Rising To The Occasion

Golden dreams make men awake hungry. - Proverb

Ambition is the grand enemy of all peace. - John Cowper Powys

Attitude determines the altitude of life. - Edwin L Cole

Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm. - John Muir

Desire of praise disposeth to laudable actions. - Thomas Hobbes

Ambition is destruction, only competence matters. - Jill Robinson

What makes the engine go? Desire, desire, desire. - Stanley Kunitz

Great effort springs naturally from great attitude. - Pat Riley

A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice. - Francois de la Rochefoucauld

Enthusiasm is a kind of faith that has been set afire. - George Matthew Adams

My desire is to be a forgiving, non-judgmental person. - Janine Turner

For broken dreams, the cure is dream again; and deeper. - C S Lewis

A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art. - Paul Cezanne

Courage is a strange thing: One can never be sure of it. - Raymond Chandler

You have the power to decide what your attitude will be. - H. Norman Wright

Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace. - Amelia Earhart

Punk is defined by an attitude rather than a musical style. - David Byrne

I wake up with a good attitude every day. Then idiots happen. - Unknown

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others. - Robert Louis Stevenson

For we are such stuff as dreams are made on, rounded with a sleep. - William Shakespeare

Enthusiasm is catching, so surround yourself with enthusiastic people. - Norman Vincent Peale

Passion and prejudice govern the world, only under the name of reason. - John Wesley

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. - Thomas Edison

Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong. - Bible

Sometimes it's the people you can't help who inspire you the most. - Melinda Gates

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book. - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Dreams are extremely important. You can't do it unless you imagine it. - George Lucas

It's better to die in pursuit of your dreams than to live a life without hope. - Terry Brooks

Don't let someone who gave up on their dreams, talk you out of going after yours. - Zig Ziglar

Without dreams, there can be no courage. And without courage, there can be no action. - Wim Wenders

The reactionary is always willing to take a progressive attitude on any issue that is dead. - Theodore Roosevelt

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. - Maya Angelou

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads. - Erica Jong

The man of wisdom is never of two minds;
the man of benevolence never worries;
the man of courage is never afraid. - Confucius

Man alone has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality; man, alone, can dream and make his dreams come true. - Napoleon Hill

When you wake up in the morning, you have two choices: go back to sleep and dream your dreams, or wake up and chase those dreams. - Unknown

I see history as really cyclical in terms of the intense idealism, and the desire to create a better life outside of societal norms. - Lauren Groff

Perseverance: outlasting the most rash, pessimistic, cowardly naysayers; those first in line to deny us the dreams never tried. Ourselves. - R.S. Guthrie

A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results. - Wade Boggs

Bill Gates has always been a mentor and inspiration for me even before I knew him. Just growing up, I admired how Microsoft was mission-focused. - Mark Zuckerberg