Wisdom

" Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash. "
- GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON

" Progress always involves risks. You can't steal second base and keep your foot on first. "
- FREDERICK B. WILCOX

Wisdom

" The team that has character doesn't need stimulation. "
- TOM LANDRY

" Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections. "
- Saint Francis de Sales

Wisdom

" One can never consent to creep when one feels the impulse to soar. "
- HELEN KELLER

Wisdom

" Go the extra mile. "
- NAPOLEON HILL U.S. Motivational author, Think and grow rich ( 1937 )

Wisdom

" If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can't, you're right.
- MARY KAY ASH ( 1915-2001 ) U.S Entrepreneur, business executive and founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics.

Wisdom

" I just love it when people say I can't do something."
- DAVID ANDREWS ( b. 1935 ) Irish Politician
CNN: The Inside Story, 1990

" Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better. "
- EMILE COUE ( 1857-1926 ) French Psychotherapist

" Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by hesitation. "
THOMAS HUXLEY ( 1825-95 ) British Biologist

Write this down ( If you haven't already )

" It ain't over till it's over "
LAWRENCE ( " Yogi " ) BERRA

If your decision has been made . .

" A man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven for ? "
ROBERT BROWNING

Your Belief System

" It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult. "
LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA ( 1st century A.D. )

Fear and Courage

" Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage. "
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON. "

Write this one down

" Certainly it is more important how a person takes his fate than what it is. "
Wilhelm von Humboldt

( I wonder if this includes rejection slips ? )

Wisdom

" Those who injured us only did what they knew what to do, given the condition of their lives. If you won't forgive, then you allow those ancient injuries to continue their hold on you.
DR.WAYNE W. DYER

DO IT NOW

" There hath grown no grass on my heels since I went hence. "
Nicholas Udall

Good Advice

" Be awful nice to 'em goin up, because you're gonna meet 'em all comin down. "
JIMMY DURANTE

On Positivism

" A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.
SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI

Definition of Success

" Success is the progressive realization of a personal worthwhile goal. "
PAUL MEYER

As long as YOU set your own goal, as long as it's worthwhile, challenging and meaningful to YOU, and you're moving towards it . . you are being successful.

To be TOTALLY SUCCESSFUL, it is wise to set goals in all of the areas that makes us Human Beings: SOCIAL, FAMILY, EDUCATIONAL, PERSONAL, FINANCIAL PHYSICAL & SPIRITUAL.

Ancient Advice

" No one knows what he is able to do until he tries. "
PUBLILIUS SYRUS ( ca. 50 B.C. )

On Patience

" On the whole, it is patience which makes the final difference between those who succeed or fail in all things. All the greatest people have it in infinite degree, and among the less, the patient weak ones always conquer the impatient strong. "
JOHN RUSKIN

" Patience is bitter but its fruit are sweet. "
JEAN - JACQUES ROUSSEAU

Write this down

" No one can create anger or stress within you; only you can do that by virtue of how you process your world. "
DR. WAYNE W. DYER

Wisdom

" All you have become is all you have thought. "
DR. WAYNE W. DYER