Mindset

It's called "Mindset".
As I was passing the elephants, I suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No chains, no cages.
It was obvious that the elephants could, at anytime, break away from their bonds but for some reason, they did not.
I saw a trainer near by and asked why these beautiful, magnificent animals just stood there and made no attempt to get away.
"Well," he said, "when they are very young and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, it's enough to hold them. As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break away. They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to break free."
I was amazed. These animals could at any time break free from their bonds but because they believed they couldn't, they were stuck right where they were.
Like the elephants, how many of us go through life hanging onto a belief that we cannot do something, simply because we failed at it once before?

Inspiring Quotes

Success is the good fortune that comes from
aspiration,desperation, perspiration and inspiration.
Evan Esar

If you would create something,
you must be something.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The difference between a successful person and others
is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge,
but rather a lack in will.
Vince Lombardi

Happy are those who dream dreams
and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.
Leon J. Suenes

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude
from achieving his goal;
nothing on earth can help the man
with the wrong mental attitude.
Thomas Jefferson

The thing always happens that you really believe in
and the belief in a thing makes it happen.
Frank Loyd Wright

I cannot give you the formula for success,
but I can give you the formula for failure--which is:
Try to please everybody.
Herbert Bayard Swope

And one quote just for fun.....
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
Then quit.
There's no use being a damn fool about it.
W.C. Fields