I was looking over some older books of mine when I came across David McNally's "Even Eagles Need a Push". This book was purchased for a workshop study during my college days.
I'm not much for the self-help books and is probably a good reason why I never opened it until this past week. I took the time to read it and although I cheated by skipping the exercises, it did have a number of interesting quotes.
"Let go of fear. Discover your true sense of purpose. Live the life you've only imagined!
"Why does the thrill of soaring begin with the far of falling?"
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. -Soren Kirkegaard
Winning is assessed simply by how you feel about life, and how you feel about life is determined by what your life is about.
Money never starts an idea; it is the idea that starts the money.
Profit is not the purpose of a business. Profit is a dynamic incentive and motivator for being in business. In order to sustain the business - for it to grow and remain healthy - profits are obviously essential. But distinguishing the role of profits from the purpose of the business is vital to understanding how consistent, long-term profits are best achieved.
There is nothing that has ever happened to you or anyone else that cannot be forgiven. Your past cannot be changed, but you can change tomorrow by your actions today.
Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are. -Malcolm Forbes
There are parts of a boat which, taken by themselves, would sink. But when the parts of a boat are built together, they float.
For most of us, work consumes so much of our lives that one would hope that it is fulfilling beyond the paycheck.
External customers are obviously those who purchase products or services or are served in some way by your organization. Internal customers are those within your organization who depend on you for their own job performance.
A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night and in between does what he wants -Bob Dylan
It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. -W.Somerset Maugham
People perform at their best when contributing their talents to something they believe in.
Today's opportunities erase yesterday's failures. -Gene Brown
Not only must you know what you want, but you must really want what you want, if you are to get what you want.
Commitment is the willingness to do whatever it takes to get what you want. A true commitment is a heartfelt promise to yourself from which you will not back down.
If this sounds like hard work, consider the alternative, the life of the uncommitted. For them, there is no compelling reason to get up in the morning or to rest at night. One day follows another with the only goal being survival.
Finally, remember that life presents itself just one day at time. Make your commitments in daily bite-sized chunks that can be assimilated without risk of mental indigestion. One brick at a time a house is built, one stroke at a time the artist paints, one day at a time the alcoholic recovers his life. Learn from yesterday, do well the tasks today, and tomorrow will look after itself.