The day you take complete responsibility for yourself, the day you stop making any excuses, thats the day you start to the top. -O.J. Simpson (hmmmmmm)
I don't really go for this US style 'if the going gets tough etc' Being in the Public Sector our management have latched onto that sort of b######s in a big way, however there are a few sayings that I like:
A mistake is evidence that someone has actually tried to do something
It seemed like a good idea at the time
Before you insult someone walk a mile in their shoes, that way you will be a mile away and they won't have any shoes to chase after you
Just did a quick search now and these make me smirk
The two most abundant things in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity
All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind. Aristotle
Behind every successful man is a surprised woman. Maryon Pearson
Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies. Thomas Jefferson How true!
Egotism -- usually just a case of mistaken nonentity. Barbara Stanwyck
OK this I suppose is inspirational Knowledge must come through action; you can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial. Sophocles
So long as there is breath in me, that long will I persist. For now I know one of the greatest principles of success; If I persist long enough I will win. Og mandino
Some men succeed because they are destined to, but most men succeed because they are determined to. Greame Clegg
I did start to write something silly in here, but something that has stuck with me since my younger days were my Mother's last words. She was a bit of an overachiever, and had crammed a lot of wonderful things into her life, and, on getting the grim news from the tearful Doc, said, rather sadly, "Oh. But there was so much more that I wanted to do". She went into unconsciousness soon after, and never came out of it - so it was certainly her last coherent words. I'm conscious that I not far off the age that she was when she died, and it represents a kind of yardstick - and I'm trying pretty hard to make sure that I do get some good stuff in!
I've got one shot at this life and when I'm old and decrepit, I want to be able (if I can) to think back to the days when I done triathlons.... yes that was me....
"I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it." - Pablo Picasso
"If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment." Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121 AD - 180 AD)
"do or do not, there is no try" Yoda (a long time ago...)
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Fall down 10 times, get up 11
I'm too drunk to taste this chicken
I live by those.
If I lose, then at Ieast I lose with no excuses.....
wonder where they came from....
The day you take complete responsibility for yourself, the day you stop making any excuses, thats the day you start to the top.
-O.J. Simpson (hmmmmmm)
What is the worst that can happen !
A mistake is evidence that someone has actually tried to do something
It seemed like a good idea at the time
Before you insult someone walk a mile in their shoes, that way you will be a mile away and they won't have any shoes to chase after you
Just did a quick search now and these make me smirk
The two most abundant things in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity
All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind. Aristotle
Behind every successful man is a surprised woman. Maryon Pearson
Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies. Thomas Jefferson How true!
Egotism -- usually just a case of mistaken nonentity. Barbara Stanwyck
OK this I suppose is inspirational
Knowledge must come through action; you can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial. Sophocles
There is no failure except in no longer trying.....
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Great changes may not happen right away, but with effort even the difficult may become easy.
The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible.
Arthur C. Clarke
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.
Aristotle
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
William B. Sprague
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
Confucius
Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is.
Vince Lombardi
endure
i am stronger than my pain
oh, and has anyone mentioned 'HTFU'?
"You can quit and they won't care... but you will always know" John Collins-Ironman founder
Og mandino
Some men succeed because they are destined to, but most men succeed because they are determined to.
Greame Clegg
He also said (not inspirational, but bang on):
I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly
I work to live and not live to work.......
I've got one shot at this life and when I'm old and decrepit, I want to be able (if I can) to think back to the days when I done triathlons.... yes that was me....
Fear causes hesitation, and hesitation will cause your worst fears to come true.
If you want the ultimate, you've got to be willing to pay the ultimate price. It's not tragic to die doing what you love.
I'm not afraid of dying, I just don't want to be there when it happens !! (Spike Milligan)
Absorb what is useful
Reject what is useless
Add what is uniquely your own.
Bruce Lee
'All you need in life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure' Mark Twain
'Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work' Thomas Edison
'Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form' Andre Mauroiws
'it is better to die on your feet than live on your knees' Dolores Ibarruri
And perhaps for the forum:
'To err is human but to really foul things up requires a computer' Old Farmers Almanac 1978
And finally of course:
' Assumption is the mother of all f**k ups'
VAM
What could possibly go wrong?? and how hard can it be?????
One of my favourite.. I can’t use it yet... (hopefully next year!!)
“Well it’s 2.4mile swim, a 112 mile bike ride, just to get to the start of the Marathon” – heard from Scott Neyedli
To forget ones purpose is the commonest form of stupidity.
A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything
I have been fighting reality for over thirty years now,I believe I am finally winning.
(but my favourite is my postscript.)
"If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment." Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121 AD - 180 AD)
"do or do not, there is no try" Yoda (a long time ago...)
Denzel: "Trained or not trained?"
Girl: "Trained !!"
I'm not really interested in my time...I'm just along for a bit of fun!!
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