Food for Thought...
Here's a growing collection of inspirational and thought-provoking
quotes - mostly from people much smarter than me...

"Energy and persistence conquer all things!" - Benjamin Franklin
"Being the best at anything takes a supreme effort" - Thom Hannum
"If the people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery, it wouldn't seem wonderful at all!" - Michelangelo
The most successful people in the world all share a common behavior - they set goals for themselves and then work to achieve these goals. Stated another way "if you fail to plan, then you plan to fail" and "if you aim at nothing, you'll hit it every time!"
"Success is the ability to do better than good-enough"
"Many people have gone further than they thought they could simply because someone else thought they could"
The only way to escape criticism: do nothing, say nothing, be nothing"
Some people make it happen, others watch it happen, and some say "what happened"? Which one of these people will you be?
"I believe that either you control your attitude...or it controls you!" - unknown
"Want to raise your performance level? Then RAISE your expectations and take action IMMEDIATELY to meet those expectations! Expect more from yourself. Expect more from those around you. Nothing breeds mediocrity like low expectations and a failure to act..." - David Wray
"The most pathetic form of human being is he who lives without purpose" - Ayn Rand, from Atlas Shrugged
"Life is about 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it" - Lou Holtz