The secret of getting ahead is getting started

Mark Twain

For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?

James Allen

Issue a blanket pardon. Forgive everyone who has ever hurt you in any way. Forgiveness is a perfectly selfish act. It sets you free from the past

Brian Tracy

Our greatest glory is not in never failing but in rising up every time we fail

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don’t wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it’s at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savoured.

Earl Nightingale

Originally posted 2009-04-04 02:18:07.

“You’ve got to win in your mind before you win in your life.” –
John Addison

“The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.” –
Ralph Waldo Emerson

“It is  in the small decisions you and I make every day that create our destiny.” –
Anthony Robbins

“There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.” -
Denis Waitley

“I know the price of success: dedication, hard work and an unremitting devotion to  the things you want to see happen.” –
Frank Lloyd Wright

“Never let your work drive you. Master it and keep it in complete control.” –
Booker T. Washington

“You say I started out with practically nothing, but that isn’t correct. We all start with all there is. It’s how we use it that makes things possible.” –
Henry Ford

“You can do it if you believe you can.” –
Napoleon Hill

“The meaning of life is to give life meaning.” -
Ken Hudgins

“Until   you  make   peace  with   who   you   are,   you’ll   never   be   content   with  what  you have.” -
Doris Mortman

“Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.” -
Lyndon B. Johnson

Originally posted 2009-04-30 02:27:25.

Death is not the biggest fear we have;Our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive — the risk to be alive and express what we really are.

Don Miguel Ruiz

Remember, happiness doesn’t depend upon who you are or what you have, it depends solely upon what you think.

Dale Carnegie

The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.

Theodore Roosevelt

Originally posted 2009-05-25 02:22:48.

If a man does only what is required of him,
he is a slave.
If a man does more than is required of him,
he is a free man.
Chinese Proverb

Learn from yesterday,
live for today,
hope for tomorrow.
The important thing is to not stop questioning.
Albert Einstein

The better part of happiness is to wish to be what you are.
Desiderius Erasmus

The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do,
and then do it.
Henry Ford

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.
Abraham Lincoln

Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Knowledge is limited.
Imagination encircles the world.
Albert Einstein

Originally posted 2009-05-13 02:19:25.

“Goals are dreams we convert to plans and take action to fulfill.” – Zig Ziglar

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and  convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” – Martin Luther King.

“Commitment   is   that   turning point   in your   life when you seize  the moment  and convert it into an opportunity to alter your destiny.” – Denis Waitley

“Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” – Maya Angelou

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit.” – Aristotle

“Live out of your imagination, not your history.” – Stephen Covey

“Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves.” – Zig Ziglar

“A dream is a wish your heart makes.” – Walt Disney

“Where love is, there God is also.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“When we look for the good in others, we discover the best in ourselves.” – Martin Walsh

Originally posted 2009-05-10 02:27:37.

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

It’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you’re not.
Unknown

Simplicity is the key to brilliance.
Bruce Lee

There is no end.  There is no beginning. There is only the infinite passion of life.
Federico Fellini

Work as though you would live forever, and live as though you would die today.
Og Mandino

What the mind of man can conceive and believe, the mind of man can achieve.
Napoleon Hill

Originally posted 2009-04-25 02:18:37.

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

At least three times every day take a moment and ask yourself what is really important. Have the wisdom and the courage to build your life around your answer.

Lee Jampolsky

All that we are is the result of what we have thought.

Buddha

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.

Seneca

Originally posted 2009-05-28 02:24:26.

“The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even touched.
They must be felt with the heart.” – Helen Keller

“Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start
each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will
tend to be pleasant and successful.” – Norman Vincent Peale

“There are two ways of spreading light: To be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” – Edith Wharton

“A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.” – Henrik Ibsen

“Asking the right questions takes as much skill as giving the right answers.” – Robert Half

“The way to choose happiness is to follow what is right and real and the truth for you.” – Oprah Winfrey

“Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe,
your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing there is a solution paves the way to a
solution.” – Dr. David Schwartz

“The secret  of  success  is  to be ready when your opportunity comes.” – Benjamin Disraeli

Originally posted 2009-04-20 02:27:19.

“The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.” – Oprah Winfrey

“People know you for what you’ve done, not for what you plan to do.” – Unknown Author

“There are two great days in a person’s life – the day we are born and the day we discover why.” – William Barclay

“Your life is a gift from the Creator. Your gift back to the Creator is what you do with your life.” – Billy Mills

“Be yourself. The world worships the original.” – Ingrid Bergman

“There   is  only  one   success,   to  be  able   to   spend   your   life   in  your  own way.”   – Christopher Morley

“We will either find a way, or make one!” – Hannibal

“Who has  never   tasted what   is  bitter  does  not   know what   is   sweet.”   -  German Proverb

“They can because they think they can.” – Virgil

Originally posted 2009-02-10 02:26:21.

Self-pity gets you nowhere. One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world — making the most of one’s best.

Harry Emerson Fosdick

Man’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr

The nearest way to glory is to strive to be what you wish to be thought to be.

Socrates

The man who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away.

Charles Schwab

Originally posted 2009-04-22 02:18:31.