“I don’t really measure success by anything other than if I am happy. That is success to me. Am I happy waking up every morning? And despite the challenges of running my own business, do I look forward to going to work? Absolutely.” IfsLooksRunningChallengesMy OwnMorningWake UpDespiteWakingEvery MorningGoing To WorkOwn BusinessMeasure Of SuccessWaking Up Every Morning Author:L'Wren Scott
“Honestly, just waking up every morning with headaches is tough, to know that I can't play tonight or I can't run tonight. Once the headaches started going away a little bit, I knew I had a chance.” KnowsLittlesI CanPlayRunningBitsChanceMorningLittle BitToughWake UpHonestlyTonightGoing AwayWakingEvery MorningHeadacheWaking Up Every Morning Author:Alecko Eskandarian
“Every morning, just like in Alabama, I got up with the sun, ate my breakfast even before my mother and sisters and brothers, and went to school, winter, spring, and fall alike to run and jump and bend my body this way and that for Mr. Charles Riley.” WayBodyRunningSchoolMotherFallSportsMorningSunBrotherSpringWinterAthleteBreakfastEvery MorningBrothers And SistersAlabama Book:Jesse, a spiritual autobiography Source: Jesse, a spiritual autobiography
“Writers brought up in Africa have many advantages - being at the center of a modern battlefield; part of a society in rapid, dramatic change. But in a long run it can also be a handicap: to wake up every morning with one's eyes on a fresh evidence of inhumanity; to be reminded twenty times a day of injustice, and always the same brand of it, can be limiting.” LongEyeRunningMorningModernEvidenceAdvantageWake UpTwentiesInjusticeBrandsDramaticLong RunsEvery MorningRapidsBattlefieldsInhumanityHandicapsDramatic Change Book:This Was the Old Chief’s Country: Collected African Stories Volume One Source: This Was the Old Chief’s Country: Collected African Stories Volume One