~ Nelson Mandela

There is no passion to be found playing small in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

~Dale Evans

Christmas is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas.

~ Marilyn vos Savant

Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.

~Melody Beattie

Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.

~Esther & Jerry Hicks

No matter where you are in life right now, no matter who you are, no matter how old you are – it is never too late to be who you are meant to be.

¬Robin Sharma

We are all here for some special reason. Stop being a prisoner of your past. Become the architect of your future.

~ Bob Proctor

It doesn't matter where you are, you are nowhere compared to where you can go.

RJS

The consequences of today are determined by the actions of the past. To change your future, alter your decisions today.

~Sir Winston Churchill

Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence -  is the key to unlocking our potential.

~Mary Kay Ash

Everyone wants to be appreciated. So, if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret.

~Eclectic Magazine

There are three kinds of people in the world, the wills, the won'ts and the can'ts. The first accomplish everything; the second oppose everything; the third fail in everything.

~Firdtjof Nansen

I demolish my bridges behind me...then there is no choice but to move forward.

~Epictetusnes

First say to yourself what you would be; 
and then do what you have to do.


RJS

When people are fanatically dedicated to political or religious faiths or any other kind of dogmas or goals, it's always because these dogmas or goals are in doubt.

~Oprah Winfrey

Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.

~Joe Vitale

What can you do right now to begin to turn your life around? The very first thing is to start making a list of things to be grateful for.

RJS

We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude. ~Cynthia Ozick

~Orrin Checkmate Hudson

Crisis breeds opportunity.  Look for something positive, take your broken wings and learn to fly again. 

~Albert Einstein

Small is the number of people who see with their eyes and think with their minds, rest all otherwise.

RJS

The cause of a future that can not be sustained financially is not due to income that is too low, it is expenses that are high

~Orlando A. Battista

An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.

~James R. Cook

Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again

RJS

Couples who have been married for a long time start finishing off each other's sentences. The most popular being "Shut up".

~John Foster Dulles

The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it's the same problem you had last year. 

~Frank A. Clark

If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere.

~William Faulkner

Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself

~James R. Cook

Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again.

RJS

Jealousy is the art of counting someone elses blessings instead of your own.

Joseph Heller

Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

~Samantha Pickreign

Better to have spent a life reaching for a dream that never came true, than to have slept through a life that never had a dream.

~Carrie Wilkerson

Your only limitation is how much action you are willing to take.

~Raymond Aaron

Write a goal every single month to eliminate a mess from your life, and when you do - abundance will come in.

~Warren Buffett

One's objective should be to get it right, get it quick, get it out, and get it over. You see, your problem won't improve with age.

~General George S. Patton

I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.

~Raymond Aaron

Write a goal every single month to eliminate a mess from your life, and when you do - abundance will come in.

RJS

If your plan A doesn't work, don't sweat it. The alphabet has 25 more letters.

Unknown

Just saw a guy using a payphone. I can only assume he's being told where to deliver the ransom money. :)

RJS

Love is a universal language that even the smartest people are unable to read.

RJS

A wife is somebody who won't tell you what to do but will get mad when you don't do what she wanted you to do.

~Robert Kiyosaki

The poor, the unsuccessful, the unhappy and the unhealthy are the ones who use the word tomorrow the most. 

~Bill Cosby

In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure

Louis L'Amour

A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner, so if one's life is cold and bare he can blame none but himself.

-Albert Einstein

 There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle

~Booker T. Washington

Success is not to be measured by the position someone has reached in life, but the obstacles he has overcome while trying to succeed.

~Ayn Rand

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.

~Jim Rohn

Either you run the day or the day runs you.

~Ayn Rand

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.

RJS

Life is just like the sea, we are moving without end. Nothing stays with us, what stays with us are just memories of some people who touched us as Waves.

RJS

A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty.

~Clarence Budington Kelland

My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.

~Christopher Reeve

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.



RJS

Don't start your day with the broken pieces of yesterday. Everyday is new day...  Each day is a new beginning

RJS

Learn to appreciate the things you have before time forces you to appreciate the things you once had...

~ John Mason

You were born an original. Don't die a copy.

~William Havard

The greatest glory of a free-born people is to transmit that freedom to their children.

RJS

You will face many defeats in your life, but never let yourself be defeated.

RJS

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. 

~ Eleanor Roosevelt

We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot.

~Isabelle Holland

As long as you don't forgive, who and whatever it is will occupy rent-free space in your mind.

~Anthony Robbins

More than anything else, I believe it's our decisions, not the conditions of our lives that determine our destiny.

RJS

A single moment of misunderstanding is more poisonous, which makes us forget the hundred lovable moments spent together within a minute.

RJS

Confidence comes naturally with Success. But, Success comes only to those, who are Confident. So,Begin all Ur days with Great confidence.

RJS

 To err is human, to forgive is divine. In other words, the forgiving is somebody else's job.

W. Clement Stone

That's why many fail; because they don't get started. They don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin.

Mario Burata

Dust is a protective coating for fine furniture.

Sir Edmund Hillary

You don't have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things - to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals.

~Orison SwettMarden

Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them.

~Maya Angelou

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.

~Frederick Wilcox

Progress always involves risks. You can't steal second base and keep your foot on first.

Joseph Campbell

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

Wilson Mizner

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while, he knows something.

