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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 4d3ee3e | Many people go through life complaining, whining, and obsessing so much about what they don't have that they are doing exactly what it takes to block it. | build-confidence communication-skills mindset-quotes motivational-speaker preparation-quotes quotes-by-susan-c-young relationship-quotes susan-young | Susan C. Young | |
| 9226d73 | Learn to leverage the Law of Cause and Effect to your advantage in positive ways! | build-confidence communication-skills mindset-quotes motivational-speaker preparation-quotes quotes-by-susan-c-young relationship-quotes susan-young | Susan C. Young | |
| 92299f0 | Emotionally intelligent people trust their instincts and can identify how certain thoughts, feelings, people, and situations make them feel. | communication-skills emotional-intelligence-quotes motivational-speaker preparation-quotes quotes-by-susan-c-young relationship-quotes susan-young | Susan C. Young | |
| 2aa92c2 | Emotionally intelligent people hold themselves accountable for their behavior, failures, decisions, and successes. | communication-skills emotional-intelligence-quotes motivational-speaker preparation-quotes quotes-by-susan-c-young relationship-quotes susan-young | Susan C. Young | |
| 76df83e | Not everyone is always going to like you. What impresses one person may turn another away. To thine own self be true. | communication-quotes communication-skills first-impressions motivational-speaker personality-development relationship-quotes social-networking susan-young trust | Susan C. Young | |
| 32e42ad | Just as your body has self-regulating mechanisms, like perspiring to cool you down and shivering to warm you up, you can regulate your emotions according to the circumstances. You can abstain from over-reacting, and you know how to set boundaries and how to say "no." | communication-skills emotional-intelligence-quotes motivational-speaker preparation-quotes quotes-by-susan-c-young relationship-quotes susan-young | Susan C. Young | |
| ee47abe | Even if you're not broadcasting your personal life to the universe through social media, choose your confidants wisely and with discretion. Your ability to keep your personal details close to your vest will encourage others to feel that you are trustworthy enough to be trusted with their personal details. | best-motivational-speakers build-rapport communication-skills customer-service-quotes discretion first-impressions-quotes quotes-by-susan-c-young relationship-quotes speaker-susan-young | Susan C. Young | |
| 0dd165c | One simple glance can convey to your recipient that you are . . . * Present * Interested * Paying attention * Being respectful * Listening * Confident * Engaged * Caring * Dedicated * Appreciative * Empathetic * Focused * Supportive * Trustworthy * Acknowledging * Excited This list barely scratches the surface; however, it opens the conversation about how vital your eye contact is for making positive first impressions. | body-language-quotes communication-skills eye-contact-quotes law-of-attraction-quotes mirroring motivational-speaker-susan-young quotes-by-susan-c-young reciprocity relationship-quotes | Susan C. Young | |
| 9827273 | we accept fictions as fictions, as things that might be true in their world, if not quite in ours. | Thomas C. Foster | ||
| 082e434 | Professors also read, and think, symbolically. Everything is a symbol of something, it seems, until proven otherwise. | Thomas C. Foster | ||
| 500c217 | We love the plays, the great characters, the fabulous speeches, the witty repartee even in times of duress. I hope never to be mortally stabbed, but if I am, I'd sure like to have the self-possession, when asked if it's bad, to answer, "No, 'tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door; but 'tis enough, 'twill serve," as Mercutio does in Romeo and Juliet. I mean, to be dying and clever at the same time, how can you not love that?.. | Thomas C. Foster | ||
| 9723946 | If to get to the finish line the hero must walk over a sea of bodies, then so be it. He can die at said line, but he's got to get there. | Thomas C. Foster | ||
| 5897630 | characters as rich and complex as those we believe ourselves to be | Thomas C. Foster | ||
| fd231cf | Now, Joyce being Joyce, he has about five different purposes, one not being enough for genius. | james-joyce | Thomas C. Foster | |
| 22005af | T here's no written rule anywhere that I know of stating this, no First-teenth Amendment to the Literary Constitution, but there might as well be: you get one national poet. | Thomas C. Foster | ||
| ca7637d | What we mean when speaking of "myth" in general is story, the ability of story to explain ourselves to ourselves in ways that physics, philosophy, mathematics, chemistry--all very highly useful and informative in their own right--can't." | analysis education literature myth professor reading story | Thomas C. Foster | |
| ccd5896 | Looking back, Colleen and Neal have somewhat different perspectives. . . . She remembers she "was impressed that he seemed to have so much charisma. People were looking to him for answers and just had a great regard for him." Then Neal adds, "So much charisma [that] she turned me down when I first asked her for a date." Fortunately for both, he called again, and this time she said yes. . . . Colleen found herself increasingly drawn to him. .. | Bruce C. Hafen | ||
