My dad passed this quote along to me after he reread "Wooden," the book by Coach John Wooden (the legendary UCLA basketball coach).
In this quote he defines one of the components of his Pyramid of Success: Intentness.
"[Intentness] is the ability to resist temptation and stay the course, to concentrate on your objective with determination and resolve.
Impatience is wanting too much too soon. Intentness doesn't involve wanting something. It involves doing something.
The road to real achievement takes time, a long time, but you do not give up. You may have setbacks. You may have to start over. You may have to change your method. You may have to go around, or over, or under. You may have to back up and get another start. But you do not quit. You stay the course. To do that, you must have intentness."
This is exactly what I needed to hear. My prayer is that I will continue to be intent as I continue raising funds for my (fast approaching!) ministry at Long Beach with The Navigators.
