MESSAGE #937 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT OLIVER CROMWELL

He who
stops
being better
stops
being good.

Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658)
English military
& political leader

MESSAGE #936 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD

The price
of
excellence
is
discipline.
The cost
of
mediocrity
is
disappointment.

William Arthur Ward (1921-1994)
inspirational writer

MESSAGE #935 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT OVID

There
is no
excellency
without
difficulty.

Ovid (43 BC – A.D. 17)
Roman poet

MESSAGE #934 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT ELI WIESEL

The opposite of love
is not hate,
it’s indifference.
The opposite of art
is not ugliness,
it’s indifference.
The opposite of faith
is not heresy,
it’s indifference.
And the opposite of life
is not death,
it’s indifference.

Eli Wiesel
Holocaust survivor
Nobel Peace Prize winner

MESSAGE #933 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT STEVEN WRIGHT

When
I was
a kid,
they told
me
that,
“Practice makes perfect.”
Then
they told
me
that,
“Nobody’s perfect.”
So . . .
I stopped practicing!

Steven Wright
comedian

MESSAGE #932 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT LARRY BIRD

A winner
is someone who
recognizes
his
God-given talents,
works
his
tail off to develop them
into skills,
and
uses
these skills
to accomplish
his
goals.

Larry Bird
pro basketball superstar

MESSAGE #931 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT ALAN MILLER, CEO

If you’re
going to quit
after an obstacle,
you’re in trouble
because
you’re going to have
another one.
You’ll have
to overcome
that one too.
People who
can do that
can have
a very successful career
and
contribute to society
and
feel worthwhile.

Alan Miller
founder & CEO
Universal Health Services

MESSAGE #930 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT AYN RAND

A creative man
is motivated
by the desire
to achieve,
not
by the desire
to beat others.

Ayn Rand (1905-1982)
author of
“The Fountainhead” &
“Atlas Shrugged”

MESSAGE #929 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT WILLIAM GAINES

Most of my
major disappointments
have turned out
to be
blessings in disguise.
So whenever
anything bad
does happen
to me,
I kind of
sit back
and feel --
well, if I
gave this
enough time,
it’ll turn out
that this was good,
so I shouldn’t
worry about it
too much.

William Gaines (1922-1992)
publisher
“Mad” magazine

MESSAGE #928 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT JOAN BENOIT SAMUELSON

Every time
I fail,
I assume
I will be
a stronger person
for it.

Joan Benoit Samuelson
gold medalist
1984 Olympic marathon

MESSAGE #927 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT WYATT EARP

Fast
is fine,
but
accuracy is
everything.

Wyatt Earp (1848-1929)
lawman

MESSAGE #926 - HOW TO BE A HERO

The cave
you fear
to enter
holds
the treasure
you seek.

Joseph Campbell (1904-1987)
mythologist
author of
“The Hero with a Thousand Faces”

MESSAGE #925 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT SENECA

It is
not because
things are difficult
that
we do not dare;
it is
because
we do not dare
that
things are difficult.

Seneca (c. 4 BC–65 AD)
Roman philosopher

MESSAGE #924 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT BRUCE BARTON

If
you have
anything
really valuable
to contribute
to
the world,
it will come
through
the expression
of
your own personality -
that single
spark of divinity
that sets you off
and
makes you different
from
every other living creature.

Bruce Barton (1886-1947)
American author,
advertising executive &
politician

MESSAGE #923 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT COACH JOHNSON

The reason
most people
fail
instead of
succeed
is that
they trade
what they want
MOST
for
what they want
AT THE MOMENT.

SuperCoach Chuck Johnson
head football coach
Ridgewood High School (NJ)

MESSAGE #922 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT WILMA RUDOLPH

The doctors
told me
I would never
walk,
but
my mother
told me
I would –
so
I believed
my mother.

Wilma Rudolph (1940-1994)
American Olympic
triple gold medalist
in track & field

MESSAGE #921 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT GREAT TV NEWS ANCHOR

It’s easy
to make
a buck,
but
it’s tough
to make
a difference.

Tom Brokaw
television journalist

MESSAGE #920 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT DOUG WILDER

There
will be
those
who will
tell you
that
you can’t make it
because of
how you look,
because of
the way you talk.
We all
have heard that –
I almost listened.

L. Douglas Wilder
American politician
(first African American
to be elected governor)

MESSAGE #919 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT HAMMERSTEIN

I do not
sit down
to work
because
I am
inspired;
I become
inspired
because
I
sit down
to work.

Oscar Hammerstein (1895-1960)
Broadway lyricist for
“The Sound of Music,”
“Carousel,”
“The King and I,”
“South Pacific” &
“Oklahoma!”

MESSAGE #918 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT SCOTT ADAMS

Creativity
is allowing
yourself
to make mistakes.
Art
is knowing
which ones
to keep.

Scott Adams
creator of the
Dilbert comic strip

MESSAGE #917 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT MILES DAVIS

When I write
music,
I don’t ask
people
to tell
me
what
they
want to hear.
They
don’t really know
what
moves them
until
it
moves them.

Miles Davis (1926-1991)
jazz composer, musician,
& bandleader

MESSAGE #916 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT EDITH WHARTON

There are
two ways
of spreading light:
to be the
candle
or the
mirror
that reflects it.

Edith Wharton (1882-1937)
American novelist

MESSAGE #915 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT MARGARET THATCHER

What great cause
would have been
fought for and won
under the banner,
“I stand for consensus”?

Margaret Thatcher
British Prime Minister

MESSAGE #914 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT RONALD REAGAN

It
can
be
done.

sign on the desk of
Ronald Reagan (1911-2004)
40th U.S. President

MESSAGE #913 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT DENNIS MURRI

Individual commitment
to a
team effort –
that’s what
makes
a
team
work.

sign in the office of
Dennis Murri
SuperCoach
Ridgefield Park High School
New Jersey

MESSAGE #912 - HOW TO BE A MARINE OFFICER

Superior thinking
has always
overwhelmed
superior force.

poster in the office of
a Marine recruiter

MESSAGE #911 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT W. CLEMENT STONE

There is
very little difference
in people,
but
that
little difference
makes
a big difference.
The
little difference
is
attitude.
The
big difference
is
whether
it is
positive or negative.

sign in the office of
W. Clement Stone (1902-2002)
former president
Security Services Company
author
“The Success System That Never Fails”

MESSAGE #910 -- HOW TO BE THE NEXT STEW LEONARD

Success people
are
the few
who
focus
and
follow through.

sign in the office of
Stew Leonard, Jr.
president
Stew Leonard’s Dairy

MESSAGE #909 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT LBJ

When
you’re talking,
you
ain’t
learning.

sign in the Senate office of
Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908-1973)
36th U.S. President

MESSAGE #908 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT EINSTEIN

Not everything
that
counts
can be
counted
and
not everything
that
can be
counted
counts.

sign in the office of
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

MESSAGE #907 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT DR. CHARLES MAYO

THERE’S
NO FUN
LIKE
WORK.

sign in the office of
Charles Mayo, M.D. (1865-1939)
Co-Founder
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN