MESSAGE #1229 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT DUNKIN' DONUTS

I focused
on making
that first store
a success,
then
I moved
on to
the second store,
the third,
and
the fourth.
You
start
and
learn
and
build
and
keep changing
your goals
as you
achieve them.

Bill Rosenberg (1916-2002)
founder
Dunkin’ Donuts

MESSAGE #1228 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT EILEEN CADDY

Set
your sights
high --
the higher
the better.
Expect
the most wonderful things
to happen --
not in the future
but right now!
Realize
that nothing
is too good.

Eileen Caddy
co-founder
Findhorn

MESSAGE #1227 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT NATHAN OLSEN

We
are happier,
much happier,
when
we realize
that
life
is
an opportunity
rather than
an obligation.

Nathan Olsen

MESSAGE #1226 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT JIMINY CRICKETT

When your heart
is
in your dreams
no request
is
too extreme.

Jiminy Crickett
movie star

MESSAGE #1225 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT STANLEY MARCUS

Consumers
are
statistics.
Customers
are
people.

Stanley Marcus (1905-2002)
CEO
Neiman Marcus

MESSAGE #1224 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT REVEREND SCHULLER

Tough times
never last,
but
tough people
do.

Reverend Robert H. Schuller
American televangelist

MESSAGE #1223 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT COACH WOODEN

Be quick
but
don’t hurry.

John Wooden (1910-2010)
ESPN’s coach of the century

MESSAGE #1222 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT EDISON

Discontent
is
the first necessity
of
progress.

Thomas Edison (1847-1931)
inventor extraordinaire

MESSAGE #1221 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT MILES DAVIS

You have
to play
a long time
to be able
to play
like yourself.

Miles Davis (1926-1991)
trumpeter
bandleader
composer

MESSAGE #1220 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT ANITA RODDICK

If
you have
a
company
with
an
itsy-bitsy
vision –
you have
an
itsy-bitsy
company.

Anita Roddick (1942-2007)
founder
The Body Shop

MESSAGE #1219 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT SID CAESAR

Whoever
invented
the first wheel
was
smart.
The guy who
invented
the other three
was
a genius.

Sid Caesar
actor
comedian
writer

MESSAGE #1218 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT MARGARET MEAD

Never doubt
that
a small group
of
thoughtful, committed
people
can change the world;
indeed,
it is
the only thing
that
ever has.

Margaret Mead (1901-1978)
American cultural anthropologist

MESSAGE #1217 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT GEORGE HERBERT

Skill and confidence
are an
unconquerable army.

George Herbert (1593-1633)
Anglican priest

MESSAGE #1216 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT MAL PANCOAST

The odds
of
hitting
your target
go up
dramatically
when
you aim
at it.

Mal Pancoast

MESSAGE #1215 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT JOHN RUSKIN

When
love
and
skill
work together,
expect
a
masterpiece.

John Ruskin (1819-1900)
English writer

MESSAGE #1214 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT HANNIBAL

We will
either
find a way
or
make one.

Hannibal 248 – 183 or 182 BC
Carthaginian general

MESSAGE #1213 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT MADELINE BRIDGES

Give
the world
the best
you have
and
the best
will come back
to you.

Madeline Bridges (1844-1920)
American poet

MESSAGE #1212 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT MIZUTA MASAHIDE

Barn’s burnt down –
now
I can see the moon.

Mizuta Masahide (1657-1723)
Japanese samurai and poet

MESSAGE #1211 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT DOLLY PARTON

If
you want
the rainbow,
you got to
put up with
the rain.

Dolly Parton
composer
“I Will Always Love You”

MESSAGE #1210 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT GENERAL PATTON

Always
do more
than
is required
of you.

George S. Patton (1885-1945)
U.S. Army general

MESSAGE #1209 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT ED TSENG

Excellence
is not
expected effort –
it is
extra effort.

Ed Tseng
author
“Game, Set, Life”

MESSAGE #1208 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

Friendship
with oneself
is
all-important
because
without it
one cannot
be friends
with anyone else.

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962)
First Lady of the U.S.

MESSAGE #1207 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT MAYA ANGELOU

All
great achievements
require
time.

Maya Angelou
poet
civil rights activist

MESSAGE #1206 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT HENRY FORD

If you
use
your
skill and imagination
to see
how much
you
can give
for a dollar
instead of
how little
you
can give
for a dollar --
you are bound
to succeed.

Henry Ford (1863-1947)
founder
Ford Motor Company

MESSAGE #1205 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT JAMES CASH PENNEY

Long-range
goals
keep you
from being
frustrated
by
short-term
failures.

James Cash Penney (1875-1971)
founder
J.C. Penney stores

MESSAGE #1204 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT MUHAMMAD ALI

A man
who views
the world
at 50
the same as
he did
at 20 –
has wasted
30 years.

Muhammad Ali
greatest fighter ever

MESSAGE #1203 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT BERNARD BARUCH

To me,
old age
is always
15 years older
than
I am.

Bernard Baruch (1870-1965)
U.S. presidential advisor

MESSAGE #1202 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT CATHERINE DENEUVE

Opportunities
are often
things
you haven’t noticed
the first time around.

Catherine Deneuve
French actress

MESSAGE #1201 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT ERICA JONG

Advice
is
what
we ask for
when
we already know
the answer
but
wish we didn’t.

Erica Jong
author
“Fear of Flying”

MESSAGE #1200 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT PHYLLIS THEROUX

Mistakes
are
the usual bridge
between
inexperience
and
wisdom.

Phyllis Theroux
journalist

MESSAGE #1199 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT LITTLE BIG MAN

Don’t quit.
Can’t fail.

Little Big Man
Success Hotline
Hall of Fame Caller