The following passage is from one of my favorite authors of all time, Grenville Kleiser. These particular nuggets of wisdom are from his 1917 book, “Inspiration and Ideals.” The words pretty much blow smack through the village of Gonna-Do. (I’m gonna do this…I’m gonna do that…) Some people never get past this point. If they were high-divers, they’d get into their swimming suit, climb the ladder, walk out to the end of the diving board, look down into the water, turn around and go right back where they come from.
I’ve never figured out what causes some people to have a problem with this. Is it fear of failure? Uncertainty? Doubt? Whatever it is, it keeps them from making the splash they would if they’d simply jump in!
Here are Grenville Kleiser’s words of wisdom – they may be old, but they’re also pure gold.
Put your principles into practice. What you do, not what you say, is the essential thing. Dormant aspirations are of value only as they are translated into acts. Transform your desires into deeds, your resolutions into results.
Your personal powers are made up chiefly of principles, ideals, desires, and resolutions. The specific way in which you use these powers in your daily life largely determines your degree of success.
Give earnest attention to these vital things, apply them intelligently, and you will go forward to inevitable achievement.
Click HERE for a great poem by Mr. Kleiser!
