There is no such thing as a ‘self-made’ person. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up of our character and of our thoughts, as well as our success. | |
— George Burton Adams | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | A Profound Source |
2019 | Sad Words |
2018 | Self-Sorted |
2017 | Right |
2016 | At Least One Step |
2015 | Month To Month Rental |
2014 | Professional Beliefs |
2013 | Books Are… |
2012 | True Distinguishing Marks |
2010 | Sub-300 |
Posts Tagged ‘Success’
Thousands
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Character, Encouragement, George Burton Adams, Kind Deed, Philosophy, Quotes, Self-Made Person, Success on January 13, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Meet Unexpected Success
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Confidence, Dreams, Endeavors, Henry David Thoreau, Imagination, Life, Philosophy, Quotes, Success, Time on December 19, 2020| Leave a Comment »
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with the success unexpected in common hours. | |
— Henry David Thoreau | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Curing With Salt |
2018 | A Politician With Skills |
And / Or A Genuine Smile | |
2017 | A Lone, Brave Voice… |
2016 | Job Security |
2015 | For I Have Always Lived Violently |
2014 | We Stand !! (I Stand With George) |
Additional Requirements | |
2013 | In The Present Day |
2012 | Feeling It |
2011 | Stretching Science |
Still On The Obstacle Course?
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Booker T. Washington, Philosophy, Quotes, Success on December 1, 2020| Leave a Comment »
I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed. | |
— Booker T. Washington | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Expecting A December Correction |
2018 | Dominoes II (Update From Last Year’s Post) |
2017 | Dominoes |
2016 | Itchin’ |
2015 | In The Not So Distant Future |
2014 | Sources |
2013 | Three Essentials |
2012 | Just Looking |
2011 | Religious Lessons |
2010 | View From Under The Bus… (A mid-term report card on the Obama Administration. Long, but still worth reading for historical perspective.) |
#45: Or All-Consuming Greed
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged #45 - The Loser, Ambition, Greed, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Philosophy, Quotes, Success on October 5, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions. | |
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Not Personal |
2018 | Preference For Irrationality |
2017 | All At Once |
2016 | One Of My Vices |
2015 | The War Lord |
2014 | Orange October (II) – Giants Win NLDS Game 2 In 18 Innings (2 to 1)!! |
Acknowledging Doubt | |
2013 | Fulfilled Acceptance |
2012 | Error Is Tolerated Here (So Far) |
2011 | In Defense Of Pain |
Is #45 In Good Spirits?
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged #DonaldTheFailure, #IncompetentDonald, Failure, Good Spirits, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Success on September 13, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Our business in this world is not to succeed, but to continue to fail, in good spirits. | |
— Robert Louis Stevenson | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Learning To… |
Day 15: Die By The Scale | |
2018 | Just Wondering |
2017 | Until I Think Of Something Better |
2016 | Who Are You? |
2015 | Renaissance Reptiles |
2014 | Book Return |
2013 | Keep Writing Your Truths |
Perilous Times For The U.S. Military | |
2012 | The Victor |
2011 | Forging Away At My Deadlines |
2010 | Try This With Your Shoes… |
Testing To Open The Economy Safely
Posted in Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged COVID-19, Economy, Joseph Addison, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Success, Testing on May 20, 2020| Leave a Comment »
We cannot ensure success, but we can deserve it. | |
— Joseph Addison | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Or Thought I’d Thought |
2018 | Go And Dare |
2017 | And Wealth A Poor Substitute For Ability |
2016 | Neither Darkness Nor Shadows |
2015 | It Took Roots |
2014 | Hard Evidence |
2013 | Full Participation |
2012 | Roving (Again) |
Ooops, Again | |
2011 | Why Not? |
No Answers Yet
Posted in Education, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Answers, Failure, Friedrich Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Learning, Philosophy, Quotes, Success, Thinkers on January 16, 2020| Leave a Comment »
A thinker sees his own actions as experiments and questions – as attempts to find out something. Success and failure are for him answers above all. | |
― Friedrich Nietzsche | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Stationary Target |
2018 | And Firmly |
2017 | Nearer My Goal To Thee |
2016 | Relatively Simple Actions |
2015 | And Yet, You Did |
2014 | Difficult Learning |
