Success demands singleness of purpose - Vincent Lombardi – Focus, Focus, Focus

Kenneth Hildebrand: Strong lives are motivated by dynamic purposes.

The wearer best knows where the shoe pinches– Irish Proverb –Let’s show each other some grace, we all have challenges and annoyances.

The more you loose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have - Norman Vincent Peale - Create great energy!

Unknown: People know you for what you've done, not for what you plan to do.

William James: He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.

Peter Sinclair: Great lives are the culmination of great thoughts followed by great actions.

God gives every bird a worm, but he does not throw it into the nest - Swedish proverb - It's time to ACT!

You may delay, but time will not." – Benjamin Franklin

Earvin Magic Johnson: You're the only one who can make the difference. Whatever your dream is, go for it.

Martin Luther King: Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

The work praises the man– Irish Proverb –Let our deeds speak for us.

Even a small thorn causes festering– Irish Proverb –Don’t dwell, instead solve.

You’ve got to do your own growing, not matter how tall your grandfather was– Irish Proverb –It is up to each of us.

All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt. - Charles M. Schulz

A hound’s food is in its legs– Irish Proverb – Let’s take massive action toward our goals.

Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote – Benjamin Franklin

This vision you glorify in your mind, the ideal you hold in your heart, this you will build your life by, this you will become – James Allen

U don’t fail at anything. Everything produces results. It’s what U do with those results that determine the champs or the also-rans –Anon

The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured. – Dean Acheson

Then is Then and Now is Now – Unknown

Fred Waring was once rejected for high school chorus. – And another lesson. Seems history is full of them.

Henry Ford barely made it through high school. – Hmmm, another lesson to learn?

Picasso was pulled out of school at 10 because he was doing so poorly and a tutor hired by his father gave up on him– a lesson to learn?

Interesting- when we are children we know exactly what we want- When we become adults we know what we "don't" want - not what we "do" want

A hen is heavy when carried far – Irish Proverb – Don’t carry worries and problems – move into solution quickly.

I'm grateful for the opportunity to live on this beautiful and astonishing planet Earth. In the morning, I wake up with a sense of gratitude. – Earl Nightingale

Put silk on a goat, and it’s still a goat – Irish Proverb – Let’s not put masks on our challenges – Instead, let’s solve them!

Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave. -Mark Twain

I have read that Winston Churchill failed the sixth grade. You determine your future, not the past.

I have read that Wernher von Braun flunked ninth-grade algebra. You determine your future, not the past.

I have read that, Leo Tolstoy flunked out of college. You determine your future, not the past.

I have read that Isaac Newton did poorly in grade school. Don’t let the past determine the future.

Here is a test to find whether you mission on earth is finished. If you’re alive, it isn’t – Richard Bach

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

It is our duty as men and women to proceed as though the limits of our abilities do not exist - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

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Fear knocked. I answered. No one was there.

He who gains victory over all men is strong: but he who gains a victory over himself is all powerful – Lao-Tse

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The highest reward for man’s toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it – John Ruskin

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I've read that Clarence Darrow became a legend in the courtroom as he lost case after case. Hmmmm how does that happen?

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear-not absence of fear. -Mark Twain

Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes – Benjamin Disraeli

Change your thoughts and you change your world – Norman Vincent Peale

Destiny is no matter of chance-It is a matter of choice-it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved–William J. Bryan

"As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live." — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - I do believe this! Do you?

Do not let who you were yesterday determine who you will be tomorrow – Unknown

It is not who you think you are that is holding you back – it is who you think you are not. – Anonymous

yamai wa ki kara - "sickness is a thing of the spirit" - Japanese Proverb

"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good." - Samuel Johnson

The difference between involvement and commitment is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: the chicken was involved-the pig was committed -unknown

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

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions-Life is an experiment-The more experiments you make the better - Ralph Waldo Emerson

The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who can’t read or write, but those who can’t learn, unlearn and relearn - Alvin Toffler

Fear is the opportunity for courage, not proof of cowardice. It took me a long time to learn this.

I ‘ve read that Puccini’s first music teacher said he had no talent for music. Later he composed some of the world’s best-known operas- Hmmm

What lies before us and what lies behind us are tiny matters to what lies within us.

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts. – John Locke

Strong reasons make strong actions. -William Shakespeare

Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigor of commerce as it is to the health and vigor of citizenship. – Patrick Henry

"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal." - Henry Ford (1863-1947)

"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." - Plato

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." - Eleanor Roosevelt

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval. –Mark Twain

While we are postponing, life speeds by." - Seneca (3BC - 65AD)

In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice – Richard Bach

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind. –William James

Man is manacled only by himself; thought and action are the jailers of Fate. – James Allen

The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured. – Dean Acheson

"A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both." - Dwight D. Eisenhower, Inaugural Address, January 20, 1953

"When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world." - George Washington Carver

"Men are not disturbed by things, but the view they take of things." - Epictetus

"If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough." - Mario Andretti

Nothing endures but change. – Heraclitus

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We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within. – Earl Nightingale.

Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts.- Marcus Aurelius

We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities – Pogo

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Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by hesitation – Thomas Henry Huxley

Fix the problem, not the blame. – Japanese Proverb

Fall seven times, stand up eight – Japanese Proverb

We count our miseries carefully, and accept our blessings without much thought – Chinese Proverb

With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown – Chinese Proverb

Paraphrase from and Indian Proverb – When the sun goes down it takes a part of your life with it. (don’t waste time – one day has gone – one day less to live)

Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow – Norman Vincent Peale

"It's kind of fun to do the impossible." - Walt Disney

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. – Benjamin Franklin

It is with our passions as it is with fire and water, they are good servants, but bad masters. – Aesop

The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself – Benjamin Franklin

It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds – Aesop

Do not judge by appearances; a rich heart may be under a poor coat – Scottish Proverb

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Write the bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble." Arabic Proverb

Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional – Hindu Proverb

U can’t prevent the birds of worry & care from flying over UR head. But U can stop them from building a nest in UR head – Chinese Proverb

Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself – Chinese Proverb

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever – Chinese Proverb

When spider webs unite they can tie up a lion. – African Proverb

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Fear less, hope more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Hate less, love more; And all good things are yours - Swedish Proverb

The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour – Japanese Proverb

The minute you start talking about what you're going to do if you lose, you have lost. - George Schultz

The greatest achievements were at first and for a time dreams. The oak sleeps in the acorn – James Allen

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom. – Gen. George Patton

Avoiding the phrase “I don’t have time” will soon help U realize that U do have time for nearly anything U choose to accomplish.– Bo Bennett

Be kind, everyone is fighting a great battle – Philo

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Henry David Thoreau-Our truest life is when we are in our dreams awake.

A kind word can warm three months of winter. – Japanese Proverb

I am not often aware that I am happy. But I often remember that I have been happy – Robert Fulghum

When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. Wayne Dyer

The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated

“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity” – Seneca

You see things; and you say, "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say, "Why not?"." George Bernard Shaw

In the fabric of space and in the nature of matter, as in a great work of art, there is, written small, the artist's signature. – Carl Sagan

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just. Abraham Lincoln

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. E. E. Cummings

Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value. Albert Einstein - Find you value and give it to the world.

Never be afraid to do something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark; professionals built the titanic. Anonymous

Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision. Ayn Rand

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I... I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference. Robert Frost

We all have ability. The difference is how we use it - Stevie Wonder – If the way you are using it is not working, use it differently!

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. Jim Ryun- Habits control our life.Take control of your negative habits.

If you do not sow in the spring you will not reap in the autumn– Irish Proverb –Let’s start becoming more self-reliant and less entitled.

Motivation is like food for the brain. You cannot get enough in one sitting. It needs continual and regular top up's - Peter Davies

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome - Booker T. Washington

There is no luck except where there is discipline– Irish Proverb – let’s discipline ourselves to be the person we are meant to be.

Success demands singleness of purpose - Vincent Lombardi – Focus, Focus, Focus

Kenneth Hildebrand: Strong lives are motivated by dynamic purposes.

The wearer best knows where the shoe pinches– Irish Proverb –Let’s show each other some grace, we all have challenges and annoyances.

The more you loose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have - Norman Vincent Peale - Create great energy!

Unknown: People know you for what you've done, not for what you plan to do.

William James: He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.

Peter Sinclair: Great lives are the culmination of great thoughts followed by great actions.

God gives every bird a worm, but he does not throw it into the nest - Swedish proverb - It's time to ACT!

Earvin Magic Johnson: You're the only one who can make the difference. Whatever your dream is, go for it.

Martin Luther King: Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

The work praises the man– Irish Proverb –Let our deeds speak for us.

Even a small thorn causes festering– Irish Proverb –Don’t dwell, instead solve.

You’ve got to do your own growing, not matter how tall your grandfather was– Irish Proverb –It is up to each of us.

All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt. - Charles M. Schulz

A hound’s food is in its legs– Irish Proverb – Let’s take massive action toward our goals.

This vision you glorify in your mind, the ideal you hold in your heart, this you will build your life by, this you will become – James Allen

U don’t fail at anything. Everything produces results. It’s what U do with those results that determine the champs or the also-rans –Anon

Then is Then and Now is Now – Unknown

Fred Waring was once rejected for high school chorus. – And another lesson. Seems history is full of them.

Henry Ford barely made it through high school. – Hmmm, another lesson to learn?

Picasso was pulled out of school at 10 because he was doing so poorly and a tutor hired by his father gave up on him– a lesson to learn?

A hen is heavy when carried far – Irish Proverb – Don’t carry worries and problems – move into solution quickly.

Put silk on a goat, and it’s still a goat – Irish Proverb – Let’s not put masks on our challenges – Instead, let’s solve them!

Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave. -Mark Twain

I have read that Winston Churchill failed the sixth grade. You determine your future, not the past.

I have read that Wernher von Braun flunked ninth-grade algebra. You determine your future, not the past.

I have read that, Leo Tolstoy flunked out of college. You determine your future, not the past.

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I have read that Isaac Newton did poorly in grade school. Don’t let the past determine the future.

Here is a test to find whether you mission on earth is finished. If you’re alive, it isn’t – Richard Bach

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

It is our duty as men and women to proceed as though the limits of our abilities do not exist - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Fear knocked. I answered. No one was there.

He who gains victory over all men is strong: but he who gains a victory over himself is all powerful – Lao-Tse

The highest reward for man’s toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it – John Ruskin

I've read that Clarence Darrow became a legend in the courtroom as he lost case after case. Hmmmm how does that happen?

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear-not absence of fear. -Mark Twain

Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes – Benjamin Disraeli

Change your thoughts and you change your world – Norman Vincent Peale

Destiny is no matter of chance-It is a matter of choice-it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved–William J. Bryan

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"As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live." — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - I do believe this! Do you?

Do not let who you were yesterday determine who you will be tomorrow – Unknown

yamai wa ki kara - "sickness is a thing of the spirit" - Japanese Proverb