Jon Gordon Quotes

Positivity is like a boomerang. The more we put it out there, the more it comes back to us.

Successful people do ordinary things with extraordinary consistency, commitment and focus.

The goal is not to be better than anyone else but rather be better than you were yesterday.

Being positive won’t guarantee you’ll succeed. But being negative will guarantee you won’t.

Great leaders don't succeed because they are great. They succeed because they bring out the greatness in others.

Leadership is not just about what you do but what you can inspire, encourage and empower others to do.

You need to work as hard to be a great teammate as you do to be a great player

Purpose is the ultimate fuel for our journey through life. When we drive with purpose we don't get tired or bored and our engines don't burn out.

Adversity is not a dead end but a detour to a better outcome than you can imagine!

No challenge can stop you if you have the courage to keep moving forward in the face of your greatest fears and biggest challenges. Be courageous.

So often the difference between success and failure is belief. Belief leads to action and execution.

My life is a gift not an obligation and I Get To make the most of it.

Your optimism today will determine your level of success tomorrow.

The only person who can limit your possibilities is you.

If you think your best days are behind you, they are. If you think your best days are ahead of you, they are.

Challenges ONLY make you STRONGER!!!

Don't let negative people drain your energy. Focus on your positive energy and kill them with kindness. Energy vampires are no match for your positive energy.

Instead of being disappointed about where you are, be optimistic about where you are going.

Remember, you have only one ride through life so give it all you got and enjoy the ride.

You are not a true success unless you are helping others be successful.

Don't waste your energy on those who don't get on your bus.

Love is the answer for the team's success.

Only through service and sacrifice can you become great.

Everyone wants to do what the great ones do; but very few are willing to do what they did to become great

You can’t be a great leader if all you are serving is yourself.

Every morning you have a choice. Are you going to be a positive thinker or a negative thinker? Positive thinking will energize you.

One negative person can create a miserable office environment for everyone else.

We often have to lose what we thought we wanted to find what God wants for us

The secret to life and the greatest success strategy of all is to love all of it and fear none of it.

The first CD I had, that I think had had any redeeming qualities to it, I did when I was 25 with a relatively small label called Chiarascuro.

Failure is not meant to be final and fatal.... It is meant to refine you to be all that you are meant to be.

Don't chase success. Decide to make a difference and success will find you.

Optimism is a competitive advantage.

Thoughts are magnetic. What we think about we attract.

Love the process and you’ll love what the process produces.

When you experience resistance, you find the lessons that you are meant to learn

I don't want my children to be what I want them to be. I want them to become everything God created them to be.

When you fuel up with purpose you find the excitement in the mundane, the passion in the everyday, the extraordinary in the ordinary.

Anyone who attempts to build great things will face challenges.

Another classical music teacher from Performing Arts that I've stayed in contact with is Jonathan Strasser.

It's not easy to deal with the negativity in the world but it's something that's got to be done. Your success and life are so important that you must surround yourself with a positive support team.

If I could have picked two guys on the planet, to have some exposure to at that age, those were the two right guys [Phil Woods and Charles McPherson].

Joe Henderson with Ron Carter and Al Foster at the Vanguard was just wow. And the energy of the three of them.

If you are complaining you can't be thinking about or creating what you do want.

I would sit in at a jazz brunch [at sweet Basil] with Eddie Chamblee, who was a great tenor player. Really a kind man. The whole band was great.

A true leader doesn't lead to gain power. They lead to empower and give power away.

You fuel your life with trust and love instead of fear and doubt.

Walk down Forest Ave to Joey's Pizza like we used to do after performances, which doesn't exist anymore. We had a sense of community [in the school band].

I have to say, music was always my self preservation survival technique. This sort of sacred space in my life and in my mind.

We still talk about [school band]. Almost 40 years later. It's like people are talking about, "Man we need to have a morning band reunion".