Five frogs are sitting on a log. Four decide to jump off. How many
are left? Answer: five. Why? Because there's a difference between deciding and doing. Mark L. Feldman & Michael F. Spratt, 'Five Frogs on a Log'
It's not what we don't know that hurts us, people say. It's what we believe is true that isn't that does the damage.
Melody Beattie
Self-love is born out of love of another.
Harville and Helen LaKelly Hunt
I have learned that people will forget what you said; people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. Maya Angelou
Wisdom is the ability to acquire knowledge and analyze it both logically and emotionally. Vivian Clayton
To acquire knowledge one must study. To acquire wisdom one must observe. Marilyn Vos Savant
Confidence comes from seeing so many sides, angles, views, and tangents. Because when you do select an approach or direction, you are doing so with better/ more complete information.
An expert knows the subject very well. A model teaches by showing instead of just telling.
To be EFFICIENT means getting the job done in a smart, resourceful and timely way. To be EFFECTIVE means getting the RIGHT job done well, efficiently or not.
Remind people WHO they are instead of just complimenting them on what THEY'VE DONE.
Inspiration is being motivated by a person or idea; Motivation is being inspired by an object. When people are inspired, they don't need motivation.
Grant people a lifetime of forgiveness before you even meet them.
Three problems we have: lack of boundaries, insufficient language, incompletions.
Shift from judgment to compassion to love.
Thomas Leonard (Originator of Coaching as we know it today.)
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. Lao-Tzu
There is no question of going anywhere, arriving anywhere, or doing anything; you are there already. Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
If you let go a little, you will have a little peace. If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace. If you let go completely, you will have complete peace. Ajahn Chah, Thai Buddhist Monk
Peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst of all those things and still be calm in your spirit. That is the real meaning of peace. Author Unknown
If you wish your life were different... do your life differently. Terence Houlihan
Arguing, after all, is less about seeking truth than about overcoming opposing views.
We look harder for flaws in a study when we don't agree with its conclusions. Sharon Begley
Language has created the word "loneliness" to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word "solitude" to express the glory of being alone. Paul Tillich
A feeling of aversion or attachment toward something is your clue that there's work to be done. Ram Dass
Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favour.
Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up. Robert Frost
Doubt is often the beginning of wisdom.
Until you value yourself, you will not value your time.
Until you value your time, you will not do anything with
it. M. Scott Peck
Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it. Marianne Williamson, A Course in Miracles
Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Watch your words, for they become actions.
Watch your actions, for they become habits.
Watch your habits, for they become character.
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny. Anonymous
We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak.
Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
Winston Churchill
Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and be vibrantly alive in repose.
Gandhi
What would you attempt to do if you knew you would not fail?
Dr. Robert Schuller
Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside awakens.
Carl Gustav Jung
You cannot teach a man anything. You can only help him discover it within himself.
Galileo Galilei
No one is in your mind - you are its only driver.
Unknown
Remember that your best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
Unknown
Maturity begins when we're content to feel we're right about something without feeling the necessity to prove someone else wrong.
Sydney J. Harris
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
Leo Buscaglia
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains.
The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
William Arthur Ward
We change our behavior when the pain of staying the same becomes greater than the pain of changing. Consequences give us the pain that motivates us to change.
Henry Cloud
Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Great minds discuss ideas;
Average minds discuss events;
Small minds discuss people. Eleanor Roosevelt
If someone betrays you once, it is his fault;
if he betrays you twice, it is your fault.
There are peole who make things happen, those who watch what happens, and those who wonder what happened.
Your current safe boundaries were once unknown frontiers.
Unknown
The person who is all wrapped up in himself is overdressed.
Kate Halvorson
Two may talk together under the same roof for many years, yet never
really meet; and two others at first speech are old friends. Mary Catherwood
The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to
deal with, but whether it is the same problem you had last year. John Foster Dulles
A person going nowhere can be sure of reaching his destination.
The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that our aim is too low and we reach it.
Michaelangelo
All limitations are self-imposed. Ernest Holmes
He who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never be able to change reality, and will never, therefore, make any progress. Anwar Sadat
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see
every problem as a nail. Abraham Maslow
Everybody can be great - because anybody can serve. You
don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have
to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need
a heart full of grace; a soul generated by love.
Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase - just take the first step.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
The past exists only in our memories, the future only in our plans.
The present is our only reality. Robert Pirsig
Four things come not back: the spoken word, the sped arrow, time
past, the neglected opportunity. Omar Ibnal-Halif
Being heard is so close to being loved that for the average person they are almost indistinguishable. David Augsburger
I knew that I was learning one of the most important lessons of my life:
that instead of waiting for the perfect opportunity, I should work
toward a realization that every opportunity is perfect. Suzan-Lori Parks, playright, in O, the Oprah Magazine
You can never get more by saying "No." You can hold a current
position by saying "No", but you can only move forward by saying "Yes." Marshal Sylver
Giving up doesn't always mean you are weak. Sometimes it means that you are strong enough to let go. Author Unknown
Did you ever notice how difficult it is to argue with someone who is
not obsessed with being right?
Life is never boring, but some people choose to be bored...
Boredom is a choice.
When you judge another, you do not define them, you
define yourself. Wayne W. Dyer, American author & lecturer
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Sometimes we receive the power to say yes to life. Then peace enters us and makes us whole.
Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
It takes great courage to faithfully follow what we know to be true. Sara E. Anderson
Sometimes the best way to hold onto something is to let it go. Author Unknown
Negative thoughts are like weeds in your garden and
positive thoughts are the seeds of your garden, kill the
weeds and feed the seeds.
A spouse or partner should enhance your life, not be your life; your life is your own. Sukhi Burgen
If the sign on your heart says "WELCOME", the love will come pouring in from everywhere. Susan Jeffers, PhD
Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself, and know that
everything in this life has purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences. All events are blessings given to us to learn from. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
It is a good and safe rule to sojourn in every place as
if you meant to spend your life there, never omitting
an opportunity of doing a kindness, or speaking a true
word, or making a friend. Ruskin
Happiness is a journey, not a destination.
Work like you don't need money.
Love like you've never been hurt.
And dance like no one's watching.
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you
plant. Robert Louis Stevenson
A shortcut to riches is to subtract from one's desires. Plutarch
There is a destiny which makes us brothers. The good that we send into the lives of others, comes back into our own.
Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things. Diderot
Be true to your work, your word, and your friend. Henry David Thoreau
Powerful is a man that realizes his own limitations, for he is self-aware, therefore, he is limitless. Vincent E. Lafranchi IV
Better to be on a seemingly endless journey seeking truth, than to be comfortable and stagnant with deception. Starr De Luna
The communication style of leaders helps us distinguish great leaders from the wannabes.
When facing a problem the great leader says, 'Let's find out,' while the wannabe says that 'nobody knows.'
Great leaders communicate commitment while wannabe leaders make promises.
Great leaders have the capacity to listen while wannabes can't wait for their turn to talk.
Great leaders say 'there is a better way to do this', while wannabes say 'this is the way we have always done things around here.'
Great leaders say 'I'm a good leader, but could do better" while the wannabe says 'I'm better than a lot of people.'
Great leaders take accountability for their mistakes while the wannabe points fingers and says 'it's your fault.'
-Reed Markham, PhD, Georgia Leadership Series
