About Accumulating Possessions

"Trying to be happy by accumulating possessions is like trying to satisfy hunger by taping sandwiches all over your body."

-- George Carlin


"Try getting angry without first having angry thoughts! Okay, now feeling stressed out without first having stressful thoughts -- or sad without sad thoughts -- or jealous without thoughts of jealousy. You can't do it -- it's impossible. The truth is, in order to experience a feeling, you must first have a thought that produces that feeling.

"Unhappiness doesn't and can't exist on its own. Unhappiness is the feeling that accompanies negative thinking about your life.  In the absence of that thinking, the unhappiness, or stress, or jealousy can't exist. There is nothing to hold your negative feelings in place other than your own thinking."

-- Richard Carlson

Have The Courage To Try

"You will never find out your current limits unless you push beyond your current limits and test them. You will set new boundaries when old milestones become new stepping stones. All it require from you is the courage to give it a try."

-- Motivationstuff.com


“The most important experiences we can have are those that take us to the very limit. That is the only way we learn, because it requires all our courage.”

-- Paulo Coelho


"The fact is that we human beings speak the same language. And the language that we speak is the language of storytelling."

-- Harold Scheub

Different Wealth Perspective

"Each of us views wealth from a different perspective.  The word wealth embodies more than economic concepts.  One can talk of the wealth of experience, the wealth of friendship, the wealth of love, the wealth of family and the wealth of culture."

-- Jim Rohn


"Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it."

-- Eckhart Tolle


"There are no greater treasures than the highest human qualities such as compassion, courage and hope. Not even tragic accident or disaster can destroy such treasures of the heart."

-- Daisaku Ikeda

Success Formula of Your Mind

"A success formula that always succeeds when applied.  Keep your mind on the things you should and do want and off the things you shouldn't and don't want."

-- W. Clement Stone


"Most of us are in touch with our intuition whether we know it or not, but we're usually in the habit of doubting or contradicting it so automatically that we don't even know it has spoken."

-- Shakti Gawain


"Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you."

-- Lao Tzu

Life Our Ultimate Teacher

"If you only ask for tests that are easy to accomplish then you will fall short of your potential. Life is your ultimate teacher. So, if you ask for formidable challenges then, and only then, will you exceed all of your expectations."

-- Motivationstuff.com


“The difference between school and life? In school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you’re given a test that teaches you a lesson.”

-- Tom Bodett


"Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it."

-- Haruki Murakami

Life Fulfillment Is About Personal Accomplishment

"Fulfillment is not a one-time thing you get at the end of the rainbow.  Fulfillment happens all the time.  It's about personal accomplishment, being proud of a family member's achievement, doing something you love to do, or helping others achieve their hopes and dreams."

-- Jeffrey Gitomer's


"Only in quiet waters things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world."

-- Hans Margolius


"Consciousness is the basis of all life and the field of all possibilities. Its nature is to expand and unfold its full
potential. The impulse to evolve is thus inherent in the very nature of life."

-- Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Keep Going And Finish Strong

"Brick walls are there to stop other people - not you.  They are there to stop those who don't want success badly enough.  I know you want it.  So stay up, stay focused, keep going, finish strong!  Even while you work hard to achieve success, be kind to others."

-- Pat William and Jim Denney


"Whatever life presents us, our response can be an expression of our compassion."

-- Sharon Salzberg


"Purpose is the place where your deep gladness meets the world's needs."

-- Frederick Buechner

Write And Expel The Frustrations

"Writing is an attitude lesson in disguise.  When you write, you express your frustrations and joys to yourself.  You expel the frustrations and extol the joys.  You release the negative and revel in the positive."

-- Jeffrey Gitomer's


"If you had a friend who talked to you like you sometimes talk to yourself, would you continue to hang around with that person?"

-- Rob Bremer


"Superheroes balance the forces of light and dark, rage and serenity, and the sacred and the profane within themselves and from it forge an identity that is powerful and purposeful."

-- Deepak Chopra

Sow A Desirable Habit And Reap Success

"Sow an action and you reap a habit, sow a habit and you reap a character, sow a character and you reap a destiny.  What habits of thought or action, in any human activity, would you like to acquire?  What habits would you like to eliminate?  You should know how to acquire desirable habits and eliminate the undesirable."

-- W. Clement Stone


"Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire."

-- William Penn


“Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best.”

-- Tim Duncan

Do Little Things With Right Attitude

"Your everyday thoughts and actions build the foundation for the strength of your attitude.  If you do the little things with the right attitude, the big things will follow."

-- Jeffrey Gitomer's


"Abundance is a process of letting go; that which is empty can receive."

-- Bryant McGill


"You can judge a man's true character by the way he treats his fellow animals."

-- Paul McCartney