Most of us serve our ideals by fits and starts. The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication. —Cecil B. DeMille

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Most of us serve our ideals by fits and starts. The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.

CECIL B. DEMILLE

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OK from Utah FEBRUARY 2, 2016
This man had focus, I wish I could focus like that. I struggle with my ADHD constantly, but I will use this quote to help me track, focus and strive.
Anil from Faridabad, Haryana. India JANUARY 29, 2016
Really it is heartening to read these quotes
Anil from Faridabad, Haryana. India JANUARY 29, 2016
Very nice quotes
Karen from Sacramento, CA JANUARY 22, 2016
I love this- a reminder that this is what is about - believing and then dedication to that belief . . .
Jeanette from Gauteng JANUARY 21, 2016
Good inspiring words.

Grit is passion and perseverance for very long-term goals. Grit is having stamina. Grit is sticking with your future, day-in, day-out. Not just for the week, not just for the month, but for years. And working really hard to make that future a reality. Grit is living life like it’s a marathon, not a sprint. —Dr. Angela Lee Duckworth
The family is one of nature's masterpieces. —George Santayana
The most important thing in the world is family and love. —John R. Wooden
The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team. —Phil Jackson
If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete. —Buddha
A day without laughter is a day wasted. —Charlie Chaplin
Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me learn from you, love you, bless you before you depart. Let me not pass you by in the quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. —Mary Jean Irion
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them become what they are capable of being. —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it. —Ralph Waldo Emerson
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers. —Charles William Eliot
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be? —Marianne Williamson
Rebellion against your handicaps gets you nowhere. Self-pity gets you nowhere. One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world - making the most of one's best. —Harry Emerson Fosdick
Carry good cheer in the morning; Carry good cheer in the night. Effort is sweeter and living completer, If ever we walk in love's light. —G.B. Williams
When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed. —Maya Angelou
A pessimist, they say, sees a glass as being half empty; an optimist sees the same glass as half full. But a giving person sees a glass of water and starts looking for someone who might be thirsty. —G. Donald Gale
Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way. —Edward de Bono

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