Fear of Competition

"You need have not fear of competition from the person who says, 'I am not paid to do this and I will not do it'.  He will never be a dangerous competitor for your job.  But watch out for the fellow who remains at his work until it is finished and performs a little more than is expected of him, for he may challenge you at the post and pass you at the grand-stand."

-- Napoleon Hill


"The way Khan portrays the concept of education and the mechanism of learning is revolutionary."

-- Bill Gates


"There are times when we may fool ourselves. There are times when we can fool others. But we can never fool our body. It is the most sensitive barometer of our inner world."

-- Sherrill Sellman

Chose To Believe Anything Possible

"I was not the most gifted or talented person in my field, but I chose to believe anything was possible. I studied, practiced, and worked harder than the others, and that’s how I got to where I am.”"

-- Jack Canfield


"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit."

-- Aristotle


"In school you get the lesson and then take the test... In life you take the test and then get the lesson."

-- MotivationStuff.com

What Keeps You From Starting

"It's the fear of the unknown that keeps a person from starting, even though he may have a strong desire. Another may also fear, but he does get started and once started, he permits nothing to stop him."

-- W. Clement Stone


"No matter what difficulty you are facing, it is coming from Divine Light to bring you to a higher place within. Write down every conceivable reason that this situation can contribute towards your growth. Write down every way this experience can possibly set the stage for serving to uplift others. When you are complete, and have come to the other side of this experience, you will then know 'why' it happened."

-- Barbara Rose

Important To Be Enthusiastic

"One of the most important things to remember is: To be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic.  This may sound a little strange, but it can be of tremendous help.  It's the same as the old advice: 'Do it, and you'll be it.'"

-- Barry Parker


"Even the most daring and accomplished people have undergone tremendous difficulty. In fact, the more successful they became, the more they attributed their success to the lessons learned during their most difficult times. Adversity is our teacher.  When we view adversity as a guide towards greater inner growth, we will then learn to accept the wisdom our soul came into this life to learn."

-- Barbara Rose


"The period of greatest gain in knowledge and experience is the most difficult period in one's life."

-- Dalai Lama

Stretch Your Brain

"Stretch your mind. Get stimulated. Associate with people who can help you to think of new ideas, new ways of doing things. Mix with people of different occupational and social interests."

-- David Joseph Schwartz


"There comes that mysterious meeting in life when someone acknowledges who we are and what we can be, igniting the circuits of our highest potential."

-- Rusty Berkus


"Each difficult moment has the potential to open my eyes and open my heart."

-- Myla Kabat-Zinn

Natural Positive Thinkers

"Natural positive thinkers have purposeful, complete lives, yet rarely seem harassed or rushed.  They take more risks than average, and often accomplish a great deal, yet seldom appear frazzled by crises.  They are nearly always able to distinguish clearly between what is urgent and what is important and they can prioritise accordingly."

-- Lynn Williams


"Everything you need you already have. You are complete right now, you are a whole, total person, not an apprentice person on the way to someplace else."

-- Wayne Dyer


"Wherever you are is always the right place. There is never a need to fix anything, to hitch up the bootstraps of the soul and start at some higher place. Start right where you are."

-- Julia Cameron

Protect Love With a Vengeance

"Protect love with a vengeance.  Don't let anything stand in its way.  If a chair gets in the way, I suggest you destroy the chair.  Don't let anything block love."

-- Jim Rohn


"Close your eyes and imagine that everything you are is enough. You don't need to be better or different -- you're great just as you are. Can you experience the peace and contentment that owning that perspective brings?


Moving into such total acceptance does not mean that we stop growing. When we can accept who we are now, we open the doors to our own inspiration to do and be even more!"

-- John Robson

Focus On The Important Things

"Life is full of interruptions, created by those around us or by ourselves.  Focus your time on the important things, and prioritize the urgent.  Everything else either can be left for later, dealt with by someone else or ignored.  To help you stay on track, work at a time and in a place where you are less likely to get interrupted, keep believing in your dream and stay focused on your map."

-- Richard Newton and Ciprian Adrian Rusen


"The power to move the world is in the subconscious mind."

-- William James


"When you approach something to photograph it, first be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence. Then don't leave until you have captured its essence."

-- Minor White

The Means To Gain Knowledge

"When you have a burning desire that drives you to action to reach your goal, you will find the means to gain the knowledge and get the experience that will give you know-how."

-- W. Clement Stone


"What you bring forth out of yourself from the inside will save you. What you do not bring forth out of yourself from the inside will destroy you."

-- Gospel of Thomas


"If we can transform ourselves, we have the potential to change the world."

-- Laura van Dernoot Lipsky

Be An Experimental Person

"Be an experimental person. Break up fixed routines. Expose yourself to new restaurants, new books, new theaters, new friends; take a different route to work some days, take a different vacation this year, do something new and different this weekend."

-- David Joseph Schwartz


"If life doesn't offer a game worth playing, then invent a new one."

-- Anthony J. D'Angelo


"The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak."

-- Hans Hofmann