Merry Christmas 2018 and Happy New Year 2019

Will be going Turkey for my holidays till 31 Dec 2018.

To all a Merry Christmas 2018 and Happy New Year 2019

We Will Master Our Fear

"Declaring that we will master our fears is the first great leap toward freedom. Our vitality, growth, and destiny all demand that we can topple fear."

-- Brendon Burchard

No Substitute For Practice

"Always believe that when you apply yourself, you can achieve anything. Make sure you give 100 per cent and work as hard as you can in everything you do, not just in what you enjoy but also in life. And don’t forget, natural ability will only get you so far, there is no substitute for practice."

-- Andy Murray

Doing The Impossible

"Start by doing what’s necessary, then do what’s possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible."

—- St. Francis of Assisi (ca. 1181-1226)
Catholic deacon and preacher; founder of Franciscan religious order

Question Your Self-Limiting Beliefs

"When you begin to question your selflimiting beliefs and develop beliefs consistent with the incredible person you really are, your life will begin to change almost immediately."

-- Brian Tracy

Every Major Accomplishment

"Failing is something that many people live in fear of, yet the relentless failings of others have created almost every major accomplishment the world has ever seen."

-- Phil M. Jones

Our Mind Can Handle Anything

"Our mind can handle anything that is requested of it. But do we want something so badly that we will not stop until its completion? Will we be driven so intensely that we think about it endlessly?"

-- John Paul Carinci

A Mental Picture of Yourself Succeeding

"Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously and never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop this picture!"

-— Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (1898-1993),
Protestant preacher and author

You Create Your World

"You create your world in every respect by the way you think and the depth of your convictions. Your beliefs actually create your realities, and every belief you have about yourself you learned, starting in infancy."

-- Brian Tracy

Summon The Courage To Change

"Let us not hope for mere chance to change our story; let us summon the courage to change it ourselves."

-- Brendon Burchard

What Is Essential for Success

"Singleness of purpose is essential for success, no matter what may be one’s idea of the definition of success."

-- Napoleon Hill

People Who Have Kept on Trying

"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all."

-— Dale Carnegie (1888-1955),
American writer and lecturer

Success A Matter of Hanging On

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

-- William Feather

More of Your Potential You Can Develop

"No matter what you have accomplished up to now, it is merely a hint of what is truly possible for you. And the more of your natural talents and abilities you develop in the present, the more of your potential you can develop in the future."

-- Brian Tracy

I Am Here For A Purpose

"I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth I will apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy."

-— Og Mandino (1923-1996),
American motivational author

Self-Esteem is a Powerful Asset

"Your self-esteem is a powerful asset in your progress, and being kind to it, protecting it, and giving it the fuel it needs, you gain a handsome ally that remains committed to you and your task."

-- Phil M. Jones

Successful People Have Setbacks Too

"Of course, very successful people have setbacks, too. It is not all a rosy road for them. Highly successful people find ways to get back up from the mat of defeat and claw their way back to the top of the ladder. It’s as if they know in their hearts that they will be back on top again."

-- John Paul Carinci

You Are Important in Many Ways

"You are important, in many, many ways. To start with, you are important to yourself. Your personal universe revolves around you as an individual. You give meaning to everything that you see or hear. Nothing in your world has any significance except for the significance that you attribute to it."

-- Brian Tracy

To Live Your Best Life

"To live your best life by creating the best version of your authentic self. Find your voice confidently, and do the work you are meant to do using your creative talents and message."

-- Stacey Weckstein

Your Future is Your Property

"Your future is your property. Because, by definition, it hasn’t happened yet, it exists only in your mind. This means that you can choose to make it whatever you want."

-- Dan Sulliva

Feel Grateful For All Your Blessings

"You should feel grateful for all your blessings in every area. If you are unhappy or dissatisfied in any part of your life, something is not right in your thoughts, feelings, or actions, and it needs to be corrected."

-- Brian Tracy

Greatest Principles of Success

"So long as there is breath in me, that long I will persist. For new I know one of the greatest principles of success; if I persist long enough I will win."

-— Og Mandingo

When We Are Trap in Fear

"When we allow fear as a constant in our lives, our ambitions and behaviors become small and constrained. We become timid and stressed. We withdraw. We become cowards. Life’s energy entropies—all things trapped in the cage of fear smother and die quickly."

-- Brendon Burchard

The Courage of Life

"The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy. A man does what he must—in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures— and that is the basis of all morality."

—- John F. Kennedy (1917-1963),
35th President of the United States

Successes Buried in Your Memory

"Regardless of how you feel, the truth is that you are already a proven success story. Since an early age, you have been achieving things while many of those successes are buried in your memory."

-- Phil M. Jones

Make That Commitment to Achieve

"But if you want to be different, if you want to change, then you must prepare yourself to make that commitment to achieve."

-- John Paul Carinci

Nothing More Satisfying

"There is nothing more satisfying than being of support to someone else and helping them achieve their goals and dreams. When that happens, everyone wins!"

-- Stacey Weckstein

Three Rules For Success

"Three rules for success:
1) Decide what results you want. 
2) Understand your reality. 
3) Choose the response most likely to get the result you want given your reality."

-- Dave Corbet

The Two Precious Assets

"Time and health are two precious assets that we don’t recognize and appreciate until they have been depleted."

-— Denis Waitley (b. 1933)
American motivational speaker, writer

Make No Little Plans

"Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans. Aim high in hope and work. Remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die."

-— Daniel H. Burnham (1846-1912),
Architect and urban planner

Impress Upon The Subconscious Mind

"It is psychological law that whatever we desire to accomplish we must impress upon the subjective or subconscious mind."

-— Orison Swett Marden (1850-1924),
American writer and founder of Success magazine

YOU Make It Happen

“Nothing happens unless YOU make it happen. Give YOURSELF a fine reputation to live up to.”

-- Phil M. Jones

Success Hides Behind The Next Bend

"Failure I may still encounter at the thousandth step, yet success hides behind the next bend in the road. Never will I know how close it lies unless I turn the corner. Always will I take another step. If that is of no avail, I will take another, and yet another. In truth, one step at a time is not too difficult. I will persist until I succeed."

-- John Paul Carinci

How Amazing You Can Be

“If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.”

-- Maya Angelou

The Dominating Thoughts You Keep Alive

"You will resemble, tomorrow, the DOMINATING THOUGHTS that you keep alive in your mind today! Plant in your mind the seed of DETERMINATION to whip your Six Basic Fears and the battle will have been half won then and there."

-- Napoleon Hill

Clearly Identify What You Want

"Until you can clearly identify what you want, you are in a perpetual state of experimentation and elimination. This is perfectly normal for growth. The sooner you can get clear, the more focused your attention will be, and your efforts will result in a more streamlined and effective business."

-- Stacey Weckstein

Gratitude To Those Who Lighted Us

"At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us."

-— Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965),
Philosopher, theologian, physician

Tell Everyone What You Intend To Accomplish

"Tell everyone what it is that you intend to accomplish. Be proud of your goal. But most of all, concentrate each morning, noon, and night on the achievement of the goal or task. Always focus on the finish line."

-- John Paul Carinci

Traveled and Walked More

"I probably have traveled and walked into more variety stores than anybody in America. I am just trying to get ideas, any kind of ideas that will help our company. Most of us don’t invent ideas. We take the best ideas from someone else."

-— Sam Walton (1918-1992)

Believe and Act

"Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail."

— Charles F. Kettering 1876-1958,
Inventor of the electric starter

When You Leave It To Chance

"When you leave it to chance, then all of a sudden you don't have any more luck."

-- Basketball coach Pat Riley

Never Wait on Destiny

"Never wait on destiny to tap you on the shoulder. You must find it yourself and wrestle it to the ground."

—- Marty Lee Parker

The Power of a River

"The power of a river is amplified by the fact that it never rests and never stops moving.  A river lacks the ability to procrastinate or ponder, makes bold choices, and does everything in its power to make it to the coast."

-- Phil M. Jones

Worry Can Consume a Person’s Life

"Worry can consume a person’s life, drain their energy, and weaken the immune system, causing a person to get sick more easily."

-- John Paul Carinci

You Are Here Meaningfully

"Each person comes into this world with a specific destiny—he has something to fulfill, some message has to be delivered, some work has to be completed. You are not here accidentally —you are here meaningfully. There is a purpose behind you. The whole intends to do something through you."

-— Osho (1931-1990), Indian mystic

Impress on The Subconscious Mind

"It is a psychological law that whatever we wish to accomplish we must impress on the subjective or subconscious mind."

-— Orison Swett Marden (1850-1924),
American writer; founder of Success magazine

The Happiness of Your Life

"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts ... take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature."

