This document is dedicated to my wife, Angela, and my three children, Michael, Deborah and Tony, who have taught me many valuable lessons as I have walked down the pathway of life.

If you or your organization would like more information on the topics I presently facilitate, please contact me at my email address below.

You may feel free to use the quotes in this document in any way you wish. I request, however, that you do not include large portions of this document, such as an entire topic or topics, in any other document, electronic or otherwise, without recognition being given as to its source. No part of this document is to be sold without my written permission.

This document represents a variety of quotations and illustrations that I collected during 35 years of my tenure with IBM and has continued since I retired in 2001. It now contains over 5000 items arranged into 40+ topics and represents over 500+ typewritten pages. Some topics are more comprehensive than others. This is mostly due to my fields of interest. Some quotations were hard to catalog - many of these have been placed in "Points to Ponder."

I will be adding to this document as I come across additional pertinent items in the future. You are encouraged to contribute your favorite quote(s) to this document. If you would like to tell me a little about yourself, click HERE.

One quote in the collection states "Most people who put together collections of verse or [quotations] resemble those who eat cherries or oysters: they begin by choosing the best and end by eating everything." Hopefully you will find that I have avoided the "snails" in the bowl and have picked only the highest quality!

The arrangement of the quotes into a number of topics will enable you to quickly find a quote that matches your needs. In addition, many browsers provide a "Find" or "Search" option. Use this option to search a particular topic for an author or quote that contain words or phrases you may be interested in. Make sure that you "click" your mouse somewhere in the frame that contains the quotes before beginning a search.

My thanks to Susan Gerke for allowing me to add her collection of quotes (mostly on "Teamwork".) To visit her website click HERE.

Thanks also to Scott Simmerman for his contributions (click on his website: SquareWheels).

Major Revisions to this document:

• March 26, 2000 - Major site re-design completed. New topic added: "Trivia."
• April 19, 2000 - New topic added: "Courage."
• May 18, 2000 - New topic added: "Friendship."
• September 18, 2000 - New topic added: "Coach/ing."
• April 17, 2001 - Minor site re-design. Placed "Lessons from Nature" under topics. Now that I'm retired, I expect to add many more quotes shortly.
• Added cursor rotating scrolling message/date
• June 17, 2007 - Well, finally I had time (who says you'll have a lot of extra time when you retire?!?) to add more quotes. The net effect is to double the size of the website. Enjoy!

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