30 Quotes on ENCOURAGEMENT in Business and in Life!

“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.””  ~Ayn Rand

When you count all the number of times you KEEP ON GETTING UP, compared to the number of times you fell... guess which number is greater, and more importantly, a true reflection of your reality? When life knocks you down, that experience makes your triumph all worth it because you choose to stand back up and knock the challenge out of the ball park that much harder! 

Whether you are at your peak, stuck, or at the bottom, may you find these select 30 Encouragement Quotes empowering, firing you up with CAN DO power to actualize your dream and thrive in business and in life!  In the spirit of encouraging one another, If you have a word of encouragement to share, or favorite encouragement quotes of your own, by all means add them in the comments section below.  Thank you!

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1.   "Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you CAN DO."  ~John Wooden
 

2.   “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 the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”  ~H. Jackson Brown Jr. 

3.   “Get going. Move forward. Aim High. Plan a takeoff. Don’t just sit on the runway and hope someone will come along and push the airplane. It simply won’t happen. Change your attitude and gain some altitude. Believe me, you’ll love it up here.”  ~Donald Trump

4.   “A word of ENCOURAGEMENT from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage. A word of ENCOURAGEMENT from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential.”  ~John C. Maxwell

5.   “Leaders must ENCOURAGE their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard.”  ~Warren G. Bennis

6.   “Listen to the desires of your children. ENCOURAGE them and then give them the autonomy to make their own decision.”  ~Denis Waitley

7.   “You do not live in a vacuum nor can you harvest the better fruits of life without help and ENCOURAGEMENT from others.”  ~Og Mandino

8.   “Instruction does much, but ENCOURAGEMENT everything."  ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

9.   “ENCOURAGEMENT from any source is like a drop of rain upon a parched desert.” ~Claire Gillian

10.  “A word of ENCOURAGEMENT during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success.”  ~Author Unknown

11.  “You are your greatest asset. Put your time, effort and money into training, grooming, and ENCOURAGING your greatest asset.”  ~Tom Hopkins

12.  “I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of ENCOURAGING people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together.”  ~Queen Elizabeth II

13.  “If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again.”  ~Flavia Weedn

14.  “Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.”  ~Christian D. Larson

15.  “You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.”  ~Maya Angelou

16.  “Whenever you make a mistake or get knocked down by life, don’t look back at it too long. Mistakes are life’s way of teaching you. Your capacity for occasional blunders is inseparable from your capacity to reach your goals. No one wins them all, and your failures, when they happen, are just part of your growth. Shake off your blunders. How will you know your limits without an occasional failure? Never quit. Your turn will come.”  ~Og Mandino

17.  “I know of no more ENCOURAGING fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.”  ~Henry David Thoreau

18.  “One of the most beautiful gifts in the world is the gift of ENCOURAGEMENT.  When someone encourages you, that person helps you over a threshold you might otherwise never have crossed on your own.”  ~John O'Donohue

19.  “Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow.”  ~Doug Firebaugh

20.  “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

21.  “When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.”   ~Harriet Beecher Stowe

22.  “Start where you are. Use what you have.  Do what you can.”  ~Arthur Ashe

23.  “Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible' ”  ~Audrey Hepburn

24.  “Forget all the reasons it won’t work and believe the one reason that it will.”  ~Author Unknown

25.  “Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is more people who have come alive”  ~Howard Thurman

26.  “Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.”  ~Jim Rohn

27.  You can make positive deposits in your own economy every day by reading and listening to powerful, positive, life-changing content and by associating with ENCOURAGING and hope-building people.  ~Zig Ziglar

28.  “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

29.  “Abilities wither under faultfinding, blossom under ENCOURAGEMENT.”  ~Donald A. Laird

30.  “ENCOURAGEMENT adds oxygen to one's life personally, and creates a healthier culture within organizations when implemented by practice, professionally.”  ~Annie Armen 

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The Value of Mutual Reciprocity by Referrals

"LOYAL customers, they don’t just come back, they don’t simply recommend you, they INSIST that their friends do business with you."  ~Chip Bell, Founder Chip Bell Group

How Can I Ever Repay You?

