- “Men may doubt this, but there can be no doubt that the faith of Columbus was genuine and sincere, and that his frequent communion with forces unseen was a vital element in his achievement. It gave him confidence in his destiny, assurance that his performance would be equal to the promise of his name. This conviction that God destined him to be an instrument for spreading the faith was far more potent than the desire to win glory, wealth, and worldly honors, to which he was certainly far indifferent.” Ibid. 47 (Seven Miracles that Save America, Page 38)
- “By focusing clearly on your most valuable task and concentrating single-mindedly until it is 100 percent complete, you actually shape and mold your own character. You become a superior person. You feel stronger, more competent, more confident, and happier. You feel more powerful and productive. You eventually feel capable of setting and achieving any goal. You become the master of your own destiny. You place yourself on an ascending spiral of personal effectiveness on which your future is absolutely guaranteed.” Eat That Frog, Brian Tracy, Page 111-112
- “Decisions determine destiny.” (Thomas S. Monson, Ensign, May 1988, 54)
- Martin Luther King Jr. spoke eloquently about this phenomenon. “In a real sense, all of life is interrelated,” he said. “All persons are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be, and you can never be what you ought to be until I am what I ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality.” Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success. Phil Jackson and Hugh Delehanty. Page 211
- “This was a team—despite all the turmoil—that knew it was destined for greatness, if only it could get out of its own way.” Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success. Phil Jackson and Hugh Delehanty. Page 244
- “The simplest version of what Nietzsche meant by the “will to power” is that individuals want to be in charge of their environment.” Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men (Leonard Sax) Page 56
- “Secretly, these boys often believe that they are special, that they are unique, that they have a destiny that will be revealed in time. As a result, they believe that rules that apply to ordinary people don’t apply to them. Their “destiny” matters more to them than friendship or academic achievement—more than happiness, for that matter. They often do not expect other people, including their parents, to understand them. They may not even want other people to understand them, because they sense (correctly) that their worldview, with all its megalomania, will appear puerile and egocentric to most adult eyes.” Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men (Leonard Sax) Page 57
- “Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself. ZEN PROVERB” Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success. Phil Jackson and Hugh Delehanty.
- Life Transition Options: a. “Keep on doing what I already do well, but change the environment.b. Change the work, but stay in the same environment. c. Turn an avocation into a new career.d. Double-track (or even triple-track) in parallel careers (not hobbies).e. Keep on doing what I am doing even past retirement age.” Peter Drucker, Halftime.
- “History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it.” – Winston Churchill
- “If your why is strong enough you will figure out how!” – Bill Walsh, Hall of Fame Football Coach
- Doctrine and Covenants, Section 19: 16-19… For behold, I, God, have suffered these things for all, that they might not suffer if they would repent; 17 But if they would not repent they must suffer even as I; 18 Which suffering caused myself, even God, the greatest of all, to tremble because of pain, and to bleed at every pore, and to suffer both body and spirit—and would that I might not drink the bitter cup, and shrink— 19 Nevertheless, glory be to the Father, and I partook and finished my preparations unto the children of men.