What Pessimist and Optimist Sees

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity;
an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty

--Sir Winston Churchill


Love possesses not nor will it be possessed,
for love is sufficient unto love.

--Kahlil Kibran


Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure.

--Earl Wilson

Thanks Those Who Rekindle Inner Spirit

"In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out.
It is then burst into flame by an encounter
with another human being. We should all be thankful
for those people who rekindle the inner spirit."

- Albert Schweitzer


"Tolerance implies a respect for another person, not because he is wrong or even because he is right, but because he is human."

--John Cogley


"My actions are my only true belongings."

--Thich Nhat Hanh

Matter of Concentration and Perservance

Success in life is a matter not so much
of talent as of concentration and perseverance.

--C. W. Wendte


We are never more discontented with others
than when we are discontented with ourselves.

--Henri Frederic Amiel


The greatest inspiration is
often born of desperation.

--Comer Cotrell

Failed To Be Successful

Men never plan to be failures; they
simply fail to plan to be successful.

--William A. Ward


The quality of your life is the
quality of your relationships.

--Anthony Robbins


Instruction does much, but
encouragement does everything.

--Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Worst Enemy Is Self Pity

"Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it,
we can never do anything wise in this world."

--Helen Keller


"Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life."

--Wayne Dyer


"Let everyone sweep in front of his own door,
and the whole world will be clean."

--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Art Of Acceptance

"The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one."

--Russell Lynes


"Never regret. If it's good, it's wonderful. If it's bad, it's experience."

--Victoria Holt


"A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark."

--Chinese Proverb

No Way Out Of Sweat and Tears

World-class success requires that you grow up emotionally and come to terms with the fact that life isn't fair and success isn't free. You can be the most positive thinker in the world but you still have to pay the price every great achiever has paid.

There is no way out of the blood sweat and tears. You will pay the price or be forced to accept the fact that you had a shot at your vision and let it slip away. It's the price of all out massive action or a lifetime of regret.

--Steve Siebold


Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends.

--Shirley MacLaine


Always remember that the future comes one day at a time.

--Dean Acheson

Age Issue Of The Mind

Age is an issue of mind over matter.
If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.

--Mark Twain


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

--Mark Twain


Courage is resistance to fear, mastery
of fear, not absence of fear.

--Mark Twain

When You Look Back

"When looking back, usually I'm more sorry for the things I
didn't do than for the things I shouldn't have done."

* --Malcolm Forbes


"One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today."

*-- Dale Carnegie


"Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is
invisible, it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is
powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer
you more joy than any material possession could."

*-- Barbara DeAngelis

Opportunity All Areas Of Life

"An enterprising person is one who sees opportunity in all areas of life."

--Jim Rohn


"Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequence of any misfortune."

--William James


"Things are only impossible until they're not."

--Jean-Luc Picard

Chance Becoming Prophet

If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of becoming a prophet.

--Isaac Bashevis Singer


The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice; their choice!

--Dwight D. Eisenhower


"Men do not fail; they give up trying."

--Elihu Root

You Fear Your Fear

"Whatever you fear most has no power; it is your fear that has the power."

--Oprah Winfrey


One of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears--by listening to them.

--Dean Rusk


"Your imagination is your preview to life's coming attractions."

--Albert Einstein

Nothing Something All Lost

"When wealth is lost, nothing is lost;
When health is lost, something is lost;
When character is lost, all is lost!"

--German Proverb


"The poor man is not he who is without a cent, but he who without a dream."

--Harry Kemp


"The sooner you make your first five thousand mistakes the sooner you will be able to correct them."

--Kimon Nicolaides

Never Be The Same Again

Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and
understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of
any reward. Your life will never be the same again.

--Og Mandino


Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.

--Og Mandino


Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions,
never know too much to learn something new.

--Og Mandino

Mediocre Talent Avid Faith

"Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but
with great inner drive, go much further than people with vastly superior talent."

-- Sophia Loren (1934 - )


"Action eradicates fear. No matter what you fear, positive,
self-affirming action can diminish or completely cancel that which you are fearful of."

-- Mark Victor Hansen


"To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act."

-- Anatole France (1844 - 1924)

Belief And Willingness

If you believe it, you can make it happen.
That's all you need, is belief - and of course the willingness
to follow through on whatever needs to be done on your part.

--Barefoot Doctor


"Is it possible for the rose to say, 'I will give my fragrance to the good people who smell me, but I will withhold it from the bad?' Or is it possible for the lamp to say, 'I will give my light to the good people in this room, but I will withhold it from the evil people'? Or can a tree say, 'I'll give my shade to the good people who rest under me, but I will withhold it from the bad'? These are images of what love is about."

--Anthony De Mello


"Energy and persistence conquer all things."

--Benjamin Franklin

Mirror In Behavior

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone
shows their image.

--Goethe


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

--Goethe


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

--Goethe

Forgiveness Enlarge Future

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

Paul Boese


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

--Oprah Winfrey


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

--Donald H. Rumsfeld

Outer Aspects Lives

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

-- William James (1842-1910)


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

-- George W. Crane


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

--William James (1842-1910)

Help Enough People

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

--Zig Ziglar


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

--Lance Armstrong


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

--Brian Tracy