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Posted 30 June 2008

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.

By John Quincy Adams


Posted 23 June 2008

In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.

By Albert Schweitzer


Posted 16 June 2008

Press on! A better fait awaits thee.

By Victor Hugo


Posted 9 June 2008

Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life.

By William Ellery Channing


Posted 2 June 2008

Surely there is something in the unruffled calm of nature that overawes our little anxieties and doubts; the sight of the deep-blue sky and the clustering stars above seems to impart a quiet to the mind.

By Jonathon Edwards


Posted 26 May 2008

I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.

By Albert Einstein


Posted 19 May 2008

The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.

By William James


Posted 12 May 2008

One joy scatters a hundred griefs.

By Chinese Proverb


Posted 5 May 2008

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.

By Ralph Waldo Emerson


Posted 28 April 2008

Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.

By Euripides


Posted 21 April 2008

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

By Theodore Roosevelt


Posted 14 April 2008

Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.

By Benjamin Franklin


Posted 7 April 2008

You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.

By Mark Twain


Posted 31 March 2008

Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow.

By Doug Firebaugh


Posted 24 March 2008

They can because they think they can.

By Virgil


Posted 17 March 2008

There is only one person who could ever make you happy, and that person is you.

By David Burns


Posted 10 March 2008

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.

By William B. Sprague


Posted 3 March 2008

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.

By Hellen Keller


Posted 25 February 2008

Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.

By William Thackeray


Posted 18 February 2008

A good deed is never lost: he who sows courtesy reaps friendship; and he who plants kindness gathers love.

By Basil


Posted 11 February 2008

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

By Aristotle


Posted 4 February 2008

The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.

By Marcus Aurelius


Posted 28 January 2008

The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible.

By Arthur C. Clarke


Posted 21 January 2008

Never say more than is necessary.

By Richard Brinsley Sheridan


Posted 14 January 2008

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

By Ralph Waldo Emerson


Posted 7 January 2008

A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds; it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.

By Earl Nightingale


Posted 31 December 2007

Men give me some credit for genius. All the genius I have lies in this: When I have a subject in hand, I study it profoundly. Day and night it is before me. I explore it in all its bearings. My mind becomes pervaded with it. Then the effort which I make is what the people call the fruit of genius. It is the fruit of labor and thought.

By Alexander Hamilton


Posted 24 December 2007

To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says: "Leave no stone unturned."

By Edward Bulwer Lytton


Posted 17 December 2007

There are two things to aim at in life; first to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind has achieved the second.

By Logan Pearsall Smith


Posted 10 December 2007

It is better to fall short of a high mark than to reach a low one.

By H. C. Payne


Posted 3 December 2007

Trust the dreams for hidden in them is the gate to eternity.

By Kahil Gibran


Posted 26 November 2007

The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.

By Frank Loyd Wright


Posted 19 November 2007

If you don't know where you are going, you'll end up some place else.

By Yogi Berra


Posted 12 November 2007

The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can.

By Robert Cushing


Posted 5 November 2007

Happiness resides not in posessions and not in gold; the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul.

By Democritus


Posted 29 October 2007

Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

By Oliver Goldsmith


Posted 22 October 2007

The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.

By Solomon Ibn Gabriol


Posted 15 October 2007

The Athenians, alarmed at the internal decay of their Republic, asked Demosthenes what to do. His reply: "Do not do what you are doing now."

By Joseph Ray


Posted 8 October 2007

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

By Albert Einstein


Posted 1 October 2007

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.

By Vince Lombardi


Posted 24 September 2007

The way to gain a good reputation, is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.

By Socrates


Posted 17 September 2007

The imagination exercises a powerful influence over every act of sense, thought, reason...over every idea.

By Latin Proverb


Posted 10 September 2007

The future depends on what we do in the present.

By Mahatma Gandhi


Posted 3 September 2007

Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.

By Dr. Dale Turner


Posted 27 August 2007

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

By Mark Twain


Posted 20 August 2007

People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most people succeed because they are determined to.

By George Allen


Posted 13 August 2007

A lot of people have dreams and never do anything about them. When you have ideas and dreams, you do something about it.

By Paul Newman


Posted 6 August 2007

Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.

By Oprah Winfrey


Posted 30 July 2007

The trick with imagination, is remembering to use it. Visualize every day.

By Mike Dooley


Posted 23 July 2007

Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas.

By Henry Ford


Posted 16 July 2007

There is no limit to what you can imagine. And with commitment, with effort, what you can imagine you can become. Put your mind to work for you. Believe that you can do it. The world will tell you that you can't. Yet, in your belief you'll find the strength, you'll find the ability, to do it anyway.

By Ralph Marston


Posted 9 July 2007

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan, 'press on' has solved, and always will solve, the problems of the human race.

By Calvin Coolidge


Posted 2 July 2007

Give the world the best that you have, and the best will come back to you.

