It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up, because by that time I was too famous.

- Robert Benchley

Chance can allow you to accomplish a goal every once in a while, but consistent achievement happens only if you love what you are doing.

- Bart Conner: Olympic Gold-Medal gymnast and entrepreneur. 

Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it.

— Jack Canfield

Happiness is not something that you pursue. It’s already right there, in you. It is all about your perception of yourself and the situation (life) you are in.

- Taken from auntie gnap website ... :)

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

— Winston Churchill: Former U.K. Prime Minister.

 

Until you can apply the information that you've learned, then and only then will you be rewarded.

- Andy Fuehl (Founder, Wealth Builders of America) 

One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today

- Dale Carnegie

If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it.

- Mary Engelbreit  

"Fourteen Things That It Took Me Over<50 Years To Learn" by Dave Barry

1. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.


2. If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be "meetings."


3. There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."


4. People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.


5. You should not confuse your career with your life.


6. Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.


7. Never lick a steak knife.


8. The most destructive force in the universe is gossip.


9. You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time.


10. You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests that you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment.


11. There comes a time when you should stop expecting other people to make a big deal about your birthday. That time is age eleven.


12. The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we ALL believe that we are above-average drivers.


13. A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person. (This is very important. Pay attention. It never fails.)


14. Your friends love you anyway.

Thought for the day:
Never be afraid to try something new.
Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark.
A large group of professionals built the Titanic.

 

Thoughts Taken from:

Pearl Of Wisdom (http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/pearls.html)

Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness.

- Edward Stanley - Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

 

Humour is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritations and resentments slip away, and a sunny spirtit takes their place.

- Mark Twain 

We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon - instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today.

- Dale Carnegie 

A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labour and there is an invisible labour.

- Victor Hugo

 

Beauty lies in the hands of the beerholder.

Everything in life is temporary.
Darkness of the night; or a bright day.
Even sunrise is temporary; so is sunset.

So if things are going good, enjoy it because it won't last forever.
And if things are going bad, don't worry.
Because it won't last forever either.

Everything passes by.

- Author Unknown 

 

Simple kindness to one's self and all that lives is the most powerful transformational force of all.

- Dr. David Hawkins

The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.

- Ralph Nader

 

If you've had wonderful family relationships, you will be able to call yourself a true success in life no matter what else you've achieved.

- Vic Conant 

So little done, so much to do.

- Cecil Rhodes

Something to ponder from me: If only we have more times in this world ... life will be more so much more fulfilling. But in reality, time is limited. Hence, we have to use it wisely ... make it a memorable one ... where one day, when u turn around and look back, what you will see is people smiling at you and thank you for you have touched their hearts in a way no one else would have. Make a different to everyone you know today ... because you still can.

 

Emptiness is a symptom that you are not living creatively. You either have no goal that is important enough to you, or you are not using your talents and efforts in a striving toward an important goal.

- Maxwell Maltz 

The difference between great people and everyone else is that great people create their lives actively, while everyone else is created by their lives, passively waiting to see where life takes them next. The difference between the two is the difference between living fully and just existing.

- Michael E. Gerber

If we become increasingly humble about how little we know, we may be more eager to search.

- Sir John Templeton

 

Our life's journey of self-discovery is not a straight-line rise from one level of consciousness to another. Instead, it is a series of steep climbs and flat plateaus, then further climbs. Even though we all approach the journey from different directions, certain of the journey's characteristics are common to all of us.

- Stuart Wilde

Emptiness is a symptom that you are not living creatively. You either have no goal that is important enough to you, or you are not using your talents and efforts in a striving toward an important goal.

- Maxwell Maltz 

Incurable means curable from within.
Disease is the body's way of giving you feedback that you are not loving or grateful.

- Dr John Demartini