Sir Edmund Hillary, May 29, 1953, Reaches Summit of Mount Everest It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.
Jim Rohn If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build up, end up building us.
F. B. Meyer There is nothing, indeed, which God will not do for a man who dares to step out upon what seems to be the mist; though as he puts his foot down he finds a rock beneath him.
Brennan Manning The secret of the mystery is: God is always greater. No matter how great we think Him to be, His love is always greater.
Anonymous It pays to plan ahead. It was not raining when Noah built the ark.
Ralph Waldo Emerson Men succeed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for their victories.
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Stephen Covey, author of 'The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People' Whatever your present situation, I assure you that you are not your habits. You can replace old patterns of self-defeating behavior with new patterns, new habits of effectiveness, happiness, and trust-based relationships."
Napoleon Hill, author of 'Think and Grow Rich' The strongest oak of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It's the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun.
Michael Jordan, June 21, 1991, Wins First NBA Championship I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty six times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot - and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
Sir Winston Churchill, May 10, 1940, Becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
Helen Keller Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through the experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
Earl Nightingale, author of 'The Strangest Secret' A great attitude does much more than turn on the light in our worlds; it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before we changed.
Jeff Olson, author of 'The Slight Edge' Sometimes getting on the path to success and staying on it requires faith in the process - especially at the start. That makes you a pioneer. Pioneers don't know what's out there, but out there they go anyway. That's why being a pioneer takes such courage. Courage means to have a purpose and to have heart.
Zig Ziglar, author of 'See You At the Top' The more you recognize and express gratitude for the things you have, the more things you will have to express gratitude for.
Paul Meyer, Founder of Success Motivation Institute A burning desire is the greatest motivator of every human action. The desire for success implants 'success consciousness' which, in turn, creates a vigorous and ever-increasing 'habits of success.'
Defining Moments
Amelia Earhart "The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward"
