“When you set a goal for yourself, design some plans to make it happen and put those plans into action they seem to take on a life of their own.”
Source: Road Work: Images And Insights Of A Modern Day Explorer
“Every undertaking should be begun with a definite view to God's glory, continued quietly, and ended without excitement or impatience.”
Source: The Royal Way of the Cross
“While Lucas rested and Ron figured out how to use a kitchen garbage bag to keep his dressing dry in the shower, Cam and I retreated to the great outdoors.”
Source: Soul Seek: A Zackie Story of Supernatural Suspense
“Experience is when you learn a principle, then put it into action to prove whether it works or not. You can be taught many elements of many subject in your lifetime. However, you can’t be wise in how you do something until it goes through the process of putting it into action to prove its value. The action you take to prove its value is called experience.”
Source: Victorious Faith in Jesus Christ: Creates Good Christian Conduct
“It’s never too late,” she said.
“But it is,” I told her, turning to look at her. “I don’t think I’d even know what to do if I did have another chance. I mean, what could I . . .”
She shook her head. “It’s just one of those things,” she said. Her voice was surprisingly level and clear. “You know, that just happen. You don’t think or plan. You just do it.”
There was something familiar about this, but it took me a second to realize where I’d heard it before. Then I remembered: it was what I’d said to her that night at the party, when I’d been trying to explain why I was holding Wes’s hand.”
Source: The Truth About Forever
“You can advance only by being larger than your present place; and no man is larger than his present place who leaves undone any of the work pertaining to that place.”
Source: THE SCIENCE OF GETTING RICH
“The world is advanced only by those who more than fill their present places.”
Source: THE SCIENCE OF GETTING RICH
“Let's recognize that no one is capable of enslaving or murdering billions of people. No one, at least not anyone alive today, perhaps in the past, with more primitive ways in more primitive times, but life for most of us has passed a line, where almost everyone within those billions has had access to a chance of living a worthy existance.
If it is not possible to play out a strategy to the extreme, then it is a flawed long-term strategy. There's only one way forward which promotes good health and an explosion of advancements.
With reflection of where we've been and what it is we expect from near and distant futures.”
“He remembered heat like this from an earlier, more frightening time in his life. As Giti drove, his thoughts wandered back nine years in time … across the Pacific Ocean, back to another life, when his body was drenched in sweat and his skin was prickly just like it was now—back to the jungles of South Vietnam.”
Source: Turbulent Skies: A Jack Coward Novel
“Goals are dreams with time lines. Turn your vision into action with goal setting. Seek progress rather than perfection.”
Source: Mind Gym: An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence