I love a good quote because it makes me think. I have been collecting quotes for several years now, but a few years ago it struck me that because I read so much, I should be extracting quotes from the books I read. Below are 21 quotes to inspire you that I like. Some of them I pulled directly from books I read, so the only place you’ll see them is if you read the books they came from.
21 Quotes to Inspire you in 2012
- “Within each successful person is an ordinary person who found the courage to act – to face the big challenges and make their dreams come true.” Jinny S. Ditzler, Your Best Year Yet!
- “No matter what you want in life, you can get it by building rapport. If you can fill the needs of the people who have what you want, bingo – they’ll fill your needs as well. Rapport building works in sales, public relations, and life itself.” Steven Cody & Richard Harte, What’s Keeping Your Customers Up At Night?
- “… All dreams are meaningful and significant. Meaningful, because they contain a message which can be understood if one has the key for its translation. Significant, because we do not dream of anything that is trifling, even though it may be expressed in a language which hides the significance of the dream message behind a trifling façade.” Erich Fromm, The Forgotten Language
- “If one has both knowledge and wisdom, the lamp illuminates even the darkest night.” Chao-Hsiu Chen, The Master
- “Being on the way requires a move forward and sometimes a step of faith into the unknown.” Kavula John, Light For Our Path 2007
- “One big difference between those who truly succeed in making things happen and the ones who don’t: Those who do, act.” Jinny S. Ditzler, Your Best Year Yet!
- “Thoughts, feelings and actions are essential to closing a sale, or being successful in public relations, shepherding, bricklaying, you name it. How we think, feel and act will determine everything else.” Steven Cody & Richard Harte, What’s Keeping Your Customers Up At Night?
- “For what are your possessions but things you keep and guard for fear you might need them tomorrow? And tomorrow, what shall tomorrow bring to the over-prudent dog burying bones in the trackless sand as he follows the pilgrims to the holy city?” Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet
- “We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied into a single garment of destiny, whatever affects one directly, affect all indirectly.” Martin Luther King
- “As a manager it is extremely important to work hard at uncovering the facts involved in whatever the problem or situation he [or she] faces, and based on those facts, to make the appropriate decision. One must draw a balance, however, between fact-finding and decision-making.” John Gardner
- “It’s important to understand what’s in people’s minds, and separate it from what they are actually saying and discussing with their peers.” Arunas Chesonis
- “Worrying about something is like paying interest on a debt you don’t even know if you owe.” Mark Twain
- “It’s easy to focus on what you think is important, but it’s always about the other person, and their needs, and this takes you down the right strategic path.” Peter Bouffard
- “I do not have to do anything extraordinary. All I need to do is wake up and see what’s been here waiting for me all the time. It’s already here and all is well.” Maria Nemeth
- “If you focus on the goals, you will make your bosses happy, but you sell yourself short – life, love, and work are all a series of journeys. Goals happen, are temporary and then are gone and leave emptiness.” Simon Grant
- “Recognize the divergence between what you as a professional view as your ethical standard, and what some clients see as merely a stance that is variable on request.” Oliver Campbell
- “Don’t be afraid to show your vulnerability and ask for help. If your intention is clear and honest, people will rally around you and unify toward a common goal.” Nanci Govinder
- “As long as you are honest you can resolve 99 percent of all situations amicably and without regret.” Seaton McLean
- “If you don’t throw up your hands when things go wrong, but think it isn’t over and that you still have a chance, anything is possible.” Claire Hoy
- “Labour for learning before you grow old, for learning is better than silver and gold. Silver and gold will vanish away, but a good education will never decay.” Popular Jamaican Saying
- “Miracles rest not so much upon healing power coming suddenly near us from afar, but upon our perceptions being made finer, so that for the moment our eyes can see and our ears can hear what has been there around us always.” Willa Cather
