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Stories, Poems and Notes to Self
Thoughts from Teachers / By Teachers
"SUCCESS QUOTATONS"
"Quotations for success"
August 27, 2008
" If you have a loving mother*, treat her with loving care for you will only know her value when you see her empty chair."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Noshir Katrak --- India
It is obvious in this busy world, that people don't have time to say, "I love you" to the people whom they really love. Perhaps a person's ego gets in the way, which stops them from saying it, thinking, "Let him / her say it first & only then I will say it". Secondly, when a dear one is with you, see to it that you really care for them. What is the sense in just remembering the person after his / her death? Let the person be happy when he / she is living; let the person enjoy life. He / she is not going to enjoy life after death so care for the person while they are alive. Love that person and show them affection because after their death it will be too late when you realize how much you loved that person.
*(You can substitute father, relative, friend, etc.)
August 27, 2008
" It is true, the road is already there but is us up to us to decide how fast we go and which turns we take!"
Written in 2008 by Salomon Quijada --- California
August 27, 2008
" With money, you can buy a medicine not health; you can buy flowers not happiness; you can be patronized not loved."
Author Unknown --- Sumitted by Mohamed Elgendy --- Egypt
August 25, 2008
" He who wants a rose must respect the thorns."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Phillip Mangiza --- Zimbabwe
Obstacles are our stepping stones to success!
August 25, 2008
" When I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome instead."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Josh Wolfe-Maxwell --- Canada
Despite its sort of ridiculousness, it made me laugh and helped me through a long-term break-up.
August 25, 2008
" When people are trying to put you down, realize the fact that they consider you more superior than themselves."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ruby-Anne Santos --- Philippines
August 20, 2008
" The experiences that we encountered every day are the best lessons because they teach us how to become more mature and a better person in the future."
Author Unknown ---Submitted by M.D. --- Philippines
August 20, 2008
" Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you see the world."
George Bernard Shaw --- Submitted by V.C. --- Massachusetts
August 20, 2008
" Ignore weak moments, but never ignore what made you weak at that moment."
Written in 2006 by Harsha R. --- India
This is the second best thought I have written.
August 18, 2008
" L I S T E N - Listening can only be achieved when one is S I L E N T."
Written in 2008 by Seb Abbasi --- United Kingdom
No prizes for guessing the same letters apply. Perhaps this is something you might wish to think about?
August 18, 2008
" Sometimes you have to leave in order to come back."
Written in 2002 by Haullie Free --- California
August 18, 2008
" Become a successful person by helping others."
Written in 2008 by Ripon R. --- Bangladesh
August 13, 2008
" Life is the movie you see through your own eyes. It makes little difference what's happening out there. It's how you take it that counts."
Denis Waitley
August 13, 2008
" Worry is a misuse of the imagination."
Zig Ziglar
August 13, 2008
" Don't let other people tell you what you want."
Pat Riley
August 11, 2008
" One must never lose time in vainly regretting the past nor in complaining about the changes which cause us discomfort, for change is the very essence of life."
Anatole France
August 11, 2008
" By being receptive, we can avail ourselves of the spiritual wealth available to us. By being open, we can receive things beyond what we ourselves might imagine."
Deng Ming-Dao
August 11, 2008
" Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip."
Will Rogers
August 6, 2008
" It takes only "1" to change a relationship. It takes "2" to make it work."
Written in 2008 by Donna Avvento --- NY/CT
True love would be easier on our hearts. If we look at love as an equation, it should add up!
August 6, 2008
" Try to find wrong in yourself instead of finding it in others."
Written in 2008 by Sushant Nayak --- United Arab Emirates
August 6, 2008
" Don't sweat the small stuff… and it's all small stuff."
Kris and Richard Carlson --- Submitted by Bhet Bernabe --- Philippines
This reminds me always not to be angry at something very little or not important; instead, try to do something better.
August 4, 2008
" Failure is not the one who fails but the person who does not try until success is achieved."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Divya Gupta --- India
If you fail in achieving something, don't think that you are the failure...think that you have moved one step closer to success.
August 4, 2008
" Don't worry about what others are thinking about you because at the same time, they are worrying about what you are thinking about them."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Amit Oza --- India
August 4, 2008
" You can't stop a bird from landing on your head, but you can prevent it from building a nest.."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Renae H. --- Australia
Sometimes we are confronted with situations that are beyond our control, but it's how we react to them that determines the outcome.
July 30, 2008
" High expectations are the key to everything."
Sam Walton
July 30, 2008
" Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something."
H. Jackson Jr. Brown
July 30, 2008
" As we cultivate peace and happiness in ourselves, we also nourish peace and happiness in those we love."
Thich Nhat Hanh
July 28, 2008
" We all have the power to create our own luck, either good or bad. When you accept responsibility for your luck and life you gain the most supreme wisdom. You are the cause of your happiness and sorrow. Now choose what you want."
Written in 2008 by Narendra Ponnuswamy --- Minnesota
July 28, 2008
" Success does not come to those who are scared of failure."
Written in 2008 by Praveenkumar Bhoosanurmath --- India
I composed the quote for myself when I was dejected.
July 28, 2008
" Just control your anger and temper for few HOURS and you can rule your life for YEARS."
Written in 2008 by Sandeep Kumar --- United Arab Emirates
July 23, 2008
" Give out today like you will not see the next second and take in today like you will live for another 100 years to see the consequence of what you took in. What you take in determines your destiny and what you give out determines your legacy!"
Copyright © 2008 Leussa Adrienne
Throughout life, we take in so much in terms of knowledge, thoughts, emotions, food and calories and this actually makes us what we are. If we remember that what we take in today will have a visible consequence on ourselves in the future, we will control how we take in what life throws at us! On the contrary, giving of our time, affection, care, energy and resources will eventually determine who we will be remembered to have been.
July 23, 2008
" It's okay to screw up sometimes and then have a good laugh about it."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Vic Duran --- Philippines
July 23, 2008
" When you're down, people can pull you up but you still have to stand on your own two feet."
Written in 2008 by Rami Mahfouz --- Canada
To remind anyone who forgets that getting up is half the battle, staying up is all up to you.
July 21, 2008
" Life is radiant and worthy living if you give the best of yourself in every situation. Imagine, why are we in this multiplicity, in our communities, schools, church etc? It is because we are all different, each possessing a different characteristic from the other. Instead of admiring, adoring and praising other people lets search within ourselves to discover what we can do best, when we can, where we are, with what we have to whom we can. Let us all discover ourselves and the world will be just the most enjoyable place to live in."
Written in 2007 by Simeon Meke --- Malawi
I wrote this to express my heartfelt concern. You see, it pains me to hear most people being so discouraged in life because they are not good at what their friends are best at. This, I regard as the greatest human tragedy. People use their resources trying to discover new places and other things but they fail to take time to unpack the precious gift of their humanity. They do not know what is within themselves that makes them different from Jim or Jack.
July 21, 2008
" When things go wrong we assume the worst. But if you look closely, our broken dreams make up the bigger picture."
Copyright © 2008 Kathlin L. Panteah
July 21, 2008
" Life is about living your Dreams, Not living In your Dreams."
Written in 2007 by Adarsh Manvikar --- India
July 16, 2008
" If you don't have a goal or plan of where you want to go in life, you usually don't like where you end up."
Written in 2008 by Elise Quevedo --- United Kingdom
I currently train and speak in different venues and people seem to start quoting some of the things I say... but this quote, above, seems to stick. If it can help anyone else, then that is the most important thing.
July 16, 2008
" Your pain: only you, yourself can understand. When your understanding meets pain it will be a voice that keeps you going."
Written in 2008 by Von T. --- Singapore
July 16, 2008
" Everything lost can be found, except time wasted."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by L. Smith --- Georgia
I feel it is a good way to look at the way I spend my time. When I think about this, I am more prone to do something rather than just waste my time.
July 14, 2008
" Dynamically strive for tomorrow, but to live in every moment, in every day is what counts."
Copyright © 2008 Yolanda J. Yazzie
July 14, 2008
" Envy drains the joy, satisfaction and purpose out of living. If allowed to grow, it breeds hatred and revenge. Revenge converts a little right into a big wrong. Watch out! It's an appetite that's never satisfied."
John Mason --- Submitted by Marina Thasha Ishak --- Malaysia
I've learned to accept that everybody is different and has own talents including myself. Stop comparing.
July 14, 2008
" People often find themselves racing for money. It's only after they get money that they suddenly realize they need a lot of other things, besides money, to be happy."
Written in 2008 by Pranjal Borbora --- India
This is some thing I have realized myself and think this is the most common misconception for strugglers like me who think that money is everything.
July 9, 2008
" Success is a journey, an evolution, one that first evolves from within; one that can take you anywhere, if you dare!"
Copyright © 2008 Kimerly Adamson
Written for my coach who reminded me the evolution begins from within.
July 9, 2008
" Success doesn't depend on luck itself, it also depends on the faith you have in yourself succeeding."
Written in 2008 by Quincy B. --- Nevada
July 9, 2008
" Being honest with others starts by being honest with yourself."
Written in 2008 by Renee S. --- Massachusetts
July 7, 2008
" Don't look at the bad in the person, try to see the good. No matter how small the good is, focus on it and love them for it."
Shirley P. --- Submitted by Courtney P. --- Ohio
My grandma told me this when someone was doing terrible things to our family... she always seems to see the good in everyone - she is an amazing women.
July 7, 2008
" Learn to respond to change and change will change in your favor. Change is always there so always respond to change and never react to change."
Written in 2008 by Narendra Ponnuswamy --- Minnesota
July 7, 2008
" In the course of a lifetime, what does it matter?"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by J.H. --- Washington
This has really helped me in life. When I get mad at something or disappointed, I think, "What will this matter in a couple years or in a lifetime?" Most of the time I realize that what I'm concerned about doesn't matter, which helps me get over it.
July 2, 2008
" The most important thing about our acts is not whether we'll be praised or punished, it's about whether we feel good or bad about ourselves by acting the way we do."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Julia --- Namibia
This quote helps me to make decisions from my heart. When the world feels that it is not right for me to do so, I read that quote and realize that no matter how tough the decision might be, I make it. Because at the end of the day, it's not about whether mom or dad or my friends will criticize or praise me, it's all about me. It's all about me feeling good or bad by acting the way I did. Often at times I feel good because I did not listen to anyone and if I make a mistake, I won't have anyone to blame but me because no one gave me advice to act the way I did.
July 2, 2008
" The grass is always greener until you go to mow it."
Written in 2008 by S. Wallis --- United Kingdom
Enjoy what you have today and don't covet others. It may not be as good as it looks.
July 2, 2008
" People who say that life is not worthwhile are really saying that they themselves have no personal goals which are worthwhile. Get yourself a goal worth working for. Better still, get yourself a project. Always have something ahead of you to "look forward to" - to work for and to hope for."
Maxwell Maltz
June 30, 2008
" You have to trust the man that shaves you in the morning."
Herbert Elliott --- Submitted by Jerry Elliott --- Minnesota
The quote was advice given to me by my father in the era of straight edge razors. He passed away when I was nine and although I remembered the quote, I never appreciated it's meaning until years later. The man in the mirror has your life in his hands.
June 30, 2008
" Both, Purity and Impurity are within us; the predominant one is reflected in our actions."
Written in 2008 by RVS RAU --- India
I chose to write this one while trying to analyze deeply the purity and impurity in its purest form. After analysis, I found both these lie within each one us. This quote motivates me to accept the fact that it is me who can really decide upon what my character has to be.
June 30, 2008
" The only way to save ourselves from the worst may just be to expect the Best."
Written in 2008 by Otobong Adaise --- Nigeria
June 25, 2008
" In your darkest hour, when you're at your lowest, remember to look for the light. Pay attention to what else is going on around you. Life is awaiting your return. Life is good, if you make it that way. We are all what we think about. Change your dark thoughts to light and a new you will emerge."
Copyright © 2008 Marion Licchiello
June 25, 2008
" Regret is a waste of time! When we regret, we are crippling our present with our past and the conclusion is sorrow, tears and pain. Instead, utilize that time for enjoying yourself. Make it a habit to divert your mind to other things when you are supposed to regret about your past."
Written in 2008 by Mandar C. Jambotkar --- Australia
I experienced it myself. When I was out of country for work, I use to stay alone. Sometimes, regretting caused me lot of pain and sorrow and I use to lose my mood and waste a complete day. One fine day, when my mood was off, I went out of the house and experienced such a beautiful climate. I thought - there is lot to LIVE IN... Enjoy every moment, enjoy how the bird sings, enjoy the wind, enjoy the sunrise, sunset... enjoy.... Yes... FEEL the moment... and get fresh to work on your Dreams... Live to design your future!
June 25, 2008
" Know how to listen and you will profit, even from those who talk badly."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Himani Kaushal --- India
June 23, 2008
" It is human nature to constantly ask, 'What have you done for me? ' Everybody asks this question of their loved ones instead of saying, 'What have I done for them to change their world into a perfect one?'"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ritchie Baylan --- California
In our society we have become 'what can you for me' instead of 'what can we do for others'. The strength of our families is its members and the strength of the members is the family.
June 23, 2008
" It takes courage to stand up to your enemies ... but it takes greater courage to stand up to friends."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Payal Joshi --- India
June 23, 2008
" Faces you can see, hearts you can never know.
(Caras que usted puede ver, corazones usted puede nunca saber.)"
Old Spanish Proverb --- Submitted by R. Murdoch --- Australia
This quote reminds me that every day when we see the many people we see, that each one is different, each has their own story and are human beings, just wanting to exist like anyone else. It particularly reminds me of the vast beauty of humanity that I can never fully appreciate.
June 18, 2008
" One of the greatest gifts you can give to anyone is the gift of attention and listening ear. But don't be so quick to offer advice on how to fix the person's situation, just listen for once. Then if they ask you for advice, give it but put yourself in the other person's shoes. Don't always be so quick to say, 'I woulda, shoulda, coulda', just help the person live and learn from the experience so they won't walk away with another regret in life."
Written in 2008 by Jonlyn H. --- Georgia
I came up with this quote because I find myself always giving advice to my family and friends but what it all boils down to is listening and helping a person live and learn from situations in life instead of having regrets. My motto is: You can change what you live and learn and not wake up every morning with a bunch of regrets. You only live once so make the best of it while your here!
June 18, 2008
" Your future is not an occurrence but a process, a work in progress. It's a road you have to pave. The hardships of life should not destroy your capacity to do well. The state of your life is nothing more than the reflection of the state of your mind."
Written in 2008 by Khothatso Tshirufu --- South Africa
June 18, 2008
" Love to live. Live with love. Yours will be a life worthy of living!"
Written in 2008 by Kavitha Murugesh --- California
June 16, 2008
" Resolve to be a master of change rather than a victim of change."
Brian Tracy
June 16, 2008
" One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness."
Josh Billings
June 16, 2008
" Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret."
Mary Kay Ash
June 12, 2008
" Only you know the real you, and only you ought to decide your future."
Written in 2008 by Larispique Philidor --- Connecticut
June 12, 2008
" When you realize you don't know is the first step to learning. An open mind is the greatest quality you can possess."
Written in 2008 by Bob Martinelli --- Rhode Island
June 12, 2008
" Words and hearts should be handled carefully; as words when spoken and hearts when broken, are beyond repairs."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Nilesh Soni --- India
June 12, 2008
" When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that is in itself a choice."
William James
June 10, 2008
" Plan your life daily... your whole life will be planned."
Written in 2008 by Sazali Sarwan --- Singapore
If you plan your life daily, every week your life is planned. If you plan your life weekly, the whole month your life will be planned. If you plan your life monthly & yearly, your whole life will be planned.
June 10, 2008
" Life is simple. It is people who complicate it."
Written in 2008 by Christopher Ammirati --- New Jersey
June 10, 2008
" It's the little things you think aren't important that others may well judge you on."
Written in 2008 by Martin Pye --- Australia
June 10, 2008
" Don't let your history interfere with your destiny."
Steve Maraboli --- Submitted by James Flinn --- Florida
I saw Mr. Maraboli speak at a prison and captivate the inmates (and guards) with his message. The theme he kept hitting home was this quote... powerful!
June 4, 2008
" Teach your friends and family how to treat you...people only treat you the way you allow them to."
Written in 2008 by Marion Licchiello --- New York
Sometimes we allow people to control us or talk down to us... if we stop it from the start...it will not keep happening. People only treat us the way we allow them to.
June 4, 2008
" Our body is the car, in which our mind is the driver. Our instincts are the navigation system, that should we follow, make us sure survivors."
Written in 2008 by Siobhan O'Mahoney --- United Kingdom
June 4, 2008
" When the mind and heart have decided to go for a mutual compromise, the word 'no' vanishes. Life needs such deals when you have decided to sacrifice to achieve."
Written in 2008 by Sivakumar Madathil Oravil --- Korea
This really comes from the feel of decisions and some really would have got out of hand by saying only a 'no'.
June 2, 2008
" Never make a decision, confront a person or even engage in an argument when you're angry; you don't want to end up being remorseful and disappointed with yourself."
Written in 2008 by Nicola M. --- Philippines
Oftentimes we cannot control our emotions, especially when we are angry. We say things that we don't really mean but damage has been done. Realizing this, I made this quote so I will be cautious about my own actions and I hope everyone else will too.
June 2, 2008
" Everyday is a life, being born in daybreak and dying when you go to sleep. Live every day as amazingly as possible. Learn what you can and make it worth something. For once you go to sleep, that day has died; it will never happen again, only to be remembered or forgotten. Carpe Diem."
Written In 2008 by Clint B. --- California
June 2, 2008
" A wife can turn a home into heaven filled with love, happiness and laughter. And… A wife can turn a home into hell filled with hatred, unhappiness and anger. So when choosing a wife, pray that God will help you choose wisely."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Marliana Bee --- Singapore
I came across a friend of mine who is going through hell with his wife and somehow this quote came to my mind and I felt like sharing it with others.
May 28, 2008
" Challenges come along, inevitably; how you respond to them determines who you are, deep down inside, and everything you're going to be."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Regine D. --- Philippines
May 28, 2008
" It is not always just about being responsible for your actions but also take into consideration the effects of your actions on others. They might be your loved ones and it might be too late for you to realize you've lost them and will never, ever, have them again."
Written in 2008 by Arlyn Villaflores --- Philippines
May 28, 2008
" Don't be the qualities you hate in others, be the qualities you love."
Written in 2008 by Jasmine D. --- Australia
May 28, 2008
" Our life has a beginning as it does an end but at times, we forget the in between. Live for today, as yesterday has passed and as for tomorrow - that will depend on what you do today. Remember today's accomplishment will bring tomorrow's success. What tomorrow brings you is always a consequence of what you've done today."
Copyright © 2008 Carmel Dagiandis
May 21, 2008
" Life is like painting; we dye it with our actions."
Written in 2008 by Stefen Ng --- Indonesia
May 21, 2008
" You can live how you will, but remember, your will dictates how you live."
Written in 2008 by Brian Cahoon --- California
May 21, 2008
" Everything is a life lesson...everyone you meet, everything you encounter, ever job that you take, every interview that you go on and every item you purchase. It's all part of your learning lesson for this lifetime. Be sure that with each experience you know there is a learning lesson. Sometimes that eases the pain. If you don't get a job that you wanted or a relationship doesn't work, it only means something better is out there waiting for you."
Copyright © 2008 Marion Licchiello
May 19, 2008
" Success in life can never be an accident... it is the result of the right decisions at the right time."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Bong Matterig --- Philippines
May 19, 2008
" Big lessons of life are learnt from little mistakes."
Written in 2008 by Mazhar Shaikh --- United Kingdom
May 19, 2008
" If the battery of your life is diminished or drained, seek solace from family and friends for the proverbial jump start."
Written in 2008 by I. Robinson--- United Kingdom
May 14, 2008
" Never be afraid to tell somebody how you feel, for you don't know if that person may feel the exact same for you."
Written in 2004 by Richard C. --- USMC
This is so true in getting to know someone and in making yourself less afraid to communicate with others around you. By never being afraid to show your feelings, you build up courage that will help you later in your life.
May 14, 2008
" The most passionate and great things come during the times you're not even looking; happiness lingers with each treat. Always be appreciative of the gift god gives. Always be honest, loving, understanding, and faithful."
Written in 2006 by Farron Richardson --- Florida
I thought of this when I finally met a person of interest who treats me with great respect. I feel that god told me this. Also, it does not have to just pertain to loving someone.
May 14, 2008
" It's best to get involved with someone that has learned from their mistakes rather than being with someone that has yet to discover their future regrets."
Written in 2006 by Katrina Manalastas
I realize we need room to grow and improve our lives, and the last thing we need is someone else holding us back from becoming more.
May 12, 2008
" The caliber of a person is best judged when things are not going their way."
Written in 2004 by Nilesh Pampattiwar --- India
Will be grateful if even one person gets the message.
May 12, 2008
" Happiness is not based on position, power, or prestige but on the relationship with other people that you love and respect."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by F.C. --- Philippines
May 12, 2008
" Those that are up with you when you're up and down with you when you're down are the ones to have around."
Written in 2008 by Larispique Philidor --- Connnecticut
May 7, 2008
" Everything I do, I do because I know it's the best thing I can do. I'm not sure when will I leave this world so I will do anything I want, as soon as possible, and I will not regret it."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Hafiz Zulkiffeli --- Malaysia
May 7, 2008
" A dream is just a vehicle for getting your needs met."
Written in 2004 by Anand Datwani --- United Arab Emirates
May 7, 2008
" Never conclude your opinion of a person based on his present situation because time has the power to change ordinary coal into a diamond."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Nilesh Shah --- India
This quote affects the life of every human being. Sometimes we misunderstand a person by looking at his present situation. But we should not forget that every person has his own merits and demerits.
May 5, 2008
" We are only as wise, as our ears are open."
Written in 2008 by leanne Carmichael --- Australia
Children pretend to listen. Through no fault of their own, they learnt it from those before them. The only way to change this is for everyone to listen.
May 5, 2008
" When told to get a life, simply say, 'I am my life. May not work for you, but it does wonders for me.'"
Written in 2007 by Talisha Walton --- Texas
May 5, 2008
" Being snide and argumentative is not the same as being substantive."
Written in 2008 by Mike Wiethorn
April 30, 2008
" A real gift comes attached with ribbons, not strings."
Written in 2008 by Raymond C. Nolan --- Alabama
A friend told me that he would give his sister a gift of money if she would do a special favor for his wife. I told him that if that was the case, it really wasn't a gift.
April 30, 2008
" Relationships and friendships are like glass. So to prevent them from being covered in dust and fog, brushing is required from both sides. If not, the view from one side still remains dusty and foggy."
Written in 2008 by Tanmay M. --- India
April 30, 2008
" A dead end is only a dead end if you don't have the strength to turn around and find your freeway."
Copyright © 2008 Adam Johnson
Something I wrote to remind myself that even though I might lose, doesn't mean I can't turn around and put things right.
April 28, 2008
" Life is like a mirror. It's beautiful when you smile at it and becomes sinister when you frown at it."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sonia Marwah --- India
I believe in this quote. Life is what we want to make it or the way we treat it.
April 28, 2008
" Focus on what you appreciate about the other person and not what you want to complain about."
Written in 2008 by Juliet Cabuguang --- Philippines
April 28, 2008
" A smile and silence are two powerful tools. A smile can solve so many problems and silence can avoid so many problems."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Bhavna Singh --- India
April 23 2008
" I guess I'm learning, little by little, that we decide what our lives are going to be. Things happen to us, but it is our reactions that matter."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jackie --- New Jersey
April 23 2008
" Invest in the life you have to get the life you want."
Rhonda Britten --- Submitted by Amy Bauer --- Illinois
April 23 2008
" Happiness has more to do with inside than outside. Don't ever trade it with anything that is outside."
Written in 2007 by Prerana Srinivasan --- India
April 21, 2008
" Living in the past is like owning a television that only shows reruns."
Copyright © 2008 Raymond C. Nolan
While visiting with an old friend, I noticed that everything we talked about took place many years ago. None of our conversation had anything to do with future opportunities.
April 21, 2008
" Live today, not yesterday, nor wait for a better tomorrow. You know not what such day may bring."
Copyright © 2008 Molaire Jules
April 21, 2008
" Silent lips may avoid problems, but smiling lips may solve problems. So always, smile in your journey of life."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ram Niwas --- India
April 16, 2008
" When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope they'll remember and be kind to someone else. And it'll become like a wildfire."
Whoopi Goldberg
April 16, 2008
" There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment. It gives warmth and good feeling to all your personal relationships."
Norman Vincent Peale
April 16, 2008
" Pay no attention to critics. No one ever erected a statue to a critic."
Werner Ehrhart
April 14, 2008
" My voice has no strength if my actions don't sustain me."
Copyright © 2008 Kathlin L. Panteah
April 14, 2008
" The people you conspire with, to do any evil, are the same who will tell of your unreliability when you need recommendation. And…they can prove it."
Written in 1992 by Obinna Cedric Agugua --- Nigeria
This thought came to me when I was almost leaving secondary school (1992). I grew up where being able to get away with 'little' evil deeds" seemed like being smart. I was tempted by friends to join the queue but because of the kind of life I wanted to live, I always admonished them and on one such occasion, this just sprang up. I knew one day I might need recommendations and people would expect that recommendations from my closest friends and if there's any evil I've done with them, it could be recalled.
April 14, 2008
" Every relationship has an expiration date."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Gagan Parasher --- India
This quote gives a clear insight and helps you to realize certain facts of life and pulls you out off the things we assume. Note** This quote was not written or stated by me, I read it somewhere and it registered in my mind. My sincere thanks to the person who spoke or wrote such a quote!
April 9, 2008
" Personality and originality are what it takes to get ahead. Knowledge, education, and wisdom are needed but you must also have a good attitude. Attitude is everything."
Copyright © 2008 Marion Licchiello
April 9, 2008
" Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement."
C. S. Lewis --- Submitted by Brian G. Jett --- Kentucky
April 9, 2008
" All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of experience."
Henry Miller
April 7, 2008
" Some of us don't ask for help because of pride. Please ask for help when you need it."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Lizzy Oboh --- Nigeria
April 7, 2008
" When you are alone with only yourself to hold, shouldn't you love the person you're holding?"
Written in 2008 by Tanya Pence --- Michigan
A reminder that we should remember to love ourselves for we are our only guarantee.
April 7, 2008
" Coins make sounds but currency notes don't so keep your self calm and silent."
Written in 2007 by Chetan Patel --- India
This thought is from my personal diary.
April 2, 2008
" Be careful what you say to me today, for tomorrow you may wish you had never spoken."
Author Unknown ---Submitted by J.C. --- Virginia
Just be careful what you say to someone because the next day you may regret what you said but it's too late to take it back.
April 2, 2008
" Laugh loudly, love truly and never regret anything that makes you smile."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Rozica Adner --- New York
April 2, 2008
" The only person you should put on a pedestal is yourself but only if you are willing to put everyone else there with you!"
Written in 2008 by Leanne Carmichael --- Australia
The world we live in is full of people that do not understand just how beautiful and complete they are and try so desperately to rise above others. It's not until we see ourselves in everyone we met, that we will change our lives and find our heaven. Is it not said, that God created us in his image? Then why do we doubt ourselves?
March 31, 2008
" In almost every situation, creating what we want is doable with the right thoughts, attitudes, beliefs and actions."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Anu G. --- India
This one I found while I was reading Relationship Article and felt how true!
March 31, 2008
" The film is in front of me. All there is left to do is fully develop the picture."
Kristen Ladenburger --- Submitted by K. Englehart --- Ohio
I chose this quote for it tells me that I have all the tools I need to accomplish my dream/goal ahead of me.
March 31, 2008
" In seeking clarity, I am misunderstood; for my direction is always clear, in the absence of seeking wonder."
Written in 2007 by Dan Evans --- Australia
This summarizes a conclusion to a huge portion of my life while feeling dissociated and mentally isolated from my peers and friends alike. Where I have always been known for being a deep person, most of that journey was spent chasing an elusive goal I had felt never sure to find.
March 26, 2008
" If you want to be a happy man, you must invest in the happiness of the people around you."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Solomon Daniso --- South Africa
Teaches the moral principle of sharing
March 26, 2008
" If you cry because you can't see the sun, the tears won't let you appreciate the stars."
Rabindhranat Tagore --- Submitted by Antonio Ramos --- California
March 26, 2008
" Comfort is an investment that diminishes with time, yet risk taking is an investment that returns comfort tenfold what you put in!"
Written in 2008 by Brett J. --- Ohio
As much as I love to stop chasing my goals and get back into old habits, when I stop taking chances, stop living, that is when my level of comfort starts to diminish. When I take chances, chase my goals, when I live, the comfort magically takes care of itself!
March 24, 2008
" Don't stress, you can afford to be late when you're ahead of your time."
Written in 2008 by David Duffin --- Macao S.A.R.
I thought of this saying years ago but couldn't understand why it kept cropping up? The realization came once I started being honest to myself. I am now receiving everything I have ever wished for. Obviously, patience, mixed with honesty and confidence, is a virtue.
March 24, 2008
" I am just as right as in think I am."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Kevin Ongeti --- Kenya
March 24, 2008
" Moving on doesn't mean you gave up... it means you've found faith."
Written in 2008 by Mele Mangisi --- Tonga
March 19, 2008
" It isn't until you come to a spiritual understanding of who you are - not necessarily a religious feeling, but deep down, the spirit within - that you begin to take control."
Oprah Winfrey
March 19, 2008
" You can become a winner only if you are willing to walk over the edge."
Damon Runyon
March 19, 2008
" The greatest and most important problems in life are all in a certain sense insoluble. They can never be solved, but only outgrown."
Carl Jung
March 17, 2008
" Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, 'Make Me Feel Important.' Not only will you succeed in business, you will succeed in life."
Mary Kay Ash
March 17, 2008
" That which you create in beauty and goodness and truth lives on for all time to come. Don't spend your life accumulating material objects that will only turn to dust and ashes."
Denis Waitley
March 17, 2008
" 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
March 12, 2008
" Life is not about finding yourself; it's about creating the person you want to be. If, at the end of the day, you don't like what you've become, change it! Be yourself because there is no one better."
Written in 2008 by Carol Ann W. --- Georgia
March 12, 2008
" We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be."
Jane Austen --- Submitted by Anupreet Kaur --- India
March 12, 2008
" You are special because of who you are."
Written in 2005 by Rachelle Disbennett-Lee, PhD. --- Colorado
March 10, 2008
" Fear not the unseen...the unseen is a place of new horizons, new talents, new gifts, new experiences. The unseen is our future."
Copyright © 2008 Marion Licchiello
Sometimes we are afraid of something just because it is new to us... break through that fear and you will be surprised at how far you get in life.
March 10, 2008
Created by love
Created in love
Created to love
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Yvonne Jacks --- Florida
March 10, 2008
" It is up to us to give ourselves recognition. If we wait for it to come from others, we feel resentful when it doesn't, and when it does, we may well reject it."
Spencer Tracy
March 5, 2008
" As the sun rises, rise with it knowing that you are able, beautiful/handsome, smart, wise, and blest for God's purpose and will."
Written in 2008 by James Macharia --- Kenya
At times when I felt small, I wrote this in my diary.
March 5, 2008
" Dreaming is important but more important is for us to believe in our dreams. This is where the entire story starts; the story that is supposed to be written and read by others."
Written in 2007 by Tarun Shienh --- India
March 5, 2008
" To judge a man objectively, please do not discount the reasons for his flaws and recognize the efforts he exerts to rectify his wrongs in life. Do not judge unless you are perfect."
Written in 2008 by Bai Maleiha B.Candao --- Philippines
Judgmentalism is not a good habit. It does not allow you to open your horizon to the many facts in life because it will allow negative factors to block your objective thinking. Hence, this quote will invite people to think twice before judging a person.
March 3, 2008
" Time has a way of changing all that once was, into beautiful new possibilities. The key is to allow it to take place as nature intended. We must choose our battles in life and see that none of this is possible if your biggest battle is within yourself."
Copyright © 2008 Paula Lyon
March 3, 2008
" Life does not happen to us, it happens from us."
Michael Wickett --- Submitted by Kate F. --- Wisconsin
March 3, 2008
" The only limitation that exists is yourself."
Written in 1999 by Nathaniel L. Peat --- England
February 27, 2008
" If it doesn't effect you, why let it affect you?"
Written in 2007 by Chastity Godsey --- Indiana
I came up with this quote after becoming tired of co-workers and friends getting upset over things that really didn't have anything to do with them. In essence, this quote basically says if it doesn't have an effect on you personally then why let it bother you at all?
February 27, 2008
" The easiest part of life is living. It's living with yourself, after the way you choose to live it, that's hardest."
Written in 2008 by Marielle Alcantara --- Florida
February 27, 2008
" Love is an action word!"
Written in 2008 by Mavis Kumi --- Ghana
February 25, 2008
" People are like musical instruments. Some sound wonderful no matter what melody you play and others just need a little bit more practice."
Copyright © 2008 Maria Uman
Just want to share some feelings about different people in a positive way.
February 25, 2008
" You cannot change the things that already happen. But you could change your expectations to deal with what already happened."
Written in 2008 by Johni Pangalila --- Australia
February 25, 2008
" Life is like a candle. Enjoy yourself as much as possible before it melts."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Nani L. --- India
February 20, 2008
" It is a curious thing in human experience, but to live through a period of stress and sorrow with another person creates a bond which nothing seems able to break."
Eleanor Roosevelt
February 20, 2008
" It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are, the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others."
Joseph Addison
February 20, 2008
" Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer."
Denis Waitley
February 18, 2008
" Always do what you're doing out of love, not fear or hate...it changes the end result A LOT!"
Copyright © 2007 Marion Licchiello
February 18, 2008
" Life is a struggle and life can be so unfair. You get up in the morning dreading to get up but you know you must… You must face the day… You look around and you see that there are people in this life that have struggled much worse then you… They are sad and you look at their face and wonder what is wrong. You want to hold their hand, give them a hug but you are afraid… We all need love, we all need to feel loved and wanted… Do not ignore this face, a sad face. Comfort this face, give them a smile, a touch, a kind word, and follow your heart. When you follow your heart, you will shine love to this person's heart and your heart will feel love and warmth."
