Nido Qubein Quotes

Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go they merely determine where you start.

When a goal matters enough to a person, that person will find a way to accomplish what at first seemed impossible.

Change brings opportunity.

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

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.

Whatever keeps you from reaching your goals today had better be important - it's costing you a day of your life!

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

The price of discipline is always less than the pain of regret - Nido Qubein

Successful, self-starting individuals seek responsibility. They take calculated risks; they don't make excuses to cover up their inactivity.

We're inclined to excuse in ourselves behavior that we find unacceptable in others.

Good leaders must become what they want their followers to become.

The key to scheduling your time is to focus on objectives, not on activities.

Learn to be gracious whether you win or lose.

Those who are afraid to fail may not deserve to succeed.

When your life is possession-centered, the important thing is what you have; when it is principle-centered, the important thing is who and what you are.

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

There are no unrealistic dreams, just unrealistic timelines.

Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start. -Nido Qubein

           “Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.” - Nido Qubein

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

Change brings opportunity.

There is real, authentic confidence. There is fake, ginned-up, empty confidence. My friend Nido Qubein, now president of High Point University, and a highly polished but still “killer” platform sales pro, says, “Motivation without foundation only produces frustration.” The neuro-linquistic programming idea of “putting yourself in a state” is only valid if there is a solid foundation of competence underneath the mind play. If you take ginned-up confidence into a gunfight, with no gun, or absent the will to pull the trigger mercilessly, you die. As Glenn W. Turner said, “You want to be the bullfighter with steak sauce on his sword—but that’s best if you are also an extremely competent bullfighter.

The good moments of the present are the good memories you will carry into the future.

Don't interrupt, but be interruptible.

If you believe you can, and believe it strongly enough, you will be amazed at what you can do.

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

People who invariably put themselves first will find that others tend to put them last.

Many people are unable to prepare for the future because they are too busy reliving the past.

Listen twice as much as you talk and others will hear twice as much of what you say.

Your most frequently used tool should be your imagination, not your memory.

Admire your heroes. Adapt from your models. learn from your mentors.

Seek to know others and you will be amazed at how it will help you understand yourself.

Cultivate love by vanishing hatred.

What if you could be anything or anybody you choose to be? Think about it. What would you choose to be?

The process of growing and learning always involves risk.

Training is anchored in the past. Education looks to the future.

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

May the future you create exceed your fondest expectations.