Top Motivational Speakers Quotes

If you are on social media, and you are not learning, not laughing, not being inspired or not networking, then you are using it wrong.

Cream always rises to the top...so do good leaders".

Seven Ways To Get Ahead in Business: 1. Be forward thinking 2. Be inventive, and daring 3. Do the right thing 4. Be honest and straight forward 5. Be willing to change, to learn, to grow 6. Work hard and be yourself 7. Lead by example

The real opportunity for success lies within the person and not in the job.

Now, your skill as a speaker can manifest itself in a variety of ways. You might simply have encyclopedic knowledge about many topics. Or you might be intelligent, able to deduce new facts and explanations on the fly. Or you might have sharp eyes and ears, able to notice things that other people miss. Or you might be plugged into valuable sources of information, always on top of the latest news, gossip, and trends. But listeners may not particularly care how you’re able to impress, as long as you’re consistently able to do so. If you’re a reliable source of new information, you’re likely to make a good teammate, especially as the team faces unforeseeable situations in the future. In other words, listeners care less about the tools you share with them; they’re really salivating over your backpack.

My past has not defined me, destroyed me, deterred me, or defeated me; it has only strengthened me.

You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great

Start with the end in mind.

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.

Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.

By changing nothing, nothing changes.

The more rules you have about how people have to be, how life has to be for you to be happy, the less happy you're going to be.

Don't wish for less problems; wish for more skills.

Just because Fate doesn't deal you the right cards, it doesn't mean you should give up. It just means you have to play the cards you get to their maximum potential.

The modern church by and large is focused on self. We see a proliferation of self-help, self-improvement, and generally self-centered books lining the shelves of Christian book stores, and climbing to the top of best-seller lists. Many Pastors have become little more than “life coaches” and motivational speakers. We see men of God who at one time thundered out calls to repentance and holy living, now proclaiming that their people have a “champion” inside them. We see shepherds who should be feeding the sheep, now having to entertain the goats. There has been without a doubt, a shift from the Church at Philadelphia to the Church at Laodicea.

1. Start your day as if a list is prepared for the performers of the day, your name is right at the top. 2. Do not speak to the customers by whispering, you are not gaining their confidence – speak confidently. 3. Do not waste your time in waiting for the opportunities, if they were on the road they would have arrived by now. Walk to them. 4. No excuses please, change it or pass it on to someone who can. Do not sit on the opportunity. 5. If you have to be kept hidden in the field, you are simply a burden on the team. Please improve your fielding.

And so I replied, “You just don’t know the right kind of motivational speakers!” And she: “Top answer! Top answer!” ★★★ (Posted 3/3/2012)

7. “When a foundation is built following sound structural principles, with solid, high-quality materials, anything that is layered on top is more secure, durable, and resilient. Your integrity works the same way.

When a foundation is built following sound structural principles, with solid, high-quality materials, anything that is layered on top is more secure, durable, and resilient. Your integrity works the same way.

Now let’s look at the flip side. When a diligent and caring person receives your complaint, they have the power to turn a challenge into a triumph. Through active listening, they demonstrate that your satisfaction is their top priority. They not only seek to solve your problem, but they are dedicated to re-earning your trust, your respect, and keeping your business.

What does a solid, comfortable, impressive handshake look and feel like? To deliver a great handshake . . . • Extend your right hand out vertically at a comfortable waist level toward the person you are meeting. • Connect hands with web to web contact made between the thumb and index finger. • Be intentional and appropriate by showing mutual respect and teamwork. • Gently squeeze firmly enough to be confident, yet lightly enough to be gracious. Shake a few times for good measure. • Discreetly rotate your wrist so that your hand is slightly on top of theirs when you want to subconsciously convey self-assurance. • Make eye contact and smile to show sincerity. Throw in an acknowledging head nod for good measure. Avoiding eye contact may be interpreted that you are not attentive or have something to hide. • Introduce yourself and when they share their name, repeat it back to them to help you remember it. “It is nice to meet you John.” • When in doubt, mirror their handshake to adapt to what makes them feel comfortable. Customize accordingly to the gender, age, position, personality, and culture of the person you are meeting.

