10 Quotations for you to Reflect On

Over the past three days, I have been participating in The International Alliance for Women’s 30th Anniversary Celebration at their Global Partnership Forum held in Toronto, October 24 – 26, 2010. It was a delight to meet women from all over the world and have a dialog with them. Whenever you meet someone who may appear different from you, once you start talking you will find some common ground.

Next week we will go back to the usual schedule for the Invisible Mentor. I have some really good content for you. Today, I have 10 quotations for you to reflect on.

1. “Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.” W. Clement Stone, Author and Businessman
2. “It is pointless to think of the lost hours of yesterdays. The way to make learning a lesson a celebration instead of a cause for regret is to only ask,’ “How can I put this to use tomorrow?’”  Jaroldeen Asplund Edwards
3. “When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” – Harriet Beecher Stowe
4. “Imitate until you emulate; match and surpass those who launched you.  It’s the highest form of thankfulness.” — Mark Victor Hansen
5. Treat colleagues with respect. Give them credit for what they have accomplished. Deal with conflicts in a gentle, empathic way…hey, just be kind. Stefan Einhorn, Educator
6. “You only lose energy when life becomes dull in your mind. Your mind gets bored and therefore tired of doing nothing. Get interested in something! Get absolutely enthralled in something! Get out of yourself! Be somebody! Do something! The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.” Norman Vincent Peale, Pastor, Speaker and Author
7. “Let there be nothing within thee that is not very beautiful and very gentle, and there will be nothing without thee that is not beautiful and softened by the spell of thy presence.” James Allen,  Author of As A Man Thinketh
8. “Have a strategy on how you do things [and] execute the strategy with passion.” Purdy Crawford
9. “When you’re starting off, it takes ten times more energy than you thought.” Maria Nemeth, Author of The Energy of Money
10. “You cannot carry the requirements of a prior position into a new one without first assessing the new situation and its needs. You can bring some things with you if they fit the new framework; the rest you must toss aside.” John Gardner

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