Dream Again

Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution.Albert Einstein

We must not be afraid to utilize our strongest characteristic to strengthen our position in life. The older we get the more we believe that is it foolishness to dream outside of the box. Well, this Country was founded and created brick by brick thought some of the most powerful minds before, during and after our lifetime. I suggest that we become part of that group instead of the one of the people who believe that dreaming is for little children.

Perseverance

Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.

(Victor Hugo, French poet)

Perseverance is the great divider between those who quit and those who are successful.

Finishing

Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand.

(Euripides, Ancient Greek play writer)

By finishing what's in front of you first and making sure it's correct the first time, you will save your self time and effort.

Defeats

There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.

(Michel de Montaigne, French Renaissance writer)

Defeats are just temporary setbacks that lead to triumph.

Mental Toughness

Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory.

(Bill Russell, member of the NBA hall of fame)

Without mental toughness nothing in society would ever get accomplished because people would give up what they hope to achieve for any little thing.

Appear Attractive

Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.

(Anne Frank, German-born Jewish girl and Holocaust victim)

It takes just as much work if not more, to get out of doing work than to just do the work.

Seeking Excellence

Mediocre men work at their best; men seeking excellence strive to do better.

(Edwin Louis Cole, founder of the Christian Men’s Network)

You strive, learn what not to do and strive again until you find the way that is perfect for you and delivers the best results.

More Effort

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.

Worthwhile

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!

Strengthening

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)

When you strengthen yourself through trials you become that much more of a complete person.

Vision and Aspirations

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.

To Be Popular

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

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

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.

(Bill Hybels, American senior pastor)

It's in the journey towards finding a creative solution that one gets ultimate satisfaction.

Our Friends

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.

Greater Joy

There is no greater joy than that of feeling oneself a creator. The triumph of life is expressed by creation.

(Henri Bergson, French philosopher)

To have a vision and work towards it despite any obstacles in the way and to finally have it come to fruition is the greatest feeling in the world.

Crowning Quality

Endurance is the crowning quality, and patience all the passion of great hearts.

(James Russell Lowell, American critic and satirist)

The impatient never get anything accomplished. It's those who are patient and committed to their mission that ultimately accomplish what they first set out to do.

A Quickening

Inspiration is an awakening, a quickening of all man's faculties, and it is manifested in all high artistic achievements.

(Giacomo Puccini, Italian Composer)

Nothing is more satisfying than to see ones vision come to fruition. Overcoming the trials, tribulations and obstacles make it all the more worthwhile.

Spectacular Achievement

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.

Triumph

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.

Habit of Victory

Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches' ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.

(Herbert Kaufman, American Writer and Newspaperman)

When traveling towards success one bypasses numerous pockets of failures. Those who live by the credo "never say never" wind up being successful.

Lifetime of Working

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)

A lifetime of work merits a comfortable lifestyle in ones twilight years. Many people however do not prepare for this and are caught unawares when they are older. One must be like the ant and diligently work towards a comfortable future throughout a persons life.

Seek Achievement

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.

Moments of Inspiration

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.

Man's Greatness

Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.

(Frederick Douglass, African American abolitionist and author)

To get anything done of lasting importance apply your focus to the things that have to be done first.

Deliberating

The opportunity is often lost by deliberating.

(Publilius Syrus, Latin writer)

You can think all day and not get anything accomplished. It is the act of doing that gets results!

With a Club

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

(Jack London, American author)

Sitting around and waiting for something to happen will only waste time. The act of doing is what ultimately brings in results.

Everything Changes

Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer.

(Shunryu Suzuki, Japanese Soto Zen Priest)

Because things change we as human beings go through a myriad of emotions. Once we are able to handle these emotions, we are better able to function in diverse situations.

At The Right Time

Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time.

(Arnold H. Glasow, American author and humorist)

Success is simple. But the road to success is unpaved and has to be upgraded and smoothed out continually!

Prepared for Changes

Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.

(Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer)

Change is a part of life. One cannot separate one from the other so it's best to ride with the current of change. Plus it's a lot easier than trying to swim against the current!

Wise

No man was ever wise by chance.

(Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Roman Stoic philosopher)

Wisdom is the ability to know what not to do, due to the numerous mistakes one has experienced in the past.

Nobler

Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.

