Your life flows out from your imagination. Whatever you choose to become, you have first chosen to imagine.
--Ralph Marston
Monday, September 22, 2008
Sunday, September 21, 2008
The Purpose of Life
The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you lived and lived well.
--Ralph Waldo Emerson
--Ralph Waldo Emerson
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Magical Mystery
"This magical mystery that is your life knows only the limits you choose to give it."
--Ralph Marston
--Ralph Marston
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Indecision
Indecision brings its own delays,
And days are lost lamenting over lost days.
Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute;
What you can do, or dream you can do, begin it;
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
--Goethe
And days are lost lamenting over lost days.
Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute;
What you can do, or dream you can do, begin it;
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
--Goethe
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
First Things First
Do first things first and second things not at all. As Goethe said, "The things that matter most must never be at the mercy of the things that matter least."
--Brian Tracy
--Brian Tracy
Monday, September 15, 2008
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Determination
No impediment stands in the way of pure human determination. Any obstacle can be overcome.
--Joseph Droual
--Joseph Droual
Friday, September 12, 2008
Commitment
Everything, and I mean everything, either through conscious or subconscious choice, is a result of a commitment we have made.
--Steve Wynn
--Steve Wynn
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Success is simple
Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time.
--Arnold H. Glasow
--Arnold H. Glasow
Sunday, August 31, 2008
True Joy
This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.
--George Bernard Shaw
--George Bernard Shaw
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Successful People
Successful people don't rely on the approval of others to pursue their cause or calling. They have the audacity to take the initiative despite social pressures rather than because of them. They are more emotionally committed to doing what they love than being loved by others. They don't wallow or obsess on a single defeat or rely on finding scapegoats or blame when things go wrong, but instead relentlessly place highest priority on being effective in getting the outcomes they are seeking.
--Jerry Porras, Stewart Emery, Mark Thompson
--Jerry Porras, Stewart Emery, Mark Thompson
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Most important goal
Identify your most important goal in life today. What is it? What one goal, if you achieved it, would have the greatest positive effect on your life? . . . Whatever your answer, take action immediately. Do something. Do anything, but get started.
--Brian Tracy
--Brian Tracy
Friday, August 15, 2008
I Will Try
"I can't do it" never yet accomplished anything. "I will try" has accomplished wonders.
--George P. Burnham
--George P. Burnham
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Great Life
No steam or gas drives anything until it is confined. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.
--Harry Emerson Fosdick
--Harry Emerson Fosdick
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Focus is the Secret
Admonishing someone to be more disciplined or have stronger willpower helps only those whose lives are running pretty well. It does not get to the root of the problem. . . . Focus is the Secret. Rather than willpower and discipline, [you] need focus. . . . The discipline and willpower will come if they are needed. . . . You do not need discipline or willpower to make your life organized or successful. You only need to know how to focus your attention where it will make a difference.
--Sandra Felton
--Sandra Felton
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Power of Belief
The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.
--Frank Lloyd Wright
--Frank Lloyd Wright
Monday, August 11, 2008
One Thing
It is better to say, "This one thing I do" than to say, "These forty things I dabble in."
--Washington Gladden
--Washington Gladden
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Concentration
The first law of success is concentration, to bend all the energies to one point, and to go directly to that point, looking neither to the right nor to the left.
--William Mathews
--William Mathews
Friday, August 8, 2008
One Particular Channel
Every man has become great, every successful man has succeeded, in proportion as he has confined his powers to one particular channel.
--Orison Swett Marden
--Orison Swett Marden
Thursday, August 7, 2008
The Course of Your Life
Your ability to set your goals, plan, and take action on them determines the course of your life.
--Brian Tracy
--Brian Tracy
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Set the Table
There is one quality that one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants and a burning desire to achieve it.
--Napoleon Hill
--Napoleon Hill
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