"...to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up."
-Ephesians 4:12



Monday, November 22, 2010

Progressive Success


Ask anyone at fit4service what "progressive success" means to them and you're likely to get 1,000 different answers. For some it means they can now do 7 pullups, when last month they couldn't even do 1. For some it means they have that new found energy to get the important presentation finished at the office when at the last big project, they petered out early. For others it means horsie-back rides for their grandkids, when last year they had trouble getting out of the recliner. However others define it, at f4s, we know that "every journey of 1,000 miles begins with a single step". Let today be the day when you find what progressive success means to you.

“Success is not a destination, it's a journey.” ~ Anonymous

“To me success would be to be able to do your very best in everything you do." ~ Paul Cummings

“I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature." ~ John D. Rockefeller

“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins - not through strength but by perseverance." ~ H. Jackson Brown

“Consider the postage stamp; its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing until it gets there." ~ Josh Billings

"There is no failure except in no longer trying." ~ Elbert Hubbard

“Defeat is simply a signal to press onward." ~ Helen Keller

“Sometimes a noble failure serves the world as faithfully as a distinguished success." ~ Dowden

“Achievement seems to be connected with action. Successful men and women keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit." ~ Conrad Hilton

“Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.” ~ Winston Churchill

“Life asks us to make measurable progress in a reasonable time. That's why they make those fourth grade chairs so small.” ~ Anonymous

“To laugh often and much;
To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;
To earn the approbation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;
To appreciate beauty;
To find the best in others;
To give of one's self;
To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition;
To have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation;
To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived ?
This is to have succeeded."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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