This post does not have a direct connection to air traffic control, but it does contain a list of some motivational excerpts I’ve gathered to help me stay focused and driven.

“Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn’t matter if you are a lion or a gazelle. When the sun comes up, you better be running.”

“I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.”–Thomas Jefferson

“I never saw a pessimistic general win a battle.”–General Dwight David Eisenhower

“A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner”

“The wise person has long ears and a short tongue ”

“If Columbus had turned back, no one would have blamed him. Of course, no one would have remembered him either”

“The only man who never makes a mistake is the one who never does anything.”–Theodore Roosevelt

“Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.”–Barry LePatner

“Good things come to those who wait. Better things come to those who try.”

“Dig Your Well Before You’re Thirsty.