—- Marcus Aurelius (121-180), Roman emperor

Attitudes of Confidence and Determination

"Since the human body tends to move in the direction of its expectations, plus or minus, it is important to know that attitudes of confidence and determination are no less a part of the treatment program than medical science and technology."

—- Norman Cousins (1915-1990),
Author, professor

People Who Want To See You Win

"Encouragement, recognition, and celebration partners are required to feed our need for significance. Being surrounded by people who want to see you win can make all the difference in helping you to succeed."

-- Phil M. Jones

The Journey Isn’t About Becoming Anything

“Maybe the journey isn’t so much about becoming anything. Maybe it’s about unbecoming everything that isn’t really you so you can be who you were meant to be in the first place.”

-- Pual Coelho

Choosing The Best Way Forward

"Understanding your situation can be very important in choosing the best way forward. How can you decide which direction to take if you don’t know where you are?"

-- Dave Corbet

Let Your Imagination Go There

"Creating a future that is bigger than your past is essentially an act of imagination. However, you have to be willing to let your imagination go there."

-- Dan Sulliva

If You Don’t Follow Through

"Acknowledging your passions is one thing; putting them into action and overcoming life’s obstacles and other people’s expectations is quite another. If you don’t follow through, you deny yourself the opportunity to do the things you love."

-- Stacey Weckstein

Negative or Positive Anticipation

“Anxiety is fear with negative anticipation. Excitement is fear with positive anticipation. You control which one you see.”

-- Mastin Kipp

Don't Fool Yourself

"We fool ourselves into thinking that things must be perfect before we release our art into the world when the clear reality is we’re just too undisciplined to get things done."

-- Brendon Burchard

The Real Point of Self-Awareness

"It is important to realize that you can choose your behavior rather than allowing your behavior to choose you. That is the real point of self-awareness, knowing that you are making choices and what those choices are. Your real  strengths are the ones you can let go of when you need to."

-- Dave Corbet

An Aim In Life

"An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding; and it is not to be found in foreign lands, but in the heart itself."

-- Robert Louis Stevenson

If You Cannot Do Great Things

"If you cannot do great things yourself, remember that you may do small things in a great way."

-- Napoleon Hill

How Growth Happens

"Most growth happens as a result of many small steps. The key is to keep taking them."

-- Dan Sulliva

Know How and Do How

"If know-how is knowing what to do to get what you want, do-how is doing what needs to be done to get what you want. There’s a big difference."

-- Dave Corbet

How Does Fear Rule Over You

"Fear rules us only if we let it. In almost all cases, it is something that we can choose to activate or not activate."

-- Brendon Burchard

Are You Dreaming Big Enough

“If you don’t encounter setbacks in your career, if you don’t have doubts and disappointments, let me tell you, you’re not dreaming big enough.”

-- Michael Bloomberg

Soul Work is Not a High Road

“Soul work is not a high road.  It’s a deep fall into an unforgiving darkness that won’t let you go until you find the song that sings you home.”

-- Mccall Erickson

Be Unreasonable and Reckless

"If taking action before the perfect conditions arise, or before we receive permission, is unreasonable or reckless, then we must be unreasonable and reckless. We must remember we are not the sum of our intentions but of our actions."

-- Brendon Burchard

Inspires Yourself To Try Again

"I’ve noticed the most amazing thing: the more I talk about my own failures, the more other people feel comfortable to talk about their screw-ups. I learn so much from hearing about how other people have done things, failed and learned that it inspires me to try again and do more."

-- Nicholas Haralambous

Move Through Countless Barrier

"As you progress, there will be obstacles, diversions, and distractions and—just like a river—your work is never done. Also, just like a river, once it has momentum, consistency, and power, it can be used to fuel so much, carry so many, and move through countless barriers."

-- Phil M. Jones

Forgive and Forget

"For every ten minutes you are stressed, you lose 600 seconds of happiness. A healthy mind dwells in a happy and healthy body. Inculcate the habit of forgive and forget, and don’t hold grudges. Smile, as it is priceless."

-- Rupal Jain

Keep Building Your Squad

"Attend events, join groups, and reach out to individuals who can help you build the network you want to be surrounded by. This may require further investment of time and money, and it’s a relentless and lifelong task if you continue to set new goals. Keep building your squad."

-- Phil M. Jones

Unleash Your Positive Energy

"Enjoying what you do unleashes a huge amount of positive energy and creativity that pave the way for additional growth."

-- Dan Sulliva

Your Ability To Make Continued Progress

"Your success is dependent on your ability to make continued progress at point after point. Consider the simplicity of running on a treadmill. If the goal is to complete the distance of 26.2 miles and run an entire marathon, that goal becomes easier to realize having already run three miles, reached 10 miles, or even when resorting to reducing your run to a jog or a walk. All the time you are moving, your progress is real."

-- Phil M. Jones

Power Grows Out of Organized Knowledge

"Power grows out of ORGANIZED KNOWLEDGE, but, mind you, it “grows out of it” through application and use!"

-- Napoleon Hill

You Can Choose How You Respond

"You can’t control the circumstances you find yourself in or how other people behave, but you can choose how you respond. It is that choice that gives you the power to change anything you want to."

-- Dave Corbet and Ian Roberts

Making Your Responsibility Public

"The responsibility attached to making something public provides you the motivation to not let your reputation down. You know that those you share the news with may ask questions on your progress and check in on your timeline."

-- Phil M. Jones

To Enjoy Permanent Success

"No man has a chance to enjoy permanent success until he begins to look in a mirror for the real cause of all his mistakes."

-- Napoleon Hill

Opportunities For Ongoing Growth

“Do what you love and find ways to inject fun into what you do, and you will open up opportunities for ongoing growth that you didn’t know existed.”

-- Dan Sullivan

Determine The Quality of Our Lives

"Today, like all days of our lives, we have choices to make about what kinds of persons we’ll be and how we’ll interact with the world.  Which choice we make will determine the quality of our lives, the depth of our relationships, and the hope of our human family."

-- Brendon Burchard

People Who Accomplish a Lot

"People who accomplish a lot and work harder tomorrow than they did today will become more skilled and helpful."

-- Dan Sulliva

Nothing Limits Achievement

“Nothing limits achievement like small thinking; nothing expands possibilities like unleashed imagination.”

-- William Arthur Ward

A Blessing in Disguise

"Every failure is a blessing in disguise, providing it teaches some needed lesson one could not have learned without it. Most socalled Failures are only temporary defeats."

-- Napoleon Hill

The Happiest People

"It is one of the strange ironies of this strange life (that) those who work the hardest, who subject themselves to the strictest discipline, who give up certain pleasurable things in order to achieve a goal, are the happiest people.”

-— Brutus Hamilton

Write Down The Lessons Learned

"When you start doing more you will definitely start failing more.  If you are suffering and not paying attention to the lessons being presented to you, then you are in for a never-ending world of pain.  I needed to write down the lessons I’ve learned so I don’t forget them and hopefully others can suffer slightly less because I suffered and learned."

-- Nicholas Haralambous

Assume That Life is For You

"If you assume that life is for you, you will naturally take actions based on the belief that “things will work out for the best”—and your results will naturally follow. If you assume that life is against you, however, then your actions will be hesitant, based on fear and “why bother”—and your results will naturally follow."

-- Noah St. John

Regularly Update Yourself

"Regularly update yourself about the recent developments in your industry, organization, department and your team. Constantly identify the skills you need to acquire at workplace and then find out how you can acquire these skills."

-- Rupal Jain

The Co-Operation of Other People

"Success in this world is always a matter of individual effort, yet you will only be deceiving yourself if you believe that you can succeed without the co-operation of other people."

-- Napoleon Hill

Every Person Has a Unique Ability

“Every person has a unique ability, and the best opportunity to make a contribution comes from discovering it and finding ways to create greater and greater value with it in the world.”

-- Dan Sullivan

A Living Example to Others

"Each of us serves as a living example to others. Our character and conduct can cast either the bright glow of greatness and service to the far corners of our influence, or a shadow of smallness and selfishness to the unfortunate few nearest us. Our striving for a better life and a better world can leave others inspired if it comes from a genuine place of service, or diminished if it comes from a place of greed."

-- Brendon Burchard

Our Choices Make a Difference

"We can influence the results we achieve by making sure that we have clear goals and by acting in line with those goals. Our choices make a difference to our future."

-- Dave Corbet and Ian Roberts

Laugh and Even The Birds Laugh with You

“Laugh and even the birds laugh with you, laughter is prayer. If you can laugh, you have learnt how to pray. Don’t be serious. Only a person, who can laugh, not only at others but at himself also, can be religious.”

—- Osho Rajneesh

Result of Many Small Steps

“Most growth happens as a result of many small steps. The key is to keep taking them.”

