This is a thing that we all should work at constantly I don’t mean just the second effort I mean go after it Pick your goal and start for it Courage to stretch your comfort zone Have the courage to do new things Tie courage and persistence together Not even the stars are your restrictions… Read more »
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education alone will not; the word is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. – Calvin Coolidge
A person’s self-concept is established by what he/she thinks the most important persons in his/her life think of him/her. The question for each of us: Who is the most important person in our life? – Charles H. Cooley
On many air conditioning and heating units there is a small unit on the wall. It has two things in it, a thermometer and a thermostat. Are you a thermometer or a thermostat? A thermometer measures the temperature. A thermostat changes the temperature. Anyone can describe a situation, or complain about a situation, Why not… Read more »
“In this age, which believes that there is a short cut to everything, the greatest lesson to be learned is that the most difficult way is, in the long run, the easiest.” – Henry Miller
“It is easier to fight for one’s principles than to live up to them.” – Alfred Adler
“There is no shortage of good days. It is good lives that are hard to come by.” – Annie Dillard
“It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who… Read more »
“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” — Aristotle (384-322 BC), Greek philosopher – Aristotle
“Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.” –Thomas a Kempis “The highest reward for man’s toil is not what he gets for it but what he becomes by it.” –John Ruskin “Ninety-nine percent of all failures come from… Read more »
