[quote]Captnoblivious wrote:
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
-Calvin Coolidge
love this quote!
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Never give up, Never surrender
Peter Taggert (Galaxy Quest)
[quote]talon2nr7588 wrote:
How do you become the best you can be when you have no support and you are surrounded by mediocrity? At times I feel like I am destined to fail just because of my environment. I have dreams of things that are very different from what I have ever known growing up. I feel like I have to turn my back and leave things and people I know in order to achieve them. It scares me sometimes to think of it and think that things will never be the same again. It is hard being a “pioneer”. [/quote]
You will never achieve greatness by being comfortable or in a poor environment. It sounds like you already know what you need to do. Good luck.
A good quote for you:
“what stands between you and what you want, is you and what you dont want to do”.
-Larry Winget
[quote]on edge wrote:
The children of Vietnam Boat People from the 70s and 80s who arrived in this country with nothing are now engineers, PhDs and medical doctors. In the same time period the children of blacks living in inner city housing projects and the children of hillbillies from the deep south are living the same way their friends and family have for 30 years.
Bottom line is if you want to achieve more out of life and you are in a culture that settles for less, you have to escape it. You may have to leave friends and family (and comfort zone) but you will make new friends and you will eventually have your own family. Your children will grow up in a new and better culture that you create. A culture that is positive and growth oriented, not stagnant like the one you had to leave behind.[/quote]
I hope you realize how asinine your first paragraph is. Second is solid advice. You want to insult some of the poorest people in america? shame on you. Maybe you should do that in person and see how that works out for you.
[quote]Derek542 wrote:
[quote]Captnoblivious wrote:
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
-Calvin Coolidge
love this quote!
[/quote]
Never give up, Never surrender
Peter Taggert (Galaxy Quest)[/quote]
Another good one.
[quote]Waittz wrote:
A good quote for you:
“what stands between you and what you want, is you and what you dont want to do”.
-Larry Winget[/quote]
Different, but I like it also.
Caution, don’t keep reading if honesty is something you don’t want to hear. I’m not sugar coating here.
[quote]talon2nr7588 wrote:
How do you become the best you can be when you have no support and you are surrounded by mediocrity?[/quote]
While some come to the realization early in life, some wander around the Earth never understanding the fact that not one single fuck is given about you even remotely close to the degree you give fuck about yourself.
When it comes down to it, no one, not one single person is going to take care of you, you have to learn to take care of yourself, all of yourself, and be there for yourself.
You have got to come to the realization no one is going to catch you when you fall, no one is going to dust you off, kiss your wounds and tell you it is okay. No one will be there when you hurt the most, and nothing will make the pain go away. No one except yourself.
Your environment only matters to the extent you react to it.
You can have the world at your fingertips and if you act like a pussy, you will fail miserably.
You can nothing but desolation and despair at your door, and raise to heights never before seen.
How you react will determine your results.
Good. This is why mankind keeps advancing, people like you.
Bullshit. Utter bullshit.
You don’t have to turn you back on anyone. You just have to be yourself, and those that are worth your friendship will lay down in the street for you whatever you end up becoming.
I have 2 people I would take a bullet for, 4 I would lay down in the street for. None are college educated, none make what I make, none are white collar. I’m all those other, for the most part. (This do not include my wife or kids obvi.)
Fear is a great motivator. Stop being a pussy and just get it done already.
It is, good thing you aren’t one. Look, neither of us will stop the world from spinning when we die. Shit if 100 people cry you and I will have been a big ass deal.
You’re just a kid looking to make a good life for himself. Nothing more, nothing less. You should be proud, but don’t carried away here.
[quote]talon2nr7588 wrote:
I wasnt raised to be a fighter and by that I mean I was never taught to persevere when faced with challenges. I was not taught how to deal with struggles.[/quote]
I really don’t want to touch this, but…
Stop making fucking excuses when you haven’t even hit the hardest tests yet. You know how I know you haven’t faced the hardest tests? Because you are still breathing. The next test is always the hardest, the next hill the steepest, the next battle the bloodiest. And if they aren’t you’re fucking up.
Then you’ve already failed. College is only hard when you’re in it. This whole life shit gets a whole lot more real after graduation. If this shit has you worried, I’m afraid to say your worst fears have already come true.
What are you going to do when you have kids? Panic the whole time? lol
I don’t care if you end up the next Steve Jobs, when it comes down to it, you are just a regular old schmoe, because you’ll never be better than who you are right now, and who you are right now will never be enough.
Look, you head is screwed on straight, so your parents (or equivalent) did something right. You are thinking the right thoughts, but your fear is born and you aren’t using it.
Go out, make your own waves, make your own life, and live by a set of rules that allows you to grab your balls, show the world your aren’t one to be fucked with, and still be able to look yourself in the eye every damn night of your life. Feed off your demons, thrive from pressure, enjoy being counted on and always ask for more responsibility.
And right when the moment strikes that it feels like the tide is at your nose, your feet stuck in the sand, and you are helpless and about to drown, remember, no one is going to save you but yourself, and the next challenge is going to be more work than this one. And as the rush of achievement and survival rushes over you, kick life in the fucking teeth and announce proudly to the world, “next”.
[quote]Derek542 wrote:
[quote]Captnoblivious wrote:
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
-Calvin Coolidge
love this quote!
[/quote]
Never give up, Never surrender
Peter Taggert (Galaxy Quest)[/quote]
Never give up, trust your instincts!
-Peppy Hare (Star Fox 64)