-- Dan Sullivan

Let Us Demand Courage

"Let us demand courage. The world’s fate lies with the number of its people dedicated to courageous action. In all areas of influence, we must defeat our own fears and instill the same strength into those we care for and serve. We must motivate people not to talk but to act, never allowing others to let words substitute for actual effort."

-- Brendon Burchard

When I Get Tired and Want To Stop

“When I’d get tired and want to stop, I’d wonder what my next opponent was doing. When I could see them still working,  I’d start pushing myself. When I could see him in my shower, I’d push myself harder.”

--Dan Yable, Olympic Gold medalist in Wrestling

Just Figuring Out How Your Life Works

"When you fail you’re just figuring out how your life works. Every time I’ve failed since then I’ve been adding to the list of things that I know don’t work for me, or didn’t work in the way that I did them the first time."

-- Nicholas Haralambous

Your Energy and Ability to Work

“Average person puts only 25 per cent of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50 per cent of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between soul who devote 100 per cent.”

-— Andrew Carnegie

Imagination is a Faculty of The Mind

"Fortunate is the young man or young woman who learns, early in life, to use imagination, and doubly so in this age of greater opportunity. Imagination is a faculty of the mind which can be cultivated, developed, extended and broadened by use."

-- Napoleon Hill

The Desire To Grow

“The desire to grow is nothing less than the love of existence – a passion for being here and a deep desire to fully explore life.”

-- Dan Sullivan

What We Missed We Missed

"What we missed, we missed. Do not now add the weight of sadness. We can add nothing to yesterday, and we should attach nothing to what we did or did not do, for all those moments are in the ether now, stranded only in the stories in our minds."

-- Brendon Burchard

Remember To Take Power Breaks

"The grass always looks greener on the other side. Variety is the spice of life. Take power breaks if you are feeling burnout as it’s not the length but the depth in our work that counts."

-- Rupal Jain

When You Gave Up Blame and Take Responsibility

"To give up blame and take responsibility is to acknowledge that there is always something you can do. You never have to accept the illusion that you are powerless in the face of circumstances or other people’s behavior. You need to find the personal response, the change in your own behavior, that will lead to a different result."

-- Dave Corbet and Ian Roberts

Desire Without Belief is Deflating

"Consider the would-be entrepreneur, who wants to start a business but never leaves his job because he doesn’t believe he can make it on his own. These people learn a tough life truth: Desire without belief in self is ultimately deflating."

-- Brendon Burchard

Happiness Is An Attitude

“Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same.”

-— Francesca Reigler

What You Think of Yourself

“What a man thinks of himself that is what determines or rather indicates, his fate.”

-— Henry David Thoreau

Reframe Your Failure

"You are absolutely going to fail. You’re going to be lost.  You’re going to be confused. You’re going to be hopeless and sad. You’re going to be a bad friend, father, brother, sister, aunt, mother, uncle. You are going to fail. Read it and believe it. You cannot avoid failure, it’s coming for you. All you need to do is reframe your failure. You are not failing, you are figuring out all the ways that don’t work."

-- Nicholas Haralambous

Always Be Flexible in Life

"As rightly said change is the only thing in the world which is constant. Always be flexible in life, look at the brighter side of change and be ready to move on."

-- Rupal Jain

The More Positive You Are

"The more positive you are about what you want, the more likely you are to have the motivation and energy to make it happen and the more likely you are to achieve it."

-- Dave Corbet and Ian Roberts

Help Yourself Thru Helping Others

”In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out, completes the circle and comes back to us.”

-— Flora Edwards

We Can Choose Courage

"Practice. The lion tamer was once afraid. But he entered the den, and over time he became unafraid. The public speaker took the stage, and with time became comfortable. We can choose the courage to put ourselves in the vicinity of the things we fear over and over again until we grow more comfortable and then confident."

-- Brendon Burchard

Every Human Activity Involves The Mastering of Skills

"Every human activity, endeavor, or career path involves the mastering of skills. In some fields, it is direct and obvious, like operating a tool or machine or creating something physical. In others, it is more of a mix of the physical and mental."

-- Robert Greene

The Quality of a Person

"Trustworthiness, character, honesty, integrity, and fairness are the hallmark of greatness and determine the quality of a person. Be firm and fair on your core values and principles."

-- Rupal Jain

Focus On What You Want

"Thinking about what you don’t want leads you to what you don’t want – focusing on what you want leads to a breakthrough."

-- Dave Corbet and Ian Roberts

Look for Role Models To Learn From

"Looking for role models who are already doing what you want to learn to do is a very worthwhile activity. Seeing someone who has the do-how you need in action is the best way of creating a mental image of that behavior in practice."

-- Dave Corbet and Ian Roberts

Work and Purpose Are Closely Connected

"Work and purpose are so closely connected that your work comes to an end, once your purpose is achieved."

-- David Steindl-Rast

Don’t Just Sit Back and Watch Life Go By

"Don’t just sit back and watch life go by.  Do something about it. Do something with it. Do something epic. Do something amazing. Do something small. Do it today. Do it right now. Get up and do more."

-- Nicholas Haralambous

The Key To Unlocking Our Potential

“Continuous effort—not strength or intelligence—is the key to unlocking our potential.”

-- Liane Cordes

To Build High Motivation Within Yourself

To build high motivation within yourself, determine your greatest motivator — Is it money, incentives, bonus, commission, fame, recognition which are external and monetary benefits or non-financial motivators such as pride, sense of achievement, responsibility, belief, challenging and interesting job, respect which are internal."

-- Rupal Jain

Any Breakthrough Begins with Imagination

"Any breakthrough begins with an act of imagination. Being able to imagine how you want things to be is a key component of making the breakthrough a reality."

-- Dave Corbet and Ian Roberts

The Greatest Human Power

"We believe the greatest of human powers is the ability to independently think for ourselves, to choose our own aims, affections, and actions."

-- Brendon Burchard

You Possess An Inner Force That Guide You

"You possess an inner force that seeks to guide you toward your Life’s Task—what you are meant to accomplish in the time that you have to live. The first move toward mastery is always inward—learning who you really are and reconnecting with that innate force. Knowing it with clarity, you will find your way to the proper career path and everything else will fall into place. It is never too late to start this process."

-- Robert Greene

Be In Tune with Your Strength and Weakness

"Know your strengths, talents, passions and, almost as importantly, your challenges, weaknesses and dislikes. If you are in tune with these, you’re bound to find a role that brings you a sense of purpose because you likely do it well, and you will likely love doing it."

-- Dan Pontefract

Keep a Check on Your Weight

"Keep a check on your weight. Excess weight increases the stress on our body, making it more prone to certain chronic diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes and cardiac disorder."

-- Rupal Jain

First Transformation on The Way To Mastery

"The principle is simple and must be engraved deeply in your mind: the goal of an apprenticeship is not money, a good position, a title, or a diploma, but rather the transformation of your mind and character—the first transformation on the way to mastery."

-- Robert Greene

The Misery That Oppresses You

"The misery that oppresses you lies not in your profession but in yourself! What man in the world would not find his situation intolerable if he chooses a craft, an art, indeed any form of life, without experiencing an inner calling? Whoever is born with a talent, or to a talent, must surely find in that the most pleasing of occupations! Everything on this earth has its difficult sides! Only some inner drive—pleasure, love—can help us overcome obstacles, prepare a path, and lift us out of the narrow circle in which others tread out their anguished, miserable existences!"

-- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

You Need A Worthy Goal

"What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him. What he needs is not the discharge of tension at any cost, but the call of a potential meaning waiting to be fulfilled by him."

-- Viktor Frankl

Find Your Genuine Calling in Life

"Among his various possible beings each man always finds one which is his genuine and authentic being. The voice which calls him to that authentic being is what we call “vocation.” But the majority of men devote themselves to silencing that voice of the vocation and refusing to hear it. They manage to make a noise within themselves … to distract their own attention in order not to hear it; and they defraud themselves by substituting for their genuine selves a false course of life."

-— Jose Ortega Y Gasset

Successful People Keep Moving

“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.”

-— Conrad Hilton

If You’ve Have Been Knocked Down

"If you’ve been knocked down but haven’t looked at what caused you stumble, you’re setting yourself up to fall again. Thus, we learn that when we make any mistake, we must willingly accept it, and learn from it, so that we don’t repeat it again."

-- Rupal Jain

We Are What We Repeatedly Do

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is not an act but a habit.”

-— Aristotle

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To improve oneself, you need to break your repeated habit.

On The Journey To Life’s Highway

“On the journey to life’s highway, keep your eyes upon the goal. Focus on the donut, not upon the hole.”

-- Arthur Wang

First Say To Yourself What You Would Be

"First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do."

