Commitment to Excellence: Quotations That Lift the Spirit Towards Excellence (Little Books of Big Th

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Watson "Logic will get you from A to B.

Grow yourself…Grow your team.

Imagination will take you everywhere. Sure, there's an element of talent you should probably possess. But if you just stick around long enough, eventually something is going to happen. I'm thinking something along the lines of, 'Geez, he was just here a minute ago.

Liking what you do is happiness. Be excited about what you want. It comes from not finishing what they've started. If your happiness depends on money, you will never be happy with yourself.

Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the world belongs to you. Everything is perfect either for our growth or our enjoyment. You seek problems because you need their gifts. Baruch "Our capacity to draw happiness from aesthetic objects or material goods in fact seems critically dependent on our first satisfying a more important range of emotional or psychological needs, among them the need for understanding, for love, expression, and respect. That thought is the problem. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.

Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it. Happiness never decreases by being shared. As long as this exists, and it certainly always will, then there will be comfort for every sorrow, whatever the circumstances may be. In the adaptability and ease with which we experience change, lies our happiness and freedom.

Walk to the edge. Choose with no regret. Do what you love.

Live as if this is all there is. It is a form of energy that tends to make us more of who we already are, whether it's greedy or loving. There is nothing to forgive. It is far better to take things as they come along with patience and equanimity. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. It is appreciating what you have. Happiness is wanting what you get. Your creativity and happiness brings money. Being happy is being in love with that momentary experience. Love is happiness with what you see. So love and happiness really are the same thing I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to the light I have.

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

It's not what you're gonna get in the end--it's not the final curtain--it's really in the doing it, and loving what you're doing. Can you decide that your happiness can come from someone else's success? Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character. Their joy is being who they are, not in being better than someone else. But the truly dire consequences in our lives come from avoiding things that we need to learn about or discover.

Of the things you have, select the best and then reflect how eagerly you would have sought them if you did not have them. Petit Senn "To be content means that you realize you contain what you seek. Then your time on earth will be filled with glory. You can't keep blaming somebody else for your dysfunction.

Life is really about moving on. Barr "View your life from your funeral: Looking back at your life experiences, what have you accomplished? What would you have wanted to accomplish but didn't? What were the happy moments? What were the sad? What would you do again, and what wouldn't you do? The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. Stevenson II "Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be. He is the one that gets people to do the greatest things.

Do your thing, and don't care if they like it. A leader isn't someone who forces others to make him stronger; a leader is someone willing to give his strength to others that they may have the strength to stand on their own. The first is gentleness; the second is frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men. Eisenhower "Victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan.

Kennedy "Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. Drucker "You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.

It is the only thing. Maxwell "The mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones. It is about one life influencing another. Maxwell "You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right.

If you're not passionate enough from the start, you'll never stick it out. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind. The idea that more godlike qualities are required of him and that he above others can achieve miracles through the working of his will is dismissed as idle superstition. It will primarily be determined by your character, your reputation, not much for courage—which will be accepted as a matter of course—but by the previous reputation you have established for fairness, for that high-minded patriotic purpose, that quality of unswerving determination to carry through any military task assigned to you.

You must speak to the soul in order to electrify him. Courage can be judged apart from danger only if the social significance and meaning of courage is known to us; namely that a man of character in peace becomes a man of courage in war. He cannot be selfish in peace and yet be unselfish in war. Character, as Aristotle taught, is a habit, the daily choice of right and wrong; it is a moral quality which grows to maturity in peace and is not suddenly developed on the outbreak of war.

For war, in spite of what we have heard to the contrary, has no power to transform, it merely exaggerates the good and evil that are in us, till it is plain for all to read; it cannot change; it exposes. The world is full of agreeable and talented folk.

The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best. But remember that our moral influence is a two-way street, and we should thus make sure by our own thoughts, words, and deeds to be a positive influence on those we deal with. The real test of personal excellence lies in the attention we give to the often neglected small details of our conduct. Make it your business to draw out the best in others by being an exemplar yourself.

Banish from your thoughts all other considerations. This is possible if you perform each act as if it were your last, rejecting every frivolous distraction, every denial of the rule of reason, every pretentious gesture, vain show, and whining complaint against the decrees of fate. Do you see what little is required of a man to live a well-tempered and god-fearing life? Obey these precepts, and the gods will ask nothing more II.

Your days are numbered. Use them to throw open the windows of your soul to the sun. If you do not, the sun will soon set, and you with it. The challenge becomes how long you stay on your priority. To be able to address your priorities outside of work, be clear about your most important work priority so you can get it done. Then go home and be clear about your priorities there so you can get back to work.

