Inspirational Quotes

1. Inspire to Reach Higher Lite Edition: A-Z Empowering Quotes that
I.N.S.P.I.R.E.
By Amey Hegde
Copyright Amey Hegde 2012
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This book is dedicated to
My parents Mangala and Suresh, my wife Jyoti, and my daughter Aditi
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Acknowledgements:
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First and foremost, I would like to express my gratitude to the great thinkers and
leadership gurus whose quotations I have presented through this book. I am thankful to
various authors, publishing houses, estates and trusts for graciously granting
permission to reproduce quotations from material owned by them. I am also grateful to
http://www.freedigitalphotos.net for the use of all the photos in this book. Finally, I
would like to thank Laurie Magers, Executive Assistant to Zig Ziglar for taking the time
to patiently go through all the quotes in the book and provide valuable inputs regarding
grammar and punctuation.
Partial list of acknowledgements follow. If by any chance I have omitted to give credit
where it is due, it is purely accidental and if pointed out, the error would definitely be
rectified in future editions.

3. Partial List of Acknowledgements:
Quotes by Bob Urichuck reprinted with permission. Visit www.bobu.com
Quotes by Brian Tracy, reprinted with permission from Brian Tracy International
copyright 2001-2012
Brian Tracy is the most listened to audio author on personal and business success in
the world today. His fast-moving talks and seminars on leadership, sales, managerial
effectiveness and business strategy are loaded with powerful, proven ideas and
strategies that people can immediately apply to get better results in every area. For
more information, please go to www.briantracy.com
Quotes by Dale Carnegie reprinted with permission of Dale Carnegie & Associates,
New York. Visit www.dalecarnegie.com
Quotes by Daniel Goleman reprinted with permission. Daniel Goleman is an
internationally known psychologist who lectures frequently to professional groups,
business audiences, and on college campuses. His 1995 book, Emotional Intelligence
was on The New York Times bestseller list for a year and a half, with more than
5,000,000 copies in print worldwide in 40 languages, and has been a bestseller in
many countries. For more information, please go to http://danielgoleman.info
Quotes by Jim Rohn, America's Foremost Business Philosopher, reprinted with
permission from Jim Rohn International copyright 2012.
As a world-renowned author and success expert, Jim Rohn touched millions of lives
during his 46-year career as a motivational speaker and messenger of positive life
change.
For more information on Jim and his popular personal achievement resources or to
subscribe to the weekly Jim Rohn Newsletter, visit www.JimRohn.com
Mother Teresa’s words copyright Missionaries of Charity c/o Mother Teresa Center.
Used with permission.
Quotes by Paulo Coelho reprinted with permission.
Quote by Ralph Marston Copyright 1998 Ralph S. Marston, Jr. Used by permission.
Originally published in "The Daily Motivator" at www.dailymotivator.com
Quotes by Paul J. Meyer reprinted with permission from The Meyer Resource Group,
Inc.
Quotes by Robin Sharma reprinted with permission of Sharma Leadership
International Inc. copyright 2012. Visit www.robinsharma.com
Quotes by Viktor Frankl reprinted with permission from the Estate of Viktor Frankl,
Vienna, Austria, Europe. Visit http://www.viktorfrankl.org
Quotes by Zig Ziglar, reprinted with permission from Ziglar, Inc.
“The Master of Motivation” Zig Ziglar has been described as “One of America’s Icons,”
“the salesman’s salesman” and “A legacy that will forever impact our history.” Helping
people to achieve long-term balanced success based on his philosophy of character,
attitude and skills, he has impacted more than a quarter billion people and continues to
make a difference in the lives of those who act on his philosophy. For more
information, please go to www.ziglar.com

4. Image Credits
Section Image Credit
Cover nattavut / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Attitude Salvatore Vuono / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Belief BJWOK / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Change Danilo Rizzuti / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Dreams chanpipat / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Excellence Stuart Miles / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Focus Ambro / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Gratitude Felixco, Inc. / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Harmony dan / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Individuality and Uniqueness David Castillo Dominici / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Joy and Happiness Danilo Rizzuti / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Kindness and Appreciation twobee / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Learning basketman / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Motivation tungphoto / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Never Give Up (Perseverance) porbital / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Obstacles and Failure chrisroll / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Positive Attitude photostock / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Questioning Stuart Miles / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Relationships jscreationzs / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Success phanlop88 / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Time Management photostock / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Understanding Ambro / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
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Wealth and Money digitalart / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
X pectation jscreationzs / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Yearning (Desire) M - Pics / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Zig Ziglar: Inspiring Words from the Master of Motivation Ziglar, Inc

5. Table of Contents
Introduction
Attitude
Belief
Change
Dreams
Excellence
Focus
Gratitude
Harmony
Individuality and Uniqueness
Joy and Happiness
Kindness and Appreciation
Learning
Motivation
Never Give Up (Perseverance)
Obstacles and Failure
Positive Attitude
Questioning
Relationships
Success
Time Management
Understanding
Vision and Purpose
Wealth and Money
X pectation
Yearning (Desire)
Zig Ziglar: Inspiring Words from the Master of Motivation
About the Author
Trainings Offered by Amey

