S.U.M.M.I.T. Leadership

The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender. - Vince Lombardi

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will. - Vince Lombardi

Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon. - Denis Waitley You become what you think about. Visualize what you want. See it & feel it. Believe it.

As soon as you start to feel differently about what you already have, you will start to attract more of the good things, more of the things you can be grateful for. - Joe Vitale Life is what we make it.  We tend to get more of what we give and what we expect. Positive thoughts bring positive results.  Start now, make today great!

This is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love; the more they give, the more they possess. -  Rainer Maria Rilke May the love hidden deep inside your heart find the love waiting in your dreams. May the laughter that you find in your tomorrow wipe away the pain you find in your yesterdays.

Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop the picture...Do not build up obstacles in your imagination. - Norman Vincent Peale

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence. -Confucius

If you are not making the progress that you would like to make and are capable of making, it is simply because your goals are not clearly defined. Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning and focused effort - Paul J. Meyer

You and I are essentially infinite choice-makers. In every moment of our existence, we are in that field of all possibilities where we have access to an infinity of choices. - Deepak Chopra Choosing the right responses to things can truly make the difference in your attitude and outcomes you experience. Choose wisely and create the outcomes that benefit you. Make today great!

The ultimate reason for setting goals is to entice you to become the person it takes to achieve them. -  Jim Rohn

Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that's true strength. Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out if they've got a second. Give your dreams all you've got and you'll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you. It always seems impossible until it is done. How long should you try? Until you succeed! Greatness is the ability to accomplish things even when others say you cannot!

If you believe in faith and keep speaking victory, favor, health and wholeness, you will see positive changes begin to happen in your life. You will reap a good harvest from the seeds you are sowing. - Joel Osteen

How you think about a problem is more important than the problem itself. So always think positively. - Norman Vincent Peale Unexpected circumstances can be thrown at you, but what is the thing that counts most in these situations? What counts most is how you react to what happens to you, especially when you have unexpected problems of any kind.  A Positive Mental Attitude is indispensable to your success. You can be as positive as you want to be if you will simply think about the future, focus on the solution and look for the good. If you do what other successful people do, if you use your mind to exert mental control over the situation, you will be positive and cheerful most of the time. And you will reap the benefits enjoyed by all successful people.

Circumstances do not make the man. They merely reveal him to himself. - Epictetus

Guts are a combination of confidence, courage, conviction, strength of character, stick-to-itiveness, pugnaciousness, backbone, and intestinal fortitude. They are mandatory for anyone who wants to get to and stay at the top. - D. A. Benton There is great pleasure in achieving and succeeding when others say you cannot. The goal is not to never fail, but to be able to pick yourself up after a failure, learn from it...and move on.  With enough patience and perseverance...soon your difficulties and obstacles will disappear.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. –David Brinkley

Think big and don't listen to people who tell you it can't be done. Life's too short to think small. -  Tim Ferriss

Dream. Dream big. Make them crystal clear in your mind. If you're having trouble staying focused on them...they're probably not big enough to motivate you and help pull you through. Believe in yourself and in your dreams.  Believe you can and will achieve them. Believe you deserve to achieve them. Now DO something about it! Small achievable wins can catapult you on your way. Start today! Make it great!

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies. – Martin Luther King Jr

Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. – Martin Luther King Jr

There is one quality which one have to possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it. -  Napoleon Hill

You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win. - Zig Ziglar Winners have the ability to look at every situation with an expectation that they can make it work...or make it better! Make today a great day!

People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.  - Norman Vincent Peale Magic is believing in yourself...If you can do that, you can make anything happen.  Believe in yourself, believe in your dreams. Believe you deserve to achieve them. Believe you can...and you will. Set a plan and take action. Start now. Make today great!

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said. - Peter Drucker

This is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love; the more they give, the more they possess. -  Rainer Maria Rilke

You get the best out of others when you give the best of yourself. - Harvey S. Firestone

Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough. - Og Mandino Dream big enough that it will engulf all you do. Find a purpose to achieve that will pull you through. Believe and stay focused, take action each day.  For where you have will...you'll find a way!

The key to life is to become skillful enough to be able to do rewarding things. - Jim Rohn Do what you love and love what you do! It truly makes a difference...so you can make a difference! Make it a great day!

The reality of life is that your perceptions - right or wrong -  influence everything else you do.  When you get a proper  perspective of your perceptions, you may be surprised how  many other things fall into place. - Roger Birkman

Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game. - Voltaire

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence. -Confucius Excellence can be obtained if you care more than others think is wise, risk more than others think is safe, dream more than others think is practical and expect more than others think is possible.

