Stepping Stone in a Journey

"Whenever something unexpected or unthought of falls onto our path, it's always a stepping stone in a journey to a place that we have been thinking about."

-- Mike Dooley


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

-- Harry Kemp


"If you do not wish to be prone to anger, do not feed the habit; give it nothing which may tend to its increase."

-- Epictetus


"Dust is a protective coating for fine furniture."

-- Mario Burata

First Define The Dream

"My job, our job, is first and foremost to simply define the dream, specifically the end result in every imaginable detail."

-- Mike Dooley


"Do not let yourselves be discouraged or embittered by the smallness of the success you are likely to achieve in trying to make life better. You certainly would not be able, in a single generation, to create an earthly paradise. Who could expect that? But, if you make life ever so little better, you will have done splendidly, and your lives will have been worthwhile."

-- Arnold Toynbee


"You don't have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things - to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals."

~Sir Edmund Hillary
Mountaineer and Explorer

Thought of End Result Only

"I simply thought exclusively of the end result not giving one moments thought to how I would get there."

-- Mike Dooley


"We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop."

-- Mother Teresa


"Sing out loud in the car even, or especially, if it embarrasses your children."

-- Marilyn Penland


"It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself."

-- Eleanor Roosevelt

Our Thoughts We Think

"Nothing plays a greater role in how we construct our fortunes and misfortunes than the thoughts we choose to think."

-- Mike Dooley


"The biggest lie on the planet: When I get what I want, I will be happy."

-- Arthur Wang


"When we are dreaming alone it is only a dream. When we are dreaming with others, it is the beginning of reality."

-- Dom Helder Camara


"When you develop yourself to the point where your belief in yourself is so strong that you know that you can accomplish anything you put your mind to, your future will be unlimited."

-- Brian Tracy

Serve Us As Teachers

"Our so-called sins should simply serve us as teachers, not as tormentors."

-- Mike Dooley


"Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting."

-- Elizabeth Bibesco


"Everyone who has ever taken a shower has had an idea. It's the person who gets out of the shower, dries off, and does something about it that makes a difference."

-- Nolan Bushnell 

Founder of Atari

Move That Body

"Regular exercise can take the form of moving around more during the day or taking part in some kind of structured exercise like running and swimming. If you do not already exercise, then now is the time to start. Regular active use of the body means that your body will be there when you need."

-- Conor Patterson


"That's just it--you can't drive it, you can't wear it, you can't live in it, you can't drink it, smoke it, snort it, you can't travel to it. Happiness is the experience of the journey. The experience of happiness is the result of how you look at things. When I look at something I say, can do, no problem; that's not going to make me unhappy. Happiness is a choice!"

-- Denis Waitley


"Don't let the past steal your present."

-- Cherralea Morgen

Know What You Think

"When you know the way that you think, you have more control over your thoughts. If you are to truly empower the mind, you need to know what thoughts are made up of."

-- Conor Patterson


"Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come."

-- Robert H. Schuller


"To overcome difficulties is to experience the full delight of existence."

-- Arthur Schopenhauer


"If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome."

-- Anne Bradstreet

Success Equal Ability To Fail

"Success depends on the ability to fail. They know how to fail and are not afraid to do it. If you try something once and it fails so you decide you will never do it again, then you ensured you will never succeed at it."

-- Conor Patterson


"A man is not old as long as he is seeking something."

-- Jean Rostand


"Integrity is the essence of everything successful."

-- Richard Buckminster Fuller


"The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet."

-- James Oppenheim

Fear is Useful Emotion

"Fear is a very useful emotion. It keeps us alive. None of us would be alive today without the emotion of fear. Imagine if you walked closed to a cliff edge or a busy road without the motion of fear to keep you alert and concerned. You would not last long."

-- Conor Patterson


"No pressure, no diamonds."

-- Mary Case


"This one step - choosing a goal and sticking to it - changes everything."

-- Scott Reed


"It's better to be an optimist who is sometimes wrong than a pessimist who is always right."

-- Arthur Wang

Take Leap of Faith

"So, take a leap of faith and tell people what you want to do and why. Then Do It."

-- Conor Patterson


"Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory."

-- Mahatma Gandhi


"Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them."

~Orison SwettMarden
1850-1924, Founder of Success Magazine


"The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best."

-- Epictetus