By Madeline Bridges


Posted 25 June 2007

The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart.

By Helen Keller


Posted 18 June 2007

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all.

By Dale Carnegie


Posted 11 June 2007

Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives.

By Anthony Robbins


Posted 4 June 2007

Yesterday is but a dream, and tomorrow is only a vision, but today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope.

By Anonymous


Posted 28 May 2007

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

By Anatole France


Posted 21 May 2007

I have learned that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

By Henry David Thoreau


Posted 14 May 2007

One who fears failure limits his activities. Failure is only the opportunity to more intelligently begin again.

By Henry Ford


Posted 7 May 2007

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

By Winston Churchill


Posted 30 April 2007

The secret to happiness is not in doing what one likes to do, but in liking what one has to do.

By Anonymous


Posted 23 April 2007

The ability to concentrate and to use your time well is everything if you want to succeed in business — or almost anywhere else for that matter.

By Lee Iacocca


Posted 16 April 2007

Only by going too far can one possibly find out how far one can go.

By Jon Dyer


Posted 9 April 2007

Some people see things as they are and say "Why." I dream things that never were and say "Why not."

By George Bernard Shaw


Posted 2 April 2007

If we did all the things that we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.

By Thomas Edison


Posted 26 March 2007

Within you is the divine capacity to manifest and attract all that you need or desire.

By Wayne Dyer


Posted 19 March 2007

There would be nothing to frighten you if you refused to be afraid.

By Gandhi


Posted 12 March 2007

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

By Thich Nhat Hanh


Posted 5 March 2007

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.

By Socrates


Posted 26 February 2007

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

By Eleanor Roosevelt


Posted 19 February 2007

A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only our silence; which costs us nothing.

By John Tillotson


Posted 12 February 2007

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

By Patrick Henry


Posted 5 February 2007

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose — a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.

By Mary Shelley


Posted 29 January 2007

If we all did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves.

By Thomas Edison


Posted 22 January 2007

We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.

By Ralph Waldo Emerson


Posted 15 January 2007

A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means.

By Henry Hazlitt


Posted 8 January 2007

A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.

By Mary Kay Ash


Posted 1 January 2007

Let this coming year be better than all the others. Vow to do some of the things you've always wanted to do but couldn't find the time. Call up a forgotten friend. Drop an old grudge, and replace it with some pleasant memories. Vow not to make a promise you don't think you can keep. Walk tall, and smile more. You'll look ten years younger. Don't be afraid to say, 'I love you'. Say it again. They are the sweetest words in the world.

By Ann Landers


Posted 25 December 2006

All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.

By Orison Swett Marden


Posted 18 December 2006

Your biggest break can come from never quitting. Being at the right place at the right time can only happen when you keep moving toward the next opportunity.

By Arthur Pine


Posted 11 December 2006

All of the top achievers I know are life-long learners... looking for new skills, insights, and ideas. If they're not learning, they're not growing... not moving toward excellence.

By Denis Waitley


Posted 4 December 2006

Smile at each other, smile at your wife, smile at your husband, smile at your children, smile at each other — it doesn't matter who it is — and that will help you to grow up in greater love for each other.

By Mother Teresa


Posted 27 November 2006

Desire is the key to motivation, but it's the determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal — a commitment to excellence — that will enable you to attain the success you seek.

By Mario Andretti


Posted 20 November 2006

Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner.

By Les Brown


Posted 13 November 2006

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

By Albert Einstein


Posted 6 November 2006

Reflect upon your blessings, of which every person has plenty, not on your past misfortunes, of which all people have some.

By Charles Dickens


Posted 30 October 2006

Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner.

By Les Brown


Posted 23 October 2006

Life is a field of unlimited possibilities.

By Deepak Chopra


Posted 16 October 2006

Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into.

By Wayne Dyer


Posted 9 October 2006

All that we are is the result of what we have thought.

By Buddha


Posted 2 October 2006

Your choices of action may be limited — but your choices of thought are not.

By Jerry & Esther Hicks


Posted 25 September 2006

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

By Aristotle


Posted 18 September 2006

Imagination is everything, it is the preview of life's coming attractions.

By Albert Einstein


Posted 11 September 2006

What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistable power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement.

By Napoleon Hill


Posted 4 September 2006

Take the first step in faith, you don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

By Martin Luther King


Posted 28 August 2006

All personal achievement starts in the mind of the individual. Your personal achievement starts in your mind. The first step is to know exactly what your problem, goal or desire is.

By W. Clement Stone


Posted 21 August 2006

If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true were really true, there would be little hope of advance.

By Orville Wright


Posted 14 August 2006

When one door closes another opens. But often we look so long so regretfully upon the closed door that we fail to see the one that has opened for us.

By Helen Keller


Posted 7 August 2006

Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I — not events — have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.

By Groucho Marx


Posted 31 July 2006

Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls.

By Joseph Campbell

 
                     
     
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