Great Throughts Treasury

"Before anyone will lead you a hand, you must first touch their hearts."

"Best time to plant a tree was 40 years ago. Second best time is today."

"Big people don't make people feel small."

"Being great at what you do isn't just something you do for the organization you work for-it's a gift you give yourself."

"Blaming others is nothing more than excusing yourself.."

"Books help you see what"

"Brave leadership involves the attraction of ridicule. Why? Because you see a future that no one else can see"

"Brilliant things happen when you go the extra mile for every single customer."

"Bringing self-control and discipline into your life will bring a tremendous sense of freedom. This alone will change things."

"But every time we do that which we fear, we take back the power that fear has stolen from us "

"Business is about relationships. And if you don"

"By giving daily thanks for all my assets, material or spiritual, I"

"Care for the body. As you prepare your body, prepare your mind. As you train your body, so train your mind."

"Challenge serves beautifully to introduce you to your best "

"Commit to excellence. Become massively innovative and wear your passion on your sleave. They might call you different or weird or even crazy. But please remember, every great leader (or visionary or brave thinker) was initially laughed at. Now they are revered."

"Comfort zone: the best thing you can do for yourself is regularly move beyond it. This is the way to lasting personal mastery."

"Change is hardest at the beginning, messiest in the middle and best at the end."

"Complacency is the enemy of victory."

"Clarity precedes mastery, unless you are clear about what exactly you want to accomplish in life you are always running behind a mirage and u fret and fume on yourself and this is just a process of self-destruction."

"Concentrate your mind on your life"

"Conflict is nothing more than an opportunity for greater growth and a deeper connection."

"Connect to a compelling cause with your heart, not your head. And then fasten your seatbelt because your life will soar. The mind can be a limiter. The emotions are the liberator."

"Conquer your fears and conquer your life."

"Control your thoughts and you"

"Create the kind of life you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement. Foster C. McClellan"

"Creativity is all about seeing what everybody else is seeing and thinking what nobody else is thinking."

"Cultivate your mind. It will blossom beyond your expectations."

"Daily incremental improvements produce lasting results which in turn lead to positive change."

"Copying what your competition is doing just leads to being second best."

"Deep fulfillment in life doesn't come from accumulating objects but from actualizing ourselves."

"Daily ripples of excellence -over time- become a tsunami of success."

"Destiny unfolds according to the choices one makes."

"Disintegration of the old must happen before there can be integration of the new."

"Do a little each day to get you to your goals and over time you'll get there."

"Do not ever regret your past, but deal with it in terms of being a teacher for you"

"Do the work to get the energy."

"Doing what you've been resisting is how you become even better."

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"Do the things you know you should do rather than take the path of least resistance."

"Do things you don"

"Do your best and let life do the rest."

"Dreamers are mocked as impractical. The truth is they are the most practical, as their innovations lead to progress and a better way of life for all of us."

"Doing your best work is a core secret of sustained happiness. We spend most of our lives at work so why not aim for genius at it?"

"Don't run away from your fears. Run towards your fears. An extraordinary life will follow."

"Each day, life will send you little windows of opportunity. Our destiny is ultimately defined by how we respond to these windows of opportunity. Shrink from them and your life will be small. Feel the fear and run to them anyway, and your life will be large. Life's just too short to play little."

"Each day when you go to work, you get a choice: play the victim...or be a virtuoso."

"Either you set your goals and, in doing so, have your life governed by choice or you do nothing and gave your life governed by chance."

"Elite performers consistently work towards physical mastery. When you feel good, you can do good."

"Early morning possesses magical qualities from which to benefit."

"Either you control your mind or it controls you."