By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

-  Benjamin Franklin

Every defeat, every disappointment, and every adversity carry seeds

of equivalent benefit.
-  Napoleon Hill

Those who are quick to see their limitations generally are slow in seeing their opportunities.

-  Napoleon Hill Foundation

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When placed in command … take charge.

-  Norman Schwarzkopf

The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do.

The hard part is doing it.

-  Norman Schwarzkopf

Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy. 

-  Norman Schwarzkopf

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During this Christmas season,
May you be blessed
with the spirit of the season,
which is peace,
the gladness of the season,
which is hope,
and the heart of the season,
which is love.

Somehow, not only for Christmas
But all the long year through,
the joy that you give to others
is the joy that comes back to you.
And the more you spend in blessing
the poor and lonely and sad,
the more of your heart's possessing
Returns to you glad.

-  John Greenleaf Whittier, Via My Daily Insights

I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.

- Charles Dickens

The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree is the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.

-  Burton Hills

Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.

-  Norman Vincent Peale

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You can do anything, but not everything.

-  David Allen

Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.

-  John Wooden

Don’t blame children who are bad. Blame those who failed to discipline them.

-  Napoleon Hill Foundation

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It's about sharing. You just give what you have to give
wherever you go, and you let God handle the rest.
-  Lindsay Wagner

D + E = R
 
D = Desire

What kind of real desire supports your dream? On a scale of 1-10, how much do you yearn for what you are dreaming? Can your desire become focused readiness for goal achievement?

E = Effort

In the equation stands for effort. Decide on the effort that you are willing to invest to achieve your dream goal. Effort includes time, energy, knowledge, skills, and an active commitment.
 
R = Results

The secret is that life changing results require both your desire and effort.

-  Susan B. Wilson

In the Spirit of The Season...

Be Kind

Be Generous

Be Helpful

Be Forgiving

Be Thankful

Smile

Be Cheerful

Celebrate Your Blessings

Do an Act Of Kindness for Someone Who Can Never Repay you

- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
-  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge,  but rather a lack of will.
-  Vince Lombardi

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have,  but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.
-  Frederick Koenig

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If you believe you can do it, go out there and do it because that's the only way you're gonna get it!

-  Harry Main

It is not work that kills men, it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hardly put more on a man than he can bear. But worry is rust upon the blade. It is not movement that destroys the machinery, but friction.

-  Henry Ward Beecher

Spectacular achievements come from unspectacular preparation.

-  Roger Staubach

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If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, non-forgiveness, selfishness and fears.   
-  Glenn Clark

If you can find a path with no obstacle, it probably doesn't lead anywhere.

-  Frank A. Clark

Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.

-  Coach Paul Bear Bryant

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Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.

-  Eckhart Tolle 

With one kind gesture you can change a life. One person at a time you can change the world.

-  Steve Maraboli

Kindness is an inner desire that makes us want to do good things even if we do not get anything in return. It is the joy of our life to do them. When we do good things from this inner desire, there is kindness in everything we think, say, want and do.

-  Emmanuel Swedenborg 

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Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat. 
-  Malcolm Forbes 

A negative mind never attracts happiness or material success, but it will attract their opposites.

-  Napoleon Hill Foundation

Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead that is where your future lies.

-  Esther Lederer   (Better known as Ann Landers)

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Be present … it is the only moment that matters.

-  Dan Millman

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

-  Napoleon Hill

I honestly believe I have felt your feelings. I've walked in your shoes.
You have made some mistakes, and you may not be where you want to be,
but that has nothing to do with your future.

-  Zig Ziglar

 

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Being happy doesn't mean everything is perfect. It means you have decided to look beyond the imperfections.

-  Gerard Way

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

-  Joseph Addison

Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward,

Safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.

-  Diana Spencer 

 

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If you can dream it, you can achieve it.

-  Zig Ziglar

Complacency is the last hurdle standing between any team and its potential greatness.

-  Pat Riley

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor and some style!

-  Maya Angelou

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You were born to win, regardless of where you were born.

But in order to be the winner, you've got to plan to win and prepare to win. Only then can you legitimately expect to win.

-  Zig Ziglar

You can't have a better tomorrow if you're thinking about yesterday.

-  Charles Kettering

Leading by example creates a degree of loyalty and overall success
that cannot be achieved through issuing orders from a lofty office.

-  Jonathan Lockwood Huie

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Promise Yourself

To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.

Promise Yourself

To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet.

Promise Yourself

To make all your friends feel that there is something in them.

Promise Yourself

To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.

Promise Yourself

To think only of the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best.

Promise Yourself

To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.

Promise Yourself

To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.

Promise Yourself

To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living creature you meet a smile.

Promise Yourself

To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others.

Promise Yourself

To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.

-  Christian D. Larson

Coach Nick Saban quotes 120212

We created a great opportunity for ourselves.

-  Coach Nick Saban

(Comment made after his Tide beat the Bulldogs at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta 12/01/12)

We have a goal for how many explosive plays that we want to make.

We don’t want to make those explosive plays at the expense of making poor decisions that are going to turn into turnovers and interceptions.

Taking care of the ball and managing the game are more important than that.

-  Coach Nick Saban

There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment, you play for your team and what your team can do. You want your team to dominate so that they can be successful. You really want to win on your ability to execute, not on someone else's inability… You don't really want anything bad to happen to the other team; you just want your team to play well.

-  Coach Nick Saban

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Believe in yourself and all that you are.  Know that there is something inside you
that is greater than any obstacle.

-  Christian D. Larson

When someone tells you that you can't do something, perhaps you should consider that they are only telling you what they can't do.

-  Sheldon Cahoon

What you get by achieving your goals is not nearly as important as what you become by achieving your goals.

-  Zig Ziglar