073115 quotes

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

- Francis Bacon

I would like to instill in people just to work hard. 

As long as they keep at it, their dreams will happen.
- Misty May-Treanor

Life is like a baseball game.

When you think a fastball is coming,

You gotta be ready to hit the curve.

- Jaja Q

073015 quotes

Start by doing what’s necessary;

then do what’s possible; and suddenly

you are doing the impossible.

- Francis of Assisi

All know that the drop merges into the

ocean but few know that the ocean merges

into the drop.

- Kabir

Most of us have two lives.

The life we live and the unlived life within us.

Between the two stands Resistance.

Resistance cannot be seen, touched, heard,

or smelled. But it can be felt.

Late at night have you experienced a vision of

the person you might become,

the work you could accomplish,

the realized being you were mean to be?

Are you a writer who doesn't write?

a painter who doesn't paint,

an entrepreneur who never starts a venture?

Then you know what Resistance is.

- Steven Pressfield

072915 quotes

When you're good at something, you'll tell everyone.

When you're great at something, they'll tell you.
- Walter Payton

The only thing that stands between a man and what

he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and

the faith to believe that it is possible.

- Richard M. Devos

I believe the first step in any success …

sports, work, a service group, whatever …

is showing up.
- David DeNotaris

072815 quotes

Show class, have pride, and display character.

If you do, winning takes care of itself.

- Paul Bear Bryant

Seven Steps to Success
1) Make a commitment to grow daily.
2) Value the process more than events.
3) Don't wait for inspiration.
4) Be willing to sacrifice pleasure for opportunity.
5) Dream big.
6) Plan your priorities.
7) Give up to go up.
- John C. Maxwell

Ambition is expecting the best of yourself.

Arrogance is believing you are better than others.

Ambition is the desire to make a difference.

Arrogance is the belief that you’re indispensable.

Ambition is doing whatever it takes to accomplish

What you know you deserve.

Arrogance is thinking that the world owes you something,

And doing what you can to take it.

Ambition is disciplined and assertive.

Arrogance is pushy.

Ambition is responsible and respectful.

Arrogance is destructive and disdainful.

- Ralph S. Marston Jr. 

072715 quotes by John Smoltz on entering National Baseball HOF Cooperstown, NY

"I think it's pretty clear that my career wasn't all about natural talent; I wasn't sprinkled with any magic dust. I wasn't the fastest or the strongest or even the smartest, but I would argue that whatever I lacked in sheer talent, I made up for along the way with tenacity and perseverance; a lot of my success was achieved by constantly learning, adapting, and overcoming obstacles."

"To say the least, [converting to closer] was the hardest thing I'd ever done, the fast track of trying to learn on the job, faster than I was ready for. What most people don't understand is that I failed miserably in the beginning [as full-time closer], and in failing miserably it motivated me, much like the rest of my career, to rally. I gave up eight runs in two-thirds of an inning, I believe against the Mets, and I got booed. And I struggled that whole month due to a thumb injury. And at the end of the year, 55 saves kind of answered a lot of those questions. And kind of made people forget about me as a starter, which at that time was a little tough to swallow."
-- In January, at his Hall of Fame news conference

"The Hall of Fame is a pretty incredible place filled with some elite people, and it's hard to feel like you're part of that. I think the biggest thing is that when I walk in this room I may not have the most eye-popping stats, but I have one of the most unique careers."
--During his tour of Cooperstown four weeks after being elected to the Hall

"This is for everyone who doubted us. People said I couldn't make the transition back to starting. People said we had too many rookies again. But we proved everybody wrong. This is really something to celebrate." 
--Smoltz after winning the World Series in 1996

"Why not chase what some see as impossible? Why not believe in yourself? Why not dare to be great ... even if it means being different?"
--Smoltz in 1998

072615 quotes

Nothing you do for a child is ever wasted.
- Garrison Keillor

The only way you can serve God is by serving other people.
- Rick Warren

If we are sowing spiritual seeds by doing the right thing,

then we will reap the blessed results of that as well.

The seeds we are sowing today will be reaped in the

years to come.
- Greg Laurie

072515 quotes

Happiness is not the absence of problems

but the ability to deal with them. 