-- Epictetus

Do Not Talk About Giftedness

"Do not talk about giftedness, inborn talents! One can name great men of all kinds who were very little gifted. They acquired greatness, became “geniuses” (as we put it), through qualities the lack of which no one who knew what they were would boast of: they all possessed that seriousness of the efficient workman which first learns to construct the parts properly before it ventures to fashion a great whole; they allowed themselves time for it, because they took more pleasure in making the little, secondary things well than in the effect of a dazzling whole."

-- Friedrich Nietzsche

The Road That Made The Difference

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference."

-- Robert Frost

Our Fortune in Our Own Hands

"Everyone holds his fortune in his own hands, like a sculptor the raw material he will fashion into a figure. But it’s the same with that type of artistic activity as with all others: We are merely born with the capability to do it. The skill to mold the material into what we want must be learned and attentively cultivated."

-- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

The Character of Growth

"It is in the character of growth that we should learn from both pleasant and unpleasant experiences."

-- Nelson Mandela

If You Make Mistakes

"If you make mistakes, accept it, learn from it and don’t repeat it. As rightly said, the man who makes no mistakes usually does not make anything."

-- Rupal Jain

How Much You Can Accomplish

“It is amazing how much you can accomplish if you don’t care who gets the credit.”

-— Harry Truman

When You Bring Prosperity To Others

“We cannot help ourselves without helping others We cannot enrich our lives without enriching others We cannot prosper without bringing prosperity to others.”

-— Janette Cole

If You Follow Your Bliss

"If you follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. Wherever you are—if you are following your bliss, you are enjoying that refreshment, that life within you, all the time."

-- Joseph Campbell

The True Way to Render Ourselves Happy

"The true way to render ourselves happy is to love our work and find in it our pleasure."

-- Francoise Bertaut De Motteville

Making of Money For Money’s Sake

"I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking day to the making of money for money’s sake."

-- John Rockefeller

Great Minds Have Purposes

“Great minds have purposes, others have wishes”

-— Washington Irving

Life Shrinks or Expands

"Life shrinks or expands according to one’s courage."

-- Anaïs Nin

Life is Like An Echo

"Life is like an echo; if you treat others with respect and dignity, you will get back what you give. Acknowledge and appreciate the efforts of others to boost their morale. A work done for other is a task worth remembering for everyone, because our little effort also counts. It is always better to do something than nothing."

-- Rupal Jain

People To Include in Your Lives

"Everyone makes a choice about what food to eat today for lunch or whether to turn right or left on the route to work. But most people don’t consider that they have the ability to choose the people that they include in their lives."

-- Nicholas Haralambous

Never Waste Time and Efforts

"Hence, never waste your time and efforts in unproductive and non-rewarding efforts such as criticizing your company, employers or employees publicly; try not to hurt anyone. Think before speaking and never speak without thinking. Never be a fault finder. Look for good things around. To succeed, try to achieve results with our own efforts."

-- Rupal Jain

Your Motivating Power Within

"Simply, we can choose our aim, and our reasons for that aim, and a continued focus on the aim will arouse a desire for action, which we sense as energy—a motivating power within."

-- Brendon Burchard

Be Constantly learning and Curious About Everything

"Being curious 24/7 means that I am constantly learning and constantly curious about everything that I engage with.  Exposure to things other than what you are used to in your routine will provoke new ways of thinking, living and being. Go out and do more and the chances of discovering your next big idea are infinitely more likely."

-- Nicholas Haralambous

When You Ask Better Questions

"The point of Afformations does not lie in finding the answer, but in asking better questions. When you ask better questions, your mind will automatically focus on things you’ve probably never focused on before. When you do this, the results will amaze you."

-- Noah St. John

Success Doesn’t Mean The Absence of Failures

"Success doesn’t mean the absence of failures; it means the attainment of ultimate objectives. It means winning the war not every battle.”

-— Edwin Bliss

Failing Had Made My Life Immeasurably

"Failing had made my life immeasurably more difficult but the world did not end. At 18 years old I failed the biggest test of  my short life but I realised that my future was not over. This lesson stuck with me."

-- Nicholas Haralambous

Two Words Always Lead You To Success

"There are only two words that will always lead you to success. Those words are Yes and No. Undoubtedly, you’ve mastered saying yes. So start practicing saying no. Your goals depend on it."

-— Jack Cornfield

Be a Student For Your Life Time

"Get over the idea that only children should spend their time in studying. Be a student so long as you still have something to learn, and this will mean all your life."

-— Henry L. Doherty

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We stop growing when we stop learning.

Look Ahead and Move on

"So a car’s windshield is so large and the rear view mirror is so small? Because our past is not as important as our future.  So, Look Ahead and Move on."

-- Billy Cox

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Self reflection:

Right or wrong, the past cannot be changed.  However, our future are ours to changed for the better.

The World is All Gates All Opportunities

"We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities."

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Not Able To Cash in On The Experience

"A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in on the experience."

-- Elbert Hubbard

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Failure is not the definite road to success if you did not reflect and learn from the mistake.

If You Are Not Willing To Risk The Unusual

"If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary."

-- Jim Rohn

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The Universe reward accordingly. No Risk No Gain. This simple logic never change.

There is Only One Success

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

-- Christopher Morley

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Yes, success is having the freedom to spend your time as you like, not how much materialistic things you can buy.

Let Others Leave Their Future

"Let others lead small lives,
But not you.
Let others argue over small things,
But not you.
Let others cry over small hurts,
But not you.
Let others leave their future In someone else’s hands,
But not you."

-- Jim Rohn

Focus and Just Keep Going

"I know it sounds kind of corny, but every day I look in the mirror and I tell myself that I am going to go out there and face it and not curl up in a ball because somebody said something or thinks that I couldn’t be or do something simply because of who I am. It’s hard, but you have to do it. Put in the hard work, discipline and focus and just keep going. Remember there are numerous people, both similar and dissimilar to you, who are rooting for you to stay strong, and to prove the naysayers wrong."

-- Dambisa Moyo

Do Whatever You Do With Intent

"Whatever you do, do it with intent. In martial arts we call it “one plus one”. Just one good kick and one good punch is better than twenty you didn’t have any intent behind. Do not say something unless you mean it, do not do something unless you are committed. Do not confront by shouting, but confront by using your intellectual powers and the power of a better argument, by standing your ground, by keeping your centre, by never transgressing so they cannot attack. Ultimately, the trick is to absorb and redirect their energy. You use their own power against themselves."

-- Nancy Hollander

All I Need For My Philosophy and Creed

"To live as gently as I can; To be, no matter where, a man;
To take what comes of good or ill, And cling to faith and honor still;
To do my best, and let that stand the record of my brain and hand; And then, should failure come to me, Still work and hope for victory.
To have no secret place wherein; I stoop unseen to shame or sin;
To be the same when I’m alone; As when my every deed is known.
To live undaunted, unafraid of any step that I have made;
To be without pretense or shame; Exactly what men think I am.
To leave some simple mark behind;
To keep my having lived in mind, If enmity to aught I show,
To be an honest, generous foe,
To play my little part, nor whine; That greater honours are not mine.
This, I believe, is all I need for my philosophy and creed."

-- Edgar A. Guest

The Power I Know It Exists

"What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it."

-— Alexander Graham Bell

The Universal Mind always direct us when our thoughts are focus on what we want.

If You Want To Succeed

“If you want to succeed, double your failure rate.”

-— Tom Watson Sr., of IBM

Failure are tied to the number of new things we try.  If we don't try, we won't fail and there are nothing to learn from.  Your 10 years of working experience might not be worth 10 years if you are doing the same job over and over again.  It is 1 year of experience repeated 10 times.

Every Problem Comes Opportunity

"Every problem comes with an equal or greater opportunity.”

-— Napoleon Hill, author of Think and Grow Rich

People who think, research, learn and provide solutions will have many opportunities to constantly improve themselves.

Maintain a Healthy Work-Life Balance

"Learn to love your work: Be proud of what you do for a living. Never lose respect, because he, who cannot respect his work, cannot expect others to respect him. Always remember: if you become the chairman of company, what purpose will it serve if, in the process, you get divorced and your children get addicted to drugs. Hence, maintain a healthy work-life balance."

-- Rupal Jai

Where Passion Lives

"When work, commitment and pleasure all become one and you reach the deep well where passion lives, nothing is impossible."

-— D. H. Lawrence

Success is The Sum of Small Efforts

"Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out."

-— Robert Collier

Enthusiasm is The Mother of Effort

"Enthusiasm is the mother of effort and without it nothing great was ever achieved."

-— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Believe in Your Success

“The turning point, I think, was when I realized that you can do it yourself. That you have to believe in you because sometime that’s the only person that does believe in your success but you.”

-— Tim Blixseth

Thoughts Are Things

"Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe it can achieve. Thoughts are things! And powerful things at that, when mixed definiteness of purpose, and burning desire, can be translated into riches."

-- Napoleon Hill

Your Goals Are Your Road Map

"Your goals are your road map that guides you and shows you what is possible for your life."

-— Les Brown

The Higher Inspiration To Life

"The more difficulties one has to encounter, within and without, the more significant and the higher inspiration his life will be."

-— Horace Bushnell

The Talent of Success

"The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well."

-— Henry W. Longfellow

Believe in Yourself

"Believe in yourself, in all you can do and for you, the deals will start to work in your favour. You need to be open to such deals, and they will come. I assure you."

-— Ivana Trump

Utilize Time Preciously and Usefully

"Utilize time preciously and usefully: Set your goals to conquer stress. Maintain a “to-do-list” and a “planner” to avoid postponements. Start now what has to be done later and you will soon reach the final line."

-- Rupal Jai

Do More Than What is Required

"Do more than what is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves the goals consistently and those who spend their lives and career merely following? —The extra mile

-– Gary Ryan Blair

Stand Up To Your Obstacles

"Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them, you will find that they have half the strength you think they have."

-— Norman Vincent Peale

Find The Road of Life

"To find the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says: — “Leave no stone unturned”"

-— Edward Bulwer Lytton

What You Believe You Can Achieve

"Don’t limit yourself; many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember you can achieve."

-- Mary Kay Ash

Determination Keep You Going

"Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite of the roadblocks that lay before you."

-— Denis Waitley

Success and Fulfillment in Life

"Success and fulfillment in life rests on the unflagging ability to get up, to be ourselves, to chase our dreams with fire each day, to keep willing ourselves to the next level of presence and performance and potential. More broadly, our entire human value system rests on motivation."

-- Brendon Burchard

Believe in The Beauty of Your Dreams

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

-— Eleanor Roosevelt

Complains of Want of Opportunities

"No great man ever complains of want of opportunities."

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Make Perseverance Your Bosom Friend

"If you wish success in life make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother and hope your guardian genius."

-- Joseph Addison

Live Out Your Imagination

"Live out of your imagination, not your history"

-- Stephen Covey

Having a Balance of Success Stories

"I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across many areas of your life. You can’t truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is shambled."

-— Zig Ziglar

The Thoughts We Think in Our Head

"As said: If we think happy thoughts, we will be happy. If we think miserable thoughts, we will be miserable. If we think fearful thoughts, we will be fearful. Happiness is harvest, stress is weeds."

-- Rupal Jai

Have Confidence in Your Ability

"If you doubt you can accomplish something, then you can’t accomplish it. You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through."

-— Rosalyn Carter

Try To Do Something and Fail are Infinitely Better

“The men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed.”

-— Lloyd Jones

The Position That One Has Reached in Life

"Life is a struggle and blaming others just adds fuel to fire. As rightly said, success is not to be measured so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles overcome, while trying to succeed."

-- Rupal Jai

Share What You Know

“Share what you know and, more importantly, what you image with others. Lead them to discover their own truths. The way you live with your life is as powerful a teaching for others as what you say to them.”

-— Tom Cowan

Knowing is Not Enough

"Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do."

-— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Life is a Journey Not a Destination

"Successful people, irrespective of their chosen field, have many qualities (personal as well as professional) in common, because for them, life is a journey and not a destination."

-- Rupal Jai

Refused To Be Discouraged By Defeats

“History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.”

-— B. C. Forbes

The Thing That Always Happens

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

-- Frank Lloyd Wright

I Don’t Know Anything About Luck

“Luck I don’t know anything about luck. I’ve never banked on it, and I am afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else; hard work — and realizing what is opportunity and what is not.”

-— Lucille ball

Success or Failure Depend on Us

"Believe, “success or failure all depend on us”. The more we are motivated the greater will be the desire to achieve our target."

-- Rupal Jai

The Key To Failure

“I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.”

-— Bill Cosby

Health Happiness and Success

“Health, happiness and success depend upon the fighting spirit of each person. The big thing is not what happens to us in life — but what we do about what happens to us.”

—- George Allen

Don’t Wait for Extraordinary Opportunities

“Don’t wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.”

-— Orison Swett Marden

Don’t Confuse Motion and Progress

“Don’t confuse motion and progress. A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress.”

-— Alfred A. Montapert

Winning is Not An Accident

"Winning is not an accident, it is the outcome of sincere dedication, discipline and wholehearted effort and are the life-lines to achieve your goals. It takes lot of dedication, determination, devotion and discipline to work with integrity, honesty, and not to fall into pitfalls."

-- Rupal Jai

Small and Mediocre People Talk

“Small people talk about other people, mediocre people talk about things, great people talk about ideas.”

-— Arthur Wang

Happiness is The Key To Success

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”

-— Albert Schweitzer

Confidence Gives You Courage

“Confidence gives you courage and extends your reach. It lets you take greater risk and achieve far more than you ever thought possible.”

-— Jack Welch

The Greatest Advancements of This Century

"The greatest advancements of this century, the light bulb, the airplane, and the computer, were created by innovators — people who imagined things that did not exist and asked why."

-- Bernie Milano

Success is an Ideal Combination

"Success is an ideal combination of hard work, talent, determination, dedication, devotion, discipline, will power, character, honestly, vision, and loyalty."

-- Rupal Jai

Doomed If You Don’t Try

“You may be disappointed if you fail, but you will be doomed if you don’t try.”

-— Beverley Sills

A Clear Vision Backed by Definite Plans

“A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power.”

—- Brain Tracy

The Meeting Point For Luck

"Never completely surrender yourself to luck and completely attribute your success and failure to your fate. Winners believe in hard work, commitment, and dedication; losers believe in luck, fate, and destiny. Luck is the meeting point between hard work and destiny."

-- Rupal Jai

I Am a Great Believer in Luck

“I am a great believer in luck, and I find he harder I work, the more I have of it.”

-— Thomas Jefferson

Be Ready To Take Responsibility of Failures

"One must be ready to take responsibility of failures as well and be prepared to say, “I take the responsibility… it was my fault” without making any excuses. It makes the person mature, acceptable, credible and empowered."

-- Rupal Jai

Do Not Confuse Motion and Progress

“Do not confuse motion and progress. A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress.”

—- Alfred A. Motapert

The Person Having Firm Conviction

“Only the person having firm conviction and iron volition can attain strength and energy. At no stage of Karma does he ever hesitate.”

-— Rig Veda

If You Really Want to Succeed

“If you really want to succeed, form the habit of doing things that failures don’t like to do.”

-— Arthur Wang

Don’t Fear in Life

"People who lack self-confidence find it difficult to become successful but it can be learned, developed and build with consistent efforts. It is the key to sailing through any hardship. Say “I’m the Best” twice a day. How would you know how deep the ocean is or how high the mountain is until you start climbing… so don’t fear in life."

-- Rupal Jai

Any Fact Facing Us Is Not Important

“Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude towards it, for that determines our success or failures.”

-— Norman Vincent Peale

Don’t Waste Time in Unproductive Thoughts

“Super achievers don’t waste time in unproductive thoughts, esoteric thoughts, or catastrophic thoughts. They think constructively and they know that their level of thinking determines their success.”

-— Dr. Seymour Epstein

The Quality of a Person’s Life

“The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavour.”

-— Vince Lombardi

Compare and Compete with Your Past

"Compare and compete with your past performance to raise your standards higher each time you decide a goal to set an example for yourself and to make the task challenging but achievable."

-- Rupal Jai

The Other Person Is Busy Making Mistakes

“While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior.”

-— Henry C. Link

The Illiterate of The 21st Century

“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.”

-— Alvin Toffler

Become A Person of Value

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

-— Albert Einstein

Never Leave Till Tomorrow

“Never leave till tomorrow, which you can do today.”

—- Benjamin Franklin

The Key Is To Think Positive

"External situations and remarks can harm us through our thoughts - but only to the extent our thoughts allow them to. So the key is to think positive."

-- Rupal Jai

Create A Strong Reason To Move Forward

"If we lack compelling reasons to take action, or if our impulses are fearful or protective, then we tend to stay put. But if we have a strong list of reasons to move forward and we’ve conditioned our impulses to support freedom, we are more likely to consistently advance our lives."

-- Brendon Burchard

What Do Failures and Winners Do

"Failures do what is tension relieving while winners do what is goal achieving."

-— Dennis Waitley

You Never Conquer a Mountain

"You never conquer a mountain. You stand on the summit a few moments; then the wind blows your footprints away."

