You’re Just About To Achieve Success
“Most people give up just when they’re about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown.” -H. Ross Perot
Don’t Wait For Inspiration
“The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working. Beethoven, Wagner, Bach and Mozart settled down day after day to the job in hand with as much regularity as an accountant settles down each day to his figures. They didn’t waste time waiting for inspiration.” […]
Successful People Keep Moving
“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.” -Conrad Hilton
To Be Elevated, Constantly Aspire
“Did you ever hear of a man who had striven all his life faithfully and singly toward an object, and in no measure obtained it? If a man constantly aspires, is he not elevated? Did ever a man try heroism, magnanimity, truth, sincerity, and find that there was no advantage in them–that it was a […]
Those Who Dream During The Day
“All men dream, but unequally. Those that dream at night in the dusty recesses of their minds awake the next day to find that their dreams were just vanity. But those who dream during the day with their eyes wide open are dangerous men; they act out their dreams to make them reality.” -T.E. Lawrence
Your Struggles and Your Strength
“Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.” -Mahatma Gandhi
What Kind of a Chap Are You?
What Kind of a Chap Are You? Are you one of the chaps who can take his raps And still not hit the floor; Who’ll stick by the gun till his task is done And then look ’round for more? Do you grin at your work or sulk and shirk When the job seems hard […]
What Makes You Come Alive
“Don’t ask what yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people that have come alive.” -Harold Thurman Please note that the video shows a quote from Harold Whitman, but it should have read Harold Thurman. See the comments […]