Key To Realize Dream

"The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but significance - and then even the small steps and little victories along your path will take on greater meaning."*-- Oprah Winfrey (1954 - )"Dreams come true. Without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them."*-- John Updike"Just because you're a supernatural, unstoppable, manifesting machine, doesn't mean you can't ask

Own Resolution Is Important

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing.--Abraham LincolnShoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars--Les BrownFriendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather is one of those things that give value to survival.-- C. S. Lewis

Empty Head Will Held You Back

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.--Norman Vincent Peale Goals in writting are dreams with deadlines. --Brian Tracy If you have it [Love], you don't need to have anything else, and if you don't have it, it doesn't matter much what else you have.--Sir James M. Barrie

Going Where Does Matters

"It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going."-- Brian Tracy"To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities."-- Bruce Lee"It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan."-- Eleanor Roosevelt

Great Accomplisement Not Done By Impulse

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.--Vincent Van GoghEagles come in all shapes and sizes, but you will recognize them chiefly by their attitudes.--Charles Prestwich ScottSomeday, after mastering winds, waves, tides and gravity, we shall harness the energy of love; and for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire

Falling Into Someone Plan

"If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they might have planned for you? Not much."*-- Jim Rohn"The person who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones."*-- Anonymous"If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things."*-- Rene

Christmas Gift Suggestions

"Christmas gift suggestions:To your enemy, forgiveness.To an opponent, tolerance.To a friend, your heart.To a customer, service.To all, charity.To every child, a good example.To yourself, respect."-- Oren Arnold"Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. To cherish peace and good will, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas. If we think on these things,

Success Is About Courage

Success is not measured by what you accomplish but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.--Orison Swett MardenPeople with goals succeed because they know where they're going.--Earl NightingaleLove is a promise, love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear.--John Lennon

"There is no harm in doubt and skepticism, for it is through these that new discoveries are made."-- Richard Feynman (1918 - 1988)

Seek Challenge To Find Our Best

"Only by seeking challenges can we hope to find the best in ourselves."-- Robert Rodriguez"A good plan today is better than a great plan tomorrow."-- George S. Patton"There is no harm in doubt and skepticism, for it is through these that new discoveries are made."-- Richard Feynman (1918 - 1988)

Enjoy Life Today Not Tomorrow

"If we are ever to enjoy life, now is the time - not tomorrow, nor next year, nor in some future life after we have died. The best preparation for a better life next year is a full, complete, harmonious, joyous life this year. Our beliefs in a rich future life are of little importance unless we coin them into a rich present life. Today should always be our most wonderful day."-- Thomas

Make Your Mind Happy

"Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be." *-- Abraham Lincoln "Happiness depends upon ourselves."*-- Aristotle "The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet. * -- James Oppenheim

Changing Yourself First

"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself."-- Leo Tolstoy "Strength is the ability to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of those pieces."-- Judith Viorst "The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home. "-- Confucius

Don't Postpone What You Want To Do

"Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone."*-- Pablo Picasso"Nothing limits achievement like small thinking;nothing expands possibilities like unleashed imagination."*-- William Arthur Ward"The beauty of all things lies in your ability to appreciate them."*-- Author Unknown

Accept Tough Jobs For Miracles

"When we accept tough jobs as a challenge and wade into them with joy and Enthusiasm, miracles can happen."*-- Arland Gilbert"Imagine a hot tub for the mind. That is what meditation is; it can bathe your mind in relaxing thoughts."*-- Eknath Easwaran"I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who overcomes his enemies."*-- Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)

Hardships Is Strength

"Strength does not come from winning.Your struggles develop your strengths.When you go through hardshipsand decide not to surrender,that is strength."-- Arnold Schwarzenegger"You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try."-- Beverly Sills"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it."-- Henry Thoreau

Mediocrity Result Is Disappointment

"The price of excellence is discipline.The cost of mediocrity is disappointment."*-- William Arthur Ward"A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means."*-- Sallust (86 BC - 34 BC)"Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself; he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yieldto him."*-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Stop The Fear Of Poverty

"You are going to let the fear of poverty govern your life and your reward will be that you will eat, but you will not live."-- George Bernard Shaw"Simply put, you believe that things or people make you unhappy, but this is not accurate. You make yourself unhappy."-- Wayne Dyer"It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving."-- Mother Teresa

First Look At The Purpose In Life

"You want to look at your purpose in life. You want to find that meaning within. Once you find that meaning within, and you start to express your purpose, that's when the money starts coming. That's when you attract it."-- Andy Fuehl "No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself."-- Ralph Waldo Emerson"If you don't set a baseline standard for what you'll accept in life, you'll find

Strength Through Perseverance

"In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins - not through strength but by perseverance."-- H. Jackson Brown"I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win. If you don't you won't."-- Bruce Jenner"There's

Grateful and Fear Disappears

"When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears."-- Anthony Robbins"If people only knew how hard I work to gain my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all."-- Michelangelo Buonarroti"I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder."-- G.K. Chesterton

Courage Is Doing Something Afraid

"Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared."-- Eddie Rickenbacker (1890 - 1973)"I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence, but it comes from within. It is there all the time."-- Anna Freud (1895 - 1982)"You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one."-- James A. Froude (1818 - 1894)

That One Step That Changes

This one step - choosing a goal and sticking to it - changes everything.-- Scott Reed Everyone who got where he is has had to begin where he was. – Robert Louis Stevenson Women wish to be loved not because they are pretty, or good, or well bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.--Henri Frederic Amiel

Never Take The Sure Boat

The person who gets the farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.-– Dale CarnegieWhen you know what you want, and you want it badly enough, you'll find a way to get it.-- Jim Rohn The greater things in life are unseen thats why you close your eyes when you kiss, cry, or dream...-- Anonymous

Work Hard For Your Success

"Some people dream of success... while others wake up and work hard at it."-- Unknown Constant dripping hollows out a stone.--Lucretius We love because it's the only true adventure.--Nikki GiovanniThe quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves. -- Ray Kroc, Founder of McDonald's

Get A Fresh Start Any Time

"You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down."-- Mary Pickford"Fortune favors the brave."--Publius Terence"Go to the truth beyond the mind. Love is the bridge."--Stephen Levine

Taking A Step Back Wiser

"One step back does not mean defeated. It just means that you will take the same step forward again but wiser."-- Jossie Estrella"We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone."-- Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the Untied States of America"It is only by doing things others have not that one can advance."-- General George S. Patton "We and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as

The Person Who Can Changed Life

"Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me."*-- Carol Burnett (1936 - )"Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish."*-- Ovid (43 BC - 17 AD)"If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, 'thank you,'that would suffice."-- Meister Eckhart

Never Be Afraid To Try

"The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance. Remember, the greatest failure is to not try. Once you find something you love to do, be the best at doing it."-- Debbi Fields"Procrastination is the natural assassin of opportunity."-- Anonymous"You create your opportunities by asking for them."-- Patty Hansen

You Have To Change It

"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain."*-- Maya Angelou"It's like driving at night in the fog. You can see only as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way."*-- Edgar Lawrence Doctorow"While we are postponing, life speeds by."*-- Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Energy Comes The Moment

"Love the moment, and the energy of that moment will spread beyond all boundaries."*-- Corita Kent"No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions - he had money, too."*-- Margaret Thatcher"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."*-- Thomas Edison

That Secrets Of Getting Ahead

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one."*-- Mark Twain"Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction."*-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery {1900-1944 French Poet}"Continuous effort

What We Need To be and What We Are

"In the end it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are."*-- Max Dupree"Affliction comes to us all, not to make us sad, but sober; not to make us sorry, but to make us wise; not to make us despondent, but by its darkness to refresh us as the night refreshes the day; not to impoverish, but to enrich us."*-- Henry Ward Beecher"They can conquer who

Faced It To Changed It

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.-- James BaldwinLove one another and you will be happy. It's as simple and as difficult as that.--Michael LeunigNever tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity-- George Patton

Don't Consent To Creep

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.-- Helen Keller Where there is love there is life.-- Mahatma GandhiI start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. -- Ralph Nader

All Ninety Nine Percent Perspiration

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.-- Thomas Alva EdisonI have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.-- Martin Luther King Jr.Most of what we call management consists of makingit difficult for people to get their jobs done-- Peter Drucker

Felt Only With Your Heart

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.--Helen KellerEvery organization must be prepared to abandon everything it does to survive in the future.-- Peter DruckerAll serious daring starts from within.-- Eudora Welty

Mistaken Knowledge and Wisdom

Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.-- Sandra Carey You come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by seeing an imperfect person perfectly.--Sam KeenThe first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. -- Max DePree

Don't Be Part Of The Problem

"It doesn't matter how strong your opinions are. If you don't use your power for positive change, you are, indeed, part of the problem."-- Coretta Scott King"Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes."-- Henry J. Kaiser"If you really want to be happy, nobody can stop you."-- Mary Tricky

