tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46551557184072174592024-02-08T12:16:21.376-08:00Quotes to Live By from my Mentors & CoachesAssistant Professor Garland R. Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08449211562950925877noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655155718407217459.post-30020617261178111742010-11-29T09:52:00.000-08:002010-11-29T10:13:03.860-08:00"Discipline" (Quotes #7 through #11)<div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#000099;"><strong>Quotes to Live By from my Mentors & Heroes</strong></span></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#660000;"><strong></strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#660000;"><strong></strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#660000;"><strong><br />“Discipline”</strong></span></div><p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#660000;"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#660000;"><strong></p><div align="center"><br /></div></strong></span><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><em><strong>“You can’t talk yourself out of a situation<br />that you behaved yourself into.”<br /></strong></em></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>….Stephen Covey….<br /></strong>National Author and Motivational Speaker<br /></span></span></div><div align="center"><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><em><strong>“When I fail I learned to lean on my dreams.”<br /></strong></em></span><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000000;"><strong>….Peter J. Daniels….<br /></strong></span><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000000;">International Author and Founder, The Gabriel Call - Melborne, Australia<br /></span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000000;"><div align="center"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><em><strong>“Be someone you can admire.”<br /></strong></em></span><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000000;"><strong>….Peter J. Daniels….<br /></strong></span><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000000;">International Author and Founder, The Gabriel Call<br /></span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000000;"><div align="center"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><em><strong>“The secret of living is giving.”<br /></strong></em></span><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000000;"><strong>….Anthony Robbins….<br /></strong></span><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000000;">National Author and Motivational Speaker<br /></span><br /></div><div align="center"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><em><strong>“The reason IBM is number one is<br />because we made mistakes the fastest.”<br /></strong></em></span><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000000;"><strong>….Tom Watson (IBM)….<br /></strong></span><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000000;">CEO of IBM</span></div>Assistant Professor Garland R. Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08449211562950925877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655155718407217459.post-39371191078267975942010-11-28T20:51:00.001-08:002010-11-28T21:28:28.671-08:00"Discipline" (Quote #6 through #10)<div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#000099;"><strong></strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#000099;"><strong></strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#000099;"><strong></strong></span> </div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;color:#000099;"></span></strong> </div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;color:#000099;"></span></strong> </div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;color:#000099;"></span></strong> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#000099;"><strong>Quotes to Live By from my Mentors & Heroes</strong></span></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;color:#000099;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><br /> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#660000;"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;">“Discipline”</span></strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#660000;"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></div></span></strong></span><p><span style="font-size:180%;color:#660000;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size:180%;color:#660000;"></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size:180%;color:#660000;"></p><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><em><strong>“A little of something is better than a lot of nothing.”<br /></strong></em></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>….Will Rogers….<br /></strong></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">Folk Hero<br /></span><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><em>“Before enlightenment I chop wood and carry water, after enlightenment I chop wood and carry water.”</em></span></strong></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><em><strong></strong></em></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000000;">…Anonymous…<br /></span><br /></strong></span></div><div align="center"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><em><strong>“We are not a victim of our circumstances, we create our circumstances.”<br /></strong></em></span><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000000;"><strong>….John Cokinos….<br /></strong></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#000000;">President, Educational Funding Company - Chevy Chase, MD<br /></span><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><em><strong>“I’m not digging a hole, I am building a mountain.”<br /></strong></em></span><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000000;"><strong>….Albert J. DiPentino….<br /></strong></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Chief Instructor, Universal Kempo-Karate Schools Association - Colorado Springs, CO<br /></span><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><em><strong>“Your word is your bond.”<br /></strong></em></span><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000000;"><strong>….Dave Kovar….<br /></strong></span><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000000;">Founder, Satori Academy of Martial Arts - Carmichael, CA </span></div>Assistant Professor Garland R. Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08449211562950925877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655155718407217459.post-74327188334039094772010-11-11T18:29:00.000-08:002010-11-11T19:32:05.646-08:00"Discipline" (Quotes #1 through #5)<div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#000099;"><strong></strong></span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#000099;"><strong>Quotes to Live By<br />from my Mentors & Heroes<br /></strong></span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#000099;"><strong></strong></span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#000099;"><strong></div></strong></span></span><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#000099;"><strong></div><p></strong></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"></p><div align="center"><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#660000;"><strong><br />“Discipline” </strong><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></div></span></span></span><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#660000;"><span style="font-size:100%;"></div></span></span></span><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"></p><div align="center"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><em><strong><br />“If it is important to you, </strong></em></span></div><div align="center"></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000099;"><em>you will figure out a way.”<br /></em></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;">….Ernie Reyes….<br /></span></strong><span style="font-size:85%;">Founder, West Coast World Action Team<br /></div></span></span><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><strong><br />“True perfection is unattainable.<br />But, if you chase perfection, you will catch excellence.”<br /></strong></span></em><strong>….Vince Lombardi….<br /></strong><span style="font-size:85%;">NFL Coach & Motivational Speaker<br /></span></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><div align="center"><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000099;"><em><br />“You don’t always have to be right.”<br /></em></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;">….William Westmoreland….<br /></span></strong><span style="font-size:85%;">General U.S. Army<br /></span></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000099;"><em><br />“Be ten feet tall and bullet proof.”<br /></em></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;">….Steve LaVallee….<br /></span></strong><span style="font-size:85%;">Founder, USA Black Belt Champions and Martial Arts University International - Ft. Lauderdale, FL<br /></span></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000099;"><em><br />“The mature mind gives without remembering and receives without forgetting.”<br /></em></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;">…….Nicholas Cokinos……<br /></span></strong><span style="font-size:85%;">Chairman, Educational Funding Company - Chevy Chase, MD</span></span></div>Assistant Professor Garland R. Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08449211562950925877noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655155718407217459.post-64035872766491479922010-11-09T11:09:00.000-08:002010-11-11T18:28:50.653-08:00Introduction to "Quotes to Live by from my Mentors & Coaches"<div align="right"><br /> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#000066;"><strong>Quotes to Live By<br />from my Mentors & Coaches</strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><strong><em><span style="font-size:180%;color:#990000;">“Introduction”</span></em></strong></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><em><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><div align="justify"><br /><span style="color:#000066;">One Day in Church<br /></span></span></strong></em><br />Last Sunday my Pastor (Pastor Mark Cowart) was preaching on his theme about Kings (Business Men and Women) and Priest (Ministers, Priest, Pastors and Preachers). He was sharing with the congregation the importance of the relationship between the two and how we are to work “hand in glove” to support and help each other.<br /><br />He was talking about how businesses (many businesses) are built from a person’s ideas, concepts and insights. He talked about the importance of mentors in our lives to help us discover & expedite our path of accomplishment.<br /><br />Thus, I got to thinking and an Idea, Concept and Insight started bouncing around in my head. I was then able to ask one of the most powerful questions known to man.</span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><div align="center"><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;">“What If”</span></strong></span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><div align="justify"><br />What if I took the best quotes from my favorite Mentors and Heroes and put those to paper to share with others with the hopes that they too would be awakened to the wisdom within these short passages.<br /><br />Being an avid reader, I have been collecting “Quotes to Live By” for many years. Not knowing what to do with them, other than using these quotes to keep me on task and focused.<br /><br />Now it is time to share.<br /><br />Please allow me the opportunity to share with you some of my favorite quotes that the Lord has led me to discover. With “discover” being the key word, let me open with a quote that was a gift given to me from my Long Time Mentor, Martial Arts Instructor and Father Figure to me for well over 30 years. His name is Professor Martin T. Buell. His quote goes like this:</span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><div align="center"><br /><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;">“Nothing is ever created. It only discovered.”</span></em></strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />Thus, let’s begin our journey with the first in a series of<br />some discovered wisdom known as the<br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;">“Quotes to Live By from my Heroes and Mentors.”</span></strong></span></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"></span></strong></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#000000;"><br />Dedicated to your achievement,</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;color:#000000;"><strong><em>Garland R. Johnson</em></strong></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#000000;">Assistant Professor Garland R. Johnson</span></div>Assistant Professor Garland R. Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08449211562950925877noreply@blogger.com0