Many Risks Failure

"Many risks fail because they were not taken in time. Too many risks are postponed until unnecessarily elaborate preparations are made. This does not mean that one should say, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" That is foolish and self-destructive. But don't sit back waiting for the perfect moment. It almost never comes." -- David Viscott "It is common sense to take a method and try it. If

Taking First Step with Faith

Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase. --Martin Luther King, Jr.Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold. --Zelda FitzgeraldTime is at once the most valuable and the most perishable of all our possessions. --John Randolph

Boldness Has Power

"Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness hasgenius, power, and magic in it." --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) "The way you give your name to others is a measure of how much youlike and respect yourself."--Brian Tracy"Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become anoyster." --Theodore Roosevelt

Forget Everything Except

"Forget past mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything exceptwhat you're going to do now and do it." -- William Durant The biggest mistake people make in life is notmaking a living at doing what they most enjoy.- Malcolm S. Forbes (1919-1990) "Carpe Diem, lads! Seize the day. Make your lives extraordinary!" --Dead Poets Society (1989).

Will Not Find Hope

If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes.--St. Clement of AlexandraA hug is like a boomerang. You get it back right away.--Bill Keane There's nothing you've ever been successful at that you didn't work on every day. --Will Smith

You Are Remarkable

"Deep down you know you can be remarkable. You shouldn't settle for anything less than your best self, reaching ever closer to your potential--whether as a leader or in any other part of your life." *-- Kevin Eikenberry "The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment." *-- Anthony Robbins "You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wildernessof your intuition.

Our Chief Want in Life

"Our chief want in life is somebody who will make us do what wecan." *-- Ralph Waldo Emerson"We could all use a little coaching. When you're playing the game,it's hard to think of everything." *-- Jim Rohn"The real truth is this: The whole world is joy. Heaven is a festival all year long. Of all lies, the greatest falsehood is melancholy." *-- Isaac Bashevis Singer

Build Wings on the Way Down

"If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair.We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go into business, becausewe'd be cynical. Well, that's nonsense. You've got to jump offcliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down." -- Ray Bradbury "If you are seeking creative ideas, go out walking. Angels whisperto a man when he goes for a walk." -- Raymond Inmon

Better To Aim Higher

"In the long run, men only hit what they aim at. Therefore, though you should fail immediately, you had better aim at something high."--Henry David Thoreau"Keep your fears to yourself, but share your inspiration with others."--Robert Louis Stevenson "To accumulate wealth, you must study and emulate those who haveacquired it before you." -- Brian Tracy

That Is The Real Glory

"The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back.That's real glory." -- Vince Lombardi "Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could;some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them assoon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenelyand with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your oldnonsense." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

But Not You

"Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argueover small things, but not you. Let others cry over smallhurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someoneelse's hands, but not you."--Jim Rohn "You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested inother people than you can in two years by trying to get other peopleinterested in you." -- Dale Carnegie

Don't Have To Change Much

"You don't have to change that much for it to make a great deal of difference. A few simple disciplines can have a major impact on how your life works out in the next 90 days, let alone in the next 12 months or the next 3 years."--Jim Rohn"The amount you laugh in your relationships with others is the truemeasure of the health of your personality." --Brian Tracy "The path to success is to take

Not That I am Smart

"It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer."*-- Albert Einstein "Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiam."*-- Winston Churchill "Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. T o map out a course of

Be Changed

"Be changed and the world around you begins to change." *-- Gerald Epstein"Focusing on what we already have and are grateful for right now is one of the most powerful things we can do to alter our life in a positive way." *-- Mike Robbins "Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness."*-- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Who Waits Upon Fortune

"He who waits upon fortune is never sure of dinner."*-- Benjamin Franklin "The way you give your name to others is a measure of how much you like and respect yourself."*-- Brian Tracy"Living consciously involves being genuine; it involves listening and responding to others honestly and openly; it involves being in the moment."*-- Sidney Poitier

Nothing More Important

There's nothing more important in life, than the people you meet along the way. Leaders who walk their talk will never lack for resources to get the job done. In the end each of us will be judged by our standard of life, not our standard of living.

