“The person determined to achieve maximum success learns the principle that progress is made one step at a time. A house is built one brick at a time. Football games are won a play at a time. A department store grows bigger one customer at a time. Every big accomplishment is a series of little accomplishments.”
“[One of the most important decision you'll have to make before fully committing to running a freelance business is to determine if this type of lifestyle matches your personality.] Know thyself, ... Really think this through before you make a commitment to a lifestyle and work style you just may not be suited for.”
“Dr. Siddique has been with the university since 1985. He became tenured in 1991. There?s a whole routine professors go through, and quality is certainly one of the determining factors. You can intimate that at the point that he went through the process, he was truly a valuable asset to the university.”
“Looking back on it now, I don't see how we had the desire and the determination to keep going back because we kept getting knocked down, knocked down, knocked down,'' said Tony Glover, who joined the team late in 1983 and stayed until 1996. ”
“This is a major issue because no one has determined an accurate way to measure the audience. Keep in mind that this is a self-regulatory rule adopted to head off legislation. It is not a law and if violated does not constitute an illegal act. So the penalty for violating it is non-existent. The point is for companies to use their best efforts.”
“The risk significance is low in terms of public health and safety, ... We're talking about a small amount of water. We're doing a special investigation because we want to make sure that (Entergy) has their hands around the extent of the cracking, the extent of the leakage, and determine exactly where this moisture originated.”
The personal development triangle includes, "knowledge" "Skills" and "Attitude." Knowledge is the foundation of all successes. the right skills will take us to great heights of accomplishment within a short period of time. But ultimately, the right attitude of faith, hope, commitment, patience, giving and determination will make anyone a super achiever.
But unless we determine to take action,' said the old man querulously, as if struggling against something deeply insouciant in his nature, 'then we shall all be destroyed, we shall all die. Surely we care about that?' 'Not enough to want to get killed over it,' said Ford.
“We have some warrants out for his arrest. I don t know if that was part of it. He has a long history of contact with law enforcement, and perhaps he doesn't want to talk to us, we don t know but we will determine that once we find him.”
In the past, I was a perpetual victim; how I was doing in any given moment depended on what happened to me. Today I do my best to avoid this kind of ‘victim thinking.’ Instead, how I am doing is determined by how I respond to what happens to me.