Quotes Added in January 2008

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.Hyman Rickover

• mind
• ideas
• intelligence
• gossip

The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not a bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.Jim Rohn

• leadership

Nothing so conclusively proves a man´s ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself.Thomas Watson Jr.

• leadership
• discipline

Don’t waste your breath proclaiming what’s really important to you. How you spend your time says it all.Eric Zorn

• priorities
• time management

You can’t avoid offending people from time to time. When you don’t mean it, apologize. When you do mean it, accept the consequences.Eric Zorn

• tact
• manners

Fear of failure is a ticket to mediocrity. If you’re not failing from time to time, you’re not pushing yourself. And if you’re not pushing yourself, you’re coasting.Eric Zorn

• failure
• mediocrity

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

• goals
• failure

You don't have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things - to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated.Sir Edmund Hillary

• heroism
• heroes

Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity. The soul must see through these eyes alone, and if they are dim, the whole world is clouded.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

• health