Saturday, July 30, 2011

Be Grateful People

"A heart that has been opened by gratitude can transform any crises into a blessing and opportunity. Truly successful people are grateful people."

-- Dr. John F. Demartini


"Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your gold and good health have vanished."

-- Og Mandino


"If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased."

-- Katharine Hepburn


"To wish to be well is a part of becoming well."

-- Seneca

Friday, July 29, 2011

Gratitude is Creator of Miracles

"Gratitude is the creator of miracles. Grateful thoughts empower you and make you feel lighter as they open up your heart and allow you to feel the love that is always inwardly present. Feeling thankful eases the tensions of daily life. Gratefulness heals, soothes and enlightens."

-- Dr. John F. Demartini


"Nothing has meaning except for the meaning we give it."

-- T. Harv Eker


"A man's errors are his portals of discovery."

-- James Joyce


"A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty."

-- Arthur Wang

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Something Mystical About Water

"There's something mystical about water. It helps us make transformations that alter our entire physical, mental and spiritual outlook. Just think about how a bath refreshes and relaxes you."

-- Dr. John F. Demartini


"It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it."

-- John Wooden


"My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it."

-- Clarence Budington Kelland

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Moments for Solitude

"Designating a part of each day even if it's just for a few moments for solitude and inner reflection is time well spent. Meditative silence can fire you up like no other activity or form of exercise."

-- Dr. John F. Demartini


"He who knows most grieves most for wasted time."

-- Dante


"There's one sad truth in life I've found
While journeying east and west -
The only folks we really wound
Are those we love the best.
We flatter those we scarcely know,
We please the fleeting guest,
And deal full many a thoughtless blow
To those who love us best."

-- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Flow of Inspiring Messages

"There is a constant flow of inspiring messages coming to us from unknown higher sources. If we wish to receive these messages of love, guidance and poise, all that's required of us is to spend a few moments in total meditative silence."

-- Dr. John F. Demartini


"Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience."

-- Hyman Rickover


"A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

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-- Christopher Reeve



"The only difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is extraordinary determination."

-- Mary Kay Ash

Monday, July 25, 2011

Procrastination Adds Stress

"Procrastination adds stress but action leads to success. Therefore, go out and buy some books or learning tapes on whatever subject you'd love to know more about. You could also simply go to the library and start researching. Invest at least ten minutes a day in study. Instead of this subject being a mystery, you can make it your mastery."

-- Dr. John F. Demartini


"We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another - until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices."

-- Richard M. Nixon


"Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can."

-- John Wesley


"Keep the faith, don't lose your perseverance and always trust your gut extinct."

-- Paula Abdul

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Everyone Have Time

"Many of us would like to learn another language or master some subject in life. Instead of wishing that we had a particular area of knowledge or talent, it's much wiser to just set aside the necessary space and time to obtain it. Everyone has enough time."

-- Dr. John F. Demartini


"Wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one's awareness of one's ignorance."

-- Anthony de Mello



"It takes generosity to discover the whole through others. If you realize you are only a violin, you can open yourself up to the world by playing your role in the concert."

-- Jacques Yves Cousteau


"As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our responsibility upon the shoulders of God or nature. We must shoulder it ourselves. It is our responsibility."

-- Arnold J. Toynbee

Friday, July 22, 2011

Unnecessary Time Spent

"There are so many little things in each day that create busyness and waste and not success. Such unnecessities rob us of valuable time which could be used for higher priority actions. It's amazing how easily we can become stuck in habits that lead to stress. Eliminate your low-priority unnecessities."

-- Dr. John F. Demartini


"There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age."

-- Sophia Loren


"Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more."

-- Anthony Robbins


"If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you, you will grow vigorous and happy, however adverse your circumstances may seem to be."

-- John R. Miller

Be Organized

"Sometimes we spend twice as much energy just looking for something that might be right under our noses because we never took the time to put it in its own special place."

-- Dr. John F. Demartini


"You will find yourself refreshed by the presence of cheerful people. Why not make earnest effort to confer that pleasure on others? Half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy."

-- Lydia M. Child


"Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them ... every day begin the task anew."

-- Saint Francis de Sales


"Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else."

-- Les Brown

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Greatest Feelings in Life

"One of the greatest feelings in life is when those you love wrap their arms around you. Wow, don't hugs feel fabulous? Of course, you don't have to limit them to family members or to those who are dear to you."

-- Dr. John F. Demartini


"You were born an original. Don't die a copy."

-- John Mason


"When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity."

