21 Quotes by Rick Rigsby

Good enough is not good enough if it can be better. And better is not good enough if it can be best.

Hearing tells you the music is playing. Listening tells you what the song is saying!

Son, there will always be people in life who rub you the wrong way. Some you will work with, others you will work for. Make every effort to respect them. Make every effort to learn something from them. Son, sometimes you have to just stand. Sometimes you have to just hold firm – knowing that you will get through whatever it is.

Son, if you’re not going to do it right, it’s not worth doing at all.

In essence, I had to move from making an impression to making an impact.

Choosing to listen actively to someone, looking them squarely in the eyes, and purposely remembering the major points may take more than the 15 seconds that defines the attention span of the average adult, but will add value and honor and dignity to the person with whom you are interacting.

Life boils down to choices. You cannot choose what happens to you. You can choose how you will respond.

The greatest crisis in America today is a crisis of leadership. And the greatest peril of leadership is a crisis of character.

What do people feel like after they have been in your presence? Do they walk away saying, “I saw another possibility in life?” Or do they depart undaunted, unaffected, and none the better?