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Confused2010, these quotes are for you (courtesy of AF & other sources). I agree with dbfinley that the exam gets tougher…, but don’t ever give up on your dreams. Before you read the many inspirational quotes below, consider the story of Abraham Lincoln. Despite his many failures, personal loss, political defeats, family crises, severe financial difficulties and tremendous emotional stress, the man ascended to the highest position in this freakin’ great United States of America. -------------- Consider the numerous political and personal challenges he confronted: he ran for the legislature in Illinois but was defeated. entered business with a partner, and when it failed was left with debts that he spent the next 17 years paying off. fell in love with a young lady, became engaged to her, and then she died proposed marriage to another young lady and was turned down ran for Congress and was defeated attempted to get an appointment to the U.S. Land Office but failed became a candidate for the U.S. Senate but was defeated became a candidate for the vice presidency and was defeated suffered the loss of two young sons, a loss his wife was said never to have recovered. -------------------------- throughout his life he was confronted with great difficulties, but he never gave up. “I have been driven many times to my knees, by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom, and that of all about me, seemed insufficient for the day.” There is just something special about the human spirit. The ability to endure in the face of adversity. --------------------------------------------- “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” -“Man in the Arena” - Theodore Roosevelt, 1910. ----------------------------------- “I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” - Michael Jordan ----------------------------------- You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do. - Eleanor Roosevelt ----------------------------------- “Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.” -John Quincy Adams ----------------------------------- “If you want to get somewhere you have to know where you want to go and how to get there. Then never, never, never give up.” -Norman Vincent Peale ----------------------------------- “Do just once what others say you can’t do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again.” -James R. Cook ----------------------------------- “Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” -(Christopher Robin to Pooh) - Alan Alexander Milne ------------------------------------- “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” -Sir Winston Churchill ------------------------------------- “Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look there.” -Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (Roman Emperor) --------------------------------------- “If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.” -Henry David Thoreau ------------------------------------------ I hope you passed!
I’m going to give myself 2 fails at L1 & L2, if I can’t get past those, I’ll try a different route. If I make it to L3, I won’t stop until I get it because clearly I’m capable of passing if I can make it that far, and being that close, I couldnt’ live with myself if I gave up.
There is no way I would qualify to be a charterholder before 9 years from now so I won’t mind repeating in 9 years. The reason of 9 years: I’m going to do my masters and PhD starting next year and they would take me 4 years to finish and then 4 years working experience - I have got plenty of time 