"In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure."
-Bill Cosby
"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him."
-David Brinkley
"Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it."
-Bruce Lee
Few quotes today... Loved them all so I decided to share them. So this word... success... what is it? Everyone talks about how when they grow up they want to be "successful." We also tend to classify others on the fact that they are "successful." I guess on a statistical standpoint maybe you could judge this, but even then, who gets to decide where that line of success really is. Here are my thoughts on the matter...
Do I really care if, according to other people, I am classified as a successful man? No. I care about how I feel about myself as well as the day I will stand before God. That is what is important to me. That is what I will strive for. At the end of the day, if Sally says I did a really good job on my test or on my workout, but I don't feel satisfied, I will be grateful for the wonderful compliment, but I am going to work my tail off to make sure I will feel satisfied with my results next time. On the flip side, if Bill says I need to work harder to help get the unwanted pounds off or to make more money, but I am extremely satisfied with my results, I will not let that be the reason I beat myself up and put myself down. At the end of the day I want to look in the mirror and know I tried my absolute hardest. I want to know I left nothing in the tank and I gave it my all. If I do this, there is no possible way I will ever consider myself unsuccessful. I may not bench press the amount I was hoping for or I may not score the 98% I was hoping for, but if I give it my all and don't hold back, whatever my results may be... I will be happy. I will be successful. Best of luck, my friends.
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