The World Is Just a Mirror

"The world is a great mirror. It reflects back to you what you are. If you are loving, if you are friendly, if you are helpful, the world will prove loving and friendly and helpful to you. The world is what you are. "-- Thomas Dreier"The greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and acceptance."-- Brian Tracy"To guarantee success, act as if it were impossible

Be Aware Of Nature Talent

"Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for and you will succeed."*-- Sydney Smith (1771 - 1845)"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved."*-- Helen Keller (1880 - 1968)"If your success is not on your own terms,

Look For The Right Person

"If I wanted to become a tramp, I would seek information and advice from the most successful tramp I could find. If I wanted to become a failure, I would seek advice from people who have never succeeded. If I wanted to succeed in all things, I would look around me for those who are succeeding, and do as they have done."-- Joseph Marshall Wade"Time is not a line, but a series of now points."--

No Rules To Accomplishment

Hell, there are no rules here--we're trying to accomplish something.- Thomas A. EdisonWhoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with the important matters.- Albert EinsteinDon't be afraid to take a big step when one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small steps.- David Loyd George

Choose Life Wisely

Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.- Karen Kaiser ClarkPeople need loving the most when they deserve it the least.--John HarriganPeople ask the difference between a leader and a boss. . . The leader works in the open, and the boss in covert. The leader leads, and the boss drives.- Theodore Roosevelt

Tranform Into One Million Realities

If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.- Maya AngelouWhen you are in Love you can't fall asleep because reality is better than your dreams.--Dr SeussIt's amazing how many cares disappear when you decide not to be something, but to be someone.- Coco Chanel

Conrete Steps To Actualize Your Plan

I think there is something, more important than believing: Action! The world is full of dreamers, there aren't enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision.--W. Clement StoneThe relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is healthiest when it is not without doubt but in spite of doubt.--Author UnknownEach time

Greatest Quality Is Courage

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.--James Allen Each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible. --Viktor E. FranklIn looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if they

If You Were To Believe

If I believe I cannot do something, it makes me incapable of doing it. But when I believe I can, then I acquire the ability to do it, even if I did not have the ability in the beginning.--Mahatma GandhiIf you value yourself, you understand that you are a gift to anyone you meet.--Rhonda BrittenOne man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the

The Deepest Life Secret

The deepest secret is that life is not a process of discovery, but a process of creation. You are not discovering yourself, but creating yourself a new. Seek therefore, not to find out who you are; seek to determine who you want to be.-- Author Unknown When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself. -- Wayne DyerReal communication is an attitude, an environment. It is the

Ask These Questions

"You must constantly ask yourself these questions: Who am Iaround? What are they doing to me? What have they got me reading? What have they got me saying? Where do they have megoing? What do they have me thinking? And most important, what do they have me becoming? Then ask yourself the big question: Is that okay?"*-- Jim Rohn"The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all."*--

The Way Power Works

Not one of us knows what affect his life produces, and what he gives to others; that is hidden from us and must remain so, though we are often allowed to see some little fraction of it, so that we may not lose courage. The way in which power works is a mystery.--Albert SchweitzerIf the only time I saw you was in my dreams, I'd sleep forever.--AnonymousThose who have changed the universe have

Be Alive, Breathe, Think and Enjoy

"When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love."-- Marcus Aurelius"Joy is the feeling of grinning inside."-- Melba Colgrove"Money is one of the most important subjects of your entire life. Some of life's greatest enjoyments and most of life's greatest disappointments stem from your decisions about money. Whether you

The Best Thing For Ourselves and Others

"The best thing we can do for ourselves and the people in our lives is to love them unconditionally, forgive them without reservation and to accept them exactly as they are."-- Iyanla Vanzant"Class is an aura of confidence that is being sure without being cocky. Class has nothing to do with money. Class never runs scared. It is self-discipline and self-knowledge. It's the sure-footedness that

Good News and Bad News For You

"The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot."--Michael Altshuler"It's choice - not chance - that determines your destiny."-- Jean Nidetch"Life does not happen to us, it happens from us."-- Mike Wickett

What You Sow Is Not Lost

A good deed is never lost: he who sows courtesy reaps friendship; and he who plants kindness gathers love.--BasilIf we all did the things we are capable of,we would astound ourselves.--Thomas EdisonThe only journey is the journey within.--Rainer Maria Rilke

Happiness The By Product

Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.--Aldous HuxleyNever lose a chance of saying a kind word.--William ThackerayHeed the still small voice that so seldom leads us wrong, and never into folly.--Marquise du Deffand

What Conquer All Things

Energy and persistence conquer all things.--Benjamin FranklinTo rejoice in another's prosperity, is to give content to your own lot: to mitigate another's grief, is to alleviate or dispel your own.--Thomas EdwardsYou're happiest while you're making the greatest contribution.--Robert F. Kennedy

You Win When You Are Not Afraid

"I enjoy every opportunity and live every moment. And that is why I have no regrets. It's when you are not scared of losing that you win everything."-- Shailendra Singh"Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, but the realization of how much you already have."-- Author UnknownYou are the only problem you will ever have and you are the only solution.-- Bob Proctor

Best Things In Life Is Already Yours

"If only the people who worry about their liabilities would think about the riches they do possess, they would stop worrying. Would you sell both your eyes for a million dollars. or your legs. or your hands. or your hearing? Add up what you do have, and you'll find that you won't sell them for all the gold in the world. The best things in life are yours, if you can appreciate yourself."-- Dale

Accept Conditions Or Responsibility

"There are two primary choices in life;to accept conditions as they exist,or accept the responsibility for changing them."-- Denis Waitley"Tolerance implies a respect for another person, not because he is wrong or even because he is right, but because he is human."-- John Cogley"Patience has its limits. Take it too far, and it's cowardice."-- George Jackson (1941 - 1971)

The Dark Days and Light Days

If it weren't for the dark days, we wouldn't know what it is to walk in the light.--Earl CampbellThe weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attitude of the strong.--Mahatma GhandiI never wanted to be a successful person. I wanted to be a significant person.--Nido Qubein

Obstacle Path Or Stepping Stone

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the path of the weak, becomes a stepping-stone in the path of the strong.-- Thomas CarlyleLife in abundance comes only through great love.-- Elbert HubbardLeadership is not a designated position; it's a phenomenon. It is people following people because they want to, not because they have to.-- Larry Wilson

Enthusiasm Above All Skill

I rate enthusiasm even above professional skill.-- Edward Appleton At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet. -- PlatoFear clogs; faith liberates. --Elbert Hubbard

Live On Imagination Not History

Live out of your imagination, not your history.-- Stephen CoveyI paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.-- Pablo PicassoBeing deeply loved by someone gives you strength; loving someone deeply gives you courage.-- Lao Tzu

What Are The Real Mistakes

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.-- John PowellOnce you choose hope, anything's possible.-- Christopher ReeveJoy is not in things; it is in us.-- Richard Wagner

Learn To Forgive Yourself

"When guilt rears its ugly head confront it, discuss it and let it go. The past is over. It is time to ask what can we do right, not what did we do wrong. Forgive yourself and move on."-- Bernie S. SiegelFor all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, "It might have been".-- John Greenleaf Whittier"A joyful life is an individual creation that cannot be copied from a recipe."-- Mihaly

Make Most Of Our Talents

"As simple as it sounds, we all must try to be the best person we can; by making the best choices; by making the most of the talents we've been given."-- Mary Lou Retton"The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible."-- Arthur C. Clarke"Now is the time to act and solve all problems and not to succumb to lame excuses."-- Brahma Kumaris

Happy That Didn't Wait Twenty Years

"It was my fear of failure that first kept me from attempting the master work. Now, I'm beginning what I could have started ten years ago. But I'm happy at least that I didn't wait twenty years."-- Paulo Coelho"Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there."-- John Wooden"Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you is determinism; the way you play it is

Refused To Quit And You'll Be Rewarded

Effort only fully releases its rewardafter a person refuses to quit.--Napoleon HillWe don't see things as they are;we see things as we are.--Anais Nin Nobody who ever gave his best regreted it.--George Halas

Ten Percent Of Life You Make It Happened

Life is ten percent what you make itand ninety percent how you take it.--Ben FranklinFor those to whom much is given,much is required.--John Fitzgerald Kennedy You can't depend on your judgment when your imagination is out of focus.--Mark Twain

Don't Keep Thinking Of Yesterday

"You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time."-- Charles F. Kettering"If you are facing the right direction, all you have to do is keep on walking."-- Unknown"Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly."-- Robert F. Kennedy

