Believed & Sold Hard

Estée Lauder with a customer.

~ Image via Wikipedia Commons

“I have never worked a day in my life without selling.
If I believe in something, I sell it, and I sell it hard.”

~ Estée Lauder,
Businesswoman, Co-Founder of Estée Lauder Companies
Presidential Medal of Freedom Award,
Junior Achievement U.S. Business Hall of Fame in 1988,
Time Magazine’s 1998 List of the 20 Most Influential Business Geniuses of the 20th Century

Little Steps, There

“What we find is that if you have a goal that is very, very far out,
and you approach it in little steps, you start to get there faster.
Your mind opens up to the possibilities.”

~ Carol Mae Jemison,
Physician, Dancer, Professor & NASA Astronaut

There’s No Path

“There’s no path if you don’t
take a step. Otherwise, you are standing still.”

~ Deborrah Kaye Allen
a.k.a Debbie Allen,
Actress, Choreographer, Dancer, Film Director,
Television Director, Television Producer
Primetime Emmy Award (1982, 1983, 1991), Golden Globe Award (1982)

“Let Go!”

“Sometimes we think we need to hold on, when we really need to let go!
Let go of the negative energy, events or people,
set some boundaries and start your new day!”

~ Jennifer Gayle

Your Work, Your Plan

“Plan your work for today
and every day,
then, work your plan.”

~ Margaret Hilda Thatcher,
(Baroness Thatcher),Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (May 1979–November 1990)
Leader of the Opposition (February 1975–May 1979)
Leader of the Conservative Party (February 1975–November 1990)
Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment (March 1974–February 1975)
Secretary of State for Education and Science (June 1970–March 1974)
Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Science (January 1967-June 1970)Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Pensions (October 1961–October 1964)
Member of Parliament for Finchley (October 1959–April 1992)

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Better Than You

“Don’t bother just to be
better than your contemporaries
or predecessors.
Try to be better than yourself.”

~ William Cuthbert Faulkner,
Writer, Nobel Prize in Literature (1949) recipient
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1955, 1963) recipient, &
National Book Award (1951, 1955) recipient

Making Excuses

“Ninety-nine percent
of the failures come from
people who have the habit
of making excuses.”

~ George Washington Carver,
Botanist and Inventor

Do Superbly-Well!

“The best preparation for Tomorrow
is to do Today’s work
Superbly-Well.”

~ Sir William Osler, 1st Baronet
a Founding Professor of Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Physician and “Father of Modern Medicine”,
Bibliophile, Historian,
Author, and renowned Practical Joker.

The Resources You Have

“Life is not about what you could achieve if you has all the resources,
but what you are going to do with the resources you have.”

~ Jennifer Gayle

Don’t Remain a Bud, Let Yourself Blossom

You’ve Come So Far!

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“Always concentrate on how far you have come,
rather than how far you have left to go.
The difference in how easy it seems will amaze you.”

~ Heidi Johnson,
Author

Go Ahead, Get Started

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”

~ Mark Twain
a.k.a Samuel Langhorne Clemens,
Author & Humorist

Building the New

“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy,
not on fighting the old, … on building the new.”

~ Socrates,
Philosopher

Thinking & Questioning

“Constantly think about how you could be
doing things better and keep questioning yourself.”

~ Elon Musk,
Business Magnate, Investor & Inventor

The Two Coins of Business

“In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience.
Take the experience first; the cash will come later.”

~ Harold Sydney Geneen,
Writer, Author and Businessman

An Action Foundation

“Action is the foundational key to all success.”

~ Pablo Picasso,

Ceramicist, Sculptor, Printmaker,
Poet, Painter, Playwright and Stage Designer

Successful Habits

“Successful people are simply those with successful habits.”

~ Brian Tracy,
Author, Keynote Speaker,
Entrepreneur & Business Coach

Done for: Ourselves and Others

“What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us;
what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.”

~ Albert Pike,
Attorney, Confederate Officer, and Writer

Life, The Exciting Business

“Life is an exciting business,
and most exciting when it is lived for others.”

~ Helen Keller,
Author, Political Activist & Lecturer

You Have a Lot Going for You

“Count your blessings. Once you realize how valuable you are
and how much you have going for you,
the smiles will return, the sun will break out, the music will play,
and you will finally
be able to move forward the life that God intended for you
with grace, strength, courage, and confidence.”

~ Og Mandino,
Author

Mistakes & Progress

“Wise people admit their mistakes easily; they know progress accelerates when they do.”

~ Scott Berkun,
Author, Speaker & Blogger

Start, Quit & Do

“The way to get started
is to quit talking
and begin doing.”

~ Walter Elias Disney,
Business Magnate, Animator, Cartoonist,
Producer, Director, Screenwriter, Philanthropist,
Voice Actor, Co-Founder of Walt Disney Productions,
Academy Awards (22x), Golden Globe Awards (3x) & an Emmy Award

Persevering into Your Success

“Every person who succeeds in life does so by persevering in the face of adversity and by continually applying themselves to their vision. No one comes into this earth with talents and abilities fully functional, … instead they dedicate years of their lives to developing them.”

~ N. Cindy Trimm,
Executive Life Coach

Make Your Business Wonderful!

“Iime
is the friend
of the wonderful business,
the enemy of the mediocre.”

~ Warren Edward Buffett,
Business Magnate, Investor, Philanthropist &
Founder of the Buffett Foundation

Time’s True Value

“Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it.
No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination:
never put off ’til tomorrow what you can do today.”

~ Philip Dormer Stanhope,
4th Earl of Chesterfield, Statesman and Man of Letters/Intellectual