"A good medical assistant can fix a machine, but a great one can comfort a patient."
- Kim McAllister
Compassion
"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others."
- Mahatma Gandhi
Compassion
"The greatest medicine of all is teaching people how not to need it."
- Hippocrates
Education
"Care is the ultimate cure."
- Jay Woodman
Compassion
"The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician."
- Paracelsus
Healing
"Take care of your patients and everything else will fall into place."
- Thomas Frist
Responsibility
"Success isn't about the money you make, it is about the difference you make in people's lives."
- Michelle Obama
Achievement
"Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end."
- Scott Adams
Compassion
"Don't quit. Never give up trying to build the world you can see, even if others can't see it. Listen to your drum and your drum only. It's the one that makes the sweetest sound."
- Simon Sinek
Persistence
"The feeling of fulfillment comes from doing something for another. The feeling of fulfillment comes from the exertion of time and energy for someone else."
- Simon Sinek
Service
"Vocation is the place where your deep gladness meets the world's deep need."
- Frederick Buechner
Aspirations
"Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle."
- Steve Jobs
Motivation
"Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it."
- Theodore Roosevelt
Motivation
"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader."
- President John Quincy Adams
Leadership
"Do one thing every day that scares you."
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Facing Fears
"If you are interested in something, no matter what it is, go at it full speed ahead. Embrace it with both arms, hug it, love it, and above all, become passionate about it."
- Roald Dahl
Motivation
"Sometimes things may go your way, but the effort should be there every single night."
- Michael Jordan
Hard Work
"To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth."
- Pearl S. Buck
Hard Work
"My attitude has always been, if you fall flat on your face, at least you're moving forward."
- Richard Branson
Persistence
"Don't ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs are people who have come alive."
- Howard Thurman
Motivation
"Lead from the back, and let others believe they are in front."
- Nelson Mandela
Leadership
"Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier."
- Colin Powell
Positivity
"Never be afraid to take on a really tough problem. When you solve it, the benefits will be that much greater."
- Carl Gerstacker
Taking Risks
"You are the only person on earth who can use your ability."
- Zig Ziglar
Belief in Self
"Do your best on every task. Imagine that everyone is watching even when no one is watching."
- Brian Tracy
Hard Work
"Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you."
- Oprah Winfrey
Empowerment
"The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease."
- Voltaire
Philosophy
"There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living."
- Nelson Mandela
Ambition
"The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it but what he becomes by it."
- John Ruskin
Personal Growth
"Always go with the choice that scares you the most, because that's the one that is going to help you grow."
- Caroline Myss
Personal Growth
"Enthusiasm spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment."
- Norman Vincent Peale
Motivation
"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."
- Mahatma Gandhi
Learning
"It is the ultimate luxury to combine passion and contribution. It's also a very clear path to happiness."
- Sheryl Sandberg
Happiness
"Your smile is your logo, your personality is your business card. How you leave others feeling after having an experience with you becomes your trademark."
- Jay Danzie
Relationships
"Appreciative words are the most powerful force for good on earth."
- George Crane
Gratitude
"It is about your outlook towards life. You can either regret or rejoice."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Positivity
"The world you see outside is a reflection of who you are inside."
- Cory Booker
Self-awareness
"Work to become, not to acquire."
- Elbert Hubbard
Personal Growth
"Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort."
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
Happiness
"A good life is not a place at which you arrive, it's a lens through which you see and create your world."
- Jonathan Fields
Philosophy
"How we spend our hours is how we spend our lives."
- Laura Vanderkam
Time Management
"Gratitude has the power to change everyone and everything."
- Lolly Daskal
Gratitude
"A sign of a beautiful person is that they always see the beauty in others."
- Omar Suleiman
Compassion
"When you waste a moment, you have killed it in a sense, squandering an irreplaceable opportunity. But when you use the moment properly, filling it with purpose and productivity, it lives on forever."
- Menachem Mendel Schneerson
Time Management
"Most of the really exciting things we do in our lives scare us to death. They wouldn't be exciting if they didn't."
- Roald Dahl
Taking Risks
"Politeness and consideration for others is like investing pennies and getting dollars back."
- Thomas Sowell
Compassion
"Positive thinking is more than just a tagline. It changes the way we behave. And I firmly believe that when I am positive, it not only makes me better, but it also makes those around me better."
- Harvey Mackay
Positivity
"No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another."
Compassion
"Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others."
Happiness
"Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing."
Courage
"Being a medical assistant is not just a job; it's a way to touch lives and make a difference."
- Unknown
Service
"Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try."
Motivation
"Time is not refundable; use it with intention."
- Unknown
Time Management