-- John F. Kennedy


"If you want to be successful, find someone who has achieved the results you want and copy what they do and you'll achieve the same results."

-- Tony Robbins

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Expressing Sincere Feelings

"Expressing your sincere feelings of love could be considered the epitome of success, for true success demands the expression of your heartfelt love. When your heart is open and filled with gratitude and love, you attract the people, places, things, ideas or events that will help you build the life you've dreamed of. Conversely, when your heart is closed and blocked off to love, you end up attracting more stressful calamities."

-- Dr. John F. Demartini


"If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other."

-- Mother Teresa


"The more you recognize and express gratitude for the things you have, the more things you will have to express gratitude for."

-- Zig Ziglar

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Discipline of Self-Acknowledgement

"Creating the discipline of self-acknowledgement for your success is important. Nobody will build you up as much as you can or for that matter, put you down as much as you can. One builds success and the other leads to stress. You are your own best praiser and worst critic."

-- Dr. John F. Demartini


"Throughout the centuries, there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision."

-- Ayn Rand


"The winner's edge is not in a gifted birth, a high IQ, or in talent. The winner's edge is all in the attitude, not aptitude. Attitude is the criterion for success."

-- Denis Waitley

Monday, July 18, 2011

People Who Stand In The Way

"Sometimes, the people who stand in the way and create obstacles are actually helping the most because they confront you and force you to come up with your best, enabling you to become a greater achiever."

-- Dr. John F. Demartini


"You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.
You're on your own.
And you know what you know.
You are the guy who'll decide where to go."

--Dr. Seuss


"The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react."

-- George Bernard

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Savings For Long-Term

"I've realized that when we save for a purpose that's larger than ourselves, possibly even for something lasting longer than our lifetimes, this can be our most successful savings incentive. In fact, it's easier to save for a bigger, long-term cause than a less significant, short-term one. Therefore, when organizing savings, we should think in terms of how it will impact the future."

-- Dr. John F. Demartini


"An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest."

-- Author unknown, commonly attributed to Benjamin Franklin


"A life without love is like a year without summer."

-- Swedish Proverb


"I would rather the man who presents something for my consideration subject me to a zephyr of truth and a gentle breeze of responsibility rather than blow me down with a curtain of hot wind."

-- Grover Cleveland

Set Time To Help Another Person

"We feel greater self-worth and more successful when we provide services for others. There's a touch of the Good Samaritan in all of us, therefore there is wisdom in setting aside special time in our daily routines for doing something that helps another person."

-- Dr. John F. Demartini


"All that stands between the graduate and the top of the ladder is the ladder."

-- Arthur Wang


"You get the best out of others when you give the best of yourself."

-- Harvey S. Firestone


"I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together."

-- Marilyn Monroe

Friday, July 15, 2011

Success Demands Energy

"Success demands energy. Eating heavy to gain more energy is like fighting for peace, it's contradictory. Moderation is the secret in normalizing extremes in mood, energy and productivity. Eating earlier in the evenings also helps you sleep better."

-- Dr. John F. Demartini


"The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has."

-- Confucius


"The greatest glory of a free-born people is to transmit that freedom to their children."

-- William Havard


"You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine."

-- John C. Maxwell

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Surround Yourself with Inspired People

"Surround yourself with people who are inspired by life and watch before your very eyes how your own thoughts, actions and life will change from stress to success."

-- Dr. John F. Demartini


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

-- Christopher Morley


"The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving."

--Albert Einstein


"The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck."

-- Channing Pollock

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Put Your Heart and Do

"Oftentimes, when you put your heart into what you're doing, you discover that it's truly what you love after all. When you do what you love and love what you do, you transform work into play and stress into success."

-- Dr. John F. Demartini


"Responsibility is the price of greatness."

-- Winston Churchill


"A clever man reaps some benefit from the worst catastrophe, and a fool can turn even good luck to his disadvantage."

-- Francois de La Rochefoucauld


"Succeeding is not really a life experience that does much good. Failing is a much more sobering and enlightening experience."

--Michael Eisner

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Act on What You Love To Do

"To trust and follow inspiration is wisdom of the highest, brightest kind. Our self-worth is enhanced when we act on what we love and it's hindered when we don't. When our heart is into what we do, the work is done more successfully."

-- Dr. John F. Demartini


"A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with. A man is what he makes of himself."

-- Alexander Graham Bell


"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."

-- George Bernard Shaw



"The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear."

-- Aung San Suu Kyi

Monday, July 11, 2011

Be Selective of Books You Read

"People read books to remind them that they are not alone. So if you're naturally selective about the company you keep, why not be equally selective about the kind of authors or books you read?"

