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Truman Studies Great Men and Women

"I studied the lives of great men and famous women, and I found that the men and women who got to the top were those who did the jobs they had in hand, with everything they had of energy and enthusiasm and hard work." --Former U.S. President Harry S. Truman

Success is Hard Work

Kemmons Wilson, Sr., founder of Holiday Inns, at a high school commencement: ?I really don?t know why I?m here. I never got a degree, and I?ve only worked half days my entire life. I guess my advice to you is to do the same. Work half days every day. And it doesn?t matter which half. The first twelve hours or the second twelve hours." (Source: Joe Griffith, Speaker's Library of Business Quotes)

Victorious and Exhausted

"There is only one way to succeed in anything and that is to give everything. I do and demand that my players do. Any man?s finest hour is when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle?.victorious.? (Legendary football coach Vince Lombardi)

How to be a Genius

A genius? Perhaps, but before I was a genius I was a drudge. (Brilliant Pianist and Composer Paderewski)

Urging a Practical Beginning

So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is wonderful how often in such matters the mustard-seed germinates and roots itself. --Florence Nightingale

Opportunity Meets Preparation

?Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with preparation.? Thomas Edison

Knight on the Will to Prepare

Bobby Knight, Indiana?s basketball coach, was once asked about his great success. Was it because he had the will to succeed? He responded, ?The will to succeed is important, but what?s more important is the will to prepare.?

Getting Promoted by Serving

?Personally, I have never received a promotion in my life that I could not trace directly to recognition that I had gained by rendering more service and better service than that for which I was paid.? Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quality of Work, Quality of Life

?The quality of your work will have a great deal to do with the quality of your life.? Orison Swett Marden

Make Work Fun

?Make it fun to work for your agency. When people aren?t having any fun, they don?t produce good advertising." (David Ogilvy, founder of the hugely successful advertising firm, Ogilvy & Mather)

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