Top 200 Frank Sonnenberg Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Lessons in life will be repeated until they are learned.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

2. “Winners make the effort while losers make excuses.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

3. “Great leaders hire outstanding people, train them well, inspire them, and then get out of their way.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

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4. “If you want to get anywhere, you have to start somewhere.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

5. “If everything’s a priority, then nothing’s a priority.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

6. “Sometimes you deserve a pat on the back, even if you have to do it yourself.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

7. “You don’t get what you want; you get what you deserve.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

8. “Your mindset matters more than you think.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

9. “Work hard. You’re expected to pull your own weight, not to weigh down the team.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

10. “Incremental progress leads to long-lasting results.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

11. “Do you invest your time or spend it?”

— Frank Sonnenberg

12. “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.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

13. “Stop trying to control the uncontrollable.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

14. “When you tolerate mediocrity, you get more of it.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

15. “Practice doesn’t make perfect if you’re doing it wrong.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

16. “Enjoy the moment. You won’t have it again.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

17. “Do you have twenty years of experience or one year of experience repeated twenty times?”

— Frank Sonnenberg

18. “You don’t win a debate by suppressing discussion; you win it with a better argument.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

19. “We’ve become so addicted to instant gratification that we’re blind to the impact it has on our lives.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

20. “Feedback turns good into better and better into best.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

21. “Know what matters most to you and be unwilling to compromise those priorities at almost any price.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

22. “When you compete against yourself, you both win.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

23. “Being frugal doesn’t mean slashing your spending or depriving yourself of things that you enjoy. It means knowing the value of a dollar and making every effort to spend it wisely.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

24. “Ask yourself whether the problem will matter in a year or two. If not, it may be a trivial issue unworthy of your concern.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

25. “You can’t control the weather, but that doesn’t stop some people from trying.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

26. “Smart people do stupid things. Stupid people don’t learn from them.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

27. “Karma is like a boomerang. I hope you have many happy returns.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

28. “Free speech and debate are essential in our search for the truth.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

29. “Before acting on any recommendation, know the rationale.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

30. “Helping people too much only makes them helpless.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

31. “When planning life’s journey, always have an alternate route.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

32. “Measure a person’s worth by their character, not their possessions.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

33. “People can’t hear what you don’t say. Thinking isn’t communicating.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

34. “Just because a person is silent doesn’t mean there’s no message.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

35. “All the money in the world doesn’t make you a better person. It simply means that you have more money.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

36. “Listen to your conscience. You have to live with yourself for the rest of your life.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

37. “Winning doesn’t have to be at someone’s expense.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

38. “Subtracting from your list of priorities is as important as adding to it.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

39. “If you believe the American work ethic is ‘old school,’ you’d better repeat the class.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

40. “Compromise is a mindset, not an activity.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

41. “Ability determines if you can; attitude determines if you will.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

42. “A promise should be as binding as a contract.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

43. “Fair-minded people avoid zero-sum games in which one-person’s win translates into another person’s loss.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

44. “Even though the world is large, one person can still make a world of difference.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

45. “Last-minute effort does not make up for years of neglect.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

46. “You win a debate with a better argument, not by force.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

47. “Leave the past behind.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

48. “I’m too busy’ is another way of saying, ‘It’s not a priority.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

49. “It doesn’t cost more to strive for excellence, but if you settle for mediocrity, it’ll cost you dearly.”

— Frank Sonnenberg

50. “Some rules are so nonsensical, they’re meant to be broken.”

— Frank Sonnenberg