Thoughts...
Jacob Riis on determination
"Look at a stone cutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred-and-first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not the last blow that did it, but all that had gone before." Jacob A. Riis
Napoleon Hill on persistence
"Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel." Napoleon Hill
Nelson Mandela on Impossibility
Jul 24, 2017
"It always seems impossible until it's done." Nelson Mandela
Stephen Covey on Life
Oct 12, 2016
“As you live your values, your sense of identity, integrity, control, and inner-directedness will infuse you with both exhilaration and peace. You will define yourself from within, rather than by people’s opinions or by comparisons to others.” Stephen Covey
Ralph Waldo Emerson on Opportunity
Oct 7, 2016
"We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities." – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Vince Lombardi on Excelling
Oct 10, 2016
“The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.” Vince Lombardi
EB White on Plans
“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day. “ E. B. White
Kennedy on Gratitude
“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” John F. Kennedy
Emerson on Kindness
“You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late .” Ralph Waldo Emerson
MLK on Faith
“Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.” Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)
Wooden on Curiosity
Curiosity: “It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.” John Wooden, Hall of Fame Basketball Coach
Andrew Carnegie on leadership
“No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.” Andrew Carnegie, Industrialist, noted author