Copyright © 2008 Gail Perkins
This is one I created from my heart. Peace to the world, love everyone!
February 18, 2008
" When you have done all you can and you know that's all you have control over, stop worrying. It does not help."
Written in 2008 by Divya R. --- Australia
Through the course of my life, I have learnt a few lessons. This is one of them.
February 13, 2008
" The highest form of maturity is self inquiry."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
February 13, 2008
" Live and appreciate what you have, but don't stop visualizing on the big things you want to accomplish. Slowly work on your vision until you've accomplished each one, and don't ever stop visualizing."
Written in 2007 by GC Mercado --- California
February 13, 2008
" Don't sacrifice your success on account of what people say. They don't know what you sacrificed to be where you are. Sometimes even you don't."
Written in 2007 by Prerana Srinivasan --- India
Just extracts from my own life.
February 11, 2008
" Do you to improve you, be you and never lose you."
Copyright © 2005 Michelle Young
I wrote this after leaving my controlling husband. Never let anyone take your passion away. Be who you are at all times.
February 11, 2008
" The ultimate lesson all of us have to learn is unconditional love, which includes not only others but ourselves as well."
Elisabeth Kubler Ross
February 11, 2008
" Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune."
William James
February 6, 2008
" The root of achievement is discipline."
Written in 2008 by Rosli Shirlin --- Malaysia
February 6, 2008
" The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do."
John Holt
February 6, 2008
" It's the constant and determined effort that breaks down all resistance and sweeps away all obstacles."
Claude M. Bristol
February 4, 2008
" Cherish your relationship. Sometimes saying 'good night' allows us the privilege of saying 'good morning'."
Copyright © 2008 Adrian Taylor
People often go to bed without saying goodnight because they have been in an argument or disagreement with their "other". The next day starts off bad and people live out that day as if the bitterness and resentment is magically going to disappear. Settle things with your "other" BEFORE you fall asleep!
February 4, 2008
" Until you look at yourself in the mirror of life and hate what you see you will remain in that position."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Bassey Ndon --- Nigeria
Life does reflect you and what you do. The real you is not who you see in the mirror but who you see yourself as in your mind. Your mind reflects you. If you don't like what you see in the mirror, then change the picture of it or edit it. The truth about life is that you are editable if you place focus on the man in the mind more than the man in the mirror. See yourself as you want to be, not as who you are presently.
February 4, 2008
" You can't talk your way out of what you've behaved yourself into."
Steven Covey
January 30, 2008
" You are a farmer, your thoughts are you seeds, your words and your actions water them. What are you growing today?"
Written in 2007 by Joseph Araza --- Florida
January 30, 2008
" With experience comes insight; with insight comes the responsibility to share it."
Copyright © 2005 Denise Callarman
I wrote this when I was transition from a founding director of a children's program to a new life. I think it was a time that I had to figure out what it was I had to give and all I could think of was my own experiences. Is that enough? I think it is.
January 30, 2008
" Do what you have to do today; so you can do what you want to do tomorrow."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by LA F --- Georgia
January 28, 2008
" Let go of what you think life should be so you can experience the life you have."
Rhonda Britten --- Submitted by Amy Bauer --- Illinois
January 28, 2008
" We are all alike on the inside."
Mark Twain
January 28, 2008
" Let go of your attachment to being right and suddenly your mind is more open. You're able to benefit from the unique viewpoints of others, without being crippled by your own judgment."
Ralph Marston
January 23, 2008
" Living with regret is like living in the shadows."
Written in 2007 by Mike Pope --- Canada
January 23, 2008
" If you want to find a true friend, please be one."
Written in 2008 by Bai Maleiha Candao --- Philippines
True friendship is not an external search but an internal search of the soul, found in the soul and later on experienced outside of the soul. Meaning true friendship starts inside all of us before we can expect others to give it to us.
January 23, 2008
" Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself."
Michel de Montaigne
January 21, 2008
" You can learn a lot about a person by the way they handle a glass of spilled milk."
Written in 2007 by James Capell --- Idaho
January 21, 2008
" You cannot change the world to be like what you want to be, but you can change yourself or adapt yourself to the things you want, should be."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Aanchal Narang--- India
January 21, 2008
" Do not judge others by your own thoughts. They are living a different life than you are. What might be good for one person may not be good for another. What might be bad for one person might change another person's life. Allow people to make their own mistakes or their own decisions. We learn and grow with each decision and/or mistake that we make...but again, what might be a mistake for you would be a blessing for someone else."
Copyright © 2007 Marion Licchiello
I pride myself on not being judgmental. I like being able to tell my friends something and having them be happy for me. I don't always want to be questioned. I'm a big girl now. Every now and then - "congratulations" or "great" would be nice. It's always nice to be concerned but not to ruin someone else's moment of joy. First ask if they want your input or advice. I always do with my friends and family. Sometimes people just want you to listen!
January 16, 2008
" Maturity begins when we're content to feel we're right about something, without feeling the necessity to prove someone else is wrong."
Sydney J. Harris
January 16, 2008
" Creativity can be described as letting go of certainties."
Gail Sheehy
January 16, 2008
" When you come to a fork in the road, take it."
Yogi Berra
January 14, 2008
" It is essential for us to recognize and realize when a situation or a circumstance we're currently in could be toxic for our future."
Written in 2008 by Pete W. Zafra --- California
January 14, 2008
" Do the most difficult things when they are easy; do the greatest things when they are small."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Hina Shehzad --- United Arab Emirates
Wishing all the readers a great, prosperous, blissful, bright, healthy, energetic, terrific happy new year.
January 14, 2008
" You are who you are because of others, but they do not have to define you!"
Written in 2008 by Boitumelo Mokoena --- South Africa
Others contribute to what you become but they do not have the power to rule over you, so you have the power to redefine yourself even after they have forcefully defined you.
January 9, 2008
" Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something."
Henry David Thoreau --- Submitted by Mike Scullin --- New York
It's a wise thing to remember when you are down to your last nerve ending.
January 9, 2008
" It's better to be creative for half an hour and give up, than to do nothing for half an hour and carry on!"
Written in 2007 by Chase Delaney --- United Kingdom
I thought of this quote today whilst talking to a friend on MSN. My friend was asking me how I was getting on with the novel I have been writing and I had to explain to him that I had for the moment stopped writing. He said to me that he was always starting creative things and then giving up on them and not finishing. He was pretty upset about it and saw it as a failing. I wanted to show him another way of looking at it.
January 9, 2008
" To be able to eliminate negative behaviors, you first have to be able to recognize them."
Written in 2006 by Vicki Muller --- Australia
I have just done a whole lot of soul searching this past year.
January 7, 2008
" Do not burn the bridge after you cross it. You might need it to get to your new direction."
Written in 2007 by Winnie Cemat Sharp --- California
Inspiration for Gratitude!
January 7, 2008
" Even when life seems tiresome, always encourage yourself with the ability to forge ahead even when the future seems to be bleak and unpredictable."
Written in 2007 by Okunbor Olushola Temitope --- Nigeria
January 7, 2008
" Your mind may take you somewhere, but it's your heart that tells you the right way. If you follow what your mind tells you, you may be successful but you can feel that it's incomplete. Rather the path what your heart tells you, gives peace in your life forever."
Written in 2008 by Devanathan R. --- India
This is the one that I felt.
December 19, 2007
" What comes out from the heart is true and what is left hidden inside hurts."
Written in 2007 by Mayur Jethwa --- United Kingdom
December 19, 2007
" Your mind is the door to new opportunities. When it is open, you can get from one thought to another; when it is closed, you are trapped."
Copyright © 2007 Marion Licchiello
I find that when I'm open to new things life happens... when I'm not, life is stagnant. I always keep an open mind.
December 19, 2007
" Happiness is essentially a state of going somewhere, wholeheartedly, one-directionally, without regret or reservation."
William H. Sheldon
December 17, 2007
" Image is nothing...SELF-IMAGE IS EVERYTHING."
Written in 2007 by Nichol Meredith --- Maryland
To encourage others to focus more on how they feel about and see themselves and use that as "the gauge" for who and where they want to be. Don't let others determine that for you. You control how people perceive you...bigger, better, stronger, smarter. So whatever image you want people to have of you, IMAGINE yourself that way.
December 17, 2007
" Rising and falling is a talent already within us. It started before we could walk or run."
Written in 2007 by Winnie Cemat Sharp --- California
To inspire!
December 17, 2007
" The gossip that hurts us the most is the gossip that gets back to us, which originated from us."
Copyright © 2007 Brian G. Jett
December 12, 2007
" If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome."
Michael Jordan
December 12, 2007
" Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power."
Clint Eastwood
December 12, 2007
" There is nothing wrong with making mistakes and not having all the answers, so long as we are willing to admit this and strive for personal betterment. Those who think they know it all have no way of finding out that they don't."
Leo Buscaglia
December 10, 2007
" One will break down the walls once one summons enough inner conviction that he is capable of facing himself."
Copyright © 2007 Francisco Leon
I realize now that my circumstances are a product of my own.
December 10, 2007
" First pretend to yourself that you are happy, slowly it becomes your habit and finally it becomes your character."
Written in 2007 by V. Sudha --- India
December 10, 2007
" No difficulty is permanent; the time will pass so believe in oneself."
V.K. Chamlikar --- Submitted by Pravin Chamlikar --- India
Whenever I get depressed my father says this to me and I always get the confidence.
December 5, 2007
" If you want to be respected by others the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you."
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
December 5, 2007
" No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another. Good example is followed. A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees."
Amelia Earhart
December 5, 2007
" No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change."
Barbara De Angelis
December 3, 2007
" Your life is just simply a reflection of you, just as a mirror shows you exactly what you are. So in order to change the image that is perceived, you must change the person who perceives the image and your life will be forced to follow!"
Written in 2007 by Jeremy M. --- North Carolina
I feel that it all begins with you and you must be the change that you wish to see in yourself!
December 3, 2007
" Do whatever it takes to keep your mind at perfect peace. I have found that it's not too hard when we keep pushing wrong thoughts and words out rather than trying to push people around."
Written in 2007 by Prerana Srinivasan --- India
December 3, 2007
" To do what you like is Freedom & to like what you do is Happiness."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ameya Dharap --- India
November 28, 2007
" It's important to know what you believe. It's more important to know why you believe it."
Written in 2007 by Tommy Taylor --- Mississippi
This is something we all must come to grips with.
November 28, 2007
What do you live for?
Life is not how you live, but what you live for
Things that we seek, things that we reap
Love we live for or the hate we die in
Providing love or being provided with it
Accepting defeats or celebrating victories
Masking sadness or happiness
Understanding or knowing
Detached or attached
Pondering upon or carefree
Taking in or giving away
Insatiably as a warrior for peace
In reality or in fantasy
To touch the rainbow or own the pot of gold
Celebrating each breath or just letting it pass by
Ultimately, it's your take on life.
Written in 2007 by Vikki Kumar --- India
We often forget to choose that which is right…
November 28, 2007
" Personal development is your springboard to personal excellence. Ongoing, continuous, non-stop personal development literally assures you that there is no limit to what you can accomplish."
Brian Tracy
November 26, 2007
" Love yourself. Life is a long journey to take with someone you don't like."
Kinza Christenson --- Submitted by Peter Lathrop --- Wisconsin
November 26, 2007
" Life is for living not surviving; animals survive. They eat, drink and show their emotions openly either love or hate, but we have reasoning power and know well what is right and what is wrong and know well the difference."
Mrs. Asha Devi Mishra --- Submitted by Shipra Basu Roy --- India
November 26, 2007
" Don't wait for people to change. Move on as change comes in your life."
Written in 2007 by Prerana Srinivasan --- India
November 21, 2007
" There are plenty of difficult obstacles in your path. Don't allow yourself to become one of them."
Ralph Marston
November 21, 2007
" When you come to a roadblock, take a detour."
Mary Kay Ash
November 21, 2007
" There is something beautiful about all scars of whatever nature. A scar means the hurt is over, the wound is closed and healed, done with."
Harry Crews
November 19, 2007
" Everything is an addiction...the key is in learning how to control them."
Written in 2007 by Matthew Thompson --- New York
November 19, 2007
" If you are going to be angry, be angry. But let it be because you decide, not someone else."
Written in 2005 by Rachelle Disbennett-Lee, PhD
November 19, 2007
" If you learn to translate every event of your life into a positive one, you will stop being a prisoner of your past & become the architect of your future."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Nilesh Solanki --- India
November 14, 2007
" I feel the most alive, when I can sing and dance and laugh in the rain. I often observe others doing the same."
Written in 2007 by Michelle W. Seamons --- Utah
It is easy to be happy with life, when all seems to be going the way that we would design it, if we could. When challenges come that bring us to our knees, it is in those moments that what we do, defines who we are.
November 14, 2007
" Only unconditional love has no beginning and no end for it circles into itself as a continuum of, and into itself, forever."
Written in 2007 by Shelley Joy Tellez --- Arizona
November 14, 2007
" Love is the fundamental philosophy of the heart."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Justice wa Baruti --- United Kingdom
In so many cases when our relationship is not going fine we quickly tend to blame the Love factor.
November 12, 2007
" There is no such thing as failure; only experience."
Written in 2006 by Julie Jordan --- Utah
I made this thought up (as far as I know). After years and years of struggle with a variety of family issues, I realized that there was no failure in what I have done. I experienced these things that I went through and learned from them. What we do is only a learning experience. To remain positive, I had to basically re-think my attitude on things and this really helped me. I hope it helps someone else.
November 12, 2007
" We are shaped by our past, but we must not be prisoners of it."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Isaac Agbemafle --- Ghana
I selected this one because I want everyone to have access to this message and know that his/her future is based on what he/she does today.
November 12, 2007
" No matter how much you dislike a person, fight them with love. For you don't have to befriend them or fight for their affection, love them from a far. Don't ever burn bridges for you never know when you must cross that bridge again."
Written in 2007 by Sheena N. Ford --- Michigan
November 7, 2007
" Self-Esteem is a gift you give yourself."
Kinza Christenson --- Submitted by Peter Lathrop --- Wisconsin
November 7, 2007
" Not believing in yourself is the greatest defeat."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by E.K. --- Idaho
November 7, 2007
I - Avoid it
We - Use it
Ego - Kill it
Love - Value it
Smile - Keep it
Rumor - Ignore it
Success - Achieve it
Knowledge - Acquire it
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Aditi Wadhwa --- India
November 5, 2007
" Anything that we are not in control of is in control of us!"
Written in 2007 by Marion Licchiello --- New York
November 5, 2007
" Think before you act because the way you act will reflect on your whole life."
Written in 2007 by Rachel Cauchi --- Malta
November 5, 2007
" When it rains, all birds fly for shelter but the eagle alone avoids the rain by flying above the clouds. Problems are common to all, but attitude makes the difference."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by S. Kumar --- India
October 31, 2007
" Leave footprints on peoples hearts, NOT on their backs."
Copyright © 2003 Stephen J. Todey
October 31, 2007
" As time changes...Life changes...Everything changes...But do you?"
Written in 2007 by Shuaib P. --- Illinois
October 31, 2007
" The difference between "right" and "wrong" is the view."
Written in 2007 by Tim Stratford --- New Zealand
I like this because it helps me to be more understanding and open minded towards people.
October 29, 2007
" Going against change is like going against the tide, which is exhausting and pointless; it is how we deal with change that really defines our happiness!"
Written in 2007 by Jewel Apple Maliwanag --- Philippines
This is my personal motivation in life. The most difficult thing to do is to move on and accept change. So, whenever I have problems, I try to see things in this perspective.
October 29, 2007
" Love is a given, Friendship is a variable, but when added together the answer is an Everlasting Marriage."
Written in 2005 by Mercy E.O. Cuenca --- California
October 29, 2007
" Don't be sad for what has happened in the past but be ready and careful for the things that will happen."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by A. Chandu --- India
October 24, 2007
" To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy."
Henri Frederic Amiel
October 24, 2007
" Your attitude is either your best friend or your worst enemy, your greatest asset or your greatest liability."
John Maxwell
October 24, 2007
" There is no passion to be found in playing small - in settling for a life that is less than what you are capable of living."
Nelson Mandela
October 22, 2007
" And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. And this I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual. This is what I am and what I am about. I can understand why a system built on a pattern must try to destroy the free mind, for that is one thing which can by inspection destroy such a system. Surely I can understand this, and I hate it and I will fight against it to preserve the one thing that separates us from the uncreative beasts. If the glory can be killed, we are lost."
John Steinbeck --- Submitted by Lisa C. --- California
October 22, 2007
" The first step towards achieving your goal is identifying your fears."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by D.S. --- India
The quote is something that I have learnt from experience. I do not know if it existed previously but it's surely true to the core.
October 22, 2007
" If you do not push beyond your expectations you will never grow."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Gary Wood --- United Kingdom
It encourages me to face my fears.
October 17, 2007
" I'll welcome hard obstacles because they are the best teachers in life I can ever have."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sabar Oh --- Singapore
October 17, 2007
" It's okay if you mess up. You should give yourself a break."
Billy Joel
October 17, 2007
" The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you."
William Jennings Bryan
October 15, 2007
" A problem is an illusion; it's a solution waiting to be found."
Copyright © 2000 Wilson Balabas
I was going through a rough time in realigning my life. There were many problems to resolve and I was losing the game of life; that's when it hit me that once a solution is found, the problem disappears. I had to put that in words as it's helped me through a lot.
October 15, 2007
" Respect your partner... relationships are said to be complicated... if we learn to appreciate, have gratitude and express that to our partner... relationships will be easier, go smoother, be wonderful! All it takes sometimes is a little appreciation."
Copyright © 2007 Marion Licchiello
October 15, 2007
" You can tell someone how much you love them and they can turn and run away. Love them anyway."
Copyright © 2007 Tracy Braime
October 10, 2007
" If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all of your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fear."
Cesare Pavese
October 10, 2007
" Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised."
Denis Waitley
October 10, 2007
" We can't all be heroes. Somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by."
Will Rogers
October 8, 2007
" The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jameela Woods --- California
Everyone has room for growth. In a situation where you cannot control others, look to yourself and ask what YOU can do differently the next time. If you don't take responsibility and believe that you have nothing to change, you will probably land on your head every time. Decide your fate by taking control today!
October 8, 2007
" There are some people who put you down in life, mock your dreams, and challenge your personality; they look like winners. But in actual fact, they are only voicing out their insecurities and jealousy. Do not let them pull you down. Believe and accept yourself and hold onto what you believe in."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Adeline K., Age 21 --- Nebraska
This is true for what I am going through now. I have some de-motivating friends who mock everything I do. I realize that I should not be hurt by their remarks because of their insecurity and inability to be happy for another person. It makes me a stronger person now.
October 8, 2007
" Reward without hard work, experience without danger, profit without risk, are as impossible as it is to live without being born."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Bhavya Km --- India
October 3, 2007
" If you have one true friend, you are truly blessed. If you have one true love, you are rich beyond your wildest dreams."
Written in 2007 by Dona Woodson --- Kentucky
October 3, 2007
" Finding a life partner is the art of finding someone who won't take your crap but will still be there the next day."
Written in 2007 by David Briffa --- Malta
Partners who take our crap aren't doing us any good, and the ones that leave aren't doing us any good by leaving. It's the grace of finding someone who doesn't stand for your wrong doings but still sticks around to help you through them that makes looking for that partner all the more worthwhile.
October 3, 2007
" Humility is never stupidity."
Written in 20007 by Otobong Adaise --- Nigeria
Some people go an extra mile to be careful about things they do or say, but others see them as being stupid in the midst of their humility.
October 1, 2007
" Time is a big healer. Leave your blues with it, wait and watch."
Written in 2007 by Manojkumar Kodwani --- India
October 1, 2007
" If you love someone, set them free. Love yourself and let your heart be free and you will no longer have to search for love in others. Love will be given to you from others that are as free as you are."
Written in 2007 by Sven Grodem --- Norway
October 1, 2007
" It's not that I have to be a man, it's that I want to be a man."
Written in 2007 by Mikeal Robinson --- Utah
I wrote this for my brother.
September 26, 2007
" What comes out of you when you are squeezed is what is inside you."
Wayne Dyer
September 26, 2007
" The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before."
Steve Young
September 26, 2007
" Don't accept that others know you better than yourself. Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts will inevitably bring about right results."
James Allen
September 24, 2007
" There are many burned hearts that stay scared for too long. One must learn to take chances on love and just make sure not to make the same mistakes as before. Don't let the love of your life slip away because you keep them suffering because of your ex-lover's mistakes. Take chances and love hard every time."
Copyright © 2007 Haley Lynne Fowler
September 24, 2007
" No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are throughout persuaded of each other's worth."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sushma Ravikiran --- India
September 24, 2007
" You are what you do, not what you say; first do it, then say it."
Written in 2007 by Raymond Ray --- United Kingdom
September 19, 2007
" Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves."
Carl Jung
September 19, 2007
" Only after we can learn to forgive ourselves can we accept others as they are because we don't feel threatened by anything about them which is better than us."
Stephen R. Covey
September 19, 2007
" Thoughtfulness for others, generosity, modesty and self-respect are the qualities which make a real gentleman or lady."
Thomas H. Huxley
September 17, 2007
Life is not perfect
It's up to you to make like one
Either you take the left or right way...
Life goes on...
Written in 2006 by Frozn_Bluheart --- Northern Mariana Islands
I thought of this because everyone in this world is so unique that nobody is entirely the same... and that whoever or whatever status or kind of person you are right now, you chose to be like it. Nobody else but yourself.
September 17, 2007
" 3D of life: Dream, Desire and Dedicate."
Written in 2004 by Naushaad V. Moosa --- India
September 17, 2007
" Take a day to heal from the lies you've told yourself and the ones that have been told to you."
Maya Angelou
September 12, 2007
" The greatest strength of a man is to realize his weaknesses and deal with them. The greatest weakness a man can have is to pretend he has no weaknesses and therefore continue making mistakes."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Tinkhani Mbichila --- Malawi
It's a powerful tool for behavior change.
September 12, 2007
" Life's biggest challenge is to discover your personal essence and then self-actualize."
Copyright © 2007 Brian E. Roscher
This quote might be a little too deep but it is the truth.
September 12, 2007
" A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jammy S. --- India
September 10, 2007
" If you're happy or you're sad, still you will make someone mad. Therefore sing the song your way and others hearts will smile and stay."
Written in 2007 by Sven Grodem --- Norway
September 10, 2007
" Don't allow the fear of the past cause present blindness; the past is history, the present is today and the future is tomorrow."
Written in 2007 by Charlene Davids --- South Africa
September 10, 2007
" Perception is what keeps the world going. Step into the other person's shoes to understand their perception. If you can do so, you can at least try to make the world around you beautiful."
Written in 2007 by Alan Cherian --- India
September 5, 2007
" It's not getting out of the box, it's getting the box out."
Written in 2007 by Hingdranata Nikolay --- Indonesia
Been dealing with numbers of clients in therapy and training down the years, and come to that conclusion. People say to think and feel outside the box, but for some people it's felt and looked impossible because they have boxes inside of them. For me, the boxes are inside, NOT outside the man. The limitation is self-created and self initiated. So, rather than the man getting out of the box, which presupposes that the man is inside the box, the more useful way to express it is that the man is getting the box out of him, which presupposes that the box is inside the man.
September 5, 2007
" Change yourself before change changes you."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Richard Kolge --- India
September 5, 2007
" A failure is a success in training."
Written in 2007 by S. Marsden --- New Zealand
August 29, 2007
" No man is capable of self-improvement if he sees no other model but himself."
Written in 1999 by Conrado Generoso --- Philippines
It's something I scribbled on a piece of paper many years ago. I believe every person must have someone to look up to, to make himself a better person.
August 29, 2007
" The only limits to the realization of tomorrow are today's doubts."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Aldo Flores --- California
August 29, 2007
" Nothing changes until you change."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Patrick Donadio --- Ohio
August 27, 2007
" The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others."
Dr. Sonya Friedman
August 27, 2007
" Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and importance, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction."
Brian Tracy
August 27, 2007
" There is a difference between conceit and confidence. Conceit is bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the job done."
Johnny Unitas
August 22, 2007
" Always be happy with what you have but never content. Happiness is a state of mind. Contentment is a state of heart and soul. Contentment is a lifelong achievement, not a momentary feeling in time."
Copyright © 2007 Keith Cony
August 22, 2007
" Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others."
Baruch Spinoza
August 22, 2007
" Life is a teacher; the more you learn, the more you live."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Emmanuel Christopher --- Nigeria
This particular one touches my heart so much.
August 20, 2007
" The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right time but also to leave the wrong thing unsaid at the most tempting moment."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Preethi Bhat --- India
August 20, 2007
" Always accept what you cannot change and change what you cannot accept, for why should we allow society to rule our lives? Just live up to your own expectations and not anyone else's."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Yandiswa Xhakaza --- South Africa
August 20, 2007
" By doing good you will never feel bad. By doing bad you will never feel good."
Written in 2007 by Rahul.V.V --- India
August 15, 2007
" The hardest thing you will ever have to do is be yourself."
Written in 2005 by Rachelle Disbennett-Lee, PhD --- Colorado
August 15, 2007
" When two great forces oppose each other, the victory will go to the one that knows how to yield."
Lao Tzu --- Submitted by Hina Shehzad --- United Arab Emirates
August 15, 2007
" Lack of forgiveness causes almost all of our self-sabotaging behavior."
Mark Victor Hansen
August 13, 2007
" Life is like a curtain; you have to take the veil within to see the world without."
Written in 2007 by Andrew Effiong --- Nigeria
All changes that must affect you begin with you.
August 13, 2007
" People sit each day trying to figure you from the inside and out; sometimes they even want to change you. In the long run, they see you won't change or be something they want you to be. Why? Because you're only being you and that's something people will never be - that's what makes you different from other people."
Written in 2007 by Jonlyn H. --- Georgia
I was just thinking about how people change themselves to please others when they fail to realize they can only be themselves and not anybody else.
August 13, 2007
" Argue with a fool, one is foolish. Argue with a wise man, one is wise."
Written in 2007 by Jay Xiong --- Wisconsin
In other words, when you argue with someone who is stupid, there is not much you can gain from that person other than making you stupid, i.e., like arguing with a wall. But argue with someone who is wise and you will learn from him/her.
August 8, 2007
" My target is excellence. But in order to excel in achieving this target, I must excel in characterizing myself with excellent moral values and principles."
Written in 2007 by Ravi Kumar Keenoo --- Mauritius
This is my personal quote written by myself to show which path I adopt to achieve my aims of life.
August 8, 2007
" It is to my advantage to make a commitment and keep it, because it protects me from making reckless decisions when I am discouraged."
Bill Riedler
August 8, 2007
" To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind."
William Hazlitt
August 6, 2007
" The worst thing a person can do is mistake pessimism for reality, optimism for hope, and wisdom for righteousness."
Copyright © 2007 Victor J. Palacio
August 6, 2007
" Friends Forever
F-riendship should always last forever...
R-eassuring each other's company whenever, whatever.
I-n fact, it should always take imperfections no matter,
E-nclosing some best kept secrets tight and wish for the better.
N-o matter how life goes, friends will always tap your back,
D-esiring you to calm down, even how weird you sometimes act.
S-hutting your mouth up, when you're hard-headed round the clock,
F-eeding you good thoughts, when they see you out of tract.
O-asis of support, they give you when you sink,
R-ays of understanding, when you speak before you think.
E-normous rain shower of kisses for making blue moments pink,
V-ast clouds of love will hug you every minute, every blink.
E-ternity or forever, that's how true friends in our heart should be,
R-emember too it's important to keep Trust, Love, Respect and Honesty!
Copyright © 2007 Chinny Rosales
Just wanted to share my view about friends and friendship.
August 6, 2007
" Love, love and love... Love everything you see, you do, you get and you give. After all, there is nothing more than love in this world."
Written in 2007 by Manjula Rao --- India
This is very true and there is nothing else in this life apart from loving and enjoying this world.
August 1, 2007
" Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your gifts. It means freedom from thinking about yourself at all."
William Temple
August 1, 2007
" If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work."
Thich Nhat Hanh
August 1, 2007
" Forgiveness means that you do not hold others responsible for your experiences."
Gary Zukav
July 30, 2007
" The head must think through the heart and the heart must feel through the head. When we can work out that integration, life approaches perfection."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Niranjan Kumar --- England
July 30, 2007
" Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes."
Written in 2007 by Sanjay Bharati --- India
July 30, 2007
" Don't put up with the things you can change - change them."
Author Unknown ---Submitted by Amy
July 25, 2007
" More often than not, the things we fear most never come to pass."
Written in 2007 by Mavis Kumi --- Ghana
July 25, 2007
" If you try, you risk Failure. If you don't, you Ensure it."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sameer Tamhaney --- India
July 25, 2007
" Don't let failing embarrass you, use it as motivation to get back up and prove yourself."
Written in 2007 by Shawn Keddy
July 23, 2007
" Sometimes you need to go far away, not to escape but to find what's really within yourself. When you're ready, go back and face the reality. You will feel great, for you are a whole person already."
Written in 2007 by Vane DeLeon --- Philippines
Based on experience
July 23, 2007
" Heartaches are like old wounds. The more you cover things up, the more they will fester. In love, if you'll just set things free and let sentiments overflow, emotional anguish will eventually heal."
Written in 2007 by Ana Carliza Fontanilla --- Philippines
July 23, 2007
" The moment we find the true reason for some feeling that has an irrationally powerful hold over us, whether it has to do with body image or anything else, the spell is broken."
Gloria Steinem
July 18, 2007
" If you don't find a way to express your anger, in a direct, constructive way, it will leak out as indirect, covert hostility, or it will eventually burst forth as explosive rage or violence. It might well attract you to angry people, with the unconscious intention of triggering your own anger."
Shakti Gawain
July 18, 2007
" As life goes on we discover that certain thoughts sustain us in defeat, or give us victory, whether over ourselves or others, and it is these thoughts, tested by passion, which we call convictions."
William Butler Yeats
July 18, 2007
" Unless we learn the lesson of self-appreciation and practice it, we shall spend our lives imitating other people and deprecating ourselves."
Aida Walker
July 16, 2007
" Love is the biggest eraser I know."
Louise L. Hay --- Submitted by Julie Feliciano --- Philippines
From her book: The Power is Within You - an advocate of forgiveness and agape. The lady's books emphasize that which I've read in another website:-) "It is not enough that we forgive one another, we must also LEARN TO FORGIVE OURSELVES..."
July 16, 2007
" Problems don't mean you are a bad person; they mean you are a person."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by April-Dawn B. --- Tennessee
July 16, 2007
" People handle their fear of change in different ways, but the fear is inescapable if we are in fact to change."
M. Scott Peck
July 11, 2007
" A marriage without dialogue is a relationship buried alive. Dialogues between partners are like regular health check-ups for living a happy married life. They confirm trust, discover new emotions and feelings and prescribe ways for the partners to accommodate these new emotions to have a safe ride."
Copyright © 2007 Shukla Datta --- United Arab Emirates
I think it's quite important.
July 11, 2007
" I believe that we all begin our lives as an incomplete puzzle, all different shapes and sizes but when complete, we present an amazing portrait. Yet when you receive a puzzle there is only one way to build it and ultimately one outcome. I believe we choose the puzzle we become, one step at a time. The beauty of our picture depends on the life we choose to live and the quality of the choices we make."
Copyright © 2007 Allen Steble --- Australia
July 11, 2007
" When people show you who they are, believe them."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by J. Woods --- California
There are always going to be people in your life that don't have your best interests at heart. When they reveal themselves, make the choice to believe them. Move on and wish them the best.
July 9, 2007
Carry a heart that never hates!
Carry a smile that never fades!
Carry a touch that never hurts!
Carry a friendship that never fails!
Carry a love that never demands!
Copyright © 2007 Nilesh Waykole
July 9, 2007
" Communication is the most important skill in life - Covey. Communication is the most important life skill - Me"
Written in 2007 by Ikhwan Sopa --- Jakarta, Indonesia
July 9, 2007
" Love is wanting to give another that which is truly needed."
Copyright © 2007 Brian E. Roscher
I think there needs some clearing up in our modern day society on what constitutes love. Love means giving, not taking. Love is not the feeling one gets from another person when that person does something for you... that is called appreciation. Love means that after you've gotten to understand someone, you give to them what you think they really want or need. The more you give, the more you love. That is love.
July 2, 2007
" Trust should never be given as a gift; it should be earned as a reward. Trust wisely."
Copyright © 2007 Adelyn Ortlieb
It has helped me tremendously. It is a motto. It seems intuitive, yet it is so often ignored. It keeps positive people around me. These positive people deserve the trust I invest in them because they have earned it.
July 2, 2007
" Just because it's hard doesn't mean you have to quit."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sara L. --- Michigan
I read this in a bulletin on MySpace a few months ago... I don't remember what all the posting was about, but this quote was at the end and it was sort of a smack in the face; I needed to take a big step to change my life and get out of the rut I've been stuck in for the past 2 years due to lack of success and this quote, as simple as it is, really opened my eyes.
July 2, 2007
" Self-respect is not a Holy Grail that is forever full. It is an oasis that must be replenished and refilled again and again through constant, consistent acts of compassion and honesty towards others. Failure to uphold one's ideals and principles will inevitably lead to a drying up of that oasis of self-respect, and we shall be forced to wander amidst the barren desert of despair and disillusionment."
Written in 2007 by E.T. --- United Kingdom
June 27, 2007
" Every person has a path to follow. It widens, narrows, climbs and descends. There are times of desperate wanderings but with courageous perseverance and personal conviction, the right road will be found and this is what brings eternal joy."
Copyright © 2007 Ashwin Ganesh
June 27, 2007
" Perfect people aren't real, real people aren't perfect."
Written in 2007 by H.P. --- Pennsylvania
It's true. Don't try to be something you're not.
June 27, 2007
" Happiness is a habit - cultivate it."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sandeep Kapoor --- India
June 25, 2007
" Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others."
Jacob M. Braude
June 25, 2007
" Learn to say no; it will be of more use to you than to be able to read Latin."
