Kindness Begets Kindness

"Be a positive, optimistic and kind person.  Whether you are a happy or unhappy person depends largely on yourself.  Negative and pessimistic people are generally unhappy people.  Be kind to others.  Kindness begets kindness."

-- Tommy Koh


"Just as surely as distress must follow self-deceit, healing must follow self-honesty."

-- Vernon Howard


"I have the audacity to believe that people

Happy 2013 to You

H ours of happy times with friends and family
A bundant time for relaxation
P rosperity
P lenty of love when you need it the most
Y outhful excitement at life's simple pleasures
N ights of restful slumber
E verything you need
W ishing you love and light
Y ears and years of good health
E njoyment and mirth
A ngels to watch over you
R embrances of a happy year!

Gratitude Super-Charge Success

"Your attitude about your life and how much gratitude you show on a daily basis can greatly impact your success.  In fact, the more grateful you are for what you already have (however minimal it may be), the faster you can achieve the success that you are looking for."

-- Denise Gosnell


"Let your intentions be good - embodied in good thoughts, cheerful words, and unselfish deeds - and the

Change Your World

"You can change your world!  To achieve anything worthwhile in life it is necessary to set high goals for yourself and want to achieve them.  Have you thought about the high goals you would like to achieve?"

-- W. Clement Stone


"Properly practiced, knitting soothes the troubled spirit, and it doesn't hurt the untroubled spirit either."

-- Elizabeth Zimmermann


"The spiritual life is a call

Show Some Resilience

"We all mess up from time to time.  We all disappoint people now and again.  We all have our failures.  We all endure our share of troubles.  We need to accept that, show some resilience and keep pressing forward."

-- Gary Hayden


"We're so engaged in doing things to achieve purposes of outer value that we forget the inner value. The rapture that is associated with being alive is what it is

Worry a Waste of Time

"In fact, worry is more than just a waste of time.  It is also, in the main, a destructive and self-defeating state of mind.  It drains us of energy, clouds our judgment, robs us of sleep, makes us irritable and nervous, and makes us more prone to making mistakes."

-- Gary Hayden


"Nothing that is done for you is a matter of course. Everything originates in a will for the good, which is

Narrow Your Focus

"Although it may seem counterintuitive, the more narrow your focus, the wider a net you can cast."

-- Steve Olsher


"There are no guarantees. From the viewpoint of fear, none are strong enough. From the viewpoint of love, none are necessary."

-- Emmanuel


"When you start using senses you’ve neglected, your reward is to see the world with completely fresh eyes."

-- Barbara Sher


"Stories

Happy and Merry Christmas 2013

"Christmas is not in tinsel and lights and outward show. The secret lies in an inner glow. It's lighting a fire inside the heart. Good will and joy a vital part. It's higher thought and a greater plan. It's glorious dream in the soul of man."?

-- Wilfred A. Peterson (The Art of Living)


"Teach us to value most eternal things.
To find the happiness that giving brings.
To know the peace of misty

Guilt Over Stupid Things

"The thing you need to realize is that guilt over stupid things will keep you from getting what you want out of life.  By stupid things, I mean situations and events that you cannot possibly have any control over."

-- Rolf Nabb


"Higher consciousness, enLIGHTenment, comes from meaningful experiences and lessons passed with the understanding that there truly is only one law - the Law of Love.

Expect Success

"If you expect the best, you are much more likely to get it.  If you expect a happy life, you will be more likely to get it.  And if you expect that you're going to succeed, you will."

-- Rolf Nabb


"The soil is the great connector of lives, the source and destination of all. It is the healer and restorer and resurrector, by which disease passes into health, age into youth, death into life."

Dare To Manifest

"Dare to manifest and go for the gusto.  Be responsible in your quests, but never sell yourself short.  Always focus on the important things in life."

-- Rolf Nabb


"In the sweet territory of silence we touch the mystery. It's the place of reflection and contemplation, and it's the place where we can connect with the deep knowing, to the deep wisdom way."

-- Angeles Arrien


"Simplicity is

Live Your Life

"Dream your dreams and live your life.  Good things will happen.  Stop worrying and you'll get what you want."

-- Rolf Nabb


"If you are ready to accept all which you find in yourself, you will be able to move through everything with deep sensitivity, awareness, love and understanding."

-- Gerd Ziegler


"Love is something that if you give it away, give it away, you end up having more."

--

Fear of Past

"We can't fear the past. Fear is a future thing. And since the future's all in our heads, fear must be a head thing."

-- Tom Payne


"Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers you."

-- Wayne Dyer


"Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your modus operandi and change your world."

-- Annie Lennox


"Every child begins the world again."

-- Henry

Time is Eternity

"Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity."

-- Henry Van Dyke


"There is that part of ourselves that feels ugly, deformed, unacceptable. That part, above all, we must learn to cherish, embrace, and call by name."

-- Macrina Wiederkehr


"You cannot dream yourself

Life is Yours

"Be happy.  Don't let your concerns of other people hold you back.  Just release.  Just let it go.  Your life is your own.  Live it."

-- Rolf Nabb


"Should I get lost, just point me in the direction of a poem."

-- Betty Bleen


"Love is the first ingredient in the relief of suffering."

-- Padre Pio


"Your thoughts, words and deeds are painting the world around you."

-- Jewel Diamond Taylor

Life is a Gift

"Life itself is a gift.  If you can start being thankful, then you will start sending out a vibe of appreciation.  Don't you want to give more to people who appreciate it than you do to people who take your gifts for granted?  This is how the Law of Attraction works.  Be thankful and the universe will give you more.  It's that simple."

-- Rolf Nabb


"If you want to build a ship, dont drum up

The Little Opportunities

"Sometimes the little opportunities that fly at us each day can have the biggest impact."

-- Danny Wallace


"Try to make at least one person happy every day. If you cannot do a kind deed, speak a kind word. If you cannot speak a kind word, think a kind thought."

-- Lawrence G. Lovasik


"The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives."

--

Nothing Holding You

"Your job is to tell yourself that regardless of what your source of information is, there is nothing holding you back from achieving whatever it is that you want to achieve."

-- Rolf Nabb


"Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer."

-- Rainer Maria Rilke


"I feel the capacity to care is the

Mechanics of Law of Attraction

"When it comes to the mechanics of utilizing the Law of Attraction, there is nothing more important than manifesting.  This is because it is the first step towards making it happen."

-- Rolf Nabb


"Have compassion for everyone you meet, even if they don't want it. What appears bad manners, an ill temper or cynicism is always a sign of things no ears have heard, no eyes have seen. You do not

You Control Your Destiny

"You can do anything you want because you control your destiny.  It's not your goals that are evading you, it's the way to achieve them."

-- Rolf Nabb


"What each must seek in his life never was on land or sea. It is something out of his own unique potentiality for experience, something that never has been and never could have been experienced by anyone else."

-- Joseph Campbell


"I said

Know Where You Wish To Go

"You have to know where you want to go in life if you truly want to be happy.  Sure, sometimes you'll luck into a good situation, but most of the time, you'll just end up in a place that is merely acceptable."

-- Rolf Nabb


"Chose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life."

-- Confucius


"There is a thought in your mind right now. The longer you hold on to it, the

Overcome Your Problem

"Problems are there to provide lessons in our life.  If we don't overcome a problem it keeps reoccuring until we master it.  This is a lot like repeating a subject at school until we pass."

-- Rubert McKerron


"Embrace relational uncertainty. It's called romance. Embrace spiritual uncertainty. It's called mystery. Embrace occupational uncertainty. It's called destiny. Embrace emotional

Why Do Things You Like

"It is important to do things in life that you like.  Life is simply a never ending series of challenges.  When we are doing things we like, life's problems seem less daunting."

-- Rubert McKerron


"Don't be content in your life just to do no wrong. Be prepared every day to try to do some good."

-- Nicholas Winton


"Educate a boy, and you educate an individual. Educate a girl, and you

Failure Is Feedback

"Failure for most people is simply that...failure.  There is no honor or valor in failure.  Even saying the word aloud stings.  This is ridiculous!  From walking and learning to speak as a child to our early education and trying to learn any skill --- we fail more that we succeed.  It is only through this failure that our success and victories can eventually bloom."

-- Frank F. Lunn


"Never

Where Happiness Springs

"Money may give us independence, but it does not necessarily bring us happiness.  Happiness springs from fulfilling our purpose in life and reaching a state of being where work is fun and fun is work."

-- Rubert McKerron


"Life is your art. An open, aware heart is your camera. A oneness with your world is your film."

-- Ansel Adams


"Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small

Self Confidence

"Gaining control over your little voice will help you love yourself by getting rid of all undermining thoughts, worries and anxieties that come from an undisciplined little voice."

-- Rubert McKerron


"The part can never be well unless the whole is well."

-- Plato


"There is virtue in work and there is virtue in rest. Use both and overlook neither."

-- Alan Cohen


"He who obtains has

Intuition Communicating

"Even though some feelings seem to have no logical cause, often when you have a feeling or hunch about a place or a person it is you subconscious communicating with you."

-- Rubert McKerron


"The center of human nature is rooted in ten thousand ordinary acts of kindness that define our days."

