The secret of the truly successful, I believe, is that they learned very early in life how not to be busy. They saw through that adage, repeated to me so often in childhood, that anything worth doing is worth doing well. The truth is, many things are worth doing only in the most slovenly, halfhearted fashion possible, and many other things are not worth doing at all.
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Don't let what you can't do stop you from doing what you can do.
Don't let what you can't do stop you from doing what you can do.
If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment. That quality is important because read more
If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment. That quality is important because it stays with you the rest of your life, and there's going to be a life after tennis that's a lot longer than your tennis life.
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they
were to success when they gave up.
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they
were to success when they gave up.
When you see a thing clearly in your mind, your creative "success
mechanism" within you takes over and does the read more
When you see a thing clearly in your mind, your creative "success
mechanism" within you takes over and does the job much better than
you could do it by conscious effort or "willpower.".
How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours. (from the
Sufis).
How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours. (from the
Sufis).
Every single life only becomes great when the individual sets upon a
goal or goals which they really believe in, read more
Every single life only becomes great when the individual sets upon a
goal or goals which they really believe in, which they can really commit
themselves to, which they can put their whole heart and soul into.
Chance favors the prepared mind.
Chance favors the prepared mind.
The soul is that which denies the body. For example, that which refuses to run when the body trembles, to read more
The soul is that which denies the body. For example, that which refuses to run when the body trembles, to strike when the body is angry, to drink when the body is thirsty. - Definitions, 1953.