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
June 25, 2007
" I love my past. I love my present. I'm not ashamed of what I've had, and I'm not sad because I have it no longer."
Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
June 20, 2007
" Children will not remember you for the material things you provided but for the feeling that you cherished them."
Richard L. Evans
June 20, 2007
" I may not be totally perfect, but parts of me are excellent."
Ashleigh Brilliant
June 20, 2007
" You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage -- pleasantly, smilingly, non-apologetically -- to say "no" to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger "yes" burning inside."
Stephen Covey
June 18, 2007
" Fulfillment doesn't just mean achieving your highest dreams in life, but also living a life that has made the lives of others worth living."
Written in 2007 by Nora Manero
June 18, 2007
" Everyone can be wrong about something, but not about everything."
Written in 2007 by Nilesh Waykole --- India
June 18, 2007
" What makes a friendship special is the way each one remembers the other when they are apart. They miss the talks, the laughs and the time they spent together. Life changes, memories don't."
Written in 2007 by Iswor K.C.
June 13, 2007
" Learn to RESPOND in every situation in your life! Do not complain. Acceptance gives you peace of mind. Valuing and loving a person should come together so they will not feel the emptiness inside."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by A.P. --- Philippines
June 13, 2007
" I've been such as a Burger King for far too long; letting everyone have everything their way. It's about time I have things my way."
Copyright © 2007 Daniel Breitfeller
I've been living this and wanted to remind people that while pleasing people is nice, if you forget yourself, you'll forget your aspirations, goals, and who you're meant to be.
June 13, 2007
" Don't go through life always meaning to say something, go through this life saying what you mean!"
Written in 2007 by J. Ely-Boyd --- Maryland
June 11, 2007
" One of the most graceful habits is to remember to smile, even when you fall."
Written in 2007 by Julie Tsou --- Taiwan
June 11, 2007
" Life is creative when surrounded by challenges. Keep inviting challenges and get more out of life."
Written in 2007 by Manish Mundra --- India
June 11, 2007
" Get up and set your shoulder to the wheel - how long is life for you? As you have come into this world, leave some mark behind otherwise, where is the difference between you and the trees and stone? They, too, come into existence, decay and die."
Swami Vivekanand --- Submitted by Tamanna Khatri --- India
Know your inner abilities and be confident enough to take decisions.
June 6, 2007
" Never fail to forgive people, even if they never ask for your forgiveness. You do not do it for them; you do it for yourself."
Written in 2007 by Kgomotso "Tuxi" Ngwenyama --- South Africa
I've been angry with my father for not being there for me all my life but I've only been hurting myself in the process. So I forgive him everyday, even though he doesn't care. It feels good to my soul.
June 6, 2007
" Growing is process that takes time; time is forever."
Copyright © 2000 Clancy C. Jackson
This is something I just wanted to share with others.
June 6, 2007
" Wait patiently for the right person to come your way; the wrong ones will always be available."
Munene Nyaga --- Submitted by Eric Nyaga --- Kenya
June 4, 2007
" When you meet a stranger, one miracle happens. With more than 65 billion people in the world, how come you get to meet this particular person? If you both become friends, a second miracle happens. So approach any stranger with a big smile to make two miracles."
Written in 2007 by Jing Zhao --- North Carolina
All strangers are potential friends.
June 4, 2007
" I rather do many things to find out a mistake than do nothing and get no results."
Written in 2007 by Andrew Nguyen --- Australia
June 4, 2007
" It's okay to look back sometimes, but don't forget to look forward or you'll run off the road."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Christina H. --- Missouri
May 30, 2007
" Life is like a playground and each person is playing his/her part in his or her life. So what is there to take with us from here? Why quarrel, fight and give pain to others? Be happy and make others happy. Remember: If you make others happy, you will be happy."
Written in 2007 by Iswor K.C. --- Nepal
May 30, 2007
" The only lesson that you will learn easily is the one that Life teaches you."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sunil D'Souza --- India
After years of being a Someone in life, I am still struggling to be ONE. There have been times when my parents or friends have explained to me the consequences but I never listened to anyone until one day, Life taught me and is still teaching me.
May 30, 2007
" Love does not mean compromise. It means a mutual understanding relationship. Those relations, which starts off with suspects and misunderstanding, are the ones whose base is weak and could be broken down easily, any time in life."
Written in 2007 by Munir Moosa Sewani --- Pakistan
May 23, 2007
" Confront your fears, list them, get to know them, and only then will you be able to put them aside and move ahead."
Jerry Gillies
May 23, 2007
" Maturity is the ability to do a job whether or not you are supervised, to carry money without spending it, and to bear an injustice without wanting to get even."
Ann Landers
May 23, 2007
" It's surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you're not comfortable within yourself, you can't be comfortable with others."
Sidney J. Harris
May 21, 2007
" In those times where you're standing on the edge of a cliff, you can do one of two things: you can take steps backwards because you know you'll be safe or you can just take the leap and hope you fly!"
Written in 2007 by Devin Crouch --- Arizona
May 21, 2007
" The best thing about life is meeting people. Along the way, you will meet people that can alter your perception just for a few seconds - and those few second can last you a lifetime!"
Written in 2007 by Oskar Henning --- NSW, Australia
May 21, 2007
" Before trying to fix others, fix yourself first."
Written in 2007 by Haleigh K. --- Washington
May 16, 2007
" No limitations, just possibilities."
Marty O'Brien --- Submitted by Devin O'Brien --- Washington
May 16, 2007
" Show me your friends, and I'll show you your future."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Arno Morton --- Wisconsin
I saw this in a mall window in Wisconsin Rapids, WI. and realized how profound it really is.
May 16, 2007
" Life is all about struggle. Struggle can be face through: Concentration, hard work and dedication."
Written in 2007 by Vikas Jain --- India
My way of living.
May 14, 2007
" Life has many lessons, a lot of them we do not understand at the time we face them, but they all have a purpose. These lessons are only to help us grow and get stronger. Never stress over things that come up in life that are out of your control. Just know there is victory in the end. If you learn the lesson the first time, you will not have to repeat it over and over again."
Copyright © 2007 T.R. Mead
May 14, 2007
" In life, one must lift his eyes from the troubles and look to where he is going because if he keeps his eyes on the pain, there is a high possibility that he will quit."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Saint El S. --- Liberia
It is something that has helped me over come my tough times.
May 14, 2007
" Strength is not measured by how tightly you hold on to something, but by how well you let it go."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Kelli Smith --- Florida
May 9, 2007
Tomorrow is beyond today,
Today is part of the past,
The past is where it began.
Awaken,
For the future is but a glimpse
Of that which was today,
Brought into tomorrow.
Accept,
That today is but a moment
Escaped from the past,
A lesson learned!
Can we?
Will we?
Tomorrow is today.
Copyright © 2007 Eric Hueneke
I haven't submitted in almost two years but I wanted to emphasize that in this current world of uncertainty, we shape the future and must learn from our own collective experiences. We have the extraordinary ability to change whatever we choose...if only we do!
May 9, 2007
" Tomorrow is not a reflection of what happened to you yesterday but rather what you chose to do today."
Copyright © 2007 Kris Kline
A personal reflection that helped to clarify a few things in my life during a particular rough time.
May 9, 2007
" Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration; I choose laughter cause there's less cleaning up to do afterwards."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Nickiesha Linton --- Ontario
May 2, 2007
" It is better to live and feel than to hide and die old and numb."
Copyright © 2007 Ronald J. Champion
To the freedom to express ourselves. For it is that which we learn and teach ourselves to suppress that may ultimately lead to our own demise.
May 2, 2007
" You are not only judged by the company you keep, but also the company you avoid."
Shiv Khera --- Submitted by Mohit Thukral ---India
I am very much motivated by the author.
May 2, 2007
" Mishaps are like knives that either serve us or cut us as we grasp them by the blade or the handle."
James Russell Lowell --- Submitted by Umesh Batra
April 30, 2007
" When you know something in your heart and you really believe in it, you don't need anyone to agree with you. You know it and that's enough."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Alex Tjhin --- Singapore
Due to my low self-esteem, sometimes I regretted actions I took in the past, whenever people made fun of me. Fortunately those are past. Now I do things that I believe in and not let others compromise it. I'm a much happier man now!
April 30, 2007
" Women who behave rarely make history!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Molly Mae M. --- Illinois
April 30, 2007
" Some day, in years to come, you will be wrestling with the great temptation, or trembling under the great sorrow of your life. But the real struggle is here, now, in these quiet weeks. Now it is being decided whether, in the day of your supreme sorrow or temptation, you shall miserably fail or gloriously conquer. Character cannot be made except by a steady, long continued process."
Phillips Brooks
April 25, 2007
" In the end, people who fail are those who never try. Being afraid will not solve anything so face your challenges."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Michael Williams --- Nigeria
I selected this because I use to be afraid and shy of trying new things, but now --- my self-esteem is overwhelming.
April 25, 2007
" A happy life is not built upon your wealth, riches, tours abroad and pleasant holidays, but of a long chain of continuous little joys, a smile that brightens up a gloomy place and a life too sparkling for worry. It is a life filled with a positive attitude."
Copyright © 2005 Stella-Tina Ade-Blaize
April 25, 2007
" Real power comes when we stop holding others responsible for our pain, and we take responsibility for all our feelings."
Melody Beattie
April 23, 2007
" A gesture of kindness is an art worth more than any painting."
Copyright © 2007 Allen Steble
April 23, 2007
" Life is neither a 'Tempest' nor a 'Mid Summer Nights Dream' but it is a 'Comedy of Errors'; enjoy as you like it."
Based on works of Shakespeare --- Submitted by Jyoti Menon --- India
This is one my favorite one liners. It says life is crowded with all goods and bads; one should enjoy the same.
April 23, 2007
" It's not who you know in life that counts. It's who knows you!"
Written in 1999 by A. Morton --- Wisconsin
Everyone knows who special people are, but until they know you, there isn't a relationship or bridge that has been formed. Build bridges and relationships that will last.
April 18, 2007
" Remember, there is always someone out there who is worse off then you are. If you are feeling sad, depressed, or down-in-the-dumps, remember the poor, the hungry, and the broken and you will realize how good you have it."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Robert S. --- Utah
I was going through some rough times. I couldn't exercise, I had moved to a totally different area, I was depressed, and had many other problems. My brother told me about what he had to deal with his whole life (Cerebral Palsy), and how if he could get over that, (because he worked hard, and well, now he still has it but he can use his arms/legs) I could get over my problems.
April 18, 2007
" Always challenge yourself to improve. Without challenges, we will never be motivated to improve."
Written in 2007 by Janus Tan --- Malaysia
I love challenges in life and they improve me no matter how I handle the challenges.
April 18, 2007
" The difference between the snobs and those who believe in themselves is that the former think they are too good for the world and the latter just simply know that nothing in the world is too good for them."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Angela A. --- Canada
Shallowness in a person is not confidence, it's often insecurity. Confidence is in and of itself of a completely different nature.
April 16, 2007
" Kindness can never be given away, because it keeps coming back."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Amy S. --- India
April 16, 2007
" Just because someone is nice and a good person, doesn't mean that you are meant to be together."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Rose Garland --- New Mexico
This quote may not seem positive, but it actually is. To me, it's a quote about forgiveness - forgiving yourself and another--and trusting in God. This quote has a strange way of coming back to me randomly at exactly the time I need it. It has helped me to bless relationships and release them when they are no longer serving.
April 16, 2007
" Hardest movement is not when you lose something and tears come out of your eyes but it is the one when you lose something and you still manage to smile."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Amit Gupta --- India
April 11, 2007
" Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist."
Mary Kay Ash
April 11, 2007
" Be humble, be big in mind and soul, be kindly; you will like yourself that way and so will other people."
Norman Vincent Peale
April 11, 2007
" I have a good hearty laugh and an energetic handshake, and those are trump cards."
Albert Camus
April 9, 2007
" If it is right, you have to learn it; if it is essential, you have to master it."
Written in 2006 by Pankaj Raut --- India
April 9, 2007
" People say think with your brain and not your heart. I say you would never be able to think with that brain if you didn't have that heart!"
Written in 2007 by Mayur Jethwa --- England
The heart has emotions but the brain can never tell you your true feeling. Listen to your heart and all of the answers are in front of you. I've always told all my friends this and to this day it's 100% right!
April 9, 2007
" Your mind is full of varied thoughts, good & bad. You must learn to pick up the good ones & discard the bad. Your mind must learn to distinguish."
Written in 2007 by Deepak Astrologer --- India
April 4, 2007
" Change and growth take place when a person has risked himself and dares to become involved with experimenting with his own life."
Herbert Otto
April 4, 2007
" On the stage of life, be both an actor and an audience. Detaching yourself from the roles you play will help you get in touch with the part of you that is not an act."
Written in 2007 by Namratha B. --- India
April 4, 2007
" Let me be a little kinder, let me be a little blinder to the faults of those around me."
Edgar A. Guest
April 2, 2007
" To succeed, one must embrace and overcome your fears."
Written in 2007 by Victor Mitchell --- New York
April 2, 2007
" Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble."
John Madden
April 2, 2007
" Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal: my strength lies solely in my tenacity."
Louis Pasteur
March 28, 2007
" Your worries seem important now but they will be forgotten and replaced by different ones later. Do not focus on what you have no control over. Focus on how to improve your life, instead of why you were wronged. This is the first step towards personal growth."
Copyright © 2007 Delany Perry
March 28, 2007
" Don't try to make everyone else happy. Ultimately you will fail. Instead try to make yourself happy because you are the one who is most important and if you are happy, others will be happy for you."
Written in 2007 by C. Huddle --- Virginia
It just basically applies to life.
March 28, 2007
" Let your anger be your inspiration to your humanly goals."
Written in 2007 by Marvin Dimalanta --- Philippines
I just thought of it. I just want to share my anger shift to positive execution.
March 26, 2007
" Compassion shown to others in their time of need makes the problems you may be facing seem more bearable."
Copyright © 2007 Terri Kenepp --- Ohio
March 26, 2007
" Loving makes you vulnerable, there's no doubt about that--- but it also makes you stronger."
Written in 2007 by Racine M. --- Jamaica
March 26, 2007
" Make it a rule of life to never to regret and to never look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Shilpa Singh --- Canada
March 14, 2007
" Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long, and in the end it's only with yourself."
Mary Schmich --- Submitted by Puneet Singh Puri --- India
Recently I failed getting accepted into a Business school and I was pretty upset. My dad, who was banking on the event, was pretty disappointed. I could sense that in his voice when I called him and told him that I hadn't made the cut, but all he said was to come home with a free heart and the fact that I was there until the end, giving all I could, was good enough. When I got back, I read this quote and realized how true it is, because a couple of people I was with did make it through and that made me all the more enraged. Now I am a bit more focused and making sure that whatever I did wrong.... This quote helped me get through that depressing stage, which till now in my life hadn't come.
March 14, 2007
" Stop saying you've regrets in life. Just look at everything as a living and learning experience because you can change what you lived and learned."
Written in 2007 by Jonlyn B. --- Georgia
March 14, 2007
" Look at each day as a chance to invest life into life. A chance to share your experience and deposit it into someone else's conscience. Each day is a chance to work miracles in the lives of others."
Jim Rohn
March 12, 2007
" It is never too late to correct a mistake especially if correction of that mistake leads to your happiness."
Written in 2006 by Paul Gombingo --- Zimbabwe
So many people fear to change or correct certain things in their lives, which can be corrected, and consequently live unfulfilling lifestyles. It is imperative in life to make happiness your first priority and change all things which rob you of happiness.
March 12, 2007
" I believe that you control your destiny, that you can be what you want to be. You can also stop and say, No, I won't do it, I won't behave his way anymore. I'm lonely and I need people around me, maybe I have to change my methods of behaving and then you do it."
Leo Buscaglia
March 12, 2007
" Perhaps the most important thing we can undertake toward the reduction of fear is to make it easier for people to accept themselves, to like themselves."
Bonaro Overstreet
March 7, 2007
" Concentration is a habit; you have to develop it. Performance is the state of mind; you have to perform like you are already a winner."
Written in 2007 by Sagar Dixit --- India
March 7, 2007
" You can choose whichever one you desire: Negative way ~Nothing I do matters; we're all going to die in the end. Positive way~ In life, everything matters; savor every second."
Copyright © 2007 Delany Perry
I choose to be happy now.
March 7, 2007
" Men walk through life have many things to ponder. But this, above all, should leave no room to wonder - Who am I?"
Mesanger --- Submitted by N.G. --- Colorado
It is the one I was supposed to write.
March 5, 2007
" It's too easy to dare to be different, but too difficult to actually appreciate differences."
Written in 2006 by Dia C. Forrester --- Grenada
Instead of merely attempting to be an individual, life should show you that it is just as important to embrace differences. No man is an island; so instead of merely trying to separate yourself from everyone, take some time to appreciate everyone, for that is how we are all going to progress together.
March 5, 2007
" Success consists of a great heart, courageous mind and a kindred spirit lit by a fire that cannot be put out by the rough blows of the pessimist and the critic."
Copyright © 2007 Latrena Moore
March 5, 2007
Manage Emotions
" When the energy of our consciousness is out of our control - the mind is agitated. We are being emotional. The solution is to detach from the inner storms, stand back and observe the hurricane pass. Detached observation withdraws the energy that your emotions require to sustain them. When you watch your own anger, it dies. If you don't detach from it, and observe it... it will be your master."
Written in 2007 by Namratha B. --- India
February 28, 2007
" You cannot control things that happened around you or to you but you can change how you perceived it."
Lin Hayak --- Submitted by Sazali Sarwan --- Singapore
February 28, 2007
" Why on earth should you hate yourself when you cannot get another you? Learn to like/love yourself because of who you are."
Written in 2003 by Stella-Tina Ade-Blaize --- United Kingdom
February 28, 2007
" There will never be a second, a minute, an hour, a day, a week, a month, or a year like this so make the most of it while you still can."
Ginger --- Submitted by Elyria H. --- Florida
Enjoy each second that you get because although the average life span of a man seems long, it won't be any good if it's filled with regret. That I believe is what appreciating each second of your life is about.
February 26, 2007
" Our duty is to encourage everyone in his struggle to live up to his own highest idea, and strive at the same time to make the ideal as near as possible to the Truth."
Swami Vivekananda --- Submitted by Keerthivasan V. --- India
This is the Quote that I follow& also which made my mind more experienced
February 26, 2007
Sometimes you want what you have
Sometimes you want what you have not
Sometimes nothing is something
Sometimes something is nothing
It's knowing when the nothing is something that makes you smile!
Copyright © 2007 Mark Koski
February 26, 2007
" The best way to keep a day is to work hard. The best way to keep a person is to leave a profound impression in his heart."
Written in 2007 by Le Thu Ngan --- Viet Nam
February 21, 2007
" Don't say you are bad. Say only you are good, but be better."
Swami Vivekanand --- Submitted by Amit Chandak --- India
February 21, 2007
" What I do best is share my enthusiasm."
Bill Gates
February 21, 2007
" When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen."
Ernest Hemingway
February 19, 2007
" The only control that we have in life is the control that we NEED; not the control that we WANT. Why not control ourselves to be good people?"
Written in 2007 by JP --- California
This quote came to mind because I was having an inner tantrum about things that were going on in my life. It helped bring me back down to earth.
February 19, 2007
" When your birthdays start quickly passing you by, always remember...To age gracefully and accept this new day, as a gracious and wonderful gift from God!"
Copyright © 2007 Maria Blanchard
February 19, 2007
" My dad has always taught me these words: care and share. That's why we put on clinics. The only thing I can do is try to give back. If it works, it works."
Tiger Woods
February 14, 2007
" Success is when I add value to myself; significance is when I add value to others."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Aslam Durrani --- Texas
February 14, 2007
Friendship Endures Time
Share true friendship,
Someone you can call on at anytime,
They share in your laughter,
They share your pain,
They understand and believe in you,
They stand with you and share silence,
They stand with you and shed a tear,
They stand with you, always.
Copyright © 2006 Christie Macartney
February 14, 2007
" Be sure you are right ~ but not too sure everyone else is wrong."
Written in the 70's by Donna (MacFarlane) Riddell --- Canada
After a particularly trying prepubescent time, I wrote this while writing in my journal... ...seemed very wise, and I liked the sounds of it.............so I adopted it as one of my life time mottos.........
February 12, 2007
" If your past bothers you, it can effect how you think now. If it effects what you do now, it can damage your future. If you look to the future with hope, it will empower your actions now and help you forget the haunting events of the past."
Copyright © 2006 Allen Steble
February 12, 2007
" Dreams can become a reality but you just have to put them into action."
Written in 2006 by Jonlyn H. --- Georgia
February 12, 2007
" Nobody can rate you as good or bad. If you think so, it is bad."
Written in 2006 by Tarun Nischal --- India
People want me to rate them and God has not permitted anyone to rate another individual. Before you expect the world to rate you in their good or bad books, know what and how you rate yourself. Self-realization is above everything in life.
February 7, 2007
" Small kindnesses, small courtesies, small considerations, habitually practiced in our social intercourse, give a greater charm to the character than the display of great talents and accomplishments."
Mary Ann Kelty
February 7, 2007
" Never close your lips to those to whom you have opened your heart."
Charles Dickens
February 7, 2007
" The reality of the other person is not in what he reveals to you, but in what he cannot reveal to you. Therefore, if you would understand him, listen not to what he says but rather to what he does not say."
Kahlil Gibran
February 5, 2007
" Embrace today. Tomorrow it will be gone forever."
Copyright © 2007 Tammy A. Letkeman
My name is Tammy Letkeman, and I live in BC Canada. I came up with this quote while at work tonight actually. One of my residents that have schizophrenia stated that he did not want to participate in our group discussion about family life, that he would rather forget all about it. I then just blurted out, "Embrace today. Tomorrow it will be gone forever", and he said wow Tammy. You are so right, and talked and talked and talked and talked.
February 5, 2007
" Never hate your enemy because they are part of you."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Catherine N. --- Scotland
February 5, 2007
" If we were all the same, then no one would be able to find Waldo."
Written in 2006 by TM Johnson --- Pennsylvania
Everyone is always looking around at others saying they wish they looked like so and so...when in reality we are all different for a reason and there is beauty in each difference too. As a kid growing up, Waldo was and still is, one of the characters who appears in "Highlights" Magazine, and he was always a blast to find!!! So love yourself for who you are and not who you are not.
January 31, 2007
" You cannot think the right things or say the right things unless you're putting the right things in your mind."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ruben Chambers --- Texas
Being 22 I learned very quickly that I was just listening to nothing but negative people in the shape of my friends and family. I was also listening to nothing but music that promoted negativity. Becoming a business owner I realized that I would rather listen to a successful business man than 50 cent (rapper) because 50 cent has no affect on my financial future and I was tired of being broke mentality.
January 31, 2007
" The only way to get to the front of the line is to first get on the line."
Copyright © 2006 Pelham Mead
If you don't try, you will never know if you will succeed.
January 31, 2007
" To disagree, one doesn't have to be disagreeable."
Barry Goldwater
January 29, 2007
" It's best to be the one pushed down upon and prove something than the one doing the pushing that is proving nothing."
Copyright © 2007 Javier Ponce
As some others, I see things through an artistic nature. I would just like to spread my own created quotes as a way of expressing how I see the world through my eyes. This quote can relate to someone who's been a victim of discouragement of others, whether it may be race, religion, or even through a type of underdog situation.
January 29, 2007
" We humans put too much effort into trying to find those big life changing moments when the every day little things can be every bit as breathtaking. We put everything we have into finding something we can deem as perfect. Couldn't life just be so much more enjoyable if we just stopped running around missing every detail thrown in front of us, and just learned to enjoy the sheer simplicity of it all?"
Written in 2007 by Alex M. --- Ohio
January 29, 2007
" Smile when you are in trouble and it will vanish like a bubble."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by M.T. --- Canada
It helps me think positive in life.
January 24, 2007
" Life is about the moments you can't take back, the laughs you share with loved ones who won't live forever, and the fondness of the heartwarming, everlasting memories that by far out weigh any materialistic thing... because a life well spent is priceless, but one ignored can cost your soul everything."
Written in 2006 by Danielle H. --- Texas
January 24, 2007
" True beauty is best seen with closed eyes and an open heart."
Copyright © 2007 Donna Wallace
January 24, 2007
" Life's a one-way ticket; Respect, love and honour all!"
Written in 2007 by Mayur Jethwa --- United Kingdom
January 22, 2007
" Before stating something negative about someone, think about it, then think about it again and then don't say it."
Hank Clark --- Submitted by Kevin Denny --- Ohio
January 22, 2007
" As I have navigated through the maturation process, I have found that the right thing and the most difficult thing are often synonymous."
Written in 2007 by Vanessa Miller --- Alabama
January 22, 2007
" Being successful means nothing but achieving perfection in a field in which one wants to be in. As perfection has no limitation, hence success has no limitation; it goes until the end of a life. This is what we know as "proving ourselves in any turmoil we face until we cease to exist."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Dip Bhattacharjee --- India
January 17, 2007
" To be a genuine individualist requires a great deal of strength and courage. It is never easy to chart new territory, to cross new frontiers, or to introduce subtle shadings to an established color."
Toller Cranston
January 17, 2007
" It's not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something. May I suggest that it be creating joy for others, sharing what we have for the betterment of personkind, bringing hope to the lost and love to the lonely."
Leo Buscaglia
January 17, 2007
" If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your own estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment."
Marcus Aurelius
January 15, 2007
" My success is not what makes me, but what it does and who it helps will be my inspiration."
Written in 2007 by Lindsay S. --- Pennsylvania
January 15, 2007
" Ever washed the clothes only to have them be as hard as a rock and then hard to iron or hard to put on afterwards? I suppose you think the result is to hit them again with a go in the dryer? No - if you just add a little fabric softener in the wash in the first place then there will be no problem to iron out. Isn't life like this? Check your intention. Inject a little love before you speak and there will be no issues to fix or iron out. Love is the best ingredient to any relationship!"
Copyright © 2006 Victoria Muller
January 15, 2007
" Sometimes what you want isn't important… Sometimes what you feel means nothing… Sometimes what you ask for, you don't get… Sometimes what you do get just isn't enough… But most of the time, it's just simply about being their Superman."
Copyright © 2006 Adnan Kauser
January 10, 2007
" Laughter is the jam on the toast of life. It adds flavor, keeps it from being too dry, and makes it easier to swallow."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Smitha Menon --- India
January 10, 2007
" Come out of your desk."
Written in 2006 by Tarun Nischal --- India
I hear people complaining that they do not feel comfortable around people with different mindsets, thoughts and approaches. It is very important for us to come out of our view point and look at things from a broader perspective, hence we need to come out of our world of desks and talk to people and share the ideas.
January 10, 2007
" The body and spirit are very much alike; they get dirty if you feed them the wrong things."
Written in 2006 by Gladys Estrada --- California
January 8, 2007
" The truth is, we hide so that we can be found. We walk away to see who will follow. We cry to see who will wipe away our tears. It's amazing how you realize when you lose someone, you get mad at yourself for not saying the things you could've a million times. You take for granted the days spent doing nothing when you could've been with them. Anyone can be taken away at any time in our lives but we always wait until they're gone to say the things we never had to courage to say before and it's up to you to take the opportunity to tell them how you feel, if a second chance comes around."
Written by a good friend --- Submitted by C.L.
January 8, 2007
" It is ironic that in this money orientated and class sensitive society, the richest of assets and qualities: A good heart and good manners do not cost anything at all!"
Written in 2006 by Sheryl Greentree --- United Kingdom
January 8, 2007
" Those who spend their lives in the majority deserve neither praise nor pity. They exist necessarily to stoke the whim of the brave."
Djordje Ozegovic --- Submitted by S. Desjardins --- Serbia
December 20, 2006
" Our hearts are fragile, please handle with care..."
Written in 2006 by Terri Kenepp --- Ohio
December 20, 2006
" If you fall in life, don't stay down and expect the world to help you. Help yourself first by trying to get up on your own."
Written in 2006 by V.R. --- California
I made up this quote for it's something I have learned to do through my first years in college.
December 20, 2006
" Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for."
Epicurus --- Submitted by Mel B. --- Quebec, Canada
Many times people will want and want and want for stuff that they MUST have or that everybody else has. But what they don't realize is that what they already have is more than enough. Be content with the things you do have, because you never know who might be envying you instead.
December 18, 2006
" Never lose the butterflies."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Nikki R. --- California
This quote can deal with so many aspects of life - love, career, whatever.
December 18, 2006
" If you haven't found the person you're looking for, that means you have cast far enough into the sea. Try another spot at another time. Give your heart a chance to mend."
Written in 2006 by Christy B. --- Georgia
December 18, 2006
" Love is not what you receive but what you give."
Written in 2006 by Johni Pangalila --- Australia
December 13, 2006
" No one ever becomes poor by giving."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Lokesh Rao --- India
December 13, 2006
" If you make all your decisions from a place of love, then you will never again make a wrong choice."
Written in 2005 by Rachael Bermingham --- Australia
December 13, 2006
" Maturity doesn't mean age; it means sensitivity, manners and how you react."
Written in 2006 by Pravin Todkar --- India
December 11, 2006
" A mother who radiates self-esteem and love vaccinates her daughter against low self-esteem."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Boitumelo Mokoena --- South Africa
December 11, 2006
" Share the love and the loves comes back."
Cheming --- Submitted by Lionel Perez --- New York
December 11, 2006
" Always keep that happy attitude. Pretend that you are holding a beautiful fragrant bouquet."
Candice M. Pope
December 6, 2006
" End each day with the advent of laughter."
Copyright © 2006 Dustin Newsom
December 6, 2006
" When you see a good man, try to follow his example. When you see a bad man, search yourself for his faults."
From the book 'Insights' --- Submitted by Hina Shehzad --- United Arab Emirates
December 6, 2006
" Don't worry so much about finishing first, just enjoy the journey and look forward to what's to come next."
Copyright © 2006 Jonlyn Holt
Some people are in a hurry to get things done - quick and fast. When they look up and realize that they're missing out on a lot of things, sometimes, they wish they could start the journey all over again.
December 4, 2006
" A strong man stands up for himself and a stronger man stands up for others."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Tyresha Ellis --- Georgia
December 4, 2006
" You are the architect of your own life. Build a strong foundation of morals and values and you will always be able to stand erect."
Copyright © 2006 Christopher Ammirati
December 4, 2006
" In the many levels and different dimensions in life there remains one constant thing which is principle."
Copyright © 2006 Emisang Machedi
The weather can change many times in a day but the sun will always rise from the east and set on the west, regardless of the weather. The same is true in life. There things in your life that will change but there are certain things that will never change. That's how we can distinguish between personality and character.
November 29, 2006
" Don't speak evil of someone if you don't know for certain, and if you do know ask yourself, why am I telling it?"
Johann Kaspar Lavater
November 29, 2006
" You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity."
Epicurus
November 29, 2006
" When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people."
Abraham J. Heschel
November 27, 2006
" There are two things to aim at in life; first to get what you want and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind has achieved the second."
Logan Pearsall Smith --- Submitted by Mary S. --- Washington
November 27, 2006
" Love your life, while you live to love."
Copyright © 2006 Jennifer RIcard
I think this means to love the life your living, and do it with love.
November 27, 2006
" If you have been given an opportunity, embrace it, run with it, use it to its fullest potential then put it back where you found when you're done."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mary Boolan --- Australia
Wise words I heard from a six year old kid at a barbie on day.
November 22, 2006
" Why wait for the perfect moment? Live in the moment and you make it perfect."
Copyright © 2006 Jonlyn Holt
Every now and then I hear people say they're waiting for the perfect moment, when each moment is a perfect moment.
November 22, 2006
" Share a smile with someone today; you just might make their day brighter."
Written in 2006 by Michelle Ward --- Oklahoma
November 22, 2006
" The way to heal your heart from hurt is to love some more."
Dm-angel (aka) Maureen
November 20, 2006
" Never despise the storms, welcome them. For without the storm there wouldn't be crystal clear seas. There wouldn't be water to quench earth's thirst. There wouldn't be the blossom of flowers in the springtime. So let the storm come - it's a perfect fit in the circle of life."
Copyright © 2006 Jennifer Bruce
November 20, 2006
" Seek always to do something good, something, for which you get no pay but the privilege for doing it."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Hina Shehzad --- United Arab Emirates
November 20, 2006
" Self-esteem and self-love are the opposites of fear; the more you like yourself, the less you fear anything."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Puneet Julka --- India
November 15, 2006
" The art of being yourself at your best is the art of unfolding your personality into the person you want to be. . . . Be gentle with yourself, learn to love yourself, to forgive yourself, for only as we have the right attitude toward ourselves can we have the right attitude toward others."
Wilfred Peterson
November 15, 2006
" To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind."
William Hazlitt
November 15, 2006
" Don't confuse being stimulating with being blunt."
Barbara Walters
November 13, 2006
" People can give you opportunities but you are the only one that can reach to take them."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by C. Temple --- Virginia
November 13, 2006
" Do not live your life as someone wants you to live it, but live it by what your heart tells you."
Written in 2006 by Alex R. --- Iowa
I made this up and thought it may help someone.
November 13, 2006
" Take risks: You can win as well as lose."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by C.R. --- Ireland
A quote to help you when you're trying to make difficult decisions.
November 8, 2006
" We should teach our children the values of being a good person and the good of being a valued person."
Copyright © 2006 Tracy Donner
November 8, 2006
" A good deed... is suppose to be a quiet deed."
Copyright © 2006 Joyce White
I feel if someone has done a good deed, it should be unspoken.
November 8, 2006
" The only difference between those who triumph and those who do not, is that they applied the information."
Written in 2006 by E. Gaona --- Mexico
Spanish translation: "La única diferencia entre ésos eso que triunfen y los que no lo hagan, es que aplicaron la información."
Right now we are in the information age; those who have access to the information have a tremendous edge over who do not. It's not just about knowing the information, you have to take it and put it into the action. If you don't take action, the information is not useful. People achieve things because they know there is a way to do it and they do it.
November 6, 2006
All roads go somewhere,
But somewhere does not always have a road.