-- Stephen Jay Gould


"Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the selfsame well from which your

Doing Your Best

"It helps to acknowledge that there will always be somebody better than you at most things.  There is no point beating yourself up about this, only remember that when you are doing your best, you are doing everything possible to make your dreams come true."

-- Rubert McKerron


"Much of what was said did not matter, and much of what mattered could not be said."

-- Katherine Boo


"Do more than

Fear of Failing

"Fear of failure often stops us from trying something new and is something we need to overcome in order to achieve our goals."

-- Rolf Nabb


"Human life runs its course in the metamorphosis between receiving and giving."

-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


"In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn."

-- Phil Collins


"In time of care and sorrow, keep a fountain of joy alive in

Know What You Want

"If you know what you want out of life, isn't it just as important to know just how much you need in order to attain it?  This will only help you to attract it."

-- Rolf Nabb


"The only way love can last a lifetime is if it's unconditional. The truth is this: love is not determined by the one being loved but rather by the one choosing to love."

-- Stephen Kendrick


"Nobody is bored when he

Happiness into Your Soul

"When you do not know what to do or which way to turn, smile.  This will relax your mind and let the sunshine of happiness into your soul."

-- Napoleon Hill


"Somewhere we know that without silence words lose their meaning, that without listening speaking no longer heals, that without distance closeness cannot cure."

-- Henri Nouwen


"A single act of kindness throws out roots in all

Years In Your Life

"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count.  It's the life in your years."

-- Abraham Lincoln


"The education of attention would be an education par excellence."

-- William James


"Dreams are the touchstones of our character."

-- Henry David Thoreau


"It is in the shelter of each other that the people live."

-- Irish proverb

Step Into Higher Plane

"The possibility of stepping into a higher plane is quite real for everyone.  It requires no force or effort or sacrifice.  It involves little more than changing our ideas about what is normal."

-- Deepak Chopra


"To think creatively, we must be able to look afresh at what we normally take for granted."

-- George Kneller


"We must begin thinking like a river if we are to leave a legacy of

Be An Optimists

"It's a fact that optimists live longer than pessimists.  It's also true that if you can see the brighter side of things you tend to be happier."

-- Dr Pam Spurr


"When you listen, it's amazing what you can learn. When you act on what you've learned, it's amazing what you can change."

-- Audrey McLaughlin


"Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those

Accept Your Present Self

"By accepting yourself in the present, you can add to who you are rather than thinking that you will be OK if you make certain changes.  The difference is powerful."

-- Kristina Von Rosenvinge


"The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn."

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson


"When people go to work they shouldn't have to leave their hearts at home."

-- Betty Bender


"Be content with what you

Soul Awake

"Hope is the dream of a soul awake."

-- French proverb


"God doesn't care who you were, he only cares who you are."

-- Motivationstuff.com


"Compassion is to share the pain without sharing the suffering."

-- Shinzen Young


"I don't remember who said this, but there really are places in the heart you don't even know exist until you love a child."

-- Anne Lamott

We Eventually Move Forward

"Despite the ill effects of loss, we all possess a strength buried within us to overcome the loss, build back our lives and eventually move forward again."

-- Donna Marie Thompson, Ph.D


"Unable are the loved to die. For love is immortality."

-- Emily Dickinson


"It is never too late to be what you might have been."

-- George Eliot


"Reexamine all that you have been told in school, or in

Faced with a Choice

"Whenever you are faced with a choice, a decision, or an opportunity, choose in favor of your passions."

-- Janet Bray Attwood and Chris Attwood


"You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. You can't save the people if you don't serve the people."

- Cornel West


"Death helps us to see what is worth trusting and loving and what is a waste of time."

-- J. Neville Ward


"Our

Key of Life

"The key of all life is value.  Value is not what you get, it's what you give."

-- Jay Abraham


"Life offers its wisdom generously. Everything teaches. Not everyone learns."

-- Rachel Naomi Remen


"The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled."

-- Plutarch


"Spiritual growth is not made in reaction against, for all striving against imposed restrictions is imaginary.

Let Nature Guide You

"Nature will guide you every step of the way when you listen to her messages."

-- Janet Bray Attwood and Chris Attwood


"Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it."

-- Lou Holtz


"Consciousness is the basis of all life and the field of all possibilities. Its nature is to expand and unfold its full potential. The impulse

Done All We Can

"When we have done all we can do, remarkable things happen when we surrender."

-- Debbie Ford


"Why not go out on a limb? That's where the fruit is."

-- Will Rogers


"Each detail in a city should reflect that human beings are sacred."

-- Enrique Penalosa


"We lie in the lap of immense intelligence."

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Combination of Thought and Love

"It is the combination of thought and love which forms the irresistible force of the law of attraction."

-- Charles Haanel


"Even though you may want to move forward in your life, you may have one foot on the brakes. In order to be free, we must learn how to let go. Release the hurt. Release the fear. Refuse to entertain your old pain. The energy it takes to hang onto the past is holding you

Most Important Passions

"When you are aligned with your deepest most important passions, the ups and downs of daily life won't be able to throw you off track."

-- Janet Bray Attwood and Chris Attwood


"Take your life in your own hands and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame."

-- Erica Jong


"There are no traffic jams when you go the extra mile."

-- Zig Ziglar


"Even though you may want to move

Be Committed

"Until you are committed, nothing will happen for you.  There is nothing more important to creating your passionate life that your unshakable commitment to choosing in favour of your passions."

-- Janet Bray Attwood and Chris Attwood


"How beautiful can life be? We hardly dare imagine it."

-- Charles Eisenstein


"A loving heart is the truest wisdom."

-- Charles Dickens


"I never know what

Live With A Why

"He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how."

-- Friedrich Nietzche


"It may be that when we no longer know which way to go that we have come to our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings."

-- Wendell Berry


"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant."

-- Robert Louis Stevenson


"

Life Can Be Better

"When you realize that every part of your life is working to bring you closer to knowing your true nature more completely, life can only get better."

-- Janet Bray Attwood and Chris Attwood


"Art is not what you see, but what you make others see."

-- Edgar Degas


"Happiness is a skill. It requires effort and time."

-- Andrew Weil


"I know there is strength in the differences between us. I

Your Life Created

"Your life is created first in your mind, then in the world."

-- Janet Bray Attwood and Chris Attwood


"The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers. But above all, the world needs dreamers who do."

-- Sarah Ban Breathnach


"Don't be put off by people who know what is not possible. Do what needs to be done, and check to see if it was impossible

only after you are done."

-- Paul

Power of Nature

"When things happen that are not what you had planned, expected or wanted, let go of your own will and open up to God's will, to that perfect organizing power of Nature."

-- Janet Bray Attwood and Chris Attwood


"To be human is to be aware of the passage of time; no concept lies closer to the core of our consciousness."

-- Dan Falk


"If we live truly, we shall see truly."

- Ralph Waldo

Every Moment Is a Gift

"Every moment is a gift, when we stay open to what is appearing now."

-- Janet and Chris Attwood


"Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something."

-- Steve Jobs


"In life, it is never the big battle, the big moment, the big speech, the big election. That does not

In Work We Enjoy

"We are at our very best and we are happiest when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy, on the journey toward the goal we've established for ourselves.  It gives meaning to our time off and comfort to our sleep.  It makes everything else in life so wonderful, so worthwhile."

-- Earl Nightingale


"Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished. If you're alive, it isn't."

Find Greatest Happiness

"The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it."

-- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe


"Man learns through experience, and the spiritual path is full of different kinds of experiences. He will encounter many difficulties and obstacles, and they are the very experiences he needs to encourage and complete the cleansing process."

-- Sai Baba


"The

Find Those Orders

"God has given each of us our 'marching orders'.  Our purpose here on Earth is to find those orders and carry them out.  Those orders acknowledge our special gifts."

-- Soren Kierkegaard


"To attain well-being, we need to take care not only of our bodies but also of our minds. Mindfulness practice is central to seeing the interdependence of mind and body."

-- Lilian Cheung, Thich Nhat Hanh

Grow Into a Mountain

"I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand.  Henceforth will I apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy."

-- Og Mandino


"It is not by your actions that you will be saved, but by your being."

-- Meister Eckhart


"In ordnary life we hardly realize that we

Follow Your Bliss

"When you follow your bliss, doors will open where you would not have thought, there would be doors and where there wouldn't be a door for anyone else."

-- Joseph Campbell


"The way we talk to our children becomes their inner voice."

-- Peggy O' Mara


"Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling."

-- Margaret Lee Runbeck


"What you are is what you have been. What

Doing It Naturally

"No matter where you are or what you're going through, you are creating your world through what you put your attention on.  You don't have to try. You do it naturally."

-- Janet Bray Attwood and Chris Attwood


"When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others."

-- Peace PIlgrim


"Free your heart from hatred -- forgive. Free your mind from

Your Attention Grows Stronger

"What you put your attention on grows stronger in your life.  This means developing the habit of giving attention to everything that supports your intention and being different to those things that do not."

-- Janet Bray Attwood and Chris Attwood


"Only those who risk going too far will ever know how far they can go."

-- T.S. Eliot


"The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather

Constantly Creating Your Llife

"You are constantly creating your life.  We all are.  We create our life out of the things to which we give our attention.  And you attract into your life more of what you put attention on."

-- Janet Bray Attwood and Chris Attwood


"To live in the hearts we leave behind is not to die."

