TuffUke for Ukulele and Baritone Solos

You play one a day (or week), I will post videos as quickly as I can.
(I'll miss a bunch.)

Even if you've played these before, I bet you can play them better now. Adding in arpeggiated fills If you are new, focus in on getting the best out of one song per week. Try to memorize the hard parts so you can look away from the music. Work your way through everything thinking about the best techniques:

Index finger strumming
Singing while keeping a steady beat
Thumb down glissandi
Claw-position finger-style

January 1: Frère Jacques or Frère Jacques Ennuyeuse
January 2: Key of A Strummers
January 3: Make a Better Bar Worksheet
January 4: Major Scales
January 5: Key of C Strummers
January 6: My Spaghetti Monster
January 7: Three Blind Mice
January 8: Brahms' Lullaby
January 9: Yankee Doodle
January 10: Key of C Arpeggio (G for Baritone)
January 11: Amazing Grace
January 12: Happy Birthday or Happy Birthday Blinky Style
January 13: La Cucaracha
January 14: All Through the Night
January 15: Home on the Range
January 16: Key of G Arpeggio (D for Baritone)
January 17: Simple Gifts
January 18: Carnival of Venice
January 19: Daisy Bell: Bicycle Built for Two
January 20: Key of F Arpeggio (C for Baritone)
January 21: Aloha 'Oe
January 22: Scarborough Fair
January 23: Drunken Sailor
January 24: For He's a Jolly Good Fellow
January 25: Vive La Companie
January 26: Ash Grove
January 27: Melville Castle
January 28: Minstrel Boy
January 29: Molly Malone
January 30: Parting Glass
January 31: Siúil A Rún
February 1: Water is Wide
February 2: Whiskey in the Jar
February 3: Will Ye Nae Come Back Again
February 4: "Bach" Menuett Suite (Petzold)
February 5: Beethoven Für Elise
February 6: Beethoven Ode to Joy
February 7: Clementine
February 8: Colorado Trail
February 9: Down in the Valley
February 10: I've Been Working on the Railroad
February 11: Streets of Laredo
February 12: Tenting Tonight
February 13: Tom Dooley
February 14: You are My Sunshine
February 15: Alouette
February 16: Ah Vous Dirai-Je Maman
February 17: Au Claire de la Lune
February 18: Auprès de Ma Blonde
February 19: Funiculì, Funiculà
February 20: O Sole Mio
February 21: Santa Lucia
February 22: Down by the Riverside
February 23: Kumbaya
February 24: Lift Every Voice and Sing
February 25: This Little Light of Mine
February 26: Beautiful Dreamer
February 27: Camptown Races
February 28: Hard Times Come Again No More
February 29: The Leap Year Girl by Chastine Johnston (1904)
March 1: Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair
March 2: My Old Kentucky Home
March 3: Oh Susanna
March 4: Take Me Out to the Ballgame
March 5: After the Ball
March 6: Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'
March 7: Ain't She Sweet
March 8: Ain't We Got Fun
March 9: Buffalo Gals
March 10: By the Light of the Silvery Moon
March 11: Five Foot Two
March 12: If You Knew Susie
March 13: I'll See You in My Dreams
March 14 - NEED A PIE SONG HERE
March 15: Man on the Flying Trapeze
March 16: Tonight You Belong to Me
March 17: Danny Boy
March 18: Ukulele Lady
March 19: Yes We Have No Bananas
March 20: Dream a Little Dream of Me
March 21: Happy Days Are Here Again
March 22: EVERYTHING BELOW HERE IS STILL UNDER CONSIDERATION SO MAKE SURE YOU'VE PLAYED THROUGH ALL OF THE PREVIOUS TUNES.
