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Do you agree with this quote?

Albert Einstein (1879-1955), arguably the most influential scientist ever to have lived, once said:

"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving."

I agree with this quote 100 percent. No matter what goals we may work toward, life throws curveballs our way that can quickly stop us in our tracks. Whether we're aiming to find a partner, land a new job, or lose weight, we can become easily discouraged and give up.

As I have noted in earlier posts, life isn't so much what happens to us as what we do with what happens to us. In other words, if we fail in our first few attempts, do we have reason to lose hope and just accept that we can't do it?

Absolutely not!

If a person wants something enough -- if he truly puts his heart and soul into it -- sooner or later, he will catch a break.

This brings me two famous quotes from the 3rd President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826):

"Why is it that the harder I try, the more luck I seem to have?"

"When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on."

And another one, from American inventor Thomas Edison (1847-1931):

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."

When things seem awfully bleak, just know that you can get through it if you remain positive. Have faith and believe that things will get better. Never doubt all that you can achieve. When life tries to knock you down, get back up and show it that it'll need to do better than that to get in the way of your goals. Persistence pays off!



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