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