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• Michael Weiss

  

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  May 3, 2011 3:37:23 AM CDT

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  One quote that's been plastered on my wall for the longest time:

   

  "It's never too late to become who you thought you could have been."  

   

  Not sure who said it, but it's stuck.  I'm sure everyone has a ton.  

   

  What are some of yours?  

• Hunter Gray

  

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  May 4, 2011 12:10:36 PM CDT

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  Ooh, that's a good one. Here's a favorite of mine that I believe is a really good fit for the Slight Edge: "Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour's duties will be the best preparation for the hours and ages that will follow it."
  - Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Casey Mugar

  

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  May 4, 2011 12:36:47 PM CDT

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  Nice guys! Here's my favorite quote, and it's from my favorite movie Dead Poet's Society:

   

  "We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman, "O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless... of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?" Answer. That you are here - that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. That the powerful play *goes on* and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?"

  This post was edited by Casey Mugar at May 4, 2011 12:36:47 PM CDT
• Connie Holczer

  

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  May 4, 2011 12:45:24 PM CDT

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  My favorite quote - that I wrote on my wall and implemented is "If you can't change the people in your life - then change your people"
• Abdul-Hakim Ahmed

  

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  May 4, 2011 4:18:00 PM CDT

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  My favorite leadership quote: "I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than an army of 100 lions led by a sheep." ~ Talleyrand
• Blaine Holczer

  

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  May 4, 2011 5:32:19 PM CDT

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  I have too many to count but one that pops into my head on a regular basis is ""Little chance of success... certainty of death.... what are we waiting for?" Gimli- Lord of the Rings Return of the King because death is inevitable and odds of success of anything are the same whether we play big or small safe or daring so why not opt for the side with the best ROI
  
• John Leonard

  

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  May 4, 2011 6:14:57 PM CDT

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  "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 F. Buscaglia

• Felix Fegurgur

  

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  May 4, 2011 6:37:51 PM CDT

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  Love this quote... "Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you."- Jim Rohn
• Stacey Grewal

  

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  May 4, 2011 8:26:01 PM CDT

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  "The best investment anyone can make is in themselves." Warren Buffet
• Rudi Middleton

  

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  May 5, 2011 10:56:21 AM CDT

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  Great Buffet Quote Stacey! My most inspiring quote came from my dad ... "You'll Never Do It!"
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  May 5, 2011 10:27:03 PM CDT

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  One of my favorites~ Lead, Follow or get out of the way!~ Thomas Paine
• Laurieanne Lalonde

  

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  May 6, 2011 4:31:27 PM CDT

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  I have a few, I'm sorry but I have heard so many leaders speak these I'm not entirely sure who the originator was (deep apologies if I've misquoted in any way):
  Our dreams come in sizes too big so that we can grow into them.
  What you do speaks so loudly, what you say I cannot hear.
  The mass of men will worry themselves into nameless graves, while here and there an unselfish soul forgets himself into immortality.
  What a man does, fades. What a man is, survives him.
• Gail Potter

  

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  May 6, 2011 9:30:14 PM CDT

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  I have many but one of my favourites is by Brian Tracy.
  
  Soar with the eagles. Don't scratch with the turkeys.
• Laurieanne Lalonde

  

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  May 6, 2011 10:05:21 PM CDT

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  How about "Would the boy you were be proud of the man you are?"...~Claude Hamilton
  *Can insert the feminine if you so choose*
  First time I heard it, I thought about it and sadly, the answer was no. Working on changing that.
• Johnny Pineda

  

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  May 9, 2011 8:36:52 AM CDT

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  This one always stuck with me:
  
  "...A good man leaves an inheritance for his children's children..." Proverbs 13:22
• Rena Williams

  

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  May 9, 2011 8:21:21 PM CDT

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  I have so many! Here's one from Earl Nightingale's
  "The Strangest Secret"
  People with goals succeed because they know where they're going. ~Earl Nightingale
  
• Robert Black

  

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  May 11, 2011 2:52:59 AM CDT

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  "Success is a choice, not an accident"

• Robert Black

  

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  May 11, 2011 2:55:33 AM CDT

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  "Knowledge is not power. Applied knowledge is power."

• Anna Ellis

  

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  May 11, 2011 6:32:35 AM CDT

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  A tree as great as a man's embrace springs up from a small shoot;
  A terrace nine stories high begins with a pile of earth;
  A journey of a thousand miles starts under one's feet.
  
  - Lao Tzu
• David Faulks

  

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  May 11, 2011 10:40:16 AM CDT

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  A ship is safe in a harbour, but that's not what ships are for.
• *Paul Collins

  

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  May 11, 2011 1:38:23 PM CDT

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  So many to choose from but:

  "If we did the things we are capable of we would astound ourselves" - Thomas Edison

• Felicia Jones

  

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  May 14, 2011 1:13:06 PM CDT

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  I have many favorite quotes but since i've been involved with network marketing this particular one tends to stick with me:
  
  “Keep away from small people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." - Mark Twain
• 'Karen Miller

  

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  May 17, 2011 12:20:01 AM CDT

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  I have one posted by my desk that a former co-worker shared with me...
  
  "Know...others will try to influence you based on their needs, not yours. Know... you can escape that abyss by molding yourself to your desires and becoming who you long to be." ~ author unknown
• Tobias Sedillos

  

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  May 17, 2011 9:11:26 PM CDT

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  " Don't wish it was easier; wish you were better. Don't wish for less problems; wish for more skills. Don't wish for less challenges; wish for more wisdom." ~ Jim Rohn

  This post was edited by Tobias Sedillos at May 17, 2011 9:11:26 PM CDT
• Trish Kirby

  

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  May 17, 2011 9:31:48 PM CDT

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  One of my favorite quotes is "Nobody cares what you know until they know

   

   

  how much you care"

   

  This post was edited by Trish Kirby at May 17, 2011 9:31:48 PM CDT