Quotes on Success.ppt

SECRETS OF SUCCESS

If you want to change action, you have to change the

thinking

Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the moment has

passed

Persistence is a key. Learn to use it- but don’t abuse it.

Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing

the right things.

You must love your neighbour just as you love

yourself.

God loves you-whether you like it or not.

It’s not having information that is going to make you

successful, it is the application of that

information.

Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.

Always make requests never give orders

Be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one

another.

A smile is the most powerful social tool we have at our

disposal.

It’s not a very good idea to be looking back when you ought to be looking ahead.

What lies behind you and what lies before you pale

insignificant when compared to what lies within you.

It’s not what you’ve got, It’s what use that makes a

difference.

Read about and identify with successful people.

Where you start is not as important as where you

finish.

Love…does not hold grudges and will hardly notice when

others do wrong.

We don’t pay the price of success, we pay the price of

failure. We enjoy the benefits of success.

Negative people seldom persist.

I have yet to find the man who did not do better and

put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval

than under a spirit of criticism.

Optimists are people who when they wear out their shoes, just figure they are

back on their feet.

A wise man’s words express deep streams of thought.

Honesty is a marketable commodity.

If there is faith in the future, there is enormous power in

the present.

There’s a vast difference between the standard of

living and the quality of life.

In your hands you hold the seeds of failure- or the potential for greatness.

Build your career on honesty, character, and

integrity.

For a child love is spelled time.

What you get by reaching your goals is not nearly as

important as what you become by reaching them.

Do you know a hardworking man? He shall be successful

and stand before kings!

Miscommunication, poor communication, or no

communication can create incredible problems.

Work is the price we pay to travel the highway of

success.

If you pump long enough, hard enough and

enthusiastically enough, sooner or later the effort will

bring forth the reward.

A false or misunderstood word may create as much

disaster as a sudden thoughtless act.

We need to have faith in ourselves. We need to have

faith in our fellow human beings.

If you have enough push, you don’t have to worry

about the pull.

Kindness is one thing you can’t give away-it always

comes back.

Plans go wrong with too few counselors; many counselors

bring success.

The peak performer works out of love.

Worry is misuse of the imagination.

Good listening is a skill that requires practice, empathy,

and true concern for the other person.

You must have the desire to be successful.

If you don’t see yourself as a winner, then you cannot

perform as a winner.

You are free to choose, but the choices you make today will determine what you will

have, be, and do in the tomorrows of your life

There are three things that remain –faith, hope, and love –and the greatest of these is

love.

Responding to life or reacting to life determines

how far you are going in life.

When you throw dirt at people, you’re not doing a thing but losing ground.

The greatest enemy of excellence is good.

If you know how to do a task and why it should be done,

you will be the one in charge.

When a task is once begun, you leave it not until it’s

done.

Three A’s for excellence: Attitude, Aggressiveness,

and Appearance.

Do for others what you want others to do for you.

It is not the qualities you have, it’s the qualities you recognise you have and use that will make a difference.

Am I making a positive deposit in my future, or will

this deposit hinder my progress.

If you’re looking at the sun you will seldom see

shadows.

Look for the positive in all situations.

Napoleon said he was able to win all of those battles

because he understood the value of five minutes.

Work is the salt that gives life its savour

Start the day by looking yourself in the eye and

making commitment to do and be your best that day.

Inject people with hope.

How happy you are depends, to a large degree , on your

relationships with other people.

If you learn from a defeat, you haven’t really lost.

Positive thinking will let you use the ability you have.

Faith that does not result in good deeds is not real faith.

If you can reverse your thinking and see things from

the other person’s standpoint, the problems

will disappear.

Paint pictures in your mind of what you want to have

happen

When you learn how to set one goal, you’ll know how to

all goals.

When we do more than we are paid to do, eventually we

will be paid more what we do.

Work for progress not perfection.

If you love someone…you will always believe in

him/her.

Most small problems when nourished with

procrastinations, will grow bigger and bigger.

The integrity of a person is tremendously important.

A child is born to win, but too many have been conditioned to lose

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are

too strong to be broken.

If you think the sales process is something you do to somebody, you’re in the wrong business.

The sales process is something you do for somebody.

Never criticize or condemn-or it will come back to you.

A warm, friendly smile, persistence with your

message, and a show of sincerity and honesty is a

tough combination to beat.

