"If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours." -- Henry

"The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said." -- Peter F. Drucker, Author and Management Expert

"In sales, a referral is the key to the door of resistance." -- Bo Bennett, Author

"No matter how much success you're having, you can't continue working together if you can't communicate." -- Matt Cameron, Musician

"You have to believe in yourself, that's the secret. Even when I was in the orphanage, when I was roaming the street trying to find enough to eat, even then

"A man can get discouraged many times, but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else and stops trying." -- John Burroughs, Writer

"The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender." -- Vince Lombardi

"Self-esteem is like a difficult-to-cultivate flower. It requires frequent nurturing that occurs when you keep your word and follow through on your promises." -- Derrick Bell

"Without the element of uncertainty, the bringing off of even the greatest business triumph would be dull, routine and eminently unsatisfying." -- J. Paul Getty, industrialist

"I always remember an epitaph in the cemetery at Tombstone, Ariz. It says: "Here lies Jack Williams. He done his damnedest." I think that's the greatest epitaph a man can

"I don't think there's any such thing as setting your goals too high. The higher you set your goals, the more you are going to work. If you don't reach

"You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club." -- Jack London, Author

"Character is like a tree, and reputation is like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing." -- Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of

"Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly." -- John Kennedy, 35th President of the United States

"You can accomplish anything if you're willing to pay the price" -- Vince Lombardi, American Football Coach

"The highest form of success... comes... to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship or from bitter toil, and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate

"Pressure is a word that is misused in our vocabulary. When you start thinking of pressure, it's because you've started to think of failure." -- Tommy Lasorda, baseball manager

"The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket" -- Andrew Carnegie, Industrialist

"We are made to persist. That's how we find out who we are." -- Tobias Wolff, Writer

"Study the public behavior of top stars and you can detect a keen attentiveness to brand value." -- Peter Bart, American Journalist