THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY

A collection of motivational, inspirational, and sometimes humorous

thoughts

MAY, 2018

05.01 When you die, the only thing you’re going to die with is the reputation you created as a person when you lived. -William Rosenberg05.02 Peer pressure is not just for teenagers! The ugly face of peer pressure will follow us all to the grave,bythosewhowouldhaveusgoinadifferentdirectionwithourlives!So,decidewhat you want in life, and don’t let anyone distract you from reaching your goals and your dreams! You Can Do It! -Jerry Aragon, Ph. D.05.03 Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can. As long as you ever can. -John Wesley05.04 Are you going places or just being taken?05.05 Therehastobeareasontogetuptomorrow.-SteveHarvey05.06 Life engenders life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich. -SarahBernhardt05.07 Byperseverance,thesnailreachedtheark.-CharlesSpurgeon05.08 Nothing takes the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan “press on” has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race. -Calvin Coolidge05.09 Diligence is the mother of good luck And God gives all things to industry. Soplowdeepwhilesluggardssleep Andyoushallhavecorntosellandtokeep.-BenjaminFranklin05.10 Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal. Prepare yourself in every way you can by increasing your knowledge and adding to your experiences, so that you can make the most of an opportunity when it occurs. -Mario Andretti05.11 The goal you set must be challenging. At the same time, it should be realistic and attainable, not impossible to reach. It should be challenging enough to make you stretch, but not so far that youbreak.-RickHansen05.12 Beforeyoubeginathing,remindyourselfthatdifficultiesanddelaysquiteimpossibletoforesee are ahead. If you could see them clearly, you could do a great deal to get rid of them, but you can’t.Youcanonlyseeonethingclearlyandthatisyourgoal.Formamentalvisionofthatand cling to it through thick and thin. -Kathleen Norris05.13 There’sadifferencebetweeninterestandcommitment.Whenyouareinterestedindoing something, you do it only when it is convenient. When you are committed to something, you accept no excuses. Which are you? NO EXCUSES.“Thekamikazepilotwhowasabletofly fiftymissionswasinvolved,butnevercommitted.”--LouHoltz05.14 StevenCovey’s7HabitsofHighlyEffectivePeople: 1.Beproactive 2.Beginwiththeendinmind 3.Putfirstthingsfirst 4. Think win-win 5.Seekfirsttounderstand,thentobeunderstood 6.Synergize 7.Sharpenthesaw

MAY, 2018

05.15 One only gets to the top rung on the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly, all sorts of powers, all sorts of abilities which you thought never belonged to you, suddenly become within your own possibility and you think, “Well, I’ll have a go too.” -Margaret Thatcher

APRIL, 2018

04.01 Inthreewords,IcansumupeverythingI’velearnedaboutlife:itgoeson.-RobertFrost04.02 People who like people are people other people like.04.03 Life is.... by Mother Theresa

Lifeisanopportunity,benefitfromit. Life is beauty, admire it. Life is a dream, realize it. Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is a duty, complete it. Life is a game, play it. Lifeisapromise,fulfillit. Life is sorrow, overcome it. Life is a song, sing it. Life is a struggle, accept it. Life is a tragedy, confront it. Life is an adventure, dare it. Life is luck, make it. Life is too precious, do not destroy it. Lifeislife,fightforit.04.04 Manifest plainness Embrace simplicity Reduceselfishness Havefewdesires.-Lao-tzu04.05 Thethreearch-enemiesofhappiness:hurry,worry,anddebt.-NewellDwightHills04.06 Withoutfaith,nothingispossible;withfaith,nothingisimpossible.-MaryMcleodBethune04.07 Wherever you go, go with all your heart. -Confucius04.08 Withoutself-discipline,successisimpossible.Period.-LouHoltz04.09 Itisabadplanthatadmitsofnomodification.-PublilliusSyrius04.10 The universe is change; life is understanding.04.11 The time to worry about your reputation is before you have one. -William Raspberry04.12 The world belongs to the energetic.04.13 Insanityisdoingthesamethingoverandoverandexpectingadifferentresult.-AlbertEinstein04.14 Itisnotbecausethingsaredifficultthatwedonotdare;itisbecausewedonotdarethatthey aredifficult.-LuciusAnnaeusSeneca04.15 Good enough is never enough.04.16 Don’tpointafinger.Lendahand.04.17 Abouttheonlythingthatcomestouswithouteffortisoldage.04.18 Dreamwhatyoudaretodream.Gowhereyouwanttogo.Bewhatyouwanttobe.-Calvin Coolidge04.19 It’s what you learn after you think you know it all that counts. -Earl Weaver04.20 Takeasagiftwhateverthedaybrings.-Horace04.21 As long as you have a window, life is exciting.04.22 To exist is to change; to change is to mature; to mature is to create oneself endlessly. -HenriBergson04.23 Leadershipisgettingotherstobelieveinyou.-LarryBird

APRIL, 2018

04.23 It’snottheyearsinyourlifebutthelifeinyouryearsthatcounts.-AdlaiStevenson04.24 Thebusinessoflifeistogoforward.-SamuelJohnson04.25 The main thing is to be honest with yourself, know and recognize your limits, and attain maximum achievement within them. I would, for example, get more satisfaction from climbingSnowdon,whichIknowIcould,thanfromattemptingEverest,whichIcouldn’t. -StirlingMoss04.26 Whateveryouarebynature,keeptoit;neverdesertyourownlineoftalent.Bewhatnature intended you for, and you will succeed; be anything else and you will be ten thousand timesworsethannothing. -SydneySmith04.27 I asked Darrell Royal, the coach of the Texas Longhorns, why he didn’t recruit me and he said:“Well,Walt,wetookalookatyouandyouweren’tanygood.”-WaltGarrison04.28 I’m a big believer in the mirror test. All that matters is if you can look in the mirror and honestly tell the person you see there that you’ve done your best. -John McKay04.29 Feelingsofinferiorityandsuperiorityarethesame.Theycomefromfear.-Dr.RobertAnthony04.30 Agoodscareisworthmorethangoodadvice.-EdHowe

MARCH, 2018

03.01 Ifyoucandoajobalittlebettereachday,you’llonedayfindthatyoucandoitbetterthan anyone else.03.02 If you don’t have what you want, you are not committed to it 100%.03.03 People say “relax, the game is over.” The game is over? The game is never over. -Red Auerbach03.04 Thedifferencebetweentheimpossibleandthepossibleliesinaperson’sdetermination. -Tommy Lasorda03.05 Triumph lies in discipline03.06 Neverletworkdriveyou.Masterit,andkeepitincompletecontrol.-BookerT.Washington03.07 Thegreatdifferencebetweenmenisinsacrifice,inself-denial,inloveandloyalty,in fearlessness and in humility, in the pursuit of excellence, and in the perfectly disciplined will. -Vince Lombardi03.08 Itiseasytoflyintoapassion,anyonecandothis.Buttobeangrywiththerightperson to the right extent at the right time in the right way, that is not easy, and not everyone can do it. -Aristotle03.09 It’s easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you’re a winner, when you’re No. 1. What you’ve got to have is faith and discipline when you’re not yet a winner. -Vince Lombardi03.10 Thefightiswonorlostfarawayfromthewitnesses-behindthelines,inthegymandout there on the road, long before I dance under those lights. -Mohammad Ali03.11 You’vefailedmanytimes,althoughyoumaynotremember.Youfelldownthefirsttime youtriedtowalk.Youalmostdrownedthefirsttimeyoutriedtoswim.Didyouhittheball thefirsttimeyouswungabat?Heavyhitters,theoneswhohitthemosthomeruns,also strikeoutalot.R.H.MacyfailedseventimesbeforehisstoreinNewYorkcaughton. English novelist John Creasey got 753 rejection slips before he published 564 books. BabeRuthstruckout1,330times,buthealsohit714homeruns.Don’tworryaboutfailure. Worry about the chances you miss when you don’t even try.03.12 If you learn from defeat, then you really haven’t lost. -Zig Ziglar03.13 Don’t be afraid to fail. The greatest failure of all is the failure to act when action is needed. Usetheinformationthatyou’veacquiredinthepastthroughtheexperiencesyou’vehadand actwithself-control.Butact.-JohnWooden03.14 A man who does not think for himself does not think at all. -Oscar Wilde03.15 When you can think of yesterday without regret, and of tomorrow without fear, then you are on the road to success.03.16 If I have seen farther than others, it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants. -SirIsaacNewton03.17 Apersonmustbeinterestedinfindingthebestway,notinhavingtheirownway.-JohnWooden03.18 Two thirds of promotion is motion.03.19 Therearenosecretstosuccess.Don’twastetimelookingforthem.Successistheresult of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty to those for whom you work, and persistence. -General Colin Powell03.20 No man should be ashamed of what he does, no matter what it is, so long as it is useful andhonorable.-HarryS.Truman03.21 Every day the world turns over on somebody who just had been sitting on top of it.03.22 Theworldstandsasideandletsanyonepasswhoknowswhereheisgoing.-DavidStarGordon03.23 Donotsimplybegood.Begoodforsomething.

