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