Words to inspire by influential people

A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.  Tecumseh #Rafikfarouk

Challenges are meant to be met and overcome.  Liu Xiang #Rafikfarouk

What is research but a blind date with knowledge?  Will Harvey #Rafikfarouk

The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.  Ken Blanchard #Rafikfarouk

The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.  Moliere #Rafikfarouk

  Achieve excellence, don’t just avoid errors. Build trust and take care of your people. Use your legacy for inspiration. Use guiding principles for decision criteria. Use immediate recognition to reinforce desired behaviors. Begin with the end in mind. Encourage a questioning attitude over blind obedience L. David Marquet #Rafikfarouk

Don't aim for success if you want it;  just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.  David Frost #Rafikfarouk

It always seems impossible until it's done.  Nelson Mandela #Rafikfarouk

The first principle of success is desire - knowing what you want. Desire is the planting of your seed. Robert Collier #Rafikfarouk

Once a man or a woman mind has been expanded with an idea, concept, or experience, it can’t ever be satisfied with going back to what it was.  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.   #Rafikfarouk

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.  Frederick Douglass #Rafikfarouk

But he that dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose.  Anne Bronte #Rafikfarouk

Leadership is communicating to another person their worth and potential so clearly, they are inspired to see it in themselves. Stephen R. Covey #Rafikfarouk

Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.  Zig Ziglar #Rafikfarouk

You might have lost some major battles, but you survived and you're still here.  Paulo Coelho #Rafikfarouk

 The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.  Alice Walker #Rafikfarouk

If you’re going to be a leader, you know what I ask myself?  Would I want to work for you in this job?  Would I let my children work for you? Jamie Dimon #Rafikfarouk

  Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check.  B altasar Gracian #Rafikfarouk

The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast it.  William James #Rafikfarouk

Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.  Thomas A. Edison #Rafikfarouk

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.  Napoleon Hill #Rafikfarouk