First Be Who You Really Are

--------------------------Quotations for Today--------------------------"Often people attempt to live their lives backwards: they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want so they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then, do what you need to do, in order to have what you want."-- Margaret Young"Help

Alter Life By Altering Attitudes

--------------------------Quotations for Today--------------------------"The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind." -- William JamesThought Of The Day Our attitude is our personal boomerang to the world - whatever we throw out will come back to us. Expressenthusiasm and it comes back. Offer a smile and it is returned.

Making Time Count

--------------------------Quotations for Today--------------------------"Counting time is not nearly as importantas making time count." -- AnonymousThought Of The Day :Start each day with a meditation or prayer. Refresh your mind and refocus your heart on what you are passionate about. Concentrate on one new thing you can do today to deepen your passion. "Happiness is not a goal; it is a

Happiness More Inward Disposition

--------------------------Quotations for Today--------------------------"Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances."-- Benjamin Franklin"We must love one another or die." --W.H. Auden"Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it."--Helen Keller"You can be greater than anything that can happen to you."--Norman Vincent

Steadily Raise Level of Asipiration

--------------------------Quotations for Today--------------------------"A successful individual typically sets his next goal somewhat but not too much above his last achievement. In this way he steadily raises his level of aspiration."-- Kurt Lewin"Who would live and not love?"-- Rachel Russell "No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see the possibilities –

Look Within and Discover

--------------------------Quotations for Today--------------------------"Eventually we grow weary of seeking treasures outside ourselves and we begin to look within. There we discover that the gold we sought, we already are."-- Alan Cohen"I go by instinct...I don't worry about experience."-- Barbra Streisand"The purpose of life is a life of purpose."-- Robert Byrne "Growth begins when we start to

Pick Up The Mug and Throw Back

--------------------------Quotations for Today--------------------------"If criticism is mistaken or mean-spirited, rise above it. Maintain the high ground when you're under fire. No victory is worth winning at the expense of picking up the mud that has been slung at you and throwing it back."-- Rubel Shelly"Happiness is contagious....Be a carrier!""If you are not afraid to face the music,

The Strength That Came About

--------------------------Quotations for Today--------------------------"Strength is the matter of the made-up mind."-- John Beecher"Loyalty is what we seek in friendships."--Cicero"There is no security on this earth. Only opportunity."-- Gen. Douglas MacArthur"Acquaintance, n.: A person whom we know well enough to borrowfrom, but not well enough to lend to."-- Ambrose Bierce

Find Our True Direction

--------------------------Quotations for Today--------------------------"Sometimes in the winds of change we find our true direction." -- UnknownThought Of The Day :Embrace change in your life! The root word for “motivation” is “move” and movement is change. Ask yourself right now…Am I moving forward, or standing still?Do I have the career that I love? Am I pleased with the relationship I have

Feeling of Inferior

--------------------------Quotations for Today--------------------------"Remember, no one can make you feel inferior without your consent." -- Eleanor Roosevelt"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 AureliusThought Of The Day :We all have excess baggage that we desperately need to let go of. We

Purge Yourself

--------------------------Quotations for Today--------------------------"Sometimes you've got to let everything go - purge yourself. If you are unhappy with anything - whatever is bringing you down, get rid of it. Because you'll find that when you're free, your true creativity, your true self comes out."-- Tina Turner"There are some people who can't say the words "I love you," but they can sure

Asking For Happiness

--------------------------Quotations for Today--------------------------"Most people ask for happiness on condition. Happiness can only be felt if you don't set any condition."-- Arthur Rubinstein"To be alive at all involves some risk."-- Harold MacMillan"Find a need and fill it."-- Ruth Strafford Peale"Bloom where you are planted."-- A Wise Person

Take Time To Enjoy

--------------------------Quotations for Today--------------------------"We're so busy watching out for what's just ahead of us that we don't take time to enjoy where we are."-- Calvin & Hobbes"Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within."--James Baldwin"I have yet to find the man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put

Life The Game of Boomerangs

--------------------------Quotations for Today--------------------------"The game of life is the game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later, with astounding accuracy."-- Florence Shinn"Laughter is the one form of communication every culture can understand."-- A Wise Person"You are not your job, status or bank account; you are who you think you are."-- A Wise

