Unlocking your potential

The company I have been working for is moving and we're packing everything up. I came across a little box that said, "Keynote quotes: unlocking your potential." Wow! This must be pretty powerful stuff! I thought. Here's one of the first quotes I read:

"There is such a thing as giving up too soon. You can always get one more spoonful of juice out of a grapefruit."

Um, did that just come from the same little box that wanted to unlock my potential? OK, I do agree with the first sentence. Of COURSE there is such a thing as giving up too soon. Like the time I was in my gym clothes, walked to the gym, took one look at the treadmill and went back home. That's giving up too soon. I'll admit it. But I disagree that you can ALWAYS get one more spoonful of juice out of a grapefruit. It's simply not true. There is only so much juice a grapefruit can contain and I don't care how long you stay at it and don't give up, there just ain't no more juice!

Of course I can see what the quote is getting at and that it's trying to help me unlock my potential of never giving up but I think they could've done a LOT better. If I were an inspirational quote writer I would probably just say, "Never give up." Short, sweet and powerful. Why throw in random metaphors that aren't true? Just say what you mean people. It's much simpler.

Other favorite quotes from this little box:

"Each day, silently affirm that you are the type of person with whom you would want to spend the rest of your life." (Confused? I was.)

"Children are to be treated gently. They are like snowflakes- unique, but only here for a while." (...and then they melt away.... How is this unlocking my potential?!)

I think I'll just stick with the scriptures to unlock my potential.