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April 5: First Contact Day (2063): Come Josephine in My Flying Machine
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April 29: Tárrega Estudio
April 30: Cielito Lindo
May 1: Jarabe Tapatio
May 2: Las Chiapanecas
May 3: Spanish Romance
May 4: May the Fourth be with You: Star Wars Medley
May 5: Las Mañanitas
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June 1: June is Arpeggio Month ... 30 days & 30 keys
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July 1: Canada
July 2: This Land is Your Land
July 3: America the Beautiful
July 4: Star Spangled Banner
July 5: America & God Save the Queen
July 6: Ukrainian National Anthem
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July 16: Bartok Lonely Traveler Solo Versions
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July 18: Candle in the Wind
July 19: Beethoven Sonatina
July 20: Carcassi Andantino from Op. 59 Key of C Études
July 21: Can't Help Falling in Love
July 22: Can't Help Falling in Love
July 23: Grieg Morning Mood
July 24: Mozart Non Più Andrai
July 25: Schumann Traumerei
July 26: Strauss Blue Danube Waltz
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July 30: Tchaikovsky Medley
July 31: Waldteufel Skater's Waltz
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August 3: All of Me
August 4: Blue Hawaii
August 5: Take Me Home Country Roads
August 6: Remember Me
August 7: Rainbow Connection
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August 9: Elvis Medley
August 10: It's Only a Paper Moon (1933)
August 11: Sweet Leilani
August 12: Easter Parade
August 13: Love Me Tender
August 14: Tip Toe Through the Tulips (1929)
August 15: All of Me
August 16: As Time Goes By
August 17: Beyond the Sea
August 18: A Whole New World
August 19: Leaving on a Jet Plane
August 20: Caravan
August 21: Blue Moon
August 22: Fly Me to the Moon
August 23: Girl from Ipanema
August 24: Harlem Nocturne
August 25: It's a Small World
August 26: Moon River
August 27: La Vie en Rose
August 28: Mack the Knife
August 29: Misty
August 30: Moon Glow
August 31: Last Rose of Summer
September 1: When You Wish Upon a Star
September 2: Both Sides Now
September 3: My Funny Valentine
September 4: Nature Boy
September 5: Satin Doll
September 6: Smile
September 7: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
September 8: Three Little Birds
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September 10: Take the A-Train
September 11: All My Loving
September 12: Blackbird
September 13: Eleanor Rigby
September 14: Here Comes the Sun
September 15: Twelfth Street Rag
September 16: Love Me Tender
September 17: Hey Jude
September 18: I Want to Hold Your Hand
September 19: Imagine
September 20: Let It Be
September 21: Michelle
September 22: Lavender's Blue
September 23: Little Boxes
September 24: Norwegian Wood
September 25: Obladi Oblada
September 26: Octopus's Garden
September 27: Penny Lane
September 28: Strawberry Fields
September 29: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
September 30: You've Got a Friend
October 1: Something
October 2: When I'm 64
October 3: While My Guitar Gently Weeps
October 4: Yellow Submarine
October 5: Yesterday
October 6: All I Ask of You
October 7: Annie's Song
October 8: What a Wonderful World
October 9: You've Got a Friend in Me
October 10: Don't Fence Me In
October 11: Peter Cottontail
October 12: El Paso
October 13: Wonderful Tonight
October 14: Be Our Guest
October 15: Summertime
October 16: Ghost Riders in the Sky
October 17: Happy Trails
October 18: All I Ask of You
October 19: Red River Valley
October 20: Can't Take My Eyes Off of You
October 21: Build Me Up Buttercup
October 22: Are You Lonesome Tonight?