Bertrand Russell

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

Ansel Adams

In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.

Mark Twain

Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

Mark Twain

20 years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didnt do than by the ones you did do.

-Julius Charles Hare

Be what you are.  This is the first step toward becoming better than you are.

Elbert Hubbard

It is easy to get everything you want, provided you first learn to do without the things you cannot get.

~Harry S. Truman

Work Hard--Do your best--Keep your word--Never get too big for your britches--Trust in God--Have no fear--and Never forget a friend.

Epictetus

The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.

Paul Cezanne

Genius is the ability to renew one's emotions in daily experience.

Albert Ellis

There are three musts that hold us back: I must do well. You must treat me well. And the world must be easy.

~Suzanne Zoglio

A great life is born in the soul, grown in the mind, and lived from the heart.

RJS

The highways of life are full of flat squirrels who couldn't make up their minds.

~William Feather

Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn't stop to enjoy it.

Anais Nin

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

- Robert Brault

Life is not about discovering our talents; it is about pushing our talents to the limit and discovering our genius.

~Suzanne Zoglio

A great life is born in the soul, grown in the mind, and lived from the heart.

Buddha.

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment

RJS

Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.

H Raja

An optimist stays up to see the New Year in. A pessimist waits to make sure the old one leaves.

Galileo Galilei

We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.

~Carl Zuckmeyer

One half of life is luck; the other half is discipline - and that's the important half, for without discipline you wouldn't know what to do with luck.

~Carl Zuckmeyer

One half of life is luck; the other half is discipline - and that's the important half, for without discipline you wouldn't know what to do with luck.

Jackson Brown

Find a job you like and you add five days to every week.

RJS

Always strive to add rungs to your ladder of life.

Unknown

Kindness is difficult to give away because it keeps coming back.

RJS

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is.

RJS

After years of research, scientists have discovered what makes woman happy........ Nothing !! J

H A Raja

We learn something every day, and lots of times it's that what we learned the day before was wrong.

RJS

A day will never be any more than what you make of it.  Practice being a "doer"!

rjs

You were born to win, but to be a winner you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.

RJS

Wise men talk because they have something to say. Fools talk because they have to say something.

RJS

Some people bring happiness wherever they go, others whenever they go.

RJS

We all judge others, but we all hate it when others judge us.

RJS

When u can't laugh on the same joke again & again, then why do u keep crying over the same thing over and over again.

RJS

When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.

RJS

Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.

RJS

Overprepare, then go with the flow.

RJS

The most important sex organ is the brain.

RJS

No one is in charge of your happiness except you.

RJS

Frame every so-called disaster with these words: "In five years, will this matter?"

RJS

What other people think of you is none of your business.

RJS

Time heals almost everything. Give time some time.

RJS

Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.

RJS

God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.

RJS

Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.

RJS

Growing old beats the alternative - dying young.

RJS

Your children get only one childhood. Make it memorable.

RJS

Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.

RJS

If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.

RJS

Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.

RJS

All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.

RJS

Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

RJS

No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

RJS

However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

RJS

Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.

~Antoine De Saint-Exupery

True love begins when nothing is looked for in return.

RJS

It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.

RJS

Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.

RJS

If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.

RJS

Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

RJS

Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.

RJS

When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.

RJS

Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.

RJS

Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.

RJS

You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

RJS

Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

RJS

Life is too short for long pity parties. Get busy living, or get busy dying.

RJS

When in doubt, just take the next small step.

RJS

Life isn't fair, but it's still good.

~Albert Schwietzer

Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.

Edgar Cayce

Dreams are today's answers to tomorrow's questions.

RJS

The most precious possession that ever comes to a man in this world is a woman's heart.

RJS

One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is Love.

RJS

The soul that can speak with its eyes can also kiss with a gaze.

Publius Terence

Fortune favors the brave and escapes the miser and scared

~Elizabeth Browning

Love doesn't make the world go round, love is what makes the ride worthwhile.

RJS

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

Frank Lloyd Wright

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

Samuel Johnson

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The world is all gates, all opportunities.

RJS

It is not the person who has too little, but the person who always craves more, that is poor.

Richard Hooker

When the best things are not possible, the best may be made of those that are.

RJS

It’s better to have an intelligent enemy than a foolish friend.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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

Thomas Carlyle

Go as far as you can see; when you get there you'll be able to see farther.

Mary Anne Radmacher~Hershey

Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says, I'll try again tomorrow.

Dale Carnegie

Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.

W. Somerset Maugham

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

Henry Ford

There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.

Franklin Roosevelt

To reach a port, we must sail—Sail, not tie at anchor—Sail, not drift.

Richard Monckton Milnes

The virtue lies in the struggle, not in the prize.

Viktor Frankl

Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.

Polybius

Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than before.

Yogi Berra

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

Aldous Huxley

Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor, upon which one walks as a matter of course and prescriptive right.

Kahlil Gibran

The significance of a man is not in what he attains but in what he longs to attain.

Michel de Montaigne

The great and glorious masterpiece of man is to know how to live to purpose.

Brian Tracy

Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.

Samuel Butler

A man should have any number of little aims about which he should be conscious and for which he should have names, but he should have neither name for, nor consciousness concerning, the main aim of his life.

Vince Lombardi

Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is.

Charles Noble

You must have long range goals to keep you from being frustrated by short range failures.