Purpose has the power to shape our lives only in direct proportion to the power of the priority we connect it to. Purpose without priority is powerless. Those who are immovable, those who are moveable, and those who move them.

I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity. Complete Archive of Military Leader Posts. Started this last spring. Kids love it and it really improves their critical thinking and writing skills. Love these quotes…they get me fired-up to teach. Just in case any veterans out there are reading about the alleged Trump disrespect for fallen veteran please consider the source of the allegation. According to VoteSmart a group that tracks legislators voting records Ms Wilson has voted against:.

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It appears that Ms. Wilson should be considered anti-veteran. Just making unsubstantiated charges against a political opponent. What does my not accepting disrespecting the flag have to do with police brutality, or racism. And happiness is a by-product of pursuing our dreams. Make a decision to relinquish the need to control, the need to be approved, and the need to judge. Those are the three things the ego is doing all the time. What do inspirational quotes teach us about hope and inspiration? Hope keeps us going.

Inspirational Quotes

What do inspirational quotes teach us about limits? Limits are mostly our own illusions. What do inspirational quotes teach us about opportunity and choice? When opportunity comes knocking, get your game on and come out and play. Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone. The world is all gates, all opportunities. The difficulty is to find them to do. Never lose a chance: In every moment of our existence, we are in that field of all possibilities where we have access to an infinity of choices.

What do inspirational quotes teach us about passion and desire? Passion and desire help us hit our high notes. Without passion we might glide, but with passion we soar. No matter who you are or what your position is you must keep fighting for whatever it is you desire to achieve. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.

What do inspirational quotes teach us about persistence? A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers. What do inspirational quotes teach us about purpose and fulfillment? They can come from the strangest places. Purpose can keep you going when the going gets tough. Fulfillment can make it worth it. And when we blend this unique talent with service to others, we experience the ecstasy and exultation of our own spirit, which is the ultimate goal of all goals.

All that matters is where you are going. But who we become, what we contribute… that gives meaning to our lives. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well. Everyone is here because he or she has a place to fill, and every piece must fit itself into the big jigsaw puzzle. This is to have succeeded. This is your opportunity to make the most important decision you will ever make. Who are you now? Who have you decided you really are now? Who have you decided to become? Make this decision consciously.

What do inspirational quotes teach us about strength? Spend more time in it. Use it to do great things. Help others find theirs. All our talents increase in the using, and the every faculty, both good and bad, strengthen by exercise.

Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. For this reason mastery demands all of a person. Looking for more inspiration? JD, this must be THE definitive inspirational quotation list on the internet. I tell no lie. Sometimes you see them and you like the odd few but all these ignite the imagination, animate the enthusiasm, uplift the heart, and touch the soul.

Truly magical stuff, I congratulate your massive contribution to humankind! I agree; a definitive list for sure. A bend in the road is the end of the road if only you fail to make the turn. Thanks for this amazing compilation! D What can I say. Just Imagine if people put them into pracice……. It felt good to consolidate my favoriate inspirational quotes and organize in them a more definitive way.

Now everybody can have inspirational wisdom at their fingertips. Lance — Thank you. Amit — Thank you. You reminded me that I left out a key quote from Robbins …. This is very helpfull and one can get inspired ever by just reading your blog JD Even i guess thnak you will be less for your work!! Hats of for this as well as your thinking Quotes!!

The Achievement section no doubt is my favourite and Mark Twain is undisputed the-best-of-the-best:. We have heard some of these quotes our whole lives, but they take on different meanings based on where we are in the journey of life and what we have experienced. Thank you — what a great post and I have to figure out how to book mark this… my eyes are getting better…I did not have to copy, paste and make it bigger to read any of it — but I did need to come by 3 times….

I love your reply to Mechele..

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This could be a book! Have you noticed the thirst we have for inspiration? Quotes saved my life. My favs — anything by Thoreau. What a peaceful world that would be. He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life. All life is an experiment. These Concord, Mass, dudes really had it together. I grew up a few miles from Walden Pond and Concord Center.

Wish my schools had taken us to field trips around the pond and let us read his words there in the beauty of that place. If schools were about eduction they would. Hilary — Thank you. I figured categories would make it a lot easier to jump to relevant inspirational quotes. Wow…this is a post that everyone should bookmark. I am continually looking for great quotes and you have them all right here to enjoy. Really, really great post. Sibyl — Thank you. Such a wealth of quotes you have shared here JD. Walter — Thank you. There truly are quotes for all occasions … the ups, the downs, and all the spaces in between.

That is one serious list of inspirational quotes. I thank you for taking so much time and putting these together. Frank — Thank you. In my experience, quotes are one of the best ways to have better days. They are great nudges in the right direction.

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