-- Arlene Blum

Nothing Can Stop The Right Mental Attitude

"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude."

-- Thomas Jefferson

What is Important is Developing

"Each one of us cannot be great and do great things; we can do small things greatly and become stress free. What is important is developing a positive attitude even when forced with challenging situations."

-- Rupal Jai

Most Important Requirement in Success

"I feel that the most important requirement in success is learning to overcome failure. You must learn to tolerate it, but never accept it."

-— Reggie Jackson

The Mind Without Inspirations

"Without inspirations, the best powers of the mind remain dormant; they are a fuel in us which needs to be ignited with sparks."

-- Johann Gottfried Von Herder

Procrastination is The Fear of Success

"Procrastination is the fear of success. People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now. Because success is heavy, carries a responsibility with it, it is much easier to procrastinate and live on the “Someday I’ll”" philosophy."

-— Denis Waitley

Go Instead Where There is No Path

"Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."

-- Harold R. McAlindon

Our Thoughts Will Free Us or Destroy Us

"What good will come from focusing on all the loss and hardship we might experience in life? There is no self-awareness in letting fear reign because of our own mental sloth. We have the personal power to wield our thoughts more forcefully in the daily fight against our fears. Our thoughts will free us or destroy us. Maturity comes in understanding that it is our choice alone to move toward freedom."

-- Brendon Burchard

The Difference Between a Successful Person

"The difference between a successful person and anothers is not lack of strength, not lack of knowledge but lack in will."

-— Vince Lombardi

Get Up Every Morning with Determination

"You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction."

-- George Lorimar

Higher in Inspiration of Your Life

"The more difficulties one has to encounter, within and without, the more significant and the higher in inspiration his life will be."

-- Horace Bushnell

If An Egg is Broken by An Outside Force

"If an egg is broken by an outside force...a life ends. If an egg breaks from within....Life begins. (Great things always begin from within)."

-- Jay McLean

Always Be Kind and Gentle with Yourself

"Always be kind and gentle with yourself: Be your best friend. Start work early, get adequate rest to maintain your energy level. Occasionally, pamper yourself with a treat, weekend offs, trying out new food and shopping.

-- Rupal Jai

How To Do The Impossible

“Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible”

-— St. Francis of Assisi

Most People Give Up Just When Success is Near

“Most people give up just when they’re about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game, one foot from a winning touch down.”

—- H. Ross Perot

Destiny Is Not a Matter of Chance

“Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for it is a thing to be achieved”

—- William Jennings Bryan

Meet With Success Unexpected

"I learned this, through by my experiment - that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams and endeavors to live the life which he had imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours."

-— Henry David Thoreau

You Can Because of Your Thought

"They can because they think they can."

-— Virgil

Accomplishment of What Can’t Be Done

"Nothing important was ever done but the greater number consulted previously doubted the possibility. Success is the accomplishment of that which most people think can’t be done”

-— C. V. White

We Must Risk Going Too Far

"We must risk going too far to discover just how far we can go."

-- Jim Rohn

Don’t Wait to Strike till the Iron is Hot

"Don’t wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking."

-- William B. Sprague

We Will Either Find A Way

"We will either find a way, or make one."

-- Hannibal

The Tools To Manage The Difficulties of Life

"The tools to manage the difficulties of life are within. Perhaps we can imagine ourselves actually enjoying the struggle versus fearing it.  Let us fire our enthusiasm knowing that the learning journey toward freedom can be exciting. We must trust this: We can learn and we can grow and we must begin now for destiny favors the bold."

-- Brendon Burchard

Life Could Be Just What I Made It

"They told me that Life could be just what I made it
Life could be fashioned and worn like a gown; I, the designer, mine the decision
Whether to wear it with bonnetor crown.
And so I selected the prettiest pattern
Life should be made of the rosiest hue
Something unique, and a bit out of fashion,
One that perhaps would be chosen by few.
But other folks came and they leaned o’er my shoulder;
Someone questioned the ultimate cost;
Somebody tangled the thread I was using;
One day I found that my scissors were lost.
And somebody claimed the material faded;
Somebody said I’d be tired ere ‘twas worn;
Somebody’s fingers, too pointed and spiteful,
Snatched at the cloth, and I saw it was torn."

-— Nan Terrell Reed

The Time Will Never Be Just Right

"Don’t wait; the time will never be “just right”. Start where you stand and work with whatever tools you have at your command and better tools will be found as you go along."

-— Napoleon Hill

Opportunity is Missed by Most People

“Opportunity is missed by most people because it comes dressed in overalls and looks like work”.

-— Thomas Edison

The Greatest Discovery of My Generation

"The greatest discovery of my generation is that human being can alter their lives by altering their attitude of mind."

-— William James

The Strange Ironies of This Strange Life

"It is one of the strange ironies of this strange life (that) those who work the hardest, who subject themselves to the strictest discipline who give up their certain pleasurable things in order to achieve goal are the happiest people."

-— Brutus Hamilton

The Talent of Success

"The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well."

-— Henry W. Longfellow

Genius is 1 Per Cent Inspiration

"Genius is 1 per cent inspiration, and 99 percent perspiration”

-— Thomas Edison

Never Too Old To Set Another Goal

"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream."

-- Les Brown

Finding The Limits of The Possible

"The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible."

-- Arthur C. Clarke

The Rewards in Life Don’t Always Go To Them

"There’s always going to be someone faster, smarter, taller, more experienced than you, but the rewards in life don’t always go to them, the rewards in life go to the dogged, the determined, those who can keep going and pick themselves back up and never say die and just hang in there, sometimes quietly and undramatically."

-- Bear Grylls

Decided It Was a Worthwhile Endeavor

"Humans did not know how to land on the moon, but we decided it was a worthwhile endeavor, and so we struggled for a decade to puzzle it out. We became capable of the impossible."

-- Brendon Burchard

Aim To Become Best in the World

"It was neither original nor complicated, but it is probably the single-most important driver of success – You have to really focus. Just do one thing. And aim to become best in the world at it."

-- Jony Ive

Creates a Sense of Vitality

"Choosing our own aims and seeking to bring them to fruition creates a sense of vitality and motivation in life. The only things that derail our efforts are fear and oppression."

-- Brendon Burchard

Get Back That Sense of Wonderment

"I have never met a child that is not fascinated by our natural world, the animal kingdom and the wonders within it. It is only as we get older that we sometimes lose that sense of wonderment. But I think we would all be better off if we kept it. So my advice is to never lose that, do what you can to always keep that sense of magic with our natural world alive."

-- Sir David

What Person Do I Want To Be

"In life, we are not what we look like, we are not our gender, sexuality or religion or race, we are how we act and the impact that we have on others. And the best way to think about the impact we have on others is in adjectives. I ask myself “What person do I want to be?” But in adjectives, not nouns. How about kind? Healthy? Ambitious? Does thinking like that get me to a more fruitful and satisfying place? I think it probably does."

-- Clare Balding

People Tend Not To Be Accidentally Successful

"People tend not to be accidentally successful. If you see anyone very, very good at something, they tend to be very driven by what they do and they work really hard at it. So find the thing that makes you passionate and do that. And if you can find something you’re passionate about that also makes a difference to others, it will be a greatly fulfilling quality in your life. In the end, the things that give the most fulfilment are the things you do for others."

-- Tony Blair

Give and You Get Back What You Give

"Give and you get back what you give. Treat everyone as individuals: understand how people are and encourage them. There is real discipline too underpinning the work they do. I strongly believe that you achieve more in a work environment with hope rather than fear … the whole concept of people shouting or bullying or intimidating is foreign to me."

-- Dada Rogers, Via Ruthie Rogers

The Day is Meant To Be Ours

"The day is meant to be ours, and our purpose within it is to live as who we truly are and enjoy the full terrain of life’s freedom as we chase our own meaning and purpose, our own legacy."

-- Brendon Burchard

Laugh Happily Every Day

"Being able to smile when misunderstood is a kind of attainment; being able to smile frankly when aggrieved is a form of generosity; being able to smile happily when disadvantaged is a form of open-mindedness; being able to laugh at oneself when in distress is a form of wisdom; being able to laugh when helpless is a realm, being able to laugh calmly when being slighted is a form of self-confidence.  No matter what happens for what reason...we must all laugh happily every day."

-- Buddha

Do To The Best of Your Ability

"‘If you’re ever lucky enough to be successful in what you choose to do, don’t ever believe your own hype, and remember it could all stop tomorrow. Do whatever you do to the best of your ability. Take the job seriously, but not yourself. And most of all, be nice to work with."

-- Olivia Colman

The Most Important Thing of All

"Well, it starts with the usual stuff that you hear: work hard, be lucky. No one is successful without those two things. But the most important thing of all is maintenance of aim. If I could pass on one thing, it is that. My business success came from maintenance of aim. I said to myself, no matter what else I will make the best programmes I can."

