First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst.

~Dale Carnegie

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"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face."

~Eleanor Roosevelt

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Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and, above all, confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this something, at whatever cost, must be attained.

~Marie Curie…

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.

~Aristotle…

Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.

~Ambrose Bierce…

"You are not here merely to make a living. You are here to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, and with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world. You impoverish yourself if you forget this errand."

~Woodrow…

If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?

~John Wooden, UCLA basketball coach…

"Never grow a wishbone where your backbone ought to be." 

~Helen Keller…

The work of the individual still remains the spark that moves mankind forward.

~Igor Sikorsky…

"The intuitive mind is a sacred gift, and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift."

~Albert Einstein, born this day in 1879…

 “We become what we think about all day long.”

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

This week's challenge: Be conscious and intentional about what you devote your thoughts to each day. Be aware…

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

~Thomas A. Edison

From the man who brought us the definition of genius as "1% inspiration, 99% perspiration," here's…

"Long range planning does not deal with future decisions but with the future of present decisions."

~Peter Drucker…

Don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love, inspiration and hard work, I don’t think you can go wrong.

~Ella Fitzgerald

All right, I'll admit it: I purposely went out of my way to find a…

“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” 

~  Will Rogers 

This week's challenge: What right track are you "just sitting there" on? What do…

"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and…