Sonnenberg Quotes & Sayings

Your reputation is like a shadow, following you wherever you go. — Frank Sonnenberg

Courageous people know that saying 'no' to one idea enables them to say 'yes' to another. — Frank Sonnenberg

Life is a classroom. — Frank Sonnenberg

Moments, rather than possessions, are the true treasures of life. — Frank Sonnenberg

Respect is priceless. Earn it every day! — Frank Sonnenberg

When you master the basics, and execute them well, there's no need to worry about the score. — Frank Sonnenberg

Greedy people are never satisfied that they have enough. They're like sharks that spend their entire life hunting and consuming. All the oceans in the world can't satisfy these eating machines. — Frank Sonnenberg

Anger is a loaded weapon, be careful where you point it."~ — Frank Sonnenberg

A lie repeated many times doesn't change the truth. — Frank Sonnenberg

Dependency purges people of their dreams, makes their spirit atrophy, and enslaves them to a lifetime of mediocrity. — Frank Sonnenberg

If someone chooses to live a certain way, and it doesn't infringe on anyone's freedom, it's their choice to make. — Frank Sonnenberg

You may not have the control to lengthen your life, but you can do much to deepen it. — Frank Sonnenberg

If you don't know why you'd hire you, neither will they. — Frank Sonnenberg

This was an urban legend that didn't make it. — Jackie Sonnenberg

There are simply no shortcuts in the long run. — Frank Sonnenberg

While toxic food is bad for your health and well-being, so are negative and unethical people. — Frank Sonnenberg

Mistakes don't make you a failure, but beating yourself up makes you feel like one. — Frank Sonnenberg

When people cover for the misdeeds of others, they're as guilty as those who committed the crimes. — Frank Sonnenberg

Hate is a cancer on one's soul. — Frank Sonnenberg

Fair-minded people avoid zero-sum games in which one-person's win translates into another person's loss. — Frank Sonnenberg

Follow your conscience. Sleep well. — Frank Sonnenberg

According to research from the Mayo Clinic, positive thinking can increase your life span, decrease depression, reduce levels of distress, provide greater resistance to the common cold, offer better psychological and physical well-being, reduce the risk of death from cardiovascular disease, and enable you to cope better during hardships and times of stress. — Frank Sonnenberg

A positive mental attitude can improve your health, enhance your relationships, increase your chances of success, and add years to your life. — Frank Sonnenberg

The next time someone says, 'The odds are against you,' remember: If you don't try, you forfeit the opportunity. — Frank Sonnenberg

Learning is less about memorizing facts and more about the ability to think. — Frank K. Sonnenberg

The man breathed deeply with his eyes shut and his speech trailed off. Nick approached the patient with the syringe in hand, nodding. He turned the machine up now, almost all the way, and then proceeded with the injection.
I think you're about ready. — Jackie Sonnenberg

Half the truth is often a whole lie. — Frank Sonnenberg

Everyone on this earth was born for a reason, what's yours? — Frank Sonnenberg

Winning without honor, is worse than a resounding defeat. — Frank Sonnenberg

When rewards ignore individual performance, the incentive to strive for excellence is lost. — Frank Sonnenberg

Make a life while making a living. — Frank Sonnenberg

What counts that we're not counting? — Frank Sonnenberg

Don't wait until you desperately need a social network to begin developing one. — Frank Sonnenberg

Knowing what's right isn't as important as doing what's right. — Frank Sonnenberg

Take ownership of your life decisions rather than relinquishing that responsibility to others. — Frank Sonnenberg

When you distort the truth, you weaken your credibility. — Frank Sonnenberg

Being a good loser helps build character, provides valuable lessons, and helps you become mentally prepared for your next challenge. — Frank Sonnenberg

Try to find the merit in each other's arguments. — Frank Sonnenberg

Checking items off a to-do list doesn't determine progress; focusing on your priorities is what counts. — Frank Sonnenberg

Being frugal doesn't mean slashing your spending or depriving yourself of things that you enjoy. It means knowing the value of a dollar and making every effort to spend it wisely. — Frank Sonnenberg

Always tell the truth or the truth will tell on you. — Frank K. Sonnenberg

White lies matter. — Frank Sonnenberg

Find creative ways to share the credit and pull people up the ladder of success along with you. — Frank Sonnenberg

Courageous people run toward the problem rather than away from it. — Frank Sonnenberg

If you stop focusing on all the reasons why you can't do it, you just may surprise yourself to see what you can do. — Frank Sonnenberg

Forgiving doesn't mean forgetting, nor does it mean approving of, what someone did. It just means that you're letting go of the anger toward that person. — Frank Sonnenberg

There's nothing more valuable in life than integrity. Trust me. — Frank Sonnenberg

Start doing more by doing less. — Frank Sonnenberg

Courageous people know that old ways of doing things shouldn't stand in the way of a better solution. — Frank Sonnenberg

The only way an annoyance can bring you down is if you let it. — Frank Sonnenberg

Fair-minded people 'get in the game' rather than criticizing from the sidelines. — Frank Sonnenberg

It's better to bite your tongue than to eat your words. — Frank Sonnenberg

The truth is not what it seems, but what it is. — Frank Sonnenberg

People stop trying when there's no benefit for being exceptional and no consequence for being mediocre. — Frank Sonnenberg

Sometimes the best cure for life's woes is a sense of humor. — Frank K. Sonnenberg

While determination builds character, quitting is habit forming. — Frank Sonnenberg

If we disregard our values, we'll open our eyes one day and won't be able to recognize 'our world' anymore. — Frank Sonnenberg