So choose your roads with care my friend,
And if need be,
Build the road to take you there.
Anthony Lynn Nichols --- Submitted by Bill Davidson --- Utah
November 6, 2006
" The best thing you can feel is go to sleep knowing you have done your best."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Aloysio Neto --- Brazil
Never accept anything below your best
November 6, 2006
" Respect and understand the nature of others, their cultures and values have paid dividends on your personality."
Copyright © 2006 Michael Palmer
November 1, 2006
" Take a look at what you own, and the people around you. One day you may not own that materialistic product, but those people around you will always be there."
Copyright © 2006 Nate Crane
November 1, 2006
" I just try to be the best I can be and hope that is the best ever."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Purvi Jadhav --- India
November 1, 2006
" Not everything in life needs to be met head on. Occasionally you will encounter a stray cannon ball. It helps if you also know how to duck!"
Copyright © 2006 Victoria Muller
October 30, 2006
" Questions are the spice of life."
Written in 2006 by Dave Percifield --- Texas
We can only improve by questioning our circumstances, our situation, our mood, our desires and asking "Why is it so and how can I improve it?"
October 30, 2006
" Respecting your children deepens their respect and faith in you."
Written in 2006 by Nikita Jaggi --- India
October 30, 2006
" Standing still will only make an impression on where you are, while moving will make an impression on where you go."
Copyright ©right; 2006 Laneshia Fitzgerald
I'm not sure if this quote has been used by someone else, but I was thinking about how you can affect the lives of more people when you don't stand still.
October 25, 2006
" We may think there is will power involved, but more likely change is due to want power. Wanting the new addiction more than the old one. Wanting the new me in preference to the person I am now."
George Sheehan
October 25, 2006
" If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all."
Anna Quindlen
October 25, 2006
" Making and keeping promises to ourselves precedes making and keeping promises to others."
Stephen R. Covey
October 23, 2006
" The friend who holds up before me the mirror, conceals not my smallest faults, warns me kindly, reproves me affectionately when I have not performed my duty, he is my friend, however little he may appear so. Again, if a man praises and lauds me, never reproves me, overlooks my faults, and forgives them before I have repented, he is my enemy, however much he may appear to be my friend."
Johann Gottfried van Herder --- Submitted by Matt Price --- West Virginia
October 23, 2006
" My goal in life isn't to strive for something better that can't be seen, but to embrace the simple and hidden beauty of the world that is already there."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by D.R. --- Nevada
October 23, 2006
" Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something."
Plato --- Submitted by Desiree T. --- California
October 18, 2006
" Each day brings in bits of hope, desires, aims, goals, resolutions, aspirations, inspirations, happiness, sorrow, laughter, tears and a lot more than we can think of. The important part is to be grateful for all that we get."
Copyright © 2006 Nikita Jaggi
October 18, 2006
" People come in and out of our lives everyday. It is family that remains constant."
Copyright © 2006 Christopher Ammirati
October 18, 2006
" History never rewards a conformist."
David Grimaldi --- Submitted by Jonathon Deereforf --- New York
David Grimaldi, Financial Advisor, Morgan Stanley
October 16, 2006
" No matter how bad things are - never fear - for things are about to change. Change is happening all the time every second, every day. Are YOU ready?"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Andreea Rumsby --- United Kingdom
October 16, 2006
" Intention does not dictate interpretation."
Written in 2005 by J. Emanuel --- California
When I stepped back and thought why it seems the world was crashing down on me it seems like the quote slapped me in the face. Too many times does trouble occur because the intention behind our actions gets misinterpreted. It's one of those quotes we all know but never realize.
October 16, 2006
" Those who complain rarely get things done, and those who get things done rarely complain."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Willow Pfahler --- New Hampshire
October 11, 2006
" What is Success? A smile that comes from the depth of an innocent heart, the freedom that you are able to feel in life... these are the signs of success. Are you free? Then you are successful! Are you in the present moment? Then you are successful! Are you useful to the people around you? Then your life is a success! Do you feel love for all humanity? Then that is a sign of success in life!"
Sri Sri Ravisankar --- Submitted by Ashok Kumar --- India
October 11, 2006
" A key to relationships is to know the difference between when it is time to hold on and when it is time to let go. The criteria are the degree of joy and satisfaction that the relationship creates. If there are love and truth in the relationship, life will sustain the relationship by itself. If there are not love and truth in the relationship, it will change."
Swami Dhyan Giten
October 11, 2006
" The best place to live is just inside your income."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Edlyn Esdaille --- Trinidad and Tobago
I grew up with this quote on a plaque in my home
October 9, 2006
" I may have lost at loving someone else, but I won at loving myself."
Written in 2006 by Ashley Tellmer
October 9, 2006
" The habit of self-discipline is called "Tough Love" because getting tough with yourself is actually a very loving gesture. Being stricter with yourself, you will begin to live life more deliberately, on your own terms, rather than simply reacting to life the way a leaf floating in a stream drifts according to the flow of the current on a particular day."
Robin. S. Sharma --- Submitted by Shweta Jain --- India
October 9, 2006
" Trust should be like the feeling that a one year baby has: when you throw him in air, he laughs ... because he knows you will catch him!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jogendra Sahu --- India
October 4, 2006
" Some of the biggest challenges in relationships come from the fact that most people enter a relationship in order to get something: they're trying to find someone who's going to make them feel good. In reality, the only way a relationship will last is if you see your relationship as a place that you go to give, and not a place that you go to take."
Anthony Robbins
October 4, 2006
" If you want to succeed, remember the first step towards success is to be self-disciplined. Everything follows it."
Written in 2006 by M. Krishnan Kutty --- India
October 4, 2006
" The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof."
Richard Bach
October 2, 2006
" Fear has the power to paralyze. Let it go, and you begin to live."
Copyright © 2006 Michelle W. Seamons
October 2, 2006
" Do not procrastinate; for it is this, which is the stumbling block towards SUCCESS."
Copyright © 2006 Michelle Lim
I have procrastinated and wasted so much of my time. Now I want to live life like there's no tomorrow!
October 2, 2006
" To have passion is something amazing...for life...love...family...friends. Don't forget, live that passion; for every moment...every breath.... teaches you more about yourself - things you would have never discovered if you didn't just show your passion for something!"
Written in 2006 by Maureen aka Dm-Angel
September 27, 2006
" Happiness is not found by the talents we exploit but how we exploit them to help and benefit others."
Copyright © 2006 Allen Steble
September 27, 2006
" The most important thing in any relationship is not what you get but what you give... In any case, the giving of love is an education in itself."
Eleanor Roosevelt
September 27, 2006
" If you help others, you will be helped. Perhaps tomorrow, perhaps in a hundred years, but you will be helped. Nature must pay off the debt. It is a mathematical law and all life is mathematics."
George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff
September 25, 2006
" Don't let anyone compromise your Integrity with a whisper and don't feel obligated to be polite if they try. "You" have a very "Strict Code" of Ethics and you shouldn't allow anyone to Violate it."
Written in 2006 by B. Wright
When I have a thought, I write it down and one day my "Code of Ethics" was challenged. I strictly go by what I say out loud. I keep my visions to myself and I am very correct when I revise my own opinion.
September 25, 2006
" You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what you're doing is work or play."
Warren Beatty --- Submitted by Prasanth J. --- India
September 25, 2006
" Life doesn't come in sequels. Make a maximum effort in the momentary show."
Written in 2005 by Goran Totovic --- Serbia
September 22, 2006
" All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership."
John Kenneth Galbraith
September 22, 2006
" When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion."
Dale Carnegie
September 22, 2006
" Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom."
Marcel Proust
September 20, 2006
" Don't always be in such a rush to get to where you think you need to be in life because once you get there, you will be there a long time. Enjoy the journey."
Copyright © 2006 Christopher Ammirati
September 20, 2006
" Sometimes you have to laugh harder than the rest of the world."
Written in 2006 by Alicia Faria --- Canada
September 20, 2006
" The level of your achievement in life is not determined by how much money you make but by what attitude you have towards it."
Written in 2006 by Otobong Adaise --- Nigeria
My successes in life are motivated by my attitude towards my work and plan in Life.
September 13, 2006
" Who's an expert? The individual who has learned from the mistakes they made and setbacks they experienced! To me that is an expert!"
Copyright © 2006 Kevin Nickerson
Try not to get discouraged because things are not working out to your plans. There's always a much better one we don't see at the moment.
September 13, 2006
" Don't deny yourself (happiness, love, passion, spirituality-whatever it is) what you truly feel in your heart is right. Who cares what people think or say? You are your own person and you are the one who lives with the decisions made."
Written in 2006 by Maureen, aka Dm-Angel
September 13, 2006
" Wherever you are at any given point in Your Life is exactly where you are meant to be Now for your own Growth and Development...... However it is...... The Choices you make, and the Actions you take, in that given moment, which will determine the Direction of Your Life."
Copyright © 2006 Victoria Muller
September 11, 2006
" Lead a life of dignity so that your children should not look to others for role models."
Copyright © 2006 M. Krishnan Kutty
September 11, 2006
" Don't ever say you 'can't stand' someone - instead say, you 'can't understand' them."
My Mom - Eleanor Dalager --- Submitted by Donna Aaskow --- Canada
I remember my Mom telling me this and it made so much sense.
September 11, 2006
" You are not here to 'bad mouth' the weakest; you are here to make up their weakness."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by P. Clements --- Australia
September 6, 2006
" Behind every unsuccessful person are REASONS. Behind every successful person are RESULTS."
Written in 2006 by Joyal Mehta --- India
September 6, 2006
" Working hard is hard work, but those who work hard will find what they desire."
Copyright © 2006 Ken Noggent
September 6, 2006
" To live is a gift full of promise; it's up to you to own it!!"
Copyright © 2006 Sherril Lee Griffin
August 30, 2006
Why is it so easy to say too much
Why must we always have the last word
Why can't we just love unconditionally
Loving you
Why does one hurt each other on purpose
Is it our self-centered, insecure twin
If only maturity, patience and compassion
Came all came at once, in an instance like this
We can only try
Our character suffers
Because we can only judge each other
Though we can never be free
Because it defines us
Instead, trust and respect
Without it, where can we be
Still looking and wandering for each other
Hoping to see that inner glimpse of our true self
Waiting to be seen
Oh, if we could all live life so
Copyright © 2006 Patsy Barnhart
I wrote this to my boys, 16 & 20, after they had a bad argument.
August 30, 2006
" If you change how people see the world, you then change what they see...the world."
Written in 2006 by Rev. Cedric Wright --- Michigan
This came to me because I believe that we can change the world; not by changing things, but by changing we's.
August 30, 2006
" The greatest limitations we face are those we impose upon ourselves."
Written in 1987 by Howard J. Herman --- Oregon
August 28, 2006
" You are always MOVING in life; it's your actions that decide the DIRECTION."
Written in 2006 by Saurabh Kaushik --- India
August 28, 2006
" Ego is the worst enemy of mankind. It can ruin your life, your neighbors, your country's or even the world. Never let ego rule you. It is the biggest block in your way to success."
Written in 2006 by M. Krishnan Kutty --- India
August 28, 2006
" Love is the most beautiful thing that exists in every relationship be it parents, friends, partner, children, pets etc....It has no limitations and no boundaries."
Written in 2006 by Nikita Jaggi --- India
August 23, 2006
" The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
August 23, 2006
" It is just as necessary to forgive ourselves as it is to forgive others, and the principal reason why forgiveness seemed so difficult is because we have neglected to forgive ourselves."
Christian D. Larson
August 23, 2006
" I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I'm going to learn, I must do it by listening."
Larry King
August 21, 2006
" The last thing you want to do is get yourself mad at others because you cannot take care of yourself."
Written in 2006 by Jacqueline Yap --- Singapore
August 21, 2006
" If you love more than one, you love neither enough."
Written in 2004 by Crystell Oliver --- Tennessee
August 21, 2006
" Commitment is the only thing, which lies between Dream and Reality."
Written in 2006 by Nilesh Pampattiwar --- India
August 16, 2006
" Success often is the result of who you are, not what you do."
Written in 2006 by Tesfaye Haile --- Ethiopia
August 16, 2006
" Do not react…. Respond!!!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Shiran Sideek --- United Kingdom
August 16, 2006
" The truth is always the best solution, even when mistakes are repeated."
Written in 2006 by Cilla S. --- Canada
A quote I once said myself, when I misread the schedule at work wrong and believed I had the day off, when in fact I didn't.
August 14, 2006
" Love is not a matter of counting the years; it's making the years count!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Carol Sweeney --- Georgia
August 14, 2006
" The most difficult phase of life is not when people don't understand you; it's when you don't understand yourself."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Medha Porwal --- India
August 14, 2006
" If you want to succeed, bury your unpleasant past as deep as you can, so that it never resurfaces again to ruin your future."
Written in 2006 by Krishnan Kutty --- India
It is a quote from myself from my experience.
August 9, 2006
" No one knows what tomorrow brings, I'm just no longer afraid to find out."
Written in 2006 by Kevin Nickerson --- Massachusetts
August 9, 2006
" Please Remember; It's not what happens to you in Life that matters. It's how you handle the things that happen."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sean Damon --- California
This motto is something I have never heard of before. It is just something that I adopted to live by after overcoming great anguish and unbelievable disappointments. And it works!
August 9, 2006
" Think not of yourself as the architect of your career but as the sculptor. Expect to have to do a lot of hard hammering and chiseling and scraping and polishing."
B.C.Forbes
August 7, 2006
" I cannot escape challenges and obstacles; I should expect them in life because by them, I become stronger. And having passed through the same, I can sympathize with others who will pass through similar obstacles in the future."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Borokini Israel --- Nigeria
August 7, 2006
" At the end of life we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made, how many great things we have done. We will be judged by "I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat, I was naked and you clothed me. I was homeless, and you took me in." Hungry not only for bread - but hungry for love. Naked not only for clothing - but naked of human dignity and respect. Homeless not only for want of a home of bricks - but homeless because of rejection."
Mother Teresa --- Submitted by Abhimanyu Kalra --- India
August 7, 2006
" A man without patience is like a lamp without oil."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Vijay Paskanti --- India
August 2, 2006
" The greatness comes not when things always go good for you. But the greatness comes when you're really tested, when you take some knocks, some disappointments when sadness comes. Because only if you've been in the deepest valley can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain."
Richard Nixon --- Submitted by D. Williams --- New York
August 2, 2006
" The great man is not the one who makes others feel small, but is the one who makes others feel great."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Vasudev Joshi --- India
August 2, 2006
" Fanatic consistency has in it the assurance of success. If good, the world remembers you with awe and respect. If bad, the world remembers you with disdain and disgust. Choice is yours."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Guru Prasad --- New York
July 31, 2006
" Look at people; recognize them, accept them as they are, without wanting to change them."
Helen Beginton
July 31, 2006
" Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit."
Peter Ustinov
July 31, 2006
" Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged."
Helen Keller
July 26, 2006
" Love can build a fire off a spark of romance but will burn out quickly if there is no wood."
Copyright © 1995 Lindsey Choate
I wrote this in an 8th grade English paper and I remember my teacher commenting in the margins, "I wish I had written this..." I didn't know at the time how applicable this quote would be for the rest of my life! It is so easy to "think" you are in love and let things burn out of control, but if you do not take the time to get to know each other and build a foundation the "fire" will quickly extinguish!
July 26, 2006
" Never leave the one you love, for the one you like, because the one you like could leave you for the one they love."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by C.F. --- California
I think we all go through this at some point in our relationships, when someone new comes into our lives and takes an interest in us, and your current relationship isn't doing so great; the thought of leaving the one you love for this new adventure may cross your mind.
July 26, 2006
" There is a very real relationship, both quantitatively and qualitatively, between what you contribute and what you get out of this world."
Oscar Hammerstein II
July 24, 2006
" Success is born from doing the things others can't be bothered to do."
Copyright © 2004 Rachael Bermingham
July 24, 2006
" You can elevate yourself much higher by reaching for the future instead of grasping for the past!"
Copyright © 2006 Tom Kotowski
July 24, 2006
" Everybody makes mistakes; that's why pencils have erasers!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Medha Porwal --- India
July 19, 2006
" If you don't change your environment, you will become a product of it."
Terrence Thomas BA CCJP --- Submitted by S M --- West Virginia
I really feel that this quote has helped me in my recovery. Everyday I look in the mirror and see what my personal environment has done to me...and I strongly believe if I don't change, I will continue to be a product of it.
July 19, 2006
" Don't ever quit smiling, even when times are tough. If you force yourself to be happy, pretty soon you won't be forcing yourself at all."
Written in 2006 by Cheral Dekle --- South Dakota
July 19, 2006
" If you aren't listening, then you probably shouldn't be talking."
Written in 2006 by Mike Perras --- Canada
I am a college teacher and use this personal quote on students all the time. http://www.extremelistening.com/21rules.htm
July 17, 2006
" In a world of everybody
Anybody can be somebody
But somebody has to make up his mind
Not to be everybody
Because everybody cannot be somebody.
Written in 2005 by Mabadeje Abiodun
July 17, 2006
" It's not what's happening to you now or what has happened in your past that determines who you become. Rather, it's your decisions about what to focus on, what things mean to you, and what you're going to do about them that will determine your ultimate destiny."
Anthony Robbins
July 17, 2006
" Confront the dark parts of yourself and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing. Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength."
August Wilson
July 12, 2006
" Be openminded. You just never know when you'll get an opportunity to broaden your horizons."
Copyright © 2006 Julianne Buckingham
I'm constantly striving to become a more well rounded person. I wrote this down to remind me that I can learn from any situation.
July 12, 2006
" What you do today will determine where you stand tomorrow. If the roots are weak, the tree will fall down. Create a strong foundation."
Copyright © 2004 Nathaniel Peat
July 12, 2006
" The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live."
Flora Whittemore
July 10, 2006
" Imagine life as a game, juggling of five balls named Family, Friends, Health, Spirit and Work. You have to keep all of them in air at a time. Soon you realize that Work is a rubber ball; if you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls are made up with glass - if you drop any one of them, they will be irrevocably nicked, scuffed, damaged or even shattered."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Bhushan Kumar Musuku --- India
I came to know when I was studying in IIT ROORKEE. It specified that it's from Coke's CEO speech.
July 10, 2006
" Life is always easy until we go through something and then we think that everything is bad, but we can't hold on to that. All we can do is just move on, so let's just move forward and STOP looking back and regretting decisions."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jonlyn Bell --- Georgia
July 10, 2006
" Beauty: With the gift of beauty comes an incredible responsibility. The one to let it shine out and give it back."
Copyright © 2006 Aline Hanle
June 28, 2006
" All along your life, people come and go. Some hurt you, some make you smile, but each one of them leaves something of theirs with us. The new lessons they teach us, the new aspects of life they show us, making us better equipped to face the world --- stronger."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Julie L. --- Germany
I have spent a lot of my time crying and hurting trying to figure out why people come and hurt us and then leave. But the truth is life moves on and with every person that comes in our life, we learn more and become stronger and braver.
June 28, 2006
" Always remember: It takes the same amount of time and energy to hate someone as it does to love someone."
Written in 2006 by J. T. --- West Virginia
I created this because it is very true. It also happens in everyday lives. You always have the choice in your heart to hate someone. Love is difficult and so are the people you choose to hate. It's all about compromise. And it's all up to you.
June 28, 2006
" Work in a place where you can gain knowledge or money. If both are absent, you are in a wrong place. Where do you stand?"
Written in 2006 by S. A. Devasahayam --- India
June 26, 2006
" Success is the combination of both vision and accepting to challenge."
Written in 2004 by Salam Bastaki --- United Arab Emirates
June 26, 2006
" Give your best and forget about the rest."
Written in 2006 by Kanwar Khanna --- India
Just worry about giving the best of your efforts; the rewards shall follow sooner or later. Remember hard work always pays in one form or the other.
June 26, 2006
" Agreements get better results than Arguments."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Deepti Chadha --- India
June 21, 2006
" Loneliness will be your greatest, darkest, most cruel demon, and taking a step to make a kind true friend will surely make you uncomfortable. Be uncomfortable, not alone."
Copyright © 2006 Kelly Hetherington
Although I was considered to be one of the most outgoing of people, even amongst my closest peers, even whilst being on stage, I always felt so lonely and scared. It has taken thirty years of darkness, a broken heart, deep tears and a grieved mind to learn I was never really alone and that many people truly loved me for who I was - if only I had opened my heart to them. I am not alone, and neither are you.
June 21, 2006
" People of character do the right thing, not because they think it will change the world but because they refuse to be changed by the world. Neither the intensity of your feelings nor the certainty of your convictions is any assurance that you are right. The real test of character is whether you will do the right thing even when it costs more than you want to pay."
Copyright © 2004 Michael Josephson (radio comment)
Submitted by Josephson Institute of Ethics
Author is the founder of the national CHARACTER COUNTS COALITION engaging 6 million children and their families. www.charactercounts.org
June 21, 2006
" In a controversy, the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth and have begun striving for ourselves. Be aware."
Written in 2006 by Nidhi Singhal --- India
June 19, 2006
" People who appreciate, know and value your potential are people who let you be yourself. They do not pressure you to make decisions, instead let you make the options and decide in your own pace and time. Even if you will make an unpopular decision, they will still be there to support you. Treat these people in your life with deserved honesty, respect and trust that with open communication, no dispute would happen and no bridges will be burnt."
Written in 2006 by Terrie Chua --- Philippines
I handle the Quality Assurance Department in a Call Center environment. Competition among companies within the vicinity of our Center is tight. I instill with the team that if they would want to seek greener pasture or leave the company for whatever reason, the decision would have to come from them and not because they were pressured by peers who already transferred to another company to jump ahead and be with them. Not only that, I teach them the VALUE of loving the job - that when you do it, it's not work anymore but it converts to passion which gets better results. When we love our work/job, it loves us back and gives us monetary value we deserve. And should they still decide to leave afterwards, they should remain honest and show respect to their colleagues and friends by exiting with grace instead of burning bridges.
June 19, 2006
" Success is a journey of choice. Be sure to make wise decisions and select authentic, positive people that sincerely respect your journey --- people that desire to see the journey you have chosen to be one of happiness, love, fulfilled dreams, and manifested hopes."
Copyright © 2006 Nicole M. Smith
June 19, 2006
" I believe the greatest gift I can conceive of having from anyone is to be seen by them, heard by them, to be understood and touched by them."
Virginia Satir
June 14, 2006
" The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement."
Charles Schwab
June 14, 2006
" There’s good in everybody. Boost. Don’t knock."
Warren G. Harding
June 14, 2006
" You are where you are today because you stand on somebody's shoulders. And wherever you are heading, you cannot get there by yourself. If you stand on the shoulders of others, you have a reciprocal responsibility to live your life so that others may stand on your shoulders. It's the quid pro quo of life. We exist temporarily through what we take, but we live forever through what we give."
Vernon Jordan (in a speech at Howard University, 2002)
June 12, 2006
" Character is revealed through trials not tested."
Copyright © 2006 John Giroux
June 12, 2006
" There are three requisites of achievement- aspiration, inspiration and wisdom."
Written in 2006 by Ashutosh Singh --- India
June 12, 2006
" It is easy to complain when you don't have to offer a solution. It is hard to complain when you know the facts. Stay informed... it makes life less stressful."
Copyright © 2006 Tom Greenway
June 7, 2006
" The past belongs to the past. Let's focus on the big picture up front; let's focus in the future. Remember, what is on front of us is more important than what's left behind."
Copyright © 2006 Carmen Baez
June 7, 2006
" Life is too short to fall victim to our own emotions."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jenni M. --- Pennsylvania
June 7, 2006
" Sometimes it is BEST for everyone you love to keep how you feel to yourself. You'll most likely get your chance in your next life and it will be a happier one than the previous one."
Written in 2006 by Czar Hagoriles --- Canada
No matter how strong your feeling is for someone, if it is going to hurt everyone else in your life, keep it to yourself. For sure you'll get your chance in your next life.
June 5, 2006
" Always stick with your intuition; your gut instinct will never lead you astray. Instead of questioning it, accept it, and investigate why it makes you feel the way you do."
Written in 2006 by Brendan T. --- Canada
I have just had a weekend of clarity. In listening to my intuition, I knew what questions to ask and I had the answers, I just didn't want to accept them. Now I have and all is good.
June 5, 2006
" For everything that happens, there is a reason. Sometimes we know or may not know but it is a path that we should walk through."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Alvin Lim --- Malaysia
June 5, 2006
" Expect nothing and you'll be surprised by everything."
Written in 2006 by T. Connelly --- Pennsylvania
This is just a quote that I made up as a sort of lesson for life...I live by it!
May 24, 2006
" It is absolutely vital to not get yourself into a dependent situation in any relationship. If we do become overly dependent, we lose who we are and we are more focused on keeping the other person happy, when we really should focus more on our own happiness and the balance of the two. If we are extremely satisfied with whom we are, then it will only allow us to grow further and share that great feeling with others that won't take advantage of it."
Copyright © 2006 David Kuch
May 24, 2006
" People often wonder what lies in their future without ever noticing what is in front of them. The future relies on speculation, while the present gives you the facts. No matter how harsh or sweet the present is, accept it and grow with it. Start to be happy now rather than in what the future may hold."
Written in 2006 by M. Solivan --- New York
May 24, 2006
" SMART - Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time bound."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Deepak Patil --- India
These are the qualities that a person must possess in order to have success in his/her planned goal frame.
May 22, 2006
" Do not be scared of the unknown. Be excited about what you can learn from it."
Copyright © 2006 Steve Lazarus
May 22, 2006
" Avoidance is what we normally do instead of facing our issues. Disorders, maladjustments, anxiety and other serious problems, when avoided, can blow things out of proportion and lead to hurt feelings and/or a broken spirit/soul. Often times we resort to giving money, gifts, and other blinding stuff we think will cover the issue itself, in the hopes that it will never resurface. Face your issues and use communication as a tool to bring the issues into the open."
Copyright © 2006 James Padilla
Instead of dealing with the problems at hand, we tend to do something else - avoid them - thinking that it's the best remedy. Personal, family and social issues/problems are commonly clouded by cover up. Unknowingly, instead of solving the problem, we end up hurting the ones we love and ourselves. Communication is a tremendous tool for solving problems. Remember, people can't read minds. When a problem is brought out into the open and discussed, then we find solutions.
May 22, 2006
" When you feel like you're all alone, just look around you. Talk to someone; you never know when this someone could be the 'one'. When you think of the 'one' it seems that the pressure is on to find this person. But don't worry if you're young, old, fat, tall whatever - there is always someone out there who will see who you truly are. So sit back and relax, someone is there for you. Just never think you're alone and take chances on talking - talking never killed anyone."
Written in 2006 by K. Love --- Connecticut
Please just read this. I wrote another piece before when I was down and out. I didn't think that anything would make me feel any better. Then I realized how silly I was being and started looking at life with a new hope and joy; people are ready to meet you. I realized that it was my fault I shut them out of my lives. The people around me who want to know can now see that I am open to everything and everyone. You can start with a new slate and just be happy with yourself and the people around. Only then, you will forget all about the problems you have had in the past with ... What's his name again?
May 17, 2006
" The future depends on the present, not the past."
A Markov property --- Submitted by Michael Cummins --- Australia
May 17, 2006
" Don't regret the past, don't fear the future, just enjoy the present."
Written in 2006 by Charles Arriaga --- Texas
May 17, 2006
" Sometimes dealing with the hardest people can break down the hardest in you."
Written in 2006 by Isreal Henry-"Supermodel" - Texas
May 15, 2006
" How many times have you heard someone say, 'Time heals all wounds'? I say, 'Time is outside of you. The only hope is the love that is inside of you.'"
Copyright © 2005 Laura Cullen
One day last year I was doing a stream of consciousness when this line popped into my head and on to the paper!
May 15, 2006
" Negative thinking is a mental hunger. Feed it with the only food; positive thinking."
Copyright © 2006 Balogun M. Adewale
May 15, 2006
" Success is the leap into your fantasy. If you know who you are and what you possess, then you can be what you desire and possess what you envision. The choice is yours"
Copyright © 2006 Bassey Ndon
May 10, 2006
" When one becomes an advocate for peace and freedom, there can be no boundaries."
Copyright © 2005 Anthony Morgan
If you are a believer or protector of peace and freedom, you will always fight for peace and freedom, irrespective of what group is being targeted.
May 10, 2006
" Age doesn't matter... what matters most is how you age."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ferdz Ferdz --- Philippines
May 10, 2006
" I just turned 72 and am so thankful to be alive and reasonably healthy. I have some friends that dread getting old. I tell them, " When you consider the alternative to getting old.... getting old isn't so bad". My philosophy is...Age is all a matter of mind… if you don't mind, it don't matter!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Elelaor Daniels
May 8, 2006
" It doesn't matter how much baggage you have, but how you carry the suitcases."
Copyright © 2006 Christiana Lane
Just came up with the saying ... since after a divorce people always say you have a lot of baggage. I would like to think I carry my suitcases well, and have survived divorce with three small children at home and still managed to obtain my master's degree in education. Now remarried with a 1-year-old daughter. Success!
May 8, 2006
" Love tastes best when it's savored one day at a time."
Copyright © 2006 Heather Sapelbweyar
May 8, 2006
" Never envy other peoples success. Embrace it. Envying success is fearing it."
Copyright © 2006 Colin Robson
May 3, 2006
" It's not the number of awards you win; it's the number of hearts you capture."
Copyright © 2006 Lana Martin
My son is an all around athlete. He was very disappointed after the last football game of his senior year because they didn't win many games. He had many people following his H.S. Football career and many never saw him play, only heard about his ability. He received recognition from strangers, letters in the mail, figurines that fans had painted to look like him, newspaper clippings left on his windshield from some known and some unknown people, and phone calls, but didn't receive any awards at his last football banquet. He was hurt and I had these words for him.
May 3, 2006
" Preceding each step that we take, in conquering the world and it's difficulties, is a step we take in conquering ourselves."
Copyright © 2006 Brian Walker
If you want to change your world, change yourself. If you want to conquer your world, conquer yourself. It is that simple.
May 3, 2006
" When suffering opinions, doubt those who argue loudest and those who don't at all."
Copyright © 2006 Eric B. Hensen
May 1, 2006
" Looking on the bright side doesn't make you blind to the problems around you but helps you to see them in a positive light."
Written in 2006 by Allen Steble --- Australia
May 1, 2006
" It's not the circumstances that determine who you are going to be but how you deal with these problems and pains that come your way, that will make you are stronger person."
Mat Kearney --- Submitted by S.W. --- Georgia
May 1, 2006
" In order to discover who we are, we must accept who we were."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Miranda Zeppieri --- Canada
April 26, 2006
" When you speak, speak from your heart!"
Written in 2006 by James von Broembsen --- Canada
Positivity is not an action, it is a choice...or way of life. Positivity breeds positivity just as negativity breeds negativity. Live, love, learn and laugh in the positive!
April 26, 2006
" Learn to see the beauty in all mankind and then you will have no choice but to see it in yourself."
Copyright © 2005 Brandi Pool
April 26, 2006
" Don't do things that prove others wrong, do things that prove you right."
Written in 2006 by Mohammed Khan --- New York
April 24, 2006
" Do what makes you happy, be with who makes you smile, laugh as much as you breathe, and love as long as you live!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by M. Mann --- Alabama
April 24, 2006
" One must have a goal in life, a purpose or direction; without direction, one is lost!"
Copyright © 2006 Bill Sevilgen
April 24, 2006
" It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship."
Norman Vincent Peale
April 19, 2006
" Love me for who, not what I am, for only then can I reveal my true self to you. If a person can't love for that, then they haven't really loved you, have they?"
Copyright © 2006 Samuel K. Aidoo
April 19, 2006
" Love is giving more when you want to give up."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by A Nonymous --- Florida
April 19, 2006
" If you want to make friends, appear less superior."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sripriya K. --- United Arab Emirates
April 17, 2006
" It is never too late, no matter how long you have live, to fulfill the destiny life laid before you when you were born."
Copyright © 2006 Robert Holbrook
The one-year anniversary of the day that I was asked to separate from my wife is coming up in a few weeks. While my marriage produced two beautiful daughters, there were a lot of circumstances that came up that ruptured my marriage causing the separation and soon divorce. I realized that I still have 20 or more years left to fulfill my destiny. I am on year two of a five-year plan to reach this destiny. On the path I am on now, I will reach this destiny.
April 17, 2006
" Yes is the answer and you know that for sure."
John Lennon --- Submitted by Simon Heighwaya --- United Kingdom
A very old and wise lady was once telling me about her life. She was very honest and said that it wasn't until she'd truly accepted herself and the moment she was in, that she even began to start living! Say 'Yes' to yourself, 'Yes' to the moment and 'Yes' to life. Don't resist; trust. This old lady died recently but she gave me some advice that I'll never forget... "Don't try to be someone you're not. A lily that tries to turn itself into a sunflower will have a failed, miserable life; just be a beautiful lily! Remember that you can't make things happen that are not meant to be."
April 17, 2006
" Be smart, be intelligent and be informed."
Tony Alessandra
April 12, 2006
" Understand that happiness and sorrow are the same. They season experience in a life lived and savored. Understand that only the unique human perspective tastes them and the wonder and beauty of both will be yours."
Copyright © 2006 Aja Magdaleno
I thought about this one day while getting over a broken heart.
April 12, 2006
" Conflict is like a loose knot in the middle of a rope. If you pull at both ends the knot tightens up and there is no resolve. Don't pull the ends and the disagreement will soon disappear."
Copyright © 2005 Nathaniel Peat
April 12, 2006
" Love the people you like, but don't hate the people you dislike."
Written in 2006 by Nagesh Jadhav --- India
April 10, 2006
" Don't live your life regretting what you did yesterday or the day before. The more that you regret something that you can't change, the unhappier you will be. Make every experience (good or bad) a learning experience."
Written in 2006 by Tessa Woodrum --- Texas
Your past makes you into the person you are. Every obstacle that you've gone through has been put in your life for a reason. Any experience can be used to help someone else out.
April 10, 2006
" If the future is something that you invest in, then the present is something you work in to protect your investment."
