12 Favorite Quotes for 2012

As we close another year I reflected on the 11 Favorite Quotes for 2011. How different I was last year at this time. How different my business was at this time last year. I was kind of flying by the seat of my pants without a plan for my business or my life. My how times have changed; life is filled with hope and possibility.

I have lofty goals for 2013 and wasn’t kidding when I said 2013 is going to be my best year. I have marketing and business plans. I have a personal goals and plans too. I turn 40 in 2013 and God has big plans for me.

How far have you come in the last year? I don’t always like to reflect back especially when I haven’t done what I set out to do. Or when I had no plan and ended up nowhere.

Now is a great time to learn from our past and move on to a brighter future in our personal and business lives. What will you change in 2013? The possibilities are endless.

I can see how my life has changed just by reading my 12 Favorite Quotes for 2012:

1. “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” – Hebrews 11:
2. Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. – Steve Jobs
3. The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have. – Norman Vincent Peale
4. A goal is a dream with a deadline. – Napoleon Hill
5. It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. – Aristotle
6. You must choose a new way to think before you can master a new way to be. – Marianne Williamson
7. The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
8. The time is always right to do what is right. – Martin Luther King, Jr.
9. The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. – Vidal Sassoon
10. The choices we make dictate the life that we lead. – Danny DeVito as Bill Rago in Renaissance Man
11. To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity. – Douglas Adams
12. Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has. —Margaret Mead