“If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michaelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, 'Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.”
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“Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice.”
― Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...and Others Don't
― Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...and Others Don't
“We all want to win. Every athlete wants to succeed. But the ones who do are those who separate wanting from being willing to make the sacrifice that winning demands.”
― Mind Gym: An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence
― Mind Gym: An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence
“You have two choices in life. You can spend your time stewing over what you could have done differently and beating yourself up for decisions you can’t go back to change. Or you can look forward, learn from your mistakes, and keep doing your best.”
― Fire Keep
― Fire Keep
“Most people do not attack their projects with “I-have-to-get-it-done-now” urgency and therefore they do not get it done. Most people never commit like fanatics, and therefore they never become fantastic.”
― Sell or Be Sold: How to Get Your Way in Business and in Life
― Sell or Be Sold: How to Get Your Way in Business and in Life
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