If I were a cobbler I would make it my pride
The best of all cobblers to be;
If I were a tinker, no tinker beside
Should mend an old kettle like me.
Showing posts with label commitment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label commitment. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Friday, February 15, 2013
Post #1191
Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.
—General William T. Sherman
—General William T. Sherman
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Post #1171
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
—Abraham Lincoln
—Abraham Lincoln
Tuesday, December 04, 2012
Post #1128
Even now we can draw back. But once we cross that little bridge, we must settle things by the sword.
—Julius Caesar
—Julius Caesar
Friday, October 19, 2012
Post #1090
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time a tremendous whack.
—Sir Winston Churchill
Friday, September 14, 2012
Post #1059
It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through.
—Zig Ziglar
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Post #1005
Don't let yourself get attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner.
—from "Heat" (film).
—from "Heat" (film).
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Post #986
Make it a point to do something every day that you don't want to do. This is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.
—Mark Twain
—Mark Twain
Thursday, April 05, 2012
Post #912
I submit to you that if a man hasn't discovered something he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
—Martin Luther King
Friday, March 30, 2012
Post #906
These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.
—Thomas Paine
—Thomas Paine
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Post #892
A windmill is eternally at work to accomplish one end, although it shifts with every variation of the weathercock, and assumes ten different positions in a day.
—Charles Caleb Colton
—Charles Caleb Colton
Monday, January 02, 2012
Post #819
Poverty is uncomfortable, as I can testify: but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim for himself.
—James A. Garfield
—James A. Garfield
Sunday, October 09, 2011
Post #735
He that rides his hobby gently must always give way to him that rides his hobby hard.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Post #684
Men of the South! It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
—Emiliano Zapata
—Emiliano Zapata
Friday, March 04, 2011
Friday, February 04, 2011
Post #490
Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival.
—Sir Winston Churchill
—Sir Winston Churchill
A deadly viper once bit a hole snipe's hide; But 'twas the viper, not the snipe, that died.
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