Quotes from Nido R Qubein

Most of us tend to suffer from 'agenda anxiety', the feeling that what we want to say to others is more important than what we think they might want to say to us.

Those who base their lives on the belief that a loving God is acting in their behalf tend to see problems as opportunities for growth.

The price of discipline is always less than the pain of regret.

Material success may result in the accumulation of possessions: but only spiritual success will enable you to enjoy them.

The process of growing and learning always involves risk.

When the truly great people discover that they have been deceived by the signposts along the road of life, they just shift gears and keep going.

Wherever you are, whatever your circumstances may be, whatever misfortune you may have suffered, the music of your life has not gone. It's inside you - if you listen to it, you can play it.

Nothing can add more power to your life than concentrating all you energies on a limited set of targets.

The trouble with many plans is that they are based on the way things are now. To be successful, your personal plan must focus on what you want, not what you have.

Teaching people skills without giving them a vision for a better future - a vision based on common values - is only training.

I only wish I had more time for fund raising.

Goals help you keep in perspective what's really important so you don't spend all of your time doing what seems urgent.

Success doesn't come to you; you must go to it. The trail is well traveled. If you want to walk it, you can.

To mobilize yourself, decide what you want, determine what will get you what you want, then act - do what will get you what you want most to achieve.

If what you're working for really matters, you'll give it all you've got.

You may have the loftiest goals, the highest ideals, the noblest dreams, but remember this nothing works unless you do.

Most of us miss our best opportunities in life because they come to us disguised as work.

A decision is made with the brain. A commitment is made with the heart. Therefore, a commitment is much deeper and more binding than a decision

Training teaches how. Education teaches why.

The power to affect your future lies within your own hands.

When we carve out a niche for ourselves in our imagined future, and decide that we won't be happy until we achieve it, we can only feel threatened and anxious over anything that stands in our way.

Goal-setting illuminates the road to success just as runway lights illuminate the landing field for an incoming aircraft

Goals are simply a way of breaking a vision into smaller, workable units.