It’s Always ‘We’

“As successes come your way, remember that you didn’t do it alone. It is always we.”

~ Colin Powell
Politician, Statesman, Diplomat, United States Army 4-Star General (1989) & 65th United States Secretary of State (2001-2005)

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The Whole Secret of A Successful life

“The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it.”

~ Henry Ford,
Industrialist, Business Magnate &
Founder of Ford Motor Company

An Instrument in His Hands

“I hope to be an instrument in the hands of the Lord to bring the Gospel to many of my people. I hope I can be worthy to do this, and right now it seems that part of the answer lies with the media. That is one way I can reach many of them.” April 1977

~ Ray Tracey
Actor, Producer, Designer, Manufacturer, Entrepreneur & Founder – Tracey Designs Inc..

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When Creativity Comes to a Halt

 

 

“Sometimes my creativity comes to a screeching halt. When this happens I go to my roots; Old Style jewelry. That is the place of fascination. The Old Ones utilized rudimentary tools to create their simple, yet perfected, pieces of craftsmanship. From this point I am able to create from an inspiring idea. On the flip side, sometimes my mind becomes flooded with more designs than I can remember. Ideas come so quickly I can’t draw them fast enough.”

~ Ray Tracey
Actor, Producer, Designer, Manufacturer, Entrepreneur & Founder – Tracey Designs Inc..

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Breaking Glass Ceilings

“Glass ceilings can be broken wearing either a skirt or pants.”

~ Cheslie Kryst
Model, Lawyer, Writer, Fashion Blogger, Television Presenter, Fitness Enthusiast, Miss North Carolina USA (2019), Miss USA (2019) & 47th Daytime Emmy Awards and 48th Daytime Emmy Awards Nominee (2x)

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My First Ring of Silver

 

“I wanted to see finished jewelry and wanted to learn everything I could. Whenever we would go to Gallup, NM, I would visit curio stores to see creations in silver.”

 

“In class I fabricated my first ring out of silver for my Mother. I found an unknown stone and made a cabochon. I tried to copy an old style ring design that I had seen at Hubbells Trading Post. One teardrop flanked the sides of the stone. It was a very simple design but it took me a week to finish. I kept melting the silver. I made my next silver and stone creation at the age of 21 and gave it to my Mother. It was another ring, but this time it was a split shank with three ribs and three tear drops on the side of the stone.”

~ Ray Tracey
Actor, Producer, Designer, Manufacturer, Entrepreneur & Founder – Tracey Designs Inc..

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Know That It’s Going to Happen

“People who are going to be successful know it’s gonna happen. And those people tend to hustle until it does happen.”

~ Retta
a.k.a. Marietta Sangai Sirleaf
Stand-Up Comedian, Actress & Author

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The Richest Man in the Cemetery

“Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me … Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful … that’s what matters to me.”

~ Steve Jobs,
Entrepreneur, Marketer, Inventor, &
Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO of Apple, Inc.
Founder & CEO of NeXT, Disney Legend (2013, posthumously)
Grammy Trustees Award (2012), California Hall of Fame (2007)
‘Most Powerful Person in Business’ by Fortune Magazine (2007)
Entrepreneur of the Decade’ by Inc. Magazine (1989)
Jefferson Award for Public Service (1987) & National Medal of Technology (1985)

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Sleeping Around with Excuses

“When you lay down with neglect and sleep around with excuses you wake up with failure, but … when you marry your goals and remain intimate with you vision, you’ll give birth to success.”

~ Jay Danzie
Speaker, CEO – Danzie Dezerts & Author

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Success & Surrender

“Good success requires great surrender.”

~ Nona Jones
Author, Entrepreneur, Speaker, Pastor & Executive

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Difficulties Equal Opportunities

“Difficulties mastered are opportunities won.”

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchilll,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ( 1940-1945 ) & (1951–1955),
Non-academic Historian, Writer, Artist,
Nobel Prize in Literature (1953) &
Honorary Citizen of the United States (1963)

Look Closely

“If you really look closely, most ‘overnight successes’ took a long time.”

~ Steve Jobs,
Entrepreneur, Marketer, Inventor, &
Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO of Apple, Inc.
Founder & CEO of NeXT, Disney Legend (2013, posthumously)
Grammy Trustees Award (2012), California Hall of Fame (2007)
‘Most Powerful Person in Business’ by Fortune Magazine (2007)
Entrepreneur of the Decade’ by Inc. Magazine (1989)
Jefferson Award for Public Service (1987) & National Medal of Technology (1985)

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Bright & Happy Expectations

“If you paint in your mind a picture of
bright and happy expectations,
you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal.”

~ Dr. Norman Vincent Peale,
Author & Minister

They Knew I Loved Them

“I wasn’t anything special as a father, b I loved them and they knew it.”

~ Sammy Davis, Jr.,
Singer, Actor, Dancer & Comedian

Perfumed by Success

“Success is a great deodorant.”

~ Elizabeth Taylor,
Actress, Businesswoman, Humanitarian, Philanthropist, Founder – House of Taylor, Academy Award (3X),
BAFTA Award (2X), Golden Globe Award (2X), New York Film Critics Circle Award (1966) & Screen Actors Guild Award (1997)

Sow the Seeds of Success

“The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.”

~ Paramahansa Yogananda,
Guru

Believe & Keep Going

“Always believe in yourself and keep going. You don’t have to have the most talent in the world.
You don’t have to be the smartest person in the world. If you persist and you persist and you persist, you will be successful.”

~ Dean Cain,
a.k.a. Dean George Tanaka
Actor, Producer, Television Host

Whole-Hearted

I’m wholehearted about whatever I do.

~ Melinda Gates,
Philanthropist & Co-Founder – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Blind, Furious Optimism

“I believe any success in life is made by going into an area with a blind, furious optimism.”

~ Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone,
Actor, Screenwriter, Producer & Director

Learn from Your Mistakes & Your Successes

“We’ve all heard that we have to learn from our mistakes,
but I think it’s more important to learn from successes.
If you learn only from your mistakes, you are inclined to learn only errors.”

~ Dr. Norman Vincent Peale,
Author & Minister

Somewhere, Sometime, Someone Helped

“If you are successful, it is because somewhere, sometime, someone
gave you a life or an idea that started you in the right direction.
Remember, also, that you are indebted to life
until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped.”

~ Melinda Gates,
Philanthropist & Co-Founder – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Succes = Focus + Effort

“Success at anything will always come down to this:
focus and effort. And we control both.”

~ Dwayne Douglas Johnson,
a.k.a. The Rock,
Professional Wrestler, Actor, Author
& Founder – Dwayne Johnson Rock Foundation

Just Hang in There Long Enough

“I think if you just hang in there long enough
and keep doing what you know is your sweet spot,
I think the world eventually catches up to you.”

~ Courtney B. Vance,
Actor, Author, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor …,
Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play, Clarence Derwent Award,

On the Heels of Rejection

“I’ve had all my big successes on the heels of rejection.”

~ Barbara Corcoran,
Businesswoman, Investor, Speaker, Consultant, Syndicated Columnist,
Author & Television Personality.

Excelling & Succeeding with Demanding Enterprises

“We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities
we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects.”

~ Alexis-Charles-Henri Clérel de Tocqueville,
Political Thinker & Historian