MARCH, 2018

03.24 You can use most any measure When you’re speaking of success. You can measure it in fancy home, Expensive car, or dress. Butthemeasureofyourrealsuccess Is the one you cannot spend. It’s the way your kids describe you Whenthey’retalkingtoafriend.-MartinBuxbaum03.25 Alotofpeoplequitlookingforworkoncetheyfindajob.-ZigZiglar03.26 Ifyoucan’tfightandyoucan’tflee,flow.-RobertEliot03.27 If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, we did it. If anything goes really good, then you did it. That’s all it takes to get people to win football games for you. -Paul“Bear”Bryant03.28 If I’ve got correct goals, and if I keep pursuing them the best way I know how, everything falls into line. If I do the right thing right, I’m going to succeed. -Dan Dierdorf03.29 See your goal. Understand the obstacles. Clear your mind of doubt. Create a positive mental picture. Embrace the challenge. Stay on track. Show the world you can do it.03.30 When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully at the closeddoorthatwedonotseetheonewhichhasopenedforus.-AlexanderGrahamBell03.31 Fourthingscomenotback:thespokenword,thespedarrow,thepastlife,theneglected opportunity. -Arab Proverb

FEBRUARY, 2018

02.01 I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn’t learn something from him. -Galileo Galilei02.02 Wherever you go, go with all your heart. -Confucius02.03 Inches make a champion. -Vince Lombardi02.04 It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees. -Delores Ibarruri02.05 Onemanpracticingsportsmanshipisbetterthanfiftymenpreachingit.-KnuteRockne02.06 Anger,resentment,envy,andself-pityarewastefulreactions.-RuthBaderGinsburg02.07 Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Smallmindsdiscusspeople.-AdmiralHymanRickover02.08 Eachmanhasachoiceinlife.Hemayapproachitasacreatororacritic,aloverorahater, a giver or a taker.02.09 The will to win means nothing if you don’t have the will to pay. -Dr. Julian Earls02.10 Howrarelyweweighourneighborinthesamebalanceinwhichweweighourselves.-Thomas Kempis02.11 Insist on yourself. Never imitate. -Ralph Waldo Emerson02.12 No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself. -James Russell Lowell02.13 Thereisnowaytohappiness.Happinessistheway.02.14 Take a little time to do Whatever makes a happy you.02.15 Flexiblepeoplenevergetbentoutofshape.02.16 Everyproblemcontainstheseedstoitsownsolution.-StanleyArnold02.17 Thewaytobesafeisnevertobesecure.Eachoneofusrequiresthespurofinsecurityto forceustodoourbest.-HaroldDodds02.18 Ifthereisawaytodoitbetter,findit.-ThomasEdison02.19 Allthingsarepossibletohimwhobelieves;theyarelessdifficulttohimwhohopes;they areeasyforhimwholoves;andtheyaresimpletoanywhodoallthree.-BrotherLawrence02.20 The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, youcandoit--aslongasyoureallybelieve100percent.-ArnoldSchwarzenegger02.21 Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someonetotellyouthatyouarewrong.Therearealwaysdifficultiesarisingthattemptyou to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requiressomeofthesamecouragethatasoldierneeds.Peacehasitsvictories,butittakes brave men and women to win them. -Ralph Waldo Emerson02.22 Littlestrokesfellgreatoaks.-BenjaminFranklin02.23 Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. -John Wooden02.24 You must act as if it is impossible to fail. -Ashanti Proverb02.25 Thereisnofailureexceptinnolongertrying.-ElbertHubbard02.26 Ifyouthinkyoucanwin,youhavewon.Faithisnecessarytovictory.-Hazlitt02.27 It’s kind of fun to do the impossible. -Walt Disney02.28 It’s easy to live for others; everyone does. I call on you to live for yourself. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

JANUARY, 2018

01.01 Tolaughoftenandmuch;towintherespectofintelligentpeopleandtheaffectionofchildren; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciatebeauty,tofindthebestinothers;toleavetheworldalittlebetter,whetherby a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is the meaning of success. -Ralph Waldo Emerson01.02 Icangiveyouasix-wordformulaforsuccess:“thinkthingsthrough;thenfollowthrough.” -Eddie Rickenbacker01.03 The secret of success is clear, It’s simple and it’s true; It’s not in doing what you like, Butlikingwhatyoudo.01.04 On the mountain of truth you can never climb in vain; either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow. -FriedrichNietzsche01.05 Shortcutsalwayscauseproblems.-PhillipCrosby01.06 Beonthelevelandyouwon’tgodownhill.01.07 What is said is exactly what you intended to say.01.08 Life has to be lived. That’s all there is to it. -Eleanor Roosevelt01.09 I wouldn’t give one iota to make a trip from the cradle to the grave unless I could live in a competitive world. -Adolph Rupp01.10 Beingonatightropeisliving;everythingelseiswaiting.-KarlWallenda01.11 Theimpossible:whatnobodycandountilsomeonedoes.01.12 An idealist believes that the short run doesn’t count. A cynic believes that the long run doesn’t matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines thelongrun.-SydneyJ.Harris01.13 Never mistake activity for achievement. -John Wooden01.14 Thestartingpointofallachievementisdesire.-NapoleonHill01.15 Toescapecriticism,donothing,saynothing,benothing.-ElbertHubbard01.16 There is nothing so frightening as ignorance in action. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe01.17 If there is no wind, row. -Latin Proverb01.18 Live now. When you are eating - eat. When you are loving - love. When you are talking withsomeone-talk.Whenyouarelookingattheflowers-look.Catchthebeautyofthe moment.-LeoBuscaglia01.19 Whereveramanorawomanturns,hecanfindsomeonewhoneedshim.Evenifitisa little thing, do something for which there is no pay, just the privilege of doing it. Remember, youdon’tliveintheworldallonyourown.-AlbertSchweitzer01.20 They can because they think they can. -Virgil01.21 Believe.Nopessimisteverdiscoveredthesecretsofthestars,orsailedtoanuncharted land,oropenedanewheaventothehumanspirit.-HelenKeller01.22 Believeinyourself!Havefaithinyourabilities!Withoutahumble,butreasonable, confidenceinyourownpowers,youcannotbesuccessfulorhappy.-NormanVincentPeale01.23 Although fate presents the circumstances, how you react depends on your character.01.24 IleavethisruleforotherswhenI’mdead:Besureyou’rerightthengoahead.-DavyCrockett01.25 No one will believe in you unless you believe in yourself. -Liberace01.26 Therighttodosomethingdoesnotmeanthatitisright.-WilliamSafire

JANUARY, 2018

01.27 I have more trouble with myself than with any other man I have ever met. -Dwight Lyman Moody01.28 The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when wedon’tknowwhattodo.-JohnHolt01.29 Only the educated are free. -Epictetus01.30 We learn by doing things rather than talking about them. -John Dewey01.31 I wish I’d known early what I had to learn late. -Richie Ashburn

DECEMBER, 2017

12.01 Lifeislikephotography.Ifyoudon’tfocus,allyouhaveisthenegative.-DanFrisby12.02 Keep your head and your heart going in the right direction and you’ll not have to worry about your feet. 12.03 LOU HOLTZ’S LIFE-GUIDING PRINCIPLES THREE BASIC RULES: 1. Do what is right. 2. Do your very best. 3. Treat others like you’d like to be treated. THREE BASIC QUESTIONS 1. Can I trust you? 2. Are you committed? 3. Do you care about me?12.04 Theworldstandsasidetoletanyonepasswhoknowswhereheisgoing.-DavidStarrJordan12.05 ROTARY FOUR WAY TEST 1. Is it the truth? 2. Is it fair to all concerned? 3. Will it build goodwill and better friendships? 4.Willitbebeneficialtoallconcerned?12.06 It doesn’t take an army To think what can be done; One person with just one idea Is more than ten with none.12.07 Every man is enthusiastic at times. One man has enthusiasm for thirty minutes, another has itforthirtydays.Butit’sthemanwhohasitforthirtyyearswhomakesasuccessinlife.-The Catholic Layman12.08 One learns manners from those who have none.12.09 Yougainstrength,courage,andconfidencebyeveryexperienceinwhichyoureallystopto look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do. -Eleanor Roosevelt12.10 Itishardtobeatapersonwhonevergivesup.-BabeRuth12.11 Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell them “certainly I can.” Then get busy and findouthowtodoit.-TheodoreRoosevelt12.12 One’s dignity may be assaulted, vandalized, and cruelly mocked, but it cannot be taken awayunlessitissurrendered.-MichaelJ.Fox12.13 Ourimaginationistheonlylimittowhatwecanhopetohaveinthefuture.-CharlesF.Kettering12.14 Youdon’tgetharmonywheneveryonesingsthesamenote.-DougFloyd12.15 Thereareonlytwowaystoapproachlife:asavictimorasagallantfighter.Youmustdecide if you want to act or react, deal your own cards or play with a stacked deck. If you don’t decide whichwaytoplaywithlife,itplayswithyou.-MerleShain12.16 It’s easy to cry that you’re beaten and die, It’seasytocrawfishandcrawl, Buttofightandtofightwhenhope’soutofsight, Why, that’s the best game of them all; And tho’ you come out of each grueling bout All broken and beaten and scarred Just have one more try. It’s dead easy to die. It’s the keeping on living that’s hard.

DECEMBER, 2017

12.17 Firstyousaytoyourselfwhatyouwouldbe;andthenyoudowhatyouhavetodo.-Epictetus12.18 Well begun is half done. -Aristotle12.19 I always wanted to be somebody. If I made it, it’s half because I was game enough to take a lot of punishment along the way and half because there were a lot of people who cared enough to help me. -Althea Gibson12.20 I studied the lives of great men and women, and I found that the men and women who got to the top were those who did the jobs they had in hand, with everything they had of energy andenthusiasmandhardwork.-HarryS.Truman12.21 Thetruthofthematteristhatthere’snothingyoucan’taccomplishif: (1) you clearly decide what it is that you’re absolutely committed to achieving; (2) you’re willing to take massive action; (3) you notice what’s working or not; and (4) you continue to change your approach until you achieve what you want, using whatever life gives you along the way. -Anthony Robbins12.22 Iwouldnotwastemylifeinfrictionwhenitcouldbeturnedintomomentum.-FrancesWillard12.23 Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.12.24 There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. -Thomas Edison12.25 Your attitude about who you are and what you have is a very little thing that makes a very bigdifference.-TheodoreRoosevelt12.26 Things that never happen seem to worry us the most.12.27 Everyday, in every way, I’m getting better and better. -Emile Coue12.28 Hewholimpsisstillwalking.-StanislawLec12.29 We can agree to disagree, but we don’t have to be disagreeable. -John Wooden12.30 Somepeoplearealwaysgrumblingbecauseroseshavethorns.Iamthankfulthatthorns have roses. -Alphonse Karr12.31 Iamneverboredanywhere.Beingboredisaninsulttooneself.-JulesRenard.

