Celebrate the Gift of LIFE Because you can!

“For me and my family personally, September 11 was a reminder that LIFE is fleeting, impermanent, and uncertain. Therefore, we must make use of every moment and nurture it with affection, tenderness, beauty, creativity, and laughter.” -Deepak Chopra, M.D.

Loss, Survival, Courage, Conviction and LOVE!

I remember I had just arrived in Cairo, Egypt (first trip) when all of us watched news footage of the twin towers go down while at Cairo airport. At that time, flew out of New York straight to Cairo, Egypt to speak at an event, and then this life-shattering news!  To date, I thank God daily for being given the gift of life as my life could have ended right then and there in the event of a flight delay.

In honor of those we lost and their surviving loved ones, let's remember that LIFE is a gift, a privilege! When we value the gift of life, that action alone is our commitment to not let their deaths go in vain; our commitment to purpose LIVING in the now with love and gratitude, because we can!

So dear friend, celebrate the gift of LIFE, because you can!

Would you like to take this moment to express what's in your heart and mind, as we remember September 11 together?

GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU!
~Annie Armen

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30 Quotes on COMMITMENT in Business and in Life!

Dear Why Annie Armen Readers,

May you find these select 30 quotes on COMMITMENT empowering, encouraging, and inspiring, adding productive value in your lives, both personally and professionally!

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1. “COMMITMENT means staying LOYAL to what you said you were going to do long after the mood you said it in has left you!” ~Author Unknown

2. “Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events not of words. Trust movement." ~Alfred Adler

3. "There's a difference between interest and COMMITMENT. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when it's convenient. When you're COMMITTED TO DOING something, you accept no excuses; only results." ~Kenneth Blanchard

4. "It was character that got us out of bed, COMMITMENT that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through.” ~Zig Ziglar

5. “COMMITMENT is the enemy of resistance, for it is the serious promise to press on, to get up, no matter how many times you are knocked down.” ~David McNally

6. “Nothing is easier than saying words. Nothing is harder than living them day after day.” ~Arthur Gordon

7. “Losers make promises they often break. Winners make COMMITMENTS they always keep.” ~Denis Waitley

8. ”Unless COMMITMENT is made, there are only promises and hopes... but no plans.” ~Peter F. Drucker

9. “COMMITMENT in the face of conflict produces character.” ~Author Unknown

10. “The moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise occurred. ... Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now.” ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

11. ”Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and COMMITMENT to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.” ~Mario Andretti

12. "The relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. COMMITMENT is healthiest when it is not without doubt but in spite of doubt." ~Rollo May

13. "The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their COMMITMENT to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor." ~Vince Lombardi

14. "Without involvement, there is no COMMITMENT. Mark it down, asterisk it, circle it, underline it." ~Stephen Covey

15. “COMMITMENT is a language that success understands very clearly. Without it, the closest a person can get to the manifestation of their dream is the imagination of living their dream.” ~Edmond Mbiaka

16. ”Strategy is all about COMMITMENT. If what you're doing isn't irrevocable, then you don't have a strategy -- because anyone can do it... I've always wanted to treat life like I was an invading army and there was no turning back." ~Troy Tyler
 
17. "Do the thing and you will be given the power." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

18. “A man that is fully COMMITTED to his dream will never be a stranger to success in the future.” ~Edmond Mbiaka

19. “The miracle, or the power, that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application, and perseverance under the prompting of a brave, determined spirit.” ~Mark Twain

20. “COMMITMENT is taking the first step, even if it means falling the rest of the way down.” ~Wes Fessler

21. “There are only two creatures of value on the face of the earth: those with the commitment, and those who require the COMMITMENT of others.” ~John Adams

22. “I was able to see what I wanted to do, I could see the opportunity, even when others could not, and I stay COMMITTED to doing it and doing it well, no matter what.” ~Magic Johnson

23. “Any man's life will be filled with constant and unexpected encouragement if he makes up his mind to do his level best each day.” ~Booker T. Washington

24. “You can become instantly successful with a simple thought, but long-lasting and pronounced success comes to those who renew their COMMITMENT to a mindset of abundance every minute of every hour of every day.” ~Bryant McGill

25. “COMMITMENT unlocks the doors of imagination, allows vision, and gives us the right stuff to turn our dream into reality.” ~James Womack

26. “There are only two options regarding COMMITMENT, you're either in or you're out. There's no such thing as life in between.” ~Pat Riley

27. “You can be anything you want to be, if only you believe with sufficient conviction and act in accordance with your faith; for whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve.” ~Napoleon Hill

28. “When work, COMMITMENT, and pleasure all become one and you reach that deep well where passion lives, nothing is impossible.” ~Francois de La Rochefoucauld

29. “He who is most slow in making a promise is the most faithful in performance of it.” ~Jean-Jacques Rousseau

30. “It's always too early to quit.” ~Norman Vincent Peale

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20 Quotes on VALUES in Business and in Life!

Dear WHY Annie Armen Readers:

What are YOUR favorite quotes on “values”?  Please take a moment to post your favorite quote choice(s) at the end of this post.

In the mean time, may you find these purposeful quotes on VALUES empowering and meaningful to your inner WHY in business and in life! 

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1.   "Effectiveness without values is a tool without a purpose."  ~Edward de Bono

2.  "Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value."  ~Albert Einstein

3.   "Treasure the love you receive above all.  It will survive long after your good health has vanished."  ~Og Mandino

4.   "The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor."  ~Vince Lombardi

5.  "Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, riches take wing, and only character endures." ~Horace Greeley (1811-1872), New York newspaper editor

6.   "The ultimate determinant in the struggle now going on for the world will not be bombs and rockets but a test of wills and ideas - a trial of spiritual resolve: the values we hold, the beliefs we cherish and the ideals to which we are dedicated."  ~Ronald Reagan

7.  "Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for long-term values."  ~Joshua L. Liebman

8.   “We never know the worth of water 'til the well is dry.”  ~English Proverb

9.   “If you don’t value your time, neither will others. Stop giving away your time and talents. Value what you know and start charging for it.”  ~Kim Garst

10. “Without commonly shared and widely entrenched moral values and obligations, neither the law, nor democratic government, nor even the market economy will function properly.”  ~Václav Havel

11.  "Respect your fellow human being, treat them fairly, disagree with them honestly, enjoy their friendship, explore your thoughts about one another candidly, work together for a common goal and help one another achieve it. No destructive lies. No ridiculous fears. No debilitating anger.” ~Bill Bradley

12.  “I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.”  ~Robert Brault

13.  “The crucial variable in the process of turning knowledge into value is creativity.”  ~John Kao

14.  "Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.”  ~Anton Chekhov

15.  “The reason I beat the Austrians is, they did not know the value of five minutes”    ~Napoleon Bonaparte

16.  “Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.”  ~Albert Camus

17.  “Guard well your spare moments.  They are like uncut diamonds.  Discard them and their value will never be known.  Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.”  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

18.  “I can't change the fact that my paintings don't sell.  But the time will come when people will recognize that they are worth more than the value of the paints used in the picture.”  ~Vincent van Gogh

19.  "We're so engaged in doing things to achieve purposes of outer value that we forget the inner value, the rapture that is associated with being alive, is what it is all about.”  ~Joseph Campbell

20.  "Realize that true happiness lies within you.  Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside.  Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving.  Reach out. Share.  Smile.  Hug.  Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself."  ~Og Mandino

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Friends, what are YOUR favorite quotes on “values”?

Very much looking forward to reading your posts!

Fire away and Pass it on! 
~Annie Armen

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