Focus On A Limited Set Of Targets

Nothing can add more power to your life than concentratingall of your energies on a limited set of targets.--Nido Qubein The first law of success is concentration - to bend allthe energies to one point, and to go directly to thatpoint, looking neither to the right nor to the left.--William Mathews When every physical and mental resource is focused, one'spower to solve a problem multiplies

Live It, Taste It Without Fear

"The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience."-- Eleanor Roosevelt"It's also helpful to realize that this very body that we have, that's sitting right here right now... with its aches and it pleasures... is exactly what we need to be fully human, fully awake, fully alive."-- Pema Chodron"Know how to

Strong Postive Attitude Produce Miracles

"A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug."-- Patricia Neal"First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do."-- Epictetus "Many say I am just one to try. I say I am one less to quit."-- Diego Marchi

Trespass Your Limit

"The only way most people recognize their limits is by trespassing on them."-- Tom Morris"Self-discipline is when your conscience tells you to do someting and you don't talk back."-- W.K. Hope"No great improvements in the lot of mankind are possible until a great change takes place in the fundamental constitution of their modes of thought."-- John Stuart Mill

What Is The Most Important Goals

The most important thing about goals is having one...--Geoffrey Abert Life is 10 percent what you make itand 90 percent how you take it.--Irving BerlinWe don't see things as they are;we see things as we are.--Anais Nin

Connection Of Action and Mistake

Success seems to be connected with action.Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit. -- Conrad HiltonTo the world you may be just one person, but to one person you may be the world.-- Brandi Snyder How you respond to the challenge in the second halfwill determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or loser.-- Lou Holtz

When You Take Yourself Responsible

If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams. -- Les BrownIt is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them. --Ralph Waldo Emerson Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result. --Oscar Wilde

What Money and Success Changes

Money and success don't change people; they merely amplify what is already there.--Will SmithLove is a promise, love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear--John Lennon You can’t talk your way out of what you’ve behaved yourself into.--Stephen Covey

The Only Limitation To Our Dream

"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today."*-- Franklin D. Roosevelt"A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down."*-- Arnold Glasgow"When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion."*-- Ethopian proverb

Fulfilling The Success Process

"Success is merely the process of fulfilling your own hopes and dreams--not the standards set by society, but by the standards set by you."*-- George Pataki"You are accountable for what you do, and no one else is accountable."*-- Edith Martin"The greatest gift you can give to somebody is your own personal development.I used to say, 'If you will take care of me, I will take care of you.'Now I say,

The Success Elevator Is Spilt

The elevator to success is out of order. You'll have to use the stairs...one step at a time.--Joe GirardWhen you are in love, you can't fall asleep because reality is better than your dreams.--Dr. Seuss Life is 10% of what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it.--John Maxwell

Don't Create A Victims Of Yourself

"People who consider themselves victims of their circumstances will always remain victims unless they develop a greater vision for their lives."-- Stedman Graham"The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving."-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe"The great aim of education is not knowledge but action."-- Herbert Spencer

Could Have, Might Have or Should Have Done It

"Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things.The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions:could have, might have, and should have." -- Louis E. Boone"The best way to predict your future is to create it." -- Stephen Covey "Never let the fear of striking out get in your way."-- George Herman "Babe" Ruth

15 Minutes Each Day For Your Children

Add an extra 15 minutes each day to the timeyou invest with your children or spouse - that's the equivalent of more than two weeks each year. -from 212 the extra degree Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.--B.C. Forbes Never stop. One always stops as soonas something is about to happen.--Peter Brook

Sunshine - Kindness - Excellence

Keep your face to the sunshine, andyou will not see the shadows.--Helen KellerNo act of kindness, not matter how small, is ever wasted.--Aesop Excellence is not an act, it is a habit.--Aristotle

Self Respect, True Commitment and Humility

"Self-respect is the root of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself."-- Abraham Lincoln"True commitment begins when we reach the point of not knowing how we can possibly go on, and decide to do it anyway."-- Author Unknown "Humility does not mean you think less of yourself. It means you think of yourself less."-- Ken Blanchard

Different In Shallow and Strong Men

"Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect." *-- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)"They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts." *-- Sir Philip Sidney (1554 - 1586)"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give."*-- Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)

Objections First Before Things

"Nothing will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must first be overcome."--Samuel Johnson"Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared."--Gotama Buddha"The will must be stronger than the skill."--Muhammad Ali

Nothing Or Everything Is A Miracle

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle.The other is as though everything is a miracle.--Albert EinsteinBe prepared and be honest.--John Wooden If everyone is moving forward together.then success will take care of itself.--Henry Ford

Attitude Towards Life

So much of life is about attitude and howwe handle what life throws our way. Lifeis good - even when a situationappears to be the worst.*-- Tony Pearce The most important thing you do as a leaderis to hire the right people.*-- Tony Pearce For you to be the very best, you cannot allowyourself to become complacent in yourcomfort zone. You need to be reaching for improvement. *-- Tony Pearce

Living Out To Your Imagination

Live out of your imagination, not your history. --Stephen CoveyCriticize the act, not the person. --Mary Kay Ash Nothing is an obstacle unless you say it is. --Wally Amos

How To Experience Peace

"If you wish to experience peace, provide peace for another. If you wish to know that you are safe, cause another to know that they are safe. If you wish to better understand seemingly incomprehensible things, help another to better understand. If you wish to heal your own sadness or anger, seek to heal the sadness or anger of another."-- Tenzin Gyatso "No one can make you feel inferior without

Taking Responsibility For Your Self

If you take responsibility for yourself you will developa hunger to accomplish your dreams. --Les BrownThe best proof of love is trust. --Joyce Brothers Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. --Dale Carnegie

The Person Who Can Stop You Is

"Obstacles can't stop you. Problems can't stop you. Most of all, other people can't stop you. Only you can stop you." --Jeffrey Gitomer People may fail many times, but they become failures only when they begin to blame someone else. Experience is determined by yourself -- not the circumstances of your life.--Gita Bellin"Be great in act, as you have been in thought."-- William Shakespeare

Know Your Most Precious Resource

"Time is your most precious resource; make every minute count."*-- Brian Tracy"False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil."*-- Plato (427 BC - 347 BC)"People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing-that's why we recommend it daily."*-- Zig Ziglar

Excellence Is A Habit

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.--AristotleThe best mind-altering drug is the truth.--Lily Tomlin Be nice to people on your way up.You might need them on your way down.--Jimmy Durante

Empty Heads and Empty Hearts

Empty pockets never held anyone back.Only empty heads and emptyhearts can do that.--Norman Vincent PealePeople will forget what you said. People will evenforget what you did. But people will NEVER forget how you made them feel.--Unknown Engaging leaders make good employees into better people.--Ed Gubman

They Work Very Very Hard

The only thing that separates successful people from to work very, very hard.--Helen Gurley BrownI'm not concerned with your liking me or disliking me...allI ask is that you respect me as a human being.--Jackie Robinson The elevator to success is out of order. You'llhave to use the stairs...one step at a time.--Joe Girard

Put Things Into Your Own Hands

Sometimes if you want to see a change for the better,you have to take things into your own hands.--Clint Eastwood The best preparation for tomorrow is todo today's work superbly well.--Sir William Osler A gem cannot be polished without friction,nor man perfected without trials.--Chinese Proverb

Getting Out Of Comfort Zone

Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new."-- Brian TracyThe heart, like the grape, is prone to delivering its harvest in the same moment it appears to be crushed.-- Roger Houseden"Human beings have an inalienable right to invent themselves."-- Germaine Greer

About Failure and Success

"Failure is not the only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others."*-- Jules Renard (1864 - 1910)"People may fail many times, but they become failures only when they begin to blame someone else."*-- Unknown "The wisest mind has something yet to learn."*-- George Santayana (1863 - 1952)

The World Can Be Changed By Us

We could change the world tomorrow if allthe millions of people around the worldacted the way they believe.--Jane Goodall Integrity is not a ninety percent thing, not a ninety-fivepercent thing. Either you have it or you don't.--Peter Scotese The time is always right to do what is right.--Martin Luther King Jr.

