James C. Collins Quotes

Put your goals on paper, or an Excel spreadsheet. Measure every day, 'Did I do my best to...?' Your problems won't disappear, but you will exist in a different relation to them, and you will improve.

Obstacles are Opportunities in disguise.

Examine the opportunities, the challenges you've given yourself.

The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.

I think you grow through your experiences; you get better as you grow and I'm not nearly where I think I'm going to be eventually where I inspire to be and hopefully the opportunities will continue to come.

Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.

You're never too old to start learning, and you're never too young to aim high and achieve great things.

When you cleanse yourself of a big victory, you may open yourself up to the opportunity for an even bigger victory

Without aspirations for a better existence, you're stuck in the mud and going nowhere.

Don't use the past as an excuse to miss out on your future.

You can always tell when you are on the road to success; it's uphill all the way.

Your life, my life, the life of each one of us is going to serve as either a warning or an example. A warning of the consequences of neglect, self-pity, lack of direction and ambition... or an example of talent put to use, of discipline self-imposed, and of objectives clearly perceived and intensely pursued.

Problems almost always create opportunities - to learn, grow and improve.

I get really fantastic results when I just get out of my own way.

At the end of the day, the only thing I can do is keep working on it, keep giving myself chances, and it's going to happen.

The best way to get even with anyone is to put them in the rearview mirror on your way to something better.

The next time you encounter a difficult obstacle or problem, you should smile and say, 'Here's my chance to grow.'

Success is only another form of failure if we forget what our priorities should be.

I hope you will simply do what you can do in the best way you know. If you do so, you will witness miracles come to pass.

Dreams do come true, but not without the help of others, a good education, a strong work ethic, and the courage to lean in.

The key to your success, to my success, to everyone's success is determined by our daily agenda. What you and I do every day is either making us or breaking us, we're either preparing or repairing. So when somebody says, 'John, I want to be a success. Where do I start?' I say, It's very simple. Start with today.

Give yourself another chance to make your dream a reality. Don't allow a delay to become a denial. Raise the bar on yourself, increase your determination, and explode your drive. You will fail your way to success. Everything you experience can be used to grow through...not just to go through. Make your dream happen! You deserve!

My teacher says that everything that you want in the world is one step away, you just have to figure out which direction to step in.

The road to success is long and up hill all the way

The best way to ensure success is to start growing today. No matter where you may be starting from, don't be discouraged; everyone who got where he is started where he was.