October 23: Sound of Silence
October 24: Feeling Groovy
October 25: Wonderful Tonight
October 26: Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
October 27: El Condor Pasa
October 28: Bewitched
October 29: Harry Potter Medley
October 30: I Dream of Jeannie
October 31: Addams Family
November 1: Over the River and Through the Woods
November 2: Yankee Doodle Boy
November 3: Bridge Over Troubled Water
November 4: Blue Hawaii
November 5: Summertime
November 6: Do Re Mi
November 7: Edelweiss
November 8: My Favorite Things
November 9: That's Amoré
November 10: Downtown
November 11: Tomorrow
November 12: Puff the Magic Dragon
November 13: Give My Regards to Broadway
November 14: Don't Worry Be Happy
November 15: Hakuna Matata
November 16: Blowin' in the Wind
November 17: My Funny Valentine
November 18: Piano Man
November 19: Sweet Caroline
November 20: Sunshine on My Shoulders
November 21: Ave Maria by Shubert
November 22: Tears in Heaven
November 23: Layla
November 24: Sweet Caroline
November 25: Red Red Wine
November 26: Can't Take My Eyes Off of You
November 27: Build Me Up Buttercup
November 28: Annie's Song
November 29: Tomorrow
November 30: Lara's Theme
December 1: Hannukah Medley or Christmas Island
December 2: Feliz Navidad or Christmas in Killarney
December 3: First Noël or Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
December 4: Frosty the Snowman or Away in a Manger Medley
December 5: God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen or Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire
December 6: Do You Hear What I Hear or Angels We Have Heard on High
December 7: Deck the Halls or Adeste Fidelis
December 8: Hark the Herald or Angels from the Realms of Glory
December 9: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
December 10: Here Comes Santa Claus
December 11: I'll Be Home for Christmas
December 12: Colorado Christmas
December 13: It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
December 14: Joy to the World ~ The Vicki and Ranee Version
December 15: Mele Kalikimaka
December 16: O Come O Come Emmanuel
December 17: O Holy Night
December 18: O Tannenbaum
December 19: Christmas Time is Here
December 20: White Christmas
December 21: Silver Bells
December 22: Up on the Housetop
December 23: Wexford Carol
December 24: Silent Night
December 25: We Wish You a Merry Christmas
December 26: Aspen Glow
December 27: El Noi de la Mare
December 28: Greensleeves
December 29: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
December 30: In the Bleak Midwinter
December 31: Auld Lang Syne

Daily Motivational Quotes:

“If you get tired, learn to rest, not to quit.” ~Banksy
If you want to achieve greatness stop asking for permission. ~Anonymous
Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out. ~John Wooden
To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong. ~Anonymous
If you are not willing to risk the usual you will have to settle for the ordinary. ~Jim Rohn
Trust because you are willing to accept the risk, not because it’s safe or certain. ~Anonymous
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success. ~Swami Vivekananda
All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. ~Walt Disney
Good things come to people who wait, but better things come to those who go out and get them. ~Anonymous
If you do what you always did, you will get what you always got. ~Anonymous
Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. ~Winston Churchill
Just when the caterpillar thought the world was ending, he turned into a butterfly. ~Proverb
Successful entrepreneurs are givers and not takers of positive energy. ~Anonymous
Whenever you see a successful person you only see the public glories, never the private sacrifices to reach them. ~Vaibhav Shah
Opportunities don’t happen, you create them. ~Chris Grosser
Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value. ~Albert Einstein
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. ~Thomas A. Edison
If you don’t value your time, neither will others. Stop giving away your time and talents- start charging for it. ~Kim Garst
A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. ~David Brinkley
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it. ~Henry Ford
If you’re going through hell keep going. ~Winston Churchill
The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones that do. ~Anonymous
Don’t raise your voice, improve your argument. ~Anonymous
What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.~ Oscar Wilde
The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away. ~Anonymous
The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success. ~Bruce Feirstein
When you stop chasing the wrong things you give the right things a chance to catch you. ~Lolly Daskal
Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. ~John D. Rockefeller
No masterpiece was ever created by a lazy artist.~ Anonymous
Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne
If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough. ~Albert Einstein
Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting. ~Anonymous
Do one thing every day that scares you. ~Anonymous
What’s the point of being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable. ~Anonymous
Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. ~Lolly Daskal
Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. ~Anonymous
Knowledge is being aware of what you can do. Wisdom is knowing when not to do it. ~Anonymous
Your problem isn’t the problem. Your reaction is the problem. ~Anonymous