The big challenge is to become all that you have the possibility of becoming. You cannot believe what it does to the human spirit to maximize your human potential and stretch yourself to the limit. - Jim Rohn

Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it. - Jack Canfield

Winning is not a sometime thing, it's an all time thing. You don't win once in a while, you don't do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit.  -  Vince Lombardi The real winners in life are the people who look at every situation with an expectation that they can make it work or make it better. Make it great!

Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. - Norman Vincent Peale Believe in yourself, believe in your dreams. Believe you deserve to achieve them. Believe you can...and you will. Set a plan and take action. Start now. Make today great!

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.- Winston Churchill Change the way you see things, and you will have the power to change your world.

Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon. - Denis Waitley You become what you think about. Visualize what you want. See it & feel it. Believe it.

The world is a great mirror. It reflects back to you what you are. If you are loving, if you are friendly, if you are helpful, the world will prove loving and friendly and helpful to you. The world is what you are. -Thomas Dreier Life is what we make it.  We tend to get more of what we give and what we expect. Positive thoughts bring positive results.  Start now, make today great!

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any. - Alice Walker Believe in yourself, believe in your dreams!  Realize that you don't have to look outside yourself for strength...it is there all the time.

The loudest and most influential voice you hear is your own inner voice, your "self critic". It can work for you or against you, depending on the messages you allow. It can be pessimistic or optimistic. It can wear you down or cheer you on. You control the sender and the receiver, but only if you consciously take responsibility and control of your inner conversation. - Keith Harrell Realize how good you really are.

Be kind and merciful. Let no one ever come to you without coming away better and happier. - Mother Teresa To be kind is more important than to be right. Many times what people need is not a brilliant mind that speaks but a special heart that listens. Be more concerned about making others feel good about themselves than you are making them feel good about you.

Life’s like a boom-a-rang. The more good you throw out, the more you receive in return. - Josh S. Hinds Remember...it's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.  Be more concerned about making others feel good about themselves than you are making them feel good about you. A person who truly does things that count, doesn't usually stop to count them. Make things count! Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you will help them become what they are capable of becoming.  Start now! Make today great!

Taking action is the part...most people don't do. Then we wonder why things don't change for the better. Don't stop believing. Don't fear. Don't wait. Don't give up. Don't give in. Don't settle for less!  Let's make this month a month of ACTION! Decide NOW! Decide what you want. Decide what you need to change or sacrifice to get it. Set your plan. Put your plan in motion! Start NOW! Instill optimism and creativity in all you do. Make the impossible...possible. Turn ordinary into extraordinary! Make it great!

If we could all just focus in on "what we have" as opposed to "what we do not" and realize who we have become along the way, through all of life's lessons - we would all be happier, more confident people!  Live the miracle: Live and enjoy your life to the fullest. Remember how extraordinary even what you think of as ordinary, truly is! Carry forth an attitude of gratitude in all you do, always. For every miracle must not be taken for granted! This is your life. Live it. It is valuable. Make the most of it. If you desire more. Do something about it. Don't just be all that you can be. Become more than you ever thought you could be!  Live the life you deserve! Start NOW for life is too short! Begin by making TODAY a great day!

If you believe in faith and keep speaking victory, favor, health and wholeness, you will see positive changes begin to happen in your life. You will reap a good harvest from the seeds you are sowing. - Joel Osteen

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. — John Quincy Adams

It's not what's happening to you now or what has happened to you in your past that determines who you become.  Rather, it's your decisions about what to focus on, what things mean to you, and what you're going to do about them that will determine your ultimate destiny. - Anthony Robbins

The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear. - Brian Tracy

As soon as you start to feel differently about what you already have, you will start to attract more of the good things, more of the things you can be grateful for. - Joe Vitale

Happy Friendship Friday: Life ends when you stop dreaming, hope ends when you stop believing, love ends when you stop caring, friendship ends when you stop sharing ... so share something with a friend. Add a little kindness, give someone a smile, share a laugh. Life is what we make it.  We tend to get more of what we give and what we expect. Positive thoughts bring positive results.  Start now, make today great!

If you want to conquer fear, don't sit at home and think about it. Go out and get busy. - Dale Carnegie Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage and the confidence in doing.  Don't let fear hold you back from achieving your goals and dreams! Take control and take action, and soon you will realize there was never anything to be afraid of! Make it a great day!

When you know clearly what you want, you'll wake up every morning excited about life. - Mark Victor Hansen

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. - Jim Rohn You are doing your best only when you are trying to improve what you are doing. Excellence is the unlimited ability to improve the quality of what you have to offer.  Change the only corner of the world you can be certain of improving, your own self.  We must continuosly improve to grow, progress and have success.  Start now. Make today great!

Goals provide the energy source that powers our lives. One of the best ways we can get the most from the energy we have is to focus it. That is what goals can do for us; concentrate our energy. -  Denis Waitley The future holds limitless possibilities...you decide what the future holds for you.