On Work
There are two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there. — Indira Gandhi
On Achieving Success
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. — Henry Ford
On Recognizing Opportunity
Most people miss opportunity because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. — Thomas A. Edison
Personal Worth
The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained liberation from self. — Albert Einstein
On Success
Victory belongs to the most persevering. — Napoleon Bonaparte
The Successful Life
I can think of no better epitaph than “He helped others to better themselves.” If that’s what they end up saying about me, I will have been able to consider my life a success. —Alex Lickerman, in his blog “Happiness in This World“
On Doubt
A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory. — Arthur Golden
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 […]
The Greatest Moment of Your Life
The great moments, when the world cheers, are not the moments that count. The ones that count are when it’s just you, and people have stopped believing in you. Those are the moments that define you. — Bob Greene ———————————————————– How very true. Think of all of those whom the world has “written off” as […]
How to Be a Failure
I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. — Bill Cosby