This is truly my favorite page! It allows us to maintain perspective as to the reason for our success and allows us to keep focused on the true meaning of the title of this page.
The goal of our endeavors is only measured by the level of service which we provide our clients as this is the reason for our success and its measure.
"It is possible to fail in many ways...while to succeed is possible only in one way"
Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC)
PLANNING
In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it.
Robert Heinlein
US science fiction author (1907 - 1988)
The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you're willing to work.
Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine
US actress & television talk show host (1954 - )
Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.
Peter Drucker
American (Austrian-born) management writer (1909 - 2005)
Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
Samuel Johnson
English author, critic, & lexicographer (1709 - 1784)
Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.
Thomas A. Edison
US inventor (1847 - 1931)
It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.
Publilius Syrus
(~100 BC)
A goal without a plan is just a wish.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
French writer (1900 - 1944)
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
Napoleon Bonaparte
French general & politician (1769 - 1821)
OPPORTUNITY
Seize opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind.
Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.
Henry J. Kaiser
US industrialist (1882 - 1967)
The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger - but recognize the opportunity.
John F. Kennedy, Speech in Indianapolis, April 12, 1959
35th president of US 1961-1963 (1917 - 1963)
You create your opportunities by asking for them.
Patty Hansen, Prevention Magazine, 11-05
While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity.
Publilius Syrus
(~100 BC)
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Thomas A. Edison
US inventor (1847 - 1931)
Energy is the essence of life. Every day you decide how you're going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal, and by maintaining focus.
Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine, July 2003
US actress & television talk show host (1954 - )
OPTIMISM
Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
Colin Powell
US general (1937 - )
Many an optimist has become rich by buying out a pessimist.
For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else.
Sir Winston Churchill, speech at the Lord Mayor's banquet, London, November 9, 1954
British politician (1874 - 1965)