Logic makes people think, and emotion makes them

act.

Our cup will truly run over only after we have sealed

the character cracks.

Ironing out the wrinkles is what most jobs are all about.

You can change by changing the way you think about

your self and your circumstances.

No one can make you feel inferior without your

consent.

Wherever there is a human being, there is an

opportunity for kindness.

A life of doing right is the wisest life there is. If you

live that kind of life. You will not limp or stumble as you

rumble.

The successful person is somebody who has integrity

and is consistent.

Confrontation doesn’t always bring a solution to the problem, but until you

confront the problem, there will be no solution

Real leadership involves getting along with, working with, and getting maximum production from those with

whom we disagrees.

Positive believing is optimistic hope with a reason for believing

mountains can be moved.

If you had faith even as small as a tiny mustard seed

you could say to this mountain, ‘’Move!’’ and it

would go away.

If you’re sincere, praise is effective. If you’re insincere,

it’s manipulative.

Wealth from gambling quickly disappears; wealth

from hard work grows

PRIDE=Personal Responsibility in Daily Effort.

If you want to generate enthusiasm. Remember that

athletes warm up.

Work gives us more than a living. Work gives us our life.

To enjoy your work and to accept your lot in life –that is

indeed a gift from God.

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if our mind growled like our stomach does when it is

hungry?

Focus on the contribution that you can make.

Everyone needs recognition.

To grow on a steady basis, read and love to read.

If you encounter difficulty, don’t change your decision

to go. Change your direction to get there.

Eighty-five percent of the reason people get jobs and get ahead in those jobs is because of their attitudes.

People stay where they grow

Never tire of loyalty and kindness. Hold these virtues

tightly. Write them deep within your heart.

By the mile it’s a trial, but by the inch it’s a cinch.

If you can’t be generous when it’s hard, you won’t be

when it’s easy

If you want to be enthusiastic, act

enthusiastic.

If we don’t start, It’s certain we can’t arrive.

The first encounter of every day has more impact than the next five encounters.

It is the set of the sail that determines the direction of

the boat.

The explanation of triumph is all in the first syllable

If you really want to be up in life, look for the good.

If you love someone, you will …always stand your ground

in defending him.

Repeat your message at least three times to make it

clear. Repetition is the mother of learning and a

powerful tool.

Answer the telephone with some zest and enthusiasm.

Little things make a big difference.

Some people have something to say, while others just have to say

something. Which kind of person are you?

The six most important words are: I’m sorry, I made

a mistake.

The difference between a big shot and a little shot is that a big shot’s just a little shot

that kept on shooting.

Today be aware of how you are spending your 1,440

moments, and spend them wisely.

Do it, and then you will feel motivated to do it.

Learn to be wise…and develop good judgment and

common sense! I cannot overemphasise this moment.

A sense of humour is vital to good leadership.

Physical, mental, and spiritual health are all

closely interwoven.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the

burden of it to anyone else.

Make every effort to be perceived as the most capable, not the most

visible.

You have incredible potential – physical, mental, and

spiritual

Hard work means prosperity; only a fool idles away his

time.

Top performers know themselves and how to deal

effectively with different personality types.

It is amazing how much better your day is when you

get up a little earlier.

Failure is the line of least persistence.

Listening is the most neglected skill in business

(or at home).

Our purpose is to start right where we are and look toward the future with

optimism and enthusiasm.

Hunger is good – if it makes you work to satisfy it!

Take time to get started.

We can all learn valuable lessons and techniques from

unlikely people.

Lack of resources is not our problem. It is our lack of

resourcefulness.

Take time for those you love.

Learn from the lessons of the past.

When you’ve got a solid commitment and solid

objectives, you’ve got a much better chance of

reaching your goal.

One important key to communication on any issue

or subject is to end every conversation with a comma,

not a period.

Unless we can be, on occasion, made to feel

important, we’re not going to function at our best.

You must love and help your neighbours just as much as you love and take care of

yourself.

Expect the best from yourself and others!

Any person is a thief who does not recognise the

inherent potential which is within them.

Real optimism is aware of the problems but recognises

the solutions

Regardless of your Past , tomorrow is a clean slate.

The way you see yourself today will affect your performance today.

It is not what happens to you that determines how far you go in life; it is what you do with what happens to you.

A sensible man watches for problems ahead and

prepares to meet them. The simpleton never looks and suffers the consequences.