NOVEMBER, 2017

11.01 Realgenerosityisdoingsomethingniceforsomeonewhowillneverfinditout.-FrankClark11.02 When you say “I’m sorry,” look the person in the eye.11.03 Goals without deadlines are only wishes.11.04 Not failure, but low aim is the crime. -James Russell Lowe11.05 There is more to life than increasing its speed. -Mohandas Ghandi11.06 We all die in the end, but there’s no reason to die in the middle. -David Mamet11.07 Advice is less heeded when most needed.11.08 Don’talwaysfollowthecrowdbecausenoonegoesthereanymore.-YogiBerra11.09 Refusing to ask for help when you need it is refusing someone a chance to be helpful.11.10 Hewhohasawhytoliveforcanbearalmostanyhow.-FriedrichNietzsche11.11 ShowmeathoroughlysatisfiedmanandIwillshowyouafailure.-ThomasAlvaEdison11.12 If we cannot have what we like, we can like what we have.11.13 If you would make a man happy, do add to his possessions but subtract from the sum of his desire.-Seneca11.14 God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now, I’m so far behind that I’ll probably never die.11.15 A problem well stated is a problem half solved. -Charles Kettering11.16 A well spent day brings happy sleep. -Leonardo daVinci11.17 Achievement comes when you decide to live your possibilities.11.18 Youareneversoneartovictoryaswhendefeatedinagoodcause.-HenryWardBeecher11.19 Do not watch the news. Make the news. -Mamie McCullough11.20 Todo,onemustbedoing.-FrenchProverb11.21 Standingisstillgoing.-SwahiliProverb11.22 Beginwhereyouare,butdon’tstaywhereyouare.11.23 Inacalmsea,everyoneisapilot.Strengthisproveninadversity.-EnglishProverb11.24 Whenitcomestogoingafterwhatyouloveinlife,don’ttakenoforananswer.-ReginaBrett11.25 Always think of passing the ball before shooting it. -John Wooden11.26 Guard against speaking more clearly than you think.11.27 When you play, plat hard; when you work, don’t play at all. -Theodore Roosevelt11.28 There’sagreatdifferencebetweenworryandconcern.Aworriedpersonseesaproblem. A concerned person solves the problem.11.29 The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it. -William James11.30 Beciviltoall,sociabletomany,familiarwithfew,friendtoone,andenemytonoone.-Benjamin Franklin11.31 A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way. -John C. Maxwell

OCTOBER, 2017

10.01 Thegreatestabilityisdependability.-CurtBergwall10.02 Nothing happens until someone say “I will.”10.03 Keep score with results.10.04 There is ALWAYS room at the top. -Daniel Webster10.05 If you don’t believe you don’t belong.10.06 Believebig.Thesizeofyoursuccessisdeterminedbythesizeofyourbelief.-DavidJoseph Schwartz10.07 You can’t make a good deal with a bad person.10.08 Knowing what’s right doesn’t mean much unless you do what’s right.10.09 Sometimesyouhavetobesilenttobeheard.10.10 The secret of our success is found in our daily agenda. -John C. Maxwell10.11 Hearandforget Seeandremember. Do and understand. -Chinese Proverb10.12 Thingsdonothappen.Thingsaremadetohappen.-JohnF.Kennedy10.13 Every day, tell at least one person something you like, admire, or appreciate about them.10.14 Don’tcompareyourlifetoothers.Youhavenoideawhattheirjourneyisabout.-ReginaBrett10.15 If you achieve success, you will hear applause. And if you get applause, you will hear it. Myadvicetoyouconcerningapplauseisthis:enjoyit,butneverquitebelieveit.-Robert Montgomery10.16 Flamingenthusiasm,backedupbyhorsesenseandpersistence,isthequalitythatmost frequentlymakesforsuccess.-DaleCarnegie10.17 Ithinkthatthegoodandthegreatareonlyseparatedbythewillingnesstosacrifice. -Kareen Abdul-Jabbar10.18 I never had a policy. I just tried to do my very best each and every day. -Abraham Lincoln10.19 You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction.-GeorgeHoraceLorimer10.20 Itisourchoicesthatshowwhatwetrulyare,farmorethanourabilities.-HarryPotter10.21 I’dratherbestronglywrongthanweaklyright.-TallulahBankhead10.22 Toliveistochoose.Buttochoosewell,youmustknowwhoyouare,whatyoustandfor, whereyouwanttogo,andwhyyouwanttogetthere.-KofiAnnan10.23 No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend until he is unhappy.10.24 Donotletfearofstrikingoutholdyouback.-BabeRuth10.25 Nothing in life is to be feared, only to be understood. -Marie Curie10.26 To be happy, you must forget yourself.10.27 There is no right way to do the wrong thing.10.28 Lifeisn’taboutfindingyourself.It’saboutcreatingyourself.-GeorgeBernardShaw10.29 If it were easy, it would have been done before. -Jeanne Yaeger10.30 When things go wrong, don’t go with them.10.31 Don’t think there are no crocodiles just because the water is calm.

SEPTEMBER, 2017

09.01 Your mind is what makes everything else work. -Kareem Abdul-Jabbar09.02 Wise men say nothing in dangerous times.09.03 Wehaveasocietyobsessedwithpublicopinion.ButleadershiphasNEVER been about popularity. - Marco Rubio09.04 Whatever you are, be a good one. -Abraham Lincoln09.05 The higher you want to climb, the more you need leadership. The greater the impact you want tomake,thegreateryourinfluenceneedstobe.Whateveryouwillaccomplishisrestricted by your ability to lead others. -John C. Maxwell09.06 The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly. -Jim Rohn09.07 Whatyouwanttobeeventually,youmustbeeveryday.Withpractice,thequalityofyour deedswillgetdownintoyoursoul.-FrankCrane09.08 Bestraightforwardwiththepeoplewhoworkforyou.Keepdoorsandmindsopen. Communicatewithyourcolleagues.Beopenwiththem.Itisasignofrespect.-CarletonFiorina09.09 Thefirsttimeyouquit,it’shard.Thesecondtime,itgetseasier.Thethirdtime,youdon’t evenhavetothinkaboutit.-Paul“Bear”Bryant09.10 Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with allyourmight.Putyourwholesoulintoit.Stampitwithyourownpersonality.Beactive, be energetic, be enthusiastic and faithful, and you will accomplish your objective. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. -Ralph Waldo Emerson09.11 Don’tbesharporflat;Justbenatural.-WillieStargell09.12 You cannot live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you. -John Wooden09.13 The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done. -Arnold Palmer09.14 Thebigfiveattitudeobstacleseverybodyfacesarediscouragement,change,problems,fear, and failure. -John C. Maxwell09.15 You don’t have the time, nor can you expend the energy, to address the opposition. They have no power over you unless you give it to them. A man can’t ride your back unless it’s bent. Don’tbendover.Staytall.Keepclimbing.-SteveHarvey09.16 If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity, it would be this. Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life, and when it comes, hold your headhigh.Lookitsquarelyintheeyeandsay,“Iambiggerthanyou.Youcannotdefeatme.” -Ann Landers09.17 The real secret of success is enthusiasm. Yes, more than enthusiasm, I would say excitement. I like to see men get excited. When they get excited, they make a success of their lives. -Walter Chrysler09.18 The biggest temptation is to settle for too little. -Thomas Merton09.20 It’s not the load that breaks you down. It’s the way you carry it.09.21 You interpretation of what you see and hear is just that. YOUR interpretation,09.22 Nothing astonishes others so much as plain dealing and common sense. -Ralph Waldo Emerson09.23 Whatworksforyoumaynotworkforsomeoneelse.Sowhatmakesyouthinkthatyourwayis so much better?09.24 We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same. -Carlos Casteneda

SEPTEMBER, 2017

09.25 The woodpecker has shown us how A worthy life is led; We cannot leave our mark on life Unless we use our head.09.26 Teamwork divides the task and multiplies the success.09.27 A player who makes the team great is much more valuable than a great player. -John Wooden09.28 Itisbettertofailinoriginalitythantosucceedinimitation.-HermanMellville09.29 Itisnotenoughtobebusy.Thequestionis,whatarewebusyabout?-HenryDavidThoreau09.30 Nothingwouldbedoneatallifwewaiteduntilwecoulddoitsowellthatnoonecouldfind fault with it. -Cardinal Newman

