“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” ~~ Thomas A. Edison
Filed Under: Achievement, Determination, Success, Thomas A. Edison
“We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent. ” ~~ Barack Obama
“It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.” ~~ Edmund Hillary
“It is a mistake to think that the practice of my art has become easy to me. I assure you, dear friend, no one has given so much care to the study of composition as I. There is scarcely a famous master in music whose works I have not frequently and diligently studied.” ~~ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” ~~ Milton Berle
“It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn’t feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.” ~~ Neil Armstrong
“Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t.” ~~ Margaret Thatcher
“Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible. I think it’s in my basement… let me go upstairs and check.” ~~ M.C. Escher