-- Thomas Campbell


"Giving of any kind... taking an action... begins the process of change, and moves us

One Thinks and Acts

"Character isn't inherited.  One builds it daily by the way one thinks and acts, thought by thought, action by action."

-- Helen Gahagan Douglas


"What you bring forth out of yourself from the inside will save you. What you do not bring forth out of yourself from the inside will destroy you."

-- Gospel of Thomas


"In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change."

-- Thich Nhat Hanh


"

Live Each Moments To Fullest

"I choose to live each moments to the fullest, one day at a time.  I let go of the past and know that my future will be bright and happy because I live from love, trust and faith.  Divine order is taking place in my life right now."

-- Susan Smith Jones, PHD


"People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is

Do Your Best Each Day

"Do your best each day to simplify your life and to value and experience the preciousness of nature and every moment.  Rather than living with continual five of ten year plans, concentrate on living one day at a time, continuing to ask for guidance and directiion each day."

-- Susan Smith Jones, PHD


"Good for the body is the work of the body, good for the soul the work of the soul, and good

Power of Smiling

"Think about the power of smiling.  Everyone can do it.  It takes seventeen muscles to smile and forty-seven muscles to frown.  It's so simple and yet so effective.  Learn to smile sincerely, from your heart.  No matter the circumstances, no matter how challenging the situation, put on a happy face."

-- Susan Smith Jones, PHD


"No man has a chance to enjoy permanent success until he begins to

Simplification of Life

"The simplification of life is one of the steps to inner peace.  A persistent simplification will create an inner and outer well-being that places harmony in one's life."

-- Peace Pilgrim


"Optimism is invaluable for the meaningful life. With a firm belief in a positive future you can throw yourself into the service of that which is larger than you are."

-- Martin Seligman


"One word frees

Focus On What We Love

"When we focus on what we love, we fashion our life around our inner knowledge.  We live the life we choose, surrounding ourselves with people we love and objects that hold great meaning.  Home is a good place to begin our concentration because it is our emotional center.  Then we can branch out in all directions, spreading the light of our true essence and heart's desire."

-- Alexandra

Perseverance More Prevailing

"Perseverance is more prevailing than violence and many things that cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little."

-- Plutarch


"The message we give our bodies -- one of irritation or acceptance -- is the message to which our bodies will answer."

-- Deb Shapiro, Your Body Speaks Your Mind


"Set me a task in which I can put something of my very

I Will Not Quit

"When faced with a mountain, I will not quit!  I will keep on striving until I climb over, find a pass through, tunnel underneath, or simply stay and turn the mountain into a gold mine, with God's help!"

-- Robert H. Schuller


"Everything in life can be nourishing. Everything can bless us, but we've got to be there for the blessing to occur. Being present with quality is a decision we are

Seeds You Plant

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant."

-- Robert Louis Stevenson


"The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education."

-- Albert Einstein


"Utilizing your conscious mind to direct the subconscious mind to enter into communication and harmony with the universal mind is the secret of personal power."

-- Delfin Knowledge System


"The best gifts

One Thing Learned

"If I've learned one thing in life, it's 'Stand for something or you'll fall for anything.'"

-- Bonnie Hunt


"Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do."

-- John Wooden



"There are no limitations to the self except those you believe in."

-- Seth


"If you accept a limiting belief, then it will become a truth for you."

-- Louise Hay

Enthusiasm and Confidence

"I greet this day with enthusiasm and confidence.  It feels like I'm walking on air.  With enthusiasm, I can be happy and successful at whatever I choose to do."

-- Susan Smith Jones, PHD


"Belief has the word ‘lie’ in it... and that pretty much sums up what the world has us believing about ourselves."

-- Doug Firebaugh


"We are what we believe we are."

-- Benjamin N. Cardozo


"Our

Greatest Human Blessings

"The wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings."

-- Hippocrates


"No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be true."

-- Nathaniel Hawthorne


"Happiness is like jam, you can't spread even a little without getting some on yourself."

- Vern McLellan


"The

Mistakes Seldom Permanent

"Mistakes are very seldom permanent, most of them can be fixed with less difficulty and drama than one imagines, and there's nothing shameful about them.  There is, however, something sad and limiting about the fear of making them."

-- Peter Buffett


"Emotions are the next frontier to be understood and conquered. To manage our emotions is not to drug them or suppress them, but to understand

Be Patient and Peace Today

"I am patient and peace today and I welcome change in my life.  Everything is working harmoniously for me, for I am a child of Divine.  I listen patiently for the inner voice to give me guidance."

-- Susan Smith Jones, PHD


"An open ear is the only believable sign of an open heart."

-- David Augsburger


"Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing."

-- Oscar Wilde

That Makes Life Blessed

"It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do that makes life blessed."

-- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe


"Any great achievement is preceded by many difficulties and many lessons; great achievements are not possible without them."

-- Brian Tracey


"Anything I've ever done that ultimately was worthwhile... initially scared me to death."

-- Betty Bender


"Our

Why Not

"Some men see things as they are and say 'Why?'  I dream of things that never were and say, 'Why not?'"

-- George Bernard Shaw


"Without empathy there is no way forward for civilization."

-- James O'dea


"All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened."

-- Hermann Hesse (Demian)


"All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed

Live The Life

"Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself.  Go forward and make your dreams come true."

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson


"Can it then be that what we call the ‘self’ is fluid and elastic? It evolves, strikes a different balance with every new breath."

-- Wayne Muller


"I want to bring what is good about the internet and relocate it from the ephemeral everywhere and nowhere plane and

Wisdom Is

"Wisdom is avoiding all thoughts that weaken you."

-- Louise L. Hay


"Too often we visit the well of divine abundance with a teacup instead of a bucket."

-- Elinor Macdonald


"The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor."

-- Hubert Humphrey


"We plant seeds that will flower as results in our lives, so best to remove the weeds of anger, avarice, envy,

Attitude Towards Them

"The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves but in our attitude toward them."

-- Antoine De Saint-Exupery


"To be healthy, wealthy, happy and successful in any and all areas of your life you need to be aware that you need to think healthy, wealthy, and happy and successful thoughts twenty-four hours a day and cancel all negative, destructive, fearful and unhappy thoughts. These

Leave a Trail

"Do not go where the path may lead.  Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson


"There cannot be a sense of abundance or the experience of prosperity without appreciation. You cannot find beauty unless you appreciate beauty. You cannot find friendship unless you appreciate others. You cannot find love unless you appreciate loving and being loved. If you wish

Harmony With Higher Self

"Know that when you are in harmony with your higher self, and you realize the light within you is not unlike the light in God, then in the face of all change, anything is possible."

-- Susan Smith Jones, PHD


"Riches are not from abundance of worldly goods, but from a contented mind."

-- Mohammed


"Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going too fast -- you also

Life True Security

"The only true security in life comes from knowing that every single day you are improving yourself in some way, that you are increasing the caliber of who you are and that you are valuable to your company, your friends and your family."

-- Anthony Robbins


"Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance."

-- John Petit-Senn


"If you play it safe in life you've decided that

Mind Conceive and Believe

"What the mind of man can conceive and believe, the mind of man can achieve with Positive Mental Attitude.  It is a form of self-suggestion.  It is a self-motivator to success.  When it becomes a part of you, you dare to aim higher."

-- W. Clement Stone


"If you think well of others, you will also speak well of others and to others. From the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. If your

Thankful For Adversities

"I am thankful for the adversities which have crossed my pathway, for they have taught me tolerance, sympathy, self-control, perseverance and some other virtues I might never have known."

-- Napoleon Hill


"I keep the telephone of my mind open to peace, harmony, health, love and abundance. Then whenever doubt, anxiety, or fear try to call me, they keep getting a busy signal and soon they'll

Expand Our Lives

"The way to expand our lives is to model the lives of those people who are already succeeding.  It's powerful, it's fun and these people are available all around you."

-- Anthony Robbins

"Every now and then bite off more than you can chew."

-- Kobi Yamada

"Generally, appreciation means some blend of thankfulness, admiration, approval, and gratitude. In the financial world, something that ‘

Life Never Leaves Us Stranded

"It is interesting to note that life never leaves us stranded.  If life hands us a problem, it hands us also the abilities with which to meet the problem."

-- W. Clement Stone

"Abundance consists not so much in material possessions, but in an uncovetous spirit."

-- John Seldon

"You can never get to peace and inner security without first acknowledging all of the good things in your life. If

Mastery In Area of Life

"Often the best thing you can do to create mastery in any areas of your life is to raise a belief to the level of conviction.  Remember, conviction has the power to drive you to action, to push you through all kinds of obstacles."

-- Anthony Robbins

"You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through."

-- Rosalynn Carter

"Once a human being has arrived on

Adversity and Challenges

"We need to remember that 'how we deal with adversity and challenges' will shape our lives more that almost anything else."

-- Anthony Robbins


"You are the only one who can use your ability. It is an awesome responsibility."

-- Zig Ziglar


"Wherever you go in the midst of movement and activity, carry your stillness within you. Then the chaotic movement around you will never overshadow your

Useful Service

"Fortunate is the person who has learned that the most certain way to 'get' is to first 'give' through some sort of useful service."

-- Napoleon Hill

"Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart."