AUGUST, 2017

08.01 Thecommontraitsamongallsuccessfulpeoplearedesire,determination,andconfidence.08.02 Successistobemeasurednotsomuchbythepositiononehasreachedinlifeasbythe obstacleswhichhehasovercomewhiletryingtosucceed.-BookerT.Washington08.03 When you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything. -Mark Twain08.04 A boat doesn’t go forward if each is rowing his own way. -African Proverb08.05 Everythingwedoinlifethat’sworthyofnoterequiresgiftsthatarebeyondourown....You don’tknoweverything,youdon’tknoweveryone,andyoucan’tdoitallalone.-SteveHarvey08.06 Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships. -Michael Jordan08.07 Wash what is dirty. Water what is dry. Healwhatiswounded. Warm what is cold. Guidewhatgoesofftheroad. Love those who are least lovable because they need it most.08.08 Excuses are the lies you convince yourself are true to avoid proving you are worthy of the giftyouweregiven.-SteveHarvey08.09 Stepuporstepaside.08.10 Ninety-nine percent of all failures come from people who have a habit of making excuses. -George Washington Carver08.11 An open mind provides an opportunity for dropping in a worthwhile thought.08.12 Tothinkiseasy.Toactishard.Butthehardestthingintheworldistoactinaccordance with your thinking. -Goethe08.13 Don’tfindfaultwithwhatyoudon’tunderstand.(Greatmessageforpeopleusingsocialmedia)08.14 Don’tfindafault.Findaremedy.-HenryFord08.15 Haveyougotaproblem?Dowhatyoucanwhereyouarewithwhatyou’vegot.-Theodore Roosevelt08.16 A leader is one who sees more than others see, who sees farther than others see, and who sees before others see. -Leroy Eimes08.17 Theoppositeofloveisnothate.Itisindifference.08.18 WhenIworkfourteenhoursaday,sevendaysaweek,Igetlucky.-ArmandHammer08.19 Waititout.Sometimesvictorygoestotheoneleftstanding.08.20 You don’t win once in awhile. You don’t do things right once in awhile. You do them right all the time. -Vince Lombardi08.21 Whatisrightisoftenforgottenbywhatisconvenient.-BodieThoene08.22 Exploiting an opponent’s weakness begins with exploring your own.08.23 Successandhappinessarenotmattersofchancebutofchoice.-ZigZiglar08.24 Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishments.08.25 Sixessentialqualitiesthatarethekeytosuccess:sincerity,personalintegrity,humility, courtesy, wisdom, charity. -Dr. William Menniger08.26 Praythatsuccesswillnotcomeanyfasterthanyouareabletoendureit.-ElbertHubbard08.27 If you can command yourself, you can command the world. -Chinese Proverb08.28 Allthewondersyouseekarewithinyourself.-SirThomasBrown08.29 Winning is the science of being totally prepared. -George Allen08.30 Procrastination is the thief of time. -Edward Young08.31 Think before you speak, but speak not all you think.

JULY, 2017

07.01 That which we persist in doing becomes easier, not that the nature of the task has changed, but our ability has increased. -Ralph Waldo Emerson07.02 Betweensayinganddoing,manyapairofshoesarewornout.-ItalianProverb07.03 Don’tsettle.Seekthebest.07.04 Forallyourdaysprepare, And treat them ne’er alike; When you’re the anvil, bear; When you’re the hammer, strike! -Edwin Markham07.05 Thetruthofthematteristhatthere’snothingyoucan’taccomplishif: (1) you clearly decide what it is that you’re absolutely committed to achieving; (2) you’re willing to take massive action; (3) you notice what’s working or not; and (4) you continue to change your approach until you achieve what you want, using whatever life gives you along the way. -Anthony Robbins07.06 Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by thethingsyoudid.Sothrowoffthebowlines.Sailawayfromthesafeharbor.Catch the tradewinds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. -Mark Twain07.07 The greatest hurdle is convincing yourself that what you want is possible.07.08 Mymotherdrewadistinctionbetweenachievementandsuccess.Shesaidthat“achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done the best that is in you. Successisbeingpraisedbyothers,andthat’snicetoo,butnotasimportantorsatisfying.” Alwaysaimforachievementandforgetaboutsuccess.-HelenHayes07.09 Wewilleitherfindawayormakeone.-Hannibal07.10 Experiencetellyouwhattodo.Confidenceallowsyoutodoit.-StanSmith07.11 Keepawayfrompeoplewhotrytobelittleyourambitions.Smallpeoplealwaysdothat,but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. -Mark Twain07.12 Lifeisnoteasyforanyofus.Butwhatofthat?Wemusthaveperseveranceandaboveall confidenceinourselves.Wemustbelievethatwearegiftedforsomething,andthatthisthing, at whatever cost, must be attained. -Madame Curie07.13 Regardless of what you do put in, every game boils down to doing the things you do best and doing them over and over again. -Vince Lombardi07.14 Fartoomanypeoplehavenoideaofwhattheycandobecausealltheyhavebeentoldis what they can’t do. They don’t know what they want because they don’t know what’s available to them. -Zig Ziglar07.15 If you want to coach you have three rules to follow to win. One, surround yourself with people who can’t live without football. I’ve had a lot of them. Two, be able to recognize winners. They come in all forms. And, three, have a plan for everything. A plan for practice, a plan for the game. A plan for being ahead, and a plan for being behind 20-0 at half, with your quarterbackhurtandthephonesdead,withitrainingcatsanddogsandnoraingearbecause theequipmentmanleftitathome.-Paul“Bear”Bryant07.16 People always told me that my natural ability and good eyesight were the reasons for my success as a hitter. They never talk about the practice, practice, practice. -Ted Williams07.17 The truth is rarely pure and never simple.07.18 There are many things I want, but few things I need.07.19 Wise men say nothing in dangerous times.

JULY, 2017

07.20 The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it.07.21 In any argument, the man with the greater intelligence is always wrong, because he did not usehisbrainstoavoidargumentinthefirstplace.07.22 Theaveragemanhasfivesenses:touch,taste,sight,smell,andhearing.Thesuccessful manhastwomore:horseandcommon.07.23 Remember this your lifetime through, tomorrow there will be more to do, and failure waits for all who stay with some success made yesterday. Tomorrow you must try once more, and even harder than before. -John Wooden07.24 Keep on going, and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down. -Charles Kettering07.25 Hewhocannotforgiveothersbreaksthebridgeoverwhichhemustpasshimself;forevery manhastheneedtobeforgiven. -ThomasFuller07.26 Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When you don’t know what harbor you’re aimingfor,nowindistherightwind.-Seneca07.27 Wherever you are, be there. When you work, work. When you play, play. Don’t mix the two. -Jim Rohn07.28 Don’ttakeyourselfsoseriously.Nooneelsedoes.-ReginaBrett07.29 Nomatterhowyoufeel,getup,dressup,andshowup.-ReginaBrett07.30 If I can leave a single message with the younger generation, it is to lash yourself to the mast, likeUlyssesifyoumust,toescapethesirencallsofcomplacencyandindifference. -Edward M. Kennedy07.31 Life is what you make of it, Howevergreatorsmall; It can be used to take up time Or used to have a ball.

JUNE, 2017

06.01 Thegalleriesarefullofcritics.Theyplaynoball.Theyfightnofights.Theymakenomistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are the doers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes no mistakes lacks boldness and the spirit ofadventure.Heistheonewhonevertriesanything.Heisthebreakinthewheelofprogess. And yet it cannot be truly said that he makes no mistakes, because the biggest mistake is the very fact that he tries nothing, does nothing, except criticize those who do things. -GeneralDavidM.Shoup06.02 Every path has its puddle.06.03 Take heart. Get out of your own way.06.04 What makes a good follower? The single most important characteristic may well be the willingness to tell the truth. In a world of growing complexity, leaders are increasingly dependent on their subordinates for good information, whether the leaders want to hear it ornot.Followerswhotellthetruthandleaderswholistentoitareanunbeatablecombination. -Albert Einstein06.05 Don’t walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend. -Albert Camus06.06 You are never a failure if you gave it your all, unless you blame others for your mistakes. When you place blame, you’re making excuses. When you’re making excuses, you can’t evaluate yourself. Without self-evaluation, failure is inevitable. -John Wooden, UCLA BasketballCoach06.07 Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even. -Mohammad Ali06.08 The world belongs to the energetic. -Ralph Waldo Emerson06.09 Bebold.Ifyou’regoingtomakeanerror,makeitadoozy.Anddon’tbeafraidtohittheball. -BillieJeanKing06.10 When I look into the future, it’s so bright it burns my eyes. -Oprah Winfrey06.11 Thisisastoryoffourworkingpeople:Everybody,Somebody,Anybody,andNobody.There wasanimportantjobtobedone,andEverybodywassurethatSomebodywoulddoit. Anybodycouldhavedoneit,butNobodydidit.Somebodygotangrybecauseitwas Everybody’sjob.EverybodythoughtthatSomebodywoulddoit.ButNobodyaskedAnybody. Itendedupthejobwasn’tdone,andEverybodyblamedSomebody,whenactually, Nobody asked Anybody.06.12 Youcan’tdoEVERYTHINGinonedaybutyoucandoSOMETHING every day to move you closer to where you want to be.06.13 Decidewhat’srightbeforeyoudecidewhat’spossible.-BrianTracy06.14 Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend. -Diogenes06.15 Thewaytogetaheadistostartnow.-WilliamFeather06.16 We don’t control what the other team does to prepare. We only control what we do to prepare. -John Wooden06.17 Use your good judgment in all situations. There will be no additional rules. -Nordstrom’s EmployeeHandbook06.18 Bekind.Everyoneyoumeethasworries.06.19 Happinessisn’tsomethingyouexperience.Itissomethingyouremember.-OscarLevant06.20 God works with you, not for you.06.21 I go at what I am about as if there were nothing else in the world for the time being. -Charles Lingsley

JUNE, 2017

06.22 Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else get your way.06.23 It’s not the load that breaks you down. It’s the way you carry it.06.24 No matter how far you’ve gone on a wrong road, turn back. -Turkish Proverb06.25 Youcanbeanordinaryathletebygettingawaywithlessthanyourbest.Butifyouwantto be great, you have to give it all you’ve got, your everything. -Duke Kahanamoku06.26 An education isn’t how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It’sbeingabletodifferentiatebetweenwhatyouknowandwhatyoudon’t.-AnatoleFrance06.27 Thereisalittledifferenceinpeople,butthelittledifferencemakesabigdifference.Thelittle differenceisattitude.Thebigdifferenceiswhetheritispositiveornegative.-W.ClementStone06.28 The three things that man craves the most - happiness, freedom, peace of mind - cannot be attained without giving them to someone else. True happiness comes from making someone else happy.06.29 Keep true. Never be ashamed of doing right. Decide on what you think is right and stick to it. -George Elliot06.30 Anyone who dares to waste one hour of life has not discovered the value of life. -Charles Darwin

