Avenues to Success Notes

Avenues to Success for 07/08/09

One of the great discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do. Most of the bars we beat against are in ourselves - we put them there and we can take them down.

     - Henry Ford, 1863-1947, American industrialist

Henry Ford and the Quadricycle, 1905.

Image source:  The Life of Henry Ford

This is the Avenue to Success for 07/08/09

Avenues to Success offers an opportunity for parents of college students to enroll them in an unique subscription service and, at the same time, support student programs at a college or university of their choice! They receive a daily motivational quotation specifically selected to help keep them  focused on achieving their goals in life.

Avenues to Success for 06/29/09

Courage is the discovery that you may not win, and trying when you know you can lose.

     - Tom Krause, Born 1934, American motivational speaker

I thought this was really appropriate for students. I came across the quote at an educational and motivational blog, Eduvational.blogspot.com.

This is the Avenue to Success for 06/29/09

Avenues to Success offers an opportunity for parents of college students to enroll them in an unique subscription service and, at the same time, support student programs at a college or university of their choice! They receive a daily motivational quotation specifically selected to help keep them  focused on achieving their goals in life.

Avenues to Success for 06/24/09

There are no easy answers ... but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.
     - Ronald Reagan, 40th U.S. President

Image Source: The Biography of Ronald Reagon - The Whitehouse.gov

 

This is the Avenue to Success for 06/24/09

Avenues to Success offers an opportunity for parents of college students to enroll them in an unique subscription service and, at the same time, support student programs at a college or university of their choice! They receive a daily motivational quotation specifically selected to help keep them  focused on achieving their goals in life.

Avenues to Success for 06/19/09

As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

     - Nelson Mandela, Born 1918, South African statesman, 1993 Nobel Prize for Peace

Image source: Mihjr Bose's Blog

Nelson Mandela in the blogs:

Avenues to Success for 06/12/09

A frightened captain makes a frightened crew.

     - Lister Sinclair, 1921-2006, Canadian broadcaster, playwright and polymath.

Avenues to Success for 06/09/09

My favorite animal is the turtle. The reason is that in order for the turtle to move, it has to stick its neck out. There are going to be times in your life when you’re going to have to stick your neck out. There will be challenges and instead of hiding in a shell, you have to go out and meet them!
- Ruth Westheimers, Born 1928, Better known as "Dr. Ruth", sex therapist. media personality, and author,

Image source: Tortoises-turtles.com
 

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This is the Avenue to Success for 06/09/09

Avenues to Success offers an opportunity for parents of college students to enroll them in an unique subscription service and, at the same time, support student programs at a college or university of their choice! They receive a daily motivational quotation specifically selected to help keep them  focused on achieving their goals in life.

Avenues to Success for 06/04/09

Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.
   

- Chanakya, also known by the name of Kautilya and Vishnugupta, 350 BC-275 BC, Indian politician, strategist and writer 






Image Source: History of India

Chanakya, a television series directed by Chandra Prakash Dwivedi, was screened in India in 1990 to wide critical acclaim.  Here is a link to the 4th Episode which will take you to more episodes.

Who was Chanakya? Click on to Understanding Hinduism for the answer.

Chankya's World A world of hope, fantasy and knowledge.. - an interesting blog about modern India.

This is the Avenue to Success for 06/04/09

Avenues to Success offers an opportunity for parents of college students to enroll them in an unique subscription service and, at the same time, support student programs at a college or university of their choice! They receive a daily motivational quotation specifically selected to help keep them  focused on achieving their goals in life.

Avenues to Success for 05/26/09

Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for they keep boredom at bay and spark creativity.
    




 - R.I. Fitzhenry, former Vice President, Sales for Harper & Row, Co-founder of Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Limited, Publishers


Image Source: Fitzhenry & Whiteside Publishing

This is the Avenue to Success for 05/26/09

Avenues to Success offers an opportunity for parents of college students to enroll them in an unique subscription service and, at the same time, support student programs at a college or university of their choice! They receive a daily motivational quotation specifically selected to help keep them  focused on achieving their goals in life.

Avenues to Success for 05/23/09

Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.
     - Nicholas Murray Butler, 1862-1947, American philosopher, diplomat, and educator

Image source: Nobelprize.org

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• Columbia College 1882, PhD 1884
• Acting President 1901–02
• President 1902–45

A giant of American higher education, Nicholas Murray Butler is one of the great figures in Columbia University's history—and, indeed, of American life in the first half of the twentieth century.

This is the Avenue to Success for 05/23/09

Avenues to Success offers an opportunity for parents of college students to enroll them in an unique subscription service and, at the same time, support student programs at a college or university of their choice! They receive a daily motivational quotation specifically selected to help keep them  focused on achieving their goals in life.

Avenues to Success for 05/22/09

Everything looks impossible for the people who never try anything.
     - Jean-Louis Etienne, Born 1946, French physician and polar explorer

Image source: Fondation d'entreprise Air Liquide