Monday Morning Quotes

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  In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with his legs.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Good Morning, Men, Morning Inspirational

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1973). “Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks: 1847-1848”, p.384, Harvard University Press

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• If it's your job to eat a frog, it's best to do it first thing in the morning. And If it's your job to eat two frogs, it's best to eat the biggest one first.

  Mark Twain

  Good Morning, Jobs, Two

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• If each Monday morning, you make a choice to move into the new work week with renewed commitment and passion, you can change all areas of your life. You can truly change your Mondays and change your life.

  David Cottrell

  Monday, Morning, Moving

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• Enthusiasm is something you can't fake, and it has a tremendous effect on everyone around you.

  David Cottrell

  Leadership, Monday, Morning

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  Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.

  Dalai Lama

  Good Morning, Happiness, Encouraging

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• Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.

  William Blake

  Good Morning, Happiness, Sleep

  William Blake (2005). “Collected Poems”, p.167, Routledge

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• With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Good Morning, Strength

  Eleanor Roosevelt (2001). “My Day: The Best of Eleanor Roosevelt's Acclaimed Newspaper Columns, 1936-1962”

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• This morning did you wake up to an alarm clock or an opportunity clock?

  Zig Ziglar

  Morning, Business, Opportunity

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• If each day is a gift, I'd like to know where to return Mondays!

  John Wagner

  Monday, Each Day, Return

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• Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.

  Dalai Lama

  Peace, Yoga, Inspiration

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  Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don't want to.

  Richard Branson

  Inspirational, Leadership, Monday

  Twitter post from Mar 27, 2014

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• Everyone has highs and lows that they have to learn from, but every morning I start off with a good head on my shoulders, saying to myself, 'It's going to be a good day!'.

  Lindsay Lohan

  Good Morning, Good Day, New Day

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• I have to be alone very often. I'd be quite happy if I spent from Saturday night until Monday morning alone in my apartment. That's how I refuel.

  Audrey Hepburn

  Monday, Morning, Being Alone

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• Careers, like rockets, don't always take off on schedule. The key is to keep working the engines.

  Gary Sinise

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

  Will Durant

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• This morning when I put on my underwear I could hear the fruit-of-the-loom guys laughing at me.

  Rodney Dangerfield

  Morning, Laughing, Guy

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• There are pros and cons of experience. A con is that you can't look at the business with a fresh pair of eyes and as objectively as if you were a new CEO. Fire yourself on a Friday night and come in on Monday morning as if a search firm put you there as a turn-around leader. Can you be objective and make the bold change?

  Andrea Jung

  Friday, Monday, Morning

  "Avon CEO Andrea Jung's advice: Reinvent yourself". ABC NEWS interview, abcnews.go.com. June 14, 2009.

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• The earth has music for those who listen.

  George Santayana

  Music, Encouragement, Art

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• Common sense is the guy who tells you that you ought to have had your brakes relined last week before you smashed a front end this week. Common sense is the Monday morning quarterback who could have won the ball game if he had been on the team. But he never is. He's high up in the stands with a flask on his hip. Common sense is the little man in a grey suit who never makes a mistake in addition. But it's always someone else's money he's adding up.

  Raymond Chandler

  Monday, Morning, Mistake

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• I think my real depressions started when I was about 16 and doing The Patty Duke Show. I would go to bed at about 10 o'clock on a Friday night and not get up again until 6:30 Monday morning

  Patty Duke

  Friday, Monday, Morning

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• Our systems are all go. At 9:30 Monday morning trading will resume on both markets, and the message will be given to criminals who foisted this on America that they lost.

  Richard Grasso

  Monday, Morning, America

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• Almost every Monday I have a charity thing. I like that. I do.

  Yogi Berra

  Monday, Motivation, Charity

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• I think that when you get dressed in the morning, sometimes you're really making a decision about your behavior for the day. Like if you put on flipflops, you're saying: 'Hope I don't get chased today.' 'Be nice to people in sneakers.'

  Demetri Martin

  Good Morning, Hope, Im Sorry

  "Comedy Central Presents", www.imdb.com. March 19, 2004.

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• When I woke up this morning my girlfriend asked me, 'Did you sleep good?' I said 'No, I made a few mistakes.'

  Steven Wright

  Good Morning, Girlfriend, Mistake

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• I obviously take a lot of pride in what I do on the football field, because that has the ability to influence a lot of people. That puts smiles on people's faces. That gives people a pep in their step on Monday morning when they go back to work.

  Drew Brees

  Football, Monday, Morning

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