“You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.
”This is the real secret of life — to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.”
Alan Wilson Watts
“Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.”
Stephen R. Covey
“Nothing in the world can take the place of perseverance. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost legendary. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Perseverance and determination alone are omnipotent.”
Calvin Coolidge
“Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value.”
Albert Einstein
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.”
Mark Twain
“Happiness is the real sense of fulfillment that comes from hard work.”
Joseph Barbara
“If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend six hours sharpening my ax.”
Abraham Lincoln
“Nothing is less productive than to make more efficient what should not be done at all.”
Peter Drucker
“Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goals: my strength lies solely in my tenacity.”
Louis Pasteur
“In a moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing to do, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.”
Theodore Roosevelt
“Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.”
Seneca
“It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials.”
Bruce Lee
“Don’t be afraid of hard work. Nothing worthwhile comes easily. Don’t let others discourage you or tell you that you can’t do it. In my day I was told women didn’t go into chemistry. I saw no reason why we couldn’t.”
Gertrude B. Elion
