I love quotes & sometimes they can be so helpful. And I don't know about you, but I can use all the help I can get! I love quotes so much that for a while I would keep a small notebook in my bag just to jot down quotes if I ever randomly came across one that was particularly moving. Really! So, in the spirit of "getting back into the habit," here are a few cool quotes that I JUST came across. I'm sure I could fill a whole blog full of just quotes, so maybe this will be a recurring theme.
Begin it Now
Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans:
That the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too.
All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favour all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way.
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it.
Boldness has Genius, Power and Magic in it.
Begin it now.
Vision without action is daydreaming and action without vision is a nightmare.
- Anon
Three things that never come back: the spent arrow; the spoken word; the lost opportunity.
- W.G.P.
The only truly happy people are children and the creative minority.
- Jean Caldwell
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
Don’t Quit!
When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low, and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest if you must, but don't you quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about,
when he might have won had he stuck it out;
Don't give up though the pace seems slow,
You may succeed with another blow.
Success is failure turned inside out,
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems so far;
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit,
It's when things seem worst, that
You Must Not Quit.
- C. W. Longenecker
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
Rather the pain of discipline, than the pain of regret.
- Bob Andrews