Copyright © 2005 Michael Cuddyer
April 10, 2006
" Fortune favors the brave!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jay Boisvert --- United Kingdom
April 5, 2006
" Be the person that you want others to be."
Written in 2006 by Mel Megna --- Australia
April 5, 2006
" Lives, like paintings, are eventually judged. Will you be a Masterpiece or a Fraud? The consequences will be eternal!"
Written in 2006 by Barrie V. --- Ontario, Canada
Judging by how I treat others is showing me what a Fraud I am becoming. Time to change course while I still have time.
April 5, 2006
" Men are only great as they are kind."
Elbert Hubbard
April 3, 2006
" People say don't sweat the small stuff... they are so right, but the part they always leave out is that you should embrace the small stuff, because life is always brighter with the light on, no matter how small the light bulb."
Copyright © 2006 Barry Wilhelm
April 3, 2006
" Pushing to the edge is within your limits; going beyond is evolution."
Copyright © 2006 Daniel Lee Jones
People can push themselves to the absolute limit, and with the limit reached it is possible to go beyond to feel or become unbound from all or most negative aspects in life. I believe is true in nature, because evolution occurs from within the mind and body.
April 3, 2006
" Adversity does not build character, it reveals it."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jason Obed --- Ohio
March 29, 2006
" Man has climbed through the levels of animality to achieve this high destiny. If all the years between birth and death are wasted in seeking food, pleasure, clothing, and shelter, then, with all apologies, man is condemning himself as a fool. Man must achieve PEACE, amidst joy and grief, gain and loss, and all the dualities, which are inevitable. So I am with the hope that this PEACE comes to everyone, through the universal basic human right for everyone."
Written in 2006 by Clarence Qweissi Appiah --- Ghana
I remember this when I am struggling with life to bite the canvass.
March 29, 2006
" Let false friends fall through thoughts and your true friends fill up with memories."
Written in 2006 by Robert P. --- Michigan
March 29, 2006
" Your inability to stay at peace with people around you is due to your inability to understand their inability to understand you."
Written in 2004 by Dimoriaku Chijioke Godwin --- Nigeria
It was personally written by me.
March 27, 2006
" Your thoughts become your choices, your choices become your habits, and your habits become your lifestyle. If you want to change your lifestyle, change your thoughts."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Lesli Peters --- Texas
March 27, 2006
" A life lived without goals is much like going shopping without a list. You come to the checkout wondering why you got laden with things you didn't really want - you just thought you did at the time."
Copyright © 2005 Gary Tear
March 27, 2006
" Holding your head high and being the best you know you can be, even when life seems to fall apart at your feet, facing each difficulty with the confidence that time will bring you better tomorrows."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Divya Singhal --- India
Never giving up means Confidence.
March 22, 2006
" I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people."
Indira Gandhi --- Submitted by Anu G. --- California
My Inspiration
March 22, 2006
" There are many events in our life that we cannot prevent. How we interpret them will dictate our success or failure. Success begins with a positive outlook in life."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Veena Vivek - United Kingdom
March 22, 2006
" In a world that consistently seems to be governed by things written in black and white, I see color!"
Copyright © 2006 Ronald J. Champion
March 20, 2006
" You will never look back on the good things you've done in your life and wish you hadn't done them."
Written in 2006 by Julianne Buckingham --- California
I wrote this to remind myself to be a good person and to do as many good things in my lifetime that I can.
March 20, 2006
" Compete against a situation, never against a rival. Failure is an event, never a person."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Archana Rajendraiah --- California
March 20, 2006
Algorithm for success:
Step 1: What I am is what I am
Step 2: What I am not is what I am trying to be
Step 3: And when I am what I wanted, I aim higher
Step 4: Go to Step 1
Written in 2006 by Vinod Vijayan --- India
These are my own thoughts
March 15, 2006
" Trouble is part of your life -- if you don't share it, you don't give the person who loves you a chance to love you enough."
Dinah Shore
March 15, 2006
" Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving."
Dale Carnegie
March 15, 2006
" Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own."
Chinese proverb
March 13, 2006
" Life's true gifts are the ones that don't require money; Patience, Love and Understanding, they are all free."
Copyright © 2005 Mel Megna
March 13, 2006
" It is not your success that matters, but the paths you take to get there. All the achievements in the world won't give you half the gratification as knowing that you got to where you want to be by doing it the right way."
Copyright © 2006 Alex Roth
March 13, 2006
" People who lack confidence won't take risks. People without goals won't accomplish their dreams. That's why, if you believe in yourself, you can accomplish anything you set your mind to."
Copyright © 2006 Mike Brockenshire
March 8, 2006
" The ability to discipline yourself, to delay gratification in the short term in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long term, is the indispensable prerequisite for success."
Brian Tracy --- Submitted by Afegbua Usman --- Lagos, Nigeria
March 8, 2006
" Angry outbursts are a sure sign that I am not AT PEACE WITH MYSELF."
Copyright © 2006 Scott Johnson
March 8, 2006
" The outcome of a situation is the direct result of a decision you made. You can determine the outcome of a circumstance with one choice . . . choose wisely."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Seth B. --- Connecticut
March 6, 2006
" Whatsoever you desire of goods is yours. You have but to stretch forth your hand and take it. The consciousness of the dominant positive power within you is the possession of all things attainable...Health, Wealth, & Happiness. Have no fear of any sort or shape, for fear (worry) is an adjunct to the negative-entity. Throw yourself into your work and apply your skill; the world will profit by it and so will you. Go, therefore, and do that which is within you to do; take no heed of gestures which would beckon you aside; ask of no man permission to perform."
Frederick Dey --- Submitted by Rocky Birlew --- California
Stay terrific and keep smiling. Be excellent to each other.
March 6, 2006
A broken heart will never heal but restart and feel
Feel the earth, the sky, the people
For if you don't, the time will pass you by
Never give up on love
Love will never give up on you
Don't look for love, for it will never come
Love will always find you
Written in 2006 by K. Love
I wrote this because I want to share my feelings about my broken heart. I will move on because there is someone for me and you; so be patient and open to everyone because you never know - the next person might just be the "one".
March 6, 2006
" We are all vehicles of life, either private or commercial, but you choose which you want to be. The private vehicle carries only the owner and a few passengers but the commercial vehicle conveys everyone to his destination."
Written in 20065 by Cephas and Marianne --- Ghana
We would like to be a commercial vehicle so as to convey everybody, somewhere.
February 27, 2006
" It's very simple to be nice but very hard to be simple. So always be calm and smile, as it doesn't cost a thing."
Written in 2006 by Sunayana Bhatia --- India
February 27, 2006
" Success is not for the chosen few but rather for the few who choose it."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by V.V. --- South Africa
February 27, 2006
" You can either watch the world turn or make the world turn. Either way, you'll feel it turning."
Written in 2006 by Zohny Zohny --- New York
Sometimes we want to hide because things are not going our way. We need to learn to make them go our way.
February 22, 2006
" When you find your purpose, when you find your passion, you will find yourself truly living."
Written in 2006 by Rabbit T. --- Washington
February 22, 2006
" If you don't have peace of mind, you don't have yourself."
Copyright © 2006 Isreal Henry
Sometimes we as people lose control or drive ourselves crazy over situations that are either out of our league or what we can control. Some come from people that don't allow us to stay focus or be ourselves. It's necessary to take the time out, to get yourself straight and under control, because if not, you'll lose yourself.
February 22, 2006
" The greatest gift to a child is to plant and caringly nurture the seed of greatness in him/her."
Written in 2006 by Titi Oyenuga --- Saskatchewan, Canada
February 15, 2006
" There is a broad distinction between character and reputation, for one may be destroyed by slander, while the other can never be harmed, save by its possessor. Reputation is in no man's keeping. You and I cannot determine what other men shall think and say about us. We can only determine what they ought to think of us and say about us."
Josiah Gilbert Holland
February 15, 2006
" Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom."
Marcel Proust
February 15, 2006
" Your chances of success in any undertaking can always be measured by your belief in yourself."
Robert Collier
February 13, 2006
" Nine requisites for contented living: Health enough to make work a pleasure. Wealth enough to support your needs. Strength to battle with difficulties and overcome them. Grace enough to confess your sins and forsake them. Patience enough to toil until some good is accomplished. Charity enough to see some good in your neighbor. Love enough to move you to be useful and helpful to others. Faith enough to make real the things of God. Hope enough to remove all anxious fears concerning the future."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe --- Submitted by Ankur Bhardwaj --- India
February 13, 2006
" Anyone can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend's success."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Milad Farah --- Lebanon
February 13, 2006
" Fate is building a bridge of chance for someone you love."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Creisthin Mojado --- Philippines
From the movie "My Sassy Girl"
February 8, 2006
" If you find good in others, you will ultimately find good in yourself."
Copyright © 2006 Amy Goble
This is something I came up with in an effort to motivate my office staff to focus on the positive rather than the faults of others that bring us down.
February 8, 2006
" For any good relationship to last, there needs be three C's; Communication, Commitment, and Compromise."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Abraham Lindo --- Jamaica
Dr. Marcia Johnson-Campbell - Jamaica shared this quote with me.
February 8, 2006
" It is better to be alone than to be with someone and feel more alone than you ever could on your own."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sacha Simms --- West Virginia
Something I said to someone who felt like they just absolutely had to share their life with someone else. I felt like everyone could relate to this at one time or another in their life.
February 6, 2006
" Next time, before you say something to someone, think twice. Because what you say can make their day!"
Written in 2006 by Janantha Marasinghe --- Sri Lanka
February 6, 2006
" If something miserable happens, stay positive and move on through life."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Connor P. --- Ohio
February 6, 2006
" Envy is ambition turned upside down."
Copyright © 2006 Zachary Long
February 1, 2006
" The most important thing is what you believe about yourself and not what others say about you. If every one of us listened to what people said about him/her, he/she would live a mad life."
Written in 2006 by Wael Majzoub --- Lebanon
February 1, 2006
" A smile is the most potent weapon, in times of adversity."
Written in 2006 by Pritesh Jethwani --- India
February 1, 2006
" It's nice to be nice."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by T.L. --- Michigan
From the mouth of my late Minister of Music, Jimmy Dowell (J.D)
January 30, 2006
AN AMAZING MAN
Helps those in need
Considers others
Is in touch with his spiritual needs
Is self-sacrificing
Has a great sense of humor and enjoys life
Loves children
Treasures his family
Knows that love and inner peace are the true meaning of happiness
Makes a difference in a life
Has goals
Has self-confidence and loves who he is
Knows that life is not a plan, but a journey
Does not let fear hold him back
Knows that failure does not define him, but makes him wiser
Knows that anything worth having does not come easy
Is not afraid to love and be loved
Copyright © 2006 Yanira Crespo
January 30, 2006
" Only you hold the key to happiness. Make a few copies so someone else can enjoy it with you."
Copyright © 2005 Cindy Ferraino
January 30, 2006
" Smile to those who aren't smiling for no one needs a smile more than those who cannot smile first."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by A.T. --- California
Everyone needs a smile from time to time.
January 25, 2006
" Do the right thing when no one is looking. It is a matter of principle and great display of character to be generous and loyal in doing good things for others."
Copyright © 2005 Matthew T. McLaughlin
January 25, 2006
" Treat others, as you would want your mother to be treated."
Copyright © 2001Jeremy Jones
This has been such a positive quote.
January 25, 2006
" Successful people do the things that unsuccessful people refuse to do."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Israel Barahona --- Florida
This particular quote has helped me throughout my career. Life is all about risk and overcoming obstacles, and this particular quote reminded me not to give up and attack every problem with a positive attitude.
January 23, 2006
" A successful person is one who has a talent to handle his talent."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Vimal Kumar --- Tamilnadu, India
January 23, 2006
" Love is not about finding the right person, but creating a right relationship. It's not about how much love you have in the beginning, but how much love you build till the end."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by James V. --- Kidaps, Philippines
January 23, 2006
" Being successful, I have been asked many times on what my greatest investment was. My greatest investment is the time I've spent with my family, because without family is without purpose."
Author Unknown --- submitted by Travis Duncan --- Ontario, Canada
January 18, 2006
" You have to look out for number one. If you don't, who is going to be there for number's two, three, and four?"
From the Warrior's Code --- Submitted by J.D. --- Georgia
It is all about those around you, but you have to be there for them. So, take care of yourself first, so that you can be there for others.
January 18, 2006
" To be successful you need to first believe in yourself before anyone else can follow."
Written in 2005 by Kat Goldsmith --- United Kingdom
January 18, 2006
" I am happy because I chose to be happy. I am sad because I chose to be sad. Life comes once, it is short and the events are unpredictable. Things don't happen the way you expect them to. So in this life, you can choose to stay sad and gloomy or you can cherish whatever you've got now and find happiness on your own."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ishita Kataria --- India
January 16, 2006
" Life's most urgent question is: what are you doing for others?"
Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 16, 2006
" Speak tenderly to them. Let there be kindness in your face, in your eyes, in your smile, in the warmth of your greeting. Always have a cheerful smile. Don't only give your care, but give your heart as well."
Mother Theresa
January 16, 2006
" The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives."
Anthony (Tony) J. Robbins
January 11, 2006
" Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings."
Samuel Johnson --- Submitted by Gurbinder Sidhu --- North Carolina
The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
January 11, 2006
" What you say is not always important, but how you say it always is."
Maxim Gorky --- Submitted by Radheshyam Saboo --- M.P., India
January 11, 2006
" When in marriage, what you don't enjoy, ENDURE."
Portia L. Washington --- Submitted by Richard Washington --- Louisiana
This is a quote from my mother. She is 75 years old and recently passed on this "DEEP" quote from her years of experience.
January 9, 2006
" A man should always respect other beings, no matter what circumstances. A man should always respect himself. As far as a man respects himself, he becomes stronger to avoid his negative aims and concentrates on his positive aims. A man should never feel proud. When he feels proud, he loses his success or key to success. Pride suits GOD only, as HE made everything, and HE gifted to us various materials by which we can go modern or establish an advanced society/technology."
Written in 2005 by Qamber Abbas --- Doha, Qatar
These are self-authored, inspired by the sayings of my Father, Mr. Gulam Abbas, and my Grandfather, Mr. Barakat Ali Haryani.
January 9, 2006
" You may be someone common with common thoughts, who has lived a common life. There may be no monuments dedicated to you and probably your name will be soon forgotten... but if you've loved another with your heart and soul, that will be enough. There's no other thing such as loving and feeling loved. Find a person to spend you're entire life with, and then just hold on forever!"
Written in 2005 by Jackelyn K. --- Germany
January 9, 2006
" Life is short and it's up to you to make it sweet."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Megan M. --- Saskatchewan, Canada
December 21, 2005
" Treat others the way you want to be treated and you'll gain the respect and will reflect the energy you bestow to others. What you experience in life is but what we throw into our universe. Mirror yourself... you'll see the very you...Now you know the answers and what to do with the life you created. You don't blame anyone, even the Guy UP there... You are answerable to yourself. Create a meaningful life worthy of living."
Written in 2005 by James Padilla --- Manila, Philippines
Congratulations to the Philippines for winning the overall championship in the recently concluded 2005 SEA GAMES. Keep it up guys.
December 21, 2005
" Patience serves as a protection against wrongs as clothes do against cold. For if you put on more clothes as the cold increases, it will have no power to hurt you. So in like manner you must grow in patience when you meet with great wrongs, and they will then be powerless to vex your mind."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Prasad Kumar --- Hyderabad, India
December 21, 2005
" In this world, where desire rules the heart, you will discover- "Love" is the flame that lights up the soul."
Written in 1997 by Aisha Gothey
December 21, 2005
" Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be."
George Sheehan
December 19, 2005
" Act like father, live like mother and that will make you evergreen."
Written in 2005 by Narayanappa Shekhar --- India
December 19, 2005
" If you take the long road towards your goals and do things right, you will be rewarded. If you take short cuts, you get cut short. Your rewards may not be financial, they may be spiritual or social but they will most definitely be in direct proportion with the effort you put forth."
Rev. Run --- Submitted by Candice Walker --- Washington
I hope this does for all that read it, what it has done for me.
December 19, 2005
" Life is a balance of holding on and letting go."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by M.C. --- Massachusetts
It is so true about life.
December 14, 2005
" Success is not the money you have in the bank, not even the cars you have but the number of people you have helped achieved success."
Written in 2005 by Josh Tackie --- Ghana
December 14, 2005
" Life can't give me joy and peace; it's up to me to will it. Life gives me time and space; it's up to me to fill it."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Pearl P. --- Indiana
I found this quote on my Aunt's refrigerator door. It certainly gave me many days of pondering.
December 14, 2005
" Don't judge someone by their past, judge that someone on their present!!"
Written in 2005 by Will Lacson --- Australian External Territories
December 12, 2005
" Whatever you do in life, know that you are not measured by your wealth, but by your integrity."
Copyright © 2005 Terrell Green
December 12, 2005
" It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are."
Roy Disney --- Submitted by Lebogang Mpshane --- South Africa
December 12, 2005
" Life's experiences are boosters to success. Every experience one encounters in life, either positive or negative, has a lesson to teach us. We can use what we have experienced in life to educate and encourage others who are passing through similar situations."
Written in 2005 by Osuji Chioma --- Nigeria
Nothing can teach us better than our own experiences. I have learnt many great lessons through my life experiences, especially the negative ones. I am happy now that I passed through them for I can have a story to tell.
December 7, 2005
" We always think that we have a lot of time to spend and wait for someone we love but we never know when that time will pass us by. Remember life is short; cherish every moment we spend. Why wait when we can take more drastic action to let them understand?"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by CC Ng --- Malaysia
December 7, 2005
" Always wear a smile to have a stress free day. It won't hurt smiling & creating an aura of a welcoming heart. Happiness in your heart can combat any form of adversity coupled with positive thoughts & faith. You'll embrace/face/ welcome all experiences with bliss/confidence in your heart & with poise & grace."
Written in 2005 by James Padilla ---Philippines
It won't hurt smiling, I don't see anything wrong with it as well and it makes me wonder why a lot of people find it hard to do so. But as for me, I'll keep it up.
December 7, 2005
" Love is from deep within. You are in love if you are aware of the person's dark side and yet still willing to accept him wholeheartedly."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Rhea Piol --- Philippines
November 30, 2005
" Don't miss a chance to tell someone you love and care. Be Kind. We all laugh, we all hurt, we all cry, we all make mistakes, we all dream... that's life. It's a journey."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by William Odei Affum --- Accra, Ghana
November 30, 2005
" Turn a negative problem into a positive solution."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by J.G. --- New York
November 30, 2005
" Live your life from your heart. Share from your heart. And your story will touch and heal people's souls."
Melody Beattie
November 28, 2005
" In life we go through things that can't be explained but we put on our tough skin and work through it. Things go wrong and we say it will get better somehow, but there's one thing that we forget. We hold the key to our life and the path we take depends only on us and no one else. The next time things get tough remember: you have the key to change the direction. And in the end, you know it was hard but you made it through."
Written in 2005 by Doreen Ochill-Mensah --- Ghana
November 28, 2005
" Your actions in life set your course and determine the destination of your travels. Your reactions in life create the climate in which you travel."
Beth Johnson --- Submitted by Shantae Peace --- Wisconsin
November 28, 2005
" Let go of the past. Life is a gift so open the present."
Written in 2003 by Ted Conners --- Canada
November 21, 2005
" To live happily with other people one should ask of them only what they can give."
Tristan Bernard
November 21, 2005
" Smile at each other, smile at your wife, smile at your husband, smile at your children, smile at each other -- it doesn't matter who it is -- and that will help you to grow up in greater love for each other."
Mother Teresa
November 21, 2005
" If you do not wish to be prone to anger, do not feed the habit. Give it nothing which may tend to its increase."
Epictetus
November 16, 2005
Expectations:
"If you live your life according to what people say, think, or expect of you, then you never really live your life; you only walk in the shadow of their footsteps."
Copyright © 2005 Tanika Mack
Follow your heart, Follow your dream, Reach for your goal for only you control your destiny.
November 16, 2005
" Learn to forgive, learn to live."
Written in 2005 by Katie D. --- Maine
I made this up for a friend.
November 16, 2005
" Whenever you think you don't get lucky on anything, look at it as a blessing. Everything you want in life is not always right for you. Things happen for the best, so when luck falls, just smile and keep moving."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sheena Ford --- Ohio
November 14, 2005
To make others happy and not only be happy yourself,
To win respect of others and not only win over others,
To find the best in others and not in yourselves,
To give good values to your children,
To leave the world a little better after you have lived.
That is when you have truly lived your life.
Written in 2005 by Karan Pal Singh --- India
All the sorrow in the world is because we look for happiness in our lives, not in others.
November 14, 2005
" You can't eat the world, if you can't lift it. You can't have it, if you can't see it. You don't have it, if you don't believe it."
Copyright © 2005 Derric Johnson
I wrote this quote thinking about our inner ambitions and the struggles we have to overcome discouragement.
November 14, 2005
" Smile - it will mesmerize them."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Zack --- Canada
November 9, 2005
" It is not the failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your failure to appreciate theirs."
Confucius
November 9, 2005
" To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others."
Anthony Robbins
November 9, 2005
" Love is not getting, but giving. Not a wild dream of pleasure and a madness of desire--oh, no--love is not that! It is goodness and honor and peace and pure living. Yes, love is that and it is the best thing in the world and the thing that lives the longest."
Henry van Dyke
November 7, 2005
" Every step and every thought should be directed towards the path that brings you closer to the things you love."
Copyright © 2005 Timothy Mack Pekar
November 7, 2005
" The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past. You can't go on well in life until you let go of all of your past failures and heartaches."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Karl Silverwood --- United Kingdom
November 7, 2005
" A man who does many things makes many mistakes but he obviously doesn't make the biggest mistake of them all - DOING NOTHING."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Collet Makgojane --- South Africa
I hope that this quote makes everybody realize that for as long as we want to succeed in life, we mustn't worry about committing mistakes, as this might stop us from trying, which will end up with us doing nothing.
November 2, 2005
" Personal honor is the mortar that holds the bricks of life in shape. If your sense of honor is stronger than your mood, you can never give in to negative feelings."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Pierre Diatta --- Nigeria
November 2, 2005
" Wherever you are, if you can find humor in your problems, you can overcome them."
Written in 2005 by Rahul V.V --- India
November 2, 2005
" True love comes from the soul, in the depths of one's true self. The true person is brought out in this love but only seen by the ones who truly love them."
Taylor L. --- Submitted by R.B. --- Arkansas
This quote was written by a young lady who is a teenager. Her insight to life seems to be unbelievable considering she is so young.
October 31, 2005
" Time is a gift for us to share with those we love, to make special memories that will last a lifetime. Remember, time shared with loved ones, is time well spent."
Copyright © 2005 Elaine Harper
I work as a receptionist at a Health care facility and I see many changes in individuals' lives. One minute they are alive and well and then they are gone. I also very recently lost my mother but I am grateful for the special memories we shared. I encourage everyone to spend time with your loved ones and make the most of each moment. Life truly is precious.
October 31, 2005
" Impeccability stems from learning from your mistakes."
Copyright © 2005 Danny Sandoval
Writing downs my thoughts one day, I just wrote this truthful way of being. I always want to see people happy, especially at the workplace. I was pretty much assessing myself and work ethics.
October 31, 2005
When said, I think,
"Why did she say?"
When not said, I think,
"Why didn't she say?"
When asked, I think,
"Why does she ask?"
But when she keeps herself calm, I think,
"Why didn't she ask?
Don't fail to ask for and say something.
Most of the times, it falls in your positive side.
Written in 2005 by Thiyagaraj Raj --- Tamilnadu, India
October 26, 2005
" My success is measured by my willingness to keep on trying."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by J. Coover --- Pennsylvania
October 26, 2005
" Sorrows come uninvited but to invite happiness we need to practice positive thinking."
Written in 2005 by Pamposh Pokhriyal --- New Delhi, India
October 26, 2005
" Don't ever become victim of your own image. Always remember even your image has ample scope to change and to expect the best out of the given situation. So don't let your image outweigh your own instincts and judgments you are having at this present moment."
Written in 2005 by Priyanka D. Teredesai --- Maharashtra, India
What I have observed is whatever way we are, we create an image of ourselves for society. This image is the one which we create through our nature and behavioral patterns. But as time progresses, this image starts shadowing the way we react or behave. This is an erratic property of ourselves that tells us that I should not try this, because my image will get spoiled and the best way is just to remaining glued to our image. We can't even accept our faults with an open mind due to this self-imposed thing. Our past makes our image. The present and the future are not at all involved in building this image. So we have to give thought --- Do we create our image or does our image pressurize us as to how to behave? (in the present)
October 24, 2005
" A man is known by his achievements and not by his possessions."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Prajesh Madhavi --- Maharastra, India
October 24, 2005
There are three rules to follow to achieve and accomplish in this life.
1. Work
2. Work Hard
3. Work Harder
Written in 2005 by Tom Kotowski --- Illinois
October 24, 2005
" In situations surrounding failure and defeat, great opportunities are born; you can only change things by allowing them to grow out of the past."
Written in 2005 by John W. --- California
October 19, 2005
" When confronting a problem confront with honesty, humility and courage.... for a brook would lose its song were it not for the boulders that it encounters in its way."
Written in 2005 by Kamal M. Mehta --- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
October 19, 2005
" Those who follow the mobs will never be followed by mobs."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Rohit Arya --- Delhi, India
October 19, 2005
" Don't waste your time thinking about your failures. You can use the same time for becoming more successful."
Copyright © 2005 Raj Sharma
October 17, 2005
" The best thing to do when you get knocked down is to get up on your own."
Written in 2005 by Scott Kaufmann --- Michigan
October 17, 2005
" When you die, the only thing you can take with you are your memories so make every moment worth remembering. The next time you drink to dull out pain and stress, think about how hazy those memories will be when you're dead. Live your life in a way that you will feel every joy and every pain, big or small, clearly. For in death, this will be your only means of living."
Copyright © 2005 Nicole Aurora Boles
I wrote this quote while I was pregnant with my first child, who is now almost 4 months old. Before I met the father of my baby girl, I was addicted to alcohol and a form of drugs. I was really headed down the wrong path. I had put an end to the drugs before I met my fiancée, but I was still drinking when I met him. With his help and the inspiration of becoming a Mother, I put an end to drinking as well; realizing that there were things in life that were worth remembering and I didn't want to forget a second of it, just because of painful memories from the past. I just had to let them go in order to live my current life to the fullest and be able to carry those memories with me forever.
October 17, 2005
" It is wise to start something that has gone bad all over. For when you start over, you'll get over. When you get over, you'll come over and those who come over are called overcomers."
Written in 2005 by Abraham A. Eninla --- Lagos, Nigeria
October 12, 2005
" You've got to be smarter than the tools you work with."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by J.D. --- Georgia
I first said it to my fellow privates during boot camp at Ft. Knox, in 2000.
October 12, 2005
" Blessed are the flexible for they shall not be bent out of shape."
Pastor Ademola Adetoye --- Submitted by Tunde Oyebamiji --- Texas
I try to say this to myself if I'm finding it difficult to accept new ideas or assignments or what I earlier believed in.
October 12, 2005
" To become a successful person and to achieve your goals you need two things: First, is a mindset for the goal. Second, you will have to become deaf."
Written in 2005 by Poonam Babbar --- India
This is based on self-experience.
October 10, 2005
" Only the strong heart survives."
Written in 2005 by Zakiyu Tandunayir --- Accra, Ghana
Be strong hearted and with that you can achieve whatever you want to achieve in this world. I dedicate this quote to my future wife to be, Sarata Ali.
October 10, 2005
" If you want love, you must give love. First, give love to yourself."
Written in 2001 by Yvette Cade
October 10, 2005
" Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Aayesha M. --- Maharashtra, India
October 5, 2005
" The best things in life are yours, if you can appreciate yourself."
Dale Carnegie
October 5, 2005
" The difference between failure and success is doing a thing nearly right and doing it exactly right."
Edward C. Simmons
October 5, 2005
" Behavior is a mirror in which everyone shows his image."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
October 3, 2005
" No one can go back and change a bad beginning, but anyone can start now and create a successful ending."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jim Johnson --- Wyoming
I saw this one time and realized that first impressions are not what matter, but being able to make a continuing good impression and finishing well.
October 3, 2005
" No matter how many "THINGS" you have, the key is always to be able to see the basics - the important and simple things in life that make life worthwhile. Be in control of your possessions; don't let your possessions be in control of you."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Brenda G. Penaranda --- Bahrain
October 3, 2005
" Maybe the most any of us can expect of ourselves isn't perfection but progress."
Michelle Bufford --- Submitted by Didi C. --- California
September 28, 2005
" Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change about you, but your dream will not. It will always be your link with the person, young and full of hope. If you hold on to it you may grow old but you will never be old. And that is the ultimate success."
Tom Clancy
September 28, 2005
" You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you."
John Wooden
September 28, 2005
" It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference."
Tom Brokaw
September 26, 2005
" Always remember, if it is not a cheerful morning, then let your cheerfulness make it one."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sneha T. - AP, India
September 26, 2005
" Life consists of sadness and happiness. Determining which one outweighs the other is your attitude."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ben H. --- Pennsylvania
September 26, 2005
" Sometimes you have to take a step back in order to take two steps forward."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Daniel Wray --- Tennessee
It's sounds pretty cliché to me, but as a self-supporting college student, I have found that many sacrifices have to be made in the present in order to achieve something great in the future.
September 21, 2005
" People love people who are true to themselves, follow their dreams, and encourage others to do the same."
Written in 2005 by Chris L. --- Connecticut
September 21, 2005
If you would not be forgotten
As soon as you are dead and rotten,
Either write things worth reading,
Or do things worth the writing.
Benjamin Franklin --- Submitted by Vanessa B. --- California
September 21, 2005
" If it affects one's heart, then it is personal. If it affects one's wallet, it is consequential. If it affects one's opinion, then it's immaterial."
Copyright © 2005 Joyce C. Lock
September 19, 2005
" Admitting that you're wrong is just as good as being right."
Written in 2005 by Brian Mortell
September 19, 2005
" Good things come to those who wait. Better things come to those who try."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by A. Louw --- Stone town, Zanzibar
Makes you realize that nothing happens on it's own.
September 19, 2005
" Success is full of answers; failure is full of questions."
Copyright © 2005 William Brown
Successful people find answers to any questions that they face. People who fail at something fail to find answers to their questions and live with the "could'd, would'a, should'a" mentality.
September 14, 2005
" In order to seek TRUTH, you must first find MEANING in yourself!"
Copyright © 2004 Adrina Beaumont
September 14, 2005
" A person of nobility is one who can appreciate their noble surroundings by appearing humble and gracious in the company of those who strive for nobility."
Copyright © 2005 Darrell Urban Black
An American visual artist living in Frankfurt, Germany
September 14, 2005
" It is necessary to pass love down from generation to generation but it is wrong to pass hate."
Written in 2005 by Sara D. --- New Jersey
I dislike when people always look to the past and hate each other for what has happened and what is done already. We can't change the past but we can shape our future.
September 12, 2005
" Most of people's problems are problems because we call them 'problems'."
Written in 2005 by Sukhbir Singh
It's straightforward. If you agree that it's a problem, then it is a problem. Otherwise, where's the problem? In dealing with my clients they always tell me that there's a problem. As we start talking, halfway into the conversation I still couldn't hear a problem. That's where this quote came up. I first used it to my client and then thought that "Hey, others could use it too!"
September 12, 2005
" No dreams come true until you get up and go to work on them."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Rebecca Brooke M. --- Oklahoma
September 12, 2005
" Self-management initiates time management."
Written in 2005 by E.Machedi
When one learns to manage or to lead him/herself, managing time will be easy.
August 31, 2005
" Think, think, think. Then speak."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mary Bryan --- Georgia
This was listed as my dad's motto in his university yearbook the year he graduated from the University of Georgia (I believe it was 1928). I don't know if he was quoting, or if it was his own selected motto. His life was always an inspiration to me, to my two sisters, to both his and my mother's families and to many others as well.
August 31, 2005
" If not now... when? If not me ... who? By land or on wings?
The question is; am I willing to be the answer?"
Copyright © 2005 Job Gomez
Let go of the excuses... forget what you have heard... it is your time, make it happen, take control of YOU and YOUR LIFE!
August 31, 2005
" Always remember "GOOD DAY" "BAD DAY" it's "YOUR" choice!"
Copyright © 2003 Jay Muma
I have this come up on my voice mail and I have had so many people comment. It makes so much sense because we all let other people choose the kind of day we are going to have. The truth be known, it's our choice.
August 29, 2005
" At the end of life, you will never regret not having passed 1 more test, not winning 1 more verdict, not closing 1 more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a wife, a child, a friend, parents. Life is too short. Live for today and savor every moment."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by D. C. --- Caloocan City, Philippines
A friend sent me this - Enlightening!
August 29, 2005
" The only way to succeed is to keep jumping off cliffs and build your wings on the way down."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Harish Kumar N --- Andhra Pradesh, India
August 29, 2005
" In this life, we write the script. In the next, we watch the movie."
Copyright © 2005 Daniel Kennedy
It's tough to keep a schedule in tact when life gets in the way. Be careful not to sink too far into self-pity. When you do, you'll find that fewer people are willing to help pull you out.
August 24, 2005
" At some point everybody gets to experience a life that's perfect, if only for a moment. It's just that most people don't realize or appreciate that moment because they always long for something more. Don't be one of those people."
Copyright © 2005 John Flory
I see people all around me not appreciating the lot that's handed to them. They want something bigger or better. What for? That isn't happiness. You have to make the decision to be happy, before you can ever actually be happy!
August 24, 2005
" Fear keeps you ordinary."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Rich Lucas --- South West, United Kingdom
August 24, 2005
" To succeed, you need to take that gut feeling in what you believe and act on it with all of your heart!"
Copyright © 1997 Christy Borgeld
Founder of Stepfamily Day
August 22, 2005
" The point of life is not to arrive at your grave safe and sound, but to skid in sideways, out of control screaming, 'Whoa...What a ride!'"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sarah Smith --- Michigan
I like to live my life in the fast lane and was sick of everyone saying, "Take it easy" or "Slow Down". Saw this on the wall of a cubicle at work. Now I finally have a comeback!