What Do We Remember In Life

We do not remember days, we remember moments in our lives.--Unknown Aim for service and success will follow.--Albert Schweitzer The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of good ideas.--Linus Pauling

A Few Sincere Words

You never know when a moment and a few sincerewords can have an impact on a life.--Zig Ziglar The greatest management principle in the world is'The things that get rewarded and appreciated get done'--Michael Le Boeuf I've spent a good part of my life studying economicsuccesses and failures...above all, I've learned thateverything takes a back seat to innovation.--Tom Peters

Where Does Happiness Grow

"Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers' gardens."*-- Douglas Jerrould "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."*-- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968) "The most wasted of all days is one without laughter."*-- e e cummings (1894 - 1962)

End Your Day Looking At The Mirror

"End your day by privately looking directly into your eyes in themirror and saying, 'I love you!' Do this for thirty days and watchhow you transform." *-- Mark Victor Hansen "Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality; man, alone, can dream and make his dreams come true."*-- Napoleon Hill"The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice; their

Think You Are Too Small

"If you think you're too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito in the room."--Anita Roddick"If you have accomplished all that you have planned for yourself, you have not planned enough."--Edward Everett Hale"Instead of telling the world What it is supposed to do, Why don't you immediately do it yourself? In this way, I assure you, Your happiness will be surprisingly multiplied

When Things Become Difficult

"It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult."--Seneca"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted."*-- Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC) Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back into the same box.--Italian Proverb

A Living And A Life

We make a living by what we get, but wemake a life by what we give.--Winston Churchill One person with a commitment is worth more than 100 people who have only an interest.--Mary CrowleyAllow me to be a blessing to you and allow yourself to be a blessing to others.--John Coonley

Someday You Shall In Life

How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving,and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because somedayin your life you will have been all of these.--George Washington Carver When we choose not to focus on what is missing fromour lives but are grateful for the abundance that'spresent...we experience true heaven on earth

Realized I Was That Somebody

I always wondered why somebody didn't do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.--Lily TomlinYou get the best effort from others not by LIGHTING a fire beneath them, but by BUILDING a fire with them. --Bob Nelson A good leader inspires people to have confidence in their leader. A great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves--Anonymous

When Knowledge Is Useless

Knowledge is of no value unless you put in into practice.--Heber J. GrantAs I grow older, I play less attention to what people say. I just watch what they do.--Andrew Carnegie If not you, who?If not now, when?--Abraham Maslow

Believe In Themselves and Accomplish

Outstanding leaders go out of theirway to boost self-esteem of their personnel. If people believein themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish.--Sam WaltonEveryone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck sayingmake me feel important.--Mary Kay Ash A Soldier will fight long and hardfor a bit of colored ribbon.--Napoleon Bonaparte

Tough Jobs As Challenge

When we accept tough jobs as a challenge and wade into them with joy and enthusiasm, miracles can happen.--Arland GilbertGiving connects two people, the giver and the receiver, and this connection gives birth to a new sense of belonging.--Deepak ChopraA happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.--Hugh Downs

You Have Hoped For

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things only hoped for.--EpicurusIt is not the cards you are dealt but what you do with them that counts.--AnonymousToday you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.--Dr. Seuss

Danger Who Are Afraid

"In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it."--George Bernard Shaw"Few of us ever live in the present. We are forever anticipating what is to come or remembering what has gone."--Louis L'Amour"The most called-upon prerequisite of a friend is an accessible ear."--Maya Angelou

Man That Has Mind

"One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who haven't and don't."*-- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)"We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world."*-- Helen Keller (1880 - 1968)"Envy is the ulcer of the soul."*-- Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC)

Something To Hold To

To succeed… you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.--Tony DorsettTo handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.--Donald Laird Behold the turtle. He only makes progress when he sticks his neck out.--James Bryant Conant

Just Be My Friend

Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow; Don't walk behind me, I may not lead; Walk beside me, and just be my friend.--Albert Camus Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.--Albert Schweitzer It ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard you can get it and keep moving forward. How much you can take

Good To Your Friends Enemies

Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.--Benjamin Franklin Every success is built on the ability to do better than good enough. I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being.--Confucius

Improving The World

The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart, head and hands.--Robert M. Pirsig"Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it."--William Arthur Ward"The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen."--Frank Lloyd Wright

Don't Keeps Ideas

Ideas won't keep; something must be done about them.--Alfred North WhiteheadLove is a promise, love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear.--John Lennon Success is dependent upon the glands -- sweat glands.--Zig Ziglar

View Better On Top

"It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top."--Arnold Bennett"Love is the answer.Now, what is your question?"--Author Unknown "The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit."--Moliere

Our Imagination The Only Limit

"Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future."*-- Charles F. Kettering (1876 - 1958)"Problems are a sign of life'." *-- Normal Vincent Peale "It may not be your fault for being down, but it's got to be your fault for not getting up." *-- Steve Davis

Don't Wait Too Long To Decide

"The longer you wait to decide what you want to do, the more time you're wasting. It's up to you to want something so badly that your passion shows through in your actions. Your actions, not your words, will do the shouting for you." *-- Derek Jeter "To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge."*-- Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881) "Nothing is Impossible in this world.

Best Of What You Can Become

Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.--John WoodenYou should not chose your friends just on how they treat you, but how they treat others as well. This shows what kind of person they really are. Don't be afraid to give up the good for the great.--Kenny Rogers

Appreciate What You Already Have

"What if you gave someone a gift, and they neglected to thank you for it-would you be likely to give them another? Life is the same way. In order to attract more of the blessings that life has to offer, you must truly appreciate what you already have."--Ralph Marston"The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will

What Pessimist and Optimist Sees

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty--Sir Winston ChurchillLove possesses not nor will it be possessed, for love is sufficient unto love.--Kahlil Kibran Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure.--Earl Wilson

Thanks Those Who Rekindle Inner Spirit

"In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit."- Albert Schweitzer "Tolerance implies a respect for another person, not because he is wrong or even because he is right, but because he is human."--John Cogley"My actions are my only true

Matter of Concentration and Perservance

Success in life is a matter not so much of talent as of concentration and perseverance.--C. W. WendteWe are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves.--Henri Frederic Amiel The greatest inspiration is often born of desperation.--Comer Cotrell

Failed To Be Successful

Men never plan to be failures; they simply fail to plan to be successful.--William A. WardThe quality of your life is the quality of your relationships.--Anthony Robbins Instruction does much, but encouragement does everything.--Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Worst Enemy Is Self Pity

"Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world." --Helen Keller"Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life."--Wayne Dyer "Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean."--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Art Of Acceptance

"The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one."--Russell Lynes"Never regret. If it's good, it's wonderful. If it's bad, it's experience."--Victoria Holt"A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark."--Chinese Proverb

No Way Out Of Sweat and Tears

World-class success requires that you grow up emotionally and come to terms with the fact that life isn't fair and success isn't free. You can be the most positive thinker in the world but you still have to pay the price every great achiever has paid. There is no way out of the blood sweat and tears. You will pay the price or be forced to accept the fact that you had a shot at your vision and let

Age Issue Of The Mind

Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter. --Mark TwainAlways do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. --Mark Twain Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. --Mark Twain

When You Look Back

"When looking back, usually I'm more sorry for the things Ididn't do than for the things I shouldn't have done."* --Malcolm Forbes"One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today." *-- Dale Carnegie"Love is a

Opportunity All Areas Of Life

"An enterprising person is one who sees opportunity in all areas of life."--Jim Rohn "Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequence of any misfortune."--William James"Things are only impossible until they're not."--Jean-Luc Picard

Chance Becoming Prophet

If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of becoming a prophet.--Isaac Bashevis SingerThe history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice; their choice!--Dwight D. Eisenhower"Men do not fail; they give up trying."--Elihu Root

You Fear Your Fear

"Whatever you fear most has no power; it is your fear that has the power." --Oprah Winfrey One of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears--by listening to them.--Dean Rusk"Your imagination is your preview to life's coming attractions." --Albert Einstein

Nothing Something All Lost

"When wealth is lost, nothing is lost;When health is lost, something is lost;When character is lost, all is lost!"--German Proverb"The poor man is not he who is without a cent, but he who without a dream."--Harry Kemp"The sooner you make your first five thousand mistakes the sooner you will be able to correct them." --Kimon Nicolaides

Never Be The Same Again

Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again. --Og Mandino Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later. --Og Mandino Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions

Mediocre Talent Avid Faith

"Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go much further than people with vastly superior talent."-- Sophia Loren (1934 - )"Action eradicates fear. No matter what you fear, positive,self-affirming action can diminish or completely cancel that which you are fearful of." -- Mark Victor

Belief And Willingness

If you believe it, you can make it happen. That's all you need, is belief - and of course the willingness to follow through on whatever needs to be done on your part.--Barefoot Doctor"Is it possible for the rose to say, 'I will give my fragrance to the good people who smell me, but I will withhold it from the bad?' Or is it possible for the lamp to say, 'I will give my light to the good people in

Mirror In Behavior

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image. --GoetheBe generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent. --Goethe Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men. --Goethe

Forgiveness Enlarge Future

"Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future." Paul Boese "It doesn't matter who you are, where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you. Always." --Oprah Winfrey "If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much." --Donald H. Rumsfeld

Outer Aspects Lives

"Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives."-- William James (1842-1910)"Act the way you'd like to be and soon you'll be the way youact." -- George W. Crane"If you want a confidence, act as if you already have it. Try the"as if" technique." --William James (1842-1910)

Help Enough People

"If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want." --Zig Ziglar "I take nothing for granted. I now have only good days or great days." --Lance Armstrong "If what you are doing is not moving you towards your goals, then it's moving you away from your goals." --Brian Tracy