What Really Matters Most

How different our lives are when we really know what is deeply important to us, and, keeping that picture in mind, we manage ourselves each day to be and to know what really matters most.--Stephen CoveyIf you can't return a favor, pass it on.--Louise BrownKeep company with those who make you better.--English Proverb

Keep Enthusiasm Going Strong

Cushion the painful effects of hard blows by keeping the enthusiasm going strong, even if doing so requires struggle. --Norman Vincent Peale All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action. --James Russell Lowell You can increase your brain power three- to fivefold simply by laughing and having fun before working on a problem. --Doug Hall

Acquire Any Quality

"The truth is you can acquire any quality you wantby acting as though you already have it." --Joseph Murphy "Act as though and it shall be" --Bible"Be kind and merciful. Let no one ever come to youwithout coming away better and happier." -- Mother Theresa

It's Up To YOU

"Some folks go through life pleased that the glass is half full. Others spend a lifetime lamenting that it's half-empty. The truth is: There is a glass with a certain volume of liquid in it. From there, it's up to you!"*-- Dr. James S. Vuocolo "Happiness depends on ourselves."*-- Aristotle "Change yourself and your work will seem different."*-- Norman Vincent Peale

Daring Adventure Or Nothing

"Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run thanoutright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure,or nothing."*-- Helen Keller "You always pass failure on the way to success." *-- Mickey Rooney "When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning,by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needsexpressing, then we truly live life."*-- Greg Anderson

Life of Integrity

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS: Living a life of integrity is one of the greatestmissions we can undertake. --Greg Anderson LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS: I define love thus: the will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth. --M. Scott Peck MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION: Such to me is the new image of aging: growth in self and service for all mankind. --Ethel Percy Audrus

Untroubled Spirit

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are. --Marcus AureliusLOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:In relation to others, gratitude is good manners; in relation to ourselves, it is a habit of the heart and a spiritual discipline. --Daphne Rose Kingma LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:Great men are they who see that spiritual is

Destiny Not Chance

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice.--William Jennings BryanLOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:True friends are those who really know you but love you anyway. --Edna Buchanan LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:Dare! And dare again--and go on daring.--George Danton

Those Who Sought

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve. --Albert SchweitzerLOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that servesus--and those around us--more effectively. Look for the learning. --Eric Allenbaugh LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:The crime which

Pushed By Problems

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:Don't be pushed by your problems; be led by your dreams. --Author Unknown LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:Love, like a river, will cut a new pathwhenever it meets an obstacle.--Crystal Middlemas LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. --Peter F. Drucker

People Who Show Up

"Only some people get what they want. Those are the people who show up to get it." *-- Dianne Houston"Nothing will work unless you do." *-- Maya Angelou"Kill the habit of worry, in all its forms, by reaching a general, blanket decision that nothing life has to offer is worth the price of worry" *-- Napoleon Hill

Not The Mountain

"It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves." *-- Edmund Hillary"You are positive, creative, and happy tothe degree to which you eliminate negativeemotions from your life."*-- Brian Tracy"Success is largely a matter of holding on after others have let go." *-- Anonymous

Learn By Doing

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:One must learn by doing the thing, for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try. --AristotleMOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:If you are breathing when you wake up, then that should be all the motivation you need to live this day to it's fullest... Be present when you are with people. Breath deeplyand listen not only with your ears but more importantly with your

A Positive Attitude

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:All the technology in the world will never replace a positive attitude.It is better to sleep on things beforehand than to lie awake about them afterward.--Baltasar GracianLEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.--Rita Mae Brown

No Failure

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:There is no failure except in no longer trying. --Elbert Hubbard LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:Love and intimacy are at the root of what makes us sick and what makes us well. I am not aware of any other factor in medicine--not diet, smoking, or exercise--that has a greater impact. --Dean Ornish LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:The best piece of advice I know for dealing with change at work comes