We Must Do....

I gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which I must stop and look fear in the face...I say to myself, I've lived through this and can take the next thing that comes along...
We must do the things we think we cannot do.

~Eleanor Roosevelt

What You Are...

Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.

~St. Francis De Sales

Feeling Tall

The better we feel about ourselves, the fewer times we have to knock somebody else down to feel tall.

~Odetta

What You Think Of Yourself...

What you think of yourself is far more important than what others think of you.  

There will be days when people will try to tear you down. Don't let them win. Hold your head high, walk proudly, and remember when you've done the best you can do, there is nothing anyone can say to take that away from you. 

Keep the song in your heart, and memorize it well. Play it over and over; soon others will take notice and look up to you. Some may even ask you for advice. 

You have what it takes to succeed. You're a person of integrity, wisdom, and faith. If nagging doubts ever enter your mind, the kind where you question if what you're doing is right, pause for a moment, close your eyes, and just do what you need to do...believe, believe, believe.  

~Kris Ackerman

Confidence

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

~Eleanor Roosevelt

Strength And Confidence

I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence, but it comes from within.  It is there all the time.

~Anna Freud

My Mask

I keep my mask right with me, everywhere I go,

In case I might need to wear it, so that me doesn’t show.

I’m so afraid to show you me; afraid of what you’ll do –

You might laugh at me, or say mean things, or I might even lose you.

I’d like to take my mask off, to let you look at me.

I want you to try to understand, and please love what you see.

So if you’ll be patient and close your eyes, I’ll pull it off, very slow.

Please understand how much it hurts to let the real me show.

Now my mask is taken off – I feel naked, bare and cold.

If you still love what you see, you’re my friend pure as gold.

But, I want to save my mask and hold it in my hand.

I need to keep it handy in case someone else doesn’t understand.

Please protect me, my new friend; and thank you for loving me true.

But please, let me keep my mask with me, until I love me, too.

~Author unknown but greatly appreciated

Sales Producers

Confidence and enthusiasm are the greatest sales producers in any kind of economy.

~O. B. Smith