{success}

a collection of quotes pushing me forward today:

Your biggest challenge isn't someone else. It's the ache in your lungs and the burning in your legs, and the voice inside you that yells 'CAN'T", but you don't listen. You just push harder. And then you hear the voice whisper 'can'. And you discover that the person you thought you were is no match for the one you really are.
---Unknown

The first step toward getting somewhere is to decide that you're not going to stay where you are.  You make the world you live in and shape your own environment.  Avoid people that try to belittle your ambition.  Small people always seem to do that.  Place yourself in the presence of successful people for they will make you feel that you, too, can become successful.  Your environment is the mental feeding ground from which the food that goes into your mind is
extracted.  Choose your environment with care, one that is positive, one that lifts you up and empowers you to achieve your goals.  First we shape our buildings, thereafter they shape us.
---Unknown

People who soar are those who refuse to sit back, sigh and wish things would change. They neither complain of their lot nor passively dream of some distant ship coming in. Rather, they visualize in their minds that they are not quitters; they will not allow life's circumstances to push them down and hold them under.
---Charles R. Swindoll

Sticking to it is the genius! Any other bright-minded fellow can accomplish just as much [as I did] if he will stick like hell and remember nothing that's any good works by itself. You got to make the damn thing work. I'll never give up, for I may have a streak of luck before I die.
---Thomas Edison (worth more than $2 billion by the end of his life)

Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.
---Earl Nightingale

Set some new goals for myself today, then went looking for some inspiration and motivation.   They say that it takes 21 days to develop a habit.   I'm about to find out just how big a difference fourteen weeks  can make.  Sending thank you vibes to Lesley today for being one of those successful people in my environment.

Also, today's the day:  Suzanne and Paul have moved to Omaha.  Thinking of you two as you begin this new chapter of your lives, and wishing you much success and happiness. 

Comments

[Heather Moll]

Thanks for sharing those quotes - so inspiring!

[Nikki Workman]

Love these Sharon!

[Jessica Stamatakos]

I am reading your blog, see? :) This is the first comment I have posted - I just had to, reading these quotes nearly made me cry. You know how much trouble I have with trying to figure out my life and why certain upsetting things have happened, but it's nice to be reminded that my past doesn't have to define my future. Thanks for the inspiration! Your success and motivation to learn and grow is so encouraging to me.....and I want to say good luck to Paul and Suzanne as well - all of us here will miss you until we meet again!