Friday, April 30, 2010

MESSAGE #1107 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT DAVID VISCOTT

If your life
is
ever going
to get better,
you’ll
have to
take risks.
There
is
simply no way
you
can grow
without
taking chances.

David Viscott, M.D. (1938-1996)
psychiatrist, author,
talk-show host

Thursday, April 29, 2010

MESSAGE #1106 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT ALDOUS HUXLEY

Facts
do not
cease
to exist
because
they are
ignored.

Aldous Huxley (1894-1963)
English writer

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

MESSAGE #1105 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT H. JACKSON BROWN

Learn to listen.
Opportunity
sometimes
knocks
very softly.

H. Jackson Brown
writer

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

MESSAGE #1104 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT VINCE LOMBARDI

It’s not
whether
you
get
knocked down,
it’s
whether
you
get
up.

Vince Lombardi (1913-1970)
pro football coach

Monday, April 26, 2010

MESSAGE #1103 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT KNUTE ROCKNE

Courage
means
being afraid
to do
something,
but
still
doing it.

Knute Rockne (1888-1931)
head football coach
University of Notre Dame

Sunday, April 25, 2010

MESSAGE #1102 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT ELVIS

When
things
go wrong,
don’t go
with
them.

Elvis Presley (1935-1977)
entertainer

Saturday, April 24, 2010

MESSAGE #1101 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT ALLAN K. CHALMERS

They say
a person needs
just three things
to be
truly happy
in this world.
Somone to love,
something to do,
and
something to hope for.

Allan K. Chalmers, D.D.(1897-1972)
minister and educator

Friday, April 23, 2010

MESSAGE #1100 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT MILDRED BARTHEL

Happiness
is
a conscious choice,
not
an automatic response.

Mildred Barthel
poet

Thursday, April 22, 2010

MESSAGE #1099 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT ANATOLE FRANCE

If
50 million people
say
a foolish thing,
it is
still
a foolish thing.

Anatole France (1844-1924)
Nobel Prize winner
Literature

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

MESSAGE #1098 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT IAN THORPE

I am not going
to allow myself
not to perform well
just because
I don’t feel well.
I am bulletproof
to the extent that
a lot of things
can be thrown at me,
but it’s about
how much
I am prepared
to let them
affect me.

Ian Thorpe
Five-time Olympic
gold medalist
swimming

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

MESSAGE #1097 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT COACH LANDRY

Leadership
is
a matter
of
having people
look at you
and
gain confidence
in
seeing how
you react.

Tom Landry (1924-2000)
pro football coach

Monday, April 19, 2010

MESSAGE #1096 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT GEORGE ALLEN

People of mediocre ability
sometimes achieve
outstanding success
because they don't know
when to quit.
Most people
succeed because
they are
determined to.

George Allen (1918–1990)
American Football Coach
Pro Football Hall of Fame

Sunday, April 18, 2010

MESSAGE #1095 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT ARTHUR ASHE

True heroism
is remarkably sober,
very undramatic.
It is not the urge
to surpass all others
at whatever cost,
but the urge
to serve others,
at whatever cost.

Arthur Ashe (1943-1993)
International Tennis Hall of Fame
Arthur Ashe Foundation Founder

Saturday, April 17, 2010

MESSAGE #1094 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT MICHELANGELO

If people
knew
how hard
I have had to work
to gain
my mastery,
it wouldn’t seem
wonderful
at all.

Michangelo di Lodovico Buonarrotu Simoni (1475-1564)
Italian artist
poet
architect
genius

Friday, April 16, 2010

MESSAGE #1093 - HOW TO DO SOMETHING WORTHWHILE

Anything
I’ve ever done
that was
ultimately
worthwhile . . .
initially
scared me
to death.

Betty Bender
professional speaker
author

Thursday, April 15, 2010

MESSAGE #1092 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT ART TUROCK

What is it
going to be –
reasons
or
results?

Art Turock
professional speaker

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

MESSAGE #1091 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT CLINT EASTWOOD

If you want
a guarantee –
buy a toaster!

Clint Eastwood
actor


Thanks, Gary Pritchard!

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

MESSAGE #1090 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT ALBERT SCHWEITZER

Success
is NOT
the key to happiness.
Happiness
IS
the key to success.
If
you love
what
you are doing,
you will be
successful.

Dr. Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965)
organist,
physician,
philosopher,
humanitarian


Thanks, Gary Pritchard!

Monday, April 12, 2010

MESSAGE #1089 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT EMERSON

Whatever course
you
decide upon,
there is
always
someone
to tell you
that
you
are wrong.
There are
always
difficulties
arising
which
tempt
you
to believe
that
your critics
are right.
To map out
a course of action
and
follow it
to an end
requires courage.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
American philosopher and writer

Sunday, April 11, 2010

MESSAGE #1088 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT MOTHER TERESA

Kind words
can be short
and
easy to speak,
but
their echoes
are
truly endless.

Mother Teresa (1910-1997)
Albanian Catholic nun

Saturday, April 10, 2010

MESSAGE #1087 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT THEODOR REIK

It is
always
possible
to approach
a goal
by
a detour.

Dr. Theodor Reik (1888-1969)
American psychologist

Friday, April 9, 2010

MESSAGE #1086 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT MOTHER TERESA

Peace
begins
with
a
smile.

Mother Teresa (1910-1997)
Albanian Catholic nun


Thanks, Hemmel!

Thursday, April 8, 2010

MESSAGE #1085 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT THOREAU

Kindness
is the
only investment
that
never fails.

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
American author, poet,
naturalist, and activist

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

MESSAGE #1084 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT ALDOUS HUXLEY

Experience
is not
what
happens
to you;
it is
what
you do
with what
happens
to you.

Aldous Huxley (1894-1963)
English writer

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

MESSAGE #1083 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT A. A. MILNE

If
you live
to be
a hundred,
I want
to live
to be
a hundred
minus one day
so
I never have
to live
without you.

A. A. Milne (1882-1956)
author
“Winnie-the-Pooh”

Monday, April 5, 2010

MESSAGE #1082 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT BILL PARCELLS

Blame no one.
Expect nothing
Do something.

Bill Parcells
Super Bowl winning
football coach


Thank you, Coach Darren Ventre!

Sunday, April 4, 2010

MESSAGE #1081 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT CHUCK YEAGER

You don’t
concentrate
on risks.
You
concentrate
on results.
No risk
is
too great
to prevent
the necessary job
from
getting done.

General Chuck Yeager
first to fly
faster than sound

Saturday, April 3, 2010

MESSAGE #1080 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT MARTIN LUTHER KING

The
ultimate measure
of a man
is not
where
he stands
in moments of
comfort,
but
where
he stands
in times of
challenge and controversy.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
civil rights activist

Friday, April 2, 2010

Thursday, April 1, 2010

MESSAGE #1078 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT BENJAMIN BARBER

I don’t divide
the world
into
the weak
and
the strong
or
the success
and
the failures . . .
I divide
the world
into
the learners
and
the non-learners.

Benjamin Barber, Ph.D.
American political theorist
author