Friday, July 31, 2009

Faith Is SomethingTo Grasp

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"Faith is not something to grasp,
it is a state to grow into."

-- Mohandas Gandhi


"You will believe that the power of health
in the universe is 10,000 times greater
than that of disease -- in fact, that
disease has no power whatever."

-- Wallace D. Wattles


"Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress."

-- Mohandas Gandhi


"No individual has any right to come into the world
and go out of it without leaving something behind."

-- George Washington Carver

Thursday, July 30, 2009

It Is The Life In Your Years

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"And in the end it's not the years in your life that count.
It's the life in your years."

--Abraham Lincoln


"Fear of something is at the root of hate for others,
and hate within will eventually destroy the hater."

-- George Washington Carver


"Action expresses priorities."

-- Mohandas Gandhi


"Do not try to exert your will upon the
formless to compel it to give you more
vitality or power. It is already placing
all the power there is at your service."

-- Wallace D. Wattles

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Their Music Still In Them

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"Many people die with their music still in them.
Why is this so? Too often it is because they are
always getting ready to live. Before they know it,
time runs out."

-- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.


"The minute you settle for less than you deserve,
you get even less than you settled for."

-- Maureen Dowd


"Wherever you see a successful business, someone
once made a courageous decision."

-- Peter Drucker


"We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done."

-- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Meet It Your Best Whatever Comes

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"You have to accept whatever comes and the only important
thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give."

-- Eleanor Roosevelt


"Love sought is good, but given unsought is better."

-- William Shakespeare (Twelfth Night)


"It is never too late to give up our prejudices."

-- Henry David Thoreau


"The human being lives, moves, and has his
being in a limitless ocean of health-power."

-- Wallace D. Wattles

Monday, July 27, 2009

Form a Mental Vision Of Your Goal

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"Before you begin a thing remind yourself that difficulties and delays quite impossible to foresee are ahead. You can only see one thing clearly, and that is your goal. Form a mental vision of that and cling to it through thick and thin."

-- Kathleen Norris


"The good neighbor looks beyond the external accidents and
discerns those inner qualities that make all men human
and, therefore, brothers."

-- Martin Luther King, Jr.


"The time is always right to do what is right."

-- Martin Luther King, Jr.


"We must accept finite disappointment,
but we must never lose infinite hope."

-- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Be Thankful For Today

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"Let's start with what we can be thankful for, and get our mind
into that vibration, and then watch the good that starts to come,
because one thought leads to another thought."

-- Bob Proctor


"Dreams come true. Without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them."

-- John Updike (1932 - 2009)


Thought Of The Day :

What are you thankful for today?

Start the day off by counting your blessings. I know this might be hard,
especially if you are going through a really difficult
time in your life. Even if it is just one great thing,
make mention of it out loud.

For instance, here is mine:
"I am thankful that I have 3 healthy and happy children
that bless my life each day."

I wish all of you a wonderful Day!

Saturday, July 25, 2009

Have A Meaningful Life

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"Life takes on meaning when you become motivated,
set goals and charge after them in an
unstoppable manner."

-- Les Brown


"Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or to lose."

-- Lyndon B. Johnson


Thought Of The Day :

Find a way to remove all the negative relationships from your life.
Negative people will always drag you down to their level.

Is that a place where you want to be?

I think not! So…if you think you
could make some upgrades to your current circle of friends…then
start today!

When you increase your associations with positive and
uplifting people….you feel good and strive to become even better!

Friday, July 24, 2009

High Energy Level

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"The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body. The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results."

-- Anthony Robbins


"Often we can help each other most by leaving each other alone; at other times we need the hand-grasp and the word of cheer."

-- Elbert Hubbard


"Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them become what they are capable of being."

-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"We turn not older with years, but newer every day."

-- Emily Dickinson

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Take Step To Fulfill Your Ambition

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"If you have a great ambition, take as big a step as possible in the direction of fulfilling it. The step may only be a tiny one, but trust that it may be the largest one possible for now."

-- Mildred Mcafee


"I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education."

-- Wilson Mizner (1876 - 1933)


"There are really only two conditions of the human mind: Very, very happy. Or, about to become very, very happy. Which are you today?"

-- Mike Dooley


"The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying a way small stones."

-- Chinese Proverb

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Strengthing The Soul

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"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved."

-- Helen Keller


"A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body."

