We lift ourselves by our thought. We climb upon our vision of ourselves. If you want to enlarge your life, you must first enlarge your thought of it and of yourself. Hold the ideal of yourself as you long to be, always everywhere.
Orison Swett Marden 1850-1924
Inspirational Writer
Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says, 'I'll try again tomorrow.’
Mary Anne Radmacher
Author and Artist
Few people take objectives really seriously. They put average effort into too many things, rather than superior thought and effort into a few important things. People who achieve the most are selective as well as determined.
Richard Koch - Author
Despite everything, no one can dictate who you are to other people.
Prince, 1958-2016
Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
Dale Carnegie 1888-1955
Author and Speaker
Nothing great has ever been achieved except by those who dared to believe that something inside them was superior to circumstances.
Bruce Barton 1886-1967
Author, Advertising Executive, and Politician
It’s a strange secret, but there is no doubt, that we each become what we think most about.
Doc the Turtle, in The Adventures of Blue Ocean Bob – Into the Lead early chapter book (www.blueoceanbob.com)
True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.
Arthur Ashe
American professional tennis player
Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
Melody Beattie - Author
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.
Melody Beattie
If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.
Marcus Aurelius – 121-180 AD, Roman Emperor
Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner "voted yesterday", so that you might vote today.
Henry Ford
Author-Speaker-Consultant-Publisher
Care about what other people think – and you will always be their prisoner.
Lao Tzu – Philosopher and Writer
What you seek is seeking you.
Rumi – 1207-1273, Poet
The world would have you agree with its dismal dream of limitation. But the light would have you soar like the eagle of your sacred visions.
Alan Cohen - Author
As to methods there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods. The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble.
Ralph Waldo Emerson – 1803-1882
Essayist, Lecturer, and Poet
People with goals succeed because they know where they’re going.
Earl Nightingale – 1921-1989
Writer and Radio Personality
