Rising To The Occasion

Plans make dreams reality. - Susan Pace-Koch

Ambition lubricates the mind. - Unknown

Hope is a very unruly emotion. - Gloria Steinem

Ambition can creep as well as soar. - Edmund Burke

Golden dreams make men awake hungry. - Proverb

Memories are interpreted like dreams. - Leo Longanesi

Happy Hauntings; and, pleasant dreams! - Peter James

A woman who strives to be like a man lacks ambition. - Unknown

Enthusiasm is a kind of faith that has been set afire. - George Matthew Adams

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. - Winston Churchill

The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up. - Paul Valery

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. - Anais Nin

Two-lane blacktop isn't a highway - it's an attitude. - Unknown

If you can give your child only one gift, let it be enthusiasm. - Bruce Barton

To be happy in the home is the ultimate result of all ambition. - Samuel Johnson

Life is infinitely stranger than anything the mind could invent. - Arthur Conan Doyle

Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy. - Steven Wright

Ambition hath no mean, it is either upon all fours or upon tiptoes. - George Savile

What good is money if it can't inspire terror in your fellow man? - Homer Simpson

Shells sink,
Dreams float,
Life's good
On our boat. - Jimmy Buffet

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. - Jack London

Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts. - John Wooden

Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity. - Bo Bennett

A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug. - Patricia Neal

Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm. - Winston Churchill

Zest is the secret of all beauty. There is no beauty that is attractive without zest. - Christian Dior

When you get on the boat that's saving you, don't pull up the ladder behind you. - Adrienne Clarkson

The only reason I'm in Hollywood is that I don't have the moral courage to refuse the money. - Marlon Brando

No kid is unsmart. Every kid's a genius at something. Our job is to find it. And then encourage it. - Robin Sharma

Television remote controls encourage couch potatoes to exercise their options while broadening their base. - William Arthur Ward

The role of the teacher is to create the conditions for invention rather than provide ready-made knowledge. - Seymour Papert

Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us. - Dave Turner

All progress is based upon a universal, innate desire on the part of every living organism to live beyond its income. - Samuel Butler

Never give up.
Never accept success or failure.
Neither need be permanent.
It's attitude that counts. - Bernie Legge

Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements. - Napoleon Hill

Enthusiasm is the best protection in any situation. Wholeheartedness is contagious. Give yourself if you wish to get others. - David Seabury

Focus on the core problem your business solves and put out lots of content and enthusiasm, and ideas about how to solve that problem. - Laura Fitton

In this industry, there are only two ways up the ladder. Rung by rung or claw your way to the top. It's sure been tough on my nails. - Jack Nicholson

Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself. - William Butler Yeats

Passion is not a reaction to an external event. It is the left over emotions from the internal battles you have won that propels you forward. - Shannon L. Alder