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Thinking of Her Future

A young woman was being interviewed by a prestigious Fortune 500 company. She asked the personnel manager if she could get into their well-respected training program. The personnel manager, already flooded by applications, said, ?Impossible now. Come back in about ten years.? The applicant responded ?Would morning or afternoon be better??

Buffett's Goal at Seven Years

Warren Buffett is America's second wealthiest person. When he was seven years old, according to his mom, he said, ?I don?t have much money now but someday I will and I?ll have my picture in the paper.? (Attribution by Leila Buffett, found in Reynolds, Simon, ed. Thoughts of Chairman Buffett, Harper Business, New York, NY: 1998.)

Planting a Tree to Sit in the Shade

Warren Buffett, America's most successful investor, said, ?Someone?s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.? (Quoted in NewsInc, January, 1991)

Aristotle on Objectives

?The way to achieve success is first to have a definite, clear, practical ideal ? a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends ? wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end.? Aristotle

Victor Hugo Plans Every Day

?He who every morning plans the transactions of the day, and follows out that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through the labyrinth of the most busy life.? Victor Hugo

Setting Some Aim in Life

?The evidence is overwhelming that you cannot begin to achieve your best unless you set some aim in life. What would football be without a goal? You see men play over their heads to reach their goal, whether in sports or throughout life.? (Henry J. Kaiser)

Sailing by Every Wind

"That ship which sails by every wind comes never in the harbor." (Finnish Proverb)

Going Nowhere and Getting There

?The man who starts out going nowhere, generally gets there.? Dale Carnegie

Most Rewarding Things We Do

?The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done.? Arnold Palmer, golfer

Don?t Wait For Inspiration

?The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working. Beethoven, Wagner, Bach, and Mozart settled down day after day to the job in hand with as much regularity as an accountant settles down each day in his figures. They didn?t waste much time waiting for inspiration. Ernest Newman

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