May 2004

Larry Bird - NBA Star and Coach

A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses those skills to accomplish his goals

April 2004

Mamie McCullough

Be a self-starter. Do it now! When you don't know how to do something, start. Beware of the paralysis of analysis. Be a person of action.

March 2004

How to Be a Star at Work -- Robert E. Kelley -This quote is from a chapter on Initiative.

While no one expects you to set the world on fire in the first six months, the work group will be determining whether you can be counted on to go beyond pulling your weight, to chip in on work that falls outside your job description.

February 2004

John Maxwell

If you lack initiative, recognize that the problem comes from the inside, not from others.

January 2004

Francis Bacon

A wise man will make more opportunity than he finds.

December 2003

Jacob Marley from "A Christmas Carol"

Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were all my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!

November 2003

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt

We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad for morals; now we know that it is bad economics.

October 2003

David Shapira

Some of my best friends and colleagues I have met, through volunteerism.

September 2003

Anonymous

You cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening your own.

August 2003

President John F. Kennedy

And so my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.