| 03eae42 | There is no such "mother" as Mother Nature. Nature itself is powerless to produce life of any kind. In itself, nature is barren. The power to produce life resides in the Author of nature--God. To substitute nature as the source of life is to confuse the creature with the Creator. All forms of nature worship are acts of idolatry that are detestable to God." | R. C. Sproul | ||
| a5c335c | When you realize that people treat you according to how they see themselves rather than how you really are, you are less likely to be affected by their behavior. Your self-image will reflect who you are, not how you're treated by others. You will not be riding an emotional roller roaster. This type of stability will have a tremendous effect on how you feel toward and deal with others. The key to successful relationships really gets down to .. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| 39571f8 | Value people. Praise effort. Reward performance. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| dd6bfaf | While we don't always get what we want, we always get what we choose. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| 66e5c4e | Most people want to avoid pain, and discipline is often painful. But we need to recognize that there are really two kinds of pain when it comes to our daily conduct. There's the pain of self-discipline and the pain of regret. Most people avoid the pain of self-discipline because it's the easy thing to do. What they may not realize is that the pain of self-discipline is momentary but the pay-off is long lasting. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| 49c30ee | Clearly, if leaders have a strong set of ethical values and live them out, then people will respect them, not just their position. Immature leaders try to use their position to drive high performance. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| 510b4f2 | When somebody loves you with no strings attached and no personal agenda, it's the most freeing thing in the world. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| 700e345 | To reach your potential you must grow. And to grow, you must be highly intentional about it. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| f84ec8e | Believe in what you say. Then, live what you say. There is no greater credibility than conviction in action. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| bb5a024 | There's an Arabian proverb that says if you stop every time a dog barks, your road will never end. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| 80aa8b2 | Nothing much happens without a dream. For something really great to happen, it takes a really great dream. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| 8a12e1d | the strength of the team is impacted by its weakest link. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| 77857e4 | You can't take the team to the next level when you haven't mastered the skills it takes to succeed on a personal level. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| eeb1fd5 | Life begins at the end of our comfort zone. We go there by stretching. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| dba953a | La humildad no es negar sus fortalezas. La humildad es ser sincero acerca de sus debilidades". --Rick Warren" | John C. Maxwell | ||
| 720ac6d | what gets rewarded gets done. If you praise and honor the people who epitomize the values of the team, those values get embraced and upheld by other members of the team. There is no better reinforcement. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| 18fa325 | People say there are two great days in a person's life: the day you were born and the day you discover why. I | John C. Maxwell | ||
| 7f54d49 | Every time you speak to people, give them something to feel, something to remember, and something to do. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| 5263d67 | If you want to get your message across, you have to learn how to communicate in someone else's world. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| 835615a | THE QUESTION I MUST ASK MYSELF: DO I TREAT OTHERS BETTER THAN THEY TREAT ME? | John C. Maxwell | ||
| d9647c2 | next time you feel ready to conform to popular thinking on an issue, stop and think. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| 7563e5d | leadership is really more art than science. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| 60a4c0d | Don't settle for poor performers. Keep in mind that one great person will always out-produce and out-perform two mediocre people. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| 8ecb471 | You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have really lived, are the moments when you have done things in a spirit of love. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| a1845d7 | 2. God commanded both male and female to have dominion (v. 27). Both men and women have been given the ability and authority to lead. Leadership is not gender specific. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| ec661a9 | One of the paradoxes of life is that the things that initially make you successful are rarely the things that keep you successful. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| a55bb09 | The Cost and Expectation of Leadership Leviticus 7:33-35 Aaron, like many leaders throughout history, received a divine calling. God chose Aaron and his sons to serve as Israel's priests and charged them with carrying out rituals and sacrifices on behalf of all Israelites. Scripture gives meticulous detail to their ordination and calling. Their conduct was to be beyond reproach--and God made it crystal clear that failure to uphold His estab.. | John C. Maxwell |