Carole Fields

Success

"The highest form of success...comes not to the man who desires mere easy peace, but to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship, or from bitter toil, and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph."

Theodore Roosevelt, 26th U.S. President

Personal Victory

"In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves...Self-discipline with all of them came first."

Harry Truman, 33rd U.S. President 

Winning

"The spirit, the will to win and the will to excel are the things that endure.  These qualities ae so much more important that the events that occur." 

Vince Lombardi, football coach

Improve/Innovate

"Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes.  It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations."

Steve Jobs, Apple Executive

Success

"If you work just for money, you'll never make it, but if you love what you're doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours."

Ray Kroc,  McDonald's Executive 

Count Your Blessings!

"Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some."

Charles Dickens

 Novelist   1812-1870

Thinking

"Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it."

Henry Ford, auto manufacturer

Dreams

"I have had dreams, I have had nightmares, but I have conquered my nightmares because of my dreams."

Jonas Salk, Microbiologist, discover of the Polio vacine

Heroes

"A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to perservere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles."

Christopher Reeve   1952-2004

Actor and Speaker

Watch the Company You Keep

"Keep away from small people who try to belittle your ambitions.  Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great."

Mark Twain  1835-1910

Writer and Humorist