Potential
Jesus sees our potential, even when we only see our failures. motivation
Success
Give your best
Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it. George S. Halas – American baseball- and football player and coach, owner of the National Football League teams “Chicago Bears” (1895-1983)
Föredömet
Ingen metod är effektivare än föredömets. Ingvar Kamprad – svensk entreprenör, grundare av IKEA (1926-2018), från “En Möbelhandlares Testamente” (20:e december, 1976) No method is more effective than the good example. Ingvar Kamprad – Swedish entrepreneur, founder of IKEA (1926-2018), from “The Testament of a furniture dealer” (“En Möbelhandlares...
Fortune
It takes a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make a great fortune; and when you have got it, it requires ten times as much wit to keep it. Nathan Mayer Rothschild – German-born British banker (1777-1836)
Smart employees
It doesn’t make sense to hire smart people and tell them what to do. We hire smart people so they can tell us what to do. paraphrased after Steve Jobs – American company founder: Apple (1955-2011)
Luck
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. Lucius Annaeus Seneca – Roman philosopher (4 B.C.-65 A.C.)
Key to victory
The ticket to victory often comes down to bringing your very best when you feel your worst. David Goggins – American former Navy SEAL, athlezte and motovational speaker (b. 1975), from “Can’t Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds” (2018)
Experience
Experience has been a stern but excellent teacher. Og Mandino – born Augustine Mandino II, American writer (1923-1996), from “Secrets for success and happiness” (1995)
Realise success
Dream big. Start small. Act now. Robin Sharma – Canadian writer (b. 1964), from a “facebook” post (July 6th, 2014)
Everything comes to those who wait.
The big profits I have made were through very long planning, waiting and watching. Philip A. Fisher – American Growth investor and mentor of Warren Buffett (1907-2004)
Winners
It takes just a few winners to work wonders. Warren Buffett – American value investor, long-time Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (*1930), in his letter to Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders (2023)
The world belongs to those who work hard
There are no traffic jams along the extra mile. adage
Bones
In the end, you need only three bones to be successful: a wish bone, a back bone, and a funny bone. Gilbert Enoka – New Zealand mental resilience coach, New Zealand All Blacks (b. 1958)
Ten principles for successfull entrepreneurs
– Do not cheat in business or you will find yourself in an early grave. – Do not fail to be fair in all things and do not kick a man when he is down. – Keep your word, for nothing is more valuable in business than a reputation for honesty and reliability. – Live below your means; save more than you spend and avoid needless display. – Avoid speculation and...
Basis of success
One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation. proverb, often attributed to Arthur Robert Ashe Jr. – American tennis player (1943-1993)
Never give up
I’ve missed over 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. from a “Nike” commercial, presented by Michael “Air” Jordan – American basketball player and actor (b. 1963), from “Nike Culture : The Sign...
It’s on a hard way that you find out who your true friends are
The hard way builds solidly a foundation of confidence that cannot be swept away. “Colonel” Harland David Sanders – American company founder: “Kentucky Fried Chicken” (1890-1980)
Aim high
We tend to get what we expect – both from ourselves and from others. When we expect more, we tend to get more; when we expect less, we tend to get less. Stephen R. Covey – American writer, speaker and businessman (1932-1912), from “The Speed of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything” (2008)
Think big
Let us strive for the impossible. The great achievements throughout history have been the conquest of what seemed the impossible. Sir Charles Spencer “Charlie” Chaplin Jr. -British actor (1889-1977), from his speech “To Support the President’s Rally for a Second Front Now!”, at the Madison Square Park (July 22,1942)
Stand up
Success is how high you bounce when you hit the bottom. wisdom, inspired by George Smith Patton Jr.– American general of the US army (1885-1945), who wrote in his diary from November 17th, 1943: “Well, pretty soon I will hit bottom and then bounce.”