Motivational Quotes

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Permalink Reply by Bryan Armstrong on August 15, 2008 at 9:22am

One more:
"The harder you work,the luckier you get." ???????ME??????

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Permalink Reply by Joe Webb on August 18, 2008 at 10:25am

I don't know if the quote is motivational, but my father always says...
Kiss it until you can kick it.

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Permalink Reply by Bryan Armstrong on August 18, 2008 at 11:11am

lol
Sometimes a Fathers wisdom may not be P.C.,but it is usually "real world" applicable.
My grandfather,when asked what he was doing, often replied "milking chickens".When I finally was old enough and brave enough,I inquired as to what it meant.
He explained "it's when you're busy as hell but not getting a thing done".
Old Idaho farmer wisdom...don't try to milk chickens, it's confusing to them and frustrating to you!

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Permalink Reply by Paul Rushing on August 18, 2008 at 12:42pm

That reminds me of two that my uncle an I used when we were slipping off the farm to usually go buy fish supplies or reloading supplies.

"Gotta go see a man about a dog"

-and -

"We are going to get a board out of the road."

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Permalink Reply by Joe Webb on August 18, 2008 at 2:03pm

When someone tells of their achievement or success for the day (I sold two cars, I made a big deal on a used, etc.), our Used Vehicle Manager always says...
"Good. You can come to work tomorrow."

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Permalink Reply by Matt Watson on August 18, 2008 at 6:56pm

And when they do a crappy job ask them

"How long have you worked here... not including today?"

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Permalink Reply by Ralph Paglia on August 19, 2008 at 12:15am

Whenever I am working with someone and we disagree on something, and both of us think we are right (never happens in this business), I like to point out something that William Wrigley, the chewing gum tycoon was fond of saying: "If I have 2 vice presidents that always agree, then I have 1 too many vice presidents!"

And since so many people are posting what their fathers liked to sya, here's one I heard my dad say a lot over the years: "Son, you can't get out of trouble unless you're willing to get into it..." I have heard him say that at least 100 times and it always seems to mean something different!

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Permalink Reply by Paul Rushing on August 19, 2008 at 3:41am

Speaking of father quotes....

"Do as I say, not as I do" - Dad
Heck I find myself using that on now.

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Permalink Reply by J.C. Hurst on August 19, 2008 at 6:31pm

EXCELLENT topic Bryan!

I really enjoy Mark Twain's quotes and opinions, (Samuel Clemens). Not all are "motivational", but they sure do make you think.


The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.


I'll forget the Lord's middle name sometime, right in the midst of a storm, when I need all the help I can get.


It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either.


When we do not know a person--and also when we do--we have to judge his size by the size and nature of his achievements, as compared with the achievements of others in his special line of business--there is no other way.


Do not tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don't tell them where they know the fish.


Do something every day that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.

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Permalink Reply by Joe Webb on August 20, 2008 at 7:03am

If we are throwing out Mark Twain quotes, I've always loved one in particular. (I even was able to use it in a sketch comedy scene I wrote and performed at Second City a while back).
"It is better to deserve honors and not receive them, than receive honors and not deserve them."

And if we are still contributing quotes from fathers, here is one that regards work ethic he always used - "Head down, shovel full"

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Permalink Reply by J.C. Hurst on August 21, 2008 at 9:14pm

AWESOME! (I dig the "father" quote too)...

Here's some more Twain:

PATRIOTISM -

In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.

PESSIMISM -

It is easy to find fault, if one has that disposition. There was once a man who, not being able to find any other fault with his coal, complained that there were too many prehistoric toads in it.

The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little.

RUSSIA -

Of course I know that the properest way to demolish the Russian throne would be by revolution. But it is not possible to get up a revolution there; so the only thing left to do, apparently, is to keep the throne vacant by dynamite until a day when candidates shall decline with thanks.

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Permalink Reply by Ray McGowan on October 15, 2008 at 1:33pm

I have had this in my wallet for years. Each day I went to the dealership it was always about the people I managed. I would be nothing if it weren't for the people who fought on the front line for me (my salespeople).

"Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys.
Look on them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death!"

- Sun Tzu, the Art of War

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