Human Life Purpose

The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.--Albert Schweitzer If everyone is moving forward together, then success will take care of itself. --Henry Ford Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.--Ray Kroc

Happiness From Within

Happiness cannot come from without. It must come from within. --Helen Keller Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.--Albert Einstein The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.--Abraham Lincoln

Man Is Born For Life

"Man is born to live, not to prepare for life." *-- Boris Pasternak "How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." *-- Anne Frank "The smallest change in perspective can transform a life. What tiny attitude adjustment might turn your world around?" *-- Oprah

Choosing A Friend

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing. --Benjamin Franklin I never worry about action, only inaction.--Winston Churchill The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.--Nelson Mandela

Become A Worthwhile Person

"If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must become a worthwhile person in your own self-development." *--Brian Tracy "I am where I am because I believe in all possibilities." *--Whoopi Goldberg "Try not to become a man of success, but rather a man of value." *--Albert Einstein

Better Than Day Before

"The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before." *--Steve Young "You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them." *--Michael Jordan "Since you are like no other being ever created since the beginning of time, you are incomparable." *--Brenda Ueland

Astonish Ourselves

"If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astonish ourselves." *--Thomas Edison"Life is always walking up to us and saying, "Come on in, the living's fine," and what do we do? Back off and take its picture." *--Russell Baker "If you follow no other truth, follow the truth that within your being is called joy. If you follow that, you're always going to be right where

What Love Given or Not

What love we've given, we'll have forever. What love we fail to give, will be lost for all eternity. --Leo Buscaglia Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action. --Peter Drucker The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it. --William James

A Year From Now

"A year from now you may wish you had started today." *--Karen Lamb The best time to plant an oak tree is 20 years ago. The second best time is today." *--Unknown "... for magic to happen in your life, you must believe in magic." *--Grandmother, quoted by Lynn Andrews

Human Intelligence

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change. --Stephen HawkingLove always creates, it never destroys. In this lie's man's only promise. --Leo Buscaglia Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes. --Carl Jung

How Many Obstacles Cleared

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome. --Booker T. WashingtonLife lived for tomorrow will always be just a day away from being realized. --Leo BuscagliaA single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world. --Leo Buscaglia

Work Harder For More Luck

I'm a great believer in luck, and I findthe harder I work, the more I have of it.--Thomas Jefferson Hate the sin, love the sinner.--Mahatma Gandhi Divide and rule, a sound motto. Unite and lead, a better one.--Goethe

Loving Words During Your Absence

Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that you will not meet again in this life.--Jean Paul Richter No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.--Abraham Lincoln The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live. --Elbert Hubbard

First Convince Yourself

Let he him who would be moved to convince others, be first moved to convince himself.--Thomas Carlyle Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.--William Thackeray Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible sun within us.--Sir Thomas Brown

Don't Squander Time

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.--Benjamin Franklin Kind words are the music of the world.--F. W. Faber He that would be a leader must also be a bridge. - Welsh Proverb

Be My Friend

Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend. --Albert Camus A leader is someone who helps improve the lives of other people or improve the system they live under. --Sam Ervin Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there. --Josh Billings

Some Achieve Success Is Proof

That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.--Abraham Lincoln The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that nothing else can bring.--Oscar Wilde Death is more universal than life; everyone dies but not everyone lives. --A. Sachs

Joy Overcoming Obstacles

Be of good cheer. Do not think of today's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere; and you will find joy in overcoming obstacles. --Helen Keller Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.--Thich Nhat Hanh Count your

Choose Happy

Life is too short not to enjoy it and too long to live miserable. Choose to be happy!--Author Unknown Do what's best for people, and in return, people will give you their best.--Author Unknown If you want to get something done...START!--Victor Scrivani

Ladder Of Success

The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.--Ayn Rand Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously. --Norman Vincent Peale Get excited and enthusiastic about your own dream. This excitement is like a forest fire -you can smell it, taste it, and see it

Who Is A Friend

A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.--Elbert Hubbard The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist. --Eric Hoffer Happiness consists in activity. It is a running steam, not a stagnant pool. --Oliver Wendell Holmes

Every Calling Can Be Great

Every calling is great when greatly pursued. --Oliver Wendell HolmesNo more duty can be urged upon those who are entering the great theater of life than simple loyalty to their best convictions. --Edwin Hubbel Chapin You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back. --Barbara de Angelis

Own Resolution To Succeed

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other. --Abraham Lincoln Everybody likes a compliment. --Abraham Lincoln And in the end it's not the years in your life thatcount. It's the life in your years. --Abraham Lincoln

Scientific and Spiritual Power

Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men. --Martin Luther King, Jr. At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love. --Martin Luther King, Jr. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. --Martin Luther

Perseverance Not Strength

In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins - not through strength but by perseverance. --H. Jackson Brown Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon them and to let them know that you trust them. --Booker T. Washington Leaders make the best decisions by rummaging through the attic (brain), searching in the basement (common sense and

Love and Life

Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life. --Leo Buscaglia The only thing in life that you have 100% control of is your effort and your word.--Neil Carlson LIfe's piano can only produce the melodies of brotherhood when it is recognized that the black keys are as basic, necessary, and beautiful as the white keys.--Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Faith In First Step

Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase. --Martin Luther King, Jr. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. --Martin Luther King, Jr. A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus. --Martin Luther King, Jr. ------------------------------ Who is Martin Luther King

The Sure Thing Boat

The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from the shore. --Dale Carnegie My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me. --Winston Churchill I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past. --Thomas Jefferson

Being Young or Old

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.--Henry FordThere are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.--Dale Carnegie True friendship is a

Look Too Far Ahead

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.--Winston ChurchillYou cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.--Golda Meir Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power--Abraham Lincoln

When Money Is Hope

If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability. --Henry Ford Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. --Albert Einstein Darkness can not drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. --Dr. Martin

Believe You Are Best

To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you're not, pretend you are. --Muhammad Ali The man or woman who treasures his friends is usually solid gold himself.--Marjorie Holmes Remember, "It's NOT what you eat between Thanksgiving and New Years that matters, BUT what you eat between New Years and Thanksgiving!"--Dean Miller

Love The Doing

"You must be the kind of man who can get things done. But to get things done, you must love the doing, not the secondary consequences." -- Ayn Rand "Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future." -- Charles F. Kettering "The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would solve most of the world's problems." -- Gandhi

Darkest Moment Light

The black moment is the moment when the real message of transformation is going to come. At the darkest moment comes the light. --Joseph CampbellThe more we know, the better we forgive. Whoe'er feels deeply, feels for all that live. --Mme. de Stael Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it. --David Starr Jordan

Confidence In Your Ability

You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through. --Rosalynn Carter I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief. --Gerry Spence So divinely is the world organized that every one of us, in our place and time, is in balance with everything else. --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Best or Most Fear Worlds

The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true. --James Branch CabellThe meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed. --Carl Jung To follow, without halt, one aim: There's the secret of success. --Anna Pavlova

Dreams Into Reality

We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort. --Jesse Owens Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other. --Euripides Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it. --David Starr Jordan

Lighted The Flame Within

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us. --Albert Schweitzer Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; loving someone deeply gives you courage. --Lao TzuAs we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words

Your Tomorrow

Your tomorrow will be the result of your attitude and the choices you make today!" --- SO --- "Practice the three R's: Respect for self; Respect for others; Responsibility for all your actions.Insistence, Persistence & Consistence. --Sidney SzydlowAlthough the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.--Helen Keller

Nothing Is Far

"Nothing's far when one wants to get there." --Queen Marie of Rumania "What you believe yourself to be, you are." --Claude M. Bristol "Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing a solution paves the way to solution." --Dr. David Schwartz

Your Own Resolution

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing. --Abraham Lincoln To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others. --Anne-Sophie Swetchine Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier. --Colin Powell

Life Takes On Meaning

Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner. --Les BrownThe quality of your life is the quality of your relationships.--Anthony Robbins Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into. --Wayne Dyer

Ability To Do

The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do. --Orison Swett MardenFriends are like stars, you don't always see them, but you know they're always there. --Vannii Arcri It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test. --Elbert Hubbard

Bigger Than Trouble

If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity, it would be this: Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life, and when it comes, hold your head high. Look it squarely in the eye, and say, "I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me." Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which

Life Hard

When I hear somebody sigh that Life is hard, I am always tempted to ask, "Compared to what?" --Sydney J. Harris If you're going to be thinking, you may as well think big.--Donald Trump Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice. --Wayne Dyer

Abundance Is

"Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into." --Dr. Wayne Dyer "It's not enough to be busy. The question is, what are we busy about?" --Henry David Thoreau "Always do the right thing. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest." --Mark Twain

