An Interesting and Inspiring Statistic
When I start to feel like a failure, I like to remember the following little tidbit that I read somewhere several years ago: Every article in National Geographic Magazine is accompanied by about thirty pictures, taken by some of the best photographers in the world. Those thirty “successful” shots are culled from an average of […]
Failure Is Valuable
Don’t be discouraged by a failure. It can be a positive experience. Failure is, in a sense, the highway to success, inasmuch as every discovery of what is false leads us to seek earnestly after what is true, and every fresh experience points out some form of error which we shall afterwards carefully avoid. — […]
What Does “Impossible” Mean?
Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done. — Justice Louis Brandeis
On Taking Risks
Whatever you want to do, just do it. Don’t worry about making a fool of yourself. Making a fool of yourself is absolutely essential. — Gloria Steinem
A Thought-Provoking Statement …
Eagles don’t flock. You have to find them one at a time. — Ross Perot
How to Accomplish the Impossible
Start by doing what is necessary; then what is possible, and suddenly you will be doing the impossible. — St Francis of Assisi
Moments of Growth
In every department of life, [a sense of disappointment or anticlimax] marks the transition from dreaming aspiration to laborious doing. — C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
What Will YOU Regret?
Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you did not do than by the things you did do. So, throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. — Mark Twain