Motivation and positive thinking will not work for

individuals who do not believe they are capable of

doing anything.

The greatest good we can do for others is not just to share our riches with them, but to

reveal theirs

You will make a lousy anybody else, but you are

the best ’’you’’ in existence.

If you don’t see yourself as a winner, you cannot perform

as a winner.

To build your self-image , you need to join the smile ,

firm handshake, and compliment club.

Lord, when we’re wrong, make us willing to change , and when we’re right, make

us easy to live with.

Education is by no means confined to the classroom

itself.

I would have you learn this great fact : that a life of

doing right is the wisest life there is.

Cooperation must be earned, not demanded

Don’t feel inferior because somebody else can do

something better than you can.

You can't climb the ladder of success dressed in the

costume of failure.

People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care…about

them.

Concentrate on the positive and not the negative.

The way a man wins shows much of his character, and

the way he loses shows al of it.

The more I understand myself, the more effectively I

can work with others.

Enjoy the small delights that life offers.

When there is moral rot within a nation, its

government topples easily; but with honest, sensible leaders there is stability.

God’s discipline produces strength not weakness.

You’re good at what you can do, and you can get better!

The worker who works hard enough to get a raise will probably get it, but the

worker who works to make a contribution is going to get

further along.

Show respect for a job well done.

We can do something about the future. There’s nothing we can do about the past.

The failure to recognise your potential is the means by which you’re depriving of what you could produce.

Happiness is not where or when; it is here and now.

Identifying the problem is a major step toward solving

the problem.

Telling the truth gives a man great satisfaction, and hard work returns many blessings

to him.

Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly – until

you learn to do it well.

The parent who truly has a good self-image understands that real love demands they do what is best for the child.

You need to see yourself as already being and achieving

your objective.

The disciplined person is the one who does what needs to be done when it needs to be

done.

Children make up one hundred percent of our

future.

The five most important words are: You did a good

job.

There are few problems that pure, dogged persistence won’t eventually solve.

Without wise leadership, a nation is in trouble; but with

good counselors there is safety

It is amazing what a smile will do- It’s the little curve that sets things straight.

Those people who look down on others are generally

living on a bluff.

As long as America continues to be good, America will continues to be great.

To build a healthy self- image, finish the job

A wise youth make hay while the sun shines, but what a

shame to see a lad who sleeps away his hour of

opportunity.

Desire is the ingredient that changes the hot water of mediocrity to the steam

outstanding success.

Choose your friends and associates very carefully.

Don’t confuse activity with accomplishment.

If life’s greatest awards come your way, be grateful. And if they pass by, don’t

fret

Deal with your enemies. Don’t just get even with

them – make friends out of them.

There is no room for hypocrisy at the top. A

hypocrite is a person who simply is not himself on

Sunday.

A faithful employee is as refreshing as a cool day in

the hot summertime.

Make a victory list of all your past successes.

One person with a commitment is worth more than a hundred who only

have an interest.

A truly humble person realises even in successful

times that he owes a debt to many others.

Get in shape! It is amazing how much better you will

feel.

I’ve got to say no to the good so I can say yes to the

best.

You have some of every quality necessary for

success

Use your imagination!

What profit is there if you gain the whole world- and lose eternal life? What can be compared with the value

of eternal life?

No one is perfect. When you make a mistake, admit it,

and ask for help.

Learn from successful failures.

People who have good relationships at home are

more effective in the workplace.

Invest time in activity that brings the highest return on

investment.

If you want to be accepted and make friends more

easily, look people in the eye.

With good vision, you not only see with your eyes but with your heart. And when you see with your heart, then you really go up.

The essence of good management is letting people know what you

expect, inspecting what is done, and supporting those things that are done well.

Your health, to a very large degree, depends on how well

you get along with others.

Turn from all known sin and spend your time doing good.

Each of us must be willing to accept criticism. We must

learn to listen to the advise of experts. No matter how

competent we think we are, we can always find room for

improvement.

You can never get ahead by trying to get even.

Education and motivation covers a lot of ground, but they won’t cultivate any of

it.

Return phone calls and letters immediately there is

no excuse for doing so.

Many of our problems could be solved if we could learn

to evaluate others in exactly the same way we evaluate

ourselves.

We can best guard against losing our shirts by keeping

our sleeves rolled up.

