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. – Helen Keller
If anyone would know about character and overcoming adversity . . . .
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If you want:
to be different;
to be better;
something;
to be smarter;
to be more talented;
to be richer;
to be wiser;
to be kinder;
to be smarter;
to be sought after;
to be . . . .
You must:
Do.
The.
Work.
If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment. – Marcus Aurelius The simple truth of these words is SO powerful. Whatever you’re feeling is the result of what you think…
I have never known a really successful man who deep in his heart did not understand the grind, the discipline it takes to win. – Vince Lombardi There are no over-night-success-stories. (Media just makes it seem that way… ) There are only every-night-success-stories. As in: working hard, night after night, day after day. So choose your work…
I saw this in a recent post from Seth Godin: And building a fortress cripples us. It turns people into spies and informants. And spies and informants are so busy being afraid that they fail to actually build anything of value. Not to mention that doing the right thing, doing it in a way we’re…
Admire Jesus’ compassion or the Buddha’s wisdom all you want, but what good can their qualities do you until you find them in yourself? – Byron Katie What’s so powerful about this quote is that it insists that you already have these good, admirable qualities within you. You may not be demonstrating those qualities to…
We are what we think. All that we are arises from our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make our world. – Buddha There’s no greater truth than we are what we think. We become what we think. We never become what we don’t believe we can. What you think? About yourself? Your potential? Your ability?…
Today’s post is a blatant rip-off of a mentor – but his words are so perfect, his message so on-point, I had to share it in its entirety. In an e-mail from Steve Chandler this morning, I found this gem of a message: If I walked in to your home office today I would find other…