"The dictionary defines will as choice, intention, inclination, determination, tendency, and in order to make it the will of Omnipotence you must animate it, make it alive within you by enthusiasm, feeling, and animation until it becomes embodied in the subconscious mind. When man learns to choose wisely, he will choose happiness, peace, security, joy, health, abundance, and all the blessings of life."
-- Joseph Murphy
"For now is the only time that we have. It is our only negotiable currency. Yesterday is a canceled check. Tomorrow is a promissory note. It is only today that we may spend in the noble effort of using all the gifts that God gave us."
-- Og Mandino
"Knowledge is different. You can read and gain knowledge; you can go to school and gain knowledge. With self-awareness or introspection, you step back from the canvas of life, and you take an honest look in the mirror at the person behind the mirror and say, “What am I good at? What do I believe in? What’s important to me? What do I really want to be when I grow up?” This has to do with introspection and authentic self-awareness. We don’t do much of that today, in my opinion."
-- Denis Waitley
"It’s interesting—and often quite astonishing—that people with goals tend to live longer than people without them. It’s as if they can extend their lives simply because they have something to do. It must be the interest that lends vitality and energy to their live"
-- Earl Nightingale
"There are no rules, of course. Life is an art, not a science. Your mileage may vary. Take what you need and leave the rest. Keep going and take care of yourself. I’ll do the same."
-- Austin Kleon
"Laugh together. The more laughter, the better the quality of life. So focus on subjects that make you both laugh. That, too, will make you feel present. It’s impossible to laugh without being present. Your mind must be where you are if anything is going to be funny. People who laugh cannot have negative thoughts at the same time."
-- Ichak K. Adize
"Men don’t fail; they give up trying.” Often it is not the wrong start but the wrong stop that makes the difference between success and failure. To quit while we’re ahead would be silly; to quit when we’re behind is even sillier. It requires will to hold on a little longer. It requires wit to know that the measure of success is not the luck, the breaks of the game, but the conquest of failure. 'The trouble with most of us,' it has been said, 'is that we stop trying in trying times.' There is wisdom even in puns."
-- Elihu Root
"The Life Principle as it flows through you takes the shape of the mental mold which you prepare for It. Let us take the analogy of water, which will take the shape of any vessel into which it is poured, yet it ever remains the same H2O, regardless of the shape and size of the container. Your thoughts, imagery, and mental patterns mold, fashion, and shape your life."
-- Joseph Murphy
"Self-confidence comes from proving your belief in yourself by your little achievements and your small successes as you go along. Self-esteem gives you permission to believe that you have something inside of you that should be developed. That in itself creates motivation for you to seek, to learn, to read, to role model, to discover, because you believe that you’re worth more than your present circumstances. It doesn’t matter where you’re coming from. You’re as good as anybody else—no better, but as good."
-- Denis Waitley
"We think about our goal as we have our morning coffee and breakfast, while we’re in the shower, and it comes to us again and again during the day. We are on course. We are moving toward the fulfillment of our current goal. And it is often the last thing we think about as we drop off to sleep. It is our aiming point. And people with aiming points tend to reach them."
-- Earl Nightingale
