Every Big Picture Start Small

"Every big picture is made up of small details.  In order to be successful in the big things, you must be diligent in all of those details."

-- Pat William and Jim Denney


"All things counter, original, spare, strange; Whatever is fickle, freckled (who knows how?) With swift, slow; sweet, sour; adazzle, dim; He fathers-forth whose beauty is past change: Praise him.

-- Gerard Manley Hopkins


"Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit".

-- Vince Lombardi

Where Do You Want To Be

"To get from where you are to where you want to be, you have to know two things - where you are and where you want to get to.  Your vision is a detailed description of where you want to get to."

-- Jack Canfield


"Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness."

-- William E. Gladstone


“The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.”

-- Vince Lombardi

Success Depends on Self-Disciplined

"Our success depends on our ability to be self-disciplined in every aspect of life: physical exercise and conditioning, good nutrition, spending and investing, reading and continued intellectual growth, stress management and more."

-- Pat William and Jim Denney


"The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible, and achieve it, generation after generation."

-- Pearl S. Buck


"Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach."

-- Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estaos

Our Mind A Powerful Magnet

"The most valuable characteristic of the mind is its ability to attract to itself whatever it is charged with.  It is, in effect, a powerful magnet."

-- Robert Collier


"While infused with love you see fewer distinctions between you and others. Indeed, your ability to see others -- really see them, wholeheartedly -- springs open"

-- Barbara Fredrickson


"Who you are is what you repeatedly do.  Our being is the sum of our habits."

-- Motivationstuff.com

Deadlines Will Motivate You

"Deadlines motivate us to work faster and smarter.  When you know that you have a limited amount of time to reach a goal, you have a better idea how much time to spend on each step toward that goal."

-- Pat William and Jim Denney


"It always seems impossible until it's done."

-- Nelson Mandela


"To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone."

-- Reba McEntire

Have You Decided What You Want

"One of the main reasons why most people don't get what they want is they haven't decided what they want.  They haven't defined their desires in clear and compelling detail."

-- Jack Canfield


"Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change."

-- Jim Rohn


"Be the change you want to see in the world."

-- Gandhi

Take Charge of Today

"You and you alone are responsible for the way you spend this day.  There's no one else to blame.  If someone else sets the agenda for your day, it's because you've given that person permission to do so.  You own this day.  Take charge of it.  Use it well."

-- Pat William and Jim Denney


"A new wound makes all of the old ones ache again."

-- Mignon McLaughlin


"Boredom is the conviction that you can't change ... the shriek of unused capacities."

-- Saul Bellow

Never Ever Give Up Your Dreams

"Never ever give up and you will see the power of your dreams.  Do not let any obstacles stop you from getting what you want in life. Obstacles sometime get in the way of your dreams, but dreams can uncover new abilities and new truths."

-- Motivationstuff.com


"Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than the person with all the facts."

-- Albert Einstein


"What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

Never Compromise Your Conscience

"If you compromise with your own conscience, it will not be long before you will have no conscience, for your conscience will fail to guide you, just as an alarm clock will fail to awaken you if you do not heed it."

-- Napoleon Hill


"To me every hour of the light and dark is a miracle. Every cubic inch of space is a miracle."

-- Walt Whitman


"You were given life; it is your duty (and also your entitlement as a human being) to find something beautiful within life, no matter how slight."

-- Elizabeth Gilbert

You Won't Know Unless You Give It a Try

"You won't know if they work unless you give them a try.  And here's the rub, no one else can do this for you.  Only you can do it.  But the formula is simple, do more of what is working, do less of what isn't and try on new behaviors to see if they produce better results."

-- Jack Canfield


"To send a letter is a good way to go somewhere without moving anything but your heart."

-- Phyllis Theroux


"You are up and you are happy. You are down and you are sad. All ups and downs help you to find a balance in your being. This is what life is all about. Once balanced, no more ups and downs, but bliss and joy and silence and gratitude."

-- Tishan