What if famous quotes

Running , Missing , Wonder. Josh Linkner. Ifs And , Why Not , Force. Twitter post from Dec 17, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Life , Motivational , Success. Ralph Waldo Emerson Sandra Magsamen. Beautiful , Thinking , Way. Sandra Magsamen Peter McWilliams. Tattoo , Marriage , I Hate You. Karen Salmansohn. Change , Years , Doubt. Julie Orringer. Stories , Failing , Ifs. Julie Orringer Marjo-Riikka Makela. Today , Inspired , Feds. John Locke. Faith , Inspiration , Reason. Elvis Presley.

Philosophy , Waiting , Tomorrow Never Comes. Joyce Meyer. Perfect , Not Perfect , Ifs. Twitter post from Mar 4, Al Siebert. Letting Go , Going Away , Changed. Al Siebert Perseverance , Dirt , Failing. Hal Elrod. Motivational , Opportunity , Views. Jeannette Walls. Mean , Work Out , Ends.

That is why it is called present. I can look up, and on the far side is another, better self, holding hands with Mercer—that's his name, my ex—and both of them are watching me flail over here, watching me from the life I'm supposed to have had.

When did it become impossible to get there from here? When did that bridge get burned? Every business I've ever started has been more of a curiosity and a kind of "What if What if I had been a cloud or a drop of rain! What if I had not been born! Rockefeller Jr. Remember — the only taste of success some people get is to take a bite out of you. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes but they don't quit.

It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. It's whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere.

Don't wish it were easier; wish you were better. Rather become a man of value. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.

The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly, when someone is failing, the tendency is to get on a downward spiral that can even become a self-fulfilling prophecy. I just found ways to do it wrong. Just get on. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough.

Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end.

So, throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover. Whether you're pursuing success as an entrepreneur, in sales, or in everyday life, the experiences and lessons of others are valuable resources. Those who keep learning and growing often find success. Where will your next success lie? What if there's more? What if there's hope you never dreamed of hoping for? What if you jump?

And just close your eyes? What if the arms that catch you, catch you by surprise? What if He's more than enough? What if it's love?

What if he kissed me? What if he told me I was beautiful? What if he told me he loved me? What would I say in return? It taunts you to take a different direction, to do something you never thought you could do, to jump, knowing that a million consequences could be on the other side of that dare, but that if you don't do it, you'll always wonder. And sometimes wondering is worse than consequences. The life we have is the only one we will ever know, and even that with tenuous certainty.