-- Kahlil Gibran


"When I walk into a room I assume I have to prove myself. I know that. I'm accustomed to that. But I also know I can prove myself."

-- Yvonne Brathwaite Bruke

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Value of The Subconscious

"The value of the subconscious is enormous: It inspires us; it warns us; it furnishes us with names, facts and scenes from the storehouse of memory.  It directs our thoughts, tastes, and accomplishes tasks so intricate that no conscious mind, even if it had the power, has the capacity.

-- Charles F. Haanel


"Daily, our eating turns nature into culture, transforming the body of the world into

Habit Discontinued

"Any habit may be discontinued by building in its place some other and more desirable habit."

-- Napoleon Hill


"Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have."

-- Zig Ziglar


"Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You

are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart"

-- Steve

Every Great Achiever

"Every great achiever I've ever interviewed has had the ability to get themselves to feel certain they could succeed, even though no one before them had ever accomplished it.  They've been able to create references where no references existed and achieve what seemed to be impossible."

-- Anthony Robbins




"Many people treat their bodies as if they were
rented from Hertz -- something they are

Every Thought

"Every thought therefore is a cause and every condition an effect; for this reason it is absolutely essential that you control your thoughts so as to bring forth only desirable conditions."

-- Charles F. Haanel


"Most do violence to their natural aptitude, and this attain superiority in nothing."

-- Baltaser Gracian


"If we are to create peace in our world, we must begin with our children."

Same Objective Mind

"The result is that we build strength, vitality, and all constructive forces into our body. But it is through this same objective mind that all distress, sickness, lack, limitation, and every form of discord and inharmony are admitted to our lives. It is therefore through the objective mind—by wrong thinking—that we are related to all destructive forces."

-- Charles F. Haanel


"If you don't

Start Point of Achievement

"The starting point of all achievement is definiteness of purpose with positive mental attitude.  Remember this statement and ask yourself, what is my goal?  What do I really want?"

-- W. Clement Stone



"Experience has taught me that there is one chief reason why some people succeed and others fail. The difference is not one of knowing, but of doing. The successful man is not so superior in

You Are Human Magnet

"You are a human magnet and you are constantly attracting to you people whose characters harmonize with your own"

-- Napoleon Hill


"All of the troubles of life come upon us because we refuse to sit quietly for a while each day in our rooms." 

-- Blaise Pascal


"Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability."

-- John Wooden

Just Go Outside

"The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, along with heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature."

-- Anne Frank


"All of us are, to some extent, victims of what we are. We are not limited by our

Dream Needs A Powerful Push

"A dream needs a powerful push to move into manifestation. You give it that power by making your dream as clear as possible in your mind, turning it into specific goal or goals, putting the goals into a time line and knowing what the culmination of that dream looks like."-- Meera Lester"For peace of mind, we need to resign as general manager of the universe."-- Larry Eisenberg "Connecting the

Learn A Lot From Others

"Whenever you meet someone who has successfully followed and manifested her dream, ask her to tell you about her personal journey. Unless you already know everything there is to know about becoming successful and turning your dreams int0 reality, you can learn a great deal from others."-- Meera Lester"I have made it a rule of my life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling

Life Beats Up on Everyone

"Life beats up on everyone from time to time. If you don't want to reach out to a trusted friend or professional, find hope, optimism and perhaps a path out of your situation in the stories of others."-- Meera Lester"We don't stop playing because we grow old; We grow old because we stop playing."-- George Bernard Shaw"Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself."

A Learning Curve

"Think of at least three ways to generate income from your knowledge, passion and expertise. Yes, there may be a learning curve until you are actually doing it, but you're going to love the extra money flowing in."-- Meera Lester"If a man devotes himself to the instructions of his own unconscious, it can bestow this gift [of renewal], so that suddenly life, which has been stale and dull, turns

100 Percent Miss

"You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take."-- Wayne Gretzky"Somehow I can't believe that there are any heights that can't be scaled by a man who knows the secrets of making dreams come true. This special secret, it seems to me, can be summarized in four Cs. They are curiosity, confidence, courage, and constancy, and the greatest of all is confidence. When you believe in a thing, believe

What Happiness

"You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life."-- Albert Camus"Create and stir other people to create."-- Robert Frost"Most of us are in touch with our intuition whether we know it or not, but we're usually in the habit of doubting or contradicting it so automatically that we don't even know it

Reduction of Fear

"Perhaps the most important thing we can undertake toward the reduction of fear is make it easier for people to accept themselves, to like themselves."-- Bonaro W. Overstreet"What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step."-- C.S. Lewis "Do not abandon trust when your ego thinks things should be different than they are." -- Wayne Dyer "Any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and

Through Your Heart

"Life can be seen through your eyes but it is not fully appreciated until it is seen through your heart."-- Mary Xavier"Many things - such as loving, going to sleep, or behaving unaffectedly - are done worst when we try hardest to do them."-- C.S. Lewis "A cloud does not know why it moves in just such a direction and at such speed. It feels an impulsion ... this is the place to go now. But the

The World Can Wait Ten Mintues

"Quiet your mind. Think positive thoughts. Dial out the emotions of bad dreams and the anxieties associated with the day ahead. Relax into peace. The world can wait for ten minutes."-- Meera Lester"Human relationships are the perfect tool for sanding away our rough edges and getting at the core of divinity within us."-- Eknath Easwaran "I believe that if you show people the problems and you

Gratitude Unlocks Life Fullness

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow."-- Melody Beattie"Doubt yourself and you doubt everything you see

Optimistic Outlook of Life

"When you choose positive thoughts over negative ones, you are more likely to develop an optimistic outlook on life."-- Meera Lester"We live in a world of theophanies. Holiness comes wrapped in the ordinary. There are burning bushes all around you. Every tree is full of angels. Hidden beauty is waiting in every crumb. Life wants to lead you from crumbs to angels, but this can happen only if you

Sleep Debt

"Even small amounts of sleep debt...have a significant impact on strength, cardiovascular capacity, mood and overall energy levels. Some fifty studies have shown that mental performance - reaction time, concentration, memory and logical/analytical reasoning - all decline steadily as sleep debt increases."-- Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz"The good life, as I conceive it, is a happy life. I do not

Focus On Nutrition

"If you can 'focus on the nutrition essential', slowly but surely, your body will start to feel, and look, healthier, stronger and more capable of juggling your demands and you will feel as if you have a life, rather than being drained by it."-- Jane Clarke"Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow."-- Helen Keller"Man is made or unmade by himself. In the armory of thought he

Vigorous Five Mile Walk

"A vigorous five mile walk will do more good for an unhappy, but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world."-- Paul Dudley White (1886-1973)"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."-- Eleanor Roosevelt"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." -- Albert Einstein "Travelers,

Creativity Consists Of

"Creativity often consists of merely turning up what is already there. Did you know that right and left shoes were thought up only a little over a century ago?"-- Bernice Fitz-Gibbon (1894-1982)"Most things which are urgent are not important, and most things which are important are not urgent."-- President Dwight Eisenhower"The great Western disease is, 'I'll be happy when'¦ When I get the money

Affirmations Leads To Belief

"It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen."-- Claude M. Bristol"Only those who can see the invisible, can accomplish the impossible."-- Patrick Snow"Just as the tumultuous chaos of a thunderstorm brings a nurturing rain that allows life to flourish, so too in human affairs times of advancement are preceded by

Never Limit Yourself

"Never limit yourself because of others limited imagination, never limit others because of your own limited imagination."-- Mae Jemison, Astronaut"Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky."-- Rabindranath Tagore"Souls don't have races or sexes or religions. They are beyond artificial divisions."-- Brian Weiss "Being rich of heart

Designing Vision of Life

"Designing a vision of the life you wish to create is like looking out the window with binoculars. At first everything is fuzzy, until you adjust the focal point of the lenses to bring things sharply into focus."-- Kim Marcille Romaner"Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity."-- Albert Einstein "I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief."-- Gerry

Hard Compared With What

"When I hear someone sigh, 'Life is hard', I am always tempted to ask 'Compared to what?'"-- Sydney Harris"We cannot rise higher than our thought of ourselves."-- Orison Swett Marden"The wound is the place where the Light enters you."-- Rumi "The only way around is through."-- Robert Frost

Same Human Spirit

"The Paralympic Games is about transforming our perception of the world. We are all different, there is no such thing as a standard or run-of-the-mill human being, but we share the same human spirit."-- Dr Hawking"It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They

No Attention To Critics

"Pay no attention to what the critics say, no statue has ever been put up for a critic."-- Jean Sibelius"Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others; it is the only means."-- Albert Einstein"There is an Indian Belief that everyone is in a house of four rooms: A physical, a mental, an emotional and a spiritual. Most of us tend to live in one room most of the time, but unless we

People Can Do Extraordinary Things

"Most people can do extraordinary things if they have the confidence or take the risks. Yet most people don't. They sit in front of the telly and treat life as if it goes on forever."-- Philip Andrew Adams"The universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson. The mountain teaches stability and grandeur; the ocean immensity and change

Time For Anything

"You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it."-- Motivationstuff.com"Let your capital be simplicity and contentment."-- Henry David Thoreau "The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not and never persist in trying to set people right."-- Hannah Whitall Smith"There is an Indian Belief

