“Woe to those who get what they desire. Fulfillment leaves an empty space where your old self used to be, the self that pines and broods and reflects. You furnish a dream house in your imagination, but how startling and final when that dream house is your own address. What is left to you? Surrounded by what you wanted, you feel a sense of amputation. The feelings you were used to abiding with are useless. The conditions you established for your happiness are met. That youthful light-headed feeling whose sharp side is much like hunger is of no more use to you.” FeelsSelfUseFeelingsDreamLightWantedSuccessUsedDesireHouseLeftSidesImaginationSpaceConditionsMetsEmptyFinalsHungerUsed To BeUselessFulfillmentAddressesWoeAbidingEmpty SpaceOld SelfAmputationDream House Author:Laurie Colwin
“Many a man has finally succeeded only because he has failed after repeated efforts. If he had never met defeat he would never have known any great victory.” IfsMenSuccessEffortKnownFailureVictoryMetsDefeatGreat VictoryRepeated Failure Book:The Optimistic Life Source: The Optimistic Life
“Everyone who achieves success in a great venture, solves each problem as they came to it. They helped themselves. And they were helped through powers known and unknown to them at the time they set out on their voyage. They keep going regardless of the obstacles they met.” ProblemMotivationalSuccessTimeKnownAchieveMetsObstaclesSolveKeep GoingVentureCongratulationsVoyages Author:W. Clement Stone