Mediocre men work at their best; men seeking excellence strive to do better.
A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.(Elbert Hubbard, American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher)
By applying more effort a person can eventually turn a negative into a positive. However the change is usually gradual and at times unexpected.
Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity.(Lou Holtz, author, television commentator, motivational speaker, and former NCAA and NFL coach)
Doing something worthwhile comes with a price. Doing nothing gets you nothing!
Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It's a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment.(Eric Butterworth, Canadian author)
A failure is nothing more than a person who has given up on their vision and aspirations. Whereas a success is a person who has never given up despite what is thrown in the way.
It's not my job to be popular. I'm goal-driven; my job is to get results.(Paddy Ashdown, British politician)
Popularity does not pay the bills. Actions are what pay the bills.
Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless.(Scott Hamilton, Jazz tenor saxophonist)
One hundred percent of the world would be successful and have all of their dreams come true if it were not for adversity and perseverance. With these two traits only the ones who are thick headed enough will become successful.
Visionary people face the same problems everyone else faces; but rather than get paralyzed by their problems, visionaries immediately commit themselves to finding a solution.
In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends.(John Churton Collins, English literary critic)
Everyone tells you that you are the greatest and want to be with you when you are at the top. The ones who truly care for you remain when you are at the bottom.
There is no greater joy than that of feeling oneself a creator. The triumph of life is expressed by creation.(Henri Bergson, French philosopher)
Endurance is the crowning quality, and patience all the passion of great hearts.(James Russell Lowell, American critic and satirist)
Inspiration is an awakening, a quickening of all man's faculties, and it is manifested in all high artistic achievements.(Giacomo Puccini, Italian Composer)
Spectacular achievement is always preceded by unspectacular preparation.(Robert H. Schuller, American televangelist)
The preparation and work one must perform is always tedious and boring. However, one must first accomplish this in order to acquire any type of achievement.
Without the element of uncertainty, the bringing off of even, the greatest business triumph would be dull, routine, and eminently unsatisfying.(J. Paul Getty, American industrialist)
The road to triumph is always difficult with pockets of obstacles one must traverse. This is what makes an achievement so satisfying.
Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches' ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.
After a lifetime of working, raising families, and contributing to the success of this nation in countless other ways, senior citizens deserve to retire with dignity.(Charlie Gonzalez, Democratic Politician)
We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community... Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own.(Cesar Chavez, Mexican American civil rights activist)
When attempting to accomplish anything always think about the impact it has on others and whether it will be an attribute or detriment to them.
Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show for them; for those experiences have left an indelible impression, and we are ever and anon reminded of them.(Henry David Thoreau, American author, writer and philosopher)
Be inspired to achieve something of lasting and beneficial importance to humanity. Attempting to achieve anything for purely selfish reasons is never worth the effort.
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