We Must Sail
“We must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it, but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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Persistence is a Habit
“Persistence is a habit, and like any habit you can develop it in yourself with practice and repetition. Every act of persistence and self-discipline strengthens every other act of persistence and self-discipline. Every failure of persistence and self-discipline weakens you … Continue reading →
Meet Trouble as a Friend
“Trouble creates a capacity to handle it…meet it as a friend, for you’ll see a lot of it and had better be on speaking terms with it.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
Continue reading →Team Success
“Team success comes through individual investment.” – Greg Taunt
Continue reading →Sunshine and Shadows
“Keep your face always toward the sunshine and shadows will fall behind you.” – Walt Whitman
Continue reading →The Greatest Gift Anyone Could Give
“My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person: He believed in me.” – Jim Valvano
Continue reading →One Worthwhile Task
“One worthwhile task carried to a successful conclusion is better than half-a-hundred half-finished tasks” – B.C. Forbes
Continue reading →Feeling Inferior
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Elanor Roosevelt
Continue reading →Optimism and a Better Future
“Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be better, you are unlikely to step up and take responsibility for making it so.” – Noam Chomsky
Continue reading →Procrastination and Attitude
“Procrastination is attitude’s natural assassin. There’s nothing so fatiguing as an uncompleted task.” – William James
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