August 22, 2005
" Sorrow and self-pity get you nowhere. A positive, motivated attitude will get you anywhere."
Copyright © 2005 Jeanette Helms
I came to this after a bad divorce and getting remarried. Never compare the past to what is right in front of you. I am now remarried and have (between both of us) 3 happy and healthy boys!
August 22, 2005
" Looks may be deceiving, but your heart may carry beauty and love. Being the most beautiful person is not all dreamy, unless they have a heart that shines like a star above."
Copyright © 2005 Sylvia Romero
Most people think that if they have someone that is beautiful, it's their looks. But beautiful is a person who carries a heart with more beauty that you can imagine.
August 17, 2005
" Don't condemn, criticize, or complain."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by D. Mbongo --- Free State, South Africa
August 17, 2005
" The hallmark of success is turning down the volume of echoes whispered by life stops. One I thing I have been taught not to do is give up."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Adigun Daniel Muyiwa --- Lagos, Nigeria
August 17, 2005
" Success is getting what you want without hurting anybody else."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by J. Khu --- Philippines
August 15, 2005
" Focus on the present, instead of dwelling in the past and your future will take care of itself."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Lilly D. --- Texas
August 15, 2005
" Life is so amazing! Even though there will be times when you think you can't go any further and you're about to break down, if you just hold on a little bit longer incredible things can, do and will happen for you. So don't ever give up and always go that extra mile."
Copyright © 2005 Adam Spears
Don't stop believing in yourself even if everyone else does!
August 15, 2005
" It is one thing to say that the patient dog eats the fattest bone and another to see which dog wants to eat the fattest bone."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Uko Essien --- Lagos, Nigeria
The patient dog will always get bigger bones or scrap after every meal, rather than struggle for crumbs during meals. Likewise humans must practice patience, self control, and humility...These virtues will surely take us a long way.
August 10, 2005
" I don't have to try and be somebody when, I already am."
Written in 2005 by Burt K. League --- Texas
August 10, 2005
" If you lack what you need, then you use what you have."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Rajesh Sharma --- Bombay, India
August 10, 2005
" Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things!!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by A. Bean --- Vermont
From My Mom, RIP
August 8, 2005
" When talent is discovered, it is the job of a parent to nurture it --- the job of a friend to compliment and encourage it, and the responsibility of the talented person to recognize their calling and fulfill it."
Copyright © 2003 Darrell Urban Black
An American visual artist living in Frankfurt, Germany
August 8, 2005
Upon My 20th Birthday
The sun was setting on the day
And fate was forcing me astray-
Into the woods along a trail,
To reach the bridge before the grail
Although I did not know the way
Leaving my child in search of man
I faced my past and backwards ran-
Though have the path rose up a hill
It did at times lie downward still
And I ran both as best I can
And now upon this bridge I stand
I watch the water part the land-
A distinct time and severed place
The unknown path a man must face
It's only here I understand
That trail I ran was over fast
And too this bridge will be my past-
Now watching dark approaching dawn
Must not forget but still move on
That trail I loved won't be my last.
Copyright © 2003 Matt Catinella
August 8, 2005
" Giving up on life, when you are still alive, is not only self-destructive but also a self-denial of CHALLENGE!"
Copyright © 2005 Christine Gathungu
August 3, 2005
" Being frank and honest is good. You may have the best intentions, especially in proving your good point. But BE CAREFUL of what you say, so to speak. For it is how it was delivered and conveyed which will make the difference. Instead of giving a wonderful thought, it ends up in a bad light."
Copyright © 2005 James Padilla
A lot of people are said to be FRANK and really HONEST. But oftentimes these traits also makes them mean. Unknowingly, they are hurting a person's feelings and sounding offensive. Instead of making the person realize his mistakes, faults or flaws, this is clouded and covered by the act that was bestowed on him.
August 3, 2005
" Stay in touch with your inner child, by being truly humble, and strongly resist your inner Pharisee, who can't see his own need for mercy."
Copyright © 2005 Scott Johnson
A Pharisee is judgmental of others, while being blind to his own faults.
August 3, 2005
" Live each day like it is your last."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Bob R. --- California
Meaning, forgive your friends before the day is through, no grudges before going to sleep. Tell your family you love them daily. Call your friends that you miss. The good deeds you want to do, don't put them in the back burner, you will feel better if you do them today.
August 1, 2005
" He who knows no selfishness will be alive, even in death."
Copyright © 2005 Max Ximbi
August 1, 2005
" SMILE: If you can't lift the corners, let the middle sag."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by K.D. --- Vic, Australian External Territories
This quote is my motto. Everyone should take this into consideration!!
August 1, 2005
" One can't choose their family members, one can chose their best friends, but one cannot choose who they fall in love with."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by R. Landry --- Georgia
July 27, 2005
" The best gift a father can give his child is the gift of himself."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by John Chiapoco --- NSW, Australia
July 27, 2005
" It's better to aim for the stars and land in the trees than to aim for the trees and land in the mud."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by lana Gillette --- Utah
I love this quote because for me, it is easier to take the easy path. But what I've learned is that if I try and fail, then I will get a good feeling because I tried. But if I am scared of trying, then I will always wonder, "What if I had tried, would I have made it?" Things in my life have happened just because I chose to try. Someone told me that 90% of success in just showing up.
July 27, 2005
" If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sweta Sharma --- Delhi, India
July 25, 2005
" What makes a man a man? It is the commitment that he makes in life, to forge a legacy that will stand the test of time. A man of success doesn't need friends to help him to build his empire for he knows in himself that he was destined for greatness. He is chosen amongst the millions to make a change, to wield a revolution towards mankind, to be what no man can imagine. But to be that man, he must bleed for the sacrifices that he makes, to believe only in himself and not the opinions of the undeserving for he knows that the actions he makes he's always right and just. What makes a man a man? The answer lies within you for you are that man."
Copyright © 2005 Leon William
July 25, 2005
" Try not to criticize your husband's faults. Remember they may be these little imperfections in him that prevented him from choosing a better wife."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Shantala Kothare --- Maharashtra, India
July 25, 2005
" One can never feel the real happiness of success unless he has faced setbacks in his\her life."
Copyright © 2005 Raju Sohanda
July 20, 2005
" Today I begin my life the way I should have yesterday."
Copyright © 2005 Kaylee Wilson
July 20, 2005
" The hope of tomorrow will never come until you repair the wrong, and the only reparation of wrong is abolition of wrong."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sudha Sausan --- New Delhi, India
July 20, 2005
" Being in love is accepting the imperfections that the god above gave us. It's knowing that no matter what tribulations you have to endure, it will always be better with your love by your side. But most importantly, true love is when you know you have found your soul mate to slowly walk through this life with and to know that in your eternal life you will walk together hand in hand with eternal happiness."
Copyright © 2005 Valyn J. Marney
July 18, 2005
" To love someone, you must first love yourself."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Perry Sherman --- Michigan
July 18, 2005
" Ultimate secret for self-confidence: knowing that everyone else is probably more afraid than you are."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Chris L. --- Connecticut
July 18, 2005
" Don't let your tomorrows cloud your todays."
Written in 2005 by Paige L. --- Wisconsin
July 13, 2005
" If you want to be a good leader, you have to learn when to follow."
Written in 2005 by Will Saunders --- Maryland
July 13, 2005
" Start with the end in mind!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Hal Burke --- Illinois
When you are responsible for completing a personal issue or work project, visualize your finished project, and plan on how you will accomplish your objective.
July 13, 2005
" Tired of get the same old results in your life? I've learned that when in a rut...Change Brings Change."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ronnie Collins --- Texas
July 11, 2005
" In life we say if someone rubs us the wrong way we will retaliate. But think if you had a piece of sandpaper and rubbed a piece of wood, it becomes smooth. The more you rub, the smoother it becomes and then it begins to shine. So when you are rubbed the wrong way don't retaliate, JUST SHINE!"
Copyright © 2005 Ianthe Hinds --- Barbados
It simply means that when life presents you with obstacles, don't give up. Don't give up because this is your opportunity for doing well. Be that light where there is darkness...shine!
July 11, 2005
" If you really want to be a successor in life, then don't look to anyone to motivate you, but look at your inner soul, as it's your best motivator."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Iqbal Singh --- New Delhi, India
July 11, 2005
" To reach your life's destination, do not be driven by mediocrity or sloth. Neither will take you where you want to go."
Copyright © 2005 Theresa Austria
July 6, 2005
" Heroes come from true men who are not physically strong, but strong-willed. This makes them intelligent and respectful, which are a hero's strongest weapons to defend those in need."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by J.J. --- Massachusetts
July 6, 2005
" It is a very humble feeling when you can sum up your whole life watching a Banana tree. With a slight morning breeze, you see the top leaves of the plant gyrating back and forth representing youth and your child phase full of energy and vigor. Just below it the next set of leaves are little more still yet supporting the strength of the plant representing life filled with responsibilities. Last but not the least, the bottom leaves - representing old age, filled with experience, and smiling and telling the top leaves your days are coming."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ansuman Mahapatra --- Alabama
This is an excerpt quote from the ancient Indian folk books of wisdom. I just did a translation. Very few people know that the banana plant grows from top to bottom.
July 6, 2005
" 'Silence' Is The Sense Of The Sensible."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sukrit Aggarwal --- Noida, India
For He who can control his 'Silence' ...can control his 'speech' and everything connected with it (relationships, businesses, negotiations ... anything).
June 29, 2005
" Keep in your thoughts those men worthy of your admiration. Inspiration will follow as a moth to the flame."
F.T. English --- Submitted by Phil K. --- New South Wales, Australia
June 29, 2005
" If you keep worrying about circumstances that went wrong, the past will overtake you. Just believe you are too strong for whatever happened and too capable - just move on."
Copyright © 2005 Ayawley Israel
June 29, 2005
" True happiness is when you can enjoy the detours!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by R. Fowler --- NSW, Australia
June 27, 2005
" Don't wait for people to be kind, show them how."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Didi C. --- California
June 27, 2005
" Communication is the foundation for any successful relationship."
Written in 2001 by Willi Colbert
When my wife and I were married, I use this as my personal mantra for those times when we don't always see eye to eye. I truly believe that if you can talk and communicate, you will be able to get through any problems you may have...in any type of relationship.
June 27, 2005
" Happiness is not some thing you can get, it is something you assume. You do not become happy; you just feel the happiness."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Praveen Tiwary --- Uttar Pradesh, India
June 22, 2005
" Never treat anyone as inferior because no one but God is Superior."
L. Harini (A school friend) --- Submitted by Pragati Mehra --- Mumbai, India
June 22, 2005
" Blaming others only brings negative Karma. Learning from the situation brings us peace and harmony."
Written in 2005 by Pas.D --- Victoria, Australia
June 22, 2005
" When there's no one to blame and no one to complain to, there's a tremendous sense of potential. If you don't like your life the way it is, then change it."
Copyright © 2003 Nisandeh Neta
June 20, 2005
" The cure to anxiety is honesty. It is true if we are truly honest to ourselves, we will not have to waste our time worrying about problems."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mike Bandak --- Texas
June 20, 2005
" Forget about your failures but not about your accomplishments."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Bob Rivera --- California
Too many people dwell on their negative experiences, but never about their wonderful being.
June 20, 2005
" A lot of people consider relationships like athletic events. They would rather be fans, who cross their fingers in hope of good game, instead of taking on the challenge as participants. To make the most of a relationship, work as a team."
Copyright © 2005 Chandra Kroll
June 15, 2005
" Be WHO you are...not HOW you feel."
Melissa Blasdell --- Submitted by Melanie Black --- Ontario, Canada
My sister thought up this quote and it really made me stop and think. When I'm feeling frustrated or fed up, I should still act like the positive encouraging person I AM. I try not to base my actions and words on the way that I FEEL as much as on the way that I AM. Feelings pass, character is forever.
June 15, 2005
" When you make a mistake, don't look back at it long. Take the reason of the thing into your mind and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power."
Hugh White --- Submitted by Wylla Howard --- Idaho
June 15, 2005
" Life is about choices; we have to make them everyday. Are you going to make the right one today?"
Written in 2005 by Sondra N. --- Arizona
Part of it is from my FFA Advisor, Mr. Brian Fuller. He always tells us that "life is about choices", but I finished this particular quote to a friend who was having a hard time.
June 13, 2005
" There is no past, no future, only now, this moment. If you act with integrity right now, you can hold your head up."
From the Confidence Club --- Submitted by John Smith --- United Kingdom
June 13, 2005
" Good people are good because they have come to wisdom through failure. We get very little wisdom from success, you know!"
William Saroyan --- Submitted by Khushboo Patel --- Florida
June 13, 2005
" You are the handicap you must face. You are the one who must choose your place."
James Lane Allen --- Submitted by Catie L. --- Alabama
You can only go as far as you think you can. If you don't think you will go anywhere, then you won't. So think big or go home - you make up your mind.
June 8, 2005
" I feel, at times, like a blind voyager and yet my passion drives me on to some unnamable goal I feel quite convinced I shall one day reach."
Copyright © 2005 Lori Mosleh-Schoot
June 8, 2005
" Don't just spend your time, invest it. For spending your time gives you nothing in return, but to invest it, will make it all worthwhile."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by T.J. --- Minnesota
June 8, 2005
" To learn, you must listen. To win, you must wonder and to succeed, you must stride forward. Don't just stand but stand out."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mark R. --- United Kingdom
This is what gets me through a lot of my lessons at school, which I don't find interesting any more.
June 6, 2005
" Life is too short to dwell on the small things. Forgive, forget and move on with your life."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ricky B. --- Massachusetts
June 6, 2005
" Earnest pursuits always bear fruits."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sundeepta Achanta --- Andhra Pradesh, India
June 6, 2005
" Decisions determine destiny."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Maggie B. --- Florida
May 25, 2005
" Nothing can beat the time, love, and the labor of love we give. It may not be an expensive gift, but its value will surely be priceless and remain in their hearts."
Copyright © 2005 James Padilla
I organized a post mother's day and pre father's day celebration in our crib and called it PARENTS DAY. All couples and family relatives were there. The simple program I prepared with my cousins and the simple token of appreciation we offered touched all parents, especially the mothers. I thought, "When will I pay tribute and give thanks to them? It's like now or never". I make sure each day is a special day and let my parents know that I love them dearly. The party was a success because my parents cried with tears of joy. Blessed be.
May 25, 2005
" It is not your aptitude, nor your altitude, but your attitude that determines who you are!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by L.H. --- Illinois
With a great attitude, we can be anything we want to be.
May 25, 2005
" Sometimes one must first remove themselves from their very thoughts in an effort to get a better understanding of others, especially those they love."
Copyright © 2005 Ronald J. Champion
May 23, 2005
" When you live in joy, don't be too joyful. When you live in sorrow, don't be too sorrowful. Live in hope, as the joy is coming up next!"
Copyright © 2005 Lidya Harjono
Life is full of ups and downs. Otherwise it's going to be boring, isn't it?
May 23, 2005
" The better the effort, the better the results."
Written in 2005 by J. Torres
May 23, 2005
" He that cannot forgive others burns the bridge, over which he himself must travel."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Alison W., Age 16 --- Utah
May 18, 2005
" ALWAYS be happy for what you have, not sad for what you do not have."
Written in 2005 by Asad Shah --- United Kingdom
I wrote this quotation to help me get by each day. I have lost everything I have and am in terrible debt. It seems to me that I have nothing worth living for anymore. But then I remembered the things that cannot be taken away from me and mean the most to my life, my mother and father. This thought helps me get by each day.
May 18, 2005
" When you think that you are giving everything you have, hold out your other hand. If you do this, someone will do the same for you."
Copyright © 2005 David Ridgway
Sometimes we forget that we can help people as easily as reaching out and trying. Don't wait for someone to ask you. Step up and jump in. You never know whose life you can change.
May 18, 2005
" You can't climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pocket."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sandra Boyins --- Texas
May 16, 2005
" In life, when faced with a situation where you feel your character is being put in question, it takes greater strength to refrain and dismiss than to act out in defense. For the true victory lies not in gaining the confidence of others but in having the confidence in yourself not to care."
Copyright © 2005 Mark Brogliatto
May 16, 2005
" Know yourself, you would never fear the results; know your enemies and your victory will not be threatened. Know yourself, your enemies, the weather and the terrain and your victory will be complete."
Sun Tzu --- Submitted by Jennifer Chua --- Malaysia
May 16, 2005
" You cannot lead if you're going to worry about whether people dislike you. That's why most people don't lead, because they don't want people to dislike them."
Sparky Anderson
May 11, 2005
" Many people will give advice to others, however it's only the wise that choose to actually listen and take proactive action from that advice that will grow and prosper in their lifetime."
Copyright © 2005 Dave Kuch
May 11, 2005
" The only thing fear will get you is mediocrity or failure. To be successful both must be completely unacceptable."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by John Hake --- Kansas
May 11, 2005
" Change is growth in disguise."
Written in 2004 by P. Bogan --- Scotland, United Kingdom
May 9, 2005
" Today is a day for improvements - in your life, your work, your relationships - good is not enough. Better will help you hold your stead for a short while. Improvements will keep you going. You stop growing when you get easily satisfied with what you do."
Copyright © 2005 Malcolm Raphael
May 9, 2005
" Definition for failure: Something that does not work.
Definition for success: Recognizing failure when you see it."
Copyright © 2005 Christina Gonzalez
May 9, 2005
" Never pity yourself when you have things out of control. The one who succeeds is one who fights it!"
Copyright © 2005 Heeral Kothari
I believe everyone has at some point things out of control: too much work and too little time or too much debts and too little income. The difference between those who win and lose is just those who pity and complain and those who try to make things happen under those constrains!
May 4, 2005
" Whatever you're doing, wherever you are, always walk in love."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Kourtney D. --- Indiana
The pastor of my youth group did a lesson on this. Always be nice to someone, even if they have less that you do. Always help someone out when you can. It helps whoever the person is, along with you. It's something I use daily.
May 4, 2005
Life, in retrospectt, must be considered thoughtfully
Not to dwell upon the negative nor the positive
But to prepare for the future
By making today how you wish to remember yesterday
Copyright © 1992 W. Brent Bailey
May 4, 2005
" Self-discovery is a process. It begins with the decision to never yield to the false truths of others."
Copyright © 2005 Stephannie Antal
May 2, 2005
" When you love someone, you tell them everything there is to know about you... the good and the bad. And then you let them decide if they will still choose to love you. If they do, then good for them. If not, then good for you."
Copyright © 2003 Mary Anne E. Delos Santos
May 2, 2005
" If you have been given the bowl and spoon, rest assured, as it is the nature's way of saying, 'We are going to serve you soon.'"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Kishore Sohanda --- Maharashtra, India
This quote was told me by one of my teachers in self-development. It means if we have desire for something in life, it means it will be fulfilled soon, as nature gives us desires only if they are to be fulfilled. So one must be happy and rest assured that if we are hungry, our hunger will be satisfied soon since we have been given the bowl and spoon of desire. Desire is bowl and spoon in which the desired things will be served soon. If it were not to be served, you would not have received the bowl and spoon (desire).
May 2, 2005
" I will live everyday as if I were living inside a photograph, because after all, no one ever takes pictures of the bad times!!"
Copyright © 2005 Jayson Colyn
We were asked, in a class, to write a "personal mission statement". I filled mine in with any quotes I had written, and ended it with this one.
May 2, 2005
" In times of adversity if you make your goal to come through it a better person, you can never suffer a loss."
Copyright © 1999 LJ Bradshaw
April 27, 2005
" When faced with a mountain in your life, you can do 1 of 3 things; climb it, move it, or claim it in victory."
Copyright © 2005 Catherine Warren
A mountain is just many things piled on top of another, just stuff.
April 27, 2005
" Know your weaknesses, discover your strength, find a target, aim for it, trust in yourself....you got it right!"
Written in 2005 by S.K. --- Indiana April 27, 2005
" Never judge a man until you have walked a mile in his shoe."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Candice Blair --- Montego Bay, Jamaica
Whatever happens in life, we always seek to see beyond the obvious. The strong do what they will but the weak do what they must. Giving second chances means you have a lot to get.
April 25, 2005
" Success is respect. Respect what your customers want, respect what your employees need and respect what your superiors know. That's how you earn respect."
Copyright © 2005 Angela Brown
I never was successful until I started working for a company that represented RESPECT. I now know it's not who you know, its who you respect that gets you through life, personal or career.
April 25, 2005
" We must convince ourselves to be who we are. No matter how absurd it may seem, fighting mental feelings can only make matters worse. Just like the only thing we have to fear is fear ourselves, we must cope with our quirks; learn to embrace and build off of them."
Written in 2005 by Emily K. --- Ohio
It's true... for years I have dealt with anxiety and one of the hardest things I have had to learn is not to fight it. It sounds crazy but fighting it can only make matters worse. You have to face what you've got and learn to build from it. Be who you are.
April 25, 2005
" Never dwell on one obstacle too long, for tomorrow is another day."
Copyright © 2005 Ashley Carver
Tomorrow always starts over and can make things anew.
April 20, 2005
" If you fail and feel the pain, that is a good sign. It means you are given more chances to try again. It also means you are human."
Copyright © 2004 Jonathan Tan, PhD
Adjunct Professor with PCEC-CS College in Shanghai, China
April 20, 2005
" Everyone will do work but purpose makes the difference."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by ASK Senthil Kumar --- Tamilnadu, India
April 20, 2005
" Being good is one thing. Being effective is another."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jen Cajucom --- Manila, Philippines
April 18, 2005
" Self-confidence and self-motivation are the two sides of a coin that are very essential for each and everyone to excel in the business of life."
Copyright © 2005 Rani Ashok
I wrote this based on experiences in life and the basic need required for each and everyone to shine with glory and success.
April 18, 2005
" Success remains undefined unless one overcomes difficulties in his/her life."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Raju Sohanda --- Maharashtra, India
April 18, 2005
" Love the giver more than the gift."
Brigham Young
April 13, 2005
" It takes time to build a friendship, but only a moment's hard words to lose it."
Copyright © 2005 Per Simons
April 13, 2005
" Your failure in life should not be blamed on anyone or on the fact that you have no father or mother. In spite of this, only you can determine to succeed or fail in life."
Copyright © 2003 Abiodun Adegbite
I got it while reflecting about life
April 13, 2005
" Today is the day to be an actress, time to make my own destiny."
Written in 2005 by Tawnya R. --- Washington
April 11, 2005
" Destinies are interdependent; how you help somebody today might well influence your success tomorrow. To secure your own success then requires you to play an important part within the lives of others."
Copyright © 2005 Seb Abbasi
April 11, 2005
" Confidence envelops you the moment you realize that you care enough to make a difference."
Copyright © 2005 Meyer Leibovitch
April 11, 2005
" Don't be afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sumant Baboota --- Haryana, India
April 6, 2005
" Always endeavor to make a difference / carve a niche, the difference / the niche, that matters."
Copyright © 2005 Vashi Chandiramani --- Hong Kong
April 6, 2005
" A sense of humor helps to pad the brain and protect it from overreacting to offensive remarks from offensive people."
Written in 2005 by M. Scott --- North Carolina
I was on your site and enjoyed reading the quotes. So I decided to think up one.
April 6, 2005
" Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth."
Ludwig Borne
April 4, 2005
" Worm or Weasel, Flounder or Quail, do these things and you will fail. Swallow your Pride, eat some Crow, Bear the shame and you will grow."
Copyright © 2005 K.S. Rempel
April 4, 2005
" Don't waste your time on jealousy...sometimes you're ahead, sometimes your behind...but in the end, you're only with yourself."
Copyright © 2005 Sean Kaufman
April 4, 2005
" Earth is filled with wonders, I don't believe in judging. If we could only remember that we have what we deserve."
Copyright © 2005 Francisco Leon
We shouldn't judge our mandataries when our own families are suffering; the results of our own arrogance.
March 23, 2005
" Happiness is not a result of life's circumstances. Happiness is a positive reaction to life's circumstances."
Copyright © 2001 Carl Hankins
March 23, 2005
" I have discovered that I have a lot to be humble about!"
Copyright © 2005 Tom Kotowski
March 23, 2005
" If you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they decide upon, you will have succeeded as a parent and you will have given your children one of the greatest of all blessings."
Brian Tracy
March 21, 2005
" If I control my destiny, maybe one day I can give this world the best of me."
Jeremy Jewell --- Submitted by Michelle G. --- Pennsylvania
March 21, 2005
" Small and Big are relative terms. For true happiness and contentment, always compare yourself with the small."
Copyright © 2005 Manjit Flora
March 21, 2005
" Respect your fellow human being, treat them fairly, disagree with them honestly, enjoy their friendship, explore your thoughts about one another candidly, work together for a common goal and help one another achieve it. No destructive lies. No ridiculous fears. No debilitating anger."
Bill Bradley
March 18, 2005
We should all be like a flock of birds
All together as one
If one goes down you all go down together
No one bird in front and no one bird in the back
Because they are a family/team/friends
Who always stick together
Written in 2005 by David A. --- Massachusetts
I wrote this poem while at the gas station and observed a flock of birds flying around, together as one, and it inspired me.
March 18, 2005
" Nothing changes in your life unless you start changing yourself; from being negative to positive!"
Copyright © 2004 Zainol Abideen
I firmly believe that no one will come change things for us, in our life, if we ourselves don't start changing from within.
March 18, 2005
" Don't waste time thinking about what others think about you because you will have little time left to think of what you think about yourself."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jerome Nkambule --- Malawi
March 14, 2005
" Remember there are no mistakes, only lessons. Love yourself, trust your choices, and everything is possible."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Muzna A. --- Karachi, Pakistan
March 14, 2005
" Spend your time trying to find who you truly are. Once you do that, spend the rest of your time showing the world who you are."
Written in 2005 by Erin M. --- Massachusetts
March 14, 2005
" He who searches for the meaning of Life, finds not something, but SOMEONE."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Julie Feliciano --- Philippines
Found this long time ago, but found it to be true.
March 9, 2005
" To believe in yourself and to follow your dreams, to have goals in life and a drive to succeed, and to surround yourself with the things and the people that make you happy - this is success!"
Sasha Azevedo --- Submitted by Jonathan R. --- Ontario, Canada
March 9, 2005
" The only service a friend can really render is to keep up your courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a noble image of yourself."
George Bernard Shaw
March 9, 2005
" Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it."
Henry Emerson Fosdick
March 7, 2005
" We are not remembered by our wealth or the gifts we buy, but simply by the hearts and minds of the people we have touched with our kindness."
Copyright © 2005 Anne Hanlon
March 7, 2005
" An ounce of heart is worth more than a pound of muscle."
Copyright © 2004 Trevor Stienburg
Saint Mary's University Hockey Coach
March 7, 2005
" Exercise integrity in the moment of truth."
Steven Covey
March 2, 2005
" A man's success is not measure by the money he has, but by the numbers of lives he affects positively."
Copyright © 2005 Felix Oloyede
March 2, 2005
" Any thought kept in the mind on a continuing basis MUST be brought to reality."
Norman Peterson --- Submitted by Steven Barbara --- Switzerland
This quote is very important because so many people don't realize that so often having negative thoughts will cause negative events to materialize in their lives.
March 2, 2005
" To get to one's success, there are many roads. Start constructing the road of yourself, today."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Shiro Nakabayashi --- Georgia
I just thought about it. See if someone can agree with me.
February 28, 2005
" Judging others will not change them. People judging you will not change you. Only you can judge yourself... and only you have the ability to change YOU."
Copyright © 2005 Danielle Fusco
February 28, 2005
" Something you do in an instant can give you heartache for life."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Carina J. --- Arizona
This just helps to keep me in check and it reminds me that there are bigger things in life than just doing 'what feels good at the moment'. In all actuality, things can catch up to you later. Once you do something, you can't take it back.
February 28, 2005
" If you want to be successful, don't give or take excuses."
Florence Nightingale
February 23, 2005
" The more you help others, the more you are satisfying the inner self."
Copyright © 2005 Manjit Flora
February 23, 2005
" A heart should never be full. There should always be room for one more special person to slip in."
Copyright © 2005 Molly Peterson
February 23, 2005
" Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves."
Abraham Lincoln
February 21, 2005
" If you conquer your fears, you can conquer the world."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ryan Lowry --- Pennsylvania
February 21, 2005
" Love a friend and you love another, but love an enemy and you love yourself."
Copyright © 2000 Jean Read
February 21, 2005
" A true measure of your worth includes all the benefits others have gained from your success."
Cullen Hightower
February 16, 2005
" The only thing you should do behind a person's back is pat it."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Brian Isbell --- Texas
February 16, 2005
" What parents perceive in their mind, children act upon those perceptions, so mind the thoughts."
Written in 2005 by Vikki Kumar --- Maharastra, India
February 16, 2005
" My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions."
Ertha Kitt
February 14, 2005
" The important and decisive factor in life is not what happens to us, but the attitude we take towards what happens."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Aadiseshon Krishna Kummar --- Tamil Nadu, India
February 14, 2005
" Love should be your strength and a way for your success. If not, then that is not love just an attraction."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Amit Verma --- Delhi, India
February 14, 2005
" Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful."
Jacqueline Bisset
February 9, 2005
" I do not feel that a list of credentials can perfectly define character. Compassion, determination and perseverance, strength, inspiration, service, participation and assistance are just some of the virtues that lead to a qualification that rises above any title or achievement."
Copyright © 2004 Mark Loong
February 9, 2005
" A minute spent in anger is 60 seconds of happiness lost."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by E.C. --- North Carolina
February 9, 2005
" Formula for success: under promise and over deliver."
Tom Peters
February 7, 2005
" The road to success is not just one road. It is many roads. Each road brings a new challenge and a new success. The question is, which road(s) will you take?"
Copyright © 2004 Shay Noori
February 7, 2005
" You can't change people. You must be the change you wish to see in other people."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Bill I. --- Arizona
February 7, 2005
" One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest."
Maya Angelou
February 2, 2005
" Creativity, innovation and hard work are the ingredients needed to be outstanding in life!"
Copyright © 2003 Olugbenga Adeleke
If you are loaded, you will be needed!
February 2, 2005
" Show me your 3 closet friends and I will show you...your future."
Copyright © 2001 Shawn M. Cook
Desire is a product of association. There is a law called dominant influence. Whatever is dominating those who you associate with will soon be dominating you.
February 2, 2005
" DO whatever makes you happy as long as you are not hurting yourself or anyone else."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by S.M. --- Maryland
January 31, 2005
" The people and the world around us don't change to suite our needs. It's us who need to learn and change, if we are to succeed in today's dynamic world."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ahmed Mohamed Didi --- Male', Maldives
January 31, 2005
" It's not about what I don't have. It's about what I do have."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by D. Mc. --- Oregon
January 26, 2005
" I have been kissed by the sun and drenched by the rain; either way I have been touched by life. Good or bad, right or wrong, one is needed for the other."
Copyright © 2005 Angela Bush
I live on self quotes which are truly beliefs and I have learned that without the bad, we would not know good; without wrong, we would not know right; without pain we would not know joy. That is life; it is all on how we look at things.
January 26, 2005
" To live is to be.....
To be is to live.....
There is no warranty in life
No guarantee of tomorrow.....
Live today."
Copyright © 2005 Eric Hueneke
January 26, 2005
" To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent -- that is to triumph over old age."
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
January 24, 2005
" While on your way to the top, don't burn your bridges. In life, you will have many rivers to cross."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Robin Grossman --- California
Do what you say you are going to do, and mean it. This shows those people that mean anything to you that you are a genuine person. People who are genuine and trustworthy will become very successful and enable others to go to the top as well.
January 24, 2005
" People who succeed go towards problems and troubles that benefit them, because they know that it's the only way to get ahead and be in charge."
Copyright © 2005 Andrew Devidass
January 19, 2005
" Some of the toughest and most painful lessons that we learn in life...are those lessons we learn about ourselves."
Written in 2004 Cy Sharp
January 19, 2005
" In order to live the dream, you must first complete the hard work that puts you to sleep."
Copyright © 2004 Mark Hodson
January 19, 2005
" Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not."
Oprah Winfrey
January 17, 2005
" A positive attitude may not solve every problem but it makes solving any problem a more pleasant experience."
Grant Fairley --- Submitted by Alex Douglas --- Ontario, Canada
One of the greatest titles we can have is "old friend". We never appreciate how important old friends are until we are older. The problem is we need to start our old friendships when we are young. We then have to nurture and grow those friendships over our middle age when a busy life and changing geographies can cause us to neglect those friends. Today is the day to invest in those people we hope will call us 'old friend" in the years to come.
January 17, 2005
" Be like a diamond precious and rare, not like a stone found everywhere."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Cheena J. --- Delhi, India
January 17, 2005
Life is intense - struggle is immense.
Love is strong - pain is never gone.
Life full of love is life worth living.
Loving the life you live is love worth giving.
Copyright © 2004 Kristy Watford
January 12, 2005
" If you want reach the peak, you have to start from the scratch."
Ghulam Hassan --- Submitted by Imran Hassan --- Islamabad, Pakistan
This was the quote of my father who always said this to me to boost me.
January 12, 2005
" Negativity is a waste of energy."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Bill Anderson --- Minnesota
January 12, 2005
" What defines a person is not the mistakes they've made, but what and how they've learned from them."
Copyright © 2004 Barbara Bereksazi
A lot of people decide what type of person you are by the mistakes you've made, rather we should look at how that person has learned and changed from those mistakes.
January 10, 2005
" He is great who is what he is from nature and doesn't remind us of others."
Ralph Waldo Emerson --- Submitted by Zameer Abbas --- Pakistan
For a long time I have been afraid to be myself. Somehow I thought that I am not as good as others. I felt I needed to keep others happy whether or not it came at the cost of my integrity. Though I have not completely overcome this problem, I get inspired to be more of myself every time I read this quote.
January 10, 2005
" Cast your worries aside like driftwood against a mighty cruiser."
Copyright © 1995 James George Mcbeth
January 10, 2005
" If you want to know if someone loves you, watch what they do, not what they say."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Alison Nichols
This was told to me by my psych prof my first year of college and he couldn't be more right. Someone can say they love you all they want, but what really matters is how they treat you.
