Desk]
“How simple it is to see that all the worry in the world cannot control the future. How simple it is to see that we can only be happy now. And that there will never be a time when it is not now.” —Gerald Jampolsky
“A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and [...]