Challenge Yourself!

I'm into my 17th hour of my 20+ hour day... I'm starting my 11th week of these 20+ hour days. If you find yourself facing a challenge or anything difficult, then read on...

Christian Larson:
Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:
The heights of great men reached and kept,
Were not obtained by sudden flight,
But they, while their companions slept
Were toiling upward in the night.

Lowell Thomas:
Do a little more each day than you think you possibly can.

William James:
Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second. Give your dreams all you've got and you'll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.

Leonardo Da Vinci:
Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.

Liane Cordes:
Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.

Author unknown:
Some people dream of success... while others wake up and work hard at it.

William Penn:
To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals - this alone is worth the struggle.

Aristotle:
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

Elbert Green Hubbard:
When on the brink of complete discouragement, success is discerning that... the line between failure and success is so fine that often a single extra effort is all that is needed to bring victory out of defeat.

Helen Keller:
When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.

Marcus Aurelius:
Do every act of your life as if it were your last.

Joe Namath:
You learn you can do your best even when its hard, even when you're tired and maybe hurting a little bit. It feels good to show some courage.

Marvin Phillips:
The difference between try and triumph is just a little umph!

Zig Ziglar:
Where you start is not as important as where you finish.

Jim Rohn:
You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.

Aesop:
Little by little does the trick.

Herbert N. Casson:
The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to develop themselves.

Oliver Wendell Holmes:
The mode in which the inevitable comes to pass is through effort.

Gail Devers:
Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.

Ann Frank:
Laziness may appear attractive but work gives satisfaction.

H. Jackson Brown:
Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best.

Linda Brakeall:
Life is like riding a bike. It is impossible to maintain your balance while standing still.

Edwin H. Stuart:
Men who do things without being told draw the most wages.

Dale Carnegie:
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

Jim Ryan:
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.

Paul Coffey:
Nobody's a natural. You work hard to get good and then work hard to get better.

Roger Staubach:
There are no traffic jams along the extra mile.

Audrey Hepburn:
Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm... As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands. One for helping yourself, the other for helping others.

Mahatma Gandhi:
Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory.

Sandra Day O'Connor:
Slaying the dragon of delay is no sport for the short-winded.

Laurence J. Peter:
Slump, and the world slumps with you. Push, and you push alone.

Orison Swett Marden:
Achievement is not always success while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best possible under any and all circumstances.

Lee Iacocca:
Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make it happen.

Napoleon Hill:
Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

Doug Firebaugh:
Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow.

Unknown Author:
Every job is a self portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your work with excellence.

Napoleon Hill:
Do not wait; the time will never be "just right'. Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.

Thomas Alva Edison:
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Walter Linn
It is surprising what a man can do when he has to, and how little most men will do when they don't have to.