Every Big Picture Start Small

"Every big picture is made up of small details.  In order to be successful in the big things, you must be diligent in all of those details."

-- Pat William and Jim Denney


"All things counter, original, spare, strange; Whatever is fickle, freckled (who knows how?) With swift, slow; sweet, sour; adazzle, dim; He fathers-forth whose beauty is past change: Praise him.

-- Gerard Manley Hopkins


"Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit".

-- Vince Lombardi

Where Do You Want To Be

"To get from where you are to where you want to be, you have to know two things - where you are and where you want to get to.  Your vision is a detailed description of where you want to get to."

-- Jack Canfield


"Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness."

-- William E. Gladstone


“The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.”

-- Vince Lombardi

Success Depends on Self-Disciplined

"Our success depends on our ability to be self-disciplined in every aspect of life: physical exercise and conditioning, good nutrition, spending and investing, reading and continued intellectual growth, stress management and more."

-- Pat William and Jim Denney


"The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible, and achieve it, generation after generation."

-- Pearl S. Buck


"Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach."

-- Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estaos

Our Mind A Powerful Magnet

"The most valuable characteristic of the mind is its ability to attract to itself whatever it is charged with.  It is, in effect, a powerful magnet."

-- Robert Collier


"While infused with love you see fewer distinctions between you and others. Indeed, your ability to see others -- really see them, wholeheartedly -- springs open"

-- Barbara Fredrickson


"Who you are is what you repeatedly do.  Our being is the sum of our habits."

-- Motivationstuff.com

Deadlines Will Motivate You

"Deadlines motivate us to work faster and smarter.  When you know that you have a limited amount of time to reach a goal, you have a better idea how much time to spend on each step toward that goal."

-- Pat William and Jim Denney


"It always seems impossible until it's done."

-- Nelson Mandela


"To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone."

-- Reba McEntire

Have You Decided What You Want

"One of the main reasons why most people don't get what they want is they haven't decided what they want.  They haven't defined their desires in clear and compelling detail."

-- Jack Canfield


"Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change."

-- Jim Rohn


"Be the change you want to see in the world."

-- Gandhi

Take Charge of Today

"You and you alone are responsible for the way you spend this day.  There's no one else to blame.  If someone else sets the agenda for your day, it's because you've given that person permission to do so.  You own this day.  Take charge of it.  Use it well."

-- Pat William and Jim Denney


"A new wound makes all of the old ones ache again."

-- Mignon McLaughlin


"Boredom is the conviction that you can't change ... the shriek of unused capacities."

-- Saul Bellow

Never Ever Give Up Your Dreams

"Never ever give up and you will see the power of your dreams.  Do not let any obstacles stop you from getting what you want in life. Obstacles sometime get in the way of your dreams, but dreams can uncover new abilities and new truths."

-- Motivationstuff.com


"Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than the person with all the facts."

-- Albert Einstein


"What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

Never Compromise Your Conscience

"If you compromise with your own conscience, it will not be long before you will have no conscience, for your conscience will fail to guide you, just as an alarm clock will fail to awaken you if you do not heed it."

-- Napoleon Hill


"To me every hour of the light and dark is a miracle. Every cubic inch of space is a miracle."

-- Walt Whitman


"You were given life; it is your duty (and also your entitlement as a human being) to find something beautiful within life, no matter how slight."

-- Elizabeth Gilbert

You Won't Know Unless You Give It a Try

"You won't know if they work unless you give them a try.  And here's the rub, no one else can do this for you.  Only you can do it.  But the formula is simple, do more of what is working, do less of what isn't and try on new behaviors to see if they produce better results."

-- Jack Canfield


"To send a letter is a good way to go somewhere without moving anything but your heart."

-- Phyllis Theroux


"You are up and you are happy. You are down and you are sad. All ups and downs help you to find a balance in your being. This is what life is all about. Once balanced, no more ups and downs, but bliss and joy and silence and gratitude."

-- Tishan

Never Too Old Until You Stops Growing

"A man is never old until he stops growing.  When he no longer looks forward to bigger, better things, when he feels that he as done his work, you might just as well call the undertaker.  He is through."

