Thursday, August 2, 2012

The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured. – Dean Acheson
Paul J. Meyer- Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon-must inevitably come to pass!
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?

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

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

Monday, July 30, 2012

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

Sunday, July 29, 2012

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
Martin Luther King: Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
Unknown: People know you for what you've done, not for what you plan to do.

Saturday, July 28, 2012

William James: He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.
Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigor of commerce as it is to the health and vigor of citizenship. – Patrick Henry
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. ~Anais Nin

Friday, July 27, 2012

It is easy to be brave from a safe distance – Aesop

Thursday, July 26, 2012

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow." – Chinese Proverb
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. Jim Ryun- Habits control our life.Take control of your negative habits.
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!

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave. -Mark Twain
The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.-Edward Gibbon
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever – Chinese Proverb

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
To begin to think with purpose, is to be among those strong ones who only recognize failure as a pathways to attainment – James Allen

Monday, July 23, 2012

"As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live." — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - I do believe this! Do you?
Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are – Malcom Forbes

Sunday, July 22, 2012

The difference between involvement and commitment is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: the chicken was involved-the pig was committed -unknown
The wearer best knows where the shoe pinches– Irish Proverb –Let's show each other some grace, we all have challenges and annoyances.

Saturday, July 21, 2012

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
The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated
Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes." – Mahatma Gandhi

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

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!
"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity" – Seneca

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself – Benjamin Franklin
I have read that Winston Churchill failed the sixth grade. You determine your future, not the past.

Monday, July 16, 2012

When spider webs unite they can tie up a lion. – African Proverb
The minute you start talking about what you're going to do if you lose, you have lost. - George Schultz
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear-not absence of fear. -Mark Twain

Sunday, July 15, 2012

S. Madwed- Our subconscious has no sense of humor, plays no jokes & can’t tell the difference between reality & an imagined thought/image.
Earvin Magic Johnson: You're the only one who can make the difference. Whatever your dream is, go for it.
I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts. – John Locke
The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it- Goethe – Give your talent and your value

Saturday, July 14, 2012

Richard M. DeVos- The only thing that stands between man & what he wants is often the will to try it & faith to believe it’s possible.

Thursday, July 12, 2012

Paul J. Meyer- Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon-must inevitably come to pass!
The greatest achievements were at first and for a time dreams. The oak sleeps in the acorn – James Allen

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

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

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

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

Monday, July 9, 2012

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. E. E. Cummings
The power to question is the basis of all human progress." – Indira Gandhi

Sunday, July 8, 2012

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
Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives. –William James
Martin Luther King: Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon but only to hold a man's foot long enough for him to put the other one higher – T.H.Huxley
Unknown: People know you for what you've done, not for what you plan to do.

Saturday, July 7, 2012

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

Friday, July 6, 2012

"Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you." Maori Proverb

Thursday, July 5, 2012

The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured. – Dean Acheson
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
Most problems can't be solved, they must be out-grown – Carl Jung
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!

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave. -Mark Twain
A kind word can warm three months of winter. – Japanese Proverb
Fix the problem, not the blame. – Japanese Proverb
There are no mistakes or failures, only lessons – Denis Waitley

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
What we continually think about eventually will manifest in our lives.

Monday, July 2, 2012

"Men are not disturbed by things, but the view they take of things." - Epictetus
Fear knocked. I answered. No one was there.
You can give in to the failure messages & be bitter. Or you can choose to be happy. positive & excited about life- A. L. Williams
"As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live." — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - I do believe this! Do you?
I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish He didn't trust me so much – Mother Teresa

Sunday, July 1, 2012

Paul "Bear" Bryant- It's not the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.
The difference between involvement and commitment is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: the chicken was involved-the pig was committed -unknown
He who gains victory over all men is strong: but he who gains a victory over himself is all powerful – Lao-Tse
The wearer best knows where the shoe pinches– Irish Proverb –Let's show each other some grace, we all have challenges and annoyances.
Fear is the opportunity for courage, not proof of cowardice. It took me a long time to learn this.

