Here are some of my favorite quotes that have influenced my leadership style and thinking:

A problem is nothing but an opportunity in disguise.

Always do right. That will gratify some people and astonish the rest

— Mark Twain

Change before you have to.

— Jack Welch

Diligence is the mother of good luck.

— Benjamin Franklin

Don’t ever talk until you know what you are talking about.

— Sam Rayburn

Don’t wrestle with pigs; you get dirty and they enjoy it.

— Anonymous

Every organization is the product of the way its members think

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

— Herodotus

Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.

— Henry Ford

Persistence is nothing more than Concentrated Effort mixed with Determination and Faith.

— Napoleon Hill

Success has many fathers while defeat is an orphan child

The atmosphere of expectancy is the breeding ground for miracles.

— Rodney L. Parsley

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

— Socrates

We cannot solve the problems by thinking at the level at which we’ve created them.

— Einstein

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to success is more important than any other one thing.

— Abraham Lincoln

As long as a person doesn’t admit he is defeated, he is not defeated - he’s just a little behind and isn’t through fighting.

— Darrell Royal

Remember you will not always win. But there is always tomorrow - after you have done your best to achieve success today.

— Maxwell Maltz

The important thing to remember is that if you don’t have that inspired enthusiasm that is contagious - whatever you do have is also contagious.

— Danny Cox

The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.

— Vince Lombardi

You cannot have something you don’t currently have without doing something you are not currently doing.