The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself.It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance,or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.– Orison Swett Marden …I absolutely agree, with the following modification – we create our own luck. What is luck? Labor Under Correct Knowledge.

“What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens.”– Thaddeus Golas “A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.”– Francis Bacon “”The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done.”– Arnold Palmer “If you doubt you can accomplish something, […]

“If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instinct, and there abide,the huge world will come round to him.”-Ralph Waldo Emerson “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.”-Chinese Proverb “Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.”-Franklin D. Roosevelt […]

So true… That the birds of worry and care fly over your head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent.– Chinese proverb I remember James Clavell’s Tai-Pan back in the 80’s. The Tai-pan (CEO) of the giant trading house was quizzed about how he could juggle […]

“Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it… Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle.”– Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Roman emperor “The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we […]

“We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.”– Rudyard Kipling “The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.”– Ben Stein “This one step, choosing a goal and sticking to it, changes everything.”– Scott Reed

“A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.”– Bob Dylan “Make no small plans for they have not the power to stir men’s blood.”– Niccolo Machiavelli “When you are not practicing, remember, someone somewhere is practicing, […]

A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.– Walter Gagehot Do not follow where the path may lead.Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.– Unknown Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.– William Feather There is no future […]

As someone who runs their own business, I can really relate to this first idea… “A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, […]