6. Introduction
As an inspirational speaker I am often amazed by the power that lies in a single
quotation to transform someone’s life. Let me illustrate this by means of a true story
shared by my aunt’s uncle, Mr. Surendra Pai, in his own words.
Around 25 years back, I was posted in USA as Regional Purchase Manager (USA &
Canada), Air-India. One day Mr. Vidya Shankar came to see me in my office at New
York. While sharing the story of his misfortune he said, “I am an aeronautical engineer
from Bangalore. But my bad luck is that I have to work as a sales person in a company
which deals in the business of buying and selling of aircraft spares,” he had come to
USA with the hope of making a career in aeronautics, but he could not get a good job
in his line.
I shared a quote that I had read somewhere with him.
“You should like the job you do and do the job that you like.”
Thereafter I returned to Mumbai, India. It was exactly after five years that I got a call
from Mr. Vidya Shankar.
“I am in Mumbai and would like to see you” he said, I went to meet him in the hotel he
was staying in. He presented me with an expensive gift and said “I remember your
words which you told me when I had come to see you in your office in New York. As
per your advice I started taking full interest in aircraft spares. Today I am an expert in
spares. Part numbers are no more dead numbers for me. They talk to me. I can make
out which system they belong to. Every alphabet and number has a meaning for me. I
became so much involved in my job that today I have started a company of my own. All
this was possible because of your words which have become a source of inspiration for
me.”
This just goes to show that good quotes, though short, can be profound and have the
power to transform one’s life and one’s thoughts. Empowering quotes “I.N.S.P.I.R.E.”
us to reach higher. They:
I nfuse positive energy and zest for life
N urture new ideas and visions
S ummarize complex concepts and ideologies
P rovide us with a new perspective of seeing things
I nspire us to have dreams
R eveal the mindsets of successful people
E ncourage us in times of despair
This book contains handpicked quotations by top thinkers and leaders such as
Mahatma Gandhi, Jim Rohn, Mother Teresa, Brian Tracy, Dale Carnegie, Paulo
Coelho, Robin Sharma, Daniel Goleman, Zig Ziglar and other great minds thoughtfully
arranged in alphabetically ordered sections to remind us of our inner strengths and
abilities. I am sure the empowering quotes in this book will inspire you to reach higher
and realize your true potential…
-Amey Hegde

7. The Quotes

8. Attitude
Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.
Zig Ziglar
A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.
Mahatma Gandhi
...Everything can be taken from a man but one thing; the last of the human
freedoms; to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose
one's own way.
Viktor Frankl
You can’t tailor-make the situations in life, but you can tailor-make the attitudes
to fit those situations before they arise.
Zig Ziglar
How you think affects how you act, and this in turn affects what you get.
Amey Hegde

9. Focus
Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays
do not burn until brought to a focus.
Alexander Graham Bell
Your ability to select your most important task, to begin it, and then to
concentrate on it single-mindedly until it is complete is the key to high levels of
performance and personal productivity.
Brian Tracy
Determine what specific goal you want to achieve. Then dedicate yourself to its
attainment with unswerving singleness of purpose, the trenchant zeal of a
crusader.
Paul J. Meyer
The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire, not
things we fear.
Brian Tracy
When you focus your efforts, you develop laser-like energy to cut through any
task.
Amey Hegde

10. Gratitude
There is no better opportunity to receive more than to be thankful for
what you already have.
Jim Rohn
I had no shoes and complained, until I met a man who had no feet.
Persian Proverb
We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something
we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.
Frederick Keonig
The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more you will have to
express gratitude for.
Zig Ziglar
Take note and give thanks for all the good things present in your life.
Amey Hegde

11. Individuality and Uniqueness
You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.
Zig Ziglar
You will make a lousy anybody else, but you are the best “you” in existence.
Zig Ziglar
…in all the woods and forests, God did not create a single leaf the same as any
other… People go against nature because they lack the courage to be different.
Paulo Coelho, Veronika Decides to Die
Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life... Therein he cannot be
replaced, nor can his life be repeated. Thus, everyone’s task is as unique as is
his specific opportunity to implement it.
Viktor Frankl
You are special and unique; accept and embrace your uniqueness.
Amey Hegde

12. Never Give Up (Perseverance)
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by
people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at
all.
Dale Carnegie
When I have finally decided that a result is worth getting, I go ahead on it and
make trial after trial until it comes.
Thomas Edison
This I do know beyond any reasonable doubt. Regardless of what you are doing,
if you pump long enough, hard enough and enthusiastically enough, sooner or
later the effort will bring forth the reward.
Zig Ziglar
Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to
success when they gave up.
Thomas Edison
Realize that when you feel like giving up, you may just be inches away from the
winning line.
Amey Hegde