-- Benjamin Franklin


"Wherever you are is always the right place. There is never a need to fix anything, to hitch up the bootstraps of the soul and start at some higher place. Start right where you are."

-- Julia Cameron


"If you want to feel rich, just count the things you have that money can't buy."

-- A Wish Human

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Great Achievers Have Vision

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"All of the great achievers of the past have been visionary figures; they were men and women who projected into the future. They thought of what could be, rather than what already was, and then they moved themselves into action, to bring these things into fruition."

-- Bob Proctor


"Mistakes are the portals of discovery."

-- James Joyce (1882 - 1941)


"Everyone has the power of greatness. Not for fame, but greatness. Because greatness is determined by service."

-- Martin Luther King


"If we are together nothing is impossible.If we are divided all will fail."

-- Winston Churchill

Monday, July 20, 2009

Within Each Of Us

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"Within each of us is a hidden store of energy.
Energy we can release to compete in the marathon of life.
Within each of us is a hidden store of courage.
Courage to give us the strength to face any challenge.
Within each of us is a hidden store of determination.
Determination to keep us in the race when all seems lost."

*-- Roger Dawson


"We hold these truths to be self-evident; That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights;that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.'"

*-- Thomas Jefferson


"The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time."

*-- Abraham Lincoln

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Faith Means Taking The First Step

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"Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step."

-- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.


"Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be."

-- Abraham Lincoln


Thought Of The Day :

Feeling a bit stressed today? Stop what you are doing, close your eyes and breathe. If you are stressed, you will notice your breathing is probably shallow - a condition that both reflects your stress and contributes to it.

Breathe deeply for at least 10 breaths and notice that you've become calmer and more relaxed. Now multiply that one-minute breathing vacation by three...at least three times a day, stop and become aware of your breathing.

Start to restore balance in your life by returning to the most fundamental experience of living...breathe.

Saturday, July 18, 2009

No Race Can Proper

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"No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem."

-- Booker T. Washington (1856 - 1915)


"Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up because they're looking for ideas."

-- Paula Poundstone


Thought Of The Day :

Happy Friday to you all! Studies show we need 12 laughs a day to stay healthy. Consider this a gift of good health! Laughter is of pure, unadulterated … FUN. Laughter is terrific for anyone, because in today’s world, who do you know that won’t appreciate a good reason to laugh! So make it a goal to have a good old fashioned belly laugh today. You know the kind I am talking about! Laughter IS an instant vacation!

Have a GREAT weekend!

Friday, July 17, 2009

Set Goals To Get Result

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"Big goals get big results. No goals gets no results or somebody else's results."

-- Mark Victor Hansen


"All the technology in the world will never replace a positive attitude."

-- Harvey Mackay


"Energy, mental clarity, and positive regard for others are the three most important benchmarks of well-being."

-- Jeanne


"When you wholeheartedly adopt a 'with all your heart' attitude and go all out with the positive principle, you can do incredible things."

-- Norman Vincent Peale

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Success Achievement Recipe

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"What is the recipe for successful achievement?

To my mind there are just four essential ingredients:

1) Choose a career you love...
2) Give it the best there is in you...
3) Seize your opportunities...
4) And be a member of the team."

--Benjamin F. Fairless


"Age doesn't protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age."

-- Jeanne Moreau


"You've got to get up every morning with a smile on your face and show the world all the love in your heart. Then people are going to treat you better. You're going to find, yes you will, that you're beautiful as you feel."

-- Carole King


"Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul."

-- Rebecca West (1892 - 1983)

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

When Change Does Not Come

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"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."

--President Barack Obama


"But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine."

-- Thomas Jefferson


"We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent."

-- President Barack Obama


"Who you really are is enough."

-- Oriah Mountain Dreamer

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Raise Your Sights No Matter How Dark

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"No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see the possibilities – always see them, for they're always there."

-- Norman Vincent Peale


"You have not lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you."

-- Anonymous


"What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first step to something better."

-- Wendell Phillips (1811 - 1884)


"I believe that education is all about being excited about something. Seeing passion and enthusiasm helps push an educational message."

-- Steve Irwin, The Crocodile Hunter

Monday, July 13, 2009

Definition of a True Friend

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"A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows you your strengths; feels your fears but fortifies your faith; sees your anxieties but frees your spirit; recognizes your disabilities but emphasizes your possibilities."

-- William Arthur Ward


"Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction."

-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery


"You want to set a goal that is big enough that in the processof achieveing it you become someone worth becoming."

