Motivational Quotes of the Day

Selected from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations - November 21, 2015
When you are not practicing, remember, someone somewhere is practicing, and when you meet him he will win.
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Ed Macauley  
To accomplish our destiny it is not enough to merely guard prudently against road accidents. We must also cover before nightfall the distance assigned to each of us.
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Alexis Carrel (1873 - 1944)  
I'm convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.
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Steve Jobs (1955 - 2011), Interview, 1995  
One of the common causes of serious difficulty takes the form of parental self-discovery. The newly adopted child brings out submerged feelings or behavior in his parents that make them dislike themselves. This can be such a severe blow to their self- esteem that they must eradicate the cause of their distress. Sometimes the only way that parents are able to do that is by returning the child.
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Claudia Jewett Jarrett, Adopting the Older Child, 1978  

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