Daily Inspirations
October 19, 2009 By wfrunning Behnke of Weyauwega-Fremont High School
99. Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. -----------Thomas Jefferson
98. "Happiness is different from pleasure. Happiness has something to do with struggling and enduring and accomplishing."
– George Sheehan
97. I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.
- Martha Washington, 1732-1802
96. While it may be true that the early bird gets the worm, its a FACT that it's the second mouse who gets the cheese ! ! !
-- Sherri Rider by way of Status Shuffle --
95. People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
- Dale Carnegie
94. "Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan."
-T.L.
93. Believe you are defeated, believe it long enough, and it is likely to become a fact.
- Norman Vincent Peale
92. The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.
- Vince Lombardi
91. The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don't let them put you in that position.
- Leo Buscaglia
90. He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.
- Muhammad Ali
89. To catch me, you have gotta be fast. To stay with me, you have gotta be good. To beat me................. YOU'VE GOTTA BE JOKIN' !!!!!!!!
-unknown distance runner
88. Without pain, without sacrifice, we would have nothing...
-Unknown
87. Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret.
- Mary Kay Ash
86. Success doesn't come to you…you go to it.
- Marva Collins
85. No one ever gets far unless he accomplishes the impossible at least once a day.
- Elbert Hubbard
84. Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.
- Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
83. Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
- Albert Schweitzer
82. Wishing to be well is a part of becoming well.
- Seneca
81. There will always be people who are ahead of the curve and people who are behind the curve. But knowledge moves the curve.
- Bill James
80. The greatest danger we face is not any particular kind of thought. The greatest danger we face is absence of thought.
- Henry Steele Commager
79. Everyone has goals and dreams. When you you achieve them, you must realize the importance of the Fact its not that you made it there that's important. It's the fun you had along the way!
- Anonymous
78. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done.
- Vince Lombardi
77. Defer not till tomorrow to be wise, tomorrow's sun to thee may never rise.
William Congreve (1670-1729)
76. Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark; professionals built the Titanic
- Anonymous
75. Those to whom no distant horizons beckon, for whom no challenges remain, though they have inherited a Universe, they possess only empty sand!
- Norrin Radd
74. Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak for yourself. Be yourself. Imitation is suicide.
~~Marva Collins
73. Many people flounder about in life because they have no purpose. Before it is possible to achieve anything, an objective must be set.
- George Halas
72. When you make a mistake, admit it. If you don't, you only make matters worse. Ward Cleaver
71. Seize the moment of excited curiosity on any subject to solve your doubts; for if you let it pass, the desire may never return, and you may remain in ignorance. - William Wirt
70. Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.
- Thomas A. Edison
68. That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.
- William J. H. Boetcker
67. Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.
- Walter Anderson
66. There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
65. Success isn't permanent, and failure isn't fatal.
- Mike Ditka
64. Truth is the only safe ground to stand on.
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton
63. To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.
- Marilyn vos Savant
62. Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.
- Robert Louis Stevenson
61. If you aspire to the highest levels of excellence, it is no disgrace to stop at the second or even the third place.
Cicero
60. There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is "ATTITUDE". The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.
W. Clement Stone
59. "Courage + Believe = Life"
------ 18 year old Joe Challis, shortly before succumbing to cancer in September 2008
58. Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope for in the future!
Charles Kettering
57. When you reach for the stars, you may not quite get them, but you won't come up with a handful of mud either.
Leo Burnett
56. “The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man’s determination” 55. Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.
- Thomas A. Edison
54. 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
53. To win without risk, is to triumph without glory.
---Pierre Corneille
52. " A dream is a flame that burns out if you give up; it is whether we keep going that creates a torch that is strong enough to burn through all the obstacles."
---Unknown
51. "I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else." 50. "Somewhere in the world someone is training when you are not. When you race him, he will win."
-----Tom Fleming's Boston Marathon Training Motto
49. Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
--General George S. Patton
48. "You can motivate by fear, and you can motivate by reward. But both those methods are only temporary. The only lasting thing is self motivation." 47. A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting pace, and then at the end, punish himself even more. Nobody is going to win a 5,000 meter race after running an easy 2 miles. Not with me. If I lose forcing the pace all the way, well, at least I can live with myself. - STEVE PREFONTAINE 46. "Leaders aren't born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal." 45. "Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better." -- Pat Riley 44. "The secret is to work less as individuals and more as a team." -- Knute Rockne 43. "There are only two options regarding commitment. You're either in or you're out. There's no such thing as life in-between." -- Pat Riley 42. Seize the moment of excited curiosity on any subject to solve your doubts; for if you let it pass, the desire may never return, and you may remain in ignorance. - William Wirt
41. "The will to succeed is important, but what's more important is the will to prepare." 40. Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain - and most fools do. - Dale Carnegie 39. "Win together, lose together, play together, stay together."
-- Debra Mancuso 38. "Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect." -- Vince Lombardi 37. "We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible." -- Vince Lombardi 36. In attempts to improve your character, know what is in your power and what is beyond it. - Francis Thompson 35. "Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string."
— Pelé 34. "Everything is practice." — Pelé 33. "I told myself before the game, he's made of skin and bones just like everyone else — but I was wrong." — Italian defender who marked Pelé in the 1970 World Cup Finals 32. "The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender." -- Vince Lombardi
31. "Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan." -- Tom Landry
30. "The will to win is meaningless without the will to prepare!" -- Joe Gibbs
29. "Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do." -- John Wooden
28. "If you do not believe you can do it then you have no chance at all." -- Arsene Wenger
27. "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." - C.S. Lewis
26. That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest. Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
25. There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. Colin Powell (1937 - )
24. A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one. -- Mary Kay Ash
23. Winning is nice if you don't lose your integrity in the process. Arnold Horshak
22. Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough. Og Mandino (1923 - 1996) 21. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance. Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
20. "The difference between successful people and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of heart." - Vince Lombardi
19. Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. Will Rogers
18. A hair on the head is worth two on the brush. Irish Proverb
17. I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom. Bob Dylan (1941 - )
16. To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act. Anatole France (1844 - 1924)
15. "The difference between the possible and the impossible lies in a person's determination." 14. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them. Denis Watley
13. I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. Bill Cosby (1937 - )
12. Never explain--your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway. Elbert Hubbard (1856 - 1915)
11. Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared. Eddie Rickenbacker (1890 - 1973)
10. You can only be young once. But you can always be immature. Dave Barry (1947 - )
9. "The difference between successful people and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of heart." - Vince Lombardi
8. Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow! Horace (65 BC - 8 BC)
7. I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. Will Rogers (1879 - 1935) 6. It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt. Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) 5. To achieve the impossible dream, try going to sleep. Joan Klempner
4. Why be a man when you can be a success? Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956)
3. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them. Denis Watley
2. If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.
Vince Lombardi (1913 - 1970)
1. If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score?
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