The Federation of Jewish Women's Organization of Maryland

"Time is at once the most valuable and the most perishable of all our possessions."~ John Randolph

"The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or woman is able to do that counts."~ Booker T. Washington ~

"If you're climbing the ladder of life, you go rung by rung, one step at a time. Don't look too far up, set your goals high but take one step at a time. Sometimes you don't think you're progressing until you step back and see how high you've really gone."~ Donny Osmond

"If, before going to bed every night, you will tear a page from the calendar, and remark, "there goes another day of my life, never to return," you will become time conscious."~ A. B. Zu Tavern

"People wait for opportunity to come along...yet it is there every morning."~ Dennis the Menace

"There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other."~ Douglas Everett

"You will never FIND time for anything. If you want time, you must MAKE it."~ Charles Bixton

"The idea is to make decisions and act on them -- to decide what is important to accomplish, to decide how something can best be accomplished, to find time to work at it and to get it done."~ Karen Kakascik

"The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them."~ George Bernard Shaw ~

"When I am delivering my very best, then that is when I feel successful."~ Art Fettig

"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful."~ Albert Schweitzer

"Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out..."~ Robert Collier

"I've always felt it was not up to anyone else to make me give my best."~ Akeem Olajuwon ~

"Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well."~ John W. Gardner

"Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend."~ Laertius Diogenes

"Successful people are successful because they form the habits of doing those things that failures don't like to do."~ Albert Gray

"It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are."~ Roy Disney

"The history of the world is full of men who rose to leadership, by sheer force of self-confidence, bravery and tenacity."~ Mahatma Gandhi

"Be ready when opportunity comes. Luck is the time when preparation and opportunity meet."~ Roy D. Chapin Jr.

"The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them."~ George Bernard Shaw

"Success is not forever and failure isn't fatal."~ Don Shula

"Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it."~ Lou Holtz

"Skill in the art of communication is crucial to a leader's success. He can accomplish nothing unless he can communicate effectively."~ Norman Allen

"The reality of life is that your perceptions -- right or wrong -- influence everything else you do. When you get a proper perspective of your perceptions, you may be surprised how many other things fall into place."~ Roger Birkman

"Without goals, and plans to reach them, you are like a ship that has set sail with no destination."~ Fitzhugh Dodson

"The beginning is the most important part of the work."~ Plato

"What is the recipe for successful achievement? To my mind there are just four essential ingredients: Choose a career you love, give it the best there is in you, seize your opportunities, and be a member of the team."~ Benjamin F. Fairless

"There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, learning from failure."~ Colin Powell

"To will is to select a goal, determine a course of action that will bring one to that goal, and then hold to that action until the goal is reached. The key is action."~ Michael Hanson

"Skill in the art of communication is crucial to a leader's success. He can accomplish nothing unless he can communicate effectively."~ Norman Allen