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John D. Rockefeller

Good management consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

Topic: Expectations, Work
Location: Hawaii, Maui
Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin

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If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.

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Our cup will truly run over only after we have sealed the character cracks. — John D. Rockefeller

Character Leadership

I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own efforts. — John D. Rockefeller

I believe that every right implies responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation, every possession, a duty. — John D. Rockefeller

Opportunity Responsibility

The most important thing for a young man is to establish credit—a reputation and character. — John D. Rockefeller

Character Reputation

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Never ruin an apology with an excuse. — Benjamin Franklin

Accountability Liberty

In union there is strength. — Aesop

You have brains in your head. You have feed in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. — Dr. Seuss

Choice Decision Goals

Amazing things happen when you define your purpose and direct your attention to it. — Jeffrey Benjamin

Amazing Goals Purpose

If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are gone, either write things worth reading or do things worth writing. — Benjamin Franklin

When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. People know themselves much better than you do. Thats why it's important to stop expecting them to be something other than who they are. — Maya Angelou

Awareness Character Networking

You can’t let praise or criticism get to you. It’s a weakness to get caught up in either one. — John Wooden

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear. — Henry David Thoreau

The land is the chief and the people are its servants. — Hawaiin Proverb

Service Society

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He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator. — Francis Bacon

Expectations Innovation Time

I shall be like that tree, I shall die at the top. — Jonathan Swift

The more we value things, the less we value ourselves. — Bruce Lee

Expectations Self Values

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions. — Dalai Lama

Action Expectations Happiness

Keep away from those who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you believe that you too can become great. — Mark Twain

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Expectation is the root of all heartache. — William Shakespeare

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. — William Shakespeare

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Raise expectations to improve performance. — Jeffrey Benjamin

Ability Expectations

Peace begins when the expectation ends. — Buddha

Expectations Peace

Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes. — Zig Ziglar

Expectations Planning

You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them. — Michael Jordan

Expectations Goals Life Self

High expectations are the key to everything. — Sam Walton

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When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion. — Dale Carnegie

Trade your expectations for appreciation, and your whole world changes instantly. — Tony Robbins

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Honesty is a very expensive gift. Do not expect it from cheap people. — Warren Buffet

Expectations Honesty Money

Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised. — Denis Waitley

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Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can. — Richard Bach

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High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.

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Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs. — Henry Ford

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I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine. — Bruce Lee

Confidence Expectations

Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.

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Expectations Happiness

Nature provides exceptions to every rule. — Margaret Fuller

Expectations Nature

You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win. — Zig Ziglar

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We are afraid to care too much, for we fear that the other person does not care at all. — Eleanor Roosevelt

Expectations Fear Self-esteem

While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity. — Publilius Syrus

Action Opportunity Thinking Work

For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward. — Jim Rohn

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It is easier to produce ten volumes of philosophical writings than to put one principle into practice. — Leo Tolstoy

Action Practice Principle Work

In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty. — St. Augustine

All work is as seed sown: it grows and spreads and sows itself anew. — Thomas Carlyle

Men must live and create. Live to the point of tears. — Albert Camus

Action Life Work

I never dreamed about success, I worked for it. — Estee Lauder

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We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid. — Benjamin Franklin

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Imagination means nothing without doing. — Charlie Chaplin

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Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they be executed. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Action Thinking Work

The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today. — Elbert Hubbard

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Don't let ambition get so far ahead that it loses sight of the job at hand. — William Feather

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Be not afraid of moving slowly. Be afraid of standing still. — Chinese Proverb

Hard work never did anyone any harm. — Italian Proverb

I put all my genius into my life; I put only talent into my work. — Oscar Wilde

Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds. — Gordon B. Hinckley

I learned the value of hard work by working hard. — Margaret Mead

Delegating work works, provided the one delegating works, too. — Robert Half

Leadership Work

Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits. — Henry Ford

Discipline Work

Every man is where he is and what he is because of his establish habits of thoughts and deeds. — Napoleon Hill

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Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately you occasionally find men disgrace labor. — Ulysses S. Grant

He who has begun is half done. Dare to be wise; begin. — Horace

Action Wisdom Work

He who does not collect in summer, will heat little in winter. — Hungarian Proverb

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No bird soars too high, if he soars with his wings. — William Blake

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