Consistency matters more than intensity when starting a new exercise routine.
This tip is true in so many parts of our lives. The key is slow but sure. Try to take off 10 pounds in two weeks. It can be done, but chances are high it’s going back on. If you’ve never run and decide to hit the hills and run a 5 K, you might make it, your body probably won’t be happy. Patience, persistence, and going after your goal every day will deliver a win for you.
A man is great not because he hasn’t failed; a man is great because failure hasn’t stopped him. ~ Confucius
Failure happens. It’s part of life. When we choose to push on in spite of failure we turn failure into lessons. Failure can be our best teacher if we’re open to learning, changing, and understanding how to make our failure our fuel for future success.
The best way to accomplish something is to just do it, and then find the courage afterward. ~ George Chapman
Even when opportunity knocks, a man still has to get up off his seat and open the door. ~ Douglas MacArthur
A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. ~ Walter Bagehot
The easy way is usually the wrong way. At least that’s been my experience. At lot of it depends on what will satisfy us. I’ve seen talented people stop and their talent is essentially untapped. They didn’t realize that the easy way is usually the wrong way. The things that matter require certain things from us: Commitment, hard work, discipline, endurance, and a firm belief that what we’re pursuing is worthwhile. Things that matter don’t come easy, we have to work for them.
Vitality shows not only in the ability to persist but in the ability to start over.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald
A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.
NOTE: The most successful people I’ve met are those who have dogged persistence. They don’t quit. They keep moving forward even if their goal always seems a bit out of their grasp. They put their head down, dig a bit deeper, and push forward. One day, they look back amazed at how far they’ve come. Do the same.
