Have you ever heard the question, "How do you eat an elephant?" Or, maybe you've heard the more palatable version, "How do you eat a 1,000 pound marshmallow?" Either way, the answer is the same: One bite at a time!

My wife was one of those children who grew up without a father in the house. In fact, she never knew him. When we got married almost 42 years ago, my father became her father. That was the closest she ever came to having a father. Although he is now in heaven, we think of him often. She put together these quotes about fathers and wanted to share them with you in honor of Father’s Day.

The word “achievement” means different things to different people. It is NOT a definition of success, but there is definitely a relationship between the two. The dictionary says achievement is something accomplished, but I think it is much more than just that. Take a look at what some famous people have to say about achievement.

"No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port." So says Michel de Montaigne. Michel lived in the 1500s. In his day one of the main methods of travel was by ship, by sailing ship. Sailing ships require wind, and it’s helpful if the wind is blowing a favorable direction. Good sailors can use almost any wind to get to their destination, but a favorable wind makes it easier.

As you read each quote about goals, think about your life and how these motivational quotes relate to you. Have you set goals for yourself? Are you achieving those goals? Maybe you will be motivated by these great people and their statements about the importance of goals in your life.

Friedrich Nietzsche said “Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal.” Every once in a while we need to stop and examine what we’re doing. Are we stubbornly pursuing the path we have chosen, or are we truly pursuing the goal we have set for ourselves? There can be a big difference. One will help us reach our dreams; the other might not.

These 10 success quotes help to motivate, inspire, and empower you to succeed in life and accomplish your goals. We all can learn from these famous quotations and these famous people. Don’t forget to launch your goals and blast off to your dreams!

It's interesting to note that his behavior is not unique to human beings. I've heard many times about crabs in a crab pot. It goes like this. If you put one crab in a crab pot, he'll climb out. It may take multiple tries, but a crab pot is not his normal environment so he wants to leave. (He doesn't know this, but he has a GOAL!) Now, if you put more than one crab in the crab pot and one of them tries to climb out, the other crabs will pull him back into the pot. It's sort of like they feel they're stuck there, so why should he get out?

My weekly quotation amplification starts with a quotation from Florence Scovel Shinn. Florence said, "Man can only receive what he sees himself receiving." Have you ever wondered why so many books about goal setting or success start with asking you who you want to be in the future? They ask about your dreams, your big aspirations, and your values.

Positive affirmations seem like hocus pocus. Are they, or are they a tool you should be using? Some people call “positive affirmations” something else. They call it “self talk.” Since I have spent many years in working in the computer industry, I like another term…programming your own mind.