You need to forgive those who have hurt, offended, or

damaged you in your lifetime, regardless of the

offense.

The four most important words: What is your opinion?

Go easy on others; then they will do the same for you.

One reason many people never attempt new things is

their fear of failure.

When we are flying our highest, maybe that means we’re stretching and using resources we’ve never used

before.

Positive thinking will let do everything better than negative thinking will.

There are seldom, if ever any hopeless situations.

Children pay more attention to what you do than what

you say.

The best way to remove a chip from somebody else’s

shoulder is to let him take a bow.

Make it a habit to compliment coworkers,

friends and family members, for well-done jobs

We learn to do things consciously, but we will

never do them well until we learn to them

subconsciously.

Our language is the best reflection of our thinking.

It takes a person of great courage to forge ahead and

do what he honestly believes to be right when critics are

howling against him/her

You plus God equals enough.

Outstanding people have one thing in common: an

absolute sense of mission.

When you enjoy becoming wise., there is hope for you! A bright future lies ahead.

First you pay then you receive the benefits

Work can do more to advance a youth than his parents, be they ever so

wealthy.

No man can become rich without himself enriching

others

We deplete nature’s natural resources by using them up.

We deplete man’s natural resources by failing to use

them.

Love is the language that is understood every where.

What you send out comes back.

Positive thinking will not work for the individual who is negative about himself.

Love is .. Never haughty or selfish or rude.

All successful businesses must have a spirit of

oneness and teamwork among the various

departments.

Direction literally creates time.

Where you go from here is entirely up to you.

There is no point in doing well that which you should

not be doing at all.

You can go where you want to go . You can do what you want to do You can be like

you want to be.

You don’t persuade by telling; you persuade by

asking.

A wise man controls his temper. He knows that anger

causes mistakes.

Today, help someone ‘’secretly’’- do a kind thing for someone anonymously.

Success occurs when opportunity meets

preparation.

It is always the right time to do the right thing

If you take the train off the tracks, it’s free, but it can’t

go anywhere.

There is no great fun, satisfaction, or joy derived

from doing something that’s easy.

Every successful man or woman I’ve ever known did

many things when not feeling 100 percent.

Some goals must be big.

The best exercise is to reach down and lift something up.

You acquire much of the thinking, mannerism, and

characteristics of the people around.

Some goals need to be ongoing.

Some people are so narrow-minded they can look

through a keyhole with both eyes at the same time.

The good influence o Godly citizens causes a city to

proper , but the moral decay of the of the wicked drives it

downhill.

For eight hours a day, competition is extremely tough; but when we work

one more hour, 90 percent of the competition will drop

out.

Unrealistic expectations are the seabed of depression.

If you treat everybody like they are hurting, you’ll be

treating the vast majority of them in the proper way.

Work brings profit; talk brings poverty!

Work in cooperation with others.

Good ideas and good technique do not care who

owns them.

The only way to coast is down hill.

Don’t be an ‘’if’’ thinker, be a ‘’how’’ thinker.

The three most important words: would you please?

A man will always reap the kind of crop he sows!

Be flexible enough to bend, tolerant of others, and open

to new ideas, without comprising basic beliefs.

When you take care of your health, things are going to happen which are in your

best interest

If we don't set goals chances are strong we will not reach

those goals.

Real optimism has reason to complain but prefers to

smile.

Don’t waste time placing blame; fix the cause.

People who make commitments to reach their goals are the ones who are

going to reach them.

How can a student know more than his teacher? But if he works hard, he may learn

as much

Support your organisation, or go to work in an

organisation you can support.

Enthusiasm sometimes has to be tempered with

direction.

Work is represented in the humblest savings and has

laid the foundation of every fortune.

Be solution conscious, not problem oriented

To reach your goal, divide it into bites

If people like you, they’ll listen to you, but if they

trust you, they’ll do business with you.

Cultivate a calm persuasive voice.

It is the series of little things that determines if you get

somewhere or not.

Godly men are growing a tree that bears life-giving

fruit

You must be consistent in all areas of life if you are going to achieve maximum results.

To raise positive kids in a negative world, daily inject love, direction, and concern

for them.

There are more than 4 billion people on this earth who go to bed hungry for an honest

word of appreciation.

Humour is one of the truly great teaching motivational

tools in our lives.

When you break goals into increments and start

controlling your time, things begin to happen.

