Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
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Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
We should every night call ourselves to an account: What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed! What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired?
Remember God is not surprised by your inabilities, your imperfections, or your faults. He has always known everything about you that you are just now finding out, and he chose you on purpose for himself.
Rely on the ordinary virtues that intelligent, balanced human beings have relied on for centuries: common sense, thrift, realistic expectations, patience, and perseverance.
From his neck down a man is worth a couple of dollars a day, from his neck up he is worth anything that his brain can produce.
My principal business is giving commercial value to the brilliant - but misdirected - ideas of others.
The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear
Winning is not about how many medals you get-it's about accomplishing goals and just being the best you can be!
Questions provide the key to unlocking our unlimited potential.
The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.
It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am.
No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.
The secret to successful hiring is this: look for the people who want to change the world.
I've always believed fitness is an entry point to help you build that happier, healthier life. When your health is strong, you're capable of taking risks. You'll feel more confident to ask for the promotion. You'll have more energy to be a better mom. You'll feel more deserving of love.
Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, 'Make me feel important.' Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life.
What other people think of me is none of my business. One of the highest places you can get to is being independent of the good opinions of other people.
Instead of concentrating on your problems and getting discouraged, focus on God and meditate on His promises for you. You may have fallen down, but you don't have to stay down. God is ready, willing and able to pick you up.
The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good, in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it.
Every start on an untrodden path is a venture which only in unusual circumstances looks sensible and likely to succeed.
So, please, oh please, we beg, we pray, go throw your TV set away, and in its place you can install, a lovely bookcase on the wall.
The secret of success is making your vocation your vacation.
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