I do it because I can, I can because I want to, I want to because you said I couldn't.

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. Thomas Jefferson

I do it because I can, I can because I want to, I want to because you said I couldn't.

in the beginning...

It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things. Leonardo da Vinci

I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being. Confucius

Party last night, drank...ahhh!!! I can tell, NEED to drink water and get to the gym!

OK, ankle ergh!! Squats yesterday, then drinking and dancing...ankle just can't keep up. So ice and compression during workout today. Off a little today...but tomorrow will be back on my game! Eat Clean!!!

2nd day P90X----oh good gravy....game on!!!

Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential. Winston Churchill

For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve! Andrew Carnegie

I am easily satisfied with the very best. Winston Churchill

We are not animals. We are not a product of what has happened to us in our past. We have the power of choice. Stephen Covey

If you are going through hell, keep going. Winston Churchill

My pokemon brings all the nerds to the yard, and they're like you wanna trade cards? Darn right, I wanna trade cards, I'll trade this but not my charizard

Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies. Mother Teresa

"Red meat is not bad for you. Blue-green fuzzy meat is bad for you." ---Carl Jacobs

We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey. Stephen Covey

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward. Henry Ford

Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it. Michelangelo

Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas. Henry Ford

And your very flesh shall be a great poem. Walt Whitman

Luck is not chance, it's toil; fortune's expensive smile is earned. Emily Dickinson

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded. Ralph Waldo Emerson

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do. Leonardo da Vinci

Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man. Benjamin Franklin

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories. Plato

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want. Lao Tzu

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. Aristotle

Try not! Do! Or do not. There is no try. ---Yoda,

"Probably the reason we all go so haywire at Christmas time with the endless unrestrained and often silly buying of gifts is that we don't quite know how to put our love into words." -Harlan Miller

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. Thomas Jefferson

I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat. Winston Churchill