Over the years, is there someone in your circle of influence who has inspired you, who has impacted your life in a fruitful way, whether personally or professionally?  Have you expressed your deepest gratitude with words like:  "How can I ever repay you”  or, “I owe you big time”?.  If yes, did you take action toward helping your friend grow his/her business, or did you stop there simply because you were unclear on what more you can do beyond saying, "thank you"?

Dear Why Annie Armen Readers, while it is appreciated to acknowledge, validate, and genuinely compliment a fellow friend/colleague/client for all the ways he/she has helped impact your life both personally and professionally, why stop there?  

Share Your Experience With Others 

After thanking someone for their help, often times you may hear a response that goes something like this:  "No need to thank me.  Would much prefer if you can share your experience with others."  Do you know why that is?

When you choose to let others know about your positive experience from professional services rendered, that action taken on your part potentially results in your friend acquiring new business by your referral.  The value of mutual reciprocity by referrals is a beautiful thing!

Now the Question Becomes, HOW? 

While many of you may already be familiar with the list you are about to read below, perhaps you may find value in putting this 'friendly reminder list" to use by sharing this article with others who are looking for effective ways to refer business your way.  Here below are 5 simple action steps you can take now to address the "how" factor in “How can I ever repay you?:

1.  Write up a professional endorsement (preferably using your company letterhead) sharing your positive experience to generate potential referral leads for your friend.  Both mail the original copy and email it to your friend as an attachment, for his/her instant use.

2.  Visit your friend's social media pages online at LinkedIn, Google+, and Facebook for starters.  Look for the "reviews" section.  Copy and paste your endorsement there to make your shout out visible to the public to generate lead traffic toward your friend's business.

3.  Do you have a blog?  If your answer is no, you can create one at no cost to you by visiting either blogger.com or wordpress.com.  After creating one, or if you already have a blog, you can write and publish an article about your amazing experience(s) in working with your friend, and the impact his/her guidance has had on your business, with a link to your friend's website(s).  How cool is that! 

Here is one example of an article I wrote referring my top 3 clients, titled "5 Days of Business". 

4.  VERY IMPORTANT STEP:   Ask your friend to produce a letter that you can share and give to people in your extended network to make it very easy for you to refer his/her professional services to others.

5.  Review your overall "contacts" base and purposefully select 5-10 potential persons and/or organizations you can reach out to, who you believe can benefit from your friend's services.  Here is where you can now use the specific letter produced by your friend (refer to step #4 above) to effectively facilitate an introduction and activate the referral process.

Nothing is Ever for FREE

When you are asked for pricing for your friend's services, immediately refer them to your friend for that particular discussion, and stay clear of volunteering information like:  "I was lucky... Charlie didn't charge me for anything."  Why?

When you say you were rendered professional services for “free”, without your intention, you are hurting your friend's business, and you are potentially advertising false hope -- that perhaps, just perhaps he or she can also receive "free" service(s).  Please stop and think about that for a moment.

The reality is, you in fact HAVE PAID into your friend's business over the years in many other ways, which has earned you that complimentary service.  For example, you may have provided your friend with revenue generating ideas that have resulted in ROI for his/her business.  Your friend recognizes this fact, and chooses to reciprocate complimentary services to help YOU (not potential referrals) in mutual reciprocity.  

Remember, nothing is ever for FREE!  Someone is always paying the price somewhere!

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The Value of Mutual Reciprocity by Business Referrals is a beautiful thing!  While feeling and expressing gratitude is important, purposeful actions taken immediately thereafter to compliment your heartfelt words of gratitude go a long way, resulting in mutually loyal, fruitful relationships both personally and professionally! 

As you are working on referring business to your friend, let's reciprocate to you as well. 

1.  Who do you know who can recommend you today? 
2.  What type of person / company makes a good referral for you?
3.  Have you produced a letter he or she can use to refer business your way?

~Annie Armen  

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30 Quotes on LOVE in Business and in Life!

