I have yet to find the man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism. (Charles M. Schwab)

Appreciative words are the most powerful force for good on earth! (George W. Crane)

Our dependency makes slaves out of us, especially if this dependency is a dependency of our self-esteem. If you need encouragement, praise, pats on the back from everybody, then you make everybody your judge. (Source Unknown)

I don’t have a lot of respect for talent. Talent is genetic. It’s what you do with it that counts. (Martin Ritt)

I remember when I was in college, people told me I couldn’t play in the NBA. There’s always somebody saying you can’t do it and those people have to be ignored. (Bill Cartwright)

I couldn't motivate a bee to sting you if it didn't have the equipment. I couldn't motivate a snake to bite you if it didn't have the teeth. You can only bring out of people what they are capable of giving. Two of the great myths circulating now are that Heinz beans are the best and that I can get out of men more than they have inside them. (Brian Clough, football manager)

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after. (Henry Longfellow 1819 - 92)

Keep away from the people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. (Mark Twain 1835 - 1910)

I praise loudly; I blame softly. (Catherine the Great 1729 - 96)

Good leadership consists in motivation people to their highest levels by offering them opportunities, not obligations. (John Heider)


For every criticism you make of someone’s job performance, make sure you give the person four compliments.
(Thich Hahn)

Not everything that can be counted counts and not everything that counts can be counted. (Albert Einstein)

Kind thoughts are rarer than either kind words or deeds. They imply a great deal of thinking about others. This in itself is rare, but they also imply a great deal of thinking about others without the thoughts being criticisms. This is rarer still. (E. W. Faber)

There are two things people want more than sex and money – recognition and praise. (Mary Kay Ash)

Question: do you reward how long an employee sits in the saddle, or how far he or she rode the horse? Sometimes management seems to reward those who put in long hours at work without looking at the results they accomplish. (Source Unknown)

It is hard to sell a product you do not use and a religion you do not live.

Trim your lamp often so that it will give more light and less smoke.

You can’t pray on your knees on Sunday and prey on your friends the rest of the week.

It is inconsistent to say you believe as you should when you behave as you shouldn’t.

You cannot touch your neighbor’s heart with anything less than your own.

Self-control is the best of all vows. Sweetness of speech, benevolence, absence of malice, anger and hatred, forgiveness, patience, forbearance, non-violence, modesty, courtesy, good behaviour, truth, straightforwardness, and firmness: the combination of all these constitutes self-control. (Sivananda)

Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks on great and honourable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself. (Cicero 106 - 43 BC)

Demand not that events should happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do, and you will go on well. (Epictetus 50 - 138)

Search others for their virtues, and thyself for thy vices. (Thomas Fuller 1608 - 61)

It's a funny thing about life. If you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. (Somerset Maugham 1874 - 1965)

If a man makes himself a worm, he must not complain when he gets trodden on. (Immanuel Kant 1724 - 1804)

It is often found that modesty and humility not only do no good, but are positively hurtful, when they are shown to the arrogant who have taken up a prejudice against you either from envy or from any other cause. (Niccolo Machiavelli 1469 - 1527)

Anyone can become angry, that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not easy. (Aristotle 384 - 322 BC)

A right is not what someone gives you; it's what no one can take from you. (Ramsey Clark)

"People take your example far more seriously than your advice. -Croft M. Pentz

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"He who is born of God is certain to resemble his Father. -Croft M. Pentz

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The most valuable gift you can give to others is example.-Croft M. Pentz

If you don’t live it, you don’t have it.-Croft M. Pentz

What one does is the result of what one is.-Croft M. Pentz

The world is more interested in what you practice than in what you profess.-Croft M. Pentz

Learning the golden rule is of no value until you practice it.-Croft M. Pentz

Whatever makes men good Christians makes them good citizens.-Croft M. Pentz

My life helps to paint my neighbor’s picture of God.-Croft M. Pentz

The world is looking for good examples—not advice.-Croft M. Pentz

If you would thoroughly know anything, teach it to another. -Croft M. Pentz

Everyone wants to be noticed; no one wants to be watched. -Croft M. Pentz

You can fake the gifts of the Spirit, but you cannot fake the fruit of the Spirit. -Croft M. Pentz

You win more friends with your ears than with your mouth. -Croft M. Pentz

Accept God’s grace through faith, then prove His grace through works. -Croft M. Pentz

To say little and perform much is the characteristic of a great mind. -Croft M. Pentz

No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience. -Croft M. Pentz

The beauty of any day is reflected in your heart. -Croft M. Pentz

A person worth following is a follower of Christ. -Croft M. Pentz

To show others what Christ will do for them, show them what Christ has done for you. -Croft M. Pentz

Only by giving are you able to receive more than you already have. - Jim Rohn

Giving is better than receiving because giving starts the receiving process. - Jim Rohn

When somebody shares, everybody wins. - Jim Rohn

Nothing teaches character better than generosity. - Jim Rohn

The amount you give isn’t important. What matters is what that amount represents in terms of your life. - Jim Rohn

It’s best to start the discipline of generosity when the amounts are small. It’s easy to give ten cents out of a dollar; it’s a little harder to give a hundred thousand out of a million. - Jim Rohn

Here’s what is exciting about sharing ideas with others: If you share a new idea with ten people, they get to hear it once and you get to hear it ten times. - Jim Rohn

Sharing makes you bigger than you are. The more you pour out, the more life will be able to pour in. - Jim Rohn

Somebody says, “Well, I can’t be concerned about other people. About the best I can do is to take care of myself.” Well, then you will always be poor. - Jim Rohn

What you give becomes an investment that will return to you multiplied at some point in the future. - Jim Rohn

" ""If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they may have planned for you? Not much."" —Jim Rohn
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You hear a good many echoes in the world but mighty few real voices. -Croft M. Pentz

Some people spend money for things they don’t need to impress people they don’t like. -Croft M. Pentz

A pint of example is worth a thousand sermons. -Croft M. Pentz

What’s wrong with the church?  Look in the mirror. -Croft M. Pentz

Anyone who talks by the yard and thinks by the inch should be moved by the foot. -Croft M. Pentz