Always give everything 110 percent. It's the extra 10 percent that everyone remembers. — Frank Sonnenberg

When you tolerate mediocrity, you get more of it. — Frank Sonnenberg

Fair-minded people earn the respect of their colleagues rather than demanding it. — Frank Sonnenberg

No one has the right to force his or her way of life on anyone else. — Frank Sonnenberg

Facts don't lie. People do. — Frank Sonnenberg

Ask yourself whether the problem will matter in a year or two. If not, it may be a trivial issue unworthy of your concern. — Frank Sonnenberg

I might have asked, figured her out, led her to open up. I was good at that. But I didn't inquire, a punishment. I didn't let anger go, habit from the dangerous family I'd left behind, from being leery of women. I was good at that, too, the guarded disappointment. — Susanna Sonnenberg

Actions Matter: Do As I Do. Not As I Say. — Frank Sonnenberg

Shared beliefs and values form the heart of every successful relationship and ultimately determine its success. — Frank Sonnenberg

You'll never learn anything or impress anyone by making excuses and diverting blame. — Frank Sonnenberg

If you don't pass your values on to your kids, someone else will. — Frank K. Sonnenberg

Dreams, unlike eggs, don't hatch from sitting on them. — Frank Sonnenberg

The best networkers have learned that, as with anything in life, what goes around, comes around. — Frank Sonnenberg

Everything has a price, but not everything should be for sale. — Frank Sonnenberg

Fair-minded people make a concerted effort to pull their own weight rather than living off the hard work of others. — Frank Sonnenberg

When you tell a lie, everything that you say in the future may be treated as suspect. — Frank Sonnenberg

There is nothing that anyone can get past a forty-five-year-old woman." We laugh hard, the first honest sound I make that afternoon, or in many days, each of us feeling the ravages of experience, our debt to enduring. We are not to be fucked with. We rule. Even as we age and help our children push past us, as we worry about the estimate for the roof, forget things we meant to do, regard our widening bodies, we rule. We've returned again and again to our original selves for another look; we have refined our purpose. Changes we thought we'd been resisting have anyway been wrought, and they have made us unbreakable. — Susanna Sonnenberg

Some people set the bar so low you can trip over it. — Frank Sonnenberg

The truth shouldn't be told only when it's convenient. Honesty must be a way of life. — Frank Sonnenberg

You send a message by what you say and what you do. If words aren't supported with consistent actions, they will ring hollow. — Frank Sonnenberg

Trust is like blood pressure. It's silent, vital to good health, and if abused it can be deadly. — Frank K. Sonnenberg

Moral character is the DNA of success and happiness. — Frank Sonnenberg

We're so busy keeping busy that we fail to see the error of our ways. — Frank Sonnenberg

Our world may have changed, but the importance of integrity has not. — Frank Sonnenberg

Measuring progress is often like watching grass grow. While it's difficult to detect movement on a daily basis, it's simple to see growth over time. — Frank Sonnenberg

Sadly, some folks don't live . . . they merely exist. — Frank Sonnenberg

All the money in the world doesn't make you a better person. It simply means that you have more money. — Frank Sonnenberg

Every time you give your word, you're putting your honor on the line. — Frank Sonnenberg

Don't wait a lifetime to satisfy your needs or you may live to regret it one day. — Frank Sonnenberg

Opportunity may knock only once but it passes by your door every day. — Frank K. Sonnenberg

He sidestepped down the alley and into another one connected to a small garage, where a raccoon with matching black eyes just like his own halted in mid-step next to a trash can.
They stared at each other, not moving or making a sound.
'There there, friend. I am not here to interrupt your nightly activity just as you are not here to interrupt mine.'
They continued their separate ways, who would be caught and who would not remained a mystery. — Jackie Sonnenberg

If you're not proud of what you do, you're not done. — Frank Sonnenberg

Kilmartin wrote a highly amusing and illuminating account of his experience as a Proust revisionist, which appeared in the first issue of Ben Sonnenberg's quarterly Grand Street in the autumn of 1981. The essay opened with a kind of encouragement: 'There used to be a story that discerning Frenchmen preferred to read Marcel Proust in English on the grounds that the prose of A la recherche du temps perdu was deeply un-French and heavily influenced by English writers such as Ruskin.' I cling to this even though Kilmartin thought it to be ridiculous Parisian snobbery; I shall never be able to read Proust in French, and one's opportunities for outfacing Gallic self-regard are relatively scarce. — Christopher Hitchens

Having kids is not the same as being a parent. — Frank Sonnenberg

I love her," I said, but I couldn't think of one thing I still did to show her. — Susanna Sonnenberg

Without trust, no company can ever hope for excellence. — Frank Sonnenberg

The more reliant you are on others, the less reliant you are on yourself. — Frank Sonnenberg

Achieving success is hard; staying successful is even harder. — Frank Sonnenberg

A promise should be as binding as a contract. — Frank Sonnenberg

When you compete against yourself, you both win. — Frank Sonnenberg

Listen to your conscience. You have to live with yourself for the rest of your life. — Frank Sonnenberg

We noticed the parallels in our marriages -the forceful and decided women in charge, our quiet husbands, gentler than we were, gentler than most people we knew. We needed them, and they really needed us. It was nice to find a woman who felt burdened as I did by her own extroverted behaviour and vivid personality, by her own compulsion to manage. — Susanna Sonnenberg

People who live a life of purpose have core beliefs and values that influence their decisions, shape their day-to-day actions, and determine their short- and long-term priorities. — Frank Sonnenberg