Read inspirational quotes about being genuine, bettering yourself and putting in your top effort.
Henderson On Effort
If my uniform doesn't get dirty, I haven't done anything in the baseball game.
Rickey Henderson, baseball player
Burns On Authenticity
I realized I was more convincing to myself and to the people who were listening when I actually said what I thought, versus what I thought people wanted to hear me say.
Ursula Burns, businesswoman
Faulkner On Self-Improvement
Do not bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
William Faulkner, writer
Lincoln On Urgency
Things may come to those who wait ... but only the things left by those who hustle.
Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. president
Marsden On Commerce
Business is all about solving people's problems — at a profit.
Paul Marsden, businessman
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