RANDOM THOUGHTS ON WHAT IT TAKES TO BE SUCCESFUL

I am spending the day working on our team notebooks and looking for some motivational quotes to splash throughout the the notebook and here are a few I'm going to use.

“Wanting to win isn’t enough. You have to go through a process to improve. That takes patience, perseverance, and intentionality.”
-John Maxwell

“Where success is concerned, people are not measured in inches, or pounds, or college degrees, or family background; they are measured by the size of their thinking.”
-David Schwartz

“Nothing is worth more than this day.”
-Goethe

“Faith is believing what we do not see. The reward of faith is to see what we believe.”
-Augustine

“Whenever you start — give it your best. The opportunities are there to be anything you want to be. But wanting to be someone isn’t enough; dreaming about it isn’t enough; thinking about it isn’t enough. You’ve got to study for it, work for it, fight for it with all your heart and soul, because nobody is going to hand it to you.”
-Colin Powell

“People with a to have mentality are obsessed with what they get out of their jobs: a bigger salary and all that they can buy; promotions and status; recognition and fame. People with a to be mentality concentrate on what they can give to the organization: their best efforts to help the program succeed.”
-Bill Parcells

“We must keep moving. Do not sit down. Do not say ‘I have done enough.’ Always see what else you can do to raise hell with the enemy. You must have a desperate determination to continually go forward.”
-George Patton

“Whatever you do, do it passionately. Failure is an event, not a person, Every obstacle presents an opportunity...if you’re looking for it.”
-Jim Tressel

“When someone has been give much, much will be required in return; and when someone has been entrusted with much, even more will be required.”
-uke 12:48

“Hold yourself to a high standard than anyone expects of you. Never excuse yourself.”
-Henry Ward Beecher