They Can Take Your Dreams

"If people around you aren't going anywhere, if their dreams are no bigger than hanging out on the corner, or if they're dragging you down, get rid of them. Negative people can sap your energy so fast, and they can take your dreams from you, too."-- Earvin Magic Johnson"Take your life in your own hands and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame." -- Erica Jong "[Flow means] being

Foundation of Building

"If you don't have solid beliefs, you cannot build a stable life. Beliefs are like the foundation of a building, and they are the foundation to build your life upon."-- Alfred A. Montapert"Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence."-- Eric Fromm "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant."-- Robert Louis Stevenson"Impossible is

Avoiding Danger Not Safer

"Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run that outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing."-- Helen Keller"If you're going through hell, keep going."-- Sir Winston Churchill"If each of us sweeps in front of our own steps, the whole world would be clean."-- Goethe "My view is that if your philosophy is not unsettled daily then you are blind to all the universe has to offer

Finish Each Day and Be Done

"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense."-- Ralph Waldo Emerson"Give like the rose gives its perfume -- effortlessly, unconditionally because it is its own nature."-- Swami "

People Who Are Crazy

"... the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do."-- Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple"Man loves because he is Love. He seeks Joy, for he is Joy. He thirsts for God for he is composed of God and he cannot exist without Him."-- Sathya Sai Baba "What hurts you, blesses you. Darkness is your candle. Your boundaries are your quest."-- Jalalluddin Rumi "Reading

You Could Be Anywhere

"You must know where you are in order to take the first step. If you don't know where you are, you could be anywhere and your first step could lead you right over the cliff, right into the swamp, or could be just a virtual step which has no reality."-- Tony Buzan"It's surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely

Goals Start With Vision

"Every Goal begins with a Vision. If you think positively in the appropriate way, you will give energy to that vision, and increase the probability that you will bring all your mental and physical forces in alignment in order to achieve it."-- Tony Buzan"Success means fulfilling your own dreams, singing your own song, dancing your own dance, creating from your heart and enjoying the journey,

Change Thoughts and World

"Change your thoughts and you change your world."-- Norman Vincent Peale"The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.'-- Steve Jobs "We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival."-- Sir Winston Churchill"To the world you might

Every Second of Your Life

"Every second of your life is the beginning of the rest of your life; therefore every second in your current job is the beginning of a 'new' job. If you focus on making sure that your new job always remains fresh and exciting in your mind, you will be taking control of your destiny within that occupation."-- Tony Buzan"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always

Look Inside Your Heart

"Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams, who looks inside, awakes."-- Carl Gustav Jung"Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a Heaven for?"-- Robert Browning"Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the

Success Goal

"Your success goal must therefore be a positive-to-positive goal in which the success you are going to bring about will manifest in a change that will be of advantage to you; not one that can entrap you downwards on the slippery slope of the negative spiral."-- Tony Buzan"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader."-- John Quincy Adams "A

Try, Try and Tryyyy

"Amazingly, we do learn to walk. We try, try and TRYYYY again, and our experience of the world expands accordingly. We have an infinite capacity for change, once we are ready to embrace it."-- Tony Buzan"How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live."-- Henry David Thoreau"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to

Increase Desire

"Every time you Adjust your actions and increase your desire to succeed, you simultaneously increase the probability of reaching your goal."-- Tony Buzan"Each one of us can make a difference. Together we make change."-- Barbara Mikulski. "Hope is the companion of power and the mother of success, For those of us who hope strongest have within us the gift of miracles."-- Sydney Bremer"Fixing and

Bit by Bit, Day by Day

"Lifting a 300lb weight may seem impossible when you weigh only 100lb and you are bound to think 'I'll never dot that'; but few weight lifters are able to life 300lb when they first begin training. Bit by bit, day by day, workout-by-workout in the gym, strength is slowly built up until they bring about the change that they want, both in their body and the weight they are able to lift."-- Tony

Focus is Extraordinary

"Focus is an extraordinary quality of intelligence that when directed is like a laser. It is precise, goal=directed and phenomenally strong."-- Tony Buzan"Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude."-- Denis Waitley"Life is like a ten-speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never

Wins a Gold Medal

"No one wins a gold medal without having lost an earlier race, without having struggled against opponents who were stronger. And the Olympics would be pointless if the only people who took part were those who know for a certainty that they would take home gold."-- Simon Chesterman"In the Midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you."-- Deepak Chopra"The future belongs to those who

Thoughts At Hand

"Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus."-- Alexander Graham Bell"I'm neither an optimist nor a pessimist. I am a dyed-in-the-wool possibilist! By this, I mean with an eco-mind, we see that everything's connected and change is the only constant."-- Frances Moore Lappe "Always listen to the experts. They'll tell you what can't be

Watch Your Thoughts

"Carefully watch your thoughts, for they become your words. Manage and watch your words, for they will become your actions. Consider and judge your actions, for they have become your habits. Acknowledge and watch your habits, for they shall become your values. Understand and embrace your values, for they become your destiny."-- Mahatma Gandhi"To know yourself, be yourself. To be yourself,

Say Why Not

"Some men see things as they are and say, 'Why?' I dream of things that never were and say, 'Why not?'."-- George Bernard Shaw"Everyone adds something to a situation by their actions and words. The very first things said or done, will quickly decide what happens next, positive or negative. Be patient and empathetic, and the direction usually goes positive."-- Gary Rudz "An ounce of action is

Universe Never Perishes

"Nothing in the entire universe ever perishes, believe me, but things vary, and adopt a new form. The phrase 'being born' is used for beginning to be something different from what one was before, while 'dying' means ceasing to be the same. Though this thing may pass into that, and that into this, yet the sum of things remains unchanged."-- Ovid Metamorphoses"If you begin to understand what you

Captain of a Spaceship

"You are like a captain of a spaceship in the universe, a spaceship made up of your mind and body and driven by your unique energy and enthusiasm."-- Tony Buzan"I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains."-- Anne Frank "Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago."-- Warren Buffett"More important than finding the teacher is finding

Our Life Our Thoughts

"The universe is change, our life is what our thoughts make it."-- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus"I lived in solitude in the country and noticed how the monotony of quiet life stimulates the creative mind."-- Albert Einstein"Give yourself entirely to those around you. Be generous with your blessings. A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal."-- Steve Maraboli "Don't let what you

Positive Emotions

"A mind dominated by positive emotions, becomes a favorable abode for the state of mind known as faith. A mind so dominated may, at will, give the subconscious mind instructions, which it will accept and act upon immediately."-- Napoleon Hill"Be of good cheer. Do not think of today's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourself a difficult task, but you will succeed

To Change Situation

"We began to realize that if we wanted to change the situation, we first had to change ourselves. And to change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions."-- Stephen R. Covey"Do not confuse motion and progress. A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress."-- Alfred A. Montapert"The hard must become habit. The habit must become easy. The easy must become

What Beliefs Are

"Beliefs are what make the difference between a lifetime of joyous contribution and one of misery and devastation. Beliefs are what separate a Mozart from a Manson. Beliefs are what cause come individuals to become heroes, while others 'lead lives of quiet desperation.'"-- Anthony Robbins"Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and

It Takes Practice

"To become an expert achiever in any human achiever in any human activity, it takes practice ... practice ... practice."-- W. Clement Stone"You see things; and you say 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?'"-- George Bernard Shaw"The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart."-- Helen Keller "Whether you think you

Building Self-Esteem

"Self-esteem comes from within and is about how you perceive yourself. There is no quick way to building self-esteem; it is enhanced gradually via continual reinforcement of your self-worth."-- Graham Jones"Within each of us lies the power of our consent to health and sickness, to riches and poverty, to freedom and to slavery. It is we who control these, and not another."-- Richard Bach (

Most Important Skills Ability

"One of your most important skills is your ability to identify what really matters to you, and how the opportunities you see in life fit those concerns. Investing in Your Life gives you tools to help you do this better and more efficiently."-- Ian Pollard"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress

Common Quality Who Overcome Setbacks

"There is one common quality in those who overcome setbacks: resilience. It's the ability to bounce back, to learn from, see past and move on from immediate problems rather than dwell on or be overwhelmed by them."-- Ian Pollard"Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending."-- Maria Robinson "The journey is the reward."-- Chinese Proverb"As we

Minimize Negative Impacts

"Your life, like mine, will inevitably include mistakes, bad luck and setbacks along the way. The challenge is to minimize their negative impacts, and through learning, to maximize the positive benefits we take from them."-- Ian Pollard"It's a rare fish that knows it swims in water."-- Old Adage "Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?"-- Robert Browning"You must

Four Times Faster Experience

"Simply put, if you have twice as many new experiences as others who are less comfortable with failure or disappointment, and you learn twice as much as them from each experience, your learning from experience will be four times faster than theirs."-- Ian Pollard"He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying."--

Success Have Many Fathers

"Success is said to have many fathers, while failure is an orphan. One of the most important fathers of success is failure."-- Ian Pollard"Spread love everywhere you go: First of all in your own house ... kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile, kindness."-- Mother Teresa "The challenge is not to manage time, but to manage ourselves."-- Steven Covey"Things that I

Take Care of Thinking

"We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far."-- Swami Vivekananda "This mind-and-body is the vessel of my life. I want to know it with the same organic immersion that sets a snow goose flying ten thousand miles every winter and spring."-- Paul R. Fleischman "To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing

Experience is Not What Happens

"Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him."-- Aldous Huxley"Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you're alive it isn't."-- Richard Bach (illusions)"Human life runs its course in the metamorphosis between receiving and giving."-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe "When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang

Important Life Assets

"If your health fails, everything else stops in its track. Your physical and mental health are your most important life assets, and you should treat them as such."-- Ian Pollard"Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there."-- Will Rogers"For peace of mind, we need to resign as general manager of the universe."-- Larry Eisenberg "Half the spiritual life

Try Something New

"Trying something new: any new challenge builds your thinking and feelings in ways that make you more effective in other contexts."-- Ian Pollard"Give me a stock clerk with a goal and I'll give you a man who will make history. Give me a man with no goals and I'll give you a stock clerk."-- J.C. Penney"If you think you're too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito in the room."-

When Sad, Learn Something

"The best thing for being sad is to learn something. That is the only thing that never fails, the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tormented by, never fear of distrust or never dream of regretting."-- Merlin"Begin doing what you want to do now. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand, and melting like a snowflake."-- Marie Ray "You had

You Can Learn Anything

"The lesson I learned from the study of people who creates something in their lives out of nothing...alchemists...[is] that you can learn anything if you really want to. Passion was what drove these people...If you care enough you will find out what you need to know and chase the source of the knowledge or the skill. The alchemists never spoke of failures or mistakes but only of learning

Lessons In Every Situation

"Optimists seek benefit and lessons in every situation, especially from setbacks or problems. They don't let negative emotions distract them from the task at hand, continuing to focus on the big picture and communication the confidence that they can make it."-- Ian Pollard"This is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love; the more they give, the more they possess."-- Rainer

Spark Action

"In some respects it is the quest for a comfort zone or an opportunity to relax that drives you on. But if you always stay well within your comfort zone, you will have little exposure to negative feelings like fear, pain, frustration or boredom, which can spark ACTION."-- Ian Pollard"Don't believe everything you read, see or hear and you'll probably be closer to truth."-- Dean Wiebe"To know even

Most Important Determinants

"One of the most important determinants of your career luck, opportunity and satisfaction and also of your self-awareness is the people you choose to surround yourself with and they way you engage with them."-- Ian Pollard"He who controls the past commands the future. He who commands the future conquers the past."-- George Orwell"A different language is a different vision of life."-- Federico

Pattern Of Life

"If you adopt a pattern of life that focuses on golden eggs and neglects the goose, you will soon be without the asset that produces the golden eggs."-- Stephen Covey"He who learns teaches, he who teaches learns."-- African proverb "If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place." --

Major Contributor To Performance

"Understanding your strengths and weakness can be a major contributor to your performance on the day, and can also help you identify areas for improvement in the long term."-- Ian Pollard"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery."-- Charles Caleb Colton"Patience has its limits. Take it too far, and it's cowardice."-- George Jackson "You may think the grass is greener on the other side, but if

Focused On Process

"If you have focused on process, you are also better placed after the event to deconstruct your successes and failures, thereby learning and building more effectively."-- Ian Pollard"When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'"-- Sydney Harris "Dare to reach out your hand into the darkness, to pull another hand into the light."-- Norman B. Rice "It's

NOW is The Time

"Everyone know that one day we must leave this earth as it is the supreme order of nature and no higher power can overrule it. But, very few seen to know, that 'NOW' is their time and 'NOW' is the only time they get to be alive."-- Dharma Dev"Those at the top of the mountain didn't fall there." -- Marcus Washling "Your journey has molded you for your greater good, and it was exactly what it

Complete The Task

"Once you have set out to accomplish something, you go all out and you do everything in your capacity to complete the task."-- Dharma Dev"The realities of the world seldom measure up to the sublime designs of human imagination." -- Bryant McGill "In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer."-- Albert Camus"Lots of folks confuse bad management with

Pleasing Our Own Heart

"It is important to remember in this life that we do not live to please others but we live to please our very own heart."-- Dharma Dev"What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family."-- Mother Teresa "If you want the truth, I'll tell you the truth: Listen to the secret sound, the real sound, which is inside you."-- Kabir "People need love, especially when they don't deserve

Not Luck or Fate

"We must realise relying on luck and fate to progress in life is not going to help your progress. You must take the initiative to carve success out of your life. Remembering these points will gun down any doubt and stimulate confidence within you and eventually reach the point of true success."-- Dharma Dev"Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but like

When Time Is Great Friend

"Time is our great friend if we use it wisely to plan our life. If we plan our life, then we can achieve great deal of things."-- Dharma Dev"We have no need to teach pure motives to the mind. All that is necessary to make the mind pure is to undo the negative conditioning to which it has been subjected; then we will be left with pure, unconditioned awareness."-- Eknath Easwaran"Our bodies are

One's True Inner Self

"Life is about understanding one's true inner self and progressing as the second passes by."-- Dharma Dev"Be helpful. When you see a person without a smile give him yours."-- Zig Ziglar "The person susceptible to "wanderlust" is not so much addicted to movement as committed to transformation."-- Pico Iyer "You have to understand that the world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation.

Get Out of Any Dark Patches

"It is important for people to not be brought down by disappointment or be demoralised by defeat. They should continue to strive to get out of any dark patches they face and to come up stronger each time."-- Victor Lim"Self-contempt never inspires lasting change."-- Jane R. Hirschmann"Who you really are is enough."-- Oriah Mountain Dreamer"Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds

Unique Will Power

"Will power, the unique yet tremendous power, we possess is an invaluable gift presented to us. If exercising that power becomes a strong habit of yours, success will be easily grasped and you will become an unstoppable warrior who continues to win."-- Dharma Dev"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

Truly Strong

"He who knows man is clever. He who knows himself has insight. He who conquers men has force. He who conquers himself is truly strong."-- Lao Tzu"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will." -- Vince Lombardi "Creative work is play. It is free speculation using materials of one's chosen form."-- Stephen

Your Purpose Is Unique

"Your purpose is as unique as you are. When you get touch with a purpose, you will experience a greater sense of control in your life."-- Dr. Beverly Potter"Health is not valued till sickness comes."-- Khalil Gibran"When you start loving what you are learning, it will no longer look like work. Everything will fall in place after that. Just fall in love."-- A. K. Raha "In seeking happiness for

Backbone of Success

"Preparation and planning form the backbone of success. If you do not check your car before you start your journey and expect to reach your destination with ease, it is extremely unwise."-- Dharma Dev"Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that." -- Norman Vincent Peale "When we cannot find contentment in ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere."--

Have a Clear Purpose

"Having a clear purpose helps you to overcome fears: fear of failure, fear of success, fear of physical harm, fear of psychological pain, fear of the unknown."-- Dr. Beverly Potter"There is a space between man's imagination and man's attainment that may only be traversed by his longing."-- Khalil Gibran"Sometimes you just got to give yourself what you wish someone else would give you."-- Dr Phil

Path of Your Heart

"Pursue that which promises you joy and love and do not compromise with anything else and be assured you are in the path of your heart."-- Dharma Dev"Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and both of these require forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing." --

The World Steps Aside

"The whole world steps aside for the man who knows where he is going."-- President Clinton"Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age."-- Jeanne Moreau"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everyone."-- Bill Cosby"I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become."-- Oprah Winfrey

To Enjoy This Life

"To really enjoy this life, we need good health and we must strive to keep ourselves fit and healthy."-- Dharma Dev"We may think will power is involved, but more than likely change is due to want power. Wanting the new me in preference to the person I am now." -- George Sheehan "Only when one is connected to one's own core is one connected to others... And, for me, the core, the inner spring,

Plant Priceless Seed

"This life is a fertile land of beauty and if you plant those priceless seed, it is you who will be well rewarded. There is no better time than now in your life. If your plan fails, you have a chance to correct it and try again."-- Dharma Dev"View change as the one constant in your life. Welcome it. Expect it. Anticipate it.-~Denis Waitley"The world is our school for spiritual discovery."--

With a Purpose

"Having a purpose provides something around which to structure your actions. Purpose provides direction and tells you which way to aim. With a purpose before you, you can set goals to achieve that purpose and small steps to accomplish the goals."-- Dr. Beverly Potter"Only when one is connected to one's own core is one connected to others... And, for me, the core, the inner spring, can best be

Become Unstoppable

"Once we are able to visualize the success and cling to the determination steadfastly, then we become unstoppable"-- Dharma Dev"When one foot walks, the other foot rests."-- Indian Proverb "The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need people who can dream of things that never were." -- John Fitzgerald

Provide Meaning

"Striving towards an important purpose provides meaning. It makes what may have been insignificant into something important."-- Dr. Beverly Potter"... as we wake or sleep, we grow strong or we grow weak, and at last some crisis shows us what we have become."-- Bishop Westcott"The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers. But above all, the world needs dreamers who do."-- Sarah Ban

3 mistakes not to make

"There are three mistakes we must never make and that is to dwell in the past, repeat a mistake and worry about tomorrow."-- Dharma Dev"It always gives me a shiver when I see a cat seeing what I can't see."-- Eleanor Farjeon "There is a deceptive and cunning enemy who wants to steal your freedom. It has doomed millions to self-imposed bondage. Some might know when it has them in its grip, but

What One Needs

"One needs something to believe in, something for which one can have whole-hearted enthusiasm. One needs to feel that one's life has meaning, that one is needed in this world."-- Hannah Senesh"Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible."-- Mahatma Gandhi"Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one-yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game

Portions of Success

"We translate into reality thoughts of poverty just as quickly as we do thoughts of riches. But when our attitude towards ourselves is big, and our attitude towards others is generous and merciful, we attract big and generous portions of success."-- W. Clement Stone"A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains."-- Dutch Proverb "When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a

Don't Be Stressed By Past

"Getting stressed and struggling to change the outcome of any past event is like arguing with an echo to make it see your point of view."-- Guy Finley"Never argue with one's own understanding. The whisper of intelligence is always there, whatever you do."-- Vimala Thakar "You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong." -- Warren Buffett "

Seeds of New Self

"We must learn to look our fears, weariness and anxiety directly in the eye and instead of seeing what is impossible according to their view of life, sow the seeds of a new Self by daring to doubt their dark view of things."-- Guy Finley"You have been told that, even like a chain, you are as weak as your weakest link. This is but half the truth. You are also as strong as your strongest link."--

Interior Discovery

"And just as fruit on a tree must develop into fullness following a certain order of natural events, so too is there a natural order to interior discovery that leads up to winning your own life and living it as you please."-- Guy Finley"The song I came to sing remains unsung. I have spent my life stringing and un-stringing my instrument."-- Rabindranath Tagore"You say I started out with

True Conscious Initiative

"We must learn to take the true conscious initiative with each other and then, based in our understanding of this great spiritual law that governs harmonious relationships, make the effort to be to others what we wish them to be four us."-- Guy Finley"There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them."-- Denis Waitley "When

Being Just Yourself

"The true individual is one who doesn't need the approval of others in order to know the peace of mind he finds in being just himself."-- Guy Finley"Each problem has hidden in it an opportunity so powerful that it literally dwarfs the problem. The greatest success stories were created by people who recognized a problem and turned it into an opportunity." -- Joseph Sugarman "Never take the advice

Listen To Ourselves

"The more we listen to ourselves and make positive changes based on what we discover, the more interesting life becomes."-- Louise Hay & Cheryl Richardson"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody."-- Bill Cosby"Those who wish to sing, always find a song."-- Swedish Proverb "Love is not blind; it simply enables one to see things others fail to see."--

Real Powers Lifts Us

"Real power lifts us above challenging circumstances, it shelters us from those fears that want to drag us down into troubled thoughts about tomorrow."-- Guy Finley"Life is not easy for any of us, but what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.'" -- Marie Curie "Transformation literally means going beyond your form."-- Wayne Dyer "It's not that some people have

Our Thinking Thoughts

"Our thinking either makes us feel good or its makes us feel bad. It's not the events nearly as much as it's the thoughts."-- Louise Hay & Cheryl Richardson"Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing."-- Johann von Schiller"Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune."-- Jim Rohn"There are exactly as many special occasions in life as we choose to celebrate."--

Past is Powerless

"The past is as powerless to darken the present moment as it as shadow to reach up and drag down the form that casts it."-- Guy Finley"Our own life is the instrument with which we experiment with the truth."-- Thich Nhat Hanh ""Dependent people need others to get what they want. Independent people can get what they want through their own efforts. Interdependent people combine their own efforts

Live Lives to Fullest

"When we live our lives to the fullest, we're going to make the little things in life wonderful and good and important."-- Louise Hay & Cheryl Richardson"Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults."-- Antisthenes"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him."-- David Brinkley "Necessity does the work of courage."-- Nicholas Murray

Affirmations Helping Us

"Affirmations help point us in a new direction so we can focus on a better outcome."-- Louise Hay & Cheryl Richardson"If you don't get everything you want, think of the things you don't get that you don't want."-- Oscar Wilde "The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that's wrong with the world."-- Paul Farmer "One only gets to the top rung on the ladder by steadily climbing up one

Grateful Remembrance

"If we work each moment to practice kindness, patience, and persistence, doing so in grateful remembrance that each breath we take is a gift, here's what we'll find: the power of being present in this way ensures that each of our 'tomorrows' dawn with more Light than was seen this day."-- Guy Finley"When a child enters your life it's time to learn [not time to teach]."-- Jaggi Vasudev "What great

Focused State Of Mnd

"By putting myself in a determined and focused state of mind, I discovered that Life brought me the resource, people, and opportunities I needed to turn my situation around."-- Louise Hay & Cheryl Richardson"The sun shines not on us but in us. The rivers flow not past, but through us, thrilling, tingling, vibrating every fiber and cell of the substance of our bodies, making them glide and sing."-

Don't Lives in Fearful Preparation

"We are not created to spend our lives in fearful preparation over what may come, but rather to use whatever comes our way, each moment, to help us perfect our understanding that God is good."-- Guy Finley"You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction."-- George Lorimer "We have guided missiles and misguided men."-- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Believe Abundant Universe

"The more we choose to believe in an abundant Universe, the more we find that our needs are met. The affirmation Life loves me, and all my needs are met at all times, will start us on the process."-- Louise Hay & Cheryl Richardson"There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle, or you can live as if everything is a miracle."-- Albert Einstein "When we stop opposing reality,

Refuse To Dwell in Discouragement

"Refuse to dwell in discouragement over who your own thoughts are telling you you'll never be. Just get started working on who, and what, you are right now!"-- Guy Finley"I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it."-- Jonathan Winters"Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become."-- James Allen "Winning isn't everything. It's the only thing." -- Vincent Lombardi

Never Believe Negative Thought

"Never believe in any negative thought or feeling that would have you believe, 'There's no way!' Always remember instead that real life is a secret and vital flux of possibilities rising up from the Ground of what seems improbable, much as a spring flower manages to bloom in a once-frozen field."-- Guy Finley"If you accept a limiting belief, then it will become a truth for you."-- Louise Hay "

True Fearlessness

"True fearlessness is knowing we are made for whatever happens to us whenever we are willing to let God remake us in that moment."-- Guy Finley"Action is the foundational key to all success."-- Pablo Picasso "Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought are commonly the most valuable." -- Francis Bacon "Anyone can catch your eye, but it takes someone special to catch your

Get a Good Rest

"Whenever anyone asks me for my secret to success, a good night's sleep is always near the top of the list. I thrive on it, at least eight hours a night, and I've made a point to really honor what my body needs to get good rest."-- Louise Hay & Cheryl Richardson"You don't become enormously successful without encountering some really interesting problems." -- Mark Victor Hansen "If you would be

Key To Success

"Having a positive mindset is key to success. No matter how hard you try, if you do not have the right mindset, things may continually work against you."-- Sandy Forster"There isn't much better in this life than finding a way to spend a few hours in conversation with people you respect and love. You have to carve this time out of your life because you aren't really living without it."-- Real

Staying Happy and Optimistic

"Staying happy and optimistic is important if we are to accept life's events and move towards our goals."-- Jamil Qureshi"No one ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required. It is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction." -- Charles Kendall Adams "To the timid and hesitating everything is

Courage Not Absence of Fear

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the wisdom to act even though you feel it. Pat yourself on the back when you do the things that you fear. The more you acknowledge your ability to perform when feeling fear, the less hold fear has over you."-- Jamil Qureshi"I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more."-- Dr. Jonas Salk"Let your mind alone, and see what happens

Rediscover and Redesign

"If you rediscover and redesign your beliefs and patterns that will serve and support you, rather than sabotage you, it can totally transform your life."-- Sandy Forster"All successful men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose." -- Brian Tracy "You, yourself, as

Start a Small Change

"Remember, a small change is all it takes to start the process of change. As long as you commit to it, things will begin to happen."-- Jamil Qureshi"We will either find a way, or make one."-- Hannibal"Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be."-- George Sheehan "Have the life you want by being fully present to the life

To Be Proactive

"Whatever your reason, you need to do something, to be proactive rather than just let life happen to you. By doing something, you'll be in control of your own destiny."-- Jamil Qureshi"An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight. The truly wise person is colorblind."-- Albert Schweitzer "There is nothing still. Life is never still. No

Increase Chance of Success

"To increase your chances of success, it will help if you are spending your time on something you love and enjoy doing or are interested in. This passion will assist you in developing the Persistence that you will need to keep moving forward."-- Sandy Forster"Gradually, you will return to yourself, having learned a new respect for your heart, and the joy that dwells far within slow time."-- John

Change is Slowly Growing

"If change is slowly growing in your daily life, like a climbing plant weaving through a trellis, it is much more likely to become an integral part of everything you do. Wholesale change hat is imposed dramatically is many times more likely to be unstable and thus reversible."-- Jamil Qureshi"Marriage is not a ritual or an end. It is a long, intricate, intimate dance togetherand nothing matters

Appreciate Yourself

"Make a point of appreciating yourself today. Take note of the special qualities you posses: mental, physical and spiritual. Give yourself credit for what you do well - and for trying, whether you succeed or not. Know that you deserve to be treated with consideration, by others and by yourself."-- Skye Alexander, Meera Lester and Carolyn Dean"The most important thing in this world is to learn

