Category: Effort

A Dream isn’t Magic

A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination, and hard work.

— Colin Powell —

A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination, and hard work.

Life is Preparation

I know that the experiences of our lives, when we let God use them, become the mysterious and perfect preparation for the work He will give us to do.

— Corrie Ten Boom —

Have you ever sat and thought about what God wants to do through you? In the book of Jeremiah in chapter 29, verse 11, God tells us He has a plan for us, one to prosper us and not harm us. Many people read Jeremiah 29:11 and fail to read the other verses around it:…

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Wake Up and Work

Some people dream about success. Others wake up and work hard at it.

— Napoleon Hill —

Some people dream about success. Others wake up and work hard at it.

Action and Inspiration

We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.

— Frank Tibolt —

We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action…

Toil

The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.

— John Ruskin —

“The highest reward for a person’s toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.”  ~John Ruskin What are you becoming through your toil? Are you making your creator proud? P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Proverbs 21:5, “The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only…

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Action over Fear and Worry

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

— Dale Carnegie —

  I’m not the sharpest knife in the drawer but when I need to, I can work with the best of them and many times over the years I have “worked” my way through fear, worry and anxiety. What are your worrying about?  What do you fear? Name it, claim it, dump it…and get to…

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Carpe diem

Never allow waiting to become a habit. Live your dreams and take risks. Life is happening now.

— Unknown —

  Luke 9:62, Jesus said, “No procrastination.  No backward looks.  You can’t put God’s kingdom off till tomorrow.  Seize the day.” (MSG) The Message What are you waiting for? Seize the day and do it a day at a time. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com

Great ain’t Average

I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man.

— Theodore Roosevelt —

  I can remember a friend years ago telling me he needed to learn how to be average. I asked him why and he said he was a perfectionist and his drive for perfectionism was literally driving him nuts. I’m not certain where you are on a scale of Bad-Average-Good-Great, but I am always striving…

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Time

The time will come when winter will ask you what you were doing all summer.

— Henry Clay —

  The moment you view and act as if the 1440 minutes in a day are an asset that must be valued and never wasted is the day you will rise above about 95% of the people around you. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com 2 Timothy 2:6, “The hard-working farmer ought to be the first to receive his…

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Work and Wait

Great things come to those who wait but continue to work their butts off while waiting.

— JJM —

Yesterday I achieved a goal I set for myself a couple of years ago.  I completed a ½ Ironman Triathlon distance race twice in one month…so I could say I did a full Ironman (2.4mi swim, 112mi bike, 26.2mi run) in one month. This particular goal took me three years longer than I wanted because…

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