Saturday, June 30, 2012

Fear less, hope more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Hate less, love more; And all good things are yours - Swedish Proverb
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
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
The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. ~Anais Nin

Friday, June 29, 2012

It is easy to be brave from a safe distance – Aesop
The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured. – Dean Acheson
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." - Eleanor Roosevelt

Thursday, June 28, 2012

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow." – Chinese Proverb

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

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!
"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity" – Seneca
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are – e. e. cummings

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself – Benjamin Franklin
We are all, right now, living the life we choose.-Peter McWilliams, Author

Monday, June 25, 2012

When spider webs unite they can tie up a lion. – African Proverb
The minute you start talking about what you're going to do if you lose, you have lost. - George Schultz
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear-not absence of fear. -Mark Twain

Sunday, June 24, 2012

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. Jim Ryun- Habits control our life.Take control of your negative habits.
S. Madwed- Our subconscious has no sense of humor, plays no jokes & can’t tell the difference between reality & an imagined thought/image.
Earvin Magic Johnson: You're the only one who can make the difference. Whatever your dream is, go for it.
The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it- Goethe – Give your talent and your value

Saturday, June 23, 2012

Richard M. DeVos- The only thing that stands between man & what he wants is often the will to try it & faith to believe it’s possible.
Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes." – Mahatma Gandhi

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Paul J. Meyer- Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon-must inevitably come to pass!
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?

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

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

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

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

Monday, June 18, 2012

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

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Change your thoughts and you change your world – Norman Vincent Peale
"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." - Plato
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
Martin Luther King: Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision. Ayn Rand
Unknown: People know you for what you've done, not for what you plan to do.

Saturday, June 16, 2012

William James: He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.
I have read that Isaac Newton did poorly in grade school. Don't let the past determine the future.

Friday, June 15, 2012

You've got to do your own growing, not matter how tall your grandfather was– Irish Proverb –It is up to each of us.
Success demands singleness of purpose - Vincent Lombardi – Focus, Focus, Focus
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

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. Jim Ryun- Habits control our life.Take control of your negative habits.
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. - Mother Teresa
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!

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave. -Mark Twain
I've read that Clarence Darrow became a legend in the courtroom as he lost case after case. Hmmmm how does that happen?
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever – Chinese Proverb

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Henry Ford barely made it through high school. – Hmmm, another lesson to learn?
Earl Nightingale- Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us.

Monday, June 11, 2012

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

Sunday, June 10, 2012

The difference between involvement and commitment is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: the chicken was involved-the pig was committed -unknown
The wearer best knows where the shoe pinches– Irish Proverb –Let's show each other some grace, we all have challenges and annoyances.

Saturday, June 9, 2012

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
The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated
"It's kind of fun to do the impossible." - Walt Disney

Friday, June 8, 2012

A hound's food is in its legs– Irish Proverb – Let's take massive action toward our goals.
"Always bear in mind, that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing." - Abraham Lincoln
I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do - L. da Vinci

Thursday, June 7, 2012

The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured. – Dean Acheson
Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by hesitation – Thomas Henry Huxley
There is no luck except where there is discipline– Irish Proverb – let's discipline ourselves to be the person we are meant to be.

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

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!
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
"Do, or do not. There is no 'try'." - Yoda

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

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

Monday, June 4, 2012

When spider webs unite they can tie up a lion. – African Proverb
The minute you start talking about what you're going to do if you lose, you have lost. - George Schultz
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear-not absence of fear. -Mark Twain

Sunday, June 3, 2012

S. Madwed- Our subconscious has no sense of humor, plays no jokes & can’t tell the difference between reality & an imagined thought/image.
Earvin Magic Johnson: You're the only one who can make the difference. Whatever your dream is, go for it.
The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it- Goethe – Give your talent and your value

Saturday, June 2, 2012

Richard M. DeVos- The only thing that stands between man & what he wants is often the will to try it & faith to believe it’s possible.
William Barclay- We will often find compensation if we think more of what life has given us and less about what life has taken away.
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. ~Anais Nin

Friday, June 1, 2012

It is easy to be brave from a safe distance – Aesop
Brian Tracy- The more you seek security, the less you have. The more you seek opportunity, the more you will achieve the security you seek.
yamai wa ki kara - "sickness is a thing of the spirit" - Japanese Proverb

Thursday, May 31, 2012

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow." – Chinese Proverb
Paul J. Meyer- Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon-must inevitably come to pass!
Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself – Chinese Proverb

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

James E. Burke- We don't grow unless we take risks. Any successful company is riddled with failures.
"The best way to predict the future is to create it." – Peter Drucker

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

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
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. - Eleanor Roosevelt
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I... I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference. Robert Frost

Monday, May 28, 2012

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. E. E. Cummings
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
You see things; and you say, "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say, "Why not?"." George Bernard Shaw

Sunday, May 27, 2012

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
Martin Luther King: Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
Unknown: People know you for what you've done, not for what you plan to do.

