1. "Great minds must be ready not
only to take opportunities,
but to make them." –-Colton
2. “One of the most tragic things
I know about human nature is that all of us
tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of
some magical rose garden over the horizon--
instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming
outside our windows today.” --Dale Carnegie
3. “You have to do your own growing no matter
how tall your grandfather was.” --Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
4. "To dream anything that you want to dream.
That is the beauty of the human mind.
To do anything that you want to do.
That is the strength of the human will.
To trust yourself to test your limits.
That is the courage to succeed." --Bernard Edmonds
5. “You must take personal responsibility.
You cannot change the circumstances,
the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself.
That is something you have charge of.
You don't have charge of the constellations,
but you do have charge of whether you read,
develop new skills, and take new classes.”
--Jim Rohn....master motivator
6."The ideas I stand for are not mine.
I borrowed them from Socrates.
I swiped them from Chesterfield.
I stole them from Jesus.
And I put them in a book.
If you don't like their rules whose would you use?"
--Dale Carnegie (1888-1955)
7.“When we treat man as he is, we make him worse than he is;
when We treat him as if he already were what he potentially could be,
we make him what he should be.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
8. “What the mind of man can conceive and believe,
the mind of man can achieve.”
--Napoleon Hill author of Think and Grow Rich
9. "Failure is an opinion. It is either an educational tool
for starting over or an excuse breeding tool for saying it's over."
-- Doug Firebaugh
10. “There 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
11. "Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done,
really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it.
Believing a solution paves the way to solution."
--Dr. David Schwartz Author of "The Magic of Thinking Big"
12. "The quality of love and the duration of a relationship
are in direct proportion to the depth of the commitment
by both people to making the relationship successful.
--Brian Tracy
13. "A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his
opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities
of his difficulties."
-- Harry Truman
14. "Our limitations and success will be based,
most often, on your own expectations for ourselves.
What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon."
-- Denis Waitley
15. "There are those of us who are always about to live.
We are waiting until things change, until there is more time,
until we are less tired, until we get a promotion, until we settle down
-- until, until, until. It always seems as if there is some
major event that must occur in our lives before we begin living."
-- George Sheehan
16. If you depend on your company to take care of your retirement,
your future income will be divided by five.
Take care of it yourself, and you can multiply your future income by five.
--Jim Rohn
17. "Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch
which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it
burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations."
-- George Bernard Shaw
18. "It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success;
they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice,
and example could never have taught them so well as failure has done."
-- Samuel Smiles
19. "What a father says to his children is not heard by the world;
but it will be heard by posterity."
-- Jean Paul Richter
20. "No situation can be difficult of itself;
it is the lack of insight into its intricacies,
and the want of wisdom in dealing with it,
which give rise to the difficulty. Immeasurable,
therefore, is the gain of a difficulty transcended."
--James Allen
21. "Every evening, write down the six most important things
that you must do the next day. Then while you sleep your subconscious
will work on the best ways for you to accomplish them.
Your next day will go much more smoothly."
-- Tom Hopkins
22. "Failing to plan means planning to fail. What are your goals?"
-- Brian Tracy
23. "Defeat is simply a signal to press onward."
--Helen Keller
24. "Do not waste a minute - not a second
- in trying to demonstrate to others the merits of your performance.
If your work does not vindicate itself, you cannot vindicate it."
--Thomas Wentworth Higginson 1823-1911, American Clergyman, Writer
25. "No man can always be right. So the struggle is to do one's best,
to keep the brain and conscience clear, never be swayed by unworthy
motives or inconsequential reasons, but to strive to unearth the basic
factors involved, then do one's duty."
– Dwight D. Eisenhower
26. "We worry about what a child will be tomorrow,
yet we forget that he is someone today."
-- Stacia Tauscher
27. "Planning is a real waste of time....for those who waste time."
-- Doug Firebaugh
28. "Your children will see what you're all about by
what you live rather than what you say."
