Friday 11 September 2009

Press On!

PRESS ON!
In the pursuit of whatever course that is set before us, the following quotations are desinged to provide additional motivation for us:

1. Adventure means additional venture-and that is what the world is designed for-David Abioye
2. The world is like a dancing masquerade, if you want to see it well, you must not stay in one place-Olu Odeyemi
3. I find that the constant inspiration gained by looking at the goal is the chief thing that helps me to persevere-Douglas Thornton
4. 90% of all failure results from quitting too soon. All great achievements require time and tenacity-John L. Mason
5. Most people of great potential stop because they don’t build on their victories
6. Energy and persistence conquer all things-Ben Franklin
7. Excuses always replace progress-Ralph Waldo Emerson
8. It is not because things are difficult that we don’t dare, it is because we don’t dare that things are difficult-Seneca
9. A person is most likely to quit at two distinct times: after a mistake or after a victory-John Mason
10. You will never possess what you are unwilling to pursue. Pursuit is the evidence of desire-Mike Murdock
11. What you are not ready to be committed to, don’t waste your life pursuing it-David Oyedepo
12. Success is not a destination but an adventure-Ayo Adebamowo
13. If you can’t fly, run; if you can’t run, walk; if you can’t walk, crawl: but by all means keep moving-Martin Luther King (Jnr)
14. What lies us and what lies before us are nothing compared to what lies within us. Fan it into flames-Oswald Sander
15. Following the path of least resistance is what makes rivers and some men crooked-Larry Lea
16. Go as far as you can see and when you get there, you will be able to see farther-Zig Ziglar
17. Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome-Zig Ziglar
18. Persistence is what makes the impossible possible, the possible likely and the likely definite-Robert Half
19. Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits-Thomas Edison
20. Man should attempt everything and not be dismayed by anything-Niccolo Machialleli
21. Most people who fail in their dream fail not from lack of ability but from lack of commitment-Zig Ziglar
22. There is no height, no depth that the spirit of man cannot attain. They conquer who believe they can-John Hunt
23. Unswevering loyalty to an aim in life will get any man farther toward success than riches for most men who have inherited them
24. Protect your enthusiasm from the negativity of others
25. The greatest thing in this world is not so much as where we are but in what direction we are moving-Oliver Wendell Holmes
26. Man do less than they ought, unless they do all they can-Thomas Carlyle
27. Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talents will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful individuals with talents. Genius will no; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent-Calvin Coolidge
28. The great end of life is not knowledge but action-Thomas Henry Huxleny
29. The goal wont be reached if the right distance be not travelled-Tibetan Proverb
30. He who is often shooting hits the mark at last-German Proverb
31. The longer I live, the more convinced I become that life is 10% of what happens to us and 90% of how we respond to it-
32. Greatness is never achieved by never failing but rising every time we fail-Confucius
33. Where the heart is willing, it will find a thousand ways. But where it is unwilling, it will find a thousand excuses-Sorneo Proverb
34. He that can have patience can have what he will-Ben Franklin
35. The probability that we may fail in a struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just-Abraham Lincoln

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