The thing that looks the most ordinary might end up being the thing that leads you to victory.
If you aim to be something you are not, you will always fail. Aim to be you.
Matt Haig (born 1975) is an English writer and journalist. Much of his writing focuses on novels with fictional themes for adults as well as children stories.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.
Beverly Sills (1929-2007) was an American operatic star with few equals during her performances from the 1950s into the 1970s.
You need a team. You need people to push you. You need opponents.
Jazz can show us how to work together, while also celebrating our obvious differences.
Wynton Marsalis (born 1961) is an American trumpeter and composer. He promotes both classical and jazz music, and he has spent numerous hours sharing his music and message with young people. He has received nine Grammy Awards.
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.
Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915) was an American writer, philosopher, and artist. Much of his work became more recognized in the years following his death when both he and his wife perished with the sinking of the RMS Lusitania during World War I.
Morning alarm rings
Summer vacation over—
Teacher calls my name
Flashing traffic lights
Driving with care in school zones—
Give these kids a BRAKE!
Another school year
Effort, attitude, action—
Ready for success
Stirring in early morn
Feeling approaching tide
Future’s hope now airborne
Flying without clear guide
Standing still at crossing
Waiting for next green light
Future now crisscrossing
Hiding in hopeless night
Looking for place to rest
Stumbling along dark road
Future stalls at hill’s crest
Spilling hope’s heavy load
Waking to darkest gloom
Hoping for one sure thing
Future trying to bloom
Hanging on threadbare string
Seeing fresh hope renewed
Shifting life’s paradigm
Future no longer skewed
Finding success to climb
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
From Romans 5:3-5: “And not only that, but we also boast in our afflictions, knowing that affliction produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.
You simply cannot drive forward if you’re focused on what’s happening in the rear view mirror.
If you want to be successful you have to jump, there’s no way around it.
No moment is wasted if you pay attention and learn the lessons contained in every experience.
The world wants to assign you a role in life. And once you accept that role you are doomed.
Robert Greene (born 1959) is an American author. He has written six international bestsellers based around the topics of strategy and power.
A complete holiday from self-pity is necessary to success.
From Psalm 30:5: “For His anger is but for a moment; His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may linger for the night, but joy comes with the morning.”
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