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Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't
The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams & Reaching Your Destiny
Leadership and Self Deception: Getting Out of the Box
Bonds That Make Us Free: Healing Our Relationships, Coming to Ourselves
Gung Ho! Turn On the People in Any Organization
Who Moved My Cheese?
The One Minute Manager
The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey
The Greatest Salesman In The World
The Richest Man in Babylon
The Screwtape Letters
The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness
The Great and Terrible Fury & Light
How to Master the Art of Selling
Man's Search for Meaning
Outliers: The Story of Success
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
The Fred Factor: How passion in your work and life can turn the ordinary into the extraordinary
The Present : The Secret to Enjoying Your Work And Life, Now!
Think and Grow Rich


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Friday, October 28, 2011

Quotable Quotes: John F. Kennedy

I'm big on quotes. You're going to see a lot of them on this blog. The power of words cannot be overstated. One of my all-time favorites is the second quote, below, which has been attributed to President John F. Kennedy. (It certainly sounds like him).

JFK proved to us all the strength of a goal when he said we'd be on the moon in the next 10 years; we did it in 8. On May 25, 1961, before a joint session of congress, he stated:

"I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth." President John F. Kennedy

40 years later, the U.S. moon landing its still one of the most incredible Triumphs of the modern age. This isn’t my favorite quote, though. The one I’m referring to is below. It reads: 

“Don’t tell me the sky’s the limit when there are footprints on the moon.” President John F. Kennedy

I love that. That's what I'm talking about…. Night everybody. JPR


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