Willpower Quote

"It's not that some people have willpower and some don't.  It's that some people are ready to change and others are not."  ~James Gordon

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"Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances."-- Thomas Jefferson

Do Not Give Up!

"The difference in winning and losing is most often ...  not quitting."  ~Walt Disney

~Walt Disney was fired by a newspaper editor because "he lacked imagination and had no good ideas."  He went bankrupt several times before he built Disneyland.  In fact, the proposed park was rejected by the city of Anaheim on the grounds that it would only attract riffraff.

~ As a young man, Abraham Lincoln went to war a captain and returned a private.  Afterwards, he was a failure as a businessman.  As a lawyer in Springfield, he was too impractical and temperamental to be a success.  He turned to politics and was defeated in his first try for the legislature, again defeated in his first attempt to be nominated for congress, defeated in his application to be commissioner of the General Land Office, defeated in the senatorial election of 1854, defeated in his efforts for the vice-presidency in 1856, and defeated in the senatorial election of 1858.  At about that time, he wrote in a letter to a friend, "I am now the most miserable man living.  If what I feel were equally distributed to the whole human family, there would not be one cheerful face on the earth."

~Winston Churchill failed sixth grade.  He was subsequently defeated in every election for public office until he became Prime Minister at the age of 62.  He later wrote, "Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never - in nothing, great or small, large or petty - never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.  Never, Never, Never, Never give up." 

~Albert Einstein did not speak until he was 4-years-old and did not read until he was 7.  His parents thought he was "sub-normal," and one of his teachers descirbed him as "mentally slow, unsociable, and adrift forever in foolish dreams."  He was expelled from school and was refused admittance to the Zurich Polytechnic School.  He did eventually learn to speak and read.  Even to do a little math.

~An expert said of Vince Lombardi:  "He possesses minimal football knowledge and lacks motivation."  Lombardi would later write, "It's not whether you get knocked down; it's whether you get back up."

~Michael Jordan and Bob Cousy were each cut from their high school basketball teams.  Jordan once observed, "I've failed over and over again in my life.  That is why I succeed."

For more inspiration on not giving up:  http://www.des.emory.edu/mfp/efficacynotgiveup.html

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"Being negative is easy.  There will always be a downside to everything good, a hurdle to everything desirable, a con to every pro.  The real courage is in finding the good in what you have, the opportunities in every hurdle, the pros in every con."  ~Carolyn Hax

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"All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this:  Act as if it were impossible to fail."  ~Dorothea Brande

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"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.  Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved."  ~Helen Keller

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You must begin to think of yourself as becoming the person you want to be.


David Viscott

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"Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the
chess player, not the chess piece."
-- Ralph Charell

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“Everything we do is a habit so why not choose good habits and healthy portions

sizes?” ~Molly, blogger

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Now I am I’m even surprised at the portion size of some” ~stlc, blogger

“When I first started out actually measuring what I was supposed to eat it took

me a long time to re-program my eyes and once I started getting used to the

portion sizes I decided that it was time to go out into the wild so to speak. Then

I went out a couple of times and was SHOCKED at just how huge the portions

were! And I used to happily eat all of it and be, “mmm nice meal.” :)

too wary to even order at a restaurant! LOL but what I do now is order 2

starters. And they are perfect :)

of the starters actually. :)

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“I’m never confused by the serving size of rice or soup or vegetables being too

small – just chips and ice cream.” ~Kundan, blogger

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“Who’s coming up with the serving sizes? A serving size of ice cream is a half a

cup. What, what is that? Is that like a joke some guy put on there?.... I think a

serving size of ice cream is when you hear the spoon hit the bottom of the

container!” ~Brian Regan, comedian