Compromise

Compromise? That's when you give away half the things you want. That's when you give the other guy half of what's rightfully yours. - Sue Grafton

Otherwise known as taking it in the shorts.

Compromise

Compromise used to mean that a half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that half a loaf is better than a whole loaf. - G. K. Chesterton


If you have no choice but to compromise, be honest with yourself about what you are giving up.

Are You Perfect Yet?

When you are not practicing, remember, someone somewhere is practicing, and when you meet him he will win. - Ed Macauley


True in every endeavor, not just basketball.

Hope

Hope is like a piece of string when you're drowning; it just isn't enough to get you out by itself. - Robert Jordan

"Hoping for the best" does not insure it will come to pass - it's what action you take which determines the end.

Victory or Defeat

Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting. - Napoleon Hill

Defeat requires submission.

(Other posts on Losing)

Survival Not Mandatory

It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory. - W. Edwards Deming  


In the end, very few people will care if you or your company go extinct.


(Other posts on Change) 

Mood Changes

There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune. - Thomas Carlyle  


Make sure it is not just your mood which has changed before thinking it is bad fortune.

A fly's Sting

A fly may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.  -  Samuel Johnson 


Don't let the rebuke of a fly cause you to doubt your stateliness.


(Other posts 0n Negativity) 

Rejecting Acceptance

Acceptance is not submission; it is acknowledgment of the facts of a situation. Then deciding what you're going to do about it. - Kathleen Casey Theisen


There are those who do not understand this - they reject in order to maintain their perceived self esteem.


(More posts on Superiority) 

Suicide

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are. - Kurt Cobain 


That's right Kurt. Wanting to be dead is a waste of a person who could be alive.


(Other posts on Life) 

Losers Argument?

The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers. - Lord Acton

I'm not so sure of that.

(Other posts on Persuasion)

Choose

People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. - Peter Drucker

Choose your weapon.

Preparation

Everyone has got the will to win, its only those with the will to prepare that do win. - Bobby Knight

Knowledge prepares.

Eating Humble Pie

It is said Churchill, before his apology to the Allies about the flap between Eisenhower and Montgomery, said that there was no reason when having to swallow humble pie that it shouldn't be washed down with some go old fashioned podium pounding. - Lyle

Enlightened Enemies

"Lord, enlighten thou our enemies," prayed 19th century British economist and moral philosopher John Stuart Mill in his "Essay on Coleridge." "Sharpen their wits, give acuteness to their perceptions, and consecutiveness and clearness to their reasoning powers. We are in danger from their folly, not from their wisdom: their weakness is what fills us with apprehension, not their strength."

It is far more satisfying to prevail in a battle of wits than brawn.

Ending Failure

People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure. - Lao Tzu

Details of the familiar often are obscured by enchantment with the new. Avoid losing the race because you are betting on the come.

Wicked Diet

If the wicked flourish, and thou suffer, be not discouraged; they are fatted for destruction, thou art dieted for health. - Thomas Fuller

Though this has been said before, I liked the memorable vision.

The Winning Horse

Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people. - W. C. Fields
Nobody has ever bet enough on a winning horse. - Richard Sasuly

A winning bet is dependant on there being more losers than winners. You can increase your chances by being well prepared, but be prepared to lose.

Yesterday's Winners

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday. - Don Marquis

... and yesterday's winners are already half way through today's challenges.