Only those who risk going too far can find out how far one can go
– T S Eliot
Tag Archives: Confidence
The secret…
The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity arrives
– Benjamin Disraeli
So….
So stay true to your own nature. If you like to do things in a slow and steady way, don’t let others make you feel as if you have to race. If you enjoy depth, don’t force yourself to seek breadth. If you prefer single-tasking to multi-tasking, stick to your guns. Being relatively unmoved by rewards gives you the incalculable power to go your own way.
– Susan Cain
The secret…
The secret to life is to put yourself in the right lighting. For some, it’s a Broadway spotlight; for others, a lamplit desk. Use your natural powers — of persistence, concentration, and insight — to do work you love and work that matters. Solve problems. make art, think deeply.
– Susan Cain
True confidence….
True confidence is not about what you take from someone to restore yourself, but what you give back to your critics because they need it more than you do.
– Shannon Alder
Great things….
Great things are achieved by talented people who are absolutely convinced that they not only can but will achieve them
– Warren G Bennis
The greatest….
The greatest glory in living lies not in never failing but in rising every time we fail
– Nelson Mandele
We cannot….
We cannot wait for great visions from great people, for they are in short supply. It is up to us to light our own small fires in the darkness.
– Charles Handy
Our ability…
Our ability to adapt is amazing. Our ability to change isn’t quite as spectacular.
– Lisa Lutz
Once…
…once you recognize, or admit, that your primary goal is to fully express yourself, you will find the means to achieve the rest of your goals
– Warren G Bennis
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