Keep Your Vision Alive

Where there is vision, there is life and growth, accomplishment, fulfillment and joy. Keep your vision alive. It is important to see clearly, what you wish to accomplish and hold fast to it. Though it may tarry, it will surely come to past at the appointed time.--James McKoy Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable. --Theodore N. Vail People who

Must Apply and Do

Knowing is not enough; we must apply.Willing is not enough; we must do.--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe A good deed is never lost: he who sows courtesy reaps friendship; and he who plants kindness gathers love.--Basil Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.--Confucius

Right Wrong Mental Attitude

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. --Thomas Jefferson One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people. --Dick Gregory The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen. --Frank Loyd Wright

Effort Releases

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit. --Napoleon Hill The life and love we create is the life and love we live.--Leo Buscaglia People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.--Zig Ziglar

Transform Thoughts

Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality; man, alone, can dream and make his dreams come true.--Napoleon HillTrue love begins when nothing is looked for in return.--Antoine De Saint-Exupery It's not your salary that makes you rich, it's your spending habits. --Charles A. Jaffe

Temporary Setbacks

One of the secrets of success is to refuse tolet temporary setbacks defeat us.--Mary Kay He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass.--George Herbert Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.--Helen Keller

Nature For Inspiration

Nature is my manifestation of God. I go to nature every day for inspiration in the day's work. I follow in building the principles which nature has used in its domain. --Frank Lloyd WrightGravitation is not responsible for people falling in love. --Albert Einstein In business for yourself, not by yourself. --William James

Door Of Wisdom

The doors of wisdom are never shut. --Benjamin Franklin A baby is born with a need to be loved - and never outgrows it. --Frank A. Clark Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. --Peter F. Drucker

Playing It Too Safe

When you play it too safe, you're taking the biggest risk of your life...Time is the only wealth we're given. -Barbara Sher Love sought is good, but given unsought is better. -William Shakespeare (Twelfth Night) You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give. -Eleanor Roosevelt

Believe Create Fact

Be not afraid of life. Believe that life IS worth living and your belief will help create the fact. --James Truslow Adams Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; loving someone deeply gives you courage. --Lao TzuAnd above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning. --

Live and Work Each Day

Live and work each day as though you are going to be hit by a bus tomorrow, but get the heck out of the way if you see one coming.--Connie JonesHappiness is most abundantly felt and most measurably remembered in the giving not the getting.--Jerry R. Lewis, Ed. D., All we can ever do in the way of good to people is to encourage them to do good to themselves. --Randolph Bourne

Dwell In Possibility

"Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility." --Oprah Winfrey"The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen." --Frank Lloyd Wright "The person who gets the farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore." --Dale Carnegie

Open Hands

"Everything in life is most fundamentally a gift. And you receive it best and you live it best by holding it with very open hands." --Leo O'Donovan "The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in." --Mitch Albom "I tell you, deep inside you is a fountain of bliss, a fountain of joy. Deep inside your center core is truth, light, love, there is no guilt

Like Water

Like water which can clearly mirror the sky and the trees only so long as its surface is undisturbed, the mind can only reflect the true image of the Self when it is tranquil and wholly relaxed. --Indria Devi If you don't like something, change it.If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain. --Maya Angelou Save the world from unfulfilled potential. Take action on your dreams...

The Word Impossible

We must remove the word "impossible" from our vocabulary. --Bernie S. Siegel No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it can feel trust and reverence. --George Eliot Good actions enoble us, and we are the sons of our own deeds. --Miguel de Cervantes

Hanging On

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go. --William Feather One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human. --George Santayana The doors of wisdom are never shut. --Benjamin Franklin

Noble Work

Every noble work is, at first, impossible. --Thomas CarlyleLook at people; recognize them, accept them as they are, without wanting to change them. --Helen Beginton If you do not value yourself independently of your achievements, you will not value your achievements. --Gillian Butler & Tony Hope

Enjoying Roses Today

"All of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon - instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today." --Dale Carnegie "If you start to think the problem is 'out there,' stop yourself. That thought is the problem." --Stephen Covey "Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are."

Known and Unknown

"The guy who takes a chance, who walks the line between the known and unknown, who is unafraid of failure, will succeed." --Gordon Parks "Whatever you dwell on in the conscious grows in your experience." --Brian Tracy "The best way to say, 'I love you, God,' is to live your life doing your best. The best way to say, 'Thank you, God,' is by letting go of the past and living in the present moment,

Doing What Is Right

Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. --Mark TwainWhen you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself. --Wayne Dyer When we see problems as opportunities for growth, we tap a source of knowledge within ourselves which carries us through. --Marsha Sinetar

Doesn't Know So

Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway. --Mary Kay Ash Criticize the act, not the person. --Mary Kay AshGive yourself something to work toward - constantly. --Mary Kay Ash

Never Excuse Yourself

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anyone else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. --Henry Ward Beecher Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don't know how to quit. --Robert Schuller We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought

Launch To Greater Heights

An arrow can be shot by dragging the bow back; similarly, if life is dragging you back with difficulties, be patient. It is getting ready to launch you to greater heights.--Author Unknown Look for your choices, pick the best one, then go with it.--Pat Riley Always give hundred percent, and you'll never have to second-guess yourself.--Author Unknown

Pick One Gift

If you can give your son or daughter only one gift, let it be enthusiasm.--Bruce Barton A fruit never tasted so sweet than as the one you walked furthest to pick.--Author Unknown Start believing in yourself and others will too.--Author Unknown

No Ideal Circumstances

Do not wait for ideal circumstances; they will never come; nor for the best opportunities. --Janet Erskine Stuart The highest compact we can make with our fellow is: Let there be truth between us two forevermore. --Ralph Waldo Emerson Anybody can do just about anything with himself that he really wants to and makes up his mind to do. We are all capable of greater things than we realize. --

Defeated Age

There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of the people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will have truly defeated age. --Sophia LorenLove is a verb. --Clare Boothe Luce If you know peace, then you thrive; if you know contentment, then you are rich.--Su Shi

Happiness Is Mental Attitude

Happiness is not a matter of fortune or wordly possessions. It is a mental attitude. It comes from appreciating what we have, instead of being miserable about what we don't have. It's so simple, yet so hard for the human mind to comprehend. The best way to get even is to forget... To know even one life has breathed easier because you lived...is to have succeeded! --Emerson

Happiness Comes From

Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.--Storm Jameson Find the good -- and praise it. --Alex Haley Gratitude is the heart's money. --French proverb

Essentials In Life

The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. --Joseph Addison Encouragement is oxygen to the soul. --Harvey Mackay You may search my time-worn face,You'll find a merry eye that twinkles.I am NOT an old ladyJust a little girl with wrinkles! --Edythe E. Bregnard

An Obstacle An Opportunity

What is the difference between an obstacle and an opportunity? Our attitude toward it. Every opportunity has a difficulty, and every difficulty has an opportunity. --J. Sidlow Baxter Celebrate the happiness that friends are always giving, make everyday a holiday and celebrate just living! --Amanda Bradley Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may

Optimist and Pessimist Sees

An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity. --Winston Churchill Look at people; recognize them, accept them as they are, without wanting to change them. --Helen Beginton It is the very essence of good leadership to give away all credit for positive achievement, to identify only team goals and always to refer to them as such.--Joe Klock

Do Something You Love

You have to find something that you love enough to be able to take risks, jump over the hurdles and break through the brick walls that are always going to be placed in front of you. If you don't have that kind of feeling for what it is you are doing, you'll stop at the first giant hurdle. --George LucasAll our dreams can come true - if we have the courage to pursue them." --Walt Disney We all

Belief Makes Things Happen

"The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen."--Frank Lloyd WrightNever make an assertion, no matter how real it seems to be to you, if you do not want it reproduced or continued in your life.--Bob ProctorFrom Working With the Law"Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game."--

Worry Kills

"The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work."--Robert Frost"Isn't everyone a part of everyone else?"--Budd Schulberg"God has no other hands than ours."--Dorothee Solle

Prerogative of The Brave

A coward is incapable of exhibiting love;it is the prerogative of the brave.--Mahatma Gandhi Don't wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.--Mother Teresa There are two ways of exerting one's strength; one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.-- Booker T. Washington

You Do Not Fail

"Men do not fail; they give up trying."--Elihu Root"I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more luck I have."--Thomas Jefferson"Better by far you should forget and smile than you should remember and be sad."--Christina Rossetti

Stick To Your Plan

Frequently, the difference between success and failure is the resolve to stick to your plan long enough to win.--David CottrellThings that matter most must never be at the mercy of things that matter least.--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe The most important thing about goals is having one.--Geoffrey F. Abert

It Is The Courage

Success is never final. Failure us never fatal.It's courage that counts.--John WoodenThere are two lasting bequests we can give to our children: one is roots, the other is wings.--Hodding Carter Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude...nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.--Thomas Jefferson

Past Is Finished

"The past is finished. There is nothing to be gained by going over it. Whatever it gave us in the experiences it brought us was something we had to know."-- Rebecca Beard"To touch someone with kindness is to change someone forever. Heavy, huh? But that's not the half of it. Because for everyone you touch you also reach everyone they will ever know. And everyone they will ever know. And so, for

Big Secret In Life

"The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you're willing to work."-- Oprah Winfrey"You're alive. Do something. Look. Listen. Choose. Act."-- Barbara Hall"Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is hardly a waste of time."-- Sir J.