-- Lord Waheed Alli

Just Survive Any Way You Can

"Well, you can say all the normal things like talk to people, look after yourself, ask for help. But none of that makes any difference. It makes no difference at all. I guess my advice is, and it’s not really advice, it’s more a wish: I wish that you’re lucky enough to survive when you don’t want to, because things can get better. Just survive. Just survive any way you can."

-- James Rhodes

You Have To Forgive Yourself

"Don’t get depressed about the depression. Depression can bring with it a sense of shame, that we beat ourselves up for having it, that we’re ashamed to have this vulnerability. But you have to forgive yourself and allow yourself to feel it. It’s normal and it’s natural and a basic human foible that affects one in four of us. Take strength and solidarity from those numbers."

-- Ruby Wax

Find The Thing That Drives You

"Find the thing that drives you. It’s not easy. Most of us are not obvious to ourselves. But we occasionally pick up indistinct signals, some kind of vague longing, from something that feels like a ghost-self, deep within us, something that refuses to die but is not quite alive either. That ghost is our true self, trying to come out. Listen out for it. We have to turn our ghost-self into a real person. We need to bring the ghost to life."

-- Alain de Botton

Search For The Thing You’re Good At

"There is an inner steel that comes from knowing you’re good at something. It might be plumbing or building tables or driving a cab or whatever, but being able to say “When it comes to this, I know what I’m doing” is good for one’s confidence. So my advice to someone younger is search for the thing you’re good at and don’t stop."

-- James Corden

Do What Makes You Happy

"My advice is follow your bliss. If you want to have a good life, you have to find out, and then only do, what makes you happy."

-- Shep Gordon

Make a Habit of Courage

"Make a habit of courage. Whenever you have a choice of backing up or going forward, always dare to go forward. There is a Zulu saying, “If you face two dangers, one behind you and one in front of you, always go forward toward the one in front of you.” Keep making the decision to go forward until it becomes so automatic that you don’t back away from anything."

-- Brian Tracy

The Way To Get Rid of Darkness

"You are the sum total of your own thoughts. You can keep from entertaining negative thought and imagery. The way to get rid of darkness is with light; the way to overcome cold is with heat; the way to overcome the negative thought is to substitute the good thought. Affirm the good, and the bad will vanish."

-- Joseph Murphy

A Person Who Has a Dream

"A person who has a dream knows what he is willing to give up in order to go up. He is able to measure everything he does according to whether or not it contributes to the dream, concentrating his attention on the things that bring him closer to it and giving less attention to everything that doesn’t."

--  John C. Maxwell

Do Not Be Possessive

"Do not be possessive. It is one of the most dangerous things, especially in relation to sex. There are a lot of people who think it’s indecent to not be possessive when you are married. I think it’s fatal. Don’t let your passion trap you into trying to own the person. The trick is to love them, not to possess them."

-- Diana Athill

To Achieve Positive Results in Life

"When you repeat thoughts again and again, they become your beliefs and you take actions which are in harmony with your beliefs. Therefore, repeating positive thoughts everyday will lead you to build a positive belief system, which will further lead you to take positive actions. And positive actions will lead you to achieve positive results in life."

-- Sayan Chakraborty

As You Release Fear

"Believing that our worry and fear are real can drain us of vast amounts of energy. The poet Hafiz wrote, “Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I’d like to see you in better living conditions.” If you pause for a moment, you’ll see that fear is made of thoughts, and you can step aside and witness them as though they were anxious children. As you release fear, love and trust grow."

-- Jack Kornfield

Spend Your Time Well on Earth

"You don’t take anything with you when you die, so you might as well spend your time on Earth experiencing all that you can, rather than stagnating and accumulating."

--  Bernard Roth

Take The Unknown Journey

"Today 100 per cent is not enough. Give 100 per cent, and then go over this border into what is more than you can do. You have to take the unknown journey to where nobody has ever been, because that is how civilisation moves forwards. 100 per cent is not enough. 150 per cent is just good enough.’

–- Marina Abramovic

The Quality of Your Life

"The quality of your life ultimately depends on the quality of your relationships. Not on your achievements, not on how smart you are, not on how rich you are, but on the quality of your relationships, which are basically a reflection of your sense of Decency, your ability to think of others, your generosity."

-– Esther Perel

Be bold Even If You Might Screw Up

"Be bold. If you’re bold you might right royally screw up, but you can also achieve much more, so be bold. You’ve only got your own reputation to lose and that’s not important. It’s much better to strive for something that seems impossible, that’s quite nuts on some level. So be bold, whatever it is. Even if you work on a customer help desk somewhere, ask yourself how can I be bold? Find those small moments of boldness because they are everywhere."

-- Baroness Martha Lane Fox

Discover The Joy of Embracing Diversity

"Discover the joy of embracing diversity. When people become more open to the strange, to the unusual, to the radical, to the “other”, we become more nourished as a species. Currently our ability to do that is being manipulated, diversity is being looked upon as a source of evil rather than as a source of joy and development. We must recapture the profound benefits of seeing the joy in our collective diversity, not the fear."

-- Harry Belafonte

Just Work Hard and Be Passionate

"Just work hard and be passionate. If I’ve taught my kids one thing, it’s to be passionate. I’m passionate about food, my friends, my wife, passionate about our house, our dog. I’m passionate. I get up and I’m passionate – my father believed in it and that’s the one thing he taught me, that life is amazing and it’s full of people you haven’t met yet, music you haven’t heard, books you haven’t read. And if you start each day looking for something to be passionate about, mostly you won’t be disappointed because every day you’ll find something that’ll make you say, look at that, that’s so cool.’"

-- Sandi Toksvig

Letting Go of Your Greed

"A greedy heart is the main cause of anxiety and stress.  Letting go of your greed is not a loss; you are not losing anything at all.  In actual fact, when you put down suffering, you gain internal piece and even deeper satisfaction."

-- Buddha

People Talk About Work and Play

"People talk about work and play as if they are separate things, with one being there to compensate for the other, but all of it is life, all of it is precious. Don’t waste any of it doing something you don’t want to do. And do all of it with the people you love."

-- Sir Richard Branson

There’s No Good Being Negative

"If I was passing on anything, I would say, for goodness sake, look for the pluses in life. Being negative completely erodes everything. If something bad happens, I always say cancel and continue and get back on track. There’s no good being negative, I don’t believe in negativity."

-- Dame Judi Dench

The Barriers We Put Before Ourselves

"The whole thing has taught me that the barriers we put before ourselves don’t really exist. The only way barriers exist is in our heads. We create them, we feed them, and we choose to keep them alive. So we can also choose to break them down. Confidence and happiness are not luck or something only other people can have, they are decisions you make that involve hard work, commitment and believing that you actually deserve it. There are no barriers to stop you getting them.  And if for whatever reason you ever feel in despair, it is worth remembering God gives his toughest journeys to his strongest soldiers."

-- Katie Piper

To Get Anywhere in Life

"Well, to get anywhere, you’ve got to work hard, so that means you’ve got to do something that you love. Who wants a life where you turn up each day to do something you don’t like? But most importantly, make sure you actually then get up and do it. There is always someone else who can do what you can do, so you’ve got to make sure you do it first, before the other guy does. You have to get up early every morning and get to it."

-- Mike Bloomberg

What You Want To Be Doing

"Be around people who are doing what you want to be doing. Social support and social competition foster change.  To ensure change lasts, make sure it is really important to you."

-- Sean D. Young

Pain and Suffering are only Temporary

"Pain and suffering are only temporary.  Once they are over, you will be fine.  Fear of suffering and difficulty makes you unable to do things."

-- Buddha

At The End of The Day

"At the end of the day I think the most important thing is don’t look back on what has happened. Instead look forward to what you can do. Just crack on"

-- Corporal Andy Reid

Get Used To Being Embarrassed

"When you’re dyslexic you constantly fail, nothing comes easy, so you lose the fear of failing, you get used to being embarrassed. So with cold calling, who gives a shit? They say no, big deal, you just keep calling them till they say yes."

-- Ari Emanuel

So You Have To Learn How To Sway

"Life is funny. It can be so random, so you have to learn how to sway. You have to be open to what slightly puzzles you, to what you feel curious about, not just what you already like because then there’s no space to grow and become more. In Peru Where I grew up there are earthquakes, and the buildings that are built to sway and move are the ones that usually survive. The ones that are too stiff tend to crack and fall down."

