George Washington Carver quotes: Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.

Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.
- George Washington Carver

George Washington Carver (January 1864 – January 5, 1943), an American botanist and inventor who was born into slavery, revolutionized the previously cotton-based agriculture of the Southern United States through his research into and promotion of peanuts and sweet potatoes. He is noted for inventing or commercializing over 100 varied products made from peanuts.

There are a hundred valid reasons why something can't be done, but only one reason, Commitment, why it can.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

** Book of the day: Simply An Inspired Life: Consciously Choosing Unbounded Happiness in Good Times and Bad

Further reading: Practice makes perfect - sometimes

Vince Lombardi quote: Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is

Amelia Earhart: Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done

Affirmations of an Inspired Life - Young-Adult Version