Tough times never last- tough people do.
“When the lion is chasing the antelope, he doesn’t look back. He has to eat.”
Robert Cheruiyot, winner of the 2007 Boston Marathon 2:14:13
Folks who never do more than they are paid for, never get paid for any more than they do. :banana
-Elbert Hubbard
Oh man I LOVE this quote!!! Surprised I never heard it before…
j
“The only difference between a rich person and poor person is how they use their time”
Robert Kiyosaki
Why be ‘OK’, when you can be ‘Fantastic’
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan “press on” has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”
-Calvin Coolidge
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan "press on" has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”-Calvin Coolidge
Good quote!
Even with the ridiculously slow server that this site has…I “press on”. Too important to be held back.
-Mike
Hi! I love this post! It’s so easy to become discouraged or overwhelmed in life and its amazing how reading a quote can renew your hope…heres some of my faves-
“Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat”- Napolean Hill
“Sometimes you win, and sometimes you learn” - unknown
and last but not least…
“Vision without action is a day dream, and action without vision is a nightmare.”
For those with caeditequinmortiphobia (caedit - to beat, equin - horse,
morti - dead, phobia - fear of), I didn’t see any of these:
Sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind. The race is long and in
the end, it’s only with yourself.
-Mary Schmidt
Each individual has the right to fly as high as his strength and ability will take him.
-Ronald Reagan
Experiences aren’t truly yours until you think about them, analyze them, examine them, question them, reflect on them, and finally understand them.
-Warren Bennis
Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment.
-Stephen Covey
No one else is responsible for your happiness, fulfillment, satisfaction, competence, health, or life situation but you.
-Kevin Cashman
When you empty yourself of the illusions of who and what you think you are, there is less to lose than you had feared.
-Carol Orsborn
Personal style, personal belief, a tremendous desire to make something happen, tenacity, the ability to never give up, no matter how many people say no, are vital. You have to simply turn a deaf ear to rejection, to keep moving forward, to build into your own psyche the ability to stay true to yourself and what you believe in.
-Warren Bennis
Enjoy the validation and support from others when it comes to you, but do not expect it or be disappointed if it does not happen. It is your job to validate yourself.
-Kevin Cashman
Patience is the supreme virtue of the gods, who have nothing but time. Everything good will happen - the grass will grow again, if you give it time and see several steps into the future.
-Robert Greene
Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.
-Hector Berlioz
People need not fear the unknown if they are capable of achieving what they need and want.
-Paulo Coelho
All Karl thought about for months before was falling. It was the first time he’d ever thought about that, and it seemed to me that he put all his energies into not falling rather than walking the tightrope.
-Wife of Karl Wallenda, shortly after he fell to death while walking a tightrope in 1978.
One of my bosses had a rather interesting quote on his desk:
“Better is the enemy of done.”
He was a self-confessed perfectionist and struggled to put things out the door, because he always saw ways to improve them. There’s a balance between results and quality somewhere in there.
“The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.” - John D. Rockefeller
To have something you have never had, you must do something you have never done
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
Albert Schweitzer
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
‘‘Make dust or eat dust’’
– favorite saying of Home Depot co-founder Arthur Blank
“There are no failures - just experiences and your reactions to them.”
“In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is freedom, in water there is bacteria”.
FAMOUS QUOTE BY BEN FRANKLIN
I have two.
“If you tell the truth at 10AM you don’t have to remember what you said at 3PM.”
“You can only get what you want by helping enough other people get what they want.”
“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.”
-David Brinkley