Transform Thoughts

Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts
into physical reality; man, alone, can dream and
make his dreams come true.

--Napoleon Hill


True love begins when nothing is looked for in return.

--Antoine De Saint-Exupery


It's not your salary that makes you rich,
it's your spending habits.

--Charles A. Jaffe

Temporary Setbacks

One of the secrets of success is to refuse to
let temporary setbacks defeat us.

--Mary Kay


He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over
which he himself must pass.

--George Herbert


Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes
true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification
but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

--Helen Keller

Nature For Inspiration

Nature is my manifestation of God.
I go to nature every day for inspiration
in the day's work. I follow in building
the principles which nature has used in
its domain.

--Frank Lloyd Wright


Gravitation is not responsible for
people falling in love.

--Albert Einstein


In business for yourself,
not by yourself.

--William James

Door Of Wisdom

The doors of wisdom are never shut.

--Benjamin Franklin


A baby is born with a need to be loved - and never
outgrows it.

--Frank A. Clark


Management is doing things right;
leadership is doing the right things.

--Peter F. Drucker

Playing It Too Safe

When you play it too safe, you're taking the biggest risk
of your life...Time is the only wealth we're given.

-Barbara Sher


Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.

-William Shakespeare (Twelfth Night)


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

Believe Create Fact

Be not afraid of life. Believe that life IS worth
living and your belief will help create the fact.

--James Truslow Adams


Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength;
loving someone deeply gives you courage.

--Lao Tzu


And above all things, never think that you're not
good enough yourself. A man should never think that.
My belief is that in life people will take you at
your own reckoning.

--Isaac Asimov

Live and Work Each Day

Live and work each day as though you are going to be hit by a bus
tomorrow, but get the heck out of the way if you see one coming.

--Connie Jones


Happiness is most abundantly felt and most measurably remembered
in the giving not the getting.

--Jerry R. Lewis, Ed. D.,


All we can ever do in the way of good to people is to
encourage them to do good to themselves.

--Randolph Bourne

Dwell In Possibility

"Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility."

--Oprah Winfrey


"The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen."

--Frank Lloyd Wright



"The person who gets the farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore."

--Dale Carnegie

Open Hands

"Everything in life is most fundamentally a gift. And you receive it best and you live it best by holding it with very open hands."

--Leo O'Donovan


"The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in."

--Mitch Albom


"I tell you, deep inside you is a fountain of bliss, a fountain of joy. Deep inside your center core is truth, light, love, there is no guilt there, there is no fear there. Psychologists have never looked deep enough."

--Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Like Water

Like water which can clearly mirror the sky and the trees
only so long as its surface is undisturbed, the mind can only
reflect the true image of the Self when it is tranquil and
wholly relaxed.

--Indria Devi


If you don't like something, change it.
If you can't change it, change your attitude.
Don't complain.

--Maya Angelou


Save the world from unfulfilled potential.
Take action on your dreams...now!

--Mr. Positive!

The Word Impossible

We must remove the word "impossible" from our
vocabulary.

--Bernie S. Siegel


No soul is desolate as long as there is a human
being for whom it can feel trust and reverence.

--George Eliot


Good actions enoble us, and we are the sons
of our own deeds.

--Miguel de Cervantes

Hanging On

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging
on after others have let go.

--William Feather


One's friends are that part of the human race
with which one can be human.

--George Santayana


The doors of wisdom are never shut.

--Benjamin Franklin

Noble Work

Every noble work is, at first, impossible.

--Thomas Carlyle


Look at people; recognize them, accept them
as they are, without wanting to change them.

--Helen Beginton


If you do not value yourself independently
of your achievements, you will not value your
achievements.

--Gillian Butler & Tony Hope

Enjoying Roses Today

"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


"If you start to think the problem is 'out there,' stop yourself. That thought is the problem."

--Stephen Covey


"Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are."

--Marianne Williamson

Known and Unknown

"The guy who takes a chance, who walks the line between the known and unknown, who is unafraid of failure, will succeed."

--Gordon Parks


"Whatever you dwell on in the conscious grows in your experience."

--Brian Tracy


"The best way to say, 'I love you, God,' is to live your life doing your best. The best way to say, 'Thank you, God,' is by letting go of the past and living in the present moment, right here and now."

