My journal and writing
“Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe I think Wolfgang is trying to say that even if you can instruct someone to do something perfect (Which you can’t) and make it so they will never fail (Which you won’t) nothing will give that person a better chance to exceed than giving them […]
“Live your life by a compass, not a clock.” Stephen R. Covey I think this quote means that if you live like a clock than you are always on a schedule and you are always focused on the time. And when you focus on time you not focused on the task on hand. Now unlike […]
“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” Wayne Gretzky I think Wayne Gretzky is trying to say that if you never shoot, you have a zero percent chance of scoring a goal. Even if to begin with your chance of scoring is 1% what’s better, that or absolutely no chance at all. Sure […]
“In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.” Theodore Roosevelt I think Roosevelt is trying to say that making a wrong choice is not always the worst thing to do. For […]
“I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars” Og Mandino I think that Og Mandino is trying to say that cherish the comforts of life because then you will be able to enjoy them, but when you step out of […]
“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” Benjamin Franklin I think Benjamin Franklin is trying to say that preparation is on of the keys to success. Being prepared can be the difference between failure and success. One time we took the North Face Hike on Alyeska, and we forgot to bring something sugary […]
“Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.” Robert H. Schuller I think this quote means that no matter what bad things have happened in your past, don’t let them influence your future. You cannot change the past but you can shape your future. Don’t act on bad things that have happened, because the […]
“A man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder.” Thomas Carlyle I think Thomas is trying to say that if you have no purpose in what you do, you will not be able to steer in the right direction. The rudder of a ship is what makes the ship turn, and steer. […]
“It is your response to winning and losing that makes you a winner or a loser. ” Harry Sheehy I think this quote means that when you win or lose anything in particular if you act like you won or lost than you deserve to be called a winner or loser. If you lose and […]
“Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.” Bill Bradley I think Bill is trying to say that If you have an ambition, that is something to follow but if you don’t have persistence than it will be a long walk. Usually an ambition builds a long road and if […]
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