Daily (ish) or maybe weekly (ish) inspiration

[baty]

Thanks for the quotes

Have had a bit of a set back these last (almost) 2 years. Needed a boost from time to time and these really help.
From a grateful Baty

[RickyRaj]

Thanks for the quotes

Have had a bit of a set back these last (almost) 2 years. Needed a boost from time to time and these really help.
From a grateful Baty

Glad you like them and hope things get better for you.

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.
Beverly Sills, opera singer

Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks.
James Baldwin, author

One of the most important reasons for living is to do something - live outside of yourself and put together an idea, an idea that you want to explore and then complete. . . . Awaken your creative sensitivities.
Jack Palance, actor

[SOLACE]

Thanks for the quotes

Have had a bit of a set back these last (almost) 2 years. Needed a boost from time to time and these really help.
From a grateful Baty

Always stay postive, be brave and keep strong Baty, wishing you all the very best... :)

[SOLACE]

A bird sitting on a tree is never afraid of the branch breaking, because her trust is not on the branch but on it’s own wings. Always believe in yourself.

Unknown

[RickyRaj]

The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.
Hugh White, congressman

Begin somewhere. You cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.
Liz Smith, columnist

You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.
Arthur Ashe, tennis star

[RickyRaj]

The ones I pity are the ones who never stick out their neck for something they believe, never know the taste of moral struggle, and never have the thrill of victory.
Jonathan Kozol, writer

Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.
Publilius Syrus, writer

I've always considered myself to be just average talent, and what I have is a ridiculous, insane obsessiveness for practice and preparation.
Will Smith, actor

We are all born naked into this world, but each of us is fully clothed in potential.
Emmitt Smith, football player

[RickyRaj]

Success seems largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
William Feather, author

Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.
C.S. Lewis, author

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.
Alice Walker, author

If this is something you really want to do, if you believe in it ... simply keep forging forward because success will come.
Cassandra Sanford, executive

[RickyRaj]

We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated.
Maya Angelou, writer

The past is a great place and I don't want to erase it or to regret it, but I don't want to be its prisoner either.
Mick Jagger, rock star

Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances.
Jackie Chan, martial artist & actor

In order to step into someone else's shoes, you must be willing to take off your own.
Author unknown

[SOLACE]

Potatoes, Eggs, and Coffee Beans

Once upon a time a daughter complained to her father that her life was miserable and that she didn’t know how she was going to make it. She was tired of fighting and struggling all the time. It seemed just as one problem was solved, another one soon followed.

Her father, a chef, took her to the kitchen. He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Once the three pots began to boil, he placed potatoes in one pot, eggs in the second pot, and ground coffee beans in the third pot.

He then let them sit and boil, without saying a word to his daughter. The daughter, moaned and impatiently waited, wondering what he was doing.

After twenty minutes he turned off the burners. He took the potatoes out of the pot and placed them in a bowl. He pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl.

He then ladled the coffee out and placed it in a cup. Turning to her he asked. “Daughter, what do you see?”

“Potatoes, eggs, and coffee,” she hastily replied.

“Look closer,” he said, “and touch the potatoes.” She did and noted that they were soft. He then asked her to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, he asked her to sip the coffee. Its rich aroma brought a smile to her face.

“Father, what does this mean?” she asked.

He then explained that the potatoes, the eggs and coffee beans had each faced the same adversity– the boiling water.

However, each one reacted differently.

The potato went in strong, hard, and unrelenting, but in boiling water, it became soft and weak.

The egg was fragile, with the thin outer shell protecting its liquid interior until it was put in the boiling water. Then the inside of the egg became hard.

However, the ground coffee beans were unique. After they were exposed to the boiling water, they changed the water and created something new.

“Which are you,” he asked his daughter. “When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a potato, an egg, or a coffee bean? “

Moral:In life, things happen around us, things happen to us, but the only thing that truly matters is what happens within us.

Which one are you?

[RickyRaj]

If your heart's attached to it, then your mind will be attached to it. When you have a passion for something, then you tend not only to be better at it, but you work harder at it too.
Vera Wang, designer

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.
Booker T. Washington, educator

Achievable goals are the first step to self-improvement.
J.K. Rowling, author