Saturday, May 26, 2012

William James: He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.
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
God gives every bird a worm, but he does not throw it into the nest - Swedish proverb - It's time to ACT!
Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes." – Mahatma Gandhi

Friday, May 25, 2012

The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured. – Dean Acheson
"Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you." Maori Proverb

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave. -Mark Twain
Leo Buscaglia- Our talents are the gift that God gives to us... What we make of our talents is our gift back to God.

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Henry Ford barely made it through high school. – Hmmm, another lesson to learn?
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known – Carl Sagan
We don't see things as they are. We see them as we are. – Anais Nin

Monday, May 21, 2012

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

Sunday, May 20, 2012

The wearer best knows where the shoe pinches– Irish Proverb –Let's show each other some grace, we all have challenges and annoyances.
Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional – Hindu Proverb
Fear is the opportunity for courage, not proof of cowardice. It took me a long time to learn this.
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. - Mother Teresa

Saturday, May 19, 2012

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

Friday, May 18, 2012

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

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes – Benjamin Disraeli
"If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough." - Mario Andretti
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. – Benjamin Franklin
Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by hesitation – Thomas Henry Huxley

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

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!
With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown – Chinese Proverb
Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt – William Shakespeare

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself – Benjamin Franklin
We count our miseries carefully, and accept our blessings without much thought – Chinese Proverb
Kenneth Hildebrand: Strong lives are motivated by dynamic purposes.
The more you loose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have - Norman Vincent Peale - Create great energy!

Monday, May 14, 2012

When spider webs unite they can tie up a lion. – African Proverb
Peter Sinclair: Great lives are the culmination of great thoughts followed by great actions.
The minute you start talking about what you're going to do if you lose, you have lost. - George Schultz
Even a small thorn causes festering– Irish Proverb –Don't dwell, instead solve.
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear-not absence of fear. -Mark Twain

Sunday, May 13, 2012

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
S. Madwed- Our subconscious has no sense of humor, plays no jokes & can’t tell the difference between reality & an imagined thought/image.
What we continually think about eventually will manifest in our lives.
Earvin Magic Johnson: You're the only one who can make the difference. Whatever your dream is, go for it.
The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it- Goethe – Give your talent and your value
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that – Norman Vincent Peale

Saturday, May 12, 2012

Richard M. DeVos- The only thing that stands between man & what he wants is often the will to try it & faith to believe it’s possible.
You can give in to the failure messages & be bitter. Or you can choose to be happy. positive & excited about life- A. L. Williams
The highest reward for man's toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it – John Ruskin
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
I know God will not give me anything I can’t handle. I just wish He didn’t trust me so much – Mother Teresa

Friday, May 11, 2012

Paul "Bear" Bryant- It's not the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.
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
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. - Eleanor Roosevelt

Thursday, May 10, 2012

The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured. – Dean Acheson
Paul J. Meyer- Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon-must inevitably come to pass!
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?

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Nothing endures but change. – Heraclitus
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
You are today where your thoughts have brought you; You will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.~ J.Allen

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

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
Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions-Life is an experiment-The more experiments you make the better - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I... I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference. Robert Frost

Monday, May 7, 2012

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. E. E. Cummings
There are no mistakes or failures, only lessons – Denis Waitley

Sunday, May 6, 2012

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

Saturday, May 5, 2012

The work praises the man– Irish Proverb –Let our deeds speak for us.
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. ~Anais Nin

Friday, May 4, 2012

It is easy to be brave from a safe distance – Aesop
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt. - Charles M. Schulz
Do not judge by appearances; a rich heart may be under a poor coat – Scottish Proverb

Thursday, May 3, 2012

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow." – Chinese Proverb
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. Jim Ryun- Habits control our life.Take control of your negative habits.
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!

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave. -Mark Twain
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
The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.-Edward Gibbon

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Henry Ford barely made it through high school. – Hmmm, another lesson to learn?
To begin to think with purpose, is to be among those strong ones who only recognize failure as a pathways to attainment – James Allen

Monday, April 30, 2012

"As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live." — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - I do believe this! Do you?
Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are – Malcom Forbes

Sunday, April 29, 2012

The difference between involvement and commitment is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: the chicken was involved-the pig was committed -unknown
The wearer best knows where the shoe pinches– Irish Proverb –Let's show each other some grace, we all have challenges and annoyances.
Fear is the opportunity for courage, not proof of cowardice. It took me a long time to learn this.

