Quotes(29-03-2012)

"Without an open-minded mind, you can never be a great
success."

-- Martha Stewart


"There is but one success -- to be able to spend your life in
your own way."

-- Christopher Morley


"Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is
never the result of selfishness."

-- Napoleon Hill


"Passion is always more than a party. It's a story of guts and glory, pain and purpose."

-- Matt Redman

"The future is completely open, and we are writing it moment to moment."

-- Pema Chödrön

"In this media-drenched, data-rich, channel-surfing, computer-gaming age, we have lost the art of doing nothing, of shutting out the background noise and distractions, of slowing down and simply being alone with our thoughts."

-- Carl Honoré

"Hope is the feeling that the feeling you have isn't permanent."

-- Jean Kerr

"The really happy person is the one who can enjoy the scenery, even when they have to take a detour."

-- Sir James Hopwood Jeans

"A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds."

-- Francis Bacon

"A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man
that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the
attachment of friends."

-- George Washington

"This art of resting the mind and the power of dismissing from
it all care and worry is probably one of the secrets of energy
in our great men."

-- Captain J. A. Hadfield

"You're never too old to become younger."

-- Mae West

"There is no guarantee of reaching a goal at a certain time, but there is a guarantee of never attaining goals that are never set."

-- David McNally

"Responsibility is the price of greatness."

-- Winston Churchill

"You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour."

-- Jim Rohn

"Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions."

-- Albert Einstein

"It's a rare gift to understand that your life is wondrous and that it won't last for ever."

-- Steven Galloway







"Every one of us needs to show how much we care for each other and, in the process, care for ourselves."

-- Princess Diana

"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."

-- Thomas Edison

"Don't let one cloud obliterate the whole sky."

-- Anais Nin

"In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer
than the windshield."

-- Warren Buffett

"To err is human, but when the eraser wears out ahead of the
pencil, you're overdoing it."

-- Josh Jenkins

"Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do.
Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of
little children."

-- Alex Haley

"Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised."

-- Denis Waitley

"To be a positive influence and a leader worth following, you must deal with your own insecurities and fears before you can empower others."

-- Jeremie Kubicek

Quotes(28-03-2012)

"Faith is to believe in what you do not yet see, the reward for faith is to see what you believe."

-- Saint Augustine

"A great leader never sets himself above his followers except in carrying responsibilities."

-- Jules Ormont

"Nothing limits achievement like small thinking. Nothing equals possibilities like unleashed thinking."

-- William Arthur Ward

"It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it."

-- W. Somerset Maughn

"If we do not change direction, we may end up at the point at which we are heading."

-- Chinese proverb

"To accomplish great things we must not only act but also dream; not only plan but also believe."

-- Anatole France

"Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering."

-- St. Augustine

"You can not push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb a little."

-- Andrew Carnegie

"Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is

the beginning of love."

-- Mother Teresa

"Every time you take a risk or move out of your comfort zone,

you have a great opportunity to learn more about yourself and

your capacity."

-- Jack Canfield

"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream."

-- C. S. Lewis

"You are never strong enough that you don't need help."

-- Cesar Chavez

"Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall."

-- Confucius

"An empowering leader trains, mentors, and apprentices someone to help him or her grow."

-- Jeremie Kubicek

"Strong feelings do not necessarily make a strong character.

The strength of a man is to be measured by the power of the

feelings he subdues not by the power of those which subdue

him."

-- William Carleton

"Sometimes opportunities float right past your nose. Work

hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes

you can grab it."

-- Julie Andrews

"All the gold in the world cannot buy a dying man one more breath, so what does that make today worth?"

-- Unknown Author

"Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world."

-- Howard Zinn

"Do, or do not. There is no try."

-- Jedi Master Yoda

"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen."

-- Winston Churchill

"Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity.

Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and

endowments of the human mind."

-- Cicero

"Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you

have."

-- Thomas A. Edison

"A smile remains the most inexpensive gift I can bestow on anyone and yet its powers can vanquish kingdoms."

-- Og Mandino

"Let the beauty of what you love be what you do."

-- Rumi

"Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding on to."

-- Unknown Author

Quotes(27-03-2012)

"When you don't wait, you strive; when you don't trust, you worry. When you trust and wait, you rest."

-- Josh McDowell

"If you don't place your foot on the rope, you'll never cross the chasm."

-- Liz Smith

""Relationship before opportunity" is about giving before receiving, planting before harvesting, and serving before asking."