You can do anything, but not everything. ~Anonymous
Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. ~Steve Jobs
There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed. ~Ray Goforth
Thinking should become your capital asset, no matter whatever ups and downs you come across in your life. ~Dr. APJ Kalam
I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. ~Thomas Jefferson
The starting point of all achievement is desire. ~Napolean Hill
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out. ~Robert Collier
If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work. ~Thomas J. Watson
All progress takes place outside the comfort zone. ~Michael John Bobak
You may only succeed if you desire succeeding; you may only fail if you do not mind failing. ~Philippos
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absense of fear. ~Mark Twain
Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone. ~Pablo Picasso
People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing - that’s why we recommend it daily. ~Zig Ziglar
We become what we think about most of the time, and that’s the strangest secret. ~Earl Nightingale
The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. ~Vidal Sassoon
The best reason to start an organization is to make meaning; to create a product or service to make the world a better place. ~Guy Kawasaki
I find that when you have a real interest in life and a curious life, that sleep is not the most important thing. ~Martha Stewart
It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see. ~Anonymous
The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same. ~Colin R. Davis
The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. ~Ralph Nader
Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it. ~Maya Angelou
As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others. ~Bill Gates
A real entrepreneur is somebody who has no safety net underneath them. ~Henry Kravis
The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself. ~Mark Caine
People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly, when someone is failing, the tendency is to get on a downward spiral that can even become a self-fulfilling prophecy. ~Tony Robbins
When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid. ~Audre Lorde
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. ~Mark Twain
The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus. ~Bruce Lee
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life — think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success. ~Swami Vivekananda
Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. ~Dale Carnegie
If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much. ~ Jim Rohn
If you genuinely want something, don’t wait for it — teach yourself to be impatient. ~Gurbaksh Chahal
Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning. ~Robert Kiyosaki
If you want to make a permanent change, stop focusing on the size of your problems and start focusing on the size of you! ~T. Harv Eker
You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life. ~Steve Jobs
Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to doDon’t wish it were easier, wish you were better. ~Jim Rohn
The number one reason people fail in life is because they listen to their friends, family, and neighbors. ~Napoleon Hill
The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don’t define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them. ~Denis Watiley
In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it. ~Jane Smiley
Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time. ~George Bernard Shaw
I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well. ~Diane Ackerman
You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them. ~Michael Jordan
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. ~Jim Ryun
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing. ~Dale Carnegie
There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul. ~Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter. ~Francis Chan
You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction. ~George Lorimer
To be successful you must accept all challenges that come your way. You can’t just accept the ones you like. ~Mike Gafka
Success is...knowing your purpose in life, growing to reach your maximum potential, and sowing seeds that benefit others. ~ John C. Maxwell
Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice. ~Wayne Dyer
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.~ Anatole France
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all. ~Dale Carnegie
You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals. ~Booker T. Washington
Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable. ~Theodore N. Vail
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. ~Herman Melville
Fortune sides with him who dares. ~Virgil
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it. ~Washington Irving
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. ~Truman Capote
Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. ~John R. Wooden
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it. ~Margaret Thatcher
A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done. ~Vince Lombardi “Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.” —Norman Vincent Peale
“If you can dream it, you can do it.” —Walt Disney
“Where there is a will, there is a way. If there is a chance in a million that you can do something, anything, to keep what you want from ending, do it. Pry the door open or, if need be, wedge your foot in that door and keep it open.” —Pauline Kael
