Remember why you started, remember where you're headed, think of how great it will be to get there, and keep going.
Ralph MarstonRead
You've done it before and you can do it now. See the positive possibilities. Redirect the substantial energy of your frustration and turn it into positive, effective, unstoppable determination.
Interpretation
The quote encourages harnessing past experiences to overcome current challenges and transform frustration into determination.
Ralph Marston's quote emphasizes the importance of recognizing one's past successes to inspire confidence in tackling present tasks. It suggests that by focusing on positive possibilities and redirecting negative emotions like frustration, individuals can cultivate a strong, unstoppable determination to achieve their goals.
In practice
During a motivational speech to encourage students before finals.
Remember why you started, remember where you're headed, think of how great it will be to get there, and keep going.
Welcome those big, sticky, complicated problems. In them are your most powerful opportunities.
Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you'll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you'll find that you have more of it.
A world of abundance surrounds you, if only you will step up and claim it. Make life happen through you rather than letting it happen to you. It will make all the difference in the world.
If you're to succeed at any endeavor, the first and most important person you must convince is yourself. Success comes not from merely a belief that you can do it. Success comes when you absolutely know you can achieve it
You have created your fears. And you can choose to lay them to rest. You have created your dreams. And you can choose to bring them fully to life.
There are two kinds of people in this world: those who want to get things done, and those who don't want to make mistakes.
If you embrace possibility thinking, your dreams will go from molehill to mountain size, and because you believe in possibilities, you put yourself in position to achieve them.
Ambition has become a dirty word, and I believe it is a great evolutionary force for the positive. If people fail or go astray in their ambition I can live with it but not with people lowering their expectations, wasting time, slacking off and glorifying failure and stupidity.
She knows where she's going, and what she has to do. She could, after all, find her way to Route 95 South blindfolded. She could do it in the dark, in fair weather or foul; she can do it even when it seems she will run out of gas. It doesn't matter what people tell you. It doesn't matter what they might say. Sometimes you have to leave home. Sometimes, running away means you're headed in the exact right direction.
Pride is a personal commitment. It is an attitude which separates excellence from mediocrity.
Don't wish for less problems; wish for more skills.
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