Match the Quotes

Prepare a list of quotes from various authors, celebrities, and popular figures that relate to each DISC type. Have participants work in small groups to match the quotes with the corresponding personality type and discuss how the quotes can guide their interactions with others. Here is a list of quotes to get you started:

Dominant (D):

1. “Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” - Henry David Thoreau
2. “The most effective way to do it, is to do it.” - Amelia Earhart
3. “The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” - Ayn Rand
4. “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” - Sam Levenson

Influencing (I):

1. “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” - Maya Angelou
2. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” - Steve Jobs
3. “A day without laughter is a day wasted.” - Charlie Chaplin
4. “The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.” - Oprah Winfrey

Steady (S):

1. “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” - Helen Keller
2. “In a gentle way, you can shake the world.” - Mahatma Gandhi
3. “Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” - Mark Twain
4. “Peace begins with a smile.” - Mother Teresa

Compliant (C):

1. “Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent effort.” - John Ruskin
2. “The devil is in the details.” - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
3. “A place for everything, everything in its place.” - Benjamin Franklin
4. “Excellence is not a skill, it’s an attitude.” - Ralph Marston