-- Robert Collier


"Beauty is whatever gives joy."

-- Edna St. Vincent Millay


"Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are."

-- James Allen

Your Time is Your Life

"Time is not money.  Time is life and we each only receive a finite number of years, days and seconds in which to reach our dreams.  The time you have is precious.  Don't kill a single moment of it.  If you want to achieve your dreams, focus on today."

-- Pat William and Jim Denney


"Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into."

-- Dr. Wayne Dyer


"Within my body are all the sacred places of the world, and the most profound pilgrimage I can ever make is within my own body."

-- Saraha

Self-Created Comfort Zone Prison

"Think of your comfort zone as a prison you live in - a largely self-created prison.  It consists of the collection of can't, musts, must not, and other unfounded beliefs formed from all the negative thoughts and decisions you have accumulated and reinforced during your lifetime."

-- Jack Canfield


"Why not go out on a limb? That's where the fruit is."

-- Will Rogers


"Time is a game played beautifully by children."

-- Heraclitus

Be Lucky With Preparation

"Some succeed because they are destined. Most succeed because they are prepared. Being prepared is a key component to success in any endeavor. Some of the life events may just seem lucky in success but here is the thing about luck and that it tends to meet those who are prepared for it."

-- Motivationstuff.com


"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity."

-- Seneca



"The harder I work the more luck I seem to have."

-- Emerson

Real Magic in Enthusiasm

"There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment."

-- Dr. Norman Vincent Peale

"Results come in proportion to enthusiasm applied."

-- David Schwartz


"Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half is physical."

-- Yogi Berra

Look For That Something More

"If you're not making satisfactory progress toward achieving your aims, look for the something more!  It may be known or unknown.  But you'll find it, if you take the necessary time to study, think, plan and search for it."

-- W. Clement Stone


"There is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path."

-- Morpheus


"Leave the door open to the unknown, the door into the dark. That's where the most important things come from, where you yourself came from, and where you will go."

-- Rebecca Solnit

Never Mind How Many Defeats

"Never mind how many defeats you have suffered in the past.  Don't be concerned about how great the odds may be against you.  Just remember that yesterday ended last night, and yesterday's defeat with it."

-- Robert Collier


"The world when seen through a little child's eyes, greatly resembles paradise."

-- Motivationstuff.com


"I do firmly believe that universal forces are at work that pull us inexorably toward the deserving results of our actions."

-- Robert J. Ringer

Be A Person of Action

"Enthusiasm is the mainspring of the mind which urges one to put knowledge into action.  To become successful you must be a person of ACTION.  Merely to know is not sufficient.  It is necessary to KNOW and DO."

-- Napoleon Hill


"When it is dark enough you can see the stars."

-- Ancient Proverb


"The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty: not knowing what comes next."

-- Ursula Le Guin

From Amateur To Expert

"The many attempts are what separates the artist from the amateur.  A person does not obtain expert status overnight as it takes a large amount of experience to make someone an expert and many attempts to gain an expert level of experience which were learned from the many mistakes and failures."

-- Motivationstuff.com


"Every artist was first an amateur."

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson


"The first duty of love is to listen."

-- Paul Tillich

Failure Is An Experience

"When you seek success with positive mental attitude, you keep trying.  You keep searching to find something more.  Failure is experienced by those who, when they experience defeat, stop trying to find the something more."

-- W. Clement Stone


"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

-- Maya Angelou


"When you release the wrongdoer from the wrong, you cut a malignant tumor out of your inner life. You set a prisoner free, but you discover that the real prisoner was yourself."

-- Lewis B. Smedes, in 'Forgive and Forget'

Believe in Yourself

"We must continue to believe in ourselves when we encounter any temporary failure. Yes, most of the time, we can hardly be optimistic when we are staying in the downcast period as we start to doubt about our ability. In such cases, the best way to boost our confidence is to remind ourselves about our past achievements."

