Alexander the Great - His Ambition!

After his world-wide conquests Alexander wept because there were no more worlds to conquer. He died, after a short life of debauchery, at the age of 32. 

`A tub was large enough for Dionysius: a world was too little for Alexander.' 

(1 Tim. 6. 8; Heb. 13. 5)

Persevere!

A young pastor was sitting in a restaurant eating lunch. He opened a letter from his mother he just got that morning. As he opened it a twenty dollar bill fell out. He thought: "Thanks, mom, I could use that right about now."

As he finished his meal he noticed a beggar outside on the sidewalk leaning against the light post. He thought: "That fella could probably use the $20 more than I."

So he crossed out the names on the envelope and put the $20 in the envelope and wrote across the top in large letters. "PERSEVERE!" So as not to make a scene, he put the envelope under his arm and dropped it as he walked past the man. 

The man picked it up and read the message and smiled. The next day, while the pastor was eating his lunch, the same man tapped him on the shoulder and handed him a big wad of bills. 

Surprised the young pastor asked him what that was for? The man replied, this is your half of the winnings. "PERSEVERE" came in first in the fourth race at the track yesterday, and he paid 30 to 1.

The Difference Between Mediocrity And Greatness

Coach Vince Lombardi

Lee Iacocca once asked legendary football coach Vince Lombardi what it took to make a winning team.  The book “Iacocca” records Lombardi's answer: 

There are a lot of coaches with good ball clubs who know the fundamentals and have plenty of discipline but still don't win the game.  Then you come to the third ingredient: If you're going to play together as a team, you've got to care for one another.  You've got to love each other.  

Each player has to be thinking about the next guy and saying to himself: If I don't block that man, Paul is going to get his legs broken.  I have to do my job well in order that he can do his.
 

“The difference between mediocrity and greatness,” Lombardi said that night, “is the feeling these guys have for each other.”
 

Christopher Stinnett