Zig Ziglar on The power of focus
“I don’t care how much power, brilliance, or energy you have, if you don’t harness it and focus it on a specific target, and hold it there, you’re never going to accomplish as much as your ability warrants.”
— Zig Ziglar
Theodore Roosevelt on truly living
“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor souls who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.”
- Theodore Roosevelt
John Wooden on doing things right the first time
If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?
- John Wooden
Talking versus doing
Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them.
- Jawaharlal Nehru
Ken Hakuta on the value of ideas
“Lack of money is no obstacle. Lack of an idea is an obstacle.”
- Ken Hakuta
Rosalynn Carter on risk taking
“You must accept that you might fail; then, if you do your best and still don’t win, at least you can be satisfied that you’ve tried. If you don’t accept failure as a possibility, you don’t set high goals, you don’t branch out, you don’t try – you don’t take the risk.”
— Rosalynn Carter
Seneca on planning
“Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.”
- Seneca
What happens when you do not focus
“If you chase two rabbits, both will escape.”
- Unknown
George Bernard Shaw on a honorable life
A life spent in making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent in doing nothing.
- George Bernard Shaw
The keys for success
Flaming enthusiasm, backed by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.
- Dale Carnegie