“Do not wait; the time will never be ‘just right.’ Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.” —George Herbert
“Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you.” —George Whitefield
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” —Eleanor Roosevelt
“Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.” —W. Clement Stone
“Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” —Sam Levenson
“There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits.” —Michael Phelps
“Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.” —Theodore Roosevelt
“We aim above the mark to hit the mark.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
“One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals.” —Michael Korda
“Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.” —Simone de Beauvoir
“You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.” —Babe Ruth
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” —Arthur Ashe
“Why should you continue going after your dreams? Because seeing the look on the faces of the people who said you couldn’t… will be priceless.” —Kevin Ngo
“Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” —Harriet Beecher Stow
“The way get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” -Walt Disney
“The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.” -Winston Churchill
“Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.” -Will Rogers
“You learn more from failure than from success. Don’t let it stop you. Failure builds character.”- Unknown
“It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” – Inspirational Quote by Vince Lombardi
“If you are working on something that you really care about, you don’t have to be pushed. The vision pulls you.”- Steve Jobs
“People who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”- Rob Siltanen
“Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.”- Og Mandino
“Entrepreneurs are great at dealing with uncertainty and also very good at minimizing risk. That’s the classic entrepreneur.”- Mohnish Pabrai
“We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.”- Maya Angelou
“Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Wishing is not enough; we must do.”- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
“Imagine your life is perfect in every respect; what would it look like?”- Brian Tracy
“We generate fears while we sit. We overcome them by action.”- Dr. Henry Link
“Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right.”- Henry Ford
“Security is mostly a superstition. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.”- Helen Keller
“The man who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others.”- Hasidic Proverb
“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.”- Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Creativity is intelligence having fun.”- Albert Einstein
“What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle and giving 110% all the time.”- Don Zimmer
“Do what you can with all you have, wherever you are.”- Theodore Roosevelt
“Develop an ‘Attitude of Gratitude’. Say thank you to everyone you meet for everything they do for you.”- Brian Tracy
“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”- C.S. Lewis
“To see what is right and not do it is a lack of courage.”- Confucius
“Reading is to the mind, as exercise is to the body.”- Brian Tracy
“Fake it until you make it! Act as if you had all the confidence you require until it becomes your reality.”- Brian Tracy
“The future belongs to the competent. Get good, get better, be the best!”- Brian Tracy
“Integrity is the most valuable and respected quality of leadership. Always keep your word.”
“Leadership is the ability to get extraordinary achievement from ordinary people”
“Leaders set high standards. Refuse to tolerate mediocrity or poor performance”
“Clarity is the key to effective leadership. What are your goals?”
“The best leaders have a high Consideration Factor. They really care about their people”
“Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.”
“The key responsibility of leadership is to think about the future. No one else can do it for you.”
“The effective leader recognizes that they are more dependent on their people than they are on them. Walk softly.”
“Leaders never use the word failure. They look upon setbacks as learning experiences.”
“Practice Golden Rule Management in everything you do. Manage others the way you would like to be managed.”
“Superior leaders are willing to admit a mistake and cut their losses. Be willing to admit that you’ve changed your mind. Don’t persist when the original decision turns out to be a poor one.”
“Leaders are anticipatory thinkers. They consider all consequences of their behaviors before they act.”
“The true test of leadership is how well you function in a crisis.”
“Leaders concentrate single-mindedly on one thing– the most important thing, and they stay at it until it’s complete.”
“The three ‘C’s’ of leadership are Consideration, Caring, and Courtesy. Be polite to everyone.”
“Respect is the key determinant of high-performance leadership. How much people respect you determines how well they perform.”
“Leadership is more who you are than what you do.”
“Entrepreneurial leadership requires the ability to move quickly when opportunity presents itself.”
“Leaders are innovative, entrepreneurial, and future oriented. They focus on getting the job done.”
“Leaders are never satisfied; they continually strive to be better.”
