The document contains a collection of quotes from various historical figures on topics such as leadership, change, failure, trust, vision, courage, progress, and more. Some key themes that emerge are the importance of having vision and courage to create change, trusting in oneself, not letting indifference or failures hold one back, and continually learning and growing through new experiences.

4. “WE MUST BECOME THE CHANGE -Gandhi
WE WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD.”

5. “WE HAVE FORTY MILLION REASONS
-Rudyard Kipling
FOR FAILURE, BUT NOT A SINGLE EXCUSE.”

6. “CONFIDENCE IS THAT FEELING BY WHICH THE
MIND EMBARKS IN GREAT COURSES WITH A -Cicero
SURE HOPE AND TRUST IN ITSELF.”

7. Who are you?
What is your product?
How is it special?
How is it different from others’ similar offerings?
How can I demonstrate its trustworthiness?
How can I demonstrate I’m contemporary?
How can I demonstrate cool?
“IDEAS ARE THE ROOTS OF CREATION.” -Ernest Dimnet

8. “FAILURES ARE DIVIDED INTO TWO CLASSES -
THOSE WHO THOUGHT AND NEVER DID, AND - John Charles Salak
THOSE WHO DID AND NEVER THOUGHT.”

9. “A MAN’S REACH SHOULD EXCEED HIS
GRASP, OR WHAT’S A HEAVEN FOR?” - Robert Browning

10. “GENIUS IS ETERNAL PATIENCE.” - Michelangelo

11. Politics is life. A dead
Asking for change agent
permission is doesn’t do anybody
asking to be told any good.
“no.” “TRUST YOURSELF,
THEN YOU WILL KNOW
HOW TO LIVE.”
- Johann
Wolfgang von
Goethe

12. IT’S EASY TO DECIDE WHAT
YOU’RE GOING TO DO. THE HARD
THING IS DECIDING WHAT YOU’RE
NOT GOING TO DO.
- Michael Dell
“ONE POUND OF LEARNING REQUIRES 10
POUNDS OF COMMON SENSE TO APPLY IT.”
- John Charles Salak

13. “IT TAKES VISION AND COURAGE TO CREATE -
- Owen Young
IT TAKES FAITH AND COURAGE TO PROVE.”

14. “THE FIRST MAN GETS THE OYSTER,
- Andrew Carnegie
THE SECOND MAN GETS THE SHELL.”

15. “TO LEAD THE ORCHESTRA, YOU MUST
- Max Lucado
TURN YOUR BACK ON THE CROWD.”

16. YOUR GOAL IN LIFE IS NOT TO GO OUT
QUIETLY, BUT RATHER TO SLIDE IN
SIDEWAYS, MARTINI IN ONE HAND,
CHOCOLATE IN THE OTHER, SCREAMING,
“YOO-HOO, WHAT A RIDE!”
“HOW FAR WOULD MOSES HAVE GONE
- Harry Truman
IF HE HAD TAKEN A POLL IN EGYPT?”

17. CREDIBILITY IS THE LEADER’S
MOST PRIZED RESOURCE.
- John Kouzes and Barry Posner
“IF YOU LISTEN TO THE NEVERDO’S, - David Lloyd George
IT’S NEVER DONE.”

18. “YOUR GREATEST COMPETITION IS NOT YOUR - Scott Regan
COMPETITION. IT IS INDIFFERENCE.”

19. IF YOU’RE BUMMING OUT,
YOU’RE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT
TO THE TOP. SO WE MIGHT AS
WELL MAKE A POINT OF
GROOVING.
- Scott Fischer
“IT’S GREAT TO BE GREAT, BUT IT’S
GREATER TO BE HUMAN.” - Will Rogers

20. “RESTLESS AND DISCONTENT ARE THE
- Thomas Edison
FIRST NECESSITIES OF PROGRESS.”

21. 1. Formal 6. New skills
2. Written 7. New people
3. Updated quarterly 8. New projects
4. Reviewed by yourself weekly 9. New off-the-job stuff
5. Reviewed with key 10. At least one new thing added to
advisors/trusted colleagues your resume quarterly
“CHANGE YOUR THOUGHTS AND
YOU CHANGE YOUR WORLD.” - Norman Vincent Peale

22. “WE ARE ALL MANUFACTURERS - MAKING GOOD, MAKING
TROUBLE, OR MAKING EXCUSES.”
- H.V. Adolt

23. “THE MAN WHO WASTES TODAY
LAMENTING YESTERDAY WILL WASTE - Philip M. Raskin
TOMORROW LAMENTING TODAY.”

24. “LOVE ALL, TRUST A FEW, - William Shakespeare
DO WRONG TO NONE.”