Technology TransactionsSayings You Should Have On Your Desk
When you sit a client down at your desk, you should be surrounded by accouterments that reinforce the professional message you want to convey. One of the most effective ways to do this is to have a credo posted nearby. Not only can it serve as a silent cheering squad when you need to get back in the game, it can also show your clients for that which you stand.
Here is a small selection of words to live by:
"There are two fools for every market: one asks too little, one asks too much." - Russian proverb
"The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live." - Flora Whittemore
"We aim above the mark to hit the mark" - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you." - Aldous Huxley
"Opportunities multiply as they are seized." - Sun Tzu
"The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas." - Linus Pauling
"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you"ll land among the stars." - Les Brown
"Problems are only opportunities in work clothes." - Henry Kaiser
Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is. -Vince Lombardi
Happiness- The full use of your powers along lines of excellence. - John F. Kennedy
There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs." - Unknown
If none of these does it for you, here is a list of great Web resources that should deliver exactly what you
want to say.
Quoteland - This site catalogs a universe of quotes by
topic and author and includes a section for humor as well as a discussion group for those who need a quote.
The Quotations Archive - This site is
"a comprehensive, searchable database of general purpose quotations." Browse through quotations
by subject, alphabetically by author, or use the search engine.
The Lair of Quotingman -
With frames or without, this site launches immediately into a cornucopia of quotes filed alphabetically by author.
The Online Dictionary of Quotes - Exactly what the title presents, this site is organized beautifully into
logically searchable areas such as subject, author, news, submit a quote and more.