Inspirations - Friday, January 30, 2015

Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.

Margaret Cousins 
1905-1996, Writer

Inspirations - Thursday, January 29, 2015

A vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is an appeal to our better selves, a call to become something more.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Business Professor and Author

Inspirations - Wednesday, January 28, 2015

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.

Arthur Pine, Author

Inspirations - Tuesday, January 17, 2015

Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.

Leo Jozef Suenens
1904-1996, Clergyman

Inspirations - Monday, January 26, 2015

I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed; and the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I can fail and keep on trying.

Tom Hopkins
Author and Speaker

Inspirations - Friday, January 23, 2015

Believe in yourself and there will come a day when others will have no choice but to believe with you.

Oscar Wilde
1854-1900, Writer and Poet

Inspirations - Thursday, January 22, 2015

Many of our fears are tissue paper thin, and a single courageous step would carry us clear through them.

Brendan Behan
1923-1964, Poet, Novelist, and Playwright

Inspirations - Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.

Brian Tracy
Author of No Excuses!: The Power of Self-Discipline

Inspirations - Tuesday, January 20, 2015

More from Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
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We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
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In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

Inspirations - Monday, January 19, 2015

Three quotes by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The time is always right to do what is right.

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

Inspirations - Friday, January 16, 2015

Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Inspirations - Thursday, January 15, 2015

Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.

Les Brown
Speaker

Inspirations - Wednesday, January 14, 2015

I believe in taking a positive attitude toward the world. My hope still is to leave the world a little bit better than when I got here.

Jim Henson
1936-1990, Muppets Creator

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Inspirations - Tuesday, January 13, 2015

In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it.

Robert Heinlein, Novelist

Inspirations - Friday, January 9, 2015

Let a series of happy thoughts run through your mind. They will show on your face.

Norman Vincent Peale
1898-1993, Author of The Power of Positive Thinking

Inspirations - Thursday, January 8, 2015

Fear of failure and fear of the unknown are always defeated by faith. Having faith in yourself, in the process of change, and in the new direction that change sets will reveal your own inner core of steel.

Georgette Mosbacher
Business Executive

Inspirations - Wednesday, January 7, 2015

The success gene lives in every person regardless of the results they are presently getting - we are spiritual beings and spirit is always for expansion and fuller expression.

Bob Proctor
Author, Speaker and Success Coach

Inspirations - Monday, January 5, 2015

Laugh at yourself, but don't ever aim your doubt at yourself. Be bold. When you embark for strange places, don't leave any of yourself safely on shore. Have the nerve to go into unexplored territory.

Alan Alda
Actor, Director, and Author

Inspirations - Friday, January 2, 2015

Let's start with what we can be thankful for, and get our mind into that vibration, and then watch the good that starts to come. Because one good thought leads to another good thought.

Bob Proctor
Author and Speaker