-- Dr. John F. Demartini


"You will face many defeats in your life, but never let yourself be defeated."

-- Maya Angelou


"Don't ever confuse the two, your life and your work. That's what I have to say. The second is only part of the first."

-- Anna Quindlen


"Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity."

-- H. Jackson Brown

Saturday, July 09, 2011

Be Selective When Reading

"Be selective in what you read. Out of all the possible reading materials you have available, choose those that will focus you on success the must. Collect inspirational, motivational stories from newspaper, magazines or books."

-- Dr. John F. Demartini


"Trying times are not the times to stop trying."

-- Ray Owen


"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan, Press on, has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race."

-- Calvin Coolidge

Success Breeds Success

"To become successful, we often must act if we're already successful. Success breeds success just as failure breeds failure. One way in which we can relax and succeed is by gaining control over our diaphragm and other muscles."

-- Dr. John F. Demartini


"Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength, mastering yourself is true power."

-- Lao-Tzu


"Ambition and love are the wings to great deeds."

-- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe


"There is no kind of ultimate goal to do something twice as good as anyone else can. It's just to do the job as best you can. If it turns out good, fine. If it doesn't, that's the way it goes."

-- Chuck Yeager

Friday, July 08, 2011

Our Self-Talk

"Our lives are reflections of our self-talk. What we constantly say to ourselves is what become our reality."

-- Dr. John F. Demartini


"Great works are performed, not by strength, but perseverance."

-- Samuel Johnson


"Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, you cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation."

-- Plato


"To get the full value of joy, you must have someone to divide it with."

-- Mark Twain

Thursday, July 07, 2011

Clear Inner Visions

"I can see myself succeeding, it is done. Wow, what a feeling! Your body and life's direction follow your inner visions and if you create a clear detailed blueprint, it will be easy to carry out."

-- Dr. John F. Demartini


"We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot."

-- Eleanor Roosevelt


"Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. What if they are a little course, and you may get your coat soiled or torn? What if you do fail, and get fairly rolled in the dirt once or twice. Up again, you shall never be so afraid of a tumble."

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Wednesday, July 06, 2011

Focus on Top Priorities

"I am disciplined and I focus on my top priorities, therefore I am successful."

-- Dr. John F. Demartini


"As long as you don't forgive, who and whatever it is will occupy rent-free space in your mind."

-- Isabelle Holland


"I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward."

-- Charlotte Bronte


"Love is misunderstood to be an emotion; actually, it is a state of awareness, a way of being in the world, a way of seeing oneself and others."

-- David Hawkins

Tuesday, July 05, 2011

Plan and Priority

"I plan my day, I prioritize my plan and I am productive because of this priority."

-- Dr. John F. Demartini


"Think big thoughts, but relish small pleasures."

-- Jackson Brown


"I have had many troubles in my life, but the worst of them never came."

-- James Garfield


"More than anything else, I believe it's our decisions, not the conditions of our lives that determine our destiny."

-- Anthony Robbins

Monday, July 04, 2011

One Simple Step At a Time

"I accomplish my big goals one simple step at a time."

-- Dr. John F. Demartini


"Imagination rules the world."

-- Napoleon Bonaparte


"Decision and determination are the engineer and fireman of our train to opportunity and success."

-- Burt Lawlor


"First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do. Life is a grindstone. Whether it wears you down or polishes you up depends on what YOU are made of."

-- Zig Ziglar

Saturday, July 02, 2011

Be Clear with Goals

"My goals are clear. They are written from my heart. I can see my light upon the horizon."

-- Dr. John F. Demartini


"To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness."

-- Robert Muller


"Always give without remembering and always receive without forgetting."

-- Brian Tracy


"As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed."

-- Vincent Van Gogh

Friday, July 01, 2011

Master Beliefs

"To master your thoughts and imagination and therefore your life and destiny, you must first master their captain, your beliefs."

-- Mike Dooley


"There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure."

-- Colin Powell


"For myself, losing is not coming second. It's getting out of the water knowing you could have done better. For myself, I have won every race I've been in."

-- Ian Thorpe


"Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can."

-- Willis R. Whitney

Emotion is Pure Power

"Emotion is pure power and when combined with visualizing, it makes things happen a whole lot faster."

-- Mike Dooley


"You must have long term goals to keep you from being frustrated by short term failures."

-- Charles C. Noble


"Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force."

-- Irving Berlin


"That's why many fail; because they don't get started. They don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin."

-- W. Clement Stone