- H. Jackson Brown Jr. 

There's a difference between knowing the

path and walking the path.
- Morpheus in the movie The Matrix

Ask and it will be given to you;
seek and you will find;
knock and the door will be opened to you.
- Matthew 7:7 

072415 quotes

Happiness is something that you are,

and it comes from the way you think.
- Wayne Dyer

If you work just for money, you’ll never make it,

But if you love what you’re doing and you always

Put the customer first, success will be yours.

- Ray Kroc

Attitude comes very close to being everything 

about success or failure. With a great attitude, 

a person can succeed though he may start

with very little else.

- Earl Nightingale

072315 quotes

In helping others, we shall help ourselves,

for whatever good we give out completes

the circle and comes back to us.

- Flora Edwards

One of the best ways to persuade others

is with your ears … by listening to them.   
- Dean Rusk

You may not control all the events that

happen to you, but you can decide not to

be reduced by them.

- Maya Angelou

072215 quotes

The best way to find out if you can trust

somebody is to trust them.
- Ernest Hemingway

You have power over your mind …

not outside events. Realize this, and

you will find strength.

- Marcus Aurelius

People who live the most fulfilling lives

are the ones who are always rejoicing

at what they have.

- Richard Carlson

072115 quotes

The Six W's … Work will win when wishing won't.
- Todd Blackledge

If you are going to be a champion,

you must be willing to pay a greater price.
- Bud Wilkinson

Success is about having, excellence is about being.

Success is about having money and fame,

but excellence is being the best you can be.
- Mike Ditka 

072015 quotes

Don't downgrade your dream just to fit your reality.

Upgrade your conviction to match your destiny.
- Stuart Scott

Perfection is not obtainable, but if we chase perfection,

we can catch excellence.
- Vince Lombardi

What are you grateful for right now?

Gratitude can shift your energy, raise your vibration,

And make all you next moments even better.

- Joe Vitale

071915 quotes

True merit, like a river, the deeper it is,

the less noise it makes. 
- Lord Halifax

Great opportunities to help others seldom come,

But small ones surround us every day.

- Sally Koch

Opportunity will not interest itself in the person

who isn’t interested in it.

- Napoleon Hill Foundation

071815 quotes

The climb upward will be easier if you

take others along with you.

- Napoleon Hill Foundation

Crystallize your goals.  Make a plan for achieving them

and set yourself a deadline.  Then, with supreme confidence, determination and disregard for obstacles and other people’s

criticisms carry out your plan.  

- Paul J. Meyer

Anyone can support a team that is winning …

it takes no courage.  But to stand behind a team

to defend a team when it is down and really needs you,

that takes a lot of courage.
- Bart Starr

071715 quotes

Your best teacher is your last mistake.
- Ralph Nader

No one can keep you down but yourself.

- Napoleon Hill Foundation

Talent wins games, but teamwork and

intelligence win championships.

- Michael Jordan 

071615 quotes

Every thought you release becomes a

permanent part of your character.

- Napoleon Hill Foundation

The effect you have on others is

the most valuable currency there is.

- Jim Carrey

We make a living by what we get,

but we make a life by what we give. 
- Norman MacFinan

071515 quotes

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

- Helen Keller.

Money is either a good or bad influence, according to

the character of the person who possesses it.

- Napoleon Hill Foundation

Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble

on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it.

I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something

sitting down.

- Charles Kettering

071415 quotes

You can’t change what you refuse to confront! 

- Daryl Daughtry

Good thoughts bear good fruit. Bad thoughts bear bad fruit. 

- James Allen

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.
- Elbert Hubbard 

071315 quotes

The best way out is always through.

- Robert Frost

You can tell by the company people choose

what sort of character they have

- Napoleon Hill Foundation

We should not look back unless it is to derive

useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose

of profiting by dearly bought experience.
- George Washington

071115 quotes

A people that values its privileges above

its principles soon loses both

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

Always bear in mind that your own resolution

to succeed is more Important than any other thing.

- Abraham Lincoln

When you have talked yourself into what you want,

stop talking and begin saying it with your actions.

- Napoleon Hill Foundation