Quotes By Bo Bennett

Untapped potential is the difference between where a person is now and where he or she can be.

You are not, nor ever will be, better than anyone else besides the person you are now.

Using rhetorical questions in speeches is a great way to keep the audience involved. Don't you think those kinds of questions would keep your attention?

Success is not in what you have, but who you are.

Not being in tune with your customers is like living in an alternate reality; the way you think your customers feel about your product is not always the same as what your customers really think about your product.

If you think Abraham Lincoln became famous for inventing the town car, it is time to spend a few hours on history.

Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can't be done.

Enthusiasm is not the same as just being excited. One gets excited about going on a roller coaster. One becomes enthusiastic about creating and building a roller coaster.

Show interest in all people, not just those from whom you want something. Making people feel important and good about themselves is just the right thing to do.

The secret to having everything you want out of life is the realization that you really don't want most of the things you think you want.

Frustration, although quite painful at times, is a very positive and essential part of success.

Anyone who wants to sell you overnight success or wealth is not interested in your success; they are interested in your money.

People who come from dysfunctional families are not destined for a dysfunctional life.

We can create the ultimate job security by becoming less dependent on the organization for which we work and more dependent on our own resources.

A single question can be more influential than a thousand statements.

As sure as the spring will follow the winter, prosperity and economic growth will follow recession.

Avoiding the phrase "I don't have time...", will soon help you to realize that you do have the time needed for just about anything you choose to accomplish in life.

Diplomacy is more than saying or doing the right things at the right time, it is avoiding saying or doing the wrong things at any time.

Those who improve with age embrace the power of personal growth and personal achievement and begin to replace youth with wisdom, innocence with understanding, and lack of purpose with self-actualization.

To me, living in the present means being aware of your conscious choice to focus on the past, present or future - it is not necessarily having to focus on the present.

If you are only doing what you are getting paid for, and doing it no better than the average employee, then your pay is most likely right where it should be.

Peeves do not make very good pets.

The discipline you learn and character you build from setting and achieving a goal can be more valuable than the achievement of the goal itself.

When it comes to success, there are no shortcuts.

Value people on their potential, not on their history.

Think before you act and act on what you believe.

Every day, people settle for less than they deserve. They are only partially living or at best living a partial life. Every human being has the potential for greatness.

I like to think of sales as the ability to gracefully persuade, not manipulate, a person or persons into a win-win situation.

A dead end can never be a one way street; you can always turn around and take another road.

Spend some time this weekend on home improvement; improve your attitude toward your family.