Whatever you attempt, go at it with spirit.
–David Starr Jordan

Wherever you go, go with all your heart.
–Confucius

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anyone else expects of you.  Never excuse yourself.
–Henry Ward Beecher

Bloom where you’re planted.
–Motto of the American Church in Paris 

If there is no wind, row.
–Latin proverb

Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.
–Buddha

If you aren’t going all the way, why go at all?
–Joe Namath

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
–Thomas Edison

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, “I used everything you gave me.”
–Erma Bombeck

Remember that someone, somewhere, is practicing.  And when you meet him, he will win.
–Edward Macauley

Success is living up to your potential.  That’s all.  Wake up with a smile and go after life.  Don’t just show up at the game—or at the office.  Live it, enjoy it, taste it, smell it, feel it.
–Joe Kapp

I have never understood why hard work is supposed to be pitiable . . . You get tired, of course, often in despair, but the struggle, the challenge, the feeling of being extended as you never though you could be, is fulfilling and deeply, deeply satisfying.
–Rumer Godden

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