Love and Life

Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life. --Leo Buscaglia The only thing in life that you have 100% control of is your effort and your word.--Neil Carlson LIfe's piano can only produce the melodies of brotherhood when it is recognized that the black keys are as basic, necessary, and beautiful as the white keys.--Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Faith In First Step

Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase. --Martin Luther King, Jr. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. --Martin Luther King, Jr. A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus. --Martin Luther King, Jr. ------------------------------ Who is Martin Luther King

The Sure Thing Boat

The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from the shore. --Dale Carnegie My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me. --Winston Churchill I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past. --Thomas Jefferson

Being Young or Old

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.--Henry FordThere are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.--Dale Carnegie True friendship is a

Look Too Far Ahead

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.--Winston ChurchillYou cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.--Golda Meir Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power--Abraham Lincoln

Boss and Leader

Remember the difference between a boss and a leader: a boss says "Go!" -- a leader says "Let's go!" --E.M. Kelly Love is not what we become but who we already are. --Stephen Levine Like swimming, riding, writing, or playing golf, happiness can be learned.--Dr. Boris Sokoloff

Learning Passion

Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you'll never cease to grow.--Anthony J. D'AngeloIf you see someone without a smile, give them one of yours.--Jacquelinemae Rudd Motivate them, train them, care about them, andmake winners out of them...we know that if wetreat our employees correctly, they'll treat the customers right. And if customers are treated right, they'll come back.--J.

Wake and Act Each Day

Wake and act each day with the understandingthat your actions will be absorbed by your children...and your children will grow to be contributing adults to the level of your influence. Many of life's failures are men who didnot realize how close they were tosuccess when they gave up.--Thomas Edison Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.--George S. Patton

They Think Of You

Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring and integrity, they think of you.-- H. Jackson Brown, Jr."You don't have to stay up nights to succeed; you have to stay awake days."-- Source Unknown"Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance."-- Oprah Winfrey

You Have To Fight

"Anything is possible. You can be told that you have a 90-percent chance or a 50-percent chance or a 1-percent chance, but you have to believe, and you have to fight." -- Lance Armstrong "The best way to serve God is by going in search of your own dreams. Only the happy can spread happiness." -- Paulo Coelho "The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are

Short Visit

"Don't hurry, don't worry. You're only here for a short visit. So be sure to stop and smell the flowers." -- Walter Hagen "First say to yourself what you would be, then do what you have to do." -- Epictetus "Whenever you have an opportunity to laugh, laugh; whenever you have an opportunity to dance, dance; whenever you have an opportunity to sing, sing - and one day you will find you have created

Many Aspects Of Success

"There are many aspects to success; material wealth is only one component. ...But success also includes good health, energy and enthusiasm for life, fulfilling relationships, creative freedom, emotional and psychological stability, a sense of well-being, and peace of mind."-- Deepak Chopra"He who has achieved success has worked well, laughed often and loved much."-- Elbert Hubbard "Life is a

Slow Is Ok

"It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop." -- Confucius "You have your brush, you have your colors, you paint paradise, then in you go." -- Nikos Kazantzakis "Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling." -- Margaret Lee Runbeck

Visualize What You Want

Make sure you visualize what you really want, not what someone else wants for you.--Jerry GilliesEach relationship nurtures a strength or weakness within you.--Mike Murdock A successful person is a dreamer whom someone believed in.--Source Unknown

The Key To All Success

"Action is the foundational key to all success."-- Pablo Picasso"For every minute of anger, you lose 60 seconds of happiness."-- Ralph Waldo Emerson"As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live."-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Don't Give Up

"Don't give up at half-time. Concentrate on winning the secondhalf." *-- Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant "Let a person rejoice when he is confronted with obstacles, for it means that he has reached the end of some particular line of indifference or folly, and is now called upon to summon up all his energy and intelligence in order to extricate himself, and to find a better way; that the powers within

Habit of Mind

"Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate.So practice happy thinking every day. Cultivate the merry heart,develop the happiness habit, and life will become a continual feast."*-- Norman Vincent Peale"Don't let yesterday take up too much of today." *-- Will Rogers "Others will underestimate us, for although we judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing,others judge us only by

Our Own Responsibility

"One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And, the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility."*-- Eleanor Roosevelt"Don't let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was."*-- Richard Evans"Courage is not

Human Nature

"Something in human nature causes us to start slacking off at our moment of greatest accomplishment. As you become successful, you will need a great deal of self-discipline not to lose your sense of balance, humility and commitment."*-- H. Ross Perot"Motivation is the fuel necessary to keep the human engine running."*-- Zig Ziglar"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives."*--

Keep Moving

Achievement seems to be connected with action. Successful men and women keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit."-- Conrad Hilton1887-1979, Founder of Hilton Hotels "Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right."-- Henry Ford "You can't expect to prevent negative feelings altogether. And you can't expect to experience positive feelings all the time...The Law of