"To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity."   *-- Donald A. Adams {Former Rotary President}

"Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty.   Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young."    *-- Henry Ford

"The only certain means of success is to render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what the task may be.  This is a habit followed by all successful people since the beginning of time. Therefore I saith the surest way to doom yourself to mediocrity is to perform only the work for which you are paid." 
*-- Og Mandino {1923-1996 American Motivational Author & Speaker}

"To swear off making mistakes is very easy. All you have to do is swear off having ideas."     *-- Leo Burnett

"Having a vision for your life allows you to live out of hope, rather than out of your fears."     *-- Stedman Graham

"Hard things are put in our way, not to stop us, but to call out our courage and strength."      *-- Anonymous

"Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you
that much nearer the goal."     *-- Elbert Hubbard

"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great."     *-- Mark Twain

"We never live so intensely as when we love strongly.  We never realize ourselves so vividly as when we are in the full glow of others."     *-- Walter Rauschenbusch

"The question isn't at what age I want to retire, it's at what income."     *-- George Foreman

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Healthy Grief, Unhealthy Grief
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How Good Are You?
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Change
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If Only, If Only, If Only
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25 Leadership Maxims
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Live Strong
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Internal Prisons: The Thief of Productivity in our Workforce
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Are You Liable For Your Own Actions?
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Getting Out Of The Zone!
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Spiritual Differences
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Good Grief
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