How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life, by Scott Adams “Failure always brings something valuable with it. I don’t let it leave until I extract that value.” As many of you know, and if you don't, Scott Adams is the creator of the comic strip, … Continue reading How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big
Willpower
Quote To Ponder ~Kyra Bobinet
"Mindfulness is the slow brain. It's executive control rather than autopilot, and enables intentional actions, willpower, and decisions. But that takes some practice. The more we activate the slow brain, the stronger it gets." ~Kyra Bobinet
Quote To Ponder ~Bruce Lee
"There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." ~Bruce Lee
Quote To Ponder ~Jim Ryun
"Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going." ~Jim Ryun
Quote To Ponder ~Victor Hugo
"People do not lack strength; they lack will." ~Victor Hugo
Quote To Ponder ~Lord Moran
"Courage is a moral quality; it is not a chance gift of nature like an aptitude for games. It is a cold choice between two alternatives, the fixed resolve not to quit; an act of renunciation which must be made not once but many times by the power of the will. Courage is willpower." ~Lord … Continue reading Quote To Ponder ~Lord Moran
True and False Manliness
Editor's Note: This passage is one of the best descriptions of manliness I've read. Note the date of its publishing and feel the full weight of how far we have slipped in our definition of what it means to be fully a man. In this day and age, the world is in need of real … Continue reading True and False Manliness
Quote To Ponder ~Theodore Roosevelt
"We need the iron qualities that go with true manhood. We need the positive virtues of resolution, of courage, of indomitable will, of power to do without shrinking the rough work that must always be done." ~Theodore Roosevelt
Quote to Ponder ~C.S. Lewis
"Every time you make a choice you are turning the central part of you...either into a heavenly creature or into a hellish creature." ~C.S. Lewis