Life Is Trying

"Life is trying things to see if they work."-- Ray Bradbury "The wisest men follow their own direction."-- Euripides"Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own."-- Robert A. Heinlein"Therefore, when I say that "I love", it is not I who love, but in reality Love who acts through me. Love is not so much something I do as something that I am. Love is not

What Fear Is

"Fear is a make-believe reality, a creature of the imagination, a state of insanity. Whatever its manifestations or wherever its apparent location, fear is a psychic state that reacts on the individual in several ways: in the nerves, in mental moods, in a single impulse, in a chronic habit, in a totally unbalanced condition." -- Break Free: How to Conquer Fear "Failure is not fatal, but failure

Daring To Dream

"Start dreaming your way to health, wealth and happiness today. Whether your dreams are of the waking or sleeping variety, they stir your imagination. Imagination precedes manifestation. Everything you see in the material world started in someone's imagination."-- Skye Alexander, Meera Lester and Carolyn Dean"Man is made or unmade by himself. In the armory of thought he forges the weapons by

Change Your Thoughts

"The Law of Attraction says that if you concentrate on what you want, you will attract what you want. But if you focus on what you lack, you will attract more of the lack. So if you aren't happy with the way things in your life are now, shift your thinking to what would make you happier, not what you lack."-- Skye Alexander, Meera Lester and Carolyn Dean"It is better to have enough ideas for

Boost Your Self Esteem

"Many successful people say they have been able to accomplish their dreams because someone believed in them. More important, however, is believing in yourself."-- Skye Alexander, Meera Lester and Carolyn Dean"The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play."-- Arnold Toynbee "The great art of giving consists in this: the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly

Manage Your Thoughts

"Your thoughts project energy into the universe, and those thoughts act as a magnet to attract people and circumstances that are in sync with your thoughts. To attract positive conditions, keep your thoughts on positive things."-- Skye Alexander, Meera Lester and Carolyn Dean"Happiness consists in activity - it is a running stream, not a stagnant pool."-- John Mason Good"Great is the human who

Stay Committed

"Although it still tugs at my heart-strings when I think back on what I had to give up, I have come to learn that life has its surprises too. What is important is that we exercise a mighty does of determination and self-disciple to stay committed to the goals that we set for ourselves."-- Hazel Tan Li Shan"Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in

Forgive Yourself

"Stop beating yourself up about a mistake you made in the part. Instead, focus on the learning experiences that have come as a result of the error you made. In certain ways, you are probably a better person now because of the experience."-- Skye Alexander, Meera Lester and Carolyn Dean"When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy."-- Rumi"What happens to a man is

Seize The Day

"Decide to make the most of today. We never know how long we have on the planet or what lies ahead. Therefore, it makes sense to enjoy each day to the fullest, and to take advantage of the opportunities that come your way."-- Skye Alexander, Meera Lester and Carolyn Dean"Don't be discouraged by a failure. It can be a positive experience. Failure is, in a sense, the highway to success, inasmuch

Greatness Comes

"Greatness comes to those who develop a burning desire to achieve high goals. Effort and work can become fun when you establish specific desirable goals."-- W. Clement Stone"What if it all belongs -- everything around you? Just see if you can approach every moment with kindness. Know what that does? That allows you to live in a kind world."-- Vinny Ferraro "Unless you are willing to drench

Attention In Your Life

"Today, pay attention to areas in your life that may have become imbalanced. Do you work too much and play too little? Do you spend too much time with people and not enough time alone? Consider ways to promote harmony in mind, body, and spirit."-- Skye Alexander, Meera Lester and Carolyn Dean"A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds; it seems to magically connect

Nothing Remains Same Forever

"When our attitudes, behavior, and actions become fixed, we become dulled to the joys of discovery. Change is the nature of life, the only thing we can be sure of. Nothing remains the same forever. Embrace it today."-- Skye Alexander, Meera Lester and Carolyn Dean"Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game."-- Johann Wolfgang von

Each New Day

"Each new day is an opportunity for you to begin again. Can you recall something that has happened to you in the past that you have not quite gotten over yet? The minute you make your mind up to get over it, your life will go in a new and better direction."-- Dr. L.T. Coleman Jr. and Dr. J.M. Williams"However, when we shift our awareness or "frequency" from self-consciousness, where fear,

Stop Being So Hard on Yourself

"You must try to understand whatever decision you made in the past you probably thought that it was best at that time, but later found out that is was not. Stop being so hard on yourself! Let it go and move on!"-- Dr. L.T. Coleman Jr. and Dr. J.M. Williams"If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest."-- Publilius Syrus"Moral imagination is the capacity to empathize with others, i.e.,

Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

"The self-fulfilling prophecy states that if you believe something whether true of false, then your mind will believe it and it can become a part of your life. Just begin to pay attention and become conscious of your own thoughts. It can work for you also, if you tell yourself something good it can become a part of your life."-- Dr. L.T. Coleman Jr. and Dr. J.M. Williams"True magic is believing

Not a Failure Yet

"Many people do not follow through with their dreams, because they lose focus, lose the desire and passion that they once maintained, and they simply stop trying. It does not matter how many times a person fails at something, but that person is not a failure until they stop trying."-- Dr. L.T. Coleman Jr. and Dr. J.M. Williams"It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, “

Art of Success

"The art of success can be achieved through doing your very best, staying focused, and following your dreams and passion. Keep in mind that success is a continuous process, you must keep improving, you must keep progressing, and you must continue to make positive moves in your life."-- Dr. L.T. Coleman Jr. and Dr. J.M. Williams"See no one as a body. Greet them as the Child of God they are,

Increasing Ability

"Goals that are about increasing your ability to make things happen in life, developing a skill, learning something new, growing as a person, these are the goals that feed your need for competence."-- Heidi Grant Halvorson"Even the best needles are not sharp at both ends."-- Chinese Proverb"Lasting change happens when people see for themselves that a different way of life is more fulfilling than

Pathways To Success

"The pathways to success can travel downhill and uphill, learn from the downhill pathways and keep trying to travel uphill. A person may fall several times throughout his or her life, but keep traveling vertically and you will reach success."-- Dr. L.T. Coleman Jr. and Dr. J.M. Williams"The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand,

Achieving Goal

"Achieving a goal isn't everything, 'what you want' and 'why you want it' matter just as much in the long run."-- Heidi Grant Halvorson"Why wait for Heaven? Those who seek the Light are merely covering their eyes. The Light is in them now. Enlightenment is but a recognition, not a change at all."-- A Course In Miracles"And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man

To Get Better

"When your goal is to get better rather than to be good, you tend to enjoy what you're doing more and find it more interesting. In other words, you appreciate the journey as much as the destination."-- Heidi Grant Halvorson"Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction."-- Al Bernstein"Imagination is more important than knowledge."-- Albert Einstein "Remember how often

Develop Strong Image

"One of the most important keys to success is to develop a strong image of yourself. When you develop a strong image of yourself, you have self-confidence, self-control, self-acceptance and you have the power to accomplish all of your goals."-- Dr. L.T. Coleman Jr. and Dr. J.M. Williams"Learn to smile at every situation. See it as an opportunity to prove your strength and ability"-- Joe

Focus Growth

"If you focus on growth instead of validation, on making progress instead of proving yourself, you are less likely to get depressed because you won't see setbacks and failures as reflecting your own self-worth."-- Heidi Grant Halvorson"There are no victims in the universe, only creators."-- Neale Donald Walsh"What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first step to something better."-

When You Grow

"When you grow you sharpen your skills and have a better understanding of things and you are more prepared to face challenges in your life. Growth entitles us to struggle, to learn, to achieve, to change and to overcome."-- Dr. L.T. Coleman Jr. and Dr. J.M. Williams"Your task is not to seek love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it."-- Rumi

Seeking Help

"One of the most important things you can do to reach any difficult goal is know when to ask for and accept help. Seeking help can be a very effective way to cope with obstacles, face challenges or just navigate unfamiliar terrain."-- Heidi Grant Halvorson"The price of greatness is responsibility."-- Sir Winston Churchill"If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is

Needs of Your Changing Lives

"It is up to you to add, alter and adjust to the needs of your changing lives. Continuous growth reduces stress, and in turn reduces blood pressure, stomach ulcers, anxiety and other health conditions that stress creates."-- Dr. L.T. Coleman Jr. and Dr. J.M. Williams"Some of us have great runways already built for us. If you have one, take off. But if you don't have one, realize it is your

Enjoy The Process

"Many people have no doubt told you that when it comes to your goals, it's important to enjoy 'getting there'. That you need to love not just the result, but the 'process', the means as well as the end."-- Heidi Grant Halvorson"An effort made for the happiness of others lifts us above ourselves."-- Lydia M. Child"Try not to become a man of success but a man of value." -- Albert

Knowing What You Want

"If you know what you want, your are more apt to recognize it when you see it. When you read a book for example, you will recognize opportunities to help you get what you want."-- W. Clement Stone"I just love when people say I can't do something because all my life people said I wasn't going to make it" -- Ted Turner "There are three ingredients to the good life; learning, earning, and yearning

Seed of Equivalent Success

"If the thing you wish to do is right, and you believe in it, go ahead and do it! Put your dream across and never mind what 'they' say if you meet with temporary default for 'they', perhaps, do not know that every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent success."-- Napoleon Hill"Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply