Gagler's Quote of the Day

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"I haven't failed. I've found 10,000 ways that won't work."

        - Benjamin Franklin

"If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you are to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once."

        - Sir Walter Scott

"A failure is a man who has blundered but is not able to cash in on the experience."

        - Elbert Hubbard

"We are made to persist. That's how we find out who we are."

        - Tobias Wolffe

"The penalty of success is to be bored by the people who used to snub you."

        - Lady Astor

"A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds."

        - Francis Bacon

"There's no such thing as coulda, shoulda, or woulda. If you shoulda and coulda, you woulda done it."

        - Pat Riley

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."

        - Albert Einstein

"People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents."

        - Andrew Carnegie

"Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it."

        - Oprah Winfrey

"You don't manage people; you manage things. You lead people."

        - Admiral Grace Hooper

"Don't tell me how hard you work. Tell me how much you get done."

        - James Ling

"Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses."

        - George Washington Carver

"History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats."

        - B.C. Forbes

"There is real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment."

        - Norman Vincent Peale

"We advance on our journey only when we face our goal, when we are confident and believe we are going to win out."

        - Orsen Swett Marden

"All successful employers are stalking men who will do the unusual, men who think, men who attract attention by performing more than is expected of them."

        - Charles Schwab

"The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success: Concentration, Discrimination, Organization, Innovation, and Communication."

        - Michael E. Gerber

"Your opponent is yourself, your negative internal voices, your level of determination."

        - Grace Lichtenstein

"I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's where the fun is."

        - Donald Trump

"Yesterday is a cancelled check. Today is cash on the line.   Tomorrow is a promissory note."

        - Hank Stram

"The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do.  The hard part is doing it."

        - Norman Schwartzkopf

"The miracle, or the power, that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application, and perseverance under the prompting of a brave, determined spirit."

        - Mark Twain

"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today."

        - Franklin Roosevelt

"Conceit is bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the job done."

        - Johnny Unitas

"Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them."

        - John Updike

"Nothing is too small to know, and nothing too big to attempt."

        - William Van Horne

"If you don't invest very much, then defeat doesn't hurt very much and winning is not very exciting."

        - Dick Vermeil

"To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield."

        - Lord Alfred Tennyson