![QOTD: Tuesday, August 21st, 2012](https://wardsnotes.com/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
The reality is that emotions are at the center of everything we do. The leadership challenge isn’t to avoid them. It’s to ignite the positive…
![QOTD: Monday, August 20th, 2012](https://wardsnotes.com/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
If more of us valued food and cheer above hoarded gold, it would be a much merrier world. – J.R.R. Tolkien
![QOTD: Friday, August 17th, 2012](https://wardsnotes.com/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet? – Unknown
![QOTD: Wednesday, August 15th, 2012](https://wardsnotes.com/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Put your heart, mind, intellect and soul even to your smallest acts. This is the secret of success. – Swami Sivananda
![QOTD: Tuesday, August 14th, 2012](https://wardsnotes.com/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Don’t wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them. – Orison Swett Marden
![QOTD: Monday, August 13th, 2012](https://wardsnotes.com/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
The biggest motivation I have to keep competing is that I feel I am improving. – Hiroshi Hoketsu
![QOTD: Friday, August 10th, 2012](https://wardsnotes.com/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Olympics: The one time every four years when people remember badminton exists. – Tyler Stanton‏ (@tylerstanton) on Twitter