-- Jeremie Kubicek

"The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time."

-- Samuel Smiles

"Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do."

-- Benjamin Spock

"As you slide down the banister of life, may the splinters
never point in the wrong direction."

-- Irish blessing

"I have found the best way to give advice to your children is
to find out what they want and then advise them to do it."

-- Harry S. Truman

"There's always going to be bad stuff out there. But here's
the amazing thing -- light trumps darkness, every time. You
stick a candle into the dark, but you can't stick the dark
into the light."

-- Jodi Picoult

"Almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure--these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart."

-- Steve Jobs

"A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner."

-- English Proverb

"Change is not made without inconvenience, even from worse to better."

-- Samuel Johnson

"Growing into your future with health and grace and beauty
doesn't have to take all your time. It rather requires a
dedication to caring for yourself as if you were rare and
precious, which you are, and regarding all life around you as
equally so, which it is."

-- Victoria Moran

"Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just
baggage enough."

-- Charles Dudley Warner

"Unless you change how you are, you will always have what you've got."

-- Jim Rohn

"Time is neutral, but can be made the ally of those who will seize it and use it to the full."

-- Winston Churchill

"Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties."

-- Erich Fromm

"Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive."

-- Elbert Hubbard

"You must look into people, as well as at them."

-- Lord Chesterfield

"Forever is composed of nows."

-- Emily Dickinson

"My Life is My Message."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee."

-- Marian Wright Edelman

Quotes(26-03-2012)

"If the wind will not serve, take to the oars."
-- Latin Proverb
"The greatest way to never chase your dream is to spend your time hating somebody else's dream."
-- Jon Acuff "A goal is a dream with a deadline."
-- Napoleon Hill
"You just have to keep on breathing because tomorrow the sun will rise and who knows what the tide will bring."
-- Cast Away "If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that."
-- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
"I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed."
-- Booker T. Washington
"Laughter is a part of the human survival kit."
-- David Nathan
"Whoever you are, there is some younger person who thinks youare perfect. There is some work that will never be done if youdon't do it. There is someone who would miss you if you weregone. There is a place that you alone can fill."
-- Jacob Braude
"Happiness is a direction, not a place."
-- Sydney J. Harris
"If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative."
-- Woody Allen "Let your dreams outgrow the shoes of your expectations."
-- Ryunosuke Satoro
"Do one thing every day that scares you."
-- Eleanor Roosevelt "Forgiveness is the act of admitting we are like other people."
-- Christina Baldwin
"May you LIVE all the days of your life."
-- Jonathan Swift
"We all live under the same sky, but we don't all have the same horizon."
-- Konrad Adenauer

Types of people on the way they respond to confrontation as per John C Maxwell

Types of people on the way they respond to confrontation:-

BYE
SPY
FRY
LIE
CRY
SIGH
FLY

All Extracted from the book:”Be a People’s Person” by John C Maxwell

10 Tips for giving Criticism by John C Maxwell

10 Tips for giving Criticism:-

Check your motive
Make sure the issue is worthy of criticism
Be specific
Don’t undermine the person’s self confidence
Don’t compare one person with another
Be creative or don’t confront
Attack the problem not the person
Confront when the time is right
Look at yourself before looking to others
End confrontation with encouragement

All Extracted from the book:”Be a People’s Person” by John C Maxwell

10 Tips for taking Criticism by John C Maxwell

10 Tips for taking Criticism:-

Understand the difference between constructive and destructive criticism
Don’t take yourself too seriously
Look beyond the criticism and see the critic
Watch your own attitude towards the critic
Realize that good people are criticized
Keep physically and spiritually in shape
Don’t just see the critic; see if there’s a crowd
Wait for the time to prove them wrong
Surround yourself with positive people
Concentrate on your mission—change your mistakes

All Extracted from the book:”Be a People’s Person” by John C Maxwell

Steps to avoid problems in relationships by John C Maxwell

Steps to avoid problems in relationships:-

Bring in principle persons involved in the conflict
Line up the facts
Never reprimand while angry
Be precise with the offense
Get the other person’s side of the story
Be sure you keep comprehensive records
Don’t harbor a grudge

All Extracted from the book:”Be a People’s Person” by John C Maxwell

Various Processes of Relationships as per John C Maxwell

Various Processes of Relationships:-

The honeymoon stage
Specific irritation
General discomfort
Try harder
Exhaustion
Separation

All Extracted from the book:”Be a People’s Person” by John C Maxwell