Nido R. Qubein Quotes & Sayings

You may have the loftiest goals, the highest ideals, the noblest dreams, but remember this nothing works unless you do. — Nido R. Qubein

The power to affect your future lies within your own hands. — Nido R. Qubein

People can be unreliable and disloyal; possessions can lose their value; jobs that once stimulated you can become boring. But principles remain steady through it all. — Nido R. Qubein

To mobilize yourself, decide what you want, determine what will get you what you want, then act - do what will get you what you want most to achieve. — Nido R. Qubein

When you find yourself on a plateau, look for another level. — Nido R. Qubein

Success doesn't come to you; you must go to it. The trail is well traveled. If you want to walk it, you can. — Nido R. Qubein

Those who base their lives on the belief that a loving God is acting in their behalf tend to see problems as opportunities for growth. — Nido R. Qubein

It's not enough to create value, you have to interpret the value for your prospects and customers so that they can feel the value emotionally and empirically. — Nido R. Qubein

If you believe you can, and believe it strongly enough, you'll be amazed at what you can do. — Nido R. Qubein

The organization that can't communicate can't change, and the corporation that can't change is dead. — Nido R. Qubein

People who invariably put themselves first will find that others tend to put them last. — Nido R. Qubein

Make a strong and permanent commitment to invest your talents only in pursuits that deserve your best efforts. — Nido R. Qubein

Achieving your vision doesn't mean you've reached the end of the line. It simply means that you've come to a new starting place. — Nido R. Qubein

Make education a continuing, never-ending process. — Nido R. Qubein

The trouble with many plans is that they are based on the way things are now. To be successful, your personal plan must focus on what you want, not what you have. — Nido R. Qubein

Hatred is the most destructive force on earth. It does the most damage to those who harbor it. — Nido R. Qubein

Motivation without mobilization means only frustration. — Nido R. Qubein

Most of us tend to suffer from 'agenda anxiety', the feeling that what we want to say to others is more important than what we think they might want to say to us. — Nido R. Qubein

Only when your memories are more important to you than your goals are you old. — Nido R. Qubein

Some people procrastinate so much that all they can do is run around like firefighters all day - putting out fires that should not have gotten started in the first place. — Nido R. Qubein

Total, unconditional acceptance of yourself is the first step in building a positive self-image. — Nido R. Qubein

When we carve out a niche for ourselves in our imagined future, and decide that we won't be happy until we achieve it, we can only feel threatened and anxious over anything that stands in our way. — Nido R. Qubein

Those who are afraid to fail may not deserve to succeed. — Nido R. Qubein

Winners compare their achievements with their goals, while losers compare their achievements with those of other people. — Nido R. Qubein

Are you a thermometer or a thermostat? A thermometer only reflects the temperature of its environment, adjusting to the situation. But a thermostat initiates action to change the temperature in its environment — Nido R. Qubein

Say exactly what you mean. Enough said ... — Nido R. Qubein

If what you're working for really matters, you'll give it all you've got. — Nido R. Qubein

Teaching people skills without giving them a vision for a better future - a vision based on common values - is only training. — Nido R. Qubein

Make a strong commitment to reach your full potential as a human being. — Nido R. Qubein

Jim Rohn is a legend. Millions of people around the world have benefited immensely from his teachings. — Nido R. Qubein

For many people, change is more threatening than challenging. They see it as the destroyer of what is familiar and comfortable rather than the creator of what is new and exciting. — Nido R. Qubein

Goals help you keep in perspective what's really important so you don't spend all of your time doing what seems urgent. — Nido R. Qubein

Most of us miss our best opportunities in life because they come to us disguised as work. — Nido R. Qubein

The interesting thing about procrastination is that is has more to do with what we fail to do than with what we do. — Nido R. Qubein

If what you are doing is worth doing, hang in there until it is done. — Nido R. Qubein

Change brings opportunity. — Nido R. Qubein

Good leaders must become what they want their followers to become. — Nido R. Qubein

To acquire balance means to achieve that happy medium between the minimum and the maximum that represents your optimum. The minimum is the least you can get by with. The maximum is the most you're capable of. The optimum is the amount or degree of anything that is most favorable toward the ends you desire. — Nido R. Qubein

Goal-setting illuminates the road to success just as runway lights illuminate the landing field for an incoming aircraft — Nido R. Qubein

You can't think your way into acting positively, but you can act your way into thinking positively. — Nido R. Qubein

Goals are simply a way of breaking a vision into smaller, workable units. — Nido R. Qubein

The process of growing and learning always involves risk. — Nido R. Qubein

When the truly great people discover that they have been deceived by the signposts along the road of life, they just shift gears and keep going. — Nido R. Qubein

The time is now, the person is you. — Nido R. Qubein