MAY, 2017

05.01 We cannot become what we need by remaining what we are. If you desire growth, then you must embrace change.05.02 You can look at others to place the blame or you can look at yourself to discover your opportunities. The choice is yours.05.03 There’sagreatdifferencebetweenworryandconcern.Aworriedpersonseesaproblem.A concerned person solves the problem.05.04 Two natures beat within my breast, The one is foul, the other blessed. The one I love, the other I hate; The one I feed will dominate.05.05 Therearethreekindsofpeopleinoursociety:thosewhocan’tseeorrefusetoseethe problems; those who see the problems and because they didn’t personally create them are content to blame someone else, and those who see the problems and though they didn’t create them are willing to assume personal responsibility for solving them. -John Perkins05.06 There is a time in the life of every problem when it is big enough to see, yet small enough to solve.-GeorgeW.Bush05.07 Thereasonmostgoalsarenotachievedisthatwespendourtimedoingsecondthingsfirst. -Robert J. McKain05.08 Youdon’thavetobegreattogetstarted,butyouhavetogetstartedtobegreat. -LesBrowne05.09 Youth is not entirely a time of life; it is a state of mind. Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old by deserting their ideals. You are as young as your faith,asoldasyourdoubts;asyoungasyourself-confidence,asoldasyourfear;asyoung as your hope, as old as your despair. -General Douglas MacArthur05.10 Motivationiswhatgetsyoustarted.Habitiswhatkeepsyougoing.05.11 Never explain. Your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe it anyway. -ElbertHubbard05.12 Cowardiceasksthequestion“Isitsafe?”Expedienceyasksthequestion“Isitpolitic?” Vanityasksthequestion“Isitpopular?”Butconscienceasksthequestion“Isitright?” And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because one’s conscience tells them that it is right. -Martin Luther King05.13 Dowhatyoucandowell;dowellwhateveryoudo.-HenryWadsworthLongfellow05.14 To be powerful, you need to take the position that you create or alow everything that happens toyou.-JackCanfield05.15 You deserve what you accept.05.16 Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes. -Zig Ziglar05.17 The secret of success is making your vocation your vacation. -Matk Twain05.18 Anger makes your mouth work faster than your mind.05.19 Knowledgeislikemoney.Ifyoukeepquietaboutit,peoplewillthinkyou’vegotmorethan you have.05.20 Nevergiveortakeanexcuse.-FlorenceNightengale05.21 The road to triumph is built by adversity. -Ovid05.22 Rememberthatchangeandchangeforthebetteraretwodifferentthings.05.23 Know for a fact that you are never alone. A greater someone is always with you.05.24 It is smart to pick friends, but not to pieces.05.25 Life has only the meaning and value that we give it

MAY, 2017

05.26 The Challenge ByJimRohn Let others lead small lives,but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else’s hands, but not you.05.27 TheEleventhCommandment:Don’tletthemscareyou.05.28 Ifyoushoulddiebeforeme,askifyoucanbringafriend.-StoneTemplePilots05.29 Life is 10% what you make it and 90% how you take it.05.30 The Seven Deadly Sins Truth, if it becomes a weapon against persons. Beauty,ifitbecomesvanity. Love, if it becomes possessive. Loyalty, if it becomes blind, careless trust. Tolerance,ifitbecomesindifference. Self-confidence,ifitbecomesarrogance. Faith,ifitbecomesself-righteous.-AshleyCooper05.31 Confidencecomesfrombeingprepared.-JohnWooden

APRIL, 2017

04.01 Ifyouaren’tfiredwithenthusiasm,youwillbefiredwithenthusiasm.-VinceLombardi04.02 You are never a failure if you gave it your all, unless you blame others for your mistakes. When you place blame, you’re making excuses. When you’re making excuses, you can’t evaluate yourself. Without self-evaluation, failure is inevitable. -John Wooden, UCLA BasketballCoach04.03 Is anybody happier because you passed this way? Does anyone remember that you spoke to him today? The day is almost over and its toiling time is through. Is there anyone to utter now a kindly word to you? Did you waste the day or lose it? Was it well or poorly spent? Did you leave a trail of kindness or a scar of discontent? As you close your eyes in slumber do you think that God would say You have earned one more tomorrow by the work you did today.04.04 Cherish your yesterdays, dream your tomorrows, and live your todays.04.05 Ifyoureallywanttodosomething,you’llfindaway;ifyoudon’t,you’llfindanexcuse.04.06 Somedayisnotadayoftheweek.04.07 Havingdonemybesttoday,itwillbeeasiertodobettertomorrow.-MasonRoberts04.08 If your life is free of failures, you aren’t taking enough risks.04.09 SEVEN SECRETS OF SUCCESS 1. There is no secret of success. 2.Successisforeveryone. 3. Your life becomes better only when you become better. 4.Thereisnosuccesswithoutsacrifice. 5.Successisachievedininches,notmiles. 6. The greatest enemy of tomorrow’s success is today’s success. 7. No advice on success works unless you do.04.10 Live so that your friends can defend you, but never have to. -Arnold Glascow04.11 Everybodysaystheywanttobefree.Takethetrainoffthetracksandit’sfree.Butitcan’t go anywhere. -Zig Ziglar04.12 Don’t be run so much by what you lack as by what you have already achieved. -Marcus Aurelius04.13 Nothingwilleverbeattemptedifallpossibleobjectionsmustfirstbeovercome.-SamuelJohnson04.14 Theonlystartingpointthatworksisreality.-JackCanfield04.15 You will never stub your toe while standing still. -Charles Kettering04.16 Never doubt what you can do No matter what the chore; Successcomeswhenwecareenough To do a little more.04.17 Youcanonlycontroltwothings:yourattitudeandyouractivity.04.18 The secret is to become wise before you get old.04.19 Make the most of the best and the least of the worst.04.20 In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins. Not through strengthbutthroughperseverance.-H.JacksonBrown04.21 Thinknotaboutfrustrationsbutaboutyourunfulfilledpotential.Concernyourselfnotwith what you tried and failed in, but with what is still possible for you to do. -Pope John Paul XXIII

APRIL, 2017

04.22 People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstancestheywant,and,iftheycan’tfindthem,makethem. -GeorgeBernardShaw04.23 If we always do what we’ve always done, we’ll always get what we’ve always got.04.24 TWELVE GOLDEN RULES FOR LIVING 1. If you open it, close it. 2.Ifyouturniton,turnitoff. 3. If you unlock it, lock it up. 4. If you break it, admit it. 5.Ifyoucan’tfixit,callinsomeonewhocan. 6. If you borrow it, return it. 7. If you value it, take care of it. 8. If you make a mess, clean it up. 9. If you move it, put it back. 10. If it belongs to someone else, get permission to use it. 11. If you don’t know how to operate it, leave it alone. 12.Ifit’snoneofyourbusiness,don’taskquestions. -MiriamHamiltonKeare04.25 Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success. -HenryFord04.26 Don’tcrybecauseit’sover.Smilebecauseithappened.04.27 Failureisgood.It’sfertilizer.EverythingI’velearnedaboutcoaching,I’velearnedfrommaking mistakes. -Rick Pitino04.28 Youarewhatyouthinkaboutalldaylong.-RobertSchuller04.29 Fightonemoreround.Whenyourarmsaresotiredthatyoucanhardlyliftyourhands tocomeonguard,fightonemoreround.Whenyournoseisbleedingandyoureyesare black and you are so tired that you wish your opponent would crack you one on the jaw and put youtosleep,fightonemoreround–rememberingthatthemanwhoalwaysfightsonemore round is never whipped. -James J. Corbett04.30 The happiest people are those who are too busy to notice whether or not they are happy.

MARCH, 2017

03.01 Successisnotaneasyroad, It’s riddled with resistance. While failure other the other hand-- The path of least persistence.03.02 You cannot value others unless you learn to value yourself.03.03 If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves. -Thomas A. Edison03.04 The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes. -BenjaminDisraeli03.05 Youcanonlyhavetwothingsinlife:reasonsandresults.Reasonsdon’tcount.03.06 Nothingissodifficultthatitcannotbeaccomplishedbydiligence.-Terence03.07 If you are afraid to lose anything you have, at some point in your life you will lose it.03.08 To me, there are three things we should do every day of our lives. Number one is laugh. Number two is think. You should spend some time in thought. Number three is you should have your emotions moved to tears, could be happiness or joy. -Jim Valvano03.09 Don’t try to be better than somebody else, but never cease trying to be the best you can be. -John Wooden03.10 ThreeC’sinLife:choices,changes,changes.Youmustmakeachoicetotakeachanceor your life will never change.03.11 Never complain about what you permit. You deserve what you accept.03.12 I cannot always choose what happens to me, but I can always choose what happens in me.03.13 The hardest victory is victory over self. -Aristotle03.14 Tomoveupintheworld,wemustfirstmoveourselves.-Socrates03.15 Here’stothekidswhoaredifferent, the kids who don’t always get A’s, the kids who have ears twice the size of their peers, or noses that go on for days. Here’stothekidswhoarejustoutofstep, the kids they all tease, who have cuts on their knees, and whose sneakers who are constantly wet. Here’stothekidswhoaredifferent, the kids with the mischievous streak, for when they have grown, as history has shown, it’stheirdifferencethatmakesthemunique.-DigbyWolfe03.16 When you walk what you talk, people listen.03.17 Whateveryoudotoday,doitbettertomorrow.-RobertSchuller03.18 It is easy to get to the top after you get through the crowd at the bottom. -Zig Ziglar03.19 Hewholistens,understands.-WestAfricanProverb03.20 Youmayindeedbeabusyperson,butrememberthatfillingyourheadwiththoughtsof how overwhelmed you are only exacerbates the problem by making you feel even more stressed than you already are.03.21 The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour. -Japanese Proverb

