Mirror In Behavior

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone
shows their image.

--Goethe


Be generous with kindly words, especially
about those who are absent.

--Goethe


Dream no small dreams for they have no
power to move the hearts of men.

--Goethe

Forgiveness Enlarge Future

"Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future."

Paul Boese


"It doesn't matter who you are, where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you. Always."

--Oprah Winfrey


"If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much."

--Donald H. Rumsfeld

Outer Aspects Lives

"Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives."

-- William James (1842-1910)


"Act the way you'd like to be and soon you'll be the way you
act."

-- George W. Crane


"If you want a confidence, act as if you already have it. Try the
"as if" technique."

--William James (1842-1910)

Help Enough People

"If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want."

--Zig Ziglar


"I take nothing for granted. I now have only good days or great days."

--Lance Armstrong


"If what you are doing is not moving you towards your goals, then it's moving you away from your goals."

--Brian Tracy

Human Life Purpose

The purpose of human life is to serve, and to
show compassion and the will to help others.

--Albert Schweitzer


If everyone is moving forward together,
then success will take care of itself.

--Henry Ford


Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more
you sweat, the luckier you get.

--Ray Kroc

Happiness From Within

Happiness cannot come from without. It must come from within.

--Helen Keller


Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.

--Albert Einstein


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

--Abraham Lincoln

Man Is Born For Life

"Man is born to live, not to prepare for life."

*-- Boris Pasternak


"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."

*-- Anne Frank


"The smallest change in perspective can transform a life. What tiny attitude adjustment might turn your world around?"

*-- Oprah

Choosing A Friend

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

--Benjamin Franklin


I never worry about action, only inaction.

--Winston Churchill


The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling,
but in rising every time we fall.

--Nelson Mandela

Become A Worthwhile Person

"If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must become a worthwhile person in your own self-development."

*--Brian Tracy


"I am where I am because I believe in all possibilities."

*--Whoopi Goldberg


"Try not to become a man of success, but rather a man of value."

*--Albert Einstein

Better Than Day Before

"The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before."

*--Steve Young


"You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them."

*--Michael Jordan


"Since you are like no other being ever created since the beginning of time, you are incomparable."

*--Brenda Ueland

Astonish Ourselves

"If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astonish ourselves."

*--Thomas Edison


"Life is always walking up to us and saying, "Come on in, the living's fine," and what do we do? Back off and take its picture."

*--Russell Baker


"If you follow no other truth, follow the truth that within your being is called joy. If you follow that, you're always going to be right where you need to be, and you will always have life within your being."

*--Sheradon Bryce

What Love Given or Not

What love we've given, we'll have forever.
What love we fail to give, will be lost
for all eternity.

--Leo Buscaglia


Follow effective action with quiet reflection.
From the quiet reflection will come even more
effective action.

--Peter Drucker


The great use of life is to spend it for
something that will outlast it.

--William James

A Year From Now

"A year from now you may wish you had started today."

*--Karen Lamb


The best time to plant an oak tree is 20 years ago. The second best time is today."

*--Unknown


"... for magic to happen in your life, you must believe in magic."

*--Grandmother, quoted by Lynn Andrews

Human Intelligence

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

--Stephen Hawking


Love always creates, it never destroys.
In this lie's man's only promise.

--Leo Buscaglia


Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

--Carl Jung

How Many Obstacles Cleared

Success is to be measured not so much by the
position that one has reached in life as by
the obstacles which he has overcome.

--Booker T. Washington


Life lived for tomorrow will always be
just a day away from being realized.

--Leo Buscaglia


A single rose can be my garden...
a single friend, my world.

--Leo Buscaglia

Work Harder For More Luck

I'm a great believer in luck, and I find
the harder I work, the more I have of it.

--Thomas Jefferson


Hate the sin, love the sinner.

--Mahatma Gandhi


Divide and rule, a sound motto.
Unite and lead, a better one.

--Goethe

Loving Words During Your Absence

Never part without loving words to think of
during your absence. It may be that you will
not meet again in this life.

--Jean Paul Richter


No man is good enough to govern another
man without that other's consent.

--Abraham Lincoln


The best way to prepare for life is to
begin to live.

--Elbert Hubbard

First Convince Yourself

Let he him who would be moved to convince
others, be first moved to convince himself.

--Thomas Carlyle


Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.

--William Thackeray


Life is a pure flame, and we live by
an invisible sun within us.

--Sir Thomas Brown

Don't Squander Time

Dost thou love life?
Then do not squander time, for that
is the stuff life is made of.

--Benjamin Franklin


Kind words are the music of the world.

--F. W. Faber


He that would be a leader must
also be a bridge.

- Welsh Proverb

Be My Friend

Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow.
Don't walk behind me, I may not lead.
Walk beside me and be my friend.

--Albert Camus


A leader is someone who helps improve
the lives of other people or improve the
system they live under.

--Sam Ervin


Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one
thing until you get there.

--Josh Billings

Some Achieve Success Is Proof

That some achieve great success, is proof to all
that others can achieve it as well.

--Abraham Lincoln


The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a
warmth and richness to life that nothing else can bring.

--Oscar Wilde


Death is more universal than life; everyone dies
but not everyone lives.

--A. Sachs

Joy Overcoming Obstacles

Be of good cheer. Do not think of today's failures,
but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have
set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed
if you persevere; and you will find joy in overcoming
obstacles.

--Helen Keller


Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but
sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

--Thich Nhat Hanh


Count your blessings. Once you realize how valuable
you are and how much you have going for you, the
smiles will return, the sun will break out, the music
will play, and you will finally be able to move
forward the life that God intended for you with
grace, strength, courage, and confidence.

--Og Mandino

Choose Happy

Life is too short not to enjoy it and too long
to live miserable. Choose to be happy!

--Author Unknown


Do what's best for people, and in return,
people will give you their best.

--Author Unknown


If you want to get something done...START!

--Victor Scrivani

Ladder Of Success

The ladder of success is best climbed
by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.

--Ayn Rand


Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying
the world on your shoulders. The world
would go on even without you. Don't take
yourself so seriously.

--Norman Vincent Peale


Get excited and enthusiastic about your
own dream. This excitement is like a
forest fire -you can smell it, taste it,
and see it from a mile away.

--Denis Waitley

Who Is A Friend

A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.

--Elbert Hubbard


The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk
the language of the visionary and the idealist.

--Eric Hoffer


Happiness consists in activity. It is a running steam,
not a stagnant pool.

--Oliver Wendell Holmes

Every Calling Can Be Great

Every calling is great when greatly pursued.

--Oliver Wendell Holmes


No more duty can be urged upon those who are
entering the great theater of life than simple loyalty
to their best convictions.

--Edwin Hubbel Chapin


You never lose by loving. You always lose
by holding back.

--Barbara de Angelis

Own Resolution To Succeed

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to
succeed is more important than any other.

--Abraham Lincoln


Everybody likes a compliment.

--Abraham Lincoln


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

--Abraham Lincoln