Rising To The Occasion
Young Jethro aspiring to be a Ladder Day Saint
Upward Mobility - set your goals high
Take up life’s challenges one rung at a time
QuotaBillsGolden 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