Motivational Sayings

[SusanP]

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds (Albert Einstein)

 

[blazing_air]

If you want the definitve guide.....
A friend gave me a book the other day called: Go MAD the art of making a difference.
Anyone read it>?
I'm not much of a reader, but it is very informative and I found myself agreeing and disagreeing with the business ethics in the pages.
It's full "inspirational" quotes like:
I do whatever i can, wherever i can, whenever i can, for as long as i can, with whatever time i have to make a difference - Jimmy Carter
Choice not chance determines the difference you make
Where there's no will, there's no way
and this is probably my favourite as I quote it to a colleague of mine, who gets wound up real easy:

"every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness"

Which seems to wind him up even more...

 

[LicensedToTrade]

"I'm innocent, it's a conspiracy by you know who." -Gary Glitter

 

[privateer]

Not really motivational, but perfect for focusing the mind: Alan Sugar's "I can sell tenners for nine quid all day long" when he's trying to get through to some Slick Young Thing that doesn't quite get it.

I also like his "Mug's eyeful" quote on how he marketed his stuff to chavs.

 

[mcgovern]

perhaps not motivating but funny

'I've written to the bank and told them if they send me any more nasty letters, I'm taking my overdraft elsewhere'!!!

 

[mcgovern]

...What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us. - Emerson

Dream it.. Believe it.. Work for it.. Achieve it !!

 

[jasonnoguchi]

The future belong to DOers not Dreamers.

 

[CourierCompare]

If you're not thinking about making money, then you're simply not concentrating!

 

[dan_1985]

Go Hard or Go Home

 

[Mpg]

If YOU cant do it then I'll get someone who can

 

[Geoff T]

Great thread!

My favourite is a little more basic...came from a guy I used to know who cleared drains and sewers....

"Clear the cr@p 1st...otherwise it stinks up your whole day"

This is what got me onto comfort zones - and how to deal with them...

 

[DAbusinessconsultant]

Good trees do not grow with ease, the stronger the wind the stronger the leaves.

 

[Thorpelad]

Try not, do or do not. - Yoda

Quality line.

 

[SillyJokes]

Go Hard or Go Home

Yes, there must be a double entendre in this somewhere but I just can't figure it out.

I think Yoda must be a sod to work for.

 

[monthlylocal]

Don't waste your time with envy, the race is long, and in the end, it's only with yourself.

 

[Mpg]

Don't waste your time with envy, the race is long, and in the end, it's only with yourself.

Baz Luhrmann

Lots of great lines

 

[vox]

"No one ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him; it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction" Charles Kendall Adams

 

[Sherlock Homeless]

The reason so few people are successful is no one has yet found a way for someone to sit down and slide uphill. W. Clement Stone.