--Don Miguel Ruiz

Doing What Is Right

Always do right. This will gratify some people
and astonish the rest.

--Mark Twain


When you judge another, you do not define them,
you define yourself.

--Wayne Dyer


When we see problems as opportunities for growth,
we tap a source of knowledge within ourselves
which carries us through.

--Marsha Sinetar

Doesn't Know So

Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be
able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know
it so it goes on flying anyway.

--Mary Kay Ash


Criticize the act, not the person.

--Mary Kay Ash


Give yourself something to work toward - constantly.

--Mary Kay Ash

Never Excuse Yourself

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard
than anyone else expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

--Henry Ward Beecher


Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly
impossible conditions are people who simply don't
know how to quit.

--Robert Schuller


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

Launch To Greater Heights

An arrow can be shot by dragging the bow back; similarly,
if life is dragging you back with difficulties, be patient.
It is getting ready to launch you to greater heights.

--Author Unknown


Look for your choices, pick the best one, then go with it.

--Pat Riley


Always give hundred percent, and you'll never have to
second-guess yourself.

--Author Unknown

Pick One Gift

If you can give your son or daughter only one gift,
let it be enthusiasm.

--Bruce Barton


A fruit never tasted so sweet than as the one you
walked furthest to pick.

--Author Unknown


Start believing in yourself and others will too.

--Author Unknown

No Ideal Circumstances

Do not wait for ideal circumstances; they will never
come; nor for the best opportunities.

--Janet Erskine Stuart


The highest compact we can make with our
fellow is: Let there be truth between us
two forevermore.

--Ralph Waldo Emerson


Anybody can do just about anything with himself
that he really wants to and makes up his mind
to do. We are all capable of greater things than
we realize.

--Norman Vincent Peale

Defeated Age

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

--Sophia Loren


Love is a verb.

--Clare Boothe Luce


If you know peace, then you thrive;
if you know contentment, then you are rich.

--Su Shi

Happiness Is Mental Attitude

Happiness is not a matter of fortune or wordly
possessions. It is a mental attitude. It comes
from appreciating what we have, instead of being
miserable about what we don't have. It's so simple,
yet so hard for the human mind to comprehend.


The best way to get even is to forget...


To know even one life has breathed easier
because you lived...is to have succeeded!

--Emerson

Happiness Comes From

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

--Storm Jameson


Find the good -- and praise it.

--Alex Haley


Gratitude is the heart's money.

--French proverb

Essentials In Life

The grand essentials to happiness in this life
are something to do, something to love, and
something to hope for.

--Joseph Addison


Encouragement is oxygen to the soul.

--Harvey Mackay


You may search my time-worn face,
You'll find a merry eye that twinkles.
I am NOT an old lady
Just a little girl with wrinkles!

--Edythe E. Bregnard

An Obstacle An Opportunity

What is the difference between an obstacle and an
opportunity? Our attitude toward it. Every opportunity
has a difficulty, and every difficulty has an opportunity.

--J. Sidlow Baxter


Celebrate the happiness that friends are
always giving, make everyday a holiday and
celebrate just living!

--Amanda Bradley


Everything has its wonders, even darkness and
silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be
in, therein to be content.

--Helen Keller

Optimist and Pessimist Sees

An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity;
a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.

--Winston Churchill


Look at people; recognize them, accept them as
they are, without wanting to change them.

--Helen Beginton


It is the very essence of good leadership to
give away all credit for positive achievement,
to identify only team goals and always to refer
to them as such.

--Joe Klock

Do Something You Love

You have to find something that you love enough to be able to take risks, jump over the hurdles and break through the brick walls that are always going to be placed in front of you. If you don't have that kind of feeling for what it is you are doing, you'll stop at the first giant hurdle.

--George Lucas


All our dreams can come true - if we have the courage to pursue them."

--Walt Disney


We all have the extraordinary coded within us...waiting to be released.

--Jean Houston

Belief Makes Things Happen

"The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen."

--Frank Lloyd Wright


Never make an assertion, no matter how real it seems to be to you, if you do not want it reproduced or continued in your life.

--Bob Proctor
From Working With the Law


"Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game."

--Donald Trump

Worry Kills

"The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work."

--Robert Frost


"Isn't everyone a part of everyone else?"

--Budd Schulberg


"God has no other hands than ours."

--Dorothee Solle