Top View Is Best

It's easier to go down the mountain than up,but the view from the top is best.Love doesn't make the world go round,but it sure makes the ride worthwhile. Excellence is not an act, it is a habit.--Aristotle

Trouble Shall Pass

Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and repeat to yourself the most comforting words of all: "This, too, shall pass." --Ann Landers Love is not some complex, mystical abstraction. It is something accessible and human that we learn through our everyday experience, as often at times of failure as in moments of ecstasy. --Leo Buscaglia If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.

Be A Believer

Believe it is possible to solve your problem. Tremendous things happen to the believer. So believe the answer will come. It will. --Norman Vincent Peale Those things that hurt, instruct. --Ben Franklin He who has great power should use it lightly. --Seneca

An Uninspired Mind

An uninspired mind is a handicap we all can do something about. --James R. BallSome thoughts always find us young, and keep us so. Such a thought is the love of the universal and eternal beauty. --Ralph Waldo Emerson The most elusive and desired quality of leadership is vision. Vision is the perfume of the mind.--Harriet Rubin

Boss and Leader

Remember the difference between a boss and a leader: a boss says "Go!" -- a leader says "Let's go!" --E.M. Kelly Love is not what we become but who we already are. --Stephen Levine Like swimming, riding, writing, or playing golf, happiness can be learned.--Dr. Boris Sokoloff

Learning Passion

Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you'll never cease to grow.--Anthony J. D'AngeloIf you see someone without a smile, give them one of yours.--Jacquelinemae Rudd Motivate them, train them, care about them, andmake winners out of them...we know that if wetreat our employees correctly, they'll treat the customers right. And if customers are treated right, they'll come back.--J.

Wake and Act Each Day

Wake and act each day with the understandingthat your actions will be absorbed by your children...and your children will grow to be contributing adults to the level of your influence. Many of life's failures are men who didnot realize how close they were tosuccess when they gave up.--Thomas Edison Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.--George S. Patton

They Think Of You

Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring and integrity, they think of you.-- H. Jackson Brown, Jr."You don't have to stay up nights to succeed; you have to stay awake days."-- Source Unknown"Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance."-- Oprah Winfrey

You Have To Fight

"Anything is possible. You can be told that you have a 90-percent chance or a 50-percent chance or a 1-percent chance, but you have to believe, and you have to fight." -- Lance Armstrong "The best way to serve God is by going in search of your own dreams. Only the happy can spread happiness." -- Paulo Coelho "The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are

Short Visit

"Don't hurry, don't worry. You're only here for a short visit. So be sure to stop and smell the flowers." -- Walter Hagen "First say to yourself what you would be, then do what you have to do." -- Epictetus "Whenever you have an opportunity to laugh, laugh; whenever you have an opportunity to dance, dance; whenever you have an opportunity to sing, sing - and one day you will find you have created

Many Aspects Of Success

"There are many aspects to success; material wealth is only one component. ...But success also includes good health, energy and enthusiasm for life, fulfilling relationships, creative freedom, emotional and psychological stability, a sense of well-being, and peace of mind."-- Deepak Chopra"He who has achieved success has worked well, laughed often and loved much."-- Elbert Hubbard "Life is a

Slow Is Ok

"It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop." -- Confucius "You have your brush, you have your colors, you paint paradise, then in you go." -- Nikos Kazantzakis "Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling." -- Margaret Lee Runbeck

Visualize What You Want

Make sure you visualize what you really want, not what someone else wants for you.--Jerry GilliesEach relationship nurtures a strength or weakness within you.--Mike Murdock A successful person is a dreamer whom someone believed in.--Source Unknown

The Key To All Success

"Action is the foundational key to all success."-- Pablo Picasso"For every minute of anger, you lose 60 seconds of happiness."-- Ralph Waldo Emerson"As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live."-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Open Hearted

"We are all here for a single purpose: to grow in wisdom and to learn to love better. We can do this through losing as well as through winning, by having and by not having, by succeeding or by failing. All we need to do is to show up openhearted for class." -- Rachel Naomi Remen "What you must dare is to be yourself." -- Dag Hammarskjold "It is in giving that we receive." -- St. Francis of Assisi

Web Of Life

Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.--Chief SeattleLife without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.--Kahlil GibranPeace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.--John F. Kennedy

Alter Attitude Of Mind

The greatest discovery of my generation is that man can alter his life simply by altering his attitude of mind.--William JamesThe greatest science in the world; in heaven and on earth; is love.--Mother TeresaIf you get up one more time than you fall, you will make it through. --Chinese Proverb

Want It Desperately

You can have anything you want if you want it desperately enough. You must want it with an exuberance that erupts through the skin and joins the energy that created the world.--Sheila GrahamTo understand your parents' love, you must raise children yourself.--Chinese proverbAll that we are is the result of what we have thought.--Buddha

Today Yesterday Tomorrow

"Nothing is worth more than this day. You cannot relive yesterday. Tomorrow is still beyond your reach." -- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe "A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided." -- Tony Robbins "You are always a valuable, worthwhile human being, not because anybody says so, not because you're successful, not because

Forgive Yourself and Move On

"When guilt rears its ugly head confront it, discuss it and let it go. The past is over. It is time to ask what can we do right, not what did we do wrong. Forgive yourself and move on."-- Bernie S. Siegel "Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, but the realization of how much you already have." "A joyful life is an individual creation that cannot be copied from a recipe."-- Mihaly

Forgiveness

The weak can never forgive. Forgivenessis the attitude of the strong. --Mahatma Ghandi The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.--Thomas J. Watson There is always room at the top.--Daniel Webster

Obstacles That You Have Overcome

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome. --Booker T. WashingtonA single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world. --Leo Buscaglia Life lived for tomorrow will always be just a day away from being realized. --Leo Buscaglia

Teamwork and Intelligence

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.--Michael JordanWe have not inherited the earth from our ancestors, we have only borrowed it from our children.People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges. --Joseph F. Newton Men

Vision With Venture

Vision is not enough, it must be combined with venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs. --Vaclav HavelIf we are incapable of finding peace in ourselves, it is pointless to search elsewhere.--Francois de la RochefoucauldDestiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. --William

Rekindle The Inner Spirit

In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit. --Albert SchweitzerFamily faces are magic mirrors. Looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present and future.--Gail Lumet BuckleyThe key elements in the art of working together are

If You Won't

The most practical, beautiful, workable philosophy won't work- if you won't. -- Zig ZiglarHugging has no unpleasant side effects and is all natural. There are no batteries to replace, it's inflation-proof and non-fattening with no monthly payments. It's non-taxable, non-polluting, and is, of course, fully refundable. Make it a bad moment, not a bad day. -- Katherine Mylius

Like An Egg

It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad. --C. S. Lewis We come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly. --Angelina Jolie If

Have No Regrets

"I enjoy every opportunity and live every moment. And that is why I have no regrets. It's when you are not scared of losing that you win everything."-- Shailendra Singh "I cannot do all the good that the world needs. But the world needs all the good that I can do."-- Jana Stanfied"We all have the extraordinary coded within us, waiting to be released."-- Jean Houston

Knew It Would Not Fail

What would you attempt to do if you knew you would not fail?--Dr. Robert SchullerTrue friends are those who, When you make a fool of yourself, Don't believe that this condition is permanent. --Erwin T. RandallSynergy is the highest activity of life; it creates new untapped alternatives; it values and exploits the mental, emotional, and psychological differences between people. --Stephen Covey

Love

"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage." -- Lao-Tzu"Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone; it had to be made, like bread, remade all the time, made new." -- Ursula Le GuinLove is the most priceless treasure life affords us.-- Alan Harris

Try In One's Life

There is only one-way in which one can endure man's inhumanity to man and that is to try, in one's own life, to exemplify man's humanity to man.--Alan PatonThe best relationship is the one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.None of us is as smart as all of us.--Ken Blanchard

Who Dared Believe

Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance. --Bruce BartonA successful team beats with one heart.Every person, all the events of your life are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you. --Richard Bach

Security Does Not Exist

"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing."-- Helen Keller"Life is an adventure in forgiveness."--Norman Cousins "I believe that you control your destiny, that you can be what you want to be."--Leo Buscaglia "In dreams begins responsibility."--William Butler Yeats

Life Hopes Dreams Goals

"Where there is life, there is hope. Where there are hopes,there are dreams. Where there are vivid dreams repeated, theybecome goals. Goals become the action plans and game plansthat winners dwell on in intricate detail, knowing thatachievement is almost automatic when the goal becomes an innercommitment. The response to the challenges of life --purpose -- is the healing balm that enables each of

Impossible and Possible

"The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person's determination."*-- Tommy Lasorda"The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.""Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything

When Defeat Comes

"When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are notsound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward yourcoveted goal." -- Napoleon Hill author of 1936 classic Think and Grow Rich"The way you give your name to others is a measure of how much youlike and respect yourself."--Brian Tracy"I acted like Cary Grant for so long that I became Cary Grant"- -Cary Grant

Learn To Be Happy First

"Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all thatyou want." --Jim Rohn"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Smallpeople always do that, but the really great make you feel that you,too, can become great." --Mark Twain"Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practicedevery day; while failure is simply a few errors in judgment,repeated every day.