December 22, 2004
" Success is ordinary people stretching their dream to the world. Without a dream, you float."
Copyright © 2004 Bassey Ndon
December 22, 2004
" Respect is earned, just as trust is. Should you abuse either, your reward will be neither."
Copyright © 2004 Christopher Wright
December 22, 2004
" Never forget who you are and where you come from or you will never arrive at where you want to be."
Mary Medico --- Submitted by Ashley C. --- New York
December 20, 2004
" To become who you want, you must first become who you are."
Copyright © 2004 Eric Hueneke
December 20, 2004
" An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather."
Washington Irving --- Submitted by K.H., Age 15 --- Utah
I absolutely love this quote because it reminds me that if you look on the bright side of things, troubles, no matter how great or small, will eventually fade away.
December 15, 2004
" Everyone's a loser at one point... Until they find their inner champion. Never give up!"
Written in 2004 by Santana S., Age 17 --- Ontario, Canada
December 15, 2004
" It is not just how you act, but how you re-act is what counts."
Written in 2004 by Ravi Ratiram --- Rousillac, Trinidad and Tobago
For those involved in politics, what you do is normal, but when you are faced with trying situations, how you deal with them determines what kind of person you really are. I don't know if there is an author to this quote but I came up with it myself based on my experience in politics.
December 13, 2004
" Walk not in front of them, for you will be casting your shadow upon them. Walk not behind them, for you will be immersed in their shadow. Walk level, for then nobody is left in the darkness."
Copyright © 2004 Jonathon Aliss
A statement relating to equality.
December 13, 2004
" Take inspiration from your desperation."
Copyright © 2004 Yosef Smyth
This quote was written by me to realize that when you are depressed, it is never a negative emotion. You can use this emotion to help yourself and realize you have gained this experience, which is inevitably beneficial - for every experience is rewarding.
December 8, 2004
" Kindness reminds us that each person has a soul, each soul searching for its purpose."
Copyright © 2004 Deri Bakker
December 8, 2004
" No one can get your goat if they don't know where it's tied."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Susan Patterson --- Texas
December 6, 2004
" Knowledge is like a painters pallet; untouched by a brush, opportunities are missed and resources are squandered. However, with the right brush and proper application, you can create a masterpiece...a portrait of success."
Copyright © 2004 James T. Picone
December 6, 2004
" Before you enter a life of succession, you must first enter through doors of failure!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Robert V. --- California
December 1, 2004
" One's greatness is not measured by how many times they admit it, but by how many times they deny it."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by M. Bejarano --- Texas
December 1, 2004
" If you always think negatively, your life will end up negatively. Be mindful of what you think."
Copyright © 2004 Tautze Tautze
November 29, 2004
" Sitting on one's heels, let's one reflect on one's choices in life. To stand up and put some spring in one's own step, is to accept those choices and realize they are better left behind. Spring forward....your life is waiting."
Copyright © 2004 Dave Clark
I have spent so much of my life on my heels. I think I'd like to start walking now.
November 29, 2004
" Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them."
Norman Vincent Peale
November 24, 2004
" The best place to put your troubles is in your back pocket, the one with the hole in it."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Eva Giesbrecht --- Alberta, Canada
November 24, 2004
" We find comfort among those who agree with us - growth among those who don't."
Frank A. Clark
November 22, 2004
" When people say, "You are finished", it is time for you to stand up and "find" out why "I" failed. "Shred" the failure factor and start a new journey. Failure is confusing. You have the power to turn it inside out and start a new journey."
Copyright © 2004 Babatunde Ayoola Fajimi
November 22, 2004
" When people say, "You are finished", it is time for you to stand up and "find" out why "I" failed. "Shred" the failure factor and start a new journey. Failure is confusing. You have the power to turn it inside out and start a new journey."
Copyright © 2004 Babatunde Ayoola Fajimi
November 22, 2004
" Treat people as partners, treat them with dignity, treat them with respect. Treat people as the primary source of productivity gains."
Tom Peters
November 17, 2004
" There are so many odds in life, but the key factor which keeps us rolling is Acceptance. Accept everything which tends or happens in your life for your Survival instinct."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ananta Pati --- India
November 17, 2004
" One shining quality lends a lustre to another, or hides some glaring defect."
William Hazlitt
November 15, 2004
" If you spend all of your time looking back at yesterday, you are destined to trip over tomorrow."
Copyright © 2004 Thomas Maher
November 15, 2004
" I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong."
Leo Rosten
November 10, 2004
" Failure is just a success that we have not yet attained."
Copyright © 2004 Robert Gibson
November 10, 2004
" May I never get too busy in my own affairs that I fail to respond to the needs of others with kindness and compassion."
Thomas Jefferson
November 8, 2004
" Dare to make a difference. One is to live, not just survive."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Chris Chan --- Auckland, New Zealand
November 8, 2004
" Never lose a chance of saying a kind word."
William Makepeace Thackeray
November 3, 2004
If you, your lips
Would save from slips
Five things observe with care
Of whom you speak, to whom you speak
And how and when and where
If you, your ears
Would save from jeers
These things keep mildly hid
Myself and I and mine and my
Or how I do or did
Author Unknown --- Submitted by James Johnston --- Texas
This was handwritten by my father when he was 84 years old and given to me when I was about 20. I committed it to memory and still remember it though I am 78. I don't have any idea where he got it or who the author is. I do think it is something we should all try to live by.
November 3, 2004
" People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success."
Norman Vincent Peale
November 1, 2004
" Instead of waiting and wondering what's gonna happen next, why don't you go there and face it?"
Written in 2004 by Johni Pangalila --- Victoria, Australia
November 1, 2004
" Suffering isn't ennobling, recovery is."
Christiaan Barnard
October 27, 2004
" Every second in life there is a choice to be made. So far, you've chosen to live every second."
Copyright © 2004 Dee Clingan
To me, life is about choice. You are here now in this moment because you are resilient! Bad times come and go, and you continue to make it through. Life is long-lived; every second of it!
October 27, 2004
" To follow without halt, one aim; there is the secret of success. And success? What is it? I do not find it in the applause of the theater. It lies rather in the satisfaction of accomplishment."
Anna Pavlova
October 25, 2004
" In to every life comes some rain. Some people run for shelter covering their heads. My advice... If you are going to get wet anyway, kick off your shoes, throw back your head, open your eyes and dance."
Copyright © 2004 Jade Smith
The only thing that you will achieve from running for cover is being out of breath. Dance and you learn that being wet can sometimes feel good. If it doesn't, coming inside after embracing the rain and drying off is a wonderful feeling!
October 25, 2004
" The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them."
Bernard M. Baruch
October 20, 2004
" Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success."
Dale Carnegie
October 20, 2004
" The biggest quality in successful people, I think, is an impatience with negative thinking."
Edward McCabe
October 18, 2004
" To be happy, drop the words 'if only' and substitute instead the words 'next time'."
Dr. Smiley Blanton
October 18, 2004
" A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is ultimately to be at peace with himself. What one can be, one must be."
Abraham Maslow
October 13, 2004
" Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-imposed immaturity. Immaturity is the inability to use one's understanding without guidance from another. This immaturity is self-imposed when its cause lies not in the lack of understanding, but in the lack of resolve and courage to use it without guidance from another. Have courage to use your own understanding!"
Immanuel Kant
October 13, 2004
" We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until... we have stopped saying "It got lost," and say `I lost it.'"
Sidney J. Harris
October 6, 2004
" Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible--the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family."
Virginia Satir
October 6, 2004
" I choose to feel good about myself. That way I am more open to learning."
Ken Blanchard
October 4, 2004
" Character always stands victorious."
Copyright © 2003 Che' Jones, College Basketball Coach
October 4, 2004
" A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you, and were helped by you, will remember you when forget-me-nots are withered. Carve your name on hearts, and not on marble."
Charles Spurgeon
September 29, 2004
" A man can fall many times in life, but he's never a failure until he refuses to get back up."
Evel Knievel --- Submitted by Lenny Schmidt --- Iowa
September 29, 2004
" Always take a job that's too big for you, and then do your best."
Harry Emerson Fosdick
September 27, 2004
" The time to make up your mind about people is never."
The Philadelphia Story (Katharine Hepburn speaking to James Stewart)
--- Submitted by Matt Price
I feel that this is a good quote to share because when I think I know someone, they shock me with something good they do. Always surprising me.
September 27, 2004
" To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist."
Gail Sheehy
September 22, 2004
" It is better to be faithful than famous."
Theodore Roosevelt
September 22, 2004
" Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts."
Henri Frederic Amiel
September 20, 2004
" If I have been of service, if I have glimpsed more of the nature and essence of ultimate good, if I am inspired to reach wider horizons of thought and action, if I am at peace with myself, it has been a successful day."
Alex Noble
September 20, 2004
" Forgive all who have offended you, not for them, but for yourself."
Harriet Nelson
September 15, 2004
" If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded."
Maya Angelou
September 15, 2004
" If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right."
Jules Renard
September 13, 2004
" People prefer to follow those who help them, not those who intimidate them."
C. Gene Wilkes --- Submitted by Brandon R. --- Tennessee
September 13, 2004
"Fame is a four-letter word. And like tape, or zoom, or face, or pain, or love, or life, what ultimately matters is what we do with it."
Fred Rogers
September 8, 2004
" Anything can be made simpler if you have the 3 most important ingredients:
Common sense - 70%
Understanding or analyzing - 20%
Sharing - 10%"
Copyright © 2003 Lalitha Bajaj
A person should be flexible, logical, practical, and reasonable. Then, every problem can be solved very easily.
September 8, 2004
" The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them."
Ralph Nichols
September 4, 2004
" It is always easy to think of your greatest accomplishments and write them down. But to look at your life and to present your failures, is to be truly humble."
Copyright © 2004 Maria McFadden
I'm never really good at writing things but this came to my mind while writing a paper and now I can't believe I didn't think of it before.
September 4, 2004
" Being on the tightrope is living; everything else is waiting."
Karl Wallenda
August 30, 2004
" Be Kind to the Unkind for they need it the most!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Caroline W. --- British Columbia, Cananda
I read this on a billboard a few years ago and it somehow always comes back to me whenever an unkind person enters my world.
August 30, 2004
" Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves."
Dale Carnegie
August 25, 2004
" Live and let live - the two go together, and in proportion. The more fully and richly a man lives, the less he concerns himself with the lives of people around him; he lets them be. It is the people with small dull lives who mess around with those of others. Fully alive people haven't the time for this, let alone the inclination."
Richard Needham
August 25, 2004
" Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of the few; and number not voices, but weigh them."
Immanuel Kant
August 23, 2004
" In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different."
Coco Chanel
August 23, 2004
" The first and great commandment is, Don't let them scare you."
Elmer Davis
August 18, 2004
" It is better not to use our intelligence in a relationship but rather love, care and concern."
Copyright © 2004 Boomi NLS
It is not important to prove how knowledgeable you are in relationship but how caring you are.
August 16, 2004
" If 95% of people's thinking doesn't correlate with yours, never try to change, question or introspect yourself. The world of success belongs to people who think innovatively, differently and progressively."
Copyright © 2004 Lakkoju Goutam
August 16, 2004
" Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because then they will act."
Jack Welch
August 16, 2004
" A man needs self-acceptance or he can't live with himself; he needs self-criticism or others can't live with him."
James A. Pike
August 11, 2004
" The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it."
Arnold H. Glasow
August 11, 2004
" We can often do more for others by trying to correct our own faults than by trying to correct theirs."
Francis Fenelon
August 11, 2004
" Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself."
Henry Miller
August 9, 2004
" When the MORE intelligent are talking, keep Quiet. When the LESS intelligent are talking, keep Quiet. In both cases, you gain."
Copyright © 2004 Joyal Mehta
August 9, 2004
" To lead the people, walk behind them."
Lao Tsu
August 9, 2004
" I want you to start a crusade in your life ...to dare to be your best."
William Danforth
August 4, 2004
" Giving credit where it is appropriate will encourage trust in a relationship."
Copyright © 2004 Boomi NLS
August 4, 2004
" Make yourself necessary to somebody."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
August 4, 2004
" Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain cool and unruffled under all circumstances."
Thomas Jefferson
July 28, 2004
" Commitment turns a promise into reality with words that speak boldly of your intentions and actions that speak louder than words."
Copyright © 2004 Steve Brunkhorst
I wrote this down one day when thinking about the fact that people often do not achieve what they want because they are not committed enough to take the necessary actions to reach their goals. However, when the commitment is strong, the necessary actions become a priority.
July 28, 2004
" Man lives by praise; most of us would rather be hurt by flattery than helped by criticism."
Laurence J. Peter
July 28, 2004
" I am a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down."
Abraham Lincoln
July 26, 2004
" Influence is like a savings account. The less you use it, the more you've got."
Andrew Young
July 26, 2004
" Self-trust is the first secret of success."
Emerson
July 26, 2004
" We were made to persist. That's how we find out who we are."
Tobias Wolff
July 21, 2004
" Good work habits help develop an internal toughness and a self-confident attitude that will sustain you through every adversity and temporary discouragement."
Paul J. Fleyer
July 21, 2004
" The really great man is the man who makes every man feel great."
G.K. Chesterton
July 21, 2004
" Act so as to elicit the best in others and thereby in thyself."
Felix Adler
July 19, 2004
" People come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. When you figure out which it is, you'll know exactly what to do."
Michelle Ventor --- Submitted by Lori L. Pontbriant --- Maine
I really like this quote because its soo true. Some people think that every relationship they have is the "right" person for them. But really, when you do meet that right person you'll realize exactly what your other relationships were to you.
July 19, 2004
" Success can make you go one of two ways. It can make you a prima donna - or it can smooth out the edges, take away the insecurities, let the nice things come out."
Barbara Walters
July 19, 2004
" You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream."
C. S. Lewis
July 14, 2004
" Each time you are honest and conduct yourself with honesty, a success force will drive you toward greater success. Each time you lie, even with a little white lie, there are strong forces pushing you toward failure."
Joseph Sugarman
July 14, 2004
" If you don't like what's happening in your life, change your mind."
The Dalai Lama
July 14, 2004
" No virtue is more universally accepted as a test of good character than trustworthiness."
Harry Emerson Fosdick
July 12, 2004
" Success comes only from the extra mile you do."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Satya Vijay --- A.P., India
July 12, 2004
" Seek out that particular mental attitude which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, "this is the real me," and when you have found that attitude, follow it."
William James
July 12, 2004
" There is no success without hardship."
Sophocles
June 30, 2004
" Kindness kills."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Danielle Queen --- Wyoming
My mother told me this when I was a little girl and it's always stuck with me.
June 30, 2004
" A man can only rise, conquer, and achieve by lifting his thoughts."
James Allen
June 30, 2004
" Make one person happy each day and in 40 years you will have made 14,600 human beings happy for a little time, at least."
Charley Willey
June 28, 2004
" Don't judge people by how they disappoint you but judge them by their reaction when you disappoint them."
Copyright © 2004 Johni Pangalila
June 28, 2004
" Don't look outside for happiness, because the happiness is inside of you!!"
Copyright © 2004 Gabriela Ferrara
Everything is in your mind!! Nobody can give you that because you already have it!!!
June 28, 2004
" I never look back and feel I haven't succeeded, but I do to see what I have learned. I always look forward, with what I have learned and see success in my future, NOW!"
Copyright © 2004 Mike Hogan
June 23, 2004
" Don't spend time with someone who doesn't care about spending time with you."
Gabriel Garcia Marquez --- Submitted by V. Williams --- NSW, Australia
I like this quote cause it brings things back to you. If you really like someone and have fun with them, they must feel the same way for the relationship to be true. However if you know that particular person does not feel the same way or makes you feel bad, you must sacrifice them for your own happiness.
June 23, 2004
" Amateurs hope. Professional work."
Garson Kanin
June 23, 2004
" There's no labor a man can do that's undignified, if he does it right."
Bill Cosby
June 21, 2004
" Undoubtedly the biggest obstacle to achieving success is your own negative self-belief."
John McGrath --- Submitted by Quentin Mushins --- Victoria, Australia
John McGrath is a highly successfully real estate agent/author in Sydney Australia. After just finishing his latest book for the third time 'YOU inc', my personal and professional life continue to go from strength to strength. I highly recommend his book to anyone who wants to attract amazing success into their life and business.
June 21, 2004
" You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with."
Wayne W. Dyer
June 21, 2004
" Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too."
Voltaire
June 16, 2004
" Confusion follows /sticks to you only when you don't risk to take a stand on the issue you are confronting."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Melvin Pereira --- Gujrat, India
This quote gave me clarity on how not to stay confused endlessly; it worked like a miracle.
June 16, 2004
" To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give."
W. Somerset Maugham
June 16, 2004
" Your mental attitude is something you can control outright and you must use self-discipline until you create a Positive Mental Attitude -- your mental attitude attracts to you everything that makes you what you are."
Napolean Hill
June 14, 2004
" One never stands taller or more firmly grounded than when they stand on their principles."
Copyright © 2004 Joseph P. Martino
June 14, 2004
" Commitment is doing what you said you would do after the feeling you said it in has passed."
St. Camillus de Lellis
June 14, 2004
" It is not an act of intellect which makes people change themselves for the better but an act of the will. For intelligence without courage is as static as courage without intelligence is rash. It is intelligence with courage the results in the necessary act of the will we need in order to bring aboutconstructive change in ourselves."
Sidney J. Harris
June 9, 2004
" When we meet something that's tricky, if we say 'oh good' instead of dismaying, we have more resources and are validating our ability to handle it. When we dismay, we have already put a block up between it and ourselves from our best self dealing with it."
Copyright © 2004 Kelly Zullo
June 9, 2004
" Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people."
Spencer Johnson
June 9, 2004
" Patience and tenacity of purpose are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness."
Thomas Henry Huxley
May 26, 2004
" Stop worrying about what others think of you. They probably spend more time thinking of what you think of them and if they don't, then they are probably not worth thinking about."
Written in 2004 by Hilit H., Age 18 --- Israel
I wrote this because I find people spend too much time thinking of what others think of them and because of this, they miss up on the important things in life.
May 26, 2004
" Never confuse motion with action."
Benjamin Franklin
May 26, 2004
" People travel to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge waves of the seas, at the long course of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars, and yet they pass by themselves without wondering."
St. Augustine
May 24, 2004
" Give it your all or expect nothing at all back!"
Written in 2004 by B. Lewtas --- United Kingdom
May 24, 2004
" Sometimes it is the act of taking care of yourself that teaches others how to take care of you."
Barbarella --- Submitted by G.J. --- California
It's just true.
May 24, 2004
" To be mature means to face, and not evade, every fresh crisis that comes."
Fritz Kunkel
May 19, 2004
" Good friends are hard to find. So when we do find them, we need to appreciate them.
Thanks for your many years of friendship."
Copyright © 2004 Latoya T. Robinson
May 19, 2004
" A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he or she gets to know something."
Wilson Mizner
May 19, 2004
" Patience will achieve more than force."
Edmund Burke
May 17, 2004
" Every interaction with someone is a relationship in the making, or a relationship in the breaking."
W. Leitzen --- Submitted by E. Mullen --- Rhode Island
May 17, 2004
" I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on. Life was meant to be lived. Curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life."
Eleanor Roosevelt
May 17, 2004
" The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change."
Carl Rogers
May 12, 2004
" You will never be greater than the vision that guides you!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Dina Guzzardo --- New Jersey
May 12, 2004
" Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes."
Benjamin Disraeli
May 12, 2004
" The responsibility for change...lies within us. We must begin with ourselves, teaching ourselves not to close our minds prematurely to the novel, the surprising, the seemingly radical."
Alvin Toeffler
May 10, 2004
" There is more to life then having a boyfriend, playing handball, going to school, socializing, family and friends. It's the experiences and the lessons behind them that make life what it is, or what it could be."
Copyright © 2004 Kristen Penner
May 10, 2004
" If we are to go only halfway or reduce our sights in the face of difficulty… it would be better to not go at all."
John F. Kennedy
May 10, 2004
" You cannot judge any man beyond your knowledge of him, and how small is your knowledge."
Kahlil Gibran
May 5, 2004
" Yes, you could do the bare minimum to get by, but your maximum best would get you even further."
Copyright © 2004 Vanese Henley
May 5, 2004
" The choice is yours. You hold the tiller. You can steer the course you choose in the direction of where you want to be - today, tomorrow, or in a distant time to come."
W. Clement Stone
May 5, 2004
" Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them."
John Updike
May 3, 2004
" Love is not enough. But love and what love can do is more than just enough."
Copyright © 2003 Aminath Sharahath
May 3, 2004
" Tell a person they are brave and you help them become so."
Thomas Carlyle
May 3, 2004
" Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. I may be given credit for having blazed the trail but when I look at the subsequent developments, I feel the credit is due to others rather than to myself."
Alexander Graham Bell
April 28, 2004
" If you feel like you're stuck in a mold, break it."
Copyright © 2004 Kelly Cannon
Sometimes when life feels crazy, like everyone's always playing their role, break yours. Say to yourself, "I will start with me".
April 28, 2004
" Distance is nothing more than geography. Do not let it stop you from the one you want to spend your life with."
Copyright © 2004 Justin Keali'i Sanchez
April 28, 2004
" The great man is he who does not lose his child-heart."
Mencius
April 26, 2004
The Three Most Important Things In Life Are:
To Love
To Be Loved
To be Happy in your Mind
If you have these, then you have everything you need to be successful and happy in your life.
Copyright © 2004 John A. Gervais
April 26, 2004
" Note how good you feel after you have encouraged someone else. No other argument is necessary to suggest that never miss the opportunity to give encouragement."
George Burton Adams
April 26, 2004
" Loving a child doesn't mean giving in to all his whims; to love him is to bring out the best in him, to teach him to love what is difficult."
Nadia Boulanger
April 21, 2004
" Today's successful leaders recognize that the longest road out is the shortest road home. Unsuccessful leaders eventually find out that shortcuts and minimal effort lead to the long road of failure and missed opportunities."
Copyright © 2004 Reed Markham, Ph.D.
April 21, 2004
" Ask yourself is it right or wrong and act accordingly."
Otto Graham, Jr.
April 21, 2004
" There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they're necessary to reach the places we've chosen to go."
Richard Bach
April 19, 2004
" Anything achieved has no memory if there is no value, integrity and selflessness in its attainment."
Copyright © 2003 Todd Rankin
April 19, 2004
" Life is made up of small pleasures. Happiness is made up of those tiny successes. The big ones come too infrequently. And if you don't collect all these tiny successes, the big ones don't really mean anything."
Norman Lear
April 19, 2004
" Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn."
Miguel De Cervantes
April 14, 2004
" Today you should leave the past in the past in case it becomes you. Live your life in hope, instead of letting the past and tomorrow take control of your TODAY."
Copyright © 2004 Ivona Evans
April 14, 2004
" When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves."
Victor Frankl
April 14, 2004
" Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them; power flows to the man who knows how."
Elbert Hubbard
April 12, 2004
" Love is when obstacles seem impossible to overcome, and you think you cannot give anymore, you try once more - every time."
Copyright © 2004 Deri Bakker
April 12, 2004
" Do not accustom yourself to use big words for little matters."
Samuel Johnson
April 12, 2004
" It's your unlimited power to care and to love that can make the biggest difference in the quality of your life."
Tony Robbins
April 9, 2004
" Displaying courage and bravery, through your actions, is the best form of motivation to those who are lucky enough to witness it!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by L.R. --- Victoria, Australia
Some people will be talked to about increasing their hope and self esteem, but not all people understand or listen to others. Most people will believe in what they see!
April 9, 2004
" Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure."
Edward Eggleston
April 9, 2004
" Accomplishment and success are often the result of commitment and perseverance rather than skill or talent."
George Van Valkenburg
April 5, 2004
" How do you define success? Success is found in one who has learned the lessons of life early."
Copyright © 1998 Anne Aziz
April 5, 2004
" We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise, we harden."
Goethe
April 5, 2004
" Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself."
William Faulkner
March 31, 2004
" If you run from fear, you live in fear."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Bekka Rahbusch --- Oklahoma
March 31, 2004
" Do not be too timid and squeamish about your reactions. All life is an experiment.
The more experiments you make the better."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
March 31, 2004
" When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character."
W. Somerset Maugham
March 29, 2004
" Jealousy is a wasted emotion."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mike Mitchell --- Missouri
March 29, 2004
" Believe the best of everybody."
Rudyard Kipling
March 29, 2004
" Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions."
Dag Hammerskjold
March 24, 2004
" Don't worry about how others think of you. Thinking of you shows they're already worried about being compared to you."
Copyright © 2004 John Drennan
March 24, 2004
" I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know that it has to get down to earth."
Pearl Buck
March 24, 2004
" Do not praise yourself
Nor slander others:
There are still many days to go
And anything could happen."
Kabir
March 22, 2004
" The most impressionable lives are spent doing things others never dreamed possible."
Copyright © 2004 Jessica Baade
March 22, 2004
" Pride is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right."
Ezra Taft Benson
March 22, 2004
" Be unselfish. That is the first and final commandment for those who would be useful and happy in their usefulness. If you think of yourself only, you cannot develop because you are choking the source of development, which is spiritual expansion through thought for others."
George Eliot
March 17, 2004
Growth occurs when you stop caring about what other people think,
When you stop using their opinions as limitations
And instead look deep within yourself
For strengths and abilities you've always had,
Qualities that, once veiled by the dust of your own doubt
Uncovered, radiate from your soul,
Ready to be exercised.
It's up to you to start this process
Because when you grow, you grow from the inside, out.
Written in 2004 by Sara D. --- Ohio
March 17, 2004
" Decision is the spark that ignites action. Until a decision is made, nothing happens.... Decision is the courageous facing of issues, knowing that if they are not faced, problems will remain forever unanswered."
Wilfred A. Peterson
March 17, 2004
" Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody."
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
March 15, 2004
" Success is measured by the internal yardstick of you, as an individual. Find yours!"
Copyright © 2004 Dia Forrester
People are always asking how do you measure success? Well, it is all based on how and what you perceive success to be, thus your internal yardstick is your guide for doing such and nothing else. Always remember that...
March 15, 2004
" We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us."
Virginia Satir
March 15, 2004
" Success in life consists of going from one mistake to the next without losing enthusiasm."
Winston Churchill
March 10, 2004
" It's not important how fast you gain the lead, but how long you keep it."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jamal Muattar --- Sind, Pakistan
March 10, 2004
" The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don't mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do."
John Ruskin
March 10, 2004
" Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become."
Oliver Wendell Holmes
March 8, 2004
" Love. No matter how much your heart was broken, or how much pain you have felt, you still go on loving; you still go on trying. You never knew it, but believe me, you can't deny the fact that no matter how much you were hurt, love is still the most beautiful feeling."
Copyright © 2004 Maricris Abiad
Never stop loving!
March 8, 2004
" I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen."
Ernest Hemingway
March 8, 2004
" Opposition is a natural part of life. Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition - such as lifting weights - we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity."
Stephen Covey
March 3, 2004
" Don't live life thinking about the past; live life for the future. If you concentrate too hard on things that happened in the past, you will miss the good things in the future."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by A.P. --- Kansas
Bad things happen to everyone. But instead of living your life around them, you have to overcome them.
March 3, 2004
" When I give, I give myself."
Walt Whitman
March 3, 2004
" Choice of attention, to pay attention to this and ignore that, is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases, a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences, whatever they may be."
W. H. Audex
March 1, 2004
" Before we begin questioning another's character, we better have some answers to explain our own."
Copyright © 2003 Brian G. Jett
March 1, 2004
" Master the perception principle. Learn to know yourself. Know the real person deep within you."
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale
March 1, 2004
" When you are right, you have no need to be angry. When you are wrong, you have no right to be angry."
Mahatma Gandhi
February 25, 2004
" Look for the opportunities in the difficulties, not the difficulties in the opportunities."
Victor Fiorelli --- Submitted by A.B. --- NSW, Australia
February 25, 2004
" You will recognize your own path when you come upon it, because you will suddenly have all the energy and imagination you will ever need."
Jerry Gillies
February 25, 2004
" Goodness is always an asset. A man who is straight, friendly and useful may never be famous, but he is respected and liked by all who know him. He has laid a sound foundation for success and he will have a worthwhile life."
Herbert N. Casson
February 23, 2004
" If you win your mind, you can win the world."
Copyright © 2003 Sukhmanpreet Singh Sidhu
February 23, 2004
" A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle."
Benjamin Franklin
February 23, 2004
" Your children will see what you're all about by what you live, rather than what you say."
Wayne Dyer
February 18, 2004
" Hold your head up high, but don't look down on the world."
Copyright © 2004 Sheri Lowe
February 18, 2004
" Tact is the ability to make a person see lightning without letting him feel the bolt."
Orlando A. Battista
February 18, 2004
" What is good about giving on your part is that you always receive more than you give; the reaction is always stronger than the action."
Orison S. Marden
February 16, 2004
" Don't present 'X' if you can't deal with 'Y'."
Copyright © 2004 Tonia Suber
I coined this quote when people, mainly men, would comment on my reactions to something they said or did. This quote uses the alphabet as a symboli; knowing that Y always come after X. Applying this to the "real world": Your Action of "X" is always going to bring on the "y"; so if you don't want the Y don't present the X.
February 16, 2004
" He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak."
Michel de Montaigne
February 16, 2004
" A sense of duty is useful in work, but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not endured with patient resignation."
Bertrand Russell
February 11, 2004
" The most powerful force for all success is love."
Copyright © 2004 Chinnappan Baskar
February 11, 2004
" Love your enemies, for they tell you your faults."
Benjamin Franklin
February 11, 2004
" Sincerity is the highest compliment you can pay."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
February 9, 2004
" Love is knowing that when you are alone, you will never be lonely again."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sidd Joshi --- Victoria, Australia
February 9, 2004
" An honorable man or woman is one who is truthful; free from deceit; above cheating, lying, stealing, or any form of deception. An honorable man or woman is one who learns early that one cannot do wrong and feel right. A man's character is judged on how he keeps his word and his agreements."
Ezra Taft Benson
February 9, 2004
" Keeping score of old scores and scars, getting even and one-upping, always makes you less than you are."
Malcolm Forbes
February 4, 2004
" The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts:
1) To return love for hate;
2) To include the excluded; and
3) To say 'I was wrong'."
Ernst Heinrich Haeckel --- Submitted by Carleen Irvine --- Arima, Trinidad and Tobago
February 4, 2004
" If you tell the truth, you won't have to remember what you said before."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sam Reynolds --- New Jersey
February 4, 2004
" Respect is not just given. It is earned and then always expected!!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ryan Lantz McMullen --- New Jersey
February 2, 2004
" Every Successful person 'Did'."
Copyright © 2004 Joyal Mehta
Only Doers Succeed.
February 2, 2004
" Live life with no bounds; don't let limitations become the guidelines of your existence."
Copyright © 2003 T. Anderson --- Submitted by Paul Sung --- California
February 2, 2004
" Success in life doesn't depend on your face or fate; it depends on your taste."
Copyright © 2004 Jibin Kumar
January 28, 2004
" In life you have a choice: Be bitter about your situation or be better and take steps to improve your situation."
Copyright © 2004 Robert Holbrook
January 28, 2004
" Love is not to give it away, but to share it, so we can live in one love."
Copyright © 2004 Johni Pangalila
January 28, 2004
" Relationships are built on trust. Real love grows from respect for one another..."
Copyright © 2004 Julie Shaffer
January 26, 2004
" Only true matters of the heart really matter... everything else is void... so why waste time on those petty matters that do not have value? Focus on those things that truly matter to you, and then let them know... do not let another day slip silently away without sharing a word, a hug, or your appreciation for them... you never know how much those things mean to the other person... you might have just made someone's day, someone's week, or quite possibly someone's life by sharing a little bit of yourself with them... so what are you waiting for?"
Copyright © 2003 Monique VanWaeyenberghe
January 26, 2004
" Many a man has finally succeeded only because he has failed after repeat efforts. If he had never met defeat he would never have known any great victory."
Orison Swett Marden
January 26, 2004
" Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will."
Oliver Cromwell
January 21, 2004
" Failure is the result of poor thinking and poor choices. The only things that can truly stop you from success are your own thoughts and emotions."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Agbeko Mensah --- Kumasi, Ghana
January 21, 2004
" The difference between the successful person and the unsuccessful person is the unsuccessful person stops short of his goals, the successful person surpasses his goals."
Copyright © 2003 Joseph P. Martino
January 21, 2004
" A leader brings people where they want to go, but a great leader brings people where they ought to go but may not be want to go."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Gim K., Age 15 --- Singapore
Objectivity of a leader.......
January 19, 2004
" In all that you do make sure you do it so well that no man living, no man dead, and no man yet to be born can do it better."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Tony Martinez --- California
In my life this quote has always helped me focus and to succeed on the task at hand. I hope it helps somebody as it has for me.
January 19, 2004
" Any path is only a path, and there is no affront, to oneself or to others, in dropping it if that is what your heart tells you. . . Look at every path closely and deliberately. Try it as many times as you think necessary. Then ask yourself and yourself alone one question: Does this path have a heart? If the path does, it is good. If not, it is of no use."
Carlos Castenada (Don Juan)
January 19, 2004
" There is no beautifier of complexion or form of behavior like the wish to scatter joy, and not pain, around us."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
January 14, 2004
" If you don't love yourself, how do you expect others to love you?"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by B. Lewtas --- England, United Kingdom
January 14, 2004
" Acceptance of what happened is the first step to overcoming the consequence of misfortune."
William James
January 14, 2004
" Tact is the rare ability to keep silent while two friends are arguing, and you know both of them are wrong."
Sir Hugh Percy Allen
January 12, 2004
" If all you see in the road ahead are obstacles, you are on a path to hardship. If however you view them as opportunities, you are on the highway to success."
Copyright © 2003 Gary Gentilini
January 12, 2004
" Success is not measured by what a man accomplishes, but by the opposition he has encountered and the courage with which he has maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds."
Charles Lindbergh
January 12, 2004
" Success is always temporary. When all is said and done, the only thing you'll have left is your character."
