Michael Schmidlen //June 17, 2013//
Here are 13 of my personal favorite motivational quotes to help get you through the second half of 2013:
“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” – Thomas Edison, inventor
“I think when I work 14 hours a day, seven days a week, I get lucky.” – Armand Hammer, american industrialist
“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” – Henry David Thoreau, author and transcendentalist
“Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, ‘What’s in it for me?'” – Brian Tracy: Personal and business training author, speaker and consultant
“We are all, right now, living the life we choose.” – Peter McWilliams, author
“You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want.” – Zig Ziglar, salesman, motivational speaker and trainer
“The number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I can fail and keep on trying.” – Tom Hopkins, author, salesman and motivational speaker
“Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.” – Mark Twain,
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” – Albert Einstein, Nobel Prize-winning physicist
“Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting.” – Elizabeth Bibesco, English writer from the early 1900’s
“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.” – Zig Ziglar, salesman, motivational speaker and trainer
“The true measure of a man is not how he behaves in moments of comfort and convenience but how he stands at times of controversy and challenges.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Average people live average lives. Dare to be above average!” – Michael E. Schmidlen, author and entrepreneur