If a child lives with praise, he learns, to appreciate.

The fool who provokes his family to anger will finally have nothing worthwhile

left.

When obstacles arise, change your direction to reach your goal, not the

decision to get there.

Hindsight is worth a lot if you learn from it, and it’s

worth even more if it’s another’s hindsight you are

learning from.

You are the only person on this earth who can use your

ability.

When you quit getting better, you’ll soon stop

being good.

Faith opens doors to inspiration, and hope powers

the forward thrust aspiration.

The half -a- minders and the gonna-doers invariably end up being the never-doers.

Wickedness never brings real success; only the godly

have that.

Look beneath the surface in apparently negative situations and find

something positive to say.

A magnificent career is built by doing the everyday things that are designed to make a

difference.

It is the combination of reasonable talent and the ability to keep going in the face of defeat that leads to

success.

Make a friend by being a friend.

As you reach any goal immediately set a new one.

Some people find fault like there was a reward for it

The measure of a man’s real character is what he would

do if he knew he would never be found out.

It’s not what the situation is, It’s what we make of the

situation.

If you don’t know God’s love, it is because you don’t love

God.

Some people like to make cutting remarks, but the words of the wise soothe

and heal.

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving

to be appreciated.

Sometimes bad things happen to us. In hindsight, we often determine it was

the best thing.

Praise in Public. Reprove in private.

The more successful individuals we have, the

more successful our nation is going to be.

Commit your work to the lord, then it will succeed

Incentive is the soul of success

Fulfilling responsibility is a good reason for work;

discipline is the method.

The man who uses well what he is given shall be given more, and he shall have

abundance.

Be interested in the goals, welfare, homes, and families

of those with whom you work.

A wise youth accepts his father’s rebuke; a young

mocker doesn’t

If you are going to reach your goals, start with a solid

foundation.

One of the manifestations of poor self image is someone

who can’t any kidding.

Take time to play.

America was built by people who worked and pulled on the oars, not by those who

rested on them.

Ask yourself a question: Is my attitude worth catching?

Hope is the power that gives a person the confidence to

step out and try!

When a job is loved, wok makes life sweet, purposeful

and fruitful.

When you are tough on your self, life is going to be

infinitely easier on you.

Knowing how to benefit from failure is the key to success.

The success family has work as the father and integrity as

the mother.

He who loves wisdom loves his own best interest and

will be a success.

A goal casually set and lightly taken is freely abandoned at the first

obstacle.

The most beautiful philosophy in the world

won’t work if you ‘’don’t’’

Kids go where there’s excitement. They stay where

there is love.

Why is it we judge ourselves by our ideals and others by

their acts?

When adversity strikes, it may be what is needed to

become successful.

The darkest night since the beginning of time did not

turn out all the stars

One good thing about aiming for the moon is that you are not likely to come up with a handful of mud. Dream big.

Aim high.

Education depends on motivation and the

formation of good work habits

Real love is when you do the things that are best for the

one you love.

The most important word: You. The least important

word:Me

In everything you do, put God first,and he will direct and crown your efforts with

success.

You never work for someone else. You work for yourself.

Every job is a self portrait of the person who did it.

Happiness is like a kiss. In order to get a good out of it,

you have to give it to someone else.

When you work with people, it is a lot like mining for

gold… You do not look for the dirt – you look for the

Gold.

Hardening of the attitudes is the most deadly disease on

the face of the earth.

Fix your thoughts on what is true and good and right.

What you do off the job plays a major part in how far you

go on the job.

A solid base, solid commitment, and solid

objectives result in greater likelihood of reaching goals.

A key in winning relationships is to let the

other person feel important.

Nothing in the world can take the place of

persistence.

Conceit is a weird disease. It makes everybody sick

except the one who’s got it.

There ‘s an ancient Jewish proverb that says, ‘’if you don’t teach a man a trade,

you raise a thief.

Motivation follows the action

Success is not a destination, It’s a journey. It’s the

direction in which you are traveling.

Whatever the job is, the best way to qualify for the next one is to do a great job at

this one time.

Those who are peacemakers will plant seeds of peace and reap a harvest of goodness.

How do you know you can’t if you’ve never tried?

Ability times effort equals results.

The saddest words in the English Language are ‘’if

only’’.

I happen to believe that everything is selling.

Ability is important – dependability is critical.

Every choice has an end result.