Motivation

"If you want the best the world has to offer, offer the world your best." Neale Donald Walsch Author of The Only Thing That Matters  

"So great has been the endurance, so incredible the achievement that, as long as the sun keeps a set course in heaven, it would be foolish to despair of the human race." -- Ernest Woodward, Publisher

Over the years I've been teaching kids about a simple but powerful concept—the ant philosophy. I think everybody should study ants. They have an amazing four-part philosophy, and here is the first part: ants never quit. That's a good philosophy. If they're headed somewhere and you try to stop them, they'll look for another way. They'll climb over, they'll climb under, they'll climb around. They keep looking for another way. What a neat philosophy, to never quit looking for a way to get where you're supposed to go. Second, ants think winter all summer. That's an important perspective. You can't be so naive as to think summer will last forever. So ants gather their winter food in the middle of summer. An ancient story says, “Don't build your house on the sand in the summer.” Why do we need that advice? Because it is important to think ah...

"Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks." -- Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway, CEO

"Bottom line: if you show a genuine interest in learning about how others became successful, you can open up a world of opportunities." -- Armstrong Williams, Political Commentator

"Progress always involves risks. You can't steal second base and keep your foot on first." -- Frederick Wilcox, writer