Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable ... · an unbeatable combination for success. Napolean Hill ... The man who has committed a mistake and doesn’t correct

Patience,

persistence and

perspiration make

an unbeatable

combination for

success.

Napolean Hill

• Habits of Mind •

Persistence

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Persistent people

begin their success

where others end

in failure.

Edward Eggleston


Persistence


To be contented

drop the words ‘if

only’ and substitute

‘next time’.

Unknown


Persistence


Be like the

postage stamp.

Stick to one thing

until you get there.

Margaret Car ty


Persistence


Persistence is the

twin sister of

excellence. One is

a matter of quality;

the other a matter

of time.

Marabel Morgan


Persistence


It’s better to sleep on things

beforehand than to lie awake about them afterward.

BaltasarGracian


Managing Impulsivity


It is easier to suppress the first

desire than to satisfy all that

follow it.

Benjamin Franklin




Don’t throw away the old bucket until you know

that the new one holds water.

Swedish Proverb




Be slow of tongue quick

of eye.

Tim Rodemann




Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so that we

could listen twice as much as we could speak.

Epictetus


Listening with Understanding and Empathy


Did you notice how difficult it is to argue with someone who is

not obsessed with being right?

Wayne W. Dyer




Silent and listen are spelled with the same letters.

Unknown




Listening is as important as

talking. If you’re a good listener people often

compliment you for being a good

conversationalist.

Jesse Ventura




The most important thing

in education is not so much to obtain new

facts as to discover new

ways of thinking about them.

Sir William Brag


Flexibility in Thinking


Thinking fl exibly involves

breaking out of established

patterns in order to look

at things a different way.

Unknown




Change isn’t fun and

exciting and, like a haircut, looks funny at fi rst; but once you get used to

it, it’s great.

Anne Blair




I can’t understand

why people are frightened of new ideas. I’m frightened of

old ones.

John Cage




Don’t be afraid to give up the

good and go for the great.

Kerry Rogers




When one door shuts, another

one opens.

Miguel de Cervantes




This moment deserves your full attention, for it will not

pass this way again.

Dan Millman


Thinking About Thinking: Metacognition


Mental is to physical what four is to one.

Lloyd Carr




The butterfly counts not the months, but the

moments and still has time

enough.

R. Tagore




Ignorance on fire is better

than knowledge on ice.

Greg Olsen




When the mind is thinking it is

talking to itself.

Plato




My success is measured by

willingness to keep trying.

Unknown


Striving for Accuracy


Luck is what you have left over after you give

100%.

Langston Coleman




Measure a thousand times and cut once.

TurkishProverb




Good is not good where better is

expected.

ThomasFuller




The man who has committed a mistake and doesn’t correct

it is committing another mistake.

Confucius




He who stops being better,

stops being good.

Oliver Cromwell




It’s never crowded along the extra mile.

Dr Wayne Dyer




I’ve always tried to go a step past wherever other people expected me to end up.

Beverley Sills




The key to wisdom is

knowing all the right

questions.

A Einstein


Questioning and Problem Posing


Learn from yesterday,

live for today, hope for

tomorrow. The important

thing is not to stop

questioning.

Unknown




He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who

does not ask is a fool for

ever.

Chinese Proverb




A problem clearly stated is a problem half solved.

Unknown




I’ve never made a mistake.

I’ve only learned from experience.

Thomas A. Edison


Applying Past Knowledge to New Situations


Life is a succession of lessons which

must be lived to be understood.

Ralph Waldo Emerson




Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Aldous Huxley




The past is a guidepost, not a

hitching post.

L. Thomas Holdcroft




There is nothing wrong with making a

mistake as long as you don’t follow it up

with encores.

Unknown




Being clear with yourself

opens the way for being

more clear with others in the way

you feel and think.

Unknown


Thinking and Communicating with Clarity and Precision


Be careful of your

thoughts and you can change your

world.

NormanV. Peale




Words are, of course, the most powerful

drug used by mankind.

Rudyard Kipling




It is good to rub and polish our

brain against that of others.

Michael De Montaigne




It is not easy to describe the sea without the

mouth.

Kokyu


Gathering Data Through All Senses


Observe perpetually.

Henry Hames




Our senses are indeed our doors and windows on this world. In a very real sense

they are the keys to unlocking the meaning of life

around us.

Jean Houston




Tell me, and I’ll forget. Show me, and I may

remember. Involve me, and I’ll understand.

Native American Proverb




Creativity – the power to connect the seemingly

unconnected.

William Plomer


Creating, Imagining, Innovating Creativity


Imagination is the

highest kite one can fly.

Lauren Bacall




Creativity is not the finding

of a thing, but making

something out of it after it is

found.

James R. Lowell




Creativity is allowing

oneself to make mistakes. Art

is knowing which ones to

keep.

Lou Dorfsman




Disgust and Resolve are two

of the great emotions that lead to change.

Jim Rohn


Responding with Wonderment and Awe


People do their best work

when they are passionately

engaged in what they are doing.

Erie S. Raymond




Observe what is with undivided

awareness.

Bruce Lee




The most beautiful experience in

the world is the experience of the

mysterious.

A. Einstein




Only those who risk going

too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

T.S. Eliot


Taking Responsible Risks


The way to develop

self-confidence is to do the

thing you fear.

William Jennings

Bryan




He who is not courageous enough to

take risks will accomplish

nothing.

Muhammad Ali




To win without risk is to triumph without glory.

PierreCorneille




What you risk reveals what

you value.

Jeanette Winterson




Only those who will risk going too far can

possibly find out how far one can go.

T. S. Eliot




Sometimes you just have to take a leap and build your wings on the way down.

Kobi Yamada




Our five senses are incomplete without the

sixth – a sense of humour.

Unknown


Finding Humour


The best sense of humour

belongs to the man who can laugh at

himself.

Audrey Pihulyk


Finding Humour


Pain is inevitable, but misery is optional, so stick a

geranium in your hat and

be happy.

Barbara Johnson


Finding Humour


Humour is mankind’s greatest blessing.

Mark Twain


Finding Humour


Against the assault of laughter, nothing can

stand.

Mark Twain


Finding Humour


Talent wins games but teamwork

and intelligence wins

championships.

Michael Jordan


Thinking Interdependently


Coming together is the beginning. Keeping together

is progress. Working together

is success.

H Ford




Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful,

committed citizens can change the

world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that

ever has.

Margaret Mead




It is good to rub and polish our

brain against that of others.

Michael De Montaigne




The top of the hill is but the bottom of another mountain.

Ankit Jamwal


Remaining Open to Continuous Learning


Just when thecaterpillar

thought that life was over. It became a butterfly.

Unknown




There is no finish line in learning. The more I learn,

the less I know.

Unknown




The beautiful thing about learning is

that nobody can take it away from

you.

BB King




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