When You're Gone

The only thing you take with you when you're gone is what you leave behind. - John Alston

And he's not talking about leaving behind a worn-out couch.

Unsatisfactory Idleness

Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it. - Margaret Thatcher


Idleness does not bring satisfaction.

Going

I don't know where I'm going but I know no one is going to stop me. - Ariel Tweto


Sometimes you just go full speed ahead.

THE Best

Very few people are the very best in the world at anything. Doing your best doesn’t mean you have to be THE best. Your best is more than enough. - Jessica Hagy


Your best is most likely to be THE best because so few people really try.

You're Not Elsie

Show me a thoroughly contented person and I will show you a useless one. - Josh Billings


Cows produce better when contented but not humans.

Soaring

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar. - Helen Keller


Make sure your people can soar.

Blissful

My whole career can be summed up with 'Ignorance is bliss.' When you do not know better, you do not worry about failing. - Jeff Foxworthy


We all start out blissfully ignorant; successful people stay that way.

Getting It Built

If you don't get it built, the work doesn't matter. If you're brilliant and undiscovered and under-appreciated (in whatever field you choose), then you're being too generous about your definition of brilliant. - Seth Godin


Lack of humble is not just limited to teens.

Happiness First

Often people attempt to live their lives backwards; they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want, so they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want. - Margaret Young


Happiness is lack of pretense.

Difficulty or Opportunity

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. - Sir Winston Churchill


Choose your attitude.

Do It All

You can do anything, but you can't do everything. - David Allen

..... But it sure is fun to try!

Ship Not In?

If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it! - Jonathan Winters

..... That'll get you off the couch!

Stumbling

Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down. - Charles F. Kettering

..... Pretty good case for getting off your butt.

Your Trails

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey

..... If it's an uphill climb, the views only get better.

The Road to Success

The road to success leads through the valley of humility, and the path is up the ladder of patience and across the wide barren plains of perseverance. As yet, no short cut has ever been discovered. - Joseph J. Lamb

..... There are no short cuts.

Finest Hour

I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious. - Vince Lombardi

... Nobody said it was going to be easy.

Do Not Try

Do or do not. There is no try. - Yoda


"Try" leaves open an excuse for failure. There is no excuse.

Inspiration's Source

We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action. - Frank Tibolt


  Every mighty river starts out as a creek.

Something New

Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, professionals built the Titanic. - Unknown


The only difference between you and the one who did it first is he did it.

Win!

Skill and confidence are an unconquered army. - George Herbert


If you haven't won this war yet, prepare for battle!