Introduction
FOCUS – “The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything.” Warren Buffet
VALUES – We hope you enjoy these quotes for each of the Better Lives Values. The quotations are just as we received them, hence the parentheses in the last quote!
SUPPORT FOR OWNERSHIP
HOME – “In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don’t try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.” Lao Tzu
HEALTH – “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” Hippocrates
RESPONSIBILITY – “Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.” Winston Churchill
OWNERSHIP – “Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.” Langston Hughes
SPIRIT OF GOODWILL
GRATITUDE – “Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.” Plato
CARING – “People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” John C. Maxwell
TRUST – “Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.” Henry David Thoreau, Walden
GOODWILL – “If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” Dalai Lama
SKILL FOR WISDOM AND LEADERSHIP
EDUCATION – “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” Benjamin Franklin
PRODUCTIVITY – “All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride.” W. Edwards Deming
INCOME – “Invest in the family’s home, health and education, and in productive assets like ideas, facilities and equipment to grow happiness, wealth and income.” Chris Wade
WISDOM AND LEADERSHIP – “Go to the people. Live with them. Learn from them. Love them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. But with the best leaders, when the work is done, the task accomplished, the people will say ‘We have done this ourselves.” Lao Tzu
SUCCESS FOR PURPOSE
CONFIDENCE – “I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.” Henry David Thoreau, Walden: Or, Life in the Woods
COURAGE – “Continuous effort – not strength or intelligence – is the key to unlocking our potential.” Winston Churchill
ASSISTANCE – “If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one.” Mother Teresa
PURPOSE – “But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man (or woman) and the life he (or she) leads?” Albert Camus