Archive for October, 2008
Friday, October 31st, 2008
“In today’s world, people are looking for a footprint in the sand. If there is an opportunity to leave it as part of a team and organization that is doing good work, then it’s a powerful promise to the folks who work here.”
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Richard Tait, Founder of Cranium
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Thursday, October 30th, 2008
“Passion and enthusiasm are the seeds of achievement. Enthusiasm is like an ocean tide. There’s a certain inevitability about it. Passion sweeps away obstacles.”
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Vince Lombardi
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Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
“Would the number three brain surgeon in the world retire?”
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Chris Evert, Tennis
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Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
“Dear Sir: I am sitting in the smallest room of my house. Your review is before me. Shortly it shall be behind me.”
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Max Reger, Composer
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Monday, October 27th, 2008
“We could sell $180 bread mixers, but then we’re not Penzeys, we’re Williams-Sonoma”
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Bill Penzey, Founder of Penzeys Spices
In an interview with Fortune Small Business
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Sunday, October 26th, 2008
“I say you should get greedy when others are fearful and fearful when others are greedy, but that’s hard for most people to do.”
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Warren Buffett
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Saturday, October 25th, 2008
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face in marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming;”
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Theodore Roosevelt
The Man In The Arena
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