Affirmations and Quotations

Motivation

Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.

—Stephen Covey

Everyone needs recognition for his accomplishments but few people make the need known quite as clearly as the little boy who said to his father. “Let’s play darts. I’ll throw and you say, ‘Wonderful!’”

—Arthur Lenehan

Every day, in every way, I am getting better.

—Emile Coue

Good timber does not grow with ease; the stronger the wind, the stronger the trees.

—J. Willard Marriott

Be kind; everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

—John Watson

Once a human being has arrived on this earth, communication is the largest single factor determining what kinds of relationships he makes with others and what happens to him in the world about him.

—Virginia Satir

Don’t recite other people’s opinions…..Tell me what you know.

—Ralph Waldo Emerson

When conscience governs vision, discipline and passion, leadership endures and changes the world for good. In other words, moral authority makes formal authority work.

—Stephen R. Covey

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