Character

“The world gives us PLENTY of opportunities to strengthen our patience. While this truth can definitely be challenging, this is a good thing. Patience is a key that unlocks the door to a more fulfilling life. It is through a cultivation of patience that we become better parents, powerful teachers, great businessmen, good friends, and a live a happier life.”

— Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

Relationship

“It’s better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you’ll drift in that direction.”

Warren Buffett, Business Magnate

Education

“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”

— William Arthur Ward

Customer Service

“If anybody ever called our number, it would be picked up in less than 2 rings with a friendly voice answering, ‘CD Baby.’ From 7 am to 10 pm, there was always somebody to pick up a call in 2 rings. No voice mail system; no routing to different departments. We treated our customers like our best friends. You don’t route your best friend’s call to an automated system!”

Derek Sivers, Founder CD Baby

Relationship

“Dealing with people is probably the biggest problem you face, especially if you are in business. Yes, and that is also true if you are a housewife, architect or engineer.”

Dale Carnegie, Best Selling Author

Motivation

“When you make a mistake, there are only three things you should ever do about it: admit it, learn from it, and don’t repeat it.”

Bear Bryant, Former College Football Player and Coach

Jokes

A guy goes to the doctor: “Please help me doc. I have this horrible blinking in my right eye that I just can’t control.”

Doctor: “Ah come on, it’s not so bad as you think.”

Guy: “Oh, you think?! Every time I go to the pharmacy to get some painkillers, they give me condoms!”

Financial Sustainability

“It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.”

–Seneca

Jokes

I was sitting in a bar one day and two really large women came in, talking in an interesting accent.

So I said, “Cool accent, are you two ladies from Ireland?”

One of them snarled at me, “It’s Wales, dumbo!”

So I corrected myself, “Oh, right, so are you two whales from Ireland?”

That’s about as far as I remember.

Customer Service

“It’s not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It’s the customer who pays the wages.”

–Henry Ford