Thanksgiving and other excellent quotes

"If you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness. It will change your life mightily."
-Gerald Good

"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them."
-John Fitzgerald Kennedy

"Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence."
-Erma Bombeck

"The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!"
-Henry Ward Beecher

"Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action."
- W.J. Cameron

"If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice."
-Meister Eckhart

WISHING OU AND YOURS A HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

"It's the little things that make the big things possible. Only close attention to the fine details of any operation makes the operation first class."
- J. Willard Marriott Sr., hotel executive

"It is the studying that you do after your school days that really counts. Otherwise, you know only that which everyone else knows."
- Henry Doherty

"Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in."
- Alan Alda, Actor

"If you want to leave your footprints on the sands of time, be sure you're wearing work shoes."
- Author Unknown

"Keep your sense of humor. There's enough stress in the rest of your life to let bad shots ruin a game you're supposed to enjoy."
- Amy Alcott, golfer

"Giving up is the ultimate tragedy."
- Robert Donovan, writer

"Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan."
- Tom Landry, football coach

"If you don't fail now and again, it's a sign you're playing it safe."
- Woody Allen, Director

"Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there."
- Josh Billings, humorist

"To be prepared is half the victory."
- Miguel de Cervantes

"Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach. It's the end you're after."
- Anthony Robbins, Motivational Speaker

"Before a person can achieve the kind of life he wants, he must think, act, walk, talk and conduct himself in all of his affairs as would the person he wishes to become."
- Zig Ziglar, Author

"Success is waking up in the morning and bounding out of bed because there's something out there that you love to do, that you believe in, that you're good at - something that's bigger than you are, and you can hardly wait to get at it again."
- Whit Hobbs

"Leaders get out front and stay there by raising the standards by which they judge themselves - and by which they are willing to be judged."
- Frederick Smith, Federal Express founder

"I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint--and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing "
- Oprah Winfrey, Talk Show Host

"Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire, and begin at once, whether you're ready or not, to put it into action."
- Napoleon Hill, motivational expert


"Never say no when a client asks for something, even if it is the moon. You can always try, and anyhow there is plenty of time afterward to explain that it was not possible."
- Cesar Ritz, hotelier

JACQUES' NOTE: This one, I happen to be totally "against", as it condones making promises casually...oftentimes to "buy time", then shamelessly deliver B.S. excuses and other lies to white-wash and save face...instead of Keeping your word(s). This sort of crass dishonesty is featured, dissected and "cured" in my upcoming, direly needed book on the subject. More soon. Have a great weekend! J.