“LOVE is your eternal, guiding light through the circle of life!”  ~Annie Armen 

Happy Valentine's Day from Why Annie Armen Communications!  May you find these select 30 quotes on LOVE encouraging, uplifting, and nourishing, adding productive AND discerning value in your lives, both personally and professionally!

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1.    "(4) LOVE is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. (5) It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. (6) Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. (7) It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres."  ~1 Corinthians 13:4-7, Holy Bible (New International Version)

2.    "I will greet this day with LOVE in my heart. ...

        a.  I will love the ambitious for they can inspire me!
        b.  I will love the failures for they can teach me. 
        c.  I will love the kings for they are but human;
        d.  I will love the meek for they are divine.
        e.  I will love the rich for they are yet lonely;
        f.   I will love the poor for they are so many.
        g.  I will love the young for the faith they hold;
        h.  I will love the old for the wisdom they share. 
        i.   I will love the beautiful for their eyes of sadness;
        j.   I will love the ugly for their souls of peace. ..."  ~Og Mandino 

3.    “You LOVE people not for what you do for them or what they do for you. You love them for the values, the virtues, which they have achieved in their own character.”  ~Ayn Rand

4.    “Eventually you will come to understand that LOVE heals everything, and love is all there is.”  ~Gary Zukav

5.    “LOVE one another and you will be happy.  It's as simple and as difficult as that.”  ~Michael Leunig

6.    “A baby is born with a need to be LOVED - and never outgrows it.”  ~Frank A. Clark

7.    “Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who LOVE, time is eternity.”  ~Henry Van Dyke

8.    “Take away LOVE and our earth is a tomb.”  ~Robert Browning

9.    “To be LOVED for what one is, is the greatest exception. The great majority love in others only what they lend him, their own selves, their version of him.”  ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

10.  “If you have LOVE in your life it can make up for a great many things you lack. If you don't have it, no matter what else there is, it's not enough.”  ~Ann Landers

11.  “LOVE is not consolation. It is light.”  ~Friedrich Nietzsche

12.  “A LOVING heart is the truest wisdom.”  ~Charles Dickens

13.  “The past is behind us, LOVE is in front and all around us.”  ~Terri Guillemets

14.  “What the world really needs is more LOVE and less paper work”.  ~Pearl Bailey

15.  “A heart that LOVES is always young.”  ~Greek Proverb

16.  “Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of LOVE, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.”  ~Mother Theresa

17.  “The ultimate lesson all of us have to learn is unconditional LOVE, which includes not only others but ourselves as well.”  ~Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

18.  “Pure LOVE is a willingness to give without a thought of receiving anything in return.”  ~Peace Pilgrim

19.  “I would rather have eyes that cannot see; ears that cannot hear; lips that cannot speak, than a heart that cannot LOVE.”  ~Robert Tizon

20.  “The moment we choose to LOVE we begin to move against domination, against oppression. The moment we choose to love we begin to move towards freedom, to act in ways that liberate ourselves and others. That action is the testimony of love as the practice of freedom.”  ~Bell Hooks

21.  “LOVING kindness and compassion are the basis for wise, powerful, sometimes gentle, and sometimes fierce actions that can really make a difference -- in our own lives and those of others.”  ~Sharon Salzberg

22.  “Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there's LOVE and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong.”  ~Ella Fitzgerald

23.  “One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life:  That word is LOVE.”  ~Sophocles

24.  “LOVE many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.”  ~Vincent van Gogh

25.  “Each of us has the power to give life meaning, to make our time and our bodies and our words into instruments of LOVE and hope.”  ~Tom Head

26.  “Your task is not to seek for LOVE, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”  ~Jalal ad-Din Rumi

27.  “LOVE and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.”  ~Barbara De Angelis

28.  “We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to LOVE. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.”  ~Martin Luther King, Jr.

29.  “We look forward to the time when the Power of LOVE will replace the Love of Power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace.”  ~William E. Gladstone

30.  “Through wisdom, understanding, knowledge, and unconditional LOVE, let us plant the social, cultural, educational, physical, emotional, and spiritual seeds of nourishment within children and youth, and through these efforts to ensure and bring into fruition their inborn virtues.”  ~Annie Armen

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