Success Needs Effort

--------------------------Quotations for Today--------------------------"Success is dependent on effort."--Sophocles"Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends."-- Shirley MacLaine"The doors of wisdom are never shut. The doors of wisdom are never shut."-- Benjamin FranklinWHAT'S LOVE?Love is...What makes a weak man brave And a king step off his throne Good times, bad times Easy times,

The Great Power

--------------------------Quotations for Today--------------------------"The greatest power that a person possesses is the power to choose."-- J. Martin Kohe"The only thing even in this world are the number of hours in a day. The difference in winning or losing is what you do with those hours."-- Woody HayesThought Of The Day :There is a story told by an old Indian:“On my shoulders are two wolves

Definition of Success

--------------------------Quotations for Today--------------------------"Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal."-- Earl Nightingale "The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it is the same problem you had last year."-- John Foster DullesThought Of The Day :Based on Earl’s and John quote above, let’s define success. Success is…-

Do It Without Thought Of Failure

--------------------------Quotations for Today--------------------------"What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?"-- Dr. Robert Schuller"The greatest possession we have costs nothing, it's known as love.A personal greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated." -- Brian Jett"Energy is the essence of life. Every day you decide how you're going to use it by knowing what you

The Universe Never Owes Us

--------------------------Quotations for Today--------------------------"Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first."-- Mark Twain"Love is metaphysical gravity."-- Buckminster Fuller"Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh."--George Bernard Shaw"The thought manifests as the word.

You Have This Moment To Sparkle

--------------------------Quotations for Today--------------------------"Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not on this earth for eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand and melting like a snowflake."-- Marie Beynon Ray"Love is like playing the piano. First you must learn to play by the rules, then you must forget the rules and play from your heart."-- A

Life Is Something You Create

--------------------------Quotations for Today--------------------------"People talk about finding their lives. In reality, your life is not something you find - it's something you create."-- David Phillips"If you're angry with a loved one, hug that person. And mean it. You may not want to hug - which is all the more reason to do so. It's hard to stay angry when someone shows they love you,

Get Your Values Clear

--------------------------Quotations for Today--------------------------"When your values are clear to you,making decisions becomes easier." -- Rod Disney"The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice."-- George EliotThought Of The Day :Make a list of your personal core values. Start witha personal brainstorming session. Don't feel like you have to do it all in one sitting. Set a

Take Care of Each Moments

--------------------------Quotations for Today--------------------------"If we take care of the moments, theyears will take care of themselves." -- Maria Edgeworth"Every man is the architect of his own fortune."-- Sallust--------------------Thought Of The Day :--------------------Precious moments with your children…where did they go? Lost minutes stretch into hours, then days. Lost yesterdays

Fast Forward 20 Years What Will Be Your Regret

--------------------------Quotations for Today--------------------------"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by thethings you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off thebowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade-windsin your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." -- Mark Twain"Do not try to exert your will upon the formless to compel it to give you more vitality

Own Resolution To Succeed

--------------------------Quotations for Today--------------------------"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other."-- Abraham Lincoln "The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend."-- Abraham Lincoln"Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the

Ninety-Nine Percent Excuses

--------------------------Quotations for Today--------------------------"Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses."-- George Washington Carver"You can fool all the people some of th"e time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time."-- Abraham Lincoln "An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of

Everyone Will Have Been All Of These

--------------------------Quotations for Today--------------------------"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 someday in your life you will have been all of these."-- George Washington Carver"Everybody likes a compliment."-- Abraham Lincoln "I love to think of

Determined Spirits Unquenchable Faith

--------------------------Quotations for Today--------------------------"A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history."--Mohandas Gandhi "If you look for the bad in people expecting to find it, you surely will."-- Abraham Lincoln"Where there is no vision, there is no hope."-- George Washington Carver"You will believe that the

Your Highest Aspirations

--------------------------Quotations for Today-------------------------- "Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead."-- Louisa May Alcott"Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish."-- Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)Thought Of The Day :Establish your set of

The Wonderful Things About Appreciation

--------------------------Quotations for Today--------------------------"Appreciation is a wonderful thing: it makes whatis excellent in others belong to us as well." -- Voltaire"Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names." -- John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963)Thought Of The Day :Every year there is a special day approaching...Your Mother's or Father BirthDay!Be sure to send your special