Saturday, April 28, 2012

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

Friday, April 27, 2012

John F. Kennedy- Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.
A hen is heavy when carried far – Irish Proverb – Don't carry worries and problems – move into solution quickly.

Thursday, April 26, 2012

I have read that Wernher von Braun flunked ninth-grade algebra. You determine your future, not the past.
Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by hesitation – Thomas Henry Huxley

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

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

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself – Benjamin Franklin
We count our miseries carefully, and accept our blessings without much thought – Chinese Proverb

Monday, April 23, 2012

When spider webs unite they can tie up a lion. – African Proverb
The minute you start talking about what you're going to do if you lose, you have lost. - George Schultz
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear-not absence of fear. -Mark Twain

Sunday, April 22, 2012

S. Madwed- Our subconscious has no sense of humor, plays no jokes & can’t tell the difference between reality & an imagined thought/image.
What we continually think about eventually will manifest in our lives.
Earvin Magic Johnson: You're the only one who can make the difference. Whatever your dream is, go for it.
The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it- Goethe – Give your talent and your value
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. - Mother Teresa

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Richard M. DeVos- The only thing that stands between man & what he wants is often the will to try it & faith to believe it’s possible.
You can give in to the failure messages & be bitter. Or you can choose to be happy. positive & excited about life- A. L. Williams
I know God will not give me anything I can’t handle. I just wish He didn’t trust me so much – Mother Teresa

Friday, April 20, 2012

Paul "Bear" Bryant- It's not the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.
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
The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured. – Dean Acheson
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. - Eleanor Roosevelt

Thursday, April 19, 2012

"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good." - Samuel Johnson
Paul J. Meyer- Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon-must inevitably come to pass!
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.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

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
Nothing endures but change. – Heraclitus
Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value. Albert Einstein - Find your value and give it to the world.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

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
It is with our passions as it is with fire and water, they are good servants, but bad masters. – Aesop
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I... I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference. Robert Frost

Monday, April 16, 2012

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. E. E. Cummings
It is not who you think you are that is holding you back – it is who you think you are not. – Anonymous
There is no luck except where there is discipline– Irish Proverb – let’s discipline ourselves to be the person we are meant to be.

Sunday, April 15, 2012

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
Martin Luther King: Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
Unknown: People know you for what you've done, not for what you plan to do.

Saturday, April 14, 2012

William James: He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.
God gives every bird a worm, but he does not throw it into the nest - Swedish proverb - It's time to ACT!
The work praises the man– Irish Proverb –Let our deeds speak for us.

Friday, April 13, 2012

All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt. - Charles M. Schulz
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
"Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you." Maori Proverb

Thursday, April 12, 2012

The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured. – Dean Acheson
Fred Waring was once rejected for high school chorus. – And another lesson. Seems history is full of them.
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!

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave. -Mark Twain
We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities – Pogo
"It's kind of fun to do the impossible." - Walt Disney

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Henry Ford barely made it through high school. – Hmmm, another lesson to learn?
It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds – Aesop
The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon but only to hold a man's foot long enough for him to put the other one higher – T.H.Huxley

Monday, April 9, 2012

We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within. – Earl Nightingale.
"As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live." — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - I do believe this! Do you?
There are no mistakes or failures, only lessons – Denis Waitley

Sunday, April 8, 2012

The difference between involvement and commitment is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: the chicken was involved-the pig was committed -unknown
I have read that Wernher von Braun flunked ninth-grade algebra. You determine your future, not the past.
The wearer best knows where the shoe pinches– Irish Proverb –Let's show each other some grace, we all have challenges and annoyances.
Fear is the opportunity for courage, not proof of cowardice. It took me a long time to learn this.

Saturday, April 7, 2012

Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgment, repeated every day.
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
The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated

Friday, April 6, 2012

It is easy to be brave from a safe distance – Aesop
Fall seven times, stand up eight – Japanese Proverb
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." - Eleanor Roosevelt

Thursday, April 5, 2012

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow." – Chinese Proverb
I don't believe people die from hard work. They die from stress and worry and fear -- the negative emotions- A. L. Williams
Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by hesitation – Thomas Henry Huxley

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

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

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself – Benjamin Franklin
We count our miseries carefully, and accept our blessings without much thought – Chinese Proverb
I have read that, Leo Tolstoy flunked out of college. You determine your future, not the past.

