June 14, 2006 | Inspiration

I’ve received additional inspirational sayings from Molly Herwood’s personal collection. You can visit her new website at www. mollyherwood.com.

If you have inspirational sayings that help you get through the writing life, send them to me. I’ll post them, not only this week, but any time.

From Molly:

1. “Don’t be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.” – Dale Carnegie

2. “Greatness is but many small littles.” – Latin Proverb

3. “It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time.” – Sir Winston Churchill

4. “Always aim for achievement and forget about success.” – Helen Hayes

5. “There is no such thing as a great talent without great willpower.” – Honore de Balzac
and
6. “It matters if you don’t just give up.” – Stephen Hawking

From Me:

1. “One man has enthusiasm for 30 minutes, another for 30 days, but it is the man who has it for 30 years who makes a success of his life.” – Edward B. Butler

2. “Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.” – Dale Carnegie

3. “It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are.” – E. E. Aimmings