We carry a line of inspirational books in the store from Compendium. We love these books, and we love sharing them, because no matter what our line of work, or what part of the path we find ourselves on we all need to be inspired to think bigger, more creatively, more passionately, more humanely. Even when the world seems to be in a tail spin, we are the solution and together we must continue to remind each other of that fact. Come get inspired! We will keep a running log here of the quotations we use on the web…the majority of which will be found on our shelves.
Believe it! High expectations are the key to everything. Sam Walton
11/5 I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot…and misssed. I have failed over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. Michael Jordan
10-23-…..a little thing, a random act of kindness. But its the “little things” that make this life worthwhile and help put all those “big things” in their place. Jens Carlson (read more …‘Lunch Thursday’ )
10-13-08 BE BOLD IN WHAT YOU STAND FOR. RUTH BOORSTIN
10-11-08 "We are not going to succeed in everything we attempt in life. That’s a guarantee. In fact, the more we do in life, the more chance there is not to succeed in some things. But what a rich life we are having! Win or lose, we just keep winning." Susan Jeffers
"You alone, of all the animals, have the ability to reconstruct what has gone before, to learn from it, and to envision the future shape of things to come. What a faculty! Why waste it on meaningless pursuits? " Don Ward
"The Problems of the world cannot be solved by skeptics or cynics….we need men and women who can dream of things that never were". John F. Kennedy
"Take out your brain and jump on it – it gets all caked up". Mark Twain
"One person may supply the idea for a company, community or nation, but what gives the idea its force is a community of dreams". Andre Malraux
"We can scare ourselves or inspire ourselves….We are the architects of our own attitudes and experiences. We design the world by the way we choose to see it". Barry Neil Kaufman
"When you come to the edge of all the light you have, and must take a step into the darkness of the unknown, believe that one of two things will happen. Either there will be something solid for you to stand on- or you will be taught how to fly." Patrick Overton
"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns."
George Eliot
"The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch swing with, never say a word, then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation that you ever had." Anonymous
"I dared to dream big dreams, and then I willed them to happen, I’m convinced that most people can achieve their dreams and beyond if they have the determination to keep trying." Howard Schultz.
"I’M ALWAYS DOING THINGS I CAN’T DO…THAT’S HOW I GET TO DO THEM". PABLO PICASSO