Palm Reading 101 • Palm Up— Conveys openness, service, humility, and sympathy. • Palm Down—Demonstrates authority, superiority, and control. • Palm Vertical—Shows you are meeting on equal terms with a mutually respectful greeting. • Palm Wet, Cold, or Clammy—Ick! The "dead fish" is creepy. Make your hands warm and dry before reaching out to touch someone, please! It can also be conveyed as being nervous or over-excited. • Palm Perfect—This is my favorite. Better known as the "hand hug." While you are shaking hands with your right hand, place your left hand on top, wrapping both people in warmth and trust. This two-handed shake illustrates affection, caring, or concern, especially when you then reach up to grasp their arm or shoulder.

Every time a new client hires me for a keynote, workshop, or coaching session, the first questions I ask them are, “What are the 3 top challenges your organization is dealing with? What are your goals? What problems would you like for me to help solve?” Using their own answers, I am able to design a program that is customized specifically around their needs. It takes the focus off of Susan and centers my complete attention toward making them feel important.

Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.

When you put faith, hope and love together, you can raise positive kids in a negative world.

Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.

If you have no critics you'll likely have no success.

As long as you are convinced you have never done anything, you can never do anything.

If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.

The more you are grateful for what you have the more you will have to be grateful for

Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully.

Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.

Don’t become a wandering generality. Be a meaningful specific.

Most people who fail in their dream fail not from lack of ability but from lack of commitment.

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.

The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.

Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase.

Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.

The time is always right to do the right thing.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Hate the sin, love the sinner.

A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.

The future depends on what you do today.

And in the end it is not the years in your life that count, it's the life in your years.

Success always demands a greater effort.

The optimist sees opportunity in every danger; the pessimist sees danger in every opportunity.

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.

You make a living by what you get. You make a life by what you give.

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.

Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, leave the rest to God.

Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They're just braver 5 minutes longer.

Those who can truly be accounted brave are those who best know the meaning of what is sweet in life and what is terrible, and then go out, undeterred, to meet what is to come.” 

The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.

It is your decisions, and not your conditions, that determine your destiny.

Our beliefs about what we are and what we can be precisely determine what we can be

A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities.

Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.

Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

It isn't sufficient just to want - you've got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want.

I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom

By perseverance, study, and eternal desire, any man can become great.

If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.

Live for something rather than die for nothing.

Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.

When the pain of being the same becomes greater than the pain of being different, you change.

If you focus on success, you’ll have stress. But if you pursue excellence, success will be guaranteed.

When you see the word 'impossible' you should always see 'I'M POSSIBLE!

Be thankful and grateful daily. Gratitude for what you have is a great way to get more of it.

Always remember that striving and struggle precede success, even in the dictionary!! If it looks like mountain, change your perspective until you see a bump and keep going!

Circumstances do not make a man, they reveal him.

Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul.

you don't need to be better than any one else you just need to be better than you used to be

You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.

When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment

If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse.

If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.

When you know what you want, and you want it bad enough, you'll find a way to get it.” 

Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

you don't have to be great to get started, but you have to get started to be great.

Love them for who they are, and they become who you love.

Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.

You cannot judge a man's life by the success of a moment, by the victory of an hour, or even by the results of a year. You must view his life as a whole.

The greatness comes not when things go always good for you. But the greatness comes when you're really tested, when you take some knocks, some disappointments, when sadness comes. Because only if you've been in the deepest valley can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.

Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.

Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses.

It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going.

Imagine no limitations; decide what's right and desirable before you decide what's possible.

The act of taking the first step is what separates the winners from the losers.

One moves towards mastery while the other remains a slave, because long-term gratification makes you money while short-time gratification cost you money.

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.