Monday, April 2, 2012

When spider webs unite they can tie up a lion. – African Proverb
The minute you start talking about what you're going to do if you lose, you have lost. - George Schultz
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

Sunday, April 1, 2012

S. Madwed- Our subconscious has no sense of humor, plays no jokes & can’t tell the difference between reality & an imagined thought/image.
What we continually think about eventually will manifest in our lives.
Earvin Magic Johnson: You're the only one who can make the difference. Whatever your dream is, go for it.
The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it- Goethe – Give your talent and your value

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Richard M. DeVos- The only thing that stands between man & what he wants is often the will to try it & faith to believe it’s possible.
You can give in to the failure messages & be bitter. Or you can choose to be happy. positive & excited about life- A. L. Williams
I know God will not give me anything I can’t handle. I just wish He didn’t trust me so much – Mother Teresa

Friday, March 30, 2012

Paul "Bear" Bryant- It's not the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.
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

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Do not judge by appearances; a rich heart may be under a poor coat – Scottish Proverb
Paul J. Meyer- Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon-must inevitably come to pass!
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?

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Nothing endures but change. – Heraclitus
Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom. – Gen. George Patton
The power to question is the basis of all human progress." – Indira Gandhi

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

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

Monday, March 26, 2012

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. E. E. Cummings
I have read that Isaac Newton did poorly in grade school. Don't let the past determine the future.
There is no luck except where there is discipline– Irish Proverb – let’s discipline ourselves to be the person we are meant to be.

Sunday, March 25, 2012

You've got to do your own growing, not matter how tall your grandfather was– Irish Proverb –It is up to each of us.
Change your thoughts and you change your world – Norman Vincent Peale
Success demands singleness of purpose - Vincent Lombardi – Focus, Focus, Focus
Kenneth Hildebrand: Strong lives are motivated by dynamic purposes.
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
I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts. – John Locke
Martin Luther King: Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
"Do, or do not. There is no 'try'." - Yoda
The more you loose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have - Norman Vincent Peale - Create great energy!
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. - Mother Teresa
Unknown: People know you for what you've done, not for what you plan to do.

Saturday, March 24, 2012

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!
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.

Friday, March 23, 2012

All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt. - Charles M. Schulz
I've read that Clarence Darrow became a legend in the courtroom as he lost case after case. Hmmmm how does that happen?

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Fred Waring was once rejected for high school chorus. – And another lesson. Seems history is full of them.
The highest reward for man's toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it – John Ruskin
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!

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave. -Mark Twain
The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour – Japanese Proverb
We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities – Pogo

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds – Aesop
Henry Ford barely made it through high school. – Hmmm, another lesson to learn?

Monday, March 19, 2012

"As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live." — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - I do believe this! Do you?
We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within. – Earl Nightingale.
It is not who you think you are that is holding you back – it is who you think you are not. – Anonymous
Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt – William Shakespeare

Sunday, March 18, 2012

A hound's food is in its legs– Irish Proverb – Let's take massive action toward our goals.
The difference between involvement and commitment is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: the chicken was involved-the pig was committed -unknown
I have read that Wernher von Braun flunked ninth-grade algebra. You determine your future, not the past.
Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives. –William James
The wearer best knows where the shoe pinches– Irish Proverb –Let's show each other some grace, we all have challenges and annoyances.
Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions-Life is an experiment-The more experiments you make the better - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Do not let who you were yesterday determine who you will be tomorrow – Unknown
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.

Saturday, March 17, 2012

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.
Strong reasons make strong actions. -William Shakespeare
"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal." - Henry Ford (1863-1947)

Friday, March 16, 2012

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
Fall seven times, stand up eight – Japanese Proverb
The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured. – Dean Acheson

Thursday, March 15, 2012

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

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Fix the problem, not the blame. – Japanese Proverb
With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown – Chinese Proverb
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

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself – Benjamin Franklin
It is with our passions as it is with fire and water, they are good servants, but bad masters. – Aesop
The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon but only to hold a man's foot long enough for him to put the other one higher – T.H.Huxley

Monday, March 12, 2012

When spider webs unite they can tie up a lion. – African Proverb
"Men are not disturbed by things, but the view they take of things." - Epictetus
The minute you start talking about what you're going to do if you lose, you have lost. - George Schultz
There are no mistakes or failures, only lessons – Denis Waitley