-- Wayne Dyer
29. "Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and
the thrill of creative effect."
--Franklin D. Roosevelt 1882-1945, Former American President
30. "People waste most of their waking hours every day going
through the motions, chatting idly, shuffling paper,
putting off decisions, reacting, majoring in minors and
concentrating on trivia. They spend their time in low priority tension
relieving, rather than high priority goal-achieving activities."
-- Denis Waitley
31. If you are always shouting at your children,
when it's really serious, they won't h-e-a-r you. A whisper beats a shout."
-- Mark Victor Hansen
32. "To reach a port, we must sail - sail, not tie at anchor - sail, not drift."
-- Franklin Delano Roosevelt
33. "The kindest thing you can do for the people you care about
is to become a happy, joyous person."
-- Brian Tracy
34. "A good laugh is sunshine in a house."
-- William Makepeace Thackeray
35. "Anybody can do just about anything with himself that he really
wants to and makes up his mind to do. We are capable of greater
things than we realize."
-- Norman Vincent Peale
36. "Work helps to preserve us from three great evils — weariness, vice, and want."
--Voltaire
37. "Gentlemen, why don't you laugh? With the fearful strain that
is upon me night and day, if I did not laugh, I should die."
-- Abraham Lincoln
38. "You must be single-minded. Drive for one thing on
which you have decided."
-- George S. Patton
39. "Profits are better than wages. Wages make you a living;
profits make you a fortune."
--Jim Rohn
40. "Look at your past. Your past has determined where you are at this moment.
What you do today will determine where you are tomorrow.
Are you moving forward or standing still?"
--Tom Hopkins
41. "We can be resentful of our age, or we can be grateful for having attained it."
--William Arthur Ward
42. "If you'll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives."
--Vince Lombardi
43. Great minds have purposes; little minds have wishes.
Little minds are subdued by misfortunes; great minds rise above them."
--Washington Irving
44. "Ain't no man can avoid being born average,
but there ain't no man got to be common."
--Satchel Paige
45. "Influence others positively by being a teacher,
coach, counselor, or mentor."
--Stephen Post, PhD and Jill Neimark, Why Good Things Happen to Good People
46. "Plan for gradual improvement, not spectacular leaps. . .
A slow and steady stream of water will, in time, erode the hardest rock."
--David Campbell, Ph.D., If You Don't Know Where You're Going, You'll Probably End Up Somewhere Else
47. "Believe deep down in your heart that you're destined to do great things."
--Joe Paterno
48. "We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors,
and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience."
--George Washington
49. "Earth is crammed with Heaven."
--Elizabeth Barrett Browning
50. "Remember, the inspiration follows action and not vice versa."
--Aronson, Eric, Dash.
51. "Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck."
--Dalai Lama
52. "All things come round to him who will but wait."
--Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
53/. "You see, in life, lots of people know what to do,
but few people actually do what they know.
Knowing is not enough! You must take action."
--Anthony Robbins
54. "I always like to look on the optimistic side of life,
but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter."
--Walt Disney
55. "When we find a greater purpose for our lives,
our dreams become more exciting to us,
helping us grow as individuals as we help others."
--Cook, Sharon and Sholander Graciela, Dream It Do It: Inspiring Stories of Dreams Come True.
56. "So, whether you're boldly defying convention or taking small,
calculated risks ... have fun in all that you do and strive for.
You're an amazing person with untapped potential."
--Hilton-Barbert, Miles, Life is a Rollercoaster, not a Rocking Chair
57. "We all find ourselves in situations that at times seem hopeless.
And, we all have the choice to do nothing or take action."
--Catherine Pulsifer
58. "For our idea to endure, we must generate interest and curiosity."
--Heath, Chip Heath, Dan, Made to Stick
59. "You were born with everything you needed to live your life
in a most exceptional and worthwhile way."
--Helmstetter, Shad, What to Say When you Talk To Yourself
60. "The world is full of winners who rose from nothing and losers
who were given every opportunity."
