He who laughs lasts

Mary Pettibone Poole
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Daily prayers lessen daily cares.—Author unknown
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Freedom is the right to be wrong, not the right to do wrong.—John G. Diefenbaker
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Life is a series of sales situations, and the answer is “no” if you don’t ask.—Patricia Fripp
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Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.—Harold Geneen
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If you do build a great experience, customers tell each other about that. Word of mouth is very powerful.—Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com
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Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.—Joel Barker
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Really successful people don’t live in the present. They imagine the future and visualize what their customers want.—Robin Rowland
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Spend a lot of time talking to customers face to face. You’d be amazed how many companies don’t listen to their customers.—Ross Perot
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Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage.—Victor Kiam
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It isn’t what happens to you that’s important; it’s how you react to what happens.—Unknown
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Every successful person finds that great success lies just beyond the point when they’re convinced their idea is not going to work.—Napoleon Hill
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Success is a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don’t quit when you’re tired—you quit when the gorilla is tired.—Robert Strauss
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Talent is a gift, but character is a choice. We have no control over a lot of things in life. We don’t get to choose our parents. We don’t select the location or circumstances of our birth and upbringing. We don’t get to pick our talents or IQ. But we do choose our character. In fact, we create it every time we make choices—to cop out or dig out of a hard situation, to bend the truth or stand under the weight of it, to take the easy money or pay the price. As you live your life and make choices today, you are continuing to create your character.—John C. Maxwell
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A minute of thinking is often more valuable than an hour of talk or unplanned work.—John C. Maxwell
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Failure is simply a price we pay to achieve success.—John C. Maxwell
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You will not succeed unless you are willing to fail.—John C. Maxwell
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Oliver Wendell Holmes noted, “The great thing in this world is not so much where we are but in what direction we are moving.”
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E. Paul Hovey said, “A blind man’s world is bounded by the limits of his touch; an ignorant man’s world by the limits of his knowledge; a great man’s world by the limits of his vision.” If your vision—your dream—is great, then so is your poten¬tial for success.
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The eagle that soars in the upper air does not worry itself how it is to cross rivers.—Gladys Aylward
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If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, “Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.”—Martin Luther King, Jr.
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The highest reward for man’s toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it.—John Ruskin
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Don’t wait for your ship to come in; swim out to it.—Unknown
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People grow old only by deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul. Worry, self-doubt, self-distrust, fear and despair; these are the long, long years that bow the head and turn the growing spirit back to dust.—Douglas MacArthur
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One today is worth two tomorrows.—Benjamin Franklin
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Becoming an effective teacher is simple. You just prepare and prepare until drops of blood appear on your forehead.—Marlene LeFever
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While no man has succeeded … without some spark of divine fire, many have succeeded better by taking precious good care of a precious small spark than others, who have been careless with a generous flame.—Henry Holt
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Most of the significant things done in the world were done by persons who were either too busy or too sick! There are few ideal and leisurely settings for the disciplines of growth.—Robert Thornton Henderson
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Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.—John Wooden
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A lasting work requires extensive preparation.—Douglas Rumford
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We are so outnumbered there’s only one thing to do. We must attack.—Sir Andrew Cunningham
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I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no more hurt, but only more love.—Mother Teresa
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To become longsuffering, one has to be long-bothered.—Manford George Gutzke
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I use not only all the brains I have, but all I can borrow.—Woodrow Wilson
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Whenever you fall, pick up something.—Oswald Avery
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Take away my ability to fail and I would not know the meaning of success. Let me be immune to rejection and heartbreak and I could not know the glory of living.—Ross W. Marrs
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The Gospel is good news only if it arrives in time.—Carl F. H. Henry
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Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability.—Roy L. Smith
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If you’ve made a habit of communing with God when the sun is shining, you’ll find it much easier to sing in the rain.—Bill Pannell
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Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice.—William Jennings Bryan
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The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.—Martin Luther King, Jr.
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There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes.—William John Bennett
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Professionals stick to commitments. It may be hard to do at times, but if an individual will form the habit of sticking to commitments, it is guaranteed to pay long-term dividends.—David Dean
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Losers let things happen; they’re merely creatures of circumstances. Winners make things happen; they’re creators of cir¬cumstances.—David Dean
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Forming the habit of daily preparation should be a goal of every success-oriented individual. Good habits unlock the door to success.—Author unknown