Weekend Wisdom

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson 

In reality, serendipity accounts for one percent of the blessings we receive in life, work and love. The other 99 percent is due to our efforts.

~Peter McWilliams

You can study gravity forever without learning how to fly.
~Shawn Achor

Out of clutter, find simplicity. From discord, find harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
~Albert Einstein

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
-John Quincy Adams

There are risks and costs to action…But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.
~John F. Kennedy

Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.
~Helen Keller

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
~William Feather

Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

~Martin Luther King, Jr. 

Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.

~F. Scott Fitzgerald

The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.

~Norman Schwarkzoph

The relationships we have with the world are largely determined by the relationships we have with ourselves.

~Greg Anderson

It takes less time to do a right thing than to explain why you did it wrong.

~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The proactive approach to a mistake is to acknowledge it instantly, correct and learn from it. This literally turns a failure into a success.

~Steven Covey