Guest Speaker at our breakfast meeting on Friday 12/10/21, Terry Morris, of Morris International, gave us some 'one liners' he has found helpful during his distinguished career as entrepreneur and businessman.
Over the years, I have picked up some thoughts and gems that have been very helpful in keeping me focussed.
Let me share some with you:
One liners:
- What the mind can conceive and believe it will achieve.
- Always look on the bright side of life.
- The journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.
- Knowledge is no burden to carry.
- Waste not want not.
- A job worth doing is a job worth doing properly.
- Honesty is the best policy.
- Associate with successful people.
- Plan your work and work your plan.
- Get in over your head and swim like hell.
- Dream a big dream. They have away of coming true.
- It's hard by the yard but a cinch by the inch.
- Nothing succeeds like success.
- Want to make a rabbit stew? First of all catch the rabbit.
- Bird in hand.
- Make a list of what you have to do today and do it and remember people without lists are listless.
- Procrastination is the thief of time.
- Time wounds all heels.
- A partnership is the hardest ship to sail.
- Figures can lie and liars can figure.
- I don't mind extravagance but i hate waste.
- Evolution not revolution.
- You never get a second chance to make a first impression.
- Learn the magic of compound interest.
- You can't go broke making a profit.
- Money talks and bullshit walks.
- The lead dog is the only one who gets a change of scenery.
- Tap dancers make a lot of noise but don't go anywhere. Learn to recognise them.
- Too much wishbone, not enough backbone.
- Life is not a rehearsal for when the big black station wagon pulls up they are not practising.
- On reaching an age milestone such as 40, 50 or 60 think to yourself, it sure beats the hell out of the alternative.
- Two men looking out through prison bars. One looked down and saw mud. The other looked up and saw stars.
- On the way up you buy money with time. When you get there, you buy time with money.
- Better to give with a warm hand than a cold one.
- Attitude is everything. These one liners have been invaluable to me. A positive attitude has also been an enormous help.