Inspirational Definitions
Attitude Our lives are not determined by what happens to us, but how we react to what happens; not by what life brings to us, but by the attitude we bring to life.
Belief Always use the word impossible with the greatest caution.
Brilliance When a collection of bright minds, loving hearts,and great talents come together...expect a masterpiece.
Challenges Without the wind's resistance, an eagle would never fly.
Compassion Resolve to be tender with the young, understanding with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant with the weak and wrong... because sometime in your life you will have been all of these.
Destiny Watch your thoughts, for they become words. Choose your words, for they become actions. Understand your actions, for they become habits. Study your habits, for they become your character. Develop your character, for it becomes your destiny.
Effort It is easier to go down a mountain than to go up, but the view is best from the top.
Excellence Excellence is the result of caring more than others think is wise, risking more than others think is safe, dreaming more than others think is practical, and expecting more than others think is possible.
Imagination What we see is only a small percentage of what is possible. Imagination is having the vision to see what is just below the surface; to picture that which is essential, but invisible to the eye.
Innovation The best way to predict the future is to create it.
Leadership There are millions of birds in the sky; of these, very few are eagles.
Obstacles Every obstacle is a stepping stone to your success.
Opportunity You will always miss 100 percent of the shots you don't take.
Persistence The power to shape the future is earned through persistence. No other quality is as essential to success. Persistence is the sandpaper that breaks down all resistance and sweeps away all obstacles. It is the ability to move mountains one grain of sand at a time.
Principles In matters of style, swim with the current...In matters of principle, stand like a rock.
Priorities A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove...but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child.
Pushing the Envelope The mind determines what is possible, but the soul surpasses it.
Risk A ship in the harbor is safe...but that's not what ships were made for.
Success Successful is the person who has lived well, laughed often and loved much, who has gained the respect of children, who leaves the world better than he found it, who has never lacked appreciation for the earth's beauty, who never fails to look for the best in others or give the best of himself.
Tenacity Never let defeat have the last word.
Thinking out of the Box Only those who see the invisible can do the impossible.
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