If I live to grow old, as I find I go down,
Let this be my fate in a read more

If I live to grow old, as I find I go down,
Let this be my fate in a country town;
May I have a warm house, with a stone at my gate,
And a cleanly young girl to rub my bald pate.
May I govern my passions with an absolute sway,
Grow wiser and better as my strength wears away,
Without gout or stone, by a gentle decay.
- Walter Pope, The Old Man's Wish,

A winner is someone who recognizes his God- given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and read more

A winner is someone who recognizes his God- given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.

The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, or ever seriously consider them as read more

The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.

Man is a goal seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his read more

Man is a goal seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.

It is not enough to reach for the brass ring. You must also enjoy the merry go round.

It is not enough to reach for the brass ring. You must also enjoy the merry go round.

And the evil wish is most evil to the wisher.

And the evil wish is most evil to the wisher.

Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon read more

Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.

Man wants but little, nor that little long;
How soon must he resign his very dust,
Which read more

Man wants but little, nor that little long;
How soon must he resign his very dust,
Which frugal nature lent him for an hour!

O, that I were where I would be,
Then would I be where I am not;
For read more

O, that I were where I would be,
Then would I be where I am not;
For where I am I would not be,
And where I would be I can not.