(John Ruskin, Sage writer and social critic)

Endurance allows people to know who is sincere about a subject and who is just there paying lip service to a cause.

Outlast

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

(William James, American psychologist and philosopher)

To make a worthwhile, lasting, contribution one must positively impact society.

Time

He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.

(Francis Bacon, English philosopher)

One must be creative throughout trying times or be pulled underneath the undertow of despair. What one does with his/her time is extremely important to the end result.

The Image

A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.

(Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French writer and aviator)

Success is the ability to see an end product ahead of its creation. This ability eludes the vast majority of other people.

Great Dreamers

All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.

(Orison Swett Marden, American writer)

Great achievements cannot ever be accomplished without the vision and drive behind it to make it work.

Lived Forward

Life must be understood backwards; but... it must be lived forward.

(Soren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher and theologian)

Humanity as a whole can learn quite a bit from history and avoid the pitfalls and mistakes that are continually repeated as time goes on.

Beginning All Over Again

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.

(Andre Gide, French author and winner of the Nobel Prize)

The majority of the populace learn via the school of hard knocks. They go through things the wrong way and learn what not to do through trial and error.

Equivalent Advantage

In every adversity there lies the seed of an equivalent advantage. In every defeat is a lesson showing you how to win the victory next time.

(Robert Collier, American author)

You cannot learn anything at all without traveling within the storm of adversity. By not traveling through this storm one will never know what to do in precarious situations.

Testing

Adversity tests us from time to time and it is inevitable that this testing continues during life.


(Walter H. Annenberg, American billionaire, publisher and diplomat)

Without adversity and the testing that comes with it you would have a world full of dull, bland people without any significant accomplishments.

Humility

Life is a long lesson in humility.

(James M. Barrie, Scottish novelist and dramatist)

There are many times in life where you can get things accomplished quickly by taking the humble route. Humility is a skill that needs to be cultivated in many individuals.

Business

Business is the salt of life.

(Voltaire, French writer and philosopher)

Business can be extracted out of any facet of life. It is intrinsically connected to everything that you do.

Audience

It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.

(Walter Lippmann, American writer and political commentator)

"You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink it" with that being said wisdom can be given to and shared with others however, that does not mean that they will receive and actually apply it.

Beyond The Norm

Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch-what make you go beyond the norm.

(Cicely Tyson, African American actress)

You never know how you will actually react in a given situation until you are in one. There are never any precise guarantees on how you will react in adversity.

Disguised

Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.

(Napoleon Hill, American author)

Opportunity is often missed by the majority of the populace because of the tendency to give up prematurely.

Always Remember

Always remember that the future comes one day at a time.

(Dean Acheson, American statesman and lawyer)

You can't do everything at once, in a day, however, if you can do what you can during the day and the rest later on. When this is done, you'll feel better about yourself.

Total Security

If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom.

(Dwight D. Eisenhower, former General of the Army and thirty-fourth President of the U.S.)

Total security means having someone take care of you for the rest of your life. Total freedom means you with the blessings of God take care of yourself!

Good Judgement

Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgment.

(Rita Mae Brown, American writer)

The only way you can acquire good judgement is by experiencing a diverse amount of situations along with the mistakes that go along with it. You cannot know what to do until you experience what not to do.

Perspective

When you've played this game for ten years and gone to bat seven-thousand times and gotten two-thousand hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone zero for five-thousand.

(Reggie Jackson, Hall of Fame Baseball Player)

Success is always per ones perspective because for some people success is what they imagined it to be and not what it actually is in reality. Success is just like any other aspect of life, in other words "be careful what you ask for, you just might get it."

Dedicate

I should like to say that I am as proud of my Chinese heritage and background as I am devoted to modern science, a part of human civilization of Western origin, to which I have dedicated and I shall continue to dedicate my work.

(Chen Ning Yang, Chinese born-American physicist)

You must like what you are doing to be able to continue to dedicate your time and efforts towards it. If you dislike what you are doing than do something else.

Faith and Doubt

Faith and doubt both are needed - not as antagonists, but working side by side to take us around the unknown curve.

(Lillian Smith, American writer and social critic)

Individuals go through faith and doubt whenever they are out of their comfort zone. The benefit to this is the wisdom gained through those experiences in uncharted situations.