Amey Hegde
A-Z Empowering Quotes that I.N.S.P.I.R.E.
Inspire to Reach Higher
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Amey Hegde
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April 2012
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This book is dedicated to
My parents Mangala and Suresh, my wife Jyoti, and my
daughter Aditi.
Acknowledgements:
First and foremost, I would like to express my gratitude to the
great thinkers and leadership gurus whose quotations I have
presented through this book. I am thankful to various authors,
publishing houses, estates and trusts for graciously granting
permission to reproduce quotations from material owned by them.
I am also grateful to http://www.freedigitalphotos.net for the use
of all the photos in this book. Finally, I would like to thank Laurie
Magers, Executive Assistant to Zig Ziglar for taking the time to
patiently go through all the quotes in the book and provide
valuable inputs regarding grammar and punctuation.
Partial list of acknowledgements follow. If by any chance I have omitted to give credit where it is due, it is purely accidental and if
pointed out, the error would definitely be rectified in future
editions.
Partial List of Acknowledgements: Quotes by Bob Urichuck reprinted with permission. Visit www.bobu.com
Quotes by Brian Tracy, reprinted with permission from Brian Tracy International ©2001-2012 Brian Tracy is the most listened to audio author on personal and business success in the world today. His fast-moving talks and seminars on leadership, sales, managerial effectiveness and business strategy are loaded with powerful, proven ideas and strategies that people can immediately apply to get better results in every area. For more information, please go to www.briantracy.com
Quotes by Dale Carnegie reprinted with permission of Dale Carnegie & Associates, New York. Visit www.dalecarnegie.com
Quotes by Daniel Goleman reprinted with permission. Daniel Goleman is an internationally known psychologist who lectures frequently to professional groups, business audiences, and on college campuses. His 1995 book, Emotional Intelligence was on The New York Times bestseller list for a year and a half, with more than 5,000,000 copies in print worldwide in 40 languages, and has been a bestseller in many countries. For more information, please go to http://danielgoleman.info
Quotes by Jim Rohn, America's Foremost Business Philosopher, reprinted with permission from Jim Rohn International ©2012. As a world-renowned author and success expert, Jim Rohn touched millions of lives during his 46-year career as a motivational speaker and messenger of positive life change. For more information on Jim and his popular personal achievement resources or to subscribe to the weekly Jim Rohn Newsletter, visit www.JimRohn.com
Mother Teresa’s words © Missionaries of Charity c/o Mother Teresa Center. Used with permission.
Quotes by Paulo Coelho reprinted with permission.
Quote by Ralph Marston Copyright 1998 Ralph S. Marston, Jr. Used by permission. Originally published in "The Daily Motivator" at www.dailymotivator.com
Paul J. Meyer quotes reprinted with permission from The Meyer Resource Group® , Inc.
Quotes by Robin Sharma reprinted with permission of Sharma Leadership International Inc. © 2012. Visit www.robinsharma.com
Quotes by Viktor Frankl reprinted with permission from the Estate of Viktor Frankl, Vienna, Austria, Europe. Visit http://www.viktorfrankl.org
Quotes by Zig Ziglar, reprinted with permission from Ziglar, Inc. “The Master of Motivation” Zig Ziglar has been described as “One of America’s Icons,” “the salesman’s salesman” and “A legacy that will forever impact our history.” Helping people to achieve long-term balanced success based on his philosophy of character, attitude and skills, he has impacted more than a quarter billion people and continues to make a difference in the lives of those who act on his philosophy. For more information, please go to www.ziglar.com
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Attitude
Belief
Change
Dreams
Excellence
Focus
Gratitude
Harmony
Individuality and Uniqueness
Joy and Happiness
Kindness and Appreciation
Learning
Motivation
Never Give Up (Perseverance)
Obstacles and Failure
Positive Attitude
Questioning
Relationships
Success
Time Management
Understanding
Vision and Purpose
Wealth and Money
X pectation
Yearning (Desire)
Zig Ziglar: Inspiring Words from the Master of
Motivation
Trainings Offered by Amey
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Introduction
As an inspirational speaker I am often amazed by the power that lies
in a single quotation to transform someone’s life. Let me illustrate
this by means of a true story shared by my aunt’s uncle, Mr.
Surendra Pai, in his own words.
Around 25 years back, I was posted in USA as Regional Purchase
Manager (USA & Canada), Air-India. One day Mr. Vidya Shankar
came to see me in my office at New York. While sharing the story of
his misfortune he said, “I am an aeronautical engineer from
Bangalore. But my bad luck is that I have to work as a sales person
in a company which deals in the business of buying and selling of
aircraft spares,” he had come to USA with the hope of making a
career in aeronautics, but he could not get a good job in his line.