-– Mario Testino

Life For Me Is About Doing The Right Thing

"Life for me is about doing the right thing, on a difficult day, when no one is looking. If you do something or walk by something that you know is not right, then you’re ultimately cheating and undermining your own self. If you do the right thing, no matter what the outcome, your confidence always grows. And you have a better life that way. So just make sure you are always honest with yourself. And make sure you always do the right thing."

-- Lt Col Lucy Giles

Don’t Worry About What Has Happened In The Past

"Don’t worry about what has happened in the past. It’s not important now. We know it’s possible to replace old behaviors with new ones. What’s important today is not what you’ve experienced in the past—forget that—but that you now have some clues and processes so that the next time you try to change something you’ll be more likely to stick with it."

-- Sean D. Young

No Matter How Bad It Is

"No matter how bad it is, no situation is ever greater than you. You always have three options: you can change the situation, accept the situation or change your mindset on how you see the situation. And you have the power in your hands to choose whichever is best for you. Never allow something else or someone’s opinion to become the title of your book. Ever."

-- Jo Malone

Do Not Be Defined By People’s Expectations

"Do not let others define you and your life. Do not be defined by other people’s expectations of you. Do not be defined by time, either by what you’ve done up to this point, as that is the past, or by your ambitions, as that is the future. Tune into yourself and define yourself by being your authentic true self in every given moment. Find out what things feel good for your soul and do that. That’s your freedom that you have. And it gives you the ballast to resist a world that’s trying to manipulate or categorise you in some way."

-- Nitin Sawhney

The Biggest Thing That Attracts People

"The biggest thing that attracts people to other people is not your looks, your wealth or your talents.  Rather, it is the warmth and steadiness that you convey to others!  To be willing to give, to be willing to open and hold that umbrella for others.  That is the biggest asset of your life.  Life in this world is not full of disputes and benefits.  More than that, it is about mutually winning.  With this type of personality, you will certainly obtain the double wealth in material and in spirit!"

-- Buddha

Never Forget What Bestirs You

"For each person who aspires to anything, retain the innocence and conviction of when you started out. Be open to the surprise and wonder and terror of the world, but remain faithful to your first aspiration. Never forget what bestirs you."

-- Edna O’Brien

Live Your Life To Its Beat

"If I was to give one piece of advice, it is this: life is all about rhythm. Your heartbeat, great sex, the seasons, how often you call your parents, your good days versus your bad days, your DNA, the universe: everything has a rhythm. You have to develop a well-stretched ear and listen. The more you listen for the rhythm of your life, the more you will hear it. Find your rhythm. Live your life to its beat."

-- Mickey Hart

Her Secret To Life

"Her secret to life was
1) follow your passion,
2) exercise every day,
3) drink when you walk past a water fountain, and
4) always take the stairs instead of the elevator."

-- Sean D. Young

Make Always The Best From What You Have

"Make always the best from what you have, no matter how little it is.  To always have hope against hope. I was as down as a human being can go but look at me, I survived. I have gone from nearly starving to death to, seventy years later, being sent to meet the Queen and being given a BEM. So no matter how bad the situation, try to do what you can and don’t give up."

-- Lily Ebert

The Lowliest-Looking Person

"‘The lowliest-looking person is filled with gifts and talents beyond your imagination. Love such people as yourself. Those living on the margins of society do not need to have their problems solved for them, they just need to be given the opportunities to solve them themselves. And in doing so, they will often also solve the problems of others.’"

-- Alexander McLean

Other People Happen To Be Mirrors

"Perhaps you would forget about it quickly if someone else helped you up; perhaps you would remember forever if someone stepped on your toes.  We remember the flaws and mistakes of others, and when they have given us the cold shoulder, therefore, we take it to heart, and the more we look at this person, the more we see how full of flaws they are, and the harder it is to say rational when we see that person.  But other people happen to be mirrors; when we glare at them, the reflection that looks back is also glaring at us.  Therefore, there are three things that we must always remember: Look at others' strengths, help others when they are in trouble, and remember what is good about them."

-- Buddha

If You Want To Make Things Happen

"None of us should ever underestimate our ability to change people’s lives. There is a direct cause and effect of what we do here and what happens there. But if you want to help you have to actually do something. You can’t just talk about it. My motto is “If you want to make things happen, you have to make things.” Create an object, a slogan, a film, a little book, a badge, a hashtag, a Red Nose Day … make something so wonderful that it captures people’s hearts and minds so they can’t help but be dragged in and help. And even better, make it funny too. That’s all I have ever done."

-- Richard Curtis

Surround Yourself with People Who Bring The Best From You

"You somehow need to find a way to believe, to keep going. But it’s not enough to just say to yourself “be confident”, you can’t just BE confident, you have to surround yourself with people who bring the best from you, who will help you, who will help you grow that confidence. I’m like Britain’s Got Talent. I need my three yeses. I need my wife, my mother and my agent
to all say, “Yes, that was good.” Then it’s like, all right, that works, I can keep going. I put my success down to that: my wife, my family, my support network. My three yeses."

-- Michael McIntyre

Don’t Just Drag on a Set of Circumstances

"If you put your head on a pillow late at night and think it hasn’t been a good day, wake up next day and change something. It might be your ideas or attitude, it might be to leave a job or husband. It could be anything, but change something. Don’t just drag on a set of circumstances which just aren’t falling into the right places. You’ve got to listen to and then act on that inner spark."

-- Joan Bakewell

Lesson of Grandma and Grandma as Reminder

"I’ve learned to use the lesson of Grandma and Grandma as a reminder to keep my life focused on things that are important to me—including my work and hobbies, spiritual connection with loved ones who have passed away, and most important, relationships with my loved ones who are still living today."

-- Sean D. Young

We Need People With Different Life Experiences

"We need people with different life experiences so we can hear each other’s stories, to add to them, to understand them, to disagree with them, to help people stop feeling self-conscious about bumping into other tribes and help people feel there could be something richer if they experiment with other human relationships."

-- Jude Kelly

Anything You Have in This World, Use It

"Any voice you have in this world, You have to use it. Whatever money you have the day you die, you die without it, so donate it. If you can only give an hour of your time, then do that."

–- Noella Coursaris Musunka

Be Amaze By What You Can Accomplish

"A society grows great when old men plant trees under which they know they will never sit.  It’s amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who takes the credit."

-– Harry Truman via Margaret Busby"

Obstacles Were My Life

"For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin—real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way. Something to be got through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.

-— Fr. Alfred D’Souza

No. This is What’s Important

"And every day, the world will drag you by the hand, yelling, “This is important! And this is important! And this is important! You need to worry about this! And this! And this!” And each day, it’s up to you to yank your hand back, put it on your heart and say, “No. This is what’s important.”

-— Iain Thomas

Forgive Yourself For Any Judgments

"Forgive yourself for any judgments you are holding against yourself and then forgive your judgments of others. (If Nelson Mandela can do it, you can, too.) Then look at your life and the day ahead with newness and wonder."

-- Arianna Huffington

You Are Not Your Bank Account

"You are not your bank account, or your ambitiousness. You’re not the cold clay lump with a big belly you leave behind when you die. You’re not your collection of walking personality disorders. You are spirit, you are love."

-— Anne Lamott

Try To Be Better Than Myself

"I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself."

-— Mikhail Baryshnikov

What You Focus On Comes To You

"If you walk in with fear and anger, you’ll find fear and anger. Go into situations with what you want to find there.… When you worry, you’re holding pictures in your mind that you want less of.… What you focus upon, you become. What you focus on comes to you. So hold in your mind what you want more of."

-— John Roger

Connect To The Natural Abundance in Life

"Use a skill or talent you have — cooking, accounting, decorating—to help someone who could benefit from it. It’ll jumpstart  your transition from a go-getter to a go-giver, and reconnect you to the world and to the natural abundance in your own life."

-- Arianna Huffington

Don't Let The Same Problem Make You Miserable

"Sometimes people let the same problem make them miserable for years when they could just say “so what.” That’s one of my favorite things to say."

—- Andy Warhol

Everything We Do Count

"If we really want to live we must have the courage to recognize that life is ultimately very short, and that everything we do counts."

-- Arianna Huffington

The Joy of Life

"I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.

-— Rabindranath Tagore

Constantly Give Yourself Retreat

"People look for retreats for themselves, in the country, by the coast, or in the hills … There is nowhere that a person can find a more peaceful and trouble-free retreat than in his own mind.… So constantly give yourself this retreat, and renew yourself.

-— Marcus Aurelius

The Greatest Weapon Against Stress

"The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another."

-— William James

Want To Stop Procrastinating?

"Start a self-help group or podcast on how to stop procrastinating. It’s tough to be the leader of a group that teaches people to not procrastinate if you’re a procrastinator yourself. Leading other people in how to stop procrastinating can make it easier for the leader to stop procrastinating, too."

-- Sean D. Young