If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
Negative results are just what I want. They’re just as valuable to me as positive results. I can never find the thing that does the job best until I find the ones that don’t.
Genius is seldom recognized for what it is: a great capacity for hard work.
I am not the richest, smartest or most talented person in the world, but I succeed because I keep going and going and going.
So often people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard.
We reap what we sow. We are the makers of our own fate. The wind is blowing; those vessels whose sails are unfurled catch it, and go forward on their way, but those which have their sails furled do not catch the wind. Is that the fault of the wind? We make our own destiny.
My definition of success? The more you’re actively and practically engaged, the more successful you will be.
I attribute my success to this – I never gave or took any excuse.
A drowning man cannot be saved until he is utterly exhausted and ceases to make the slightest effort to save himself.
If you’re absent during my struggle, don’t expect to be present during my success.
Excellence without effort is as futile as progress without preparation.
Doing the little things can make a big difference.
The only time I get depressed is when I am not being productive. It’s when I am not accomplishing or doing or contributing in any way. Nothing makes me less happy than relaxation and sitting around with nothing to do.
Do your best and let God do the rest.
Procrastination makes easy things hard, hard things harder.
The only thing in your control is effort. That’s all, and that’s everything.
There is only one thing in life you can control: Your own effort.
I’m not afraid of dying, I’m afraid of not trying.
Effort is the siamese twin of success.
Don’t worry about what you can’t control. Our focus and energy needs to be on the things we CAN control. Attitude, effort, focus- these are the things we can control...