I shared a quote that I had read somewhere with him.
“You should like the job you do and do the job that you like.” Thereafter I returned to Mumbai, India. It was exactly after five
years that I got a call from Mr. Vidya Shankar.
“I am in Mumbai and would like to see you” he said, I went to meet
him in the hotel he was staying in. He presented me with an
expensive gift and said “I remember your words which you told me
when I had come to see you in your office in New York. As per your
advice I started taking full interest in aircraft spares. Today I am an
expert in spares. Part numbers are no more dead numbers for me.
They talk to me. I can make out which system they belong to. Every
alphabet and number has a meaning for me. I became so much
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involved in my job that today I have started a company of my own.
All this was possible because of your words which have become a
source of inspiration for me.”
This just goes to show that good quotes, though short, can be
profound and have the power to transform one’s life and one’s
thoughts. Empowering quotes “I.N.S.P.I.R.E.” us to reach higher.
They:
I nfuse positive energy and zest for life
N urture new ideas and visions
S ummarize complex concepts and ideologies
P rovide us with a new perspective of seeing things
I nspire us to have dreams
R eveal the mindsets of successful people
E ncourage us in times of despair
This book contains handpicked quotations by top thinkers and
leaders such as Mahatma Gandhi, Jim Rohn, Mother Teresa, Brian
Tracy, Dale Carnegie, Paulo Coelho, Robin Sharma, Daniel Goleman,
Zig Ziglar and other great minds thoughtfully arranged in
alphabetically ordered sections to remind us of our inner strengths
and abilities. I am sure the empowering quotes in this book will
inspire you to reach higher and realize your true potential …
-Amey Hegde
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Attitude
Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.
Zig Ziglar
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A man is but the product of his thoughts. What
he thinks, he becomes.
Mahatma Gandhi
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...Everything can be taken from a man but one thing; the last of the human freedoms; to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.
Viktor Frankl
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You can’t tailor-make the situations in life, but
you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations before they arise.
Zig Ziglar
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How you think affects how you act, and this in
turn affects what you get.
Amey Hegde
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Focus
Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.
Alexander Graham Bell
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Your ability to select your most important task,
to begin it, and then to concentrate on it single-mindedly until it is complete is the key to high levels of performance and personal productivity.
Brian Tracy
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Determine what specific goal you want to
achieve. Then dedicate yourself to its attainment with unswerving singleness of purpose, the trenchant zeal of a crusader.
Paul J. Meyer
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The key to success is to focus our conscious
mind on things we desire, not things we fear.
Brian Tracy
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When you focus your efforts, you develop laser-
like energy to cut through any task.
Amey Hegde
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Gratitude
There is no better opportunity to receive more than to be thankful for
what you already have. Jim Rohn
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I had no shoes and complained, until I met a man who had no feet.
Persian Proverb
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We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come
as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.
Frederick Keonig
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The more you express gratitude for what you
have, the more you will have to express gratitude for.
Zig Ziglar
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Take note and give thanks for all the good things
present in your life.
Amey Hegde
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Individuality and Uniqueness
You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.
Zig Ziglar
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You will make a lousy anybody else, but you are
the best “you” in existence.
Zig Ziglar
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…in all the woods and forests, God did not create a single leaf the same as any other… People go against nature because they lack the courage to be different.
Paulo Coelho, Veronika Decides to Die
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Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life... Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated. Thus, everyone’s task is as unique as is his specific opportunity to implement it.
Viktor Frankl
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You are special and unique; accept and embrace
your uniqueness.
Amey Hegde
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Never Give Up (Perseverance)
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
Dale Carnegie
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When I have finally decided that a result is
worth getting, I go ahead on it and make trial after trial until it comes.
Thomas Edison
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This I do know beyond any reasonable doubt.
Regardless of what you are doing, if you pump long enough, hard enough and enthusiastically enough, sooner or later the effort will bring forth the reward.
Zig Ziglar
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Many of life’s failures are people who did not
realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Thomas Edison
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Realize that when you feel like giving up, you
may just be inches away from the winning line.
Amey Hegde
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Obstacles and Failure
You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals.
Booker T. Washington
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I haven’t failed. I’ve found 10,000 ways that don’t work.
Thomas Edison, when inventing the first commercial light bulb.
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You become stronger with every problem you
face and every obstacle you overcome.
Unknown
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We all need lots of powerful long-range goals to
help us past the short-term obstacles.
Jim Rohn
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From every failure, learn what you can do differently in order to succeed.
