“Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door.”
Sometimes you just need someone to tell you to keep going. These quotes deliver that push — not with empty cheerfulness, but with the earned conviction of people who have been where you are and made it to the other side.
“I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.”
“Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door.”
“Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.”
“To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life.”
“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”
“You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine.”
“Quality is not an act, it is a habit.”
“Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.”
“Leap, and the net will appear.”
“It's always too early to quit.”
“One may miss the mark by aiming too high as too low.”
“Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.”
“A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.”
“Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.”
“Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.”
“I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.”