Perseverance

I'm convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance. It is so hard.

Steve Jobs

Thought

Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer your goal.

Elbert Hubbard

Grow

Discovery

A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.

- James Joyce

Candle

“What hurts you, blesses you. Darkness is your candle.” 

 - Rumi 

Inheritance

So you must not be frightened if a sadness rises up before you, larger than any you have ever known, if a restiveness, like light and cloud shadow passes over your hands and over all that you do. You must think that something is happening with you, that life has not forgotten you, that it holds you in its hand; it will not let you fall... Believe in a love that is being stored for you like an inheritance, and have faith that in this love there is a strength and a blessing so large that you can travel as far -  as you wish without having to step outside it. 

-       - Quotes from Rilke 

Hope

I think it's a mistake to ever look for hope outside of one's self.

Arthur Miller

Where We Want to Go

“We belong far less to where we've come from than where we want to go.” ― Franz Werfel

Acceptance

“The truth is: Belonging starts with self-acceptance. Your level of belonging, in fact, can never be greater than your level of self-acceptance, because believing that you're enough is what gives you the courage to be authentic, vulnerable and imperfect.” — Brené Brown

Be Different

All progress occurs because people dare to be different.

Harry Millner

Toward Success

The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.

- Mark Caine

Change

How can our works and thoughts, if they are always to be the fittest, continue always the same? Change, indeed, is painful, yet ever needful.

Thomas Carlyle, philosopher

Progression

"I am suffocated and lost when I have not the bright feeling of progression." - Margaret Fuller

Dominant Thoughts

Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts — Søren Kierkegaard

What You Want

A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That's why they don't get what they want.

- Madonna

Your Wounds

Right Thing

People will always try to stop you from doing the right thing if it is unconventional.

- Warren Buffett

Ovid Quote

"Be patient and tough. Someday this pain will be useful to you." ~ Ovid

Decision to Act

The most difficult thing is the decision to act. The rest is merely tenacity.

Amelia Earhart

Self-Doubt

The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize.

Robert Hughes, art critic

Relaxation

If our minds are always busy, they don't get time to do basic maintenance - to sort, tidy up and take out the trash. If we don't periodically clear out space in our minds, there’s no room for new ideas to take root.

Where do you find stillness each day and each week? Plan for quiet time, relaxation and stillness daily, even if it's only for 5 or 10 minutes.
-- John Robson

Growth

Growth is an erratic forward movement: two steps forward, one step back. Remember that and be very gentle with yourself.

- Julia Cameron

Success

The only way you are going to have success is to have lots of failures first.

Sergey Brin,

Everyone is Broken

Anne LaMott's 4th item she's learned from life.

4. Everyone is screwed up, broken, clingy, and scared, even the people who seem to have it more or less together. They are much more like you than you would believe. So try not to compare your insides to their outsides. Also, you can't save, fix or rescue any of them, or get any of them sober. But radical self-care is quantum, and radiates out into the atmosphere, like a little fresh air. It is a huge gift to the world. When people respond by saying, "Well, isn't she full of herself," smile obliquely, like Mona Lisa, and make both of you a nice cup of tea.

Ancient Wisdom

"Our bodies and hearts know so much more than our minds. We hold an ancient wisdom that most of us have no idea exists. We are the sum of our ancestors and all their hopes and dreams for us—how can their prayers not be etched into our bones?" – Raquel Scianna