The Furry Quote

This quote first appeared in Furry Weekly Issue #98 "Success means doing the best we can with what we have.  Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph.  Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be." - Zig Ziglar ~~~ So often we're told that success is based off how much money we have or our achievements.  Not a billionaire but still have a good job and pull in enough money to get by?  You're successful, I guess, but not as successful as others.  Just in middle school or high school with okay grades and no job, but you like do make art?  Nah, no success here.  Too often we let others' standards define success for us, and this often alters our perception on our lives and where we stand in relation to everything. If we decide to ignore the standards for success put in place by everyone else, we may be pleased to find that our perspective changes.  Define your success ...

This quote first appeared in Furry Weekly Issue #97 "Love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep on learning." - Carol Dweck ~~~ Personal growth.  It's something that can be applied to every area of life, from academics, to general behavior, to hobbies.  It's challenging, something we all want to do, but we all seem to fall short of where we want to be each time.  This gets frustrating and often we want to give up.  The effort seems like too much, our mistakes are piling up into what feels like a disaster, and everything feels like it's falling apart.  Personal growth is hard. But life is what you make of it, friends.  If you take every little mistake and treat it as a defeat, you won't get anywhere.  If every challenge carries with it a negative connotation, you won't face them with enough vigor to surmount the difficulty.  If even the slightest bit of effort seems to be too frustrating, the love for what you're doing may dr...

This quote first appeared in Furry Weekly Issue #96 “A setback is a setup for a comeback.” - Bishop T.D. Jakes ~~~ No one likes a delay on something. Setbacks frustrate us, put us in a bad mood, and discourage us. We all experience setbacks of some sort, and we all handle them in different ways. Regardless of how you handle your setbacks, perhaps you just need a change in perspective on what a setback can be. As the quote says, every setback is a setup for a comeback. It’s an “every time you fall you get back up and run even farther” kind of situation. Don’t let the setbacks conquer you. Take advantage of them. Look into the future and see what sort of comeback this setback may have set up for you. Who knows, maybe what happens next is better than what your original plan was! No matter what happens, don’t be discouraged. Keep looking forward and fight for what you want. Choose to use your setbacks as launchpads to a new, brighter comeback. That’s all for this week, everyone! Tak...

This quote first appeared in Furry Weekly Issue #95 "Tough times don't last, tough people do. Everybody wants to be a diamond, the more it is cut, the brighter it sparkles. Remember, diamonds are created under pressure from dirty coal." -Unknown ~~~ This quote honestly explains itself pretty well, but I want to take some time to discuss the story behind it. We all know life has ups and downs. We all know that things get hard for everyone. Some get a worse hand dealt in life than others. A lot of these people are put under immense pressure and just want to give up because they feel it will never let up. It is these people that are in need of lots of love and support, and it is these people that will become some of the best diamonds. Unfortunately, these people crack under the pressure and don't have anyone to hold them up. They need help and support to get through the hard times they're going through. This is help that anyone can provide. They may only need so...