Quotes on Monday Morning

When I woke up this morning my girlfriend asked me, 'Did you sleep good?' I said 'No, I made a few mistakes.'

Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.

The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, 'How is the president?'

Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.

Happiness is a state of mind. It's just according to the way you look at things.

Dressing well is a form of good manners.

Thank God for the battle verses in the Bible. We go into the unknown every day of our lives, and especially every Monday morning, for the week is sure to be a battlefield, outwardly and inwardly in the unseen life of the spirit, which is often by far the sternest battlefield for souls. Either way, the Lord your God goes before you, He shall fight for you!

Don't equate activity with efficiency. You are paying your key people to see the big picture. Don't let them get bogged down in a lot of meaningless meetings and paper shuffling. Announce a Friday afternoon off once in a while. Cancel a Monday morning meeting or two. Tell the cast of characters you'd like them to spend the amount of time normally spent preparing for attending the meeting at their desks, simply thinking about an original idea.

This morning did you wake up to an alarm clock or an opportunity clock?

Moreover, metaphor is typically viewed as characteristic of language alone, a matter of words rather than thought or action. For this reason, most people think they can get along perfectly well without metaphor. We have found, on the contrary, that metaphor is pervasive in everyday life, not just in language but in thought and action. Our ordinary conceptual system, in terms of which we both think and act, is fundamentally metaphorical in nature.

I knew I became a professional when I stop paying attention to what time it was.

I miss Saturday morning, rolling out of bed, not shaving, getting into my car with my girls, driving to the supermarket, squeezing the fruit, getting my car washed, taking walks.

In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with his legs.

Working hard becomes a habit, a serious kind of fun. You get self-satisfaction from pushing your self to the limit, knowing that all the effort is going to pay off.

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.

You don't need a scale to tell you whether you're allowed to like yourself today. You are. You belong here. No matter what you weigh, you deserve joy and happiness.

When you think everything is someone else's fault, you will suffer a lot.

No matter where you're from, your dreams are valid.

Before you leave the house, look in the mirror and remove one accessory.

Careers, like rockets, don't always take off on schedule. The key is to keep working the engines.