Amey Hegde
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Positive Attitude
Positive thinking won’t let you do anything, but it will let you do everything... better than negative
thinking will. Zig Ziglar
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Never say anything about yourself you do not
want to come true.
Brian Tracy
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Two men looked out from prison bars. One saw
the mud, the other saw the stars.
Unknown
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Look for the good in every person and every situation. You'll almost always find it.
Brian Tracy
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The positive thinker seeks to answer the
question "how can I do it?", rather than simply saying "it can't be done."
Amey Hegde
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Relationships
The best way to make your spouse and children feel secure is not with big deposits in bank accounts, but with little deposits of thoughtfulness and affection in the “love account.”
Zig Ziglar
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What counts in making a happy relationship is
not so much how compatible you are but how you deal with incompatibility.
Daniel Goleman
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If you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they decide upon, you will have succeeded as a parent and you will have given your children the greatest of all blessings.
Brian Tracy
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Your family and your love must be cultivated like
a garden. Time, effort, and imagination must be summoned constantly to keep any relationship flourishing and growing.
Jim Rohn
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Ensure that people who matter to you always feel cared for and accepted.
Amey Hegde
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Time Management
Focus your time and energy on those important 20% of tasks and activities that will give you 80% of the results.
Pareto Principle (80-20 rule)
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Every minute spent in planning saves as many as ten minutes in execution.
Brian Tracy
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Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.
Zig Ziglar
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Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take
care of themselves.
Dale Carnegie
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Determine what your top priorities in life are and
keep aside sufficient time for them in your schedule.
Amey Hegde
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Vision and Purpose
If you want to reach a goal, you must "see the reaching" in your own mind before you actually arrive at
your goal. Zig Ziglar
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All successful people, men and women, are big
dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.
Brian Tracy
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We all have something that we are meant to do.
Your genius will shine through, and happiness will fill your life, the instant you discover your higher purpose and then direct all your energies towards it.
Robin Sharma
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If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.
Jim Rohn
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Form a clear mental vision of your ideal life before you start taking action to achieve it.
Amey Hegde
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Yearning (Desire)
The only real limitation on what you can accomplish is the level of intensity
of your desire. If you really want
something badly enough, there are no
limits on what you can achieve.
Brian Tracy
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A burning desire is the greatest motivator of
every human action.
Paul J. Meyer
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When you find your heart’s desire, you’ll have
the key to unlocking your potential in every other
part of your life.
Brian Tracy
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Humans have the remarkable ability to get
exactly what they must have. But there is a difference between a "must" and a "want."
Jim Rohn
~
When you really want something deeply and
take massive action, you can achieve wonders.
Amey Hegde
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Zig Ziglar: Inspiring Words from the Master of
Motivation
This section is a tribute to my idol, the legendary Zig Ziglar.
Keep on inspiring, Zig...
Amey Hegde
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When your image improves, your performance
improves.
Zig Ziglar
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The most practical, beautiful, workable
philosophy in the world won’t work – if you won’t.
Zig Ziglar
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You cannot solve a problem until you
acknowledge that you have one and accept responsibility for solving it.
Zig Ziglar
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You can have everything in life you want if you
will just help enough other people get what they want.
Zig Ziglar
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Trainings Offered by Amey
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Amey Hegde isBehavioral Trainer,Consultant.
Amey’s academicStudies in Behavioralin Electronics & TelecomCollege. He has alsoIITs, IISc Bangaloremanagement.
About This Book: Inspiring quotes hold the power toThis book contains handpicked quotationssuch as Mahatma Gandhi, Jim RohnCarnegie, Paulo Coelho, Robin Sharma,other great minds thoughtfully arrangedorder to remind us of our inner strengths
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international concepts of Edward de Bono’s SixThinking™, Facilitation Skills to Crestcom®Programming (NLP). He is also certified to
internationally acclaimed psychometric assessmentover eleven years of work experience in
companies in Europe and India with a variedteams from USA, Canada, Germany, Japanthe entrepreneurial training field, was last
Bangalore.
Directors, GMs, plant heads, senior HRteachers, doctors, professionals, entrepreneurs
organizations on various topics to enhance theirtraining needs identification & analysis
interventions & psychometric assessments forvisit http://ameyhegde.in
is an Internationally Certified CorporateMotivational Speaker & Management
qualifications include Post GraduateBehavioral Sciences Training & graduate studies
Telecom Engineering from Goa Engineeringalso been trained by eminent faculty from
Bangalore & SIBM Pune in areas of technology &
to transform one’s life and thoughts.quotations by top thinkers and leadersRohn, Mother Teresa, Brian Tracy, DaleSharma, Daniel Goleman, Zig Ziglar and
arranged topic-wise in alphabeticalstrengths and abilities.
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