13. Obstacles and Failure
You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you
had to overcome to reach your goals.
Booker T. Washington
I haven’t failed. I’ve found 10,000 ways that don’t work.
Thomas Edison, when inventing the first commercial light bulb.
You become stronger with every problem you face and every obstacle you
overcome.
Unknown
We all need lots of powerful long-range goals to help us past the short-term
obstacles.
Jim Rohn
From every failure, learn what you can do differently in order to succeed.
Amey Hegde

14. Positive Attitude
Positive thinking won’t let you do anything, but it will let you do
everything... better than negative thinking will.
Zig Ziglar
Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true.
Brian Tracy
Two men looked out from prison bars. One saw the mud, the other saw the stars.
Unknown
Look for the good in every person and every situation. You'll almost always find
it.
Brian Tracy
The positive thinker seeks to answer the question "how can I do it?", rather than
simply saying "it can't be done."
Amey Hegde

15. Relationships
The best way to make your spouse and children feel secure is not
with big deposits in bank accounts, but with little deposits of
thoughtfulness and affection in the “love account.”
Zig Ziglar
What counts in making a happy relationship is not so much how compatible you
are but how you deal with incompatibility.
Daniel Goleman
If you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they
decide upon, you will have succeeded as a parent and you will have given your
children the greatest of all blessings.
Brian Tracy
Your family and your love must be cultivated like a garden. Time, effort, and
imagination must be summoned constantly to keep any relationship flourishing
and growing.
Jim Rohn
Ensure that people who matter to you always feel cared for and accepted.
Amey Hegde

16. Time Management
Focus your time and energy on those important 20% of tasks and
activities that will give you 80% of the results.
Pareto Principle (80-20 rule)
Every minute spent in planning saves as many as ten minutes in execution.
Brian Tracy
Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour
days.
Zig Ziglar
Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.
Dale Carnegie
Determine what your top priorities in life are and keep aside sufficient time for
them in your schedule.
Amey Hegde

17. Vision and Purpose
If you want to reach a goal, you must "see the reaching" in your own
mind before you actually arrive at your goal.
Zig Ziglar
All successful people, men and women, are big dreamers. They imagine what
their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward
their distant vision, that goal or purpose.
Brian Tracy
We all have something that we are meant to do. Your genius will shine through,
and happiness will fill your life, the instant you discover your higher purpose
and then direct all your energies towards it.
Robin Sharma
If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's
plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.
Jim Rohn
Form a clear mental vision of your ideal life before you start taking action to
achieve it.
Amey Hegde

18. Yearning (Desire)
The only real limitation on what you can accomplish is the level of
intensity of your desire. If you really want something badly enough,
there are almost no limits on what you can achieve.
Brian Tracy
A burning desire is the greatest motivator of every human action.
Paul J. Meyer
When you find your heart’s desire, you’ll have the key to unlocking your
potential in every other part of your life.
Brian Tracy
Humans have the remarkable ability to get exactly what they must have. But
there is a difference between a "must" and a "want."
Jim Rohn
When you really want something deeply and take massive action, you can
achieve wonders.
Amey Hegde

19. Zig Ziglar: Inspiring Words from the Master of Motivation
This section is a tribute to my idol, the legendary Zig Ziglar.
Keep on inspiring, Zig...
Amey Hegde
When your image improves, your performance improves.
Zig Ziglar
The most practical, beautiful, workable philosophy in the world won’t work – if
you won’t.
Zig Ziglar
You cannot solve a problem until you acknowledge that you have one and
accept responsibility for solving it.
Zig Ziglar
You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other
people get what they want.
Zig Ziglar

20. About the Author:
Amey Hegde is an Internationally Certified Corporate Behavioral Trainer, Motivational
Speaker & Management Consultant.
Amey’s academic qualifications include Post Graduate Studies in Behavioral Sciences
Training (PGCPBST) & graduate studies in Electronics & Telecom Engineering from
Goa Engineering College. He has also been trained by eminent faculty from IITs, IISc
Bangalore & SIBM Pune in areas of technology & management.
Amey has been trained to use international concepts of Edward de Bono’s Six
Thinking Hats® and Lateral Thinking™, Facilitation Skills to Crestcom® standards, and
Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP). He is also certified to administer and debrief the
internationally acclaimed psychometric assessment Thinking Pattern Profile™. Amey
has over eleven years of work experience in several MNCs & Fortune 100 companies
in Europe and India with a varied cultural exposure while working with teams from
USA, Canada, Germany, Japan & China and before stepping out into the
entrepreneurial training field, was last working at Wipro Technologies, Bangalore.
Amey has trained thousands - Directors, GMs, plant heads, senior HR managers,
trainers, executives, teachers, doctors, professionals, entrepreneurs and students from
hundreds of organizations on various topics to enhance their personal & professional
productivity. Amey has also conducted training needs identification & analysis
programs, one-on-one coaching interventions and psychometric assessments for
various employees. Visit http://ameyhegde.in

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