"Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to
unlocking our potential."

Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.

If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must become a worthwhile person in your own self-development.

I don't believe that old cliche 'good things happen to those who wait.' I believe good things happen to those who get up & make it happen.

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

“Companies that solely focus on competition will ultimately die. Those
that focus on value creation will thrive.”

“No matter where you are in life right now, no matter who you are, no matter how old you are – it is never too late to be who you are meant to be.”

"The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence." Is it? Or maybe you just need to get up off your lazy ass and mow the lawn, water it, pull some weeds, fertilize it, take care of your own grass and stop looking over the fence.

Make an early start: The fellow who does just what he's told will never be told 2 do big things.

“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”

"Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability."

"Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I go, only as deep as I look can I see, only as much as I dream can I be."

No road is too long for him who advances slowly and does not hurry, and no attainment is beyond his reach who equips himself with patience to achieve it.

No-one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Whether you think you can or think you can't, you are right.

Men do less than they ought,
unless they do all they can.

It's not the hours you put in your work that counts, it's the work you put in the hours. JRaz closetM.com

Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour's duties will be the best preparation for the hours and ages that will follow it.

Optimist: someone who figures that taking a step backward after taking a step forward is not a disaster, it's a cha-cha.

Jumping at several small opportunities may get us there more quickly than waiting for one big one to come along.

Map out your future, but do it in pencil. ~Jon Bon Jovi

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.

If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up.

Most people, upon reaching the top, look down and enjoy the view. The smart money is on looking up and finding new mountains to climb.

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.

Work hard for hardly any pay and one day you will hardly work for too much pay.

The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.

Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you. JRaz closetM.com

Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.

Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.

Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.

"People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing -- that's why we recommend it daily." --Zig Ziglar

"The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor." --Vince Lombardi

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead JRaz

”Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work." --Peter Drucker

Your ability to learn faster than your competition is your only sustainable competitive advantage.- Arie de Gues JRaz closetM

Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.

"Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy." --Norman Vincent Peale JRaz closetM.com

"Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it's holy ground. There's no greater investment." --Stephen Covey

"Give yourself an even greater challenge than the one you are trying to master and you will develop the powers necessary to overcome the original difficulty." --William J. Bennett - The Book of Virtues

"There are few, if any, jobs in which ability alone is sufficient. Needed, also, are loyalty, sincerity, enthusiasm and team play." --William B. Given, Jr. JRaz closetM.com

Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves. - E. Joseph Cossman JRaz closetM.com

Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do, only then can absolutely enjoy determination. JRaz closetM.com

Time is limited, don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't let opinions drown your inner voice. Courage: follow your <3 & intuition JRaz closetM.com