” It doesn’t matter what you are judged by in the past; if you believe in yourself with the spirit
of unity and collaboration, nothing is impossible “
— Unknown
” Your great aim in life is to develop character. Character is composed of self-esteem, selfdiscipline, the ability to delay gratification, and the willingness to accept full responsibility for your
life and everything in it.The more you say to yourself, “I am responsible,” the stronger, better and finer a person you become. And every part of your life will improve at the same time.”
— Unknown
“Competing is exciting and winning is exhilarating, but the true prize will always be the self-knowledge and understanding that you have gained along the way.”
— Sebastian Coe
“Competitors take bad breaks and use them to drive themselves just that much harder. Quitters take bad breaks and use them as reasons to give up.”
— Nancy Lopez
“Thank God for competition. When our competitors upset our plans or outdo our designs, they open infinite possibilities of our own work to us.”
— Gil Atkinson
“It is your response to winning and losing that makes you a winner or a loser.”
— Harry Sheehy
“We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves by our intentions.”
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (paraphrased)
“One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty councils. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat.”
— Woodrow Wilson
“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.”
— Robert Louis Stevenson:
“Reason sits firm and holds the reins, and she will not let the feelings burst away and hurry her to wild chasms. The passions may rage furiously, like true heathens, as they are; and the desires may imagine all sorts of vain things: but judgment shall still have the last word in every argument, and the casting vote in every decision.”
— Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre
“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.”
— Thomas Jefferson
“The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.”
— Theodore Roosevelt
“Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.”
— General George Smith Patton, Jr.
“The beauty of empowering others is that your own power is not diminished in the process.”
— Barbara Colorose
“A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader; a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt
“[As a leader,] you have to enable and empower people to make decisions independent of you. As I’ve learned, each person on a team is an extension of your leadership; if they feel empowered by you they will magnify your power to lead.”
— Tom Ridge