2013 | Four Things To do |
2012 | When I Was Young… |
Emergence | |
Six Reasons Why #DumbDonald Will Always Be A Failure
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged #DumbDonald, Charity, Courtesy, Dr. William Menninger, Failure, Humility, Personal Integrity, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Sincerity, Success, Wisdom on December 26, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Six essential qualities that are the key to success: Sincerity, Personal Integrity, Humility, Courtesy, Wisdom, Charity. | |
— Dr. William Menninger | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | The Trouble With Bookstores |
Another No Chew Diet | |
2017 | Biased World View |
2016 | Control In The Age Of Entanglement |
2015 | Okay, Maybe Not Ceaseless |
2014 | Can Do |
2013 | Are You Helping? |
2012 | Inside All Truth Is A Vacuum |
2011 | So, Whom Are We Trying To Fool Then? |
Knocking On Impeachment’s Door
Posted in Politics, Quotes, tagged #Impeach45, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Impeachment, Knocking, Perseverance, Politics, Quotes, Success on October 11, 2019| 4 Comments »
Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody. | |
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | Do You Remember? |
2017 | Choose Life |
My Response To President Trump’s Threat To NBC | |
2016 | We, Us, All |
2015 | No Less |
2014 | Life Advice (50) |
Orange October (IV) – Giants Win Game 1 Of NLCS! | |
2013 | Running To |
2012 | Suddenly |
2011 | Liberal Washington |
2010 | Giants Advance To NLCS!! |
Judging Success
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Dali Lama, Philosophy, Quotes, Sacrifice, Success on August 17, 2019| 2 Comments »
Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it. | |
— The Dali Lama | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | Something Else |
Day 21: 10% Loss | |
2017 | Courage |
2016 | Don’t H8! — I’m With Her!! |
2015 | $20 Anyone? |
2014 | And Yet I Still Study |
2013 | Use Your Own |
2012 | Strengthen Freedom |
2011 | Attrition = A Lack Of Imagination |
2010 | Mind The Fire, Love |
Just Beyond My Reach… | |
Even A Life Of Quiet Desperation! | |
Acts Of Courage | |
The Far Side
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Failure, Mistakes, Philosophy, Quotes, Success, Thomas J. Watson on August 7, 2019| Leave a Comment »
You can be discouraged by failure, or you can learn from it. So go ahead and make mistakes, make all you can. Because, remember that’s where you’ll find success – on the far side of failure. | |
— Thomas J. Watson | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | Hold On |
Day 11: Just Plain Tired | |
2017 | Why Don’t You Tell Us What You Really Think? |
2016 | Discontent |
2015 | Do You Know Me? |
Appetite For Life Update | |
2014 | Tough Journalism |
2013 | Things I’ve Learned |
2012 | Abstainer, n. |
2011 | Rain, Rain, Rain |
Test Your Strength | |
2009 | End the mistakes… |
In The Long-Run
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Happiness, Man's Search for Meaning, Philosophy, Quotes, Success, Viktor E. Frankl on March 1, 2019| 1 Comment »
Don’t aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one’s surrender to a person other than oneself. Happiness must happen, and the same holds for success: you have to let it happen by not caring about it. I want you to listen to what your conscience commands you to do and go on to carry it out to the best of your knowledge. Then you will live to see that in the long-run — in the long-run, I say! — success will follow you precisely because you had forgotten to think about it. | |
― Viktor E. Frankl | |
From his book: “Man’s Search for Meaning“ | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | #NeverAgain |
Doss II | |
Doesn’t / Does | |
2017 | Talent Hates To Move |
2016 | Looking To November |
2015 | It Isn’t The End |
Prospero’s Precepts | |
2014 | Friends |
2013 | Learning Bitter |
2012 | Remembrance, Minstrels & Going Off To War |
May I Have More Happiness, Please? | |
2011 | There Is No God, But God |
2010 | Another Running Book… |
Missing Failure
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, Sports, tagged Basketball, Failure, Michael Jordan, Philosophy, Quotes, Sports, Success, Winning on February 18, 2019| Leave a Comment »
I have missed more than 9,000 shots, lost almost 300 games, on 26 occasions been entrusted to take the game winning shot — and missed. I have failed over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. | |
— Michael Jordan | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | Praise God |
2017 | Necessary Gaps |
2016 | Nor My Dogs |
2015 | Say What? |
I’m A Dog, Too! | |
Beginnings | |
2014 | Astonishing Choices |
2013 | Three Hard Tasks |
2012 | The Only Remains |
2011 | Personal Capability |
What Price Failure? | |
Both Of W’s Elections | |
Tea (Baggers) Anyone? | |