Quotes about Achievement

When you were a child you had dreams of becoming somebody as an adult. Have you lived up to your dreams?

GOALS are dreams with deadlines, and without those deadlines, our dreams are dead in the water.

Build your castle of dreams but don't live in it.

I didn't even complete my University Education

By contrast, Blanche K. Bruce was the real deal. Born into slavery in Virginia, Bruce was freed by his master and studied at Oberlin College before becoming a successful farmer and landowner. He is the only former slave to have served in the U.S. Senate.

Every creative person, and I think probably every other person, faces resistance when they are trying to create something good...The harder the resistance, the more important the task must be.

A story is a character who wants something and overcomes conflict to get it.

1.?What does the hero want? 2.?Who or what is opposing the hero getting what she wants? 3.?What will the hero's life look like if she does (or does not) get what she wants?

I worried this course was going to be a waste of time. I was wrong. I made more progress in six hours than I've made in ten years.

Once an ambition has been decided, a positive turn is an event that moves the protagonist closer to the ambition, and a negative turn moves the protagonist away from his ambition.

A story starts with a hero who wants something. And then the question becomes: Will the hero get what she wants?

After you have listed the top five excuses, craft a sentence or two that overcomes each objection.