MARCH, 2017

03.22 By Changing Your Thinking By changing your thinking, You change your beliefs; When you change your beliefs, You change your expectations; When you change your expectations, You change your attitude; When you change your attitude, You change your behavior; When you change your behavior, You change your performance; When you change your performance; You change your life!03.23 Standforsomething,evenifyoustandalone.03.24 If you’re trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I’ve had them; everybody has had them. Butobstaclesdon’thavetostopyou.Ifyourunintoawall,don’tturnaroundandgive up.Figureouthowtoclimbit,gothroughit,orworkaroundit.-MichaelJordan03.25 Liveeveryactfully,asifitwereyourlast.-Buddha03.26 Losers let it happen. Winners make it happen.03.27 The best time to do something worthwhile is between yesterday and tomorrow.03.28 Responsibility educates.03.29 Only by great risks can great results be achieved. -Xerxes03.30 Live your best, act your best, and think your best today; for today is the surest preparation for tomorrow.-HarrietMartineau03.31 I LOVE YA! One day a woman’s husband died, and on that clear, cold morning, in the warmth of their bedroom, the wife was struck with the pain of learning that sometimes there isn’t anymore. No more hugs, no more special moments to celebrate together, no more phone calls just to chat, no more“justoneminute.”Sometimes,whatwecareaboutthemostgetsallusedupandgoesaway,never to return before we can say good-bye, or say “I love you.” Sowhilewehaveit,it’sbestweloveit,careforit,fixitwhenit’sbrokenandhealitwhenit’ssick. This is true for marriage, and old cars, and children with bad report cards, and dogs with bad hips, and aging parents and grandparents. We keep them because they are worth it, because we are worth it. Somethingswekeep—likeabestfriendwhomovedawayoraclassmatewegrewupwith.There are just some things that make us happy no matter what. Life is important, like people we know who are special. And so, we keep them close! Supposeonemorningyouneverwakeup;doallyourfriendsknowyoulovethem?Iwasthinking.........I could die today, tomorrow or next week, and I wondered if I had any wounds needing to be healed, friendships that needed rekindling or three words needing to be said. Let every one of your friends know you love them. Even if you think they don’t love you back, you would be amazed at what those three little words and a smile can do. And just in case GOD calls me home, I LOVE YA!!! Live today to the fullest because tomorrow is not promised. If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change the way you think about it.

FEBRUARY, 2017

02.01 When you blame others, you give up your power to change.02.02 This above all, “to thine own self be true.” And it must follow, as the night the day, thou canstnotthenbefalsetoanyman.-WilliamShakespeare02.03 Betweenthegreatthingsthatwecannotdoandthesmallthingsthatwewillnotdo,thedanger is that we’ll do nothing. -Adolph Monod02.04 Youcan’tbuildareputationonwhatyouaregoingtodo.-HenryFord02.05 Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant. -Robert Louis Stevenson02.06 What we are is God’s gift to us. What we become is our gift to God.02.07 It’s not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the 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 course; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat. -Theodore Roosevelt02.08 Learntobewhatyouareandlearntoresignwithagoodgraceallthatyouarenot.-Henri FredericAmiel02.09 Onlyhethatcanseetheinvisiblecandotheimpossible.-FrankGaines02.10 Stopfixingtheblameandstartfixingtheproblem.-LarryWinget02.11 Potential means you haven’t done anything yet. -Rich Garza02.12 If I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant an apple tree.02.13 You don’t have to do everything your friends do in order to stay friends.02.14 RememberthethreeR’s:respectforself;respectforothers;andresponsibilityforallyour actions.02.15 If you don’t know where you’re going, you might miss it when you get there.02.16 Wherever there is a human being, their is an opportunity for kindness.02.17 The two hardest things to manage in life are failure and success.02.18 Becarefulhowyoulive.YoumaybetheonlyBiblesomepeopleread.02.19 The enemy of the best is often the good.02.20 Whenpeoplefaceadversity,theymakeoneoffourdecisions: Fleeit Forgetit Fightit Faceit.02.21 Difficultiesarethingsthatshowwhatmenare.-Epicetus02.22 Theconfidencewehaveinothersstemsdirectlyfromourconfidenceinourselves.-Francois Duc de la Rochefoucald02.23 Champions believe in themselves, even when others do not.02.24 Every morning, in Africa, a gazelle wakes up and knows that today, it must outrun the fastest lion or it will die. Every morning, in Africa, a lion wakes up and knows that today, it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. Soitdoesn’tmatterifyou’reagazelleoralion.Whenthesuncomesup,yourfeetbetterhit the ground running.

FEBRUARY, 2017

02.25 A friend takes interest in you, but not a controlling interest.02.26 Do what you can, when you can, wherever you can, to share your blessings with others. -Mamie McCullough02.27 Itisbettertoaskwhatyouthinkisadumbquestionthantomakeaseriousmistake.02.28 Champions aren’t made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep insidethem-adesire,adream,avision.Theyhavetohavetheskillandthewill.Butthe will must be stronger than the skill. -Mohammad Ali

JANUARY, 2017

01.01 One must change one’s tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one’s superiority. -NapoleonBonaparte01.02 Do or do not. There is no try. -Yoda01.03 I fear the day when the technology overlaps with our humanity. The world will only have a generation of idiots. -Albert Einstein01.04 What is popular is not always right. What is right is not always popular.01.05 Thereasonmostgoalsarenotachievedisthatwespendourtimedoingsecondthingsfirst. -Robert J. McCain01.06 There is a time in the life of every problem when it is big enough to see, yet small enough to solve.-GeorgeW.Bush01.07 I recommend that you take care of the minutes, for the hours will take care of themselves. -LordChesterfield01.08 Onthisday,Iwantto: Express my gratitude, Overcome an old fear, Take two minutes to appreciate the beauty of nature, Tell someone I love them, Tell them again and again.01.09 Wecandoanythingifwesticktoitlongenough.-HelenKeller01.10 The race is not always to the swift but to those who keep on running.01.11 To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end in life. -RobertLouisStevenson01.12 The average human heart beats 100,000 times a day. Make those beats count.01.13 Our attitude toward the world around us depends upon what we are ourselves. If we are selfish,wewillbesuspiciousofothers.Ifweareofagenerousnature,wewillbelikelyto bemoretrustful.Ifwearequitehonestwithourselves,wewon’talwaysbeanticipatingdeceit in others. If we are inclined to be fair, we won’t feel that we are being cheated. In a sense, lookingatthepeoplearoundyouislikelookinginamirror.Youseeareflectionofyourself.01.14 All greatness is performed outside your comfort zone. -Greg Arnold01.15 That’s the risk you take if you change; that people you’ve been involved with won’t like the newyou.Butotherpeoplewhodowillcomealong.-LisaAlther01.16 Courage is believing in yourself, and that is something no one else can teach you. -El Cordobes01.17 The way to learn to do things is to do things. -Mark Twain01.18 Itisnotthemountainweconquerbutourselves.-SirEdmundHillary01.19 Qualityisneveranaccident;itisalwaystheresultofhighintention,sincereeffort, intelligent direction, and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives, the cumulative experience of many masters of craftsmanship. Quality also marks the search foranidealafternecessityhasbeensatisfiedandmereusefulnessachieved.-WillaFoster01.20 To reach your greatest dreams in life Firstsetaworthygoal; Choose one you can embrace each day With all your heart and soul.01.21 The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas. -Linus Pauling01.22 Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a stroke of luck.01.23 Allthingsaredifficultbeforetheyareeasy.-EnglishProverb

JANUARY, 2017

01.24 The greatest achievement is not in never failing, but in rising again after you failed. -Vince Lombardi01.25 Youcannotgiveyourbestwhenyoudon’tknowwhatyourbestis.-SteveHarvey01.26 Experience is the best teacher, but the tuition is very costly.01.27 You do not want to be considered just the best of the best. You want to be considered the only one who does what you do. -Jerry Garcia01.28 One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything every night before you go to bed.01.29 If your happiness depends on what somebody else says (or does), I guess you have a problem. -RichardBach01.30 Leaders aren’t born; they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that’s the price you have to pay to achieve that goal or any goal. -Vince Lombardi01.31 The way you see people is the way you treat them, and the way you treat them is what they become. -Goethe

DECEMBER, 2016

12.01 The number of people watching you at any one moment is directly proportional to the stupidity of your action.12.02 Somepeoplegrinandbearit.Otherssmileandchangeit.12.03 Wewilleitherfindawayormakeone.-Hannibal12.04 It’s not how good you are, but how bad you want it.12.05 Wealltakedifferentpathsinlife,butnomatterwherewego,wetakealittleofeachother everywhere. -Tim McGraw12.06 Givingopensspacetoreceive.Thesegiftsdon’thavetobematerialthings.Bygiving,you arefocusingonwhatyouhavetoofferotherpeople,invitingmoreabundanceintoyour life. Gratitude keeps your heart open. When you give with an open heart expecting nothing in return, you receive the profound gift of humility. -Mbali12.07 Goals are funny things. They don’t work unless you do.12.08 Imaginationisthehighestkiteonecanfly.-LaurenBacall12.09 You can’t please everyone. Don’t let criticism worry you.12.10 Difficultiesmasteredareopportunitieswon.-WinstonChurchill12.11 You only have control over three things in your life -- the thoughts you think, the images you visualize,andtheactionsyoutake(yourbehavior).Howyouusethesethreethings determineseverythingyouexperience.-JackCanfield12.12 Count your achievements at the end of every day.12.13 Fourstepstoachievement: Plan purposefully Prepare prayerfully Proceed positively Pursue persistently -William A. Ward12.14 Saylittle;domuch.-BenjaminFranklin12.15 Courage and patience are learned by meeting adversity head-on.12.16 May I never miss a rainbow or a sunset because I’m looking down.12.17 HowhighIam, HowmuchIsee, HowfarIreach, Depends on me.12.18 Every time we are disturbed, no matter what the cause, there is something wrong with us. No matter how unreasonable others may seem, I am responsible for not reacting negatively. Regardless of what is happening around me, I will always have the prerogative, and the responsibility, of choosing what happens within me. I am the creator of my own reality. When I review my day, I know that I must stop judging others. If I judge others, I am probably judging myself. Whoever is upsetting me most is my best teacher. I have much to learn from him or her,andinmyheart,Ishouldthankthatperson.-BillWilson12.19 AgoodconscienceisacontinualChristmas.-BenjaminFranklin12.20 Thegreatestpleasureinlifeisdoingwhatpeoplesayyoucannotdo.-WalterBagehot12.21 Do the right thing. No matter what. Even when it’s the unpoplular thing. Even when it’s the most expensive thing. Even when it’s embarrassing. And if you have to ask if it’s the right thing, it isn’t. You neverhavetoaskifit’stherightthing.Youalwaysknow.Sodoit.12.22 Grunt work ids not deeaning.12.23 Forpeaceofmind,resignastheGeneralManageroftheUniverse.12.24 If you worry about what might have been or wonder what might have been, you will ignore what is.

