Frank Sonnenberg Quotes
Respect is priceless. Earn it every day!
Every time you give your word, you’re putting your honor on the line.
The only way an annoyance can bring you down is if you let it.
Ask yourself whether the problem will matter in a year or two. If not, it may be a trivial issue unworthy of your concern.
The next time someone says, ‘The odds are against you, ’ remember: If you don’t try, you forfeit the opportunity.
Measuring progress is often like watching grass grow. While it’s difficult to detect movement on a daily basis, it’s simple to see growth over time.
Dreams, unlike eggs, don’t hatch from sitting on them.
Values are like a pilot’s flight plan . . . without them you’re flying blind.
Always give everything 110 percent. It's the extra 10 percent that everyone remembers.
Given the option, would you rather choose the right path, even though it’s difficult, or the easy route, knowing that you’ll be compromising your standards?
Paradise is not a place, it’s a state of mind.
If you stop focusing on all the reasons why you can’t do it, you just may surprise yourself to see what you can do.
You can’t live an unhealthy lifestyle and expect a healthy outcome.
Your life is determined by the sum of the choices that YOU make.
If you’re not proud of what you do, you’re not done.
Being a good loser helps build character, provides valuable lessons, and helps you become mentally prepared for your next challenge.
A lie repeated many times doesn’t change the truth.
It’s easy to tune out your critics, but difficult to turn off your conscience.
You’ll never learn anything or impress anyone by making excuses and diverting blame.
Failing one time — or even several times — doesn’t make you a failure any more than losing one game makes you a loser.
We can’t expect others to abandon their values any more than we would forsake our own.
No one has the right to force his or her way of life on anyone else.
Actions Matter: Do As I Do. Not As I Say.
When you make a promise, you’re not giving your word in erasable pencil, you’re inscribing your commitment in indelible ink.
Make a life while making a living.
Appreciate what you have, while you have it, or you’ll learn what it meant to you after you lose it.
When you tell a lie, everything that you say in the future may be treated as suspect.
Follow your conscience. Sleep well.
Listen to your conscience. You have to live with yourself for the rest of your life.
If someone chooses to live a certain way, and it doesn’t infringe on anyone’s freedom, it’s their choice to make.
Shared beliefs and values form the heart of every successful relationship and ultimately determine its success.
Everything has a price, but not everything should be for sale.
Knowing what’s right isn’t as important as doing what’s right.
Winning without honor, is worse than a resounding defeat.
What counts that we’re not counting?
Courageous people run toward the problem rather than away from it.
Many people are actually poor because the only thing they have is money.
Courageous people know that old ways of doing things shouldn’t stand in the way of a better solution.
Fair-minded people earn the respect of their colleagues rather than demanding it.
Real leaders focus resources in areas that provide the greatest opportunity rather than making across-the-board decisions.
Courageous people know that saying ‘no’ to one idea enables them to say ‘yes’ to another.
When you master the basics, and execute them well, there’s no need to worry about the score.
You send a message by what you say and what you do. If words aren’t supported with consistent actions, they will ring hollow.
A positive mental attitude can improve your health, enhance your relationships, increase your chances of success, and add years to your life.
It’s your life to live. Own it! You have to live with yourself for the rest of your life.
Keeping score, in friendships, is a losing game.
People stop trying when there’s no benefit for being exceptional and no consequence for being mediocre.
There’s more to life than increasing its speed.
It’s better to bite your tongue than to eat your words.
Moral character is the DNA of success and happiness.