Commitment

There's a difference between knowing the path and walking the path.
- the character Morpheus in the movie The Matrix

Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.
- W. Clement Stone

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

Further reading: There is no "try"

Commitment vs. Burnout

Promises to Myself

Quotes about Commitment

Quotes about Goals

Courage Quotes

Quotes by Vince Lombardi

Quotes about Dedication

Commitment vs. Burnout

The price of success is hard work,
dedication to the job at hand,
and the determination that whether we win or lose,
we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
- Vince Lombardi

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt
until they are too strong to be broken.
- Samuel Johnson

An overfull calendar, like an overfull stomach,
is a consequence of taking on too much.
Commit, and eat, in moderation.
- jlh

Too little commitment, and life becomes meaningless.
Too much focus on accomplishment, and you burn out.
Balance striving for success, with gentle self-care.

Further reading: Finding Balance in Life

How to Live a Stress-Free Life

Life is All in the Perspective We Take on It

Life is Not Supposed to be Fair

Be Gentle with Yourself

Inspirational Quotes about Life

Quotes to Live By

Positive Quotes

Thinking will not overcome fear but action will. - W. Clement Stone

Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.
- W. Clement Stone

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.
- Rabindranath Tagore

Today's affirmation: I Act with Bold Courage. Taking inspiration from the powerful vision of my future, I boldly set sail with courage and intent. I hold my course with focused attention and relentless commitment, as I weather the storms of life.

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Further reading: Boldly Sail the Storms of Life

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. Mark Twain

ACTION - the sixth Point of Simply An Inspired Life

Martin Luther King, Jr. - Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.

Action will delineate and define you. Thomas Jefferson

C. S. Lewis You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream

Another Sunrise, Another New Beginning - jlh

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. Ralph Waldo Emerson

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within.
- Earl Nightingale

You are more powerful than the circumstances that buffet you. Believe in yourself and take action on that belief.

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Further reading: Circumstance does not make the man: it reveals him to himself. - James Allen

I choose to adapt to the circumstances in which I find myself.

Epictetus: We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how to respond to them.

Mohandas Gandhi Quotes

Positive Attitude: How to Stay Positive Around Negative People

Promises to Myself

The most important promises are the ones we make to ourselves.
The promises we makes to ourselves are the things that assure us we have the capacity to keep our promises to others.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Consider how much you do or do not value your promises to yourself. Do you take such promises seriously? Break them easily? Make new promises as circumstances change?

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Further reading: Mary Anne Radmacher's blog

Do or do not, there is no try. - Yoda (Star Wars movie)

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

Teamwork: John Lennon: A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together becomes reality.

Teamwork

A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together becomes reality. - John Lennon

An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.
- Victor Hugo

Imagine what you could accomplish if you enrolled others into your dream. The world changes when people of vision and commitment create an infectious enthusiasm for their ideas. What is your great idea whose time has come?

Further reading: Jimmy Yen - My Personal Greatest Hero

A hero is someone who has given his life to something bigger than himself or something other than himself. - Joseph Campbell

Inspiring video of DJ Gregory, a golfer in spite of Cerebral Palsy, walking all the golf courses of the entire PGA tour.

Margaret Mead: Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has. - Margaret Mead

To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.
- Kofi Annan

We must become the change we wish to see in the world.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi

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Further reading: This Above All, To Thine Own Self Be True - 5 Ways to Apply William Shakespeare's Advice Today

Nelson Mandela quotes: There is no passion to be found playing small

Albert Camus: Life is a sum of all your choices.

Do or do not, there is no try. - Yoda (Star Wars movie)

Do or do not, there is no try.
- Yoda (Star Wars movie)

What's wrong with the common advice to Try, and Try Harder? Saying, "I'll try," tends to feel half-hearted and unconvincing. We wouldn't say, "I'm going to try to go to the store for a loaf of bread," we would just say, "I'm going," and so we would. We would feel extremely unsafe in the pilot of our aircraft announced, "I'm going to try to land at the New York airport in five minutes." When we say something like, "I'm going to try to get a better job," we exhibit a lack of confidence that inhibits our ability to accomplish what we intend. Just take a deep breath, tell the world what you are going to do, and then do it.

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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

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

Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is.
- Vince Lombardi

It's one of life's great paradoxes ...

Accepting with gratitude whatever life throws at us is critical to happiness.

Yet without a goal and commitment, life lose much of its value.

The best we can do in the face of this paradox is to play to win, but be cheerful in defeat and ready to play again.

Further reading: Failure? Never

Life is as easy or as hard as you think it is - Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Lao Tzu: A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.

Helen Keller: Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.