MESSAGE #1168 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT HOWARD RUFF

It wasn’t
raining
when
Noah
build
the Ark.

Howard Ruff
editor
“The Ruff Times”

MESSAGE #1167 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT COACH WILKINSON

We compete,
not so much
against an opponent,
but
against ourselves.
The real test is this:
Did I make
my best effort
on every play?

Bud Wilkinson (1916-1994)
college football coach

MESSAGE #1166 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT JEAN NIDETCH

It’s
choice
not
chance
that determines
your destiny.

Jean Nidetch
founder
Weight Watchers

MESSAGE #1165 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT J.K. ROWLING

Anything’s possible
if
you’ve got
enough nerve.

J.K. Rowling
author
“Harry Potter” series

MESSAGE #1164 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT COACH WOODEN

Success
is
peace of mind
which
is
a direct result
of self-satisfaction
in knowing
you made the effort
to do your best
to become
the best
that
you are capable
of becoming.

John Wooden (1910-2010)
college basketball’s
greatest coach

MESSAGE #1163 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT ALBERT EINSTEIN

It’s not
that
I’m smart.
It’s just
that
I stay with
problems
longer.

Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
theoretical physicist

MESSAGE #1162 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT BOB HOPE

If you
haven’t got
any charity
in
your heart,
you have
the worst kind
of
heart trouble.

Bob Hope (1903-2003)
comedian and movie star

MESSAGE #1161 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT SYDNEY HARRIS

The
most important
person
to listen to
is
oneself.
And
our
most important task
is
to develop
an ear
that
can really hear
what
we are saying.

Sydney Harris (1917-1986)
American journalist

MESSAGE #1160 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT RICK MEARS

To finish
first
you
must first
finish!

Rick Mears
race car driver

MESSAGE #1159 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT COACH PARCELLS

You lose
with
potential.

You win
win
performance.

Bill Parcells
Super-Bowl winning
pro football coach

MESSAGE #1158 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT LINDA MAXWELL

Exercise
does not
take
time
out of
your life;
it puts
life
into
your time.

Linda Maxwell
poet and educator

MESSAGE #1157 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT NORMAN VINCENT PEALE

The trouble
with most
of us
is that
we would
rather
be ruined
by praise
than saved
by criticism.

Norman Vincent Peale (1898-1993)
author
“The Power of Positive Thinking”

MESSAGE #1156 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT EUGENE SWEARINGEN

The way
to get
to the top
is
to get
off
your bottom!

Dr. Eugene Swearingen
businessman and
college administrator

MESSAGE #1155 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT KNUTE ROCKNE

When
the going
gets tough –
that's when
we like it!

Knute Rockne (1888-1931)
college football
greatest coach

MESSAGE #1154 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT CHET ATKINS

Everything
I’ve ever done
was
out of
fear of
being
mediocre.

Chet Atkins (1924-2001)
American country music star

MESSAGE #1153 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT P.T. BARNUM

Without
promotion
something
terrible
happens –
NOTHING!

P.T. Barnum (1810-1891)
American showman

MESSAGE #1152 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT ALEX KARRAS

Toughness
is in
the
soul and spirit,
not in
the
muscles.

Alex Karras
football player
and actor

MESSAGE #1151 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT DEAN KAMENS

Most
of the time
you will fail,
but
you will also
occasionally
succeed.
Those
occasional
successes
make
all the
hard work
and
sacrifice
worthwhile.

Dean Kamen
inventor
the Segway

MESSAGER #1150 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT MIKE MURDOCK

You will
never change
your life
until
you change
something
you do daily.

Mike Murdock
American evangelist

MESSAGE #1149 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT CHARLES C. NOBLE

You must have
long-rang
goals
to keep you
from being
frustrated
by
short-term
failures.

Charles C. Noble
member of New York State Assembly
(circa 1849)

MESSAGE #1148 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT WILLIAM DANFORTH

One
of life’s
great rules
is this:
the more
you give -
the more
you get.

William H. Danforth (1870-1956)
founder
Ralston Purina Company

MESSAGE #1147 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT HARRY EMERSON FOSDICK

Hating people
is like
burning down
your own house
to get rid of
a rat.

Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878-1969)
American clergyman

MESSAGE #1146 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT COACH DITKA

I don’t think
anything
is
unrealistic
if
you believe
you can
do it.

Mike Ditka
NFL player and coach

MESSAGE #1145 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT LEE IACOCCA

Any supervisor
worth
his salt
would rather
deal with people
who attempt
too much
than
with those
who try
too little.

Lee Iacocca
I.A.C.O.C.C.A. =
I
Am
Chairman
Of
Chrysler
Corporation
Of
America

MESSAGE #1144 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT RUTH GORDON

To be
somebody
you must
last.

Ruth Gordon (1896-1985)
Maude in
“Harold and Maude”
(my favorite movie)

MESSAGE #1143 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT KAREN GOLDMAN

Risk
the fall
in order
to fly.

Karen Goldman
author
“Angel Voices”

MESSAGE #1142 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT IVERN BALL (#2)

Most of us
can read
the writing
on
the wall;
we just
assume
it’s addressed
to
another person.

Ivern Ball
writer

MESSAGE #1141 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT IVERN BALL (#1)

Knowledge
is power,
but
enthusiasm
pulls the switch.

Ivern Ball
writer

MESSAGE #1140 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT JACKIE JOYNER-KERSEE

I
maintain
my edge
by
staying a student –
you
always
have
something to learn.

Jackie Joyner-Kersee
three-time Olympic gold medalist
track and field

MESSAGE #1139 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT TOM BROKAW

It’s
easy
to make
a buck.
It’s a lot
tougher
to make
a difference.

Tom Brokaw
TV newscaster