There is no such thing as a great talent without great willpower. -Honoré de Balzac Pls RT

"It's better to have sloppy success than perfect mediocrity." -unknown Pls RT #quotes

"Nothing arouses ambition so much as the trumpet clang of another's fame." -Baltasar Gracian Pls RT

Dream Lofty Dreams

"Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall at last unveil." -John Ruskin

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"We grow great by dreams." -Woodrow Wilson

"Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago." -Bernard Berenson

Great Opportunites

Great opportunities come to all, but many do not know they have met them. The only preparation to take advantage of them is simple fidelity to watch what each day brings. -Albert E. Dunning

Yesterday is ashes; tomorrow wood. Only today does the fire burn brightly. -Inuit proverb

Procrastination Results in Regret

"Procrastination usually results in sorrowful regret. Today's duties put off until tomorrow give us a double burden to bear; the best way is to do them in their proper time."
-Ida Scott Taylor

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"I can live for two months on a good compliment." -Mark Twain

The Rigorous Law Of Our Being

What is the most rigorous law of our being? Growth. No smallest atom of our moral, mental, or physical structure can stand still a year. It grows---it must grow; nothing can prevent it. -Mark Twain

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“There is no security in this world. There is only opportunity.” -General Douglas MacArthur

"Patience has its limits. Take it too far, and it's cowardice." -George Jackson

Dream Lofty Dreams

Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil. -James Allen

"Never fail to know that if you are doing all the talking, you are boring somebody." -Helen Brown

"It may be that those who do most, dream most." -Stephen Leacock

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Caution has its place, no doubt, but we cannot refuse our support to a serious venture which challenges the whole of the personality. If we oppose it, we are trying to suppress what is best in man--his daring and his aspirations. And should we succeed, we should only have stood in the way of that invaluable experience which might have given a meaning to life. -Carl Jung

Make voyages! Attempt them! There's nothing else. -Tennessee Williams

Times of Great Calamity

Times of great calamity and confusion have been productive for the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace. The brightest thunder-bolt is elicited from the darkest strom. -Charles Caleb Colton

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation. -Oscar Wilde