DECEMBER, 2016

12.25 Christmas isn’t Christmas ‘till it happens in your heart; Somewhere,deepinsideyou,iswhereChristmasreallystarts. SogiveyourhearttoJesus,you’lldiscoverwhenyoudo, That it’s Christmas, really Christmas, for you. -Traditional Church Chorus12.26 Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power. -Abraham Lincoln12.27 Controlyouremotionoritwillcontrolyou.-SamuraiSaying12.28 It isn’t what you do, but how you do it. -John Wooden12.29 Achievinggoalsisdifficult Withoutsomesacrifice; Remember that you can’t get rich Until you pay the price.12.30 The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. -Joseph Addison12.31 Timelostistimelost.It’sgoneforever.Sometimespeopletellthemselvesthattheywill work twice as hard tomorrow to make up for what they did not do today. People should always do their best. If they can work twice as hard tomorrow, then they should have also worked twice as hard today. That would have been their best. Catching up leaves no room for them to dotheirbesttomorrow.Peoplewiththephilosophyofputtingoffandthenworkingtwiceas hardcheatthemselves.-JohnWooden,UCLABasketballCoach

NOVEMBER, 2016

11.01 Discipline yourself to do the things you need to do when you need to do them, and the day will come when you will be able to do the things you want to do when you want to do them. -Zig Ziglar11.02 Lay it on the line every play. You never know which play is the big play. Try to win on this play. -BearBryant11.03 Theoptimistseesopportunityineverydifficultyinsteadofdifficultyineveryopportunity.11.04 Successisnotfinal,failureisnotfatal.Itisthecouragetocontinuethatcounts.11.05 It is never too late to be what you might have been. -George Eliot11.06 Onmakingittothesummit,yourfirstmoveshouldbetoturnaroundandofferahanduptothe person behind you.11.07 All right Mister, let me tell you what winning means… you’re willing to go longer, work harder, give more than anyone else. -Vince Lombardi11.08 Youcanlearnmorecharacteronthetwo-yardlinethananywhereelseinlife.-PaulDietzel,LSU11.09 You win not by chance, but by preparation. -Roger Maris11.10 If all I’m remembered for is being a good basketball player, then I’ve done a bad job with the rest of my life. -Isiah Thomas11.11 You always do what you want to do, because there is always a choice. -Joshua Medcalf11.12 The highest reward for one’s toil is not what one gets for it, but what one becomes by it. -John Ruskin11.13 We all need a daily checkup from the neck up to avoid stinking thinking which ultimately leads to hardening of the attitudes. -Zig Ziglar11.14 I want to change the world, but I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing isoneself.-AlduousHuxley11.15 Reputation is what you have when you come to a new community. Character is what you have whenyougoaway.-WilliamHerseyDavis11.16 Comparison is the thief of all joy. The grass is greener where you water it. -Joshua Medcalf11.17 Howamanplaysagameshowssomethingofhischaracter;howhelosesshowsallofit. -FrostyWesterling11.18 Playerswithfightneverloseagame;theyjustrunoutoftime.-JohnWooden11.19 It is the last step in the race that counts.11.20 To dream of the person you would like to be is to waste the person you are.11.21 Everyonehearswhatyousay.Friendslistentowhatyousay.Bestfriendslistentowhat you don’t say.11.22 If you have to be happy, you will always be unhappy.11.23 It’seasytoearnaliving.It’smoredifficulttomakeadifference.11.24 Learntodothingsright,andthendothemrighteverytime.-BobbyKnight11.25 The greatest good we can do for others is not to just share our riches with them but to reveal their riches to themselves.11.26 It is impossible to excel at something you don’t enjoy. -Jack Micklaus11.27 Don’t wait for a crisis to determine what is important in your life.11.28 Awisemanwillmakemoreopportunitiesthanhefinds.-FrancisBacon11.29 Life’smostpersistentandurgentquestionis“Whatareyoudoingforothers?” -Martin Luther King Jr.11.30 Our only limitations are those which we set up in our minds or permit others to establish for us. -NapoleonHill

OCTOBER, 2016

10.01 Youmaybedisappointedifyoufail,butyouaredoomedifyoudon’ttry.-BeverlySills10.02 SometimesIevenlookforwardtothenextfailure.Yourtruetestcomeswhenyouhitbottom. -BudHadfield10.03 Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing youhavetodowhenitoughttobedone,whetheryoulikeitornot.-ThomasH.Huxley10.04 Do what you said you were going to do, when you said you were going to do it, the way you said you were going to do it. Period. Game over. -Larry Winget10.05 It’s better to be trusted than liked.10.06 Don’t let other people tell you what you want. -Pat Riley10.07 Successwithouthonorisanunseasoneddish.Itwillsatisfyyourhunger,butitwon’ttaste good. -Joe Paterno10.08 You don’t have to explain something you never said.10.09 Allthatisessentialforthetriumphofevilisforgoodmentodonothing.-EdmundBurke10.10 Beingwillingtomakedecisions.Thatisthemostimportantqualityofaleader.GeorgeS.Patton10.11 The key to achievement lies in being a how thinker, not an if thinker.10.12 Take care that the face which looks out from your mirror in the morning is a pleasant face. You may not see it again all day, but others will.10.13 Theworldisfullofcactus,butwedon’thavetositonit.-WillFoley10.14 Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win. -Jonathan Kozol10.15 Thefourlawsoflearning:explanation,demonstration,correction,repetition.-JohnWooden10.16 Iknowfearisanobstacleforsomepeople,butitisanillusiontome.Failurealwaysmademe try harder the next time. -Michael Jordan10.17 Avoidthecrowd.Doyourownthinkingindependently.Bethechessplayer,notthechess piece. -Ralph Charell10.18 Everything that happens, happens as it should. There are no accidents. -Marcus Aurelius10.19 You’ve got the think about big things while you’re doing small things, so that all the small things gointherightdirection.-AlvinToffler10.20 Whatever you want to do, do it now. There are only so many tomorrows. -Michael Landon10.21 When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit oftalentleftandcouldsay,“Iusedeverythingyougaveme.”-ErmaBombeck10.22 The happiest people don’t necessarily have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything.10.23 Don’t pray for an easy life. Pray to be a strong person.10.24 Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.10.25 Successinlifeisamatternotsomuchoftalentandnotsomuchofopportunity,butrather of concentration and perseverance. -Vince Lombardi10.26 Theonlyplacewhereyourdreambecomesimpossibleisinyourownthinking.-RobertSchuller10.27 Preparationforsomethingbetterbeginswithgratitudeforwhatwehave.-LaVerneBowles10.28 Faithmakesthingspossible,noteasy10.29 If a thing is right, it can be done; if wrong, it can be done without.10.30 Our attitude is the primary force that will determine whether we succeed or fall. -John C. Maxwell10.31 Doing nothing is the most tiresome job in the world because you can’t stop and rest.

SEPTEMBER, 2016

09.01 Theeasierwemakeitforourselvestoquit,theharderwemakeittosucceed.09.02 Every great mistake has a halfway point, a split second, when it can be recalled and, perhaps, remedied.-PearlS.Buck09.03 Makepeacewithyourpastsoitdoesn’tspoilyourpresent.Yourpastdoesnotdefineyour future. Your actions and beliefs do.09.04 NeverputaquestionmarkwhereGodhasputaperiod.09.05 Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When you don’t know what harbor you’re aimingfor,nowindistherightwind.-Seneca09.06 Alltheseboundariesaresetbymen.Butyoudon’thavetolookatboundarieswhenyouare lookingataman,atthecharacterofaman.Thequestionis,Whatdoyoustandfor?Areyou afollower,oraleader?-HakeenOlajuwon09.07 Getaction.Dothings.Besane.Don’tfritterawayyourtime.Takeaplacewhereveryouare and be somebody. Get action. -Theodore Roosevelt09.08 Thefour-lettersolutiontoprocrastination:DOn’t waIT.09.09 Don’t make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up. -Thomas J. Watson09.10 Happinessisnottheabsenceofconflict.It’stheabilitytocopewithit.09.11 The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him your friend.09.12 Nothingwilleverbeattemptedifallpossibleobstaclesmustbefirstovercome.-Samuel Johnson09.13 If you do not think about the future, you cannot have one. -John Galsworthy09.14 Don’t try to be better than somebody else, but never cease trying to be the best you can be. You have control over that. The other you don’t. -John Wooden09.15 Happyarethosewhoselifeistoday.-AyiKweiArmati09.16 The really free player in society is the one who is disciplined. Players feel love when they aredisciplined.-DeanSmith09.17 Dreams aren’t a matter of chance, but a matter of choice.09.18 The worries that are the hardest to bear are the ones that never happen.09.19 Life is what we make it. Always has been; always will be. -Grandma Moses09.20 If you won’t be better tomorrow than you were today, then what do you need tomorrow for? -RabbiNachmanofBratslav09.21 Lord, when we are wrong, make us willing to change. And when we are right, make us easy to live with. -Peter Marshall09.22 Hewhodoesnotgetfunandenjoymentoutofeverydayneedstoreorganizehislife. -George Matthew Adams09.23 Responsibility is the other side of privilege.09.24 What makes something special is not just what you have to gain, but what you feel there is to lose. -Andre Agassi09.25 There is no shortcut to winning and success. There is only getting started and sticking with it.09.26 Winners take chances. Like everyone else, they fear failing, but they refuse to let fear control them.09.27 It’s hard to make a comeback when you haven’t been anywhere.09.28 Happiness,I’vediscovered,isnearlyalwaysareboundfromhardwork.-DavidGrayson09.29 If your life is free of failures, you have not taken enough risks.09.30 To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but what he aspires to. -Kahlil Gibran