--Neviaser, Donald, The Inner View, Life Enhancing Perspectives Kanevia Books, 2000, preface.
61. "Notice when you are wishing you were somewhere else
and bring yourself back to a state of appreciation for where you are."
--Dyer, Wayne. Wisdom of the Ages: 60 Days to Enlightenment. First Quill, 2002, p. 244.
62. "Each day offers us a new opportunity to take steps in the right direction,
steps that enlighten, enrich, or improve us and others."
--Powers, Margaret Fishback, The Footprints Book of Daily Inspirations
63. "How often we miss our life by focusing on the past or yearning for the future."
--Schaef, Anne Wilson, Meditations for Women Who Do Too Much
64. "I see the ant not just as the antithesis of a sluggard but also as one who never quits."
--Jenkins, Jerry B. Jenkins, Twelve Things I Want My Kids to Remember Forever
65. "Everything comes if a man will only wait."
--Benjamin Disraeli
66. "There is no failure except in no longer trying."
--Elbert Hubbard
67. "A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into."
--Ansel Adams
69. "You can either engage in the blame game, making frequent use of the statement,
'I couldn't because . . . ,' or you can take control of your life and
shape it as you would like."
--Carter-Scott, Cherie, If Life is a Game, These are the Rules
70. "When we are best to ourselves, we radiate a healthy
mental attitude of optimism, joy, gladness, and hope."
--Marden, Orison Swett, The Get-to-the-Point Success Reader
71."Most of us say we know we are responsible for own satisfaction,
but deep down we still wait for that someone to appear
who will make us happy."
--Moeller, Kristen, Waiting for Jack
72. "Adopt a positive mental attitude that will help
you shape the course of your own destiny rather than drifting
along at the mercy of adversity."
--Hill, Napoleon, A Year of Growing Rich
73. "That which we constantly affirm has the tendency to
take over in our thoughts and to produce changed attitudes."
--Peale, Norman Vincent, Have a Great Day
74. "Life is a gift and the present is the time to cherish it."
--Richards, Shadonna, Think and Be Happy
75. "How many times in our life have we been afraid to tackle
a tough job or project, believing that we just didn't have enough
talent or brains or guts to succeed, and then once we have forced ourselves to try -
and successfully completed the challenge - we look back at what we have done,
finally realizing that our greatest enemy, the one who urges us not even
to try because we would certainly fail, was none other than ourselves."
--Mandino, Og, Secrets for Success and Happiness
76. "Even during trying circumstances or tragedies,
winners dig out the positives and summon the courage to
take the next step and make things better."
--Kassorla, Dr. Irene, Go For It
77. "If we pour our best positive energy into the world,
the world will work better."
--Liebau, Paul, Thoughts on Relationships
78. "I've also learned that both the good and bad times
in my life are truly gifts, and that each has great value,
if I manage them well."
--Johnson, Spencer, Peaks and Valleys
79. "The truth is, we are all born with potential greatness
and blessed with numerous opportunities to soar to dizzying new heights."
--Greive, Bradley Trevor, The Meaning of Life
80. "You get to fill the blackboard of your life with whatever you want.
If you have filled it in with baggage from the past, wipe it clean."
--Byrne, Rhonda, the Secret
81. "Enjoy each moment as it happens. Your life is made up of
one moment after another, either lived or lost."
--Francis, Cindy, Life Lessons for Women
82. "Enthusiasm is the greatest asset in the world.
Its potential value far surpasses money and power and influence."
--Mandino, Og, The Greatest Salesman in the World Part II
83. "Your life is whatever you focus on."
--Richards, Shadonna, A Gift of Hope
84. "Life tells you nothing, it shows you everything."
--Bach, Richard, Messiah's Handbook.
85. "In today's fiercely competitive world,
standing still is the same as going backward.
If you don't go forward, others will speed right past you."
--Gagan, James L., America's Best Kept Secret .......
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