Quotes From The Road #107
August 27, 2010
“Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. You must be able to sustain yourself against staggering blows. There is no code of conduct to help beginners. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go much further than people with vastly superior talent.”
Sophia Loren: Actress
“People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.”
Norman Vincent Peale, 1898-1993: Speaker and Author
Cheers,
Dave Hoskins
Quotes From The Road #106
August 20, 2010
“There is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come.”
Victor Hugo,1802-1885: French poet, playwright, novelist, artist & statesman
“What is now proved was once only imagined.”
William Blake, 1757-1827: English poet, painter & printmaker
Cheers,
Dave Hoskins
Quotes From The Road #105
August 13, 2010
“History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.”
Bertie Charles Forbes,1880-1954: Financial Journalist, Author and Founder of Forbes Magazine
“Today, I would like to become the man my dog thinks I am.”
Jack Thomson: Entrepreneur
Cheers,
Dave Hoskins
Quotes From The Road #104
August 6, 2010
“All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim; have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.”
Orison Swett Marden, 1850-1924: Writer
“I realized early on that success was tied to not giving up. Most people in this business gave up and went on to other things. If you simply didn’t give up, you would outlast the people who came in on the bus with you.”
Harrison Ford: Actor