Quotes from Jim Stovall

gentlemen have leant their talent, time, and energy to this project. Please note that the columns appear here just as they were printed in publications around the world. Some of them are more than a decade old at this writing, but the wisdom is eternal, and the context creates points

great legacy starts with a great life, and every great life starts with a great plan.

worth is more than money, and your value is far beyond what you realize. I have never believed that we are human beings seeking a spiritual experience. Instead, I believe that we are spiritual beings having a human experience. The most talented, gifted,

in their lives, becoming ever-more beaten down, will often be heard to say, "I knew that was going to happen." On the other hand, the winners in every arena of life seem to continue to win time after time and expect it as their due. As we go about our daily

If we focus our efforts and energy on doing our work instead of getting out of our work, everyone wins.

OUR LEGACIES Every footprint that we take Makes a change where we have passed. Small things there beneath our heel Are changing where the print was cast. What then could any difference make When ruthless paths our courses take? Beneath our heel some things will bend Without the strength to rise again. Joye Kanelakos

Our memories are not totally fact or completely fiction. They are a conglomeration of the thoughts that we put together to explain to ourselves who we are. Just like a beautiful flower garden will look totally different in daylight as opposed to dark, the memories of our past are held hostage by our perspective.

There are certain days that are forever locked in our memories. They represent special times, places, and people that we capture in the scrapbook of our minds. Just a fleeting thought of these memories can bring us back to that special time and place as well as the emotion we felt when we were there.

What we all seek is not necessarily success but our own comfort zone.

You can often outperform what other people think of you, but you will never outperform what you think of yourself.

The journey of life is a matter of traveling well rather than reaching a destination.

Struggles often serve to release the wisdom, patience, and strength we all possess but too seldom demonstrate." —JIM STOVALL

Work is a journey we undertake for others that makes us who we are.

and better, makes us all proud. But let us never forget that, when you've lost everything that you own, but you still have your friends and family around you and the desire to go on, you still have everything.

Being the B.E.S.T.

S" is for Single-mindedness.

T" is for Tenacity.

We have become a society of people that loves to blame someone else for our condition.

Some friendships are a legacy left to us by those who have gone before. Other friendships are legacies we will leave behind.

Happiness is often elusive and fleeting. There are three elements that, when combined, always result in happiness. Like a three-legged stool, they work in tandem. Any two of the three

missing, intangible, undefinable "something" that we only know exists because we don't seem to have it. "Something to do" represents the investment of the most precious commodity that we all have—our time. We all have the same amount of hours and minutes each day. Success and happiness hang in the balance based upon how

Every day is a gift because it can either be the first day of the rest of our life or be our last day here on earth.

Being productive is an essential element of happiness

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