What I Believe….

I’d like to be remembered as a guy who tried – tried to be part of his times, tried to help people communicate with one another, tried to find some decency in his own life, tried to extend himself as a human being. – Paul Newman
 
THIS IS WHAT I BELIEVE.     I BELIEVE…..
 
FUN IS GOOD. AND DOING GOOD FOR OTHERS
 
IS THE MOST FUN YOU CAN HAVE.
 
GOD EXISTS. AND MIRACLES HAPPEN.
 
AND PRAYER WORKS.  YESTERDAY’S GONE.
 
TOMORROW’S NOT HERE YET.
 
 
THERE IS ONLY TODAY AND
WE CAN EACH MAKE A DIFFERENCE
RIGHT NOW.
YOUR REACH MUST EXCEED
YOUR GRASP.
THE SIZE OF YOUR SUCCESS
IS  DETERMINED BY THE SIZE
OF YOUR BELIEF.
A SETBACK IS JUST A SETUP
FOR A COMEBACK.
ONCE YOU LEARN TO SWIM,
IT  DOESN’T MATTER
HOW DEEP THE WATER IS.
SUCCESS IS NEVER AN ACCIDENT.
THERE ARE FEW THINGS
THAT CANNOT BE  ACHIEVED
BY HARD WORK AND
SHEER DETERMINATION.
WHEN AN IRRESISTIBLE FORCE
MEETS AN IMMOVABLE OBJECT,
THAT OBJECT WILL MOVE. MAYBE NOT FAR,
MAYBE NOT FAST,
BUT IT WILL MOVE.
 
ENVY IS IGNORANCE
AND IMITATION IS SUICIDE.
WE ARE WHAT WE DO
AND ALL OF US
COULD DO BETTER.
VISION WITHOUT ACTION
IS A DAYDREAM; ACTION
WITHOUT VISION IS A
NIGHTMARE.
YOUR VISION OF WHO (OR WHERE)
YOU WANT TO BE
IS THE GREATEST
ASSET YOU HAVE.
THERE ARE NO SHORT
CUTS TO ANY PLACE
WORTH GOING.
WITHOUT A GOAL,
IT IS  DIFFICULT TO SCORE.
CHANGE SHOULD NOT BE FEARED,
BUT EMBRACED.
ALL CHANGE IS NOT
PROGRESS, ALL PROGRESS
iS NOT IMPROVEMENT.
THE PERSON WHO DOESN’T MAKE MISTAKES
IS UNLIKELY TO MAKE ANYTHING.
OFTEN IT’S RIGHT
TO BE WRONG.
NOTHING IS BRAIN SURGERY
EXCEPT BRAIN SURGERY.
SOMETIMES YOU’RE THE  PIGEON,
SOMETIMES YOU’RE THE STATUE.
YOU MAKE A LIVING
BY WHAT YOU GET;
YOU MAKE A LIFE
BY WHAT YOU GIVE.
LIVE EACH DAY
LIKE YOUR MOTHER,
YOUR MINISTER, YOUR DOCTOR
AND THE POLICE CHIEF
WERE WATCHING.
 
THERE’S A INSTANT BETWEEN
WHAT HAPPENS
TO YOU AND HOW YOU
RESPOND.  IN THAT INSTANT
LIES YOUR FREEDOM
AND POWER TO CHOOSE
WHAT YOU DO.
IN THOSE CHOICES
LIE YOUR GROWTH AND HAPPINESS.
WHAT CHOICES WILL YOU MAKE?
IT IS BETTER TO BE IN A POSITION
TO HELP OTHERS THAN TO NEED
THE HELP OURSELVES.
LIFE IS NOT A SPECTATOR
SPORT; LIFE
IS A CONTACT SPORT.
WE NEED TO DO MORE. WE MUST.
THIS IS WHAT I BELIEVE.
 
WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE?
Wild Dog