“Talent wins games, but teamwork wins championships.”—Michael Jordan (born 1963)
Retired Professional Basketball Player, Businessman

Autobiography in five chapters
by Portia Nelson

Chapter I:
I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I fall in. I am lost … I am helpless. It isn’t my fault. It takes me forever to find a way out.

Chapter II:
I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I pretend I don’t see it. I fall in again. I can’t believe I am in the same place. But it isn’t my fault. It still takes a long time to get out.

Chapter III:
I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I see it is there. I still fall in … it’s a habit. My eyes are open. I know where I am. It is my fault. I get out immediately.

Chapter IV:
I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I walk around it.

Chapter V:
I walk down another street.

“Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do.”

—H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Writer

“Only those who attempt the absurd can achieve the impossible.”

—Albert Einstein (1879-1955);
Theoretical Physicist, Philosopher, Nobel Prize Winner

“Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have – life itself.”

― Walter Anderson

“The world is a great mirror. It reflects back to you what you are. If you are loving, if you are friendly, if you are helpful, the world will prove loving and friendly and helpful to you. The world is what you are.”

Thomas Dreier (1884-1976);
Writer, businessman

“Falling down is part of life. Getting back up is living.”

Unknown –

“New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.”

Lao Tzu (600-531);

philosopher

“Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have—life itself.”

Walter Anderson (1903-1965);

American artist

“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”

African Proverb –