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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Jan 11, 2009, at 5:07 PM, EarthNSky wrote:
> --  
> "Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will
> not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people 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. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve
> the problems of the human race"
>
> ~ Calvin Coolidge

Bev, that is one of my favorite quotes. I like it so much that it has  
appeared in all three editions of my book.

I have come to believe that focus and persistence are the keys to  
achievement of one's goals.




Gene GeRue
www.RURALIZE.com