Sunday, March 11, 2012

S. Madwed- Our subconscious has no sense of humor, plays no jokes & can’t tell the difference between reality & an imagined thought/image.
What we continually think about eventually will manifest in our lives.
Brian Tracy- The more you seek security, the less you have. The more you seek opportunity, the more you will achieve the security you seek.
I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do - L. da Vinci
The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it- Goethe – Give your talent and your value
yamai wa ki kara - "sickness is a thing of the spirit" - Japanese Proverb

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Richard M. DeVos- The only thing that stands between man & what he wants is often the will to try it & faith to believe it’s possible.
You can give in to the failure messages & be bitter. Or you can choose to be happy. positive & excited about life- A. L. Williams
William Barclay- We will often find compensation if we think more of what life has given us and less about what life has taken away.
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. ~Anais Nin
I know God will not give me anything I can’t handle. I just wish He didn’t trust me so much – Mother Teresa

Friday, March 9, 2012

Paul "Bear" Bryant- It's not the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.
When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. Wayne Dyer
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world." – Archimedes
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. - Eleanor Roosevelt

Thursday, March 8, 2012

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow." – Chinese Proverb
Paul J. Meyer- Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon-must inevitably come to pass!

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

A kind word can warm three months of winter. – Japanese Proverb
You see things; and you say, "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say, "Why not?"." George Bernard Shaw

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

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

Monday, March 5, 2012

H. Jackson Brown, Jr- Live so that when your children think of fairness and integrity, they think of you.
There is no luck except where there is discipline– Irish Proverb – let’s discipline ourselves to be the person we are meant to be.

Sunday, March 4, 2012

Success demands singleness of purpose - Vincent Lombardi – Focus, Focus, Focus
Kenneth Hildebrand: Strong lives are motivated by dynamic purposes.
I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts. – John Locke
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.

Saturday, March 3, 2012

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.
We are all, right now, living the life we choose.-Peter McWilliams, Author
God gives every bird a worm, but he does not throw it into the nest - Swedish proverb - It's time to ACT!
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.

Friday, March 2, 2012

All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt. - Charles M. Schulz
"Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you." Maori Proverb

Thursday, March 1, 2012

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

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave. -Mark Twain
Leo Buscaglia- Our talents are the gift that God gives to us... What we make of our talents is our gift back to God.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
We don't see things as they are. We see them as we are. – Anais Nin

Monday, February 27, 2012

Henry David Thoreau-Our truest life is when we are in our dreams awake.
"As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live." — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - I do believe this! Do you?
Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes." – Mahatma Gandhi

Sunday, February 26, 2012

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
Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional – Hindu Proverb
Fear is the opportunity for courage, not proof of cowardice. It took me a long time to learn this.
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. - Mother Teresa

Saturday, February 25, 2012

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.
Strong reasons make strong actions. -William Shakespeare
"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal." - Henry Ford (1863-1947)

Friday, February 24, 2012

I am not often aware that I am happy. But I often remember that I have been happy – Robert Fulghum
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." - Eleanor Roosevelt

Thursday, February 23, 2012

"A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both." - Dwight D. Eisenhower, Inaugural Address, January 20, 1953
Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by hesitation – Thomas Henry Huxley

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Fix the problem, not the blame. – Japanese Proverb
With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown – Chinese Proverb
It is with our passions as it is with fire and water, they are good servants, but bad masters. – Aesop

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself – Benjamin Franklin
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever – Chinese Proverb

Monday, February 20, 2012

The minute you start talking about what you're going to do if you lose, you have lost. - George Schultz
It is not who you think you are that is holding you back – it is who you think you are not. – Anonymous

Sunday, February 19, 2012

S. Madwed- Our subconscious has no sense of humor, plays no jokes & can’t tell the difference between reality & an imagined thought/image.
What we continually think about eventually will manifest in our lives.
Brian Tracy- The more you seek security, the less you have. The more you seek opportunity, the more you will achieve the security you seek.
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
The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it- Goethe – Give your talent and your value

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Richard M. DeVos- The only thing that stands between man & what he wants is often the will to try it & faith to believe it’s possible.
You can give in to the failure messages & be bitter. Or you can choose to be happy. positive & excited about life- A. L. Williams
I know God will not give me anything I can’t handle. I just wish He didn’t trust me so much – Mother Teresa

Friday, February 17, 2012

Paul "Bear" Bryant- It's not the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. - Eleanor Roosevelt

Thursday, February 16, 2012

The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured. – Dean Acheson
Paul J. Meyer- Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon-must inevitably come to pass!

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated
“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity” – Seneca
The power to question is the basis of all human progress." – Indira Gandhi
Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow – Norman Vincent Peale