Quotes from Linda Kaplan Thaler

As someone who grew up in the Bronx, I certainly learned my share of four-letter words, but none are more powerful than nice.

As someone who grew up in the Bronx, I certainly learned my share of four-letter words, but none are more powerful than nice.

Working just a little harder than someone else who might be just as talented (or even a bit more) is what will win the day.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work. —STEPHEN KING

I'm not the smartest guy, but I can outwork you. It's the one thing I can control.

Failure is how we learn—it's how we develop and acquire grit.

When confidence becomes a muscle memory, panic is replaced by peak performance.

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.

What this tells us is that children who are outperformed may give up rather than fight to improve, and those who do win may not feel compelled to keep trying as hard if even the losers get praise and a trophy.

You have to treat everyone you meet as if they are the most important person in the world - because they are. If not to you, then to someone, and if not today, then perhaps tomorrow.

Happiness is not the absence of problems. It's the ability to deal with them.

Hard work is good for the soul," she would say. "And it keeps you from feeling sorry for yourself, because you don't have time.

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will. —VINCE LOMBARDI Steve