Life is about making an impact, not making an income. --Kevin Kruse
Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. –Napoleon Hill
Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. –Albert Einstein
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. –Robert Frost
I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse. –Florence Nightingale
You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. –Wayne Gretzky
I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. –Michael Jordan
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. –Amelia Earhart
Every strike brings me closer to the next home run. –Babe Ruth
Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement. –W. Clement Stone
Life isn't about getting and having, it's about giving and being. –Kevin Kruse
Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans. –John Lennon
We become what we think about. –Earl Nightingale
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover. –Mark Twain
Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. –Charles Swindoll
The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. –Alice Walker
The mind is everything. What you think you become. –Buddha
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. –Chinese Proverb
An unexamined life is not worth living. –Socrates
Eighty percent of success is showing up. –Woody Allen
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. –Steve Jobs
Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is. –Vince Lombardi
I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions. –Stephen Covey
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. –Pablo Picasso
You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore. –Christopher Columbus
I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. –Maya Angelou
Either you run the day, or the day runs you. –Jim Rohn
Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right. –Henry Ford
The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why. –Mark Twain
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. –Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The best revenge is massive success. –Frank Sinatra
People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing. That’s why we recommend it daily. –Zig Ziglar
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. –Anais Nin
If you hear a voice within you say “you cannot paint,” then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced. –Vincent Van Gogh
There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing. –Aristotle
Ask and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you. –Jesus
The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. –Ralph Waldo Emerson
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. –Henry David Thoreau
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, I used everything you gave me. –Erma Bombeck
Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him. –Booker T. Washington
Certain things catch your eye, but pursue only those that capture the heart. – Ancient Indian Proverb
Believe you can and you’re halfway there. –Theodore Roosevelt
Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear. –George Addair
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. –Plato
Teach thy tongue to say, "I do not know," and thous shalt progress. –Maimonides
Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. –Arthur Ashe
When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life. –John Lennon
Fall seven times and stand up eight. –Japanese Proverb
When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us. –Helen Keller
Everything has beauty, but not everyone can see. –Confucius
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. –Anne Frank
When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. –Lao Tzu
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. –Maya Angelou
Happiness is not something readymade. It comes from your own actions. –Dalai Lama
If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship, don't ask what seat! Just get on. –Sheryl Sandberg
First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end. –Aristotle
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars. –Latin Proverb
You can’t fall if you don’t climb. But there’s no joy in living your whole life on the ground. –Unknown
We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained. –Marie Curie
Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears. –Les Brown
Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. –Joshua J. Marine
If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else. –Booker T. Washington
I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do. –Leonardo da Vinci
Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless. –Jamie Paolinetti
You take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one to blame. –Erica Jong
What’s money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do. –Bob Dylan
I didn’t fail the test. I just found 100 ways to do it wrong. –Benjamin Franklin
In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. –Bill Cosby
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. – Albert Einstein
The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it. –Chinese Proverb
There are no traffic jams along the extra mile. –Roger Staubach
It is never too late to be what you might have been. –George Eliot
You become what you believe. –Oprah Winfrey
I would rather die of passion than of boredom. –Vincent van Gogh
A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty. –Unknown
It is not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves, that will make them successful human beings. –Ann Landers
If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money. –Abigail Van Buren
Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs. –Farrah Gray
The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself--the invisible battles inside all of us--that's where it's at. –Jesse Owens
Education costs money. But then so does ignorance. –Sir Claus Moser
I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear. –Rosa Parks
It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. –Confucius
If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough. –Oprah Winfrey
Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. –Dalai Lama
You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. –Maya Angelou
Dream big and dare to fail. –Norman Vaughan
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. –Martin Luther King Jr.
Do what you can, where you are, with what you have. –Teddy Roosevelt
If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten. –Tony Robbins
Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning. –Gloria Steinem
It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live. –Mae Jemison
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try. –Beverly Sills
Remember no one can make you feel inferior without your consent. –Eleanor Roosevelt
Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be. –Grandma Moses
The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me. –Ayn Rand
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. –Henry Ford
It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. –Abraham Lincoln
Change your thoughts and you change your world. –Norman Vincent Peale
Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. –Benjamin Franklin
Nothing is impossible, the word itself says, “I’m possible!” –Audrey Hepburn
The only way to do great work is to love what you do. –Steve Jobs
If you can dream it, you can achieve it. –Zig Ziglar