AUGUST, 2016

08.01 Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude deter- mineshowwellyoudoit.-LouHoltz08.02 In prosperity, our friends know us. In adversity, we know our friends.08.03 Yougainstrength,courage,andconfidencebyeveryexperienceinwhichyoustoptolookfear in the face. -Eleanor Roosevelt08.04 All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better. -Ralph Waldo Emerson08.05 Patience is the ability to put up with the people you’d like to put down.08.06 In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends. -Martin Luther King08.07 If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Nowputfoundationsunderthem.-HenryDavidThoreau08.08 Onewhofearslimitshisactivities.Failureisonlytheopportunitytomoreintelligentlybegin again.-HenryFor08.09 Do not have one foot in yesterday and one foot in tomorrow. Keep both feet in today, because that’s how you get to tomorrow. -John Wooden08.10 One of the most pervasive and destructive mental tendencies is to focus on what we want instead of what we have.08.11 Howwechangeisdeterminedbyhowwelive.-JohnC.Maxwell08.12 Self-disciplineiswhatittakes Tofindawaytowin; To see if you have what it takes, Just take a look within.08.13 Amancansucceedatalmostanythingforwhichhehasunlimitedenthusiasm.-CharlesSchwab08.14 Keep company with those who make you better.08.15 Beingaveragemeansyou’reasclosetothebottomasyouaretothetop.-JohnWooden08.16 Everyonewhogotwhereheishadtobeginwherehewas.-RobertLouisStevenson08.17 While there’s alway a better way to do something, that doesn’t mean you can enjoy and appreciate the way things already are.08.18 You’re as good as anybody, but you’re not better than anybody. -John Wooden08.19 Doubtwhomyouwill,butneveryourself.-ChristianBovee08.20 Don’t be afraid to put yourself in a lesser position so that you can learn something from someonewhoknowsmore.-SteveHarvey08.21 Yourshipisequaltotheloadoftoday;butwhenyou’recarryingyesterday’sworryand tomorrow’s anxiety, you must lighten your load or you will sink.08.22 Cervantes said the journey’s better than the end. Practices, to me, were the journey. -John Wooden08.23 WheneverIhear“Itcan’tbedone”IknowI’mclosetosuccess.-MichaelFlately08.24 We cannot change time, only our priorities.08.25 Pushyourselfagainandagain.Don’tgiveaninchuntilthefinalbuzzersounds.-LarryBird08.26 You have to motivate yourself through pride. You must push yourself mentally and physically. AlotofpeoplesayJohnHavliceknevergetstired.Well,Igettired.It’sjustamatterof pushingmyself.Isaytomyself“He’sastiredasIam.Whoisgoingtowinthementalbattle?” -JohnHavlicek08.27 Exampleisnotthemainthinginlife;itistheonlything.-AlbertSchwietzer08.28 Never let your memories be greater than your dreams. -Doug Ivester08.29 Makeyourlifeamission,notanintermission.-ArnoldH.Glasgow

AUGUST, 2016

08.30 If all I’m remembered for is being a good basketball player, then I’ve done a bad job with the rest of my life. -Isiah Thomas08.31 One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a chesire cat in a tree. “Which road do I take?” she asked. “Where do you want to go?” was his response. “I don’t know,” Alice answered. “Then,” said the cat, “it really doesn’t matter.” -Lewis Carroll

JULY, 2016

07.01 Things are not what they seem; they are what they are.07.02 We must learn to live together as brothers, or perish together as fools. -Martin Luther King, Jr.07.03 If you don’t enjoy what you already have, how could you be happier with more?07.04 If it’s right and no one else is doing it, it’s still right. If it’s wrong and everyone else is doing it, it’s still wrong,07.05 Weallhaveability.Thedifferenceishowweuseit.-StevieWonder07.06 Don’tfighttheproblem.Decideit.-GeneralGeorgeC.Marshall07.07 Idon’tbelivetheoldstatement,“Ifitain’tbroke,don’tfixit.”Ifthatwerethecase,then Cadillacs and Jaguars and Mercedes would never make a change. I’ve always looked for ways tomakethingsbetter.-VicBubas07.08 Actingonagoodideaisbetterthanjusthavingagoodidea.-RobertHalf07.09 ShowmesomeonewhohasdonesomethingworthwhileandI’llshowyousomeonewhohad toovercomeadversity.-LouHoltz07.10 Everythingcanchangeintheblinkofaneye.Butdon’tworry;Godneverblinks.-ReginaBrett07.11 Frameeveryso-calleddisasterwiththesewords:“Infiveyears,willthismatter?”-ReginaBrett07.12 My advice to defensive players? Take the shortest route to the ball and arrive in a bad humor. -BowdenWyatt07.13 Livetomaketheworldlessdifficultforeachother.-GeorgeEliot07.14 Trytofixthemistake,nevertheblame.07.15 Winners outrun defeat by not stopping. Losers give in to defeat by not starting.07.16 Thebestteamshavechemisry.Theycommunicatewitheachotherandtheysacrificepersonal gloryforthecommongoal.-DaveDeBusschere07.17 Stayalert.Youcanlearnalotbywatching.-YogiBerra07.18 Think excitement, talk excitement, act out excitement, and you are bound to become an excited person. -Norman Vincent Peale07.19 A man is about as big as the things that make him angry.07.20 If you can’t be big, don’t belittle.07.21 Findthegood.It’sallaroundyou.Findit,showcaseit,andyou’llstartbelievinginit. -Jesse Owens07.22 If we threw all our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s, we’d grab ours back. -ReginaBrett07.23 Do not pray for a lighter pack; simply ask for a stronger back.07.24 There’aaworldofdifferencebetweenapersonwhohasabigproblemandapersonwho makes a problem big.07.25 We must be the change we wish to see in the world. -Mohandas Gandhi07.26 Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. -Martin Luther King07.27 More of our problems are caused by good people being weak than evil ones being powerful.07.28 Goodisnotgoodwherebetterisexpected.-ThomasFuller07.29 Doitbig,doitright,anddoitwithstyle.-FredAstaire07.30 Icanacceptfailure.Everyonefailsatsomething.ButIcan’tacceptnottrying.-MichaelJordan07.31 TheonlyguyIhavetogetbetterthaniswhoIamrightnow.-ColonelPotterM*A*S*H

JUNE, 2016

06.01 Successisknowingthatbecauseofyou,theworldisalittlebetter.-MichaelSneyd06.02 Any fear we don’t defeat will defeat us. -Mort Krim06.03 Don’ttrytobedifferent.Justbegood.Tobegoodisdifferentenough.-ArthurFreed06.04 Ifeverybodyisthinkingalike,thansomebodyisn’tthinking.-GeneralGeorgeS.Patton06.05 If you love life, it will love you back.06.06 Itisonlyatthetreeloadedwithfruitthatmenthrowstones.-CharlesSpurgeon06.07 Successrestsnotuponabilitybutupoincommitment,loyalty,andpride.-VinceLombardi06.08 The control center of your life is your attitude.06.09 Remember when you were at your best? Now, be there again.06.10 Focusonaccomplishment.Beknownasthepersonwhogetsthingsdone.-LarryWingett06.11 Refuse to join the cautious crowd that plays not to lose. Play to win. -David J. Mahoney06.12 A problem is a chance for you to do your best. -Duke Ellington06.13 Togiveanythinglessthanyourbestistosacrificethegift.-StevePrefontaine06.14 Criticizing is like window washing. All the dirt seems to be on the other side.06.15 Payattentiontoyourenemies,fortheyarethefirsttodiscoveryourmistakes.-Antisthenes06.16 Ifyouareprepared,youwillbeconfident,andwilldothejob.-TomLandry06.17 You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them. -Michael Jordan06.18 One man can be a crucial ingredient in a team, but one man cannot make a team. -Kareen Abdul Jabbar06.19 Sometimesaplayer’sgreatestchallengeiscomingtogripswithhisroleontheteam. -ScottiePippen06.20 Decide what your priorities are and how much time you’ll spend on them. If you don’t, someoneelsewill.-HarveyMackay06.21 The more material things you have, the less freedom you have.06.22 The task ahead of us is never as great as the Power behind us.06.23 We are not interested in the possibility of defeat. -Queen Victoria06.24 Ineverconsideredadifferenceofopinioninpolitics,inreligion,inphilosophy,asacausefor withdrawingfromafriend.-ThomasJefferson06.25 Whencreatinggoals,beSMART:specific,measurable,attainable,relevant,and time-sensitive.--SteveHarvey06.26 Happinesssneaksinthroughadooryoudidn’tknowyouleftopen.-JohnBarrymore06.27 Victory lies in overcoming obstacles every day.06.28 My life is my message. -Ghandi06.29 Learn to be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not. -HenriFredericAmiel06.30 You can tell if you’re on the right track. It’s usually uphill.