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