Your Circumstances

"People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them." -- George Bernard Shaw, "Mrs. Warren's Profession," 1893 "Continuous effort--not strength or intelligence--is the key to unlocking our potential." --

Life Is No Brief Candle

"Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch whichI have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn asbrightly as possible before handing it on to future generations."-- George Bernard Shaw "Start with a picture of your goal as already achieved in the future,and work back to the present. Imagine the steps that you would havetaken to get from where you are now to

Likes a Compliment

"Everyone likes a compliment."*--Jim Rohn"Appreciate people. Nothing gives more joy thanappreciation."*-- Ruth Smeltzer "A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body - the wishbone."*-- Robert Frost"Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world."*-- Annie Lennox

Unremembered Kindness Love

"The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love."*-- William Wordsworth"My days of whining and complaining about others have come to an end. Nothing is easier than fault finding. All it will do is discolor my personality so that none will want to associate with me. That was my old life. No more."*-- Og Mandino"By nature we have no

Be Eager To Learn

Always be eager to learn, no matter how successful you might alreadybe. In the Millionaires' Club, we sometimes invite a billionaire tocome talk to us. He says, "Your doing okay, but come on. How about ifyou really poured it on."--Jim RohnMake a decision today to do something wonderful with your life.--Brian Tracy"Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue allthat you want." --Jim

Difficulties We Experience

"The difficulties we experience always illuminate the lessons we need most." *-- Unknown "Make one person happy each day, and in forty years you will have made 14,600 human beings happy for a little time, at least." *-- Charley Willey "The meaning of life is to give life meaning." *-- Ken Hudgins

Real Decision

"A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided." *-- Tony Robbins "Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant." *-- Robert Louis Stevenson "If your sunshine wants far outstrip your cold morning desire, have a talk with yourself. Then have a lot more talks with yourself.Convince number one that you

Tons of Discipline

"The one human quality that must be developed is self discipline forsuccess. The will power to force yourself to do what you know youshould do when you should do it, whether you like it or not, whetheryou feel like it or not. Success is tons of discipline."-- Brian Tracy "The measure of success is not whether you have a toughproblem to deal with, but whether it's the same problem youhad last

Never Short Sell Yourself

"Never sell yourself short. Anything anyone else has done, you canprobably do as well." The fastest way to improve your relationships is to make others feelimportant in every way possible--Brian Tracy We generally change ourselves for one of two reasons: inspiration ordesperation.--Jim Rohn

Dignity Of Choice

"Every life form seems to strive to its maximum except human beings.How tall will a tree grow? As tall as it possibly can. Human beings,on the other hand, have been given the dignity of choice. You canchoose to be all or you can choose to be less. Why not stretch up tothe full measure of the challenge and see what all you can do?"-- Jim Rohn "A smile is your greatest social asset."--Zig Ziglar "

Try Something

It is common sense to take a method and try it; if it fails, admit itfrankly and try another. But above all, try something.-- Franklin D. RooseveltLet others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argueover small things, but not you. Let others cry over smallhurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someoneelse's hands, but not you."-- Jim Rohn"No one can cheat you out of ultimate

Have Definite Practical Ideal

"First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, anobjective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve yourends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjustall your means to that end."*-- Aristotle {BC 384-322 Greek Philosopher}"In the final analysis there is no solution to man's progressbut the day's honest work, the day's honest decisions, theday's generous utterances and the

Bride Between Goals

"Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishments."*-- Jim Rohn"If one advances confidently in the direction of hisdreams, and endeavors to live a life which he hasimagined, he will meet with a success unexpected incommon hours."*-- Henry David Thoreau"Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see the beauty, believe in them, and

Concentrate Your Force

As the gardener, by severe pruning, forces the sap of the tree intoone or two vigorous limbs, so should you stop off your miscellaneousactivity and concentrate your force on one or a few points.--Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)Victory belongs to the most persevering." --Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) "I used to say, 'I sure hope things will change.' Then I learned that the only way things are

Makes You Stronger

"What does not kill me makes me stronger."--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) "The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be awareof what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could havematerialized--never knowing." --Jim Rohn "Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by anotherhuman being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to

Accept the Signal

"When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are notsound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward yourcoveted goal."-- Napoleon Hill "You can accomplish virtually anything if you want it badly enoughand if you are willing to work long enough and hard enough."-- Brian Tracy "Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we often mightwin, by fearing to attempt." --

Act Boldly

Act Boldly and unseen forces will come to your aid."Never sell yourself short. Anything anyone else has done, you canprobably do as well."-Brian Tracy "Well done is better than well said."-Ben Franklin

Don't Give Up

"Don't give up at half-time. Concentrate on winning the secondhalf." *-- Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant "Let a person rejoice when he is confronted with obstacles, for it means that he has reached the end of some particular line of indifference or folly, and is now called upon to summon up all his energy and intelligence in order to extricate himself, and to find a better way; that the powers within

Habit of Mind

"Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate.So practice happy thinking every day. Cultivate the merry heart,develop the happiness habit, and life will become a continual feast."*-- Norman Vincent Peale"Don't let yesterday take up too much of today." *-- Will Rogers "Others will underestimate us, for although we judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing,others judge us only by

Our Own Responsibility

"One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And, the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility."*-- Eleanor Roosevelt"Don't let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was."*-- Richard Evans"Courage is not

Human Nature

"Something in human nature causes us to start slacking off at our moment of greatest accomplishment. As you become successful, you will need a great deal of self-discipline not to lose your sense of balance, humility and commitment."*-- H. Ross Perot"Motivation is the fuel necessary to keep the human engine running."*-- Zig Ziglar"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives."*--

Keep Moving

Achievement seems to be connected with action. Successful men and women keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit."-- Conrad Hilton1887-1979, Founder of Hilton Hotels "Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right."-- Henry Ford "You can't expect to prevent negative feelings altogether. And you can't expect to experience positive feelings all the time...The Law of

Sincere Appreciation

"You have it easily in your power to increase the sum total ofthis world's happiness now. How? By giving a few words ofsincere appreciation to someone who is lonely or discouraged.Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today,but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime."-- Dale Carnegie"You can't give away something that you don't have; you can't makeothers happy if you are

Pessimist Never Discovered

"No PESSIMIST ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed toan uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit."-- Helen Keller "Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all thatyou want."-- Jim Rohn "It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about." --Dale Carnegie (

Don't Be Sorry

"When looking back, usually I'm more sorry for the things Ididn't do than for the things I shouldn't have done."--Malcolm Forbes"Be kind and merciful. Let no one ever come toyou without coming away better and happier."-- Mother Theresa "A person who is nice to you, but rude to thewaiter, is not a nice person."-- Dave Barry

Their Attitudes

"Eagles come in all shapes and sizes, but you will recognize themchiefly by their attitudes."*-- Charles Prestwich Scott "Be like a postage stamp. Stick to it until you get there."*-- Bob Proctor"I do not fear failure. I only fear the "slowing up" of the engineinside of me which is pounding, saying, "Keep going, someone must beon top,why not you?"*-- Gen. George S. Patton jr.

Work Hard At It

"I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win--if you don't, you won't."*-- Bruce Jenner, Olympic Gold Medalist, Decathlon"In every success story, you find someone who has made a courageous decision."*-- Peter F. Drucker"It is one of

The Challenges

"Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration ofvictory." -- General George S. Patton"Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours." --Dale Carnegie (1888-1955) Scottish-born American industrialist, philanthropist, educator "The most

Someone Must Be On Top

I do not fear failure. I only fear the "slowing up" of the engineinside of me which is pounding, saying, "Keep going, someone must beon top,why not you?"--Gen. George S. Patton jr. "The kindest thing you can do for the people you care about is tobecome a happy, joyous person."--Brian Tracy "Don't mistake movement for achievement. It's easy to get faked out by being busy. The question is: Busy