Something New Every Day

Stories and essays on identity, creative thought, and everyday common sense.

Born to succeed, I don’t think so

Everybody was once a child who had to have their every need satisfied by their mother. When they were ready, they learned how to talk and how to walk. They were inspired to do this because everybody around them was doing that. The children who grew up to be successful followed the same theory throughout their lives, they admired the people who were successful and tried to emulate them; some succeed, some didn’t, however, the one thing they all had in common was, they tried!

Life is full of people who appear to be successful, follow their example, or, if you help enough people fulfil their dreams, your own dreams may be fulfilled at the same time.

Below are a couple of my favourite quotes.

“Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” Winston S. Churchill

“Success isn’t just about what you accomplish. It’s also about what you inspire other people to do.” ~Anon

“Allow yourself to be a beginner. Nobody starts off being excellent.” ~Wendy Flynn.


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