-- Jim Rohn


"The geat blessing of mankind are within us and within our reach; but we shut our eyes, and like people in the dark, we fall foul upon the very thing we search for, without finding it."

--Seneca

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Where Happiness Came From

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"Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed."

-- Thomas Jefferson


"Inch by inch, life’s a cinch. Yard by yard, life is hard."

-- A Wise Human


Thought Of The Day :

Don’t underestimate the power of small incremental changes. Dream big and constantly pull yourself in the right direction by checking off to-do after to-do…one small task a day can rapidly eat away at something that looks and feels unreachable.

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Imagine Dream and Achieve

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"If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can become it."

-- William Arthur Ward


"If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self."

-- Napoleon Hill


Thought Of The Day :

When you toss a rock into a lake you see a splash and the ripples spreading out, but those ripples can go far beyond what you see. The same is true in life. Our actions, the things we say create a ripple effect that has a huge impact on you and the people around you, even when you don't see it or aren't aware of it."The Ripple Effect", when understood and used appropriately, can change your life and the life of those who are touched by your influence.

Friday, July 10, 2009

Taking The Fist Step

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"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase."

-- Martin Luther King, Jr.


"Everything you need you already have. You are complete right now, you are a whole, total person, not an apprentice person on the way to someplace else."

-- Wayne Dyer


"The time is always right to do what is right."

-- Martin Luther King, Jr.


"A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus."

-- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Wednesday, July 08, 2009

Expect The Best of Yourself

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"Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality"

-- Ralph Marston


"I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear."

-- Martin Luther King, Jr.


"An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity."

--Martin Luther King, Jr.


"It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it. "

--Martin Luther King, Jr.

Tuesday, July 07, 2009

Your Ideal Is The Prophecy

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"Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. Your Vision is the promise of what you shall one day be. Your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil."

— James Allen


"You can't touch love, but you can feel the sweetness that it pours into everything."

-- Annie Sullivan


"There is only one success--to be able to spend your life in your own way."

-- Christopher Morley


"Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway."

-- John Wayne (1907 - 1979)

Monday, July 06, 2009

Stand, Walk, Run, Climb and Dance

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"He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and
walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying."

-- Friedrich Nietzsche
(1844-1900, German Philosopher)


"A true friend is one soul in two bodies."

-- Aristotle


"A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers."

-- Plato


"In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present."

--Francis Bacon

Sunday, July 05, 2009

Planning For The Future

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"Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now."

-- Alan Lakein


"Death is not the greatest loss in life.
The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live."

-- Norman Cousins
(1915-1990, American Editor, Humanitarian, Author)


Thought Of The Day :

Always work from a list. When something new comes up, add it to the list before you do it. You can increase your productivity and output by 25% or more – about 2 hours a day – from the first day that you being working consistently from a list. Make your list the night before the day ahead. The more time you take to make written lists of everything you have to do, in advance, the more effective and efficient you will be.

Saturday, July 04, 2009

Liking or Disliking

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"I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me…all I ask is that you respect me as a human being."

-- Jackie Robinson


"When technology interferes with moving your body, contemplating the grand scheme of things,and relating to other humans face to face, it's time to shift the focus."

-- Victoria Moran, Living a Charmed Life


Thought Of The Day :

Remove all derogatory words and phrases from your vocabulary today. Practice empathy. Walk awhile in others’ shoes and consider their feelings before speaking and acting. Before ever beginning to say anything bad about another person…imagine them standing right next to you first. Make today a great day!

Friday, July 03, 2009

A Loving Heart

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"A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge."

-- Thomas Carlyle


"The universal brotherhood of man is our most precious possession."

-- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)


"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."

-- Aristotle


"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."

-- Plato

Thursday, July 02, 2009

Breeds Confidence and Courage

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"Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy."

-- Dale Carnegie


"The purpose of relationship is not to have another who might complete you, but to have another with whom you might share your completeness."

-- Neale Donald Walsch


"Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done."

--Harriet Beecher Stowe


"The hero is no braver than the ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer."

--Ralph Waldo Emerson

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Human Greatest Glory

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

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson


"You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection."

-- Buddha


"The future belongs to those who see possibilities before they become obvious."

— John Sculley


"Stay close to what makes you come alive. You do the most for someone else by staying connected to what keeps you glowing."

-- Victoria Moran, Living a Charmed Life