Inspirations - Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014

Start a Gratitude Journal. It trains the brain to begin focusing on things you like about your life. Watch what happens to your life when you do!

Christie Marie Sheldon
Author of Unlimited Abundance

Inspirations - Tuesday, September 30, 2014

I don't have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness - it's right in front of me if I'm paying attention and practicing gratitude.

Brene Brown
Scholar, Author, and Speaker

Inspirations - Monday, September 29, 2014

Don't wait for something big to occur. Start where you are, with what you have, and that will always lead you into something greater.

Mary Morrissey

Inspirations - Friday, September 26, 2014

Do something today that your future self will thank you for.

Author Unknown

Inspirations - Thursday, September 25, 2014

As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Marian Anderson
1902-1993, Concert and Opera Singer

Inspirations - Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Heroes come in all sizes, and you don't have to be a giant hero. You can be a very small hero. It's just as important to understand that accepting self-responsibility for the things you do, having good manners, caring about other people, these are heroic acts. Everybody has the choice of being a hero or not being a hero every day of their lives.

George Lucas

Inspiriations - Tuesday, September 23, 2014.

Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.

William Faulkner
1897-1962, Writer and Nobel Prize Laureate

Inspirations - Monday, September 22, 2014

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Inspirations - Friday, September 19, 2014

The difference in winning and losing is most often... not quitting.

Walt Disney
1901-1966, Animator and Film Producer

Comment: Walt Disney was was denied by 302 banks for a loan to start Disney World because he "lacked originality", today 116 million people visit the Disney Theme Parks yearly. -Source: Google "Walt Disney Rejection"

Inspirations - Thursday, September 18, 2014

Create the highest, grandest vision possible for your life, because you become what you believe.

Oprah Winfrey
Talk Show Host, Actress, Producer and Philanthropist

Inspirations - Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.

Stephen A. Brennan

Inspirations - Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
1821-1881, Writer

Inspirations - Monday, September 15,2014

The only certain means of success is to render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what your task may be.

Og Mandino
1923-1996, Author of The Greatest Salesman In The World

Inspirations - Friday, September 12, 2014

Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.

J.K. Rowling
Novelist

Inspirations - Thursday, September 11, 2014

Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.

Zig Ziglar
Author and Speaker

Inspirations - Wednesday, September 10, 2014

You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have really lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.

Henry Drummond
1851-1897, Evangelist and Writer

Inspirations - Tuesday, September 9, 2014

A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't want to go but ought to be.

Rosalynn Carter
Former First Lady of the United States of America

Inspirations - Monday, September 8, 2014

Deal first with whatever is causing you the greatest emotional distress. Often this will break the logjam in your work and free you up mentally to complete other tasks.

Brian Tracy
Author and Speaker

Inspirations - Friday, September 5, 2014

To be a champ, you have to believe in yourself when nobody else will.


Sugar Ray Robinson
1921-1989, Professional Boxer

Inspirations - Thursday, September 4, 2014

Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you are behind, a sustained look of control and confidence can give you a mental edge that results in victory.

Arthur Ashe
1943-1993, Professional Tennis Player

Inspirations - Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.

Lucille Ball
1911-1989, Comedian, Actress and Television Executive

Inspirations - Tuesday, September 2, 2014

You will find that the mere resolve not to be useless, and the honest desire to help other people, will, in the quickest and most delicate ways, improve yourself.

John Ruskin
1819-1900, Writer and Philanthropist