-- Motivationstuff.com


Hope you enjoy this powerpoint slide:
http://www.motivationstuff.com/pdf/Never-Be-Discourage-By-Temporary-Failure.pdf

Don't Be Impatiently

“Instead of impatiently seeking success right after graduation, a few hard knocks from experiencing tough situations and failures will put one in better stead down the road.”

-- Liew Mun Leong


"Often people attempt to live their lives backwards; they try to make more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want, so they will be happier. The way it actually works is in reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want."

-- Margaret Young


"To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try. I didn't always know this and am happy I lived long enough to find it out."

-- Roger Ebert

Concentrate With Whole Thoughts

"Do one thing at a time.  Concentrate your whole thoughts upon it.  Only thus can you bring to your help the Spirit within.  Finish it and forget it.  Then pass on to the next."

-- Robert Collier


"Pay attention to the intricate patterns of your existence that you take for granted."

-- Doug Dillon


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

-- E. Hubbard


"Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on."

-- S. Butler

Be Willing to Say I M Possible

"Everything that has been done was once a thing that could not be done. In the past, there are so many things we have accomplished that were once thought impossible. One hundred years ago, flight was impossible. Fifty years ago, human could never go to the moon.  What is impossible now might be possible in the future as long as there are still people who are willing to say i m possible."

-- Motivationstuff.com


"Sleep that knits up the ravelled sleeve of care The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course, Chief nourisher in life's feast.

-- William Shakespeare


"For nearly a hundred years, we have known that the material world is an illusion. Everything that seems solid - a rock, a tree, your body - is actually 99.999% empty space."

-- Deepak Chopra

Make Success Worth While

"That is what makes success worth while, the difficulties you must overcome to win it.  If there were no obstacles, there would be no success, for everybody could have what he wanted for the taking."

-- Robert Collier


"The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up."

-- Paul Valery


"Keep your face to the sunshine, and you cannot see the shadow."

-- Helen Keller

Get on To Create Your Dream Life

"If you want to get from where you are to where you want to be, of course you're going to have to take that risk.  So make the decision to stop complaining, to stop spending time with complainers, and get on with creating the life of your dreams."

-- Jack Canfield


"Love is everywhere, it has no distance. All you have to do is stop the resistance."

-- Matt Zotti


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

-- Lao Tzu

Have Anything You Want in Life

"You can have anything you want in life, for a price.  The first payment on that price is effort.  Nothing worth while is ever accomplished without it."

-- Robert Collier


"There are no contests in the Art of Peace. A true warrior is invincible because he or she contests with nothing. Defeat means to defeat the mind of contention that we harbor within."

-- Morihei Ueshiba


"A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided."

-- Anthony Robbins

Stop Worrying and Be Happy

"Worrying is a very destructive habit and it can take over your lives and affect everything that you do. Therefore, learn to appreciate each day that you have. Avoid worrying about tomorrow.

-- Motivationstuff.com


Do enjoy this powerpoint slide:
http://www.motivationstuff.com/pdf/Stop-Worrying-and-Lead-a-Happy-Life.pdf

Nothing Impossible With a Willing Mind

"Nothing is impossible to a willing mind.  Like turning your head this way and that, you can turn your mind whichever way you are want.  As with all things, it's not what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not that keeps you in place."

-- Stuart Avery Gold


"To love a person is to learn the song that is in their heart, and to sing it to them when they have forgotten."

-- Thomas Chandler


"The act of resisting something is the act of granting it life... the more you resist, the more you make it real, whatever it is you are resisting."

-- Neale Donald Walsh

Don't Wast Your Life on Undisciplined Leisure

"Too many vacations that last too long, too many movies, too much TV, too much video game playing, too much undisciplined leisure time in which a person continually takes the course of least resistance gradually wastes a life."

-- Stephen R. Covey


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

- Oscar Wilde


"The only time you ever have in which to learn anything or see anything or feel anything, or express any feeling or emotion, or respond to an event, or grow, or heal, is this moment, because this is the only moment any of us ever gets. You're only here now; you're only alive in this moment."

-- Jon Kabat-Zinn