Vince Gill
January 7, 2004
" Never let anyone dictate the places you can go or the things you can do because of a previous association. Learn to deal with the fear of uncomfortable situations. Once people learn that you will continue to live your life, instead of live in fear of a moment, that is when you become human."
Copyright © 2003 Samuel Ware
January 7, 2004
" Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big, worthwhile things. It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out - it's the grain of sand in your shoe."
Robert Service
January 7, 2004
" We must be the epitome-the embodiment-of success. We must radiate success before it will come to us. We must first become mentally, from an attitude standpoint, the people we wish to become."
Earl Nightingale
January 5, 2004
" I'll lean on you... and you lean on me... and we'll be ok."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Colleen --- New Jersey
January 5, 2004
" Desire fuels Ambition... Ambition creates Opportunity... Opportunity makes way for success..."
Copyright © 1999 Gene Vasquez
These three things are what we should all look for within ourselves in our journey to our goals.
January 5, 2004
" Your habits in life determine your future."
Copyright © 2002 Madoda Silver
December 17, 2003
" Success without honor is an unseasoned dish. It will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good."
Joe Paterno
December 17, 2003
" I've always grown from my problems and challenges, from the things that don't work out, that's when I've really learned."
Carol Burnett
December 17, 2003
" There is nothing noble in being superior to someone else. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self."
Hindu Proverb
December 15, 2003
" Patience.... Persistence.... Perseverance.... Pays."
Copyright © 2003 Aditya Chandak
Finding it very hard to cope up with one setback hitting after the other, just trying to keep myself going.
December 15, 2003 " Three things in human life are important: The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind."
Henry James
December 15, 2003
" Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."
Sam Ewig
December 10, 2003
" The pain of discipline is nothing like the pain of regret."
J. Langer --- Submitted by S. P. --- NSW, Australia
December 10, 2003
" One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!"
Winston Churchill
December 10, 2003
" Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens."
Epictetus
December 8, 2003
" One must first learn to accept imperfections from others as an open door for training rather than only accept perfection from oneself. Only then will one become effective rather than only efficient."
Copyright © 2003 Chris Lacox
December 8, 2003
" I have learned through bitter experience the one supreme lesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted into energy, even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that can move the world."
Mahandas Gandhi
December 8, 2003
" Try to do your duty, and you'll know right away what you amount to. And what is your duty? Whatever the day calls for."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
December 3, 2003
" Success - Act now or forever hold your peace!"
Copyright © 2003 Ruben Cadena
December 3, 2003
" Promotion should not be more important than accomplishment, or avoiding instability more important than taking the right risk."
Peter F. Drucker
December 3, 2003
" I believe that words can help us move or keep us paralyzed, and that our choices of language and verbal tone have something - a great deal - to do with how we live our lives and whom we end up speaking with and hearing; and that we can deflect words, by trivialization, of course, but also by ritualized respect, or we can let them enter our souls and mix with the juices of our minds."
Adrienne Rich
December 1, 2003
" Combine a tough mind and a tender heart."
Martin Luther King, Jr. --- Submitted by Sandra Keeling --- Texas
December 1, 2003
" It's not what you do to make a living,
It is who you are while you're living,
Who you reach by your living,
And the memory of your living."
Copyright © 2003 Letia Nichols
December 1, 2003
" Men who are great are the ones who see that spiritual is superior to any physical force, that thoughts control the world."
Copyright © 2003 Mike Corthell
November 19, 2003
" Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control - these three alone lead to success."
Alfred Lord Tennyson
November 19, 2003
" I have never been hurt by anything I didn't say."
Calvin Coolidge
November 19, 2003
" I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near."
Margaret Thatcher
November 17, 2003
" Do not compare yourself to others. Compare yourself to your previous self."
Home Improvement's Character - Wilson --- Submitted by Rena Fisher --- Pennsylvania
November 17, 2003
" As for the future, your task is not to foresee, but to enable it."
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
November 17, 2003
" Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely upon what you think."
Dale Carnegie
November 12, 2003
" Do what you gotta do, when you gotta do it, whether you like it or not."
Copyright © 2003 Kandace Davis
November 12, 2003
" The person who is waiting for something to turn up might start with their shirtsleeves."
Garth Henrichs
November 12, 2003
" To be upset over what you don't have is to waste what you do have."
Ken S. Keyes, Jr.
November 10, 2003
" Show me the individual, who cherishes their friends and relatives, loves their spouse and children, honors their parents and worships their God, and I will show you a success in every sense of the word."
Copyright © 2003 Joseph P.Martino
November 10, 2003
" If you do not feel yourself growing in your work and your life broadening and deepening, if your task is not a perpetual tonic to you, you have not found your place."
Orison Swett Marden
November 10, 2003
" To be successful, you must decide exactly what you want to accomplish, then resolve to pay the price to get it."
Bunker Hunt
November 5, 2003
" You just can't beat the person who never gives up."
Babe Ruth
November 5, 2003
" Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men."
Lao Tzu
November 5, 2003
" When you get right down to the root of the meaning of the word "succeed," you find it simply means to follow through."
F.W. Nichol
November 3, 2003
" The key to success is to persevere despite the setbacks and failures that obstruct your path. By possessing faith just the mere size of a mustard seed, you are giving yourself hope for a brighter tomorrow. Though hope brings about expectations and expectations might lead to disappointments, without hope in the first place, one would never be able to see the sun rise across the horizon of their lives. So for those who feel weary and thinking of giving up, fight on and keep the faith."
Copyright © 2003 Eugene Tay (United Kingdom)
November 3, 2003
" Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, What's in it for me?"
Brian Tracy
November 3, 2003
" If you don't set goals, you can't regret not reaching them."
Yogi Berra
October 29, 2003
" You have not done enough, you have never done enough, so long as it is still possible that you have something to contribute."
Dag Hammarskjold
October 29, 2003
" I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it."
Jonathan Winters
October 29, 2003
" Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack."
Harry Emerson Fosdick
October 27, 2003
" A loving person lives in a loving world.
A hostile person lives in a hostile world.
Everyone you meet is your mirror."
Ken Keys, Jr. --- Submitted by Bernadette Ballezza --- New York
October 27, 2003
" Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love, you will find that you are left holding only yourself."
Leo Buscaglia --- Submitted by Casey E. Faucon --- Louisiana
October 27, 2003
" To fail is a natural consequence of trying. To succeed takes time and prolonged effort in the face of unfriendly odds. To think it will be any other way, no matter what you do, is to invite yourself to be hurt and to limit your enthusiasm for trying again."
David Viscott
October 22, 2003
" Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it."
Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe
October 22, 2003
" What we hope to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence."
Samuel Johnson
October 22, 2003
" We do our best that we know how at the moment, and if it doesn't turn out, we modify it."
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
October 20, 2003
A Native American grandfather was talking to his grandson about how he felt. He said, "I feel as if I have two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is the vengeful, violent one, the other wolf is the loving compassionate one." The grandson asked him, "Which wolf will win the fight in your heart?" The grandfather answered, "The one I feed."
Blackhawk - Red Indian Story --- Submitted by Rob Poore --- South Australia, Australia
October 20, 2003
" The Key to immortality is to live a life worth remembering."
Bruce Lee (1940-1973) --- Submitted by Matthew Sombito --- Missouri
October 20, 2003
" You can't build a great company without great people. But how do you know them when you see them? Over the past few years, a number of companies in a wide range of industries - from airlines to steel, computers to hotels - have asked themselves what separates their winners from their losers, good hires from bad, and they all arrived at the same answer: what people know is less important than who they are. Hiring, they believe, is not about finding people with the right experience; it's about finding people with the right mind-set. These companies hire for attitude and train for skill."
Peter Carbonara - Fast Company
October 15, 2003
" Fantastic achievement can be pursued by collaboration with truly good friends."
Copyright © 2002 Hendry Izaac Elim
October 15, 2003
" Don't always follow the crowd, because nobody goes there anymore."
Yogi Berra
October 15, 2003
" To rule over oneself is the first condition for one who would rule over others."
José Ortega y Gasset
October 13, 2003
" Our lives improve only when we take chances -- and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves."
Walter Anderson
October 13, 2003
" If your work is becoming uninteresting, so are you. Work is an inanimate thing and can be made lively and interesting only by injecting yourself into it. Your job is only as big as you are."
George C. Hubbs
October 13, 2003
" The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can't do."
Dennis Waitley
October 8, 2003
" Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others."
Danny Thomas
October 8, 2003
" To fly, we have to have resistance."
Maya Lin
October 8, 2003
" Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that."
Norman Vincent Peale
October 6, 2003
" Be careful that the toes you step on today are not connected to the butt you must kiss tomorrow."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Keith Aitken --- Pennsylvania
This is a quote I heard on how to avoid " office politics"
October 6, 2003
" One man with courage is a majority."
Andrew Jackson
October 6, 2003
" He only earns his freedom and his life, who takes them every day by storm."
Goethe
October 1, 2003
" Keep those individuals important in your life close to you."
Copyright © 2003 Nick Klaeger
October 1, 2003
" You have not lived a perfect day, even though you have earned your money, unless you have done something for someone who will never be able to repay you."
Ruth Seltzer
October 1, 2003
" One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!"
Winston Churchill
September 29, 2003
" Work each day on your thoughts rather than concentrating on your behavior. It is your thinking that creates the feelings that you have and ultimately your actions as well."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Anantha G. --- A.P, India
September 29, 2003
" People, like nails, lose their effectiveness when they lose direction and begin to bend."
Walter Savage Landor
September 29, 2003
" Not many people are willing to give failure a second opportunity. They fail once and it is all over. The bitter pill of failure is often more than most people can handle. If you are willing to accept failure and learn from it, if you are willing to consider failure as a blessing in disguise and bounce back, you have got the essential of harnessing one of the most powerful success forces."
Joseph Sugarman
September 24, 2003
" Whatever you do in life or whatever talents you have been blessed with, give it your best performance. Performance is positive psychology; it is an art of communication, creativity, of contribution to society's happiness. Never do anything half-heartedly. Always perform to your heart's content."
Copyright © 2003 Ivona Evans
September 24, 2003
" You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing."
Arthur Ashe
September 24, 2003
" Patience serves as a protection against wrongs as clothes do against cold. For if you put on more clothes as the cold increases, it will have no power to hurt you. So in like manner you must grow in patience when you meet with great wrongs, and they will then be powerless to vex your mind."
Leonardo da Vinci
September 22, 2003
" If we don't change the direction we are going, we are likely to end up where we are heading."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Michaela Goad --- Dorset, United Kingdom
September 22, 2003
Every achiever I have ever met says, "My life turned around when I began to believe in me."
Robert Schuller
September 22, 2003
" With just a little education and practice on how to manage your emotions, you can move into a new experience of life so rewarding that you will be motivated to keep on managing your emotional nature in order to sustain it. The payoff is delicious in terms of improved quality of life."
Doc Childre
September 17, 2003
" WIN, WIN, WIN in mind is the only solution of DEFEAT."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Saif Rehman --- Chandigarh, India
September 17, 2003
" I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom."
General George S. Patton
September 17, 2003
" One step - choosing a goal and sticking to it - changes everything."
Scott Reed
September 15, 2003
" Always tell the truth, because when you tell the truth, you make it the other person's problem."
Michael Crichton --- Submitted by Christin Olsen
I read this quote in Michael Crichton's very good book 'Travels'
September 15, 2003
" Dependent people need others to get what they want. Independent people can get what they want through their own efforts. Interdependent people combine their own efforts with the efforts of others to achieve their greatest success."
Stephen Covey
September 15, 2003
" How you act is who you become."
Steve Chandler
September 10, 2003
" Success cannot be obtained without failure, for we are to experience the drought to appreciate the abundance."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Courtney Deon --- Western Cape, South Africa
September 10, 2003
" Learn the art of patience. Apply discipline to your thoughts when they become anxious over the outcome of a goal. Impatience breeds anxiety, fear, discouragement and failure. Patience creates confidence, decisiveness, and a rational outlook, which eventually leads to success."
Brian Adams
September 10, 2003
" Say only what you mean. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love."
Don Miguel Ruiz
September 8, 2003
" Learning to use difficulties as a source for positive input is the key to success."
Dexter Yager --- Submitted by Will Scott --- Tennessee
September 8, 2003
" Realize that if you have time to whine and complain about something then you have the time to do something about it."
Anthony J. D'Angelo
September 8, 2003
" When we are angry about having a problem, we are choosing anger as a way of continuing not to look at whatever it is that is being brought to our attention."
Malcolm D. Muir
September 3, 2003
" Leaders, stuck in old cow paths, are destined to repeat the same mistakes. Effective change leaders recognize the need to avoid old paths, old ideas, and old plans."
Reed Markham, Ph.D --- Submitted by B.M. --- Utah
September 3, 2003
" Honor isn't about making the right choices. It's about dealing with the consequences."
Midori Koto
September 3, 2003
" When you blame others, you give up your power to change."
Dr. Robert Anthony
August 27, 2003
" Character is what you are when no one is looking."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mary Lykens --- Ohio
August 27, 2003
" In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time."
Anthony J. D'Angelo
August 27, 2003
" We need to teach the highly educated man that it is not a disgrace to fail and that he must analyze every failure to find its cause. He must learn how to fail intelligently, for failing is one of the greatest arts in the world."
Charles F. Kettering
August 25, 2003
" If you do not change what you're doing today, your tomorrow will be no different than yesterday."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by M. Crafts --- Florida
August 25, 2003
" You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals."
Booker T. Washington
August 25, 2003
" All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail. That is the talisman, the formula, the command of right-about-face which turns us from failure towards success."
Dorothea Brande
August 20, 2003
" Jealousy, that's eating you up, will make you lose a dear friend. If you don't know how to respect and keep their trust, you'll regret it in the end. Hope it's not too late."
Copyright © 2003 Marga Tan
August 20, 2003
" Put your heart, mind, intellect, and soul even to your smallest acts. This is the secret of success."
Swami Sivananda
August 20, 2003
" The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication."
Cecil B. DeMille
August 18, 2003
" They say the early bird catches the worm but suppose the worm is late. So in life always be cautious and try not to live by stereotypes."
Copyright © 2003 O.J. Abuodha
August 18, 2003
" The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all."
Jawaharlal Nehru
August 18, 2003
" Many risks fail because they were not taken in time. Too many risks are postponed until unnecessarily elaborate preparations are made. This does not mean that one should say, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" That is foolish and self-destructive.... But don't sit back waiting for the perfect moment. It almost never comes."
David Viscott
August 13, 2003
" Character is an INTERNAL quality developed through EXTERNAL circumstances."
Copyright © 2003 Oneka Jefferson
August 13, 2003
" There is a certain blend of courage, integrity, character and principle which has no satisfactory dictionary name but has been called different things at different times in different countries. Our American name for it is 'guts'."
Louis Adamic
August 13, 2003
" The true test of character is ... how we behave when we don't know what to do."
John Holt
August 11, 2003
" If you want to walk on water, try getting out of the boat."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by L.K. --- Michigan
This quote is meant to help people realize people will not get anywhere by sitting back and watching life pass them by. To get where you want in life, you've got to go for the gusto... you only go around once!
August 11, 2003
" One only gets to the top rung on the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly, all sorts of powers, all sorts of abilities which you thought never belonged to you --- suddenly become within your own possibility and you think, 'Well, I'll have a go, too.'"
Margaret Thatcher
August 11, 2003
" Each man has his own vocation; his talent is his call. There is one direction in which all space is open to him."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
August 6, 2003
" If you sit on your butt, no one can kick it but you won't go anywhere either."
Copyright © 2002 Michael Bailey
August 6, 2003
" Self-respect will keep a man from being abject when he is in the power of enemies, and will enable him to feel that he may be in the right when the world is against him."
Bertrand Russell
August 6, 2003
" Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible."
Doug Larson
August 4, 2003
" Cast aside ego, false pride and humility at the very first rung in your climb upward on the ladder of success."
Copyright © 2003 Joseph P.Martino
August 4, 2003
" You, too, can determine what you want. You can decide on your major objectives, targets, aims, and destination."
W. Clement Stone
August 4, 2003
" It is in the small decisions you and I make every day that create our destiny."
Anthony Robbins
July 30, 2003
" People define success in many ways. But real success is the one that gives satisfaction and pleasure when achieved. So it is paramount to ascertain first what success means to you."
Copyright © 2003 Jagannathan Arockiam
July 30, 2003
" Deliver more than you are getting paid to do. The victory of success will be half won when you learn the secret of putting out more than is expected in all that you do. Make yourself so valuable in your work that eventually you will become indispensable. Exercise your privilege to go the extra mile, and enjoy all the rewards you receive."
Og Mandino
July 30, 2003
" If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must become a worthwhile person in your own self-development."
Brian Tracy
July 28, 2003
" The greatest inventions and accomplishments began as the flicker of an idea. This tiny flame was then fueled by desire and faith. Watch out for those tiny little ideas. You have the potential to turn them into great things!"
Copyright © 2003 Steve Brunkhorst
July 28, 2003
" Life is not easy for any of us, but what of that? We must have perseverance and, above all, confidence in ourselves."
Marie Curie
July 28, 2003
" Success is the marriage of motivation and will."
Author Unknown
July 23, 2003
" Punctuality is a demonstration of self-discipline."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Gerald B., Age 14 --- Washington
July 23, 2003
" To work in the world lovingly means that we are defining what we will be for, rather than reacting to what we are against."
Christina Baldwin
July 23, 2003
" There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them."
Denis Waitley
July 21, 2003
" Is this your life? NO! It's mine; so let me make my own decisions for myself. They might not always be right but making my own mistakes is what I learn from."
C.L.L. --- Submitted by Courtney L. --- Florida
This is what we must live by. My parents are really pushing me to do certain things that I don't want to do. If I don't try what I want to do then I'll never know if I could have been good at it. People can help you make your choices by influencing you but you are the one that must make the decisions. This was told to me by a very inspiring P-ville track coach. I just want to tell him thank you so much for being there for my highlights, my grief's, my ups, and downs. You'll never know how much I appreciate you!
July 21, 2003
" Effective people are not problem-minded; they're opportunity-minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems."
Stephen Covey
July 21, 2003
" The first step toward change is acceptance. Once you accept yourself, you open the door to change. That's all you have to do. Change is not something you do, it's something you allow."
Will Garcia
July 16, 2003
" A truly successful person understands that prosperity is not defined by riches, but by faith, character, kindness, understanding, patience, and love."
Copyright © 2003 Shivendra Green
July 16, 2003
" How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong; because someday in life you will have been all of these."
George Washington Carver
July 16, 2003
" You cannot get ahead while you are getting even."
Dick Armey
July 14, 2003
" Putting off an easy thing is hard, and putting off a hard one makes it impossible."
George H. Lonmer --- Submitted by C.A. Samson
July 14, 2003
" A professional is a person who can do his best at a time when he doesn't particularly feel like it."
Alistair Cooke
July 14, 2003
" When you hire people who are smarter than you are, you prove you are smarter than they are."
R.H. Grant
July 9, 2003
" Success can be earned only by those who are willing to make great sacrifices, and by those who face challenges head on. If success were easy, everyone would have it."
Copyright © 2003 Candace Crenshaw - Wood
July 9, 2003
" Whatever your grade or position, if you know how and when to speak, and when to remain silent, your chances of real success are proportionately increased."
Ralph C. Smedley
July 9, 2003
" Listen. Don't explain or justify."
William G. Dyer
July 7, 2003
" Outer circumstances and events don't create stresses; it is our reaction to them that creates stresses!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Saraswathi Sripada --- Andhra Pradesh, India
Hey friends, this is the quote I always follow in my daily life. Whatever may be situations we're facing, our reaction should depend on how we chose to react to that, but not on how the situation really is.
July 7, 2003
" I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature."
John D. Rockefeller
July 7, 2003
" I know the price of success: dedication, hard work and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen."
Frank Lloyd Wright
July 2, 2003
" No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself."
Lowell
July 2, 2003
" Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric."
Bertrand Russell
July 2, 2003
" Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones."
Phillip Brooks
June 30, 2003
" I know I can't do everything, but I can do everything I can... to do something."
Steev Lee --- Submitted by Leslie C. --- Michigan
June 30, 2003
" Each problem has hidden in it an opportunity so powerful that it literally dwarfs the problem. The greatest success stories were created by people who recognized a problem and turned it into an opportunity."
Joseph Sugarman
June 30, 2003
" Fortunate is the person who has developed the self-control to steer a straight course towards his objective in life, without being swayed from his purpose by either commendation or condemnation."
Napoleon Hill
June 25, 2003
" Simplicity is the mother to all success."
Copyright © 2003 Clinton Vermaak
June 25, 2003
" Never let your work drive you. Master it and keep it in complete control."
Booker T. Washington
June 25, 2003
" Follow your dream as long as you live, do not lessen the time of following desire, for wasting time is an abomination of the spirit."
Plato
June 23, 2003
" Be who you are, and proud you will be."
Copyright © 2003 Shera Yagues
This quote is simple. If you are who you truly are and not pretend to be someone or something else, you will in turn be proud to be yourself.
June 23, 2003
" Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life becomes more secure, more fraught with action, richer in achievement and experience."
Eddie Rickenbacker
June 23, 2003
" You say I started out with practically nothing, but that isn't correct. We all start with all there is. It's how we use it that makes things possible."
Henry Ford
June 18, 2003
" He waits for luck to fall his way, but this way no such luck will fall.
Luck falls but to those who seek luck's way."
Written in 2003 by S.B. --- Victoria, Australia
June 18, 2003
" Be faithful to that which exists within yourself."
Andre Gide
June 18, 2003
" Becoming rich, becoming happy or any life achievement is a product of
continuous effort. So start today and you will achieve one day."
Copyright © 2003 Jagannathan Arockiam
According to 'The Millionaires Mind', a book by Thomas J. Stanley, on an
average it takes 25 years to save a million. But everyone wants to be rich
within a year or two. Also happiness is a result of cultivation of mind
over time. Some people try for some time and give up. I think to really
achieve big things we have to plan, practice and wait patiently for longer
time.
June 16, 2003
" Men with sight see things as they are.
The man with insight sees things as they could be."
Copyright © 2003 Joseph P. Martino
June 16, 2003
" The first step in handling anything is gaining the ability to face it."
L. Ron Hubbard
June 16, 2003
" I don't have to be what nobody else wants me to be and I am not afraid to
be what I want to be."
Muhammad Ali --- Submitted by Jayasankar Peethambaran --- Kerala, India
June 11, 2003
" The highest reward for one's toil is not what one gets for it, but what
one becomes by it."
John Ruskin
June 11, 2003
" The sincerest satisfactions in life come in doing not dodging duty; in
meeting and solving problems, in facing facts, in being a dependable
person."
Richard L. Evans
June 11, 2003
" I studied the lives of great men and women, and I found that the men and
women who got to the top were those who did the jobs they had in hand, with
everything they had of energy and enthusiasm and hard work."
Harry S. Truman
June 9, 2003
" I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to
work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a
businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win--if you
don't you won't."
Bruce Jenner
June 9, 2003
" Success and failure are usually not the result of a single event. Failure
is the result of neglecting to make the call...to go the extra mile...to
say, "I love you." In the same way that failure follows this string of
small decisions, success comes from taking the initiative and following
up...persisting...eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple
action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in
your life?"
Anthony Robbins
June 9, 2003
" You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude
toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change
rather than allowing it to master you."
Brian Tracy
June 4, 2003
" I was told over and over again that I would never be successful, that I
was not going to be competitive and the technique was simply not going to
work. All I could do was shrug and say 'We'll just have to see'."
Dick Fosbury
June 4, 2003
" Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks on great and
honorable courses with a sure hope of trust in itself."
Cicero
June 4, 2003
" It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that
belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen."
Claude M. Bristol
June 2, 2003
The Challenge to Success Conversion Equation is:
S=C+V+E+T
S=Success
C= Challenge
V=Vision
E=Exceptional Effort
T=Time
Copyright © 2003 Sita Parbu
June 2, 2003
" The greatest achievements are won through perseverance."
Written in 2003 by Arundhathi E. --- Andhra Pradesh, India
June 2, 2003
" When problems surface, insights disappear; when insights surface,
problems disappear. Problems and insights rarely make a joint appearance."
Gerhard Gschwandtner
May 30, 2003
" We cannot change our yesterdays, but we can and must change our
tomorrows."
Copyright © 1987 Issiah Thomas
May 30, 2003
" You can't be a winner if you're a whiner... wiener."
Jeffrey Gitomer --- Submitted by Don Snyder --- Ohio
May 30, 2003
" Remember that you ought to behave in life as you would at a banquet. As
something is being passed around it comes to you; stretch out your hand,
take a portion of it politely. It passes on; do not detain it. Or it has
not come to you yet; do not project your desire to meet it, but wait until
it comes in front of you. So act toward children, so toward a wife, so
toward office, so toward wealth."
Epictetus
May 28, 2003
" Don't dream it. Be it!"
Richard O'brian --- Submitted by Al Davis --- Pennsylvania
We must not waste time in our short lives dreaming about all the things we
wish we had, or the things we wish we could achieve or become. We must act
today, now! We must awaken from our dreams and transform them into reality.
May 28, 2003
" It's not where you stand but how you grow, where you are standing."
Copyright © 2003 Mahesh Bangadkar
May 28, 2003
" You cannot escape the results of your thoughts. Whatever your present
environment may be, you will fall, remain, or rise with your thoughts, your
vision, and your ideal. You will become as small as your controlling
desire, as great as your dominant aspiration."
James Lane Allen
May 21, 2003
" Prosperity is not the amount of money that you earn, but the honesty with
which you earn it."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mercy Ngunjiri --- Nairobi, Kenya
May 21, 2003
Henry ford could get anything out of men because he just talked and would
tell them stories. He'd never say, "I want this done!" He'd say, "I wonder
if we can do it."
George Brown
May 21, 2003
" The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal
steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication."
Cecil B. De Mille
May 19, 2003
" To get others to come into our ways of thinking, we must go over to
theirs; and it is necessary to follow in order to lead."
William Hazlitt
May 19, 2003
" I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce
more leaders, not more followers."
Ralph Nader
May 19, 2003
" I project my thoughts into the situation that I'm going to be in later so
that I'm prepared. Then nothing surprises me because I've been there before
in my mind. That's the only way to handle pressure."
George Foster
May 14, 2003
" Let Go - of all doubt, fear and guilt and what's left is who you really
are."
Copyright © 2003 Simon Heighwaya
Doubt, fear and guilt are all learned at some time or another. They are all
conditioning of the mind! Guilt is of the past, fear is of the future and
doubt, well, I'm not sure... What I do know is that NONE of these can exist
where there is Real Love and NONE of these can exist in the Present Moment.
May 14, 2003
" Strength is not about how hard one can hit; it's about how hard you can
take."
Copyright © 2003 Istiaq Ahmed
May 14, 2003
" Flaming enthusiasm, backed by horse sense and persistence, is the quality
that most frequently makes for success."
Dale Carnegie
May 12, 2003
" It does not matter how many people know or believe the truth,
All that matters is that You do."
Copyright © 2003 Les DeSouza
May 12, 2003
" Never Expect Oranges out of Apple Seeds."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Anil Sharma --- Limassol, Cyprus
What wrong you are doing today, thinking it is right, will come and stand
in front of you one day. Then you will realize well, that it was wrong!!!
May 12, 2003
" The biggest temptation is to settle for too little."
Thomas Merton
May 7, 2003
" Falling down is okay, as long as you pick something up while you're down
there."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by A.S. --- Nova Scotia, Canada
May 7, 2003
" Honesty and communication are essential in any relationship. With honesty
and cooperation, you can solve any problem in a positive manner."
Copyright © 2003 Scott E. Ireson
May 7, 2003
" Always listen to the advice that people give you because you never know
when someone will say something that will change your life forever."
Coach Bailey of LSU --- Submitted by M.S. --- Texas
May 5, 2003
" Every morning I wake up and I am faced with 2 choices: I can go through
the day not knowing what is going to happen and worry about it, or I can go
through the day directing my own life and making my own destiny."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Drew S. --- Nevada
A close friend of mine shared this with me many years ago. It helps me put
things in perspective each day of my life.
May 5, 2003
" Opposite of success is not failure; opposite of success is quitting."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Alex M. --- Maryland
May 5, 2003
" My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real
friends, then you've had a great life."
Lee Iacocca --- Submitted by Sylvia Ashton --- Michigan
April 30, 2003
" What makes leadership is the ability to get people to do what they don't
want to do and like it."
Harry Truman
April 30, 2003
" The key to happiness is having dreams; the key to success is making them
come true."
James Allen
April 30, 2003
" The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined
effort of each individual."
Vince Lombardi
April 28, 2003
" The main thing is to honest with yourself, know and recognize your limits
and attain maximum achievement within them. I would, for example, get more
satisfaction from climbing Snowdon, which I know I could, than from
attempting Everest, which I couldn't."
Stirling Moss
April 28, 2003
" The true leader inspires in others self-trust, guiding their eyes to the
spirit, the goal."
Bronson Alcott
April 25, 2003
" All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers."
Orison Swett Marden
April 25, 2003
" Character, not circumstances, makes the person."
Booker T. Washington
April 23, 2003
" Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement,
achievement, and success have no meaning."
Benjamin Franklin
April 23, 2003
" Never walk away from failure. On the contrary, study it carefully and
imaginatively for its hidden assets."
Michael Korda
April 21, 2003
" Every truth has two sides. Look at both sides before committing yourself
to either."
Aesop
April 21, 2003
" You cannot create experience; you undergo it."
Albert Camus
April 18, 2003
" I can never let yesterday extend to today; I've jobs for today."
Copyright © 2003 Prabu Sekar
April 18, 2003
" Don't live by chance, live by choice."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Satish Valiveti --- Andhra, India
April 16, 2003
" Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own
person is its ultimate reward."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Kirsten Clevenger --- Kansas
April 16, 2003
" We know what a person thinks, not when he tells us what he thinks, but by
his actions."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Brian Udovich --- Indiana
I saw it on a teacher's board.
April 14, 2003
" Knowledge is not power. Knowledge applied--or wisdom--is power."
Copyright © 2003 Mark Easteadt
Knowing something amounts to nothing if it is not acted upon.
April 14, 2003
" Patience is an essential ingredient in your recipe for success.
Get past this little bump and focus on climbing an actual mountain."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Tracie
April 11, 2003
" Sometimes it is better to be kind than to be honest."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by D.M. --- QLD, Australia
April 11, 2003
" C'est vaut la peine"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sara Marquis --- Maine
This means "it's worth the pain" in French. Anything that is worth doing
well is worth enduring for. There is always something that tries your
desire, but if you don't give up, it makes the end that much better.
April 9, 2003
" If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't
ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in
the same place."
Nora Roberts --- Submitted by Katie C. --- Pennsylvania
My biggest regret in life is not going for the things I wanted - for
whatever reasons. This quote has helped me so much. If you never go for it,
you'll never know. If it doesn't work out, at least you tried and now you
know. Hope it helps you as much as it helped me. Life's short- take
advantage of everything.
April 9, 2003
" When you make or even try something that you're scared of, you get this
feeling of accomplishment that is impossible for me to describe. For me,
skating is the only way to get that feeling."
Heath Kirchart --- Submitted by Fredson L., Age 16 --- California
This quote also applies to life. You receive the same, if not different,
feeling of accomplishment when you conquer your fears.
April 7, 2003
" Darkness leaves when you light a candle.
And darkness will never return unless you let the light go out.
Either way, light or darkness, you have a responsibility to choose one or
the other."
Copyright © 2003 Rasela Saofia
I made that one up...hope it inspires someone and out of personal
experience I
have found this to be very very true...
April 7, 2003
" There are many solutions for every one of life's problems but there's
only one that fits perfectly; if you can't find it, pick the one that comes
closest."
Copyright © 2003 I.Rodriguez
April 4, 2003
" The secret to success lies in not only wanting to work, but also wanting
other people NOT to work."
Copyright © 2003 Tony Hugill
The quote itself may sound pretty selfish, but if you think about it, all
success really does come from completing work and service projects for
other people better than others. (i.e. Michael Jordan practices hours on
end and competes every night to play basketball allowing other people to
either sit on the bench or enjoy watching him in the process) This quote is
dedicated to all the men and women serving our country, who are putting
their lives on the line, serving our best interests,
not wanting for us to work.
April 4, 2003
" I've learnt that I am sometimes hard pressed, often stressed, but always
blessed. Therefore I won't settle for less, but strive for the best."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Devon Spaulding --- Kingston, Jamaica
April 2, 2003
" The key to success is to learn to do something right, then do it right
every time."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ian Finch --- Herts, United Kingdom
Just like Thierry Henry - soccer player
April 2, 2003
" Say thank you to Mr. Disappointment, who launched a new discovery in your life."
Copyright © 2003 Adedapo Allen Okeleye
March 31, 2003 "Ancoro imparo" ( I am still learning. ) Michelangelo at age 20, while painting the Sistine chapel --- Submitted by p.s. k --- Oklahoma Amazing things can be accomplished when there is desire and passion. March 31, 2003 " Procrastination is the key to failure. If you don't do it today, who's to say you'll to it tomorrow?" Author Unknown --- Submitted by CPL Javied --- Virginia/Maryland March 28, 2003 " Every so often you have to build up enough confidence not to care what everyone else thinks." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Neelu W. --- Ontario, Canada March 28, 2003 " An optimist is someone who believes life is uncertain." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Paul Hayes --- Tasmania, Australia March 26, 2003 " The trial of a principle: Without it a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not." Henry Fielding - (1707-1754) English novelist and dramatist March 26, 2003 " Self-trust is the essence of heroism." Emerson (1803 -1882) One of the most influential literary figures of the nineteenth century March 24, 2003 " Yes, I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can find his way by moonlight, and see the dawn before the rest of the world." Oscar Wilde March 24, 2003 " Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." Edgar Allen Poe March 21, 2003 " Respect others; you wouldn't know how much they mean to you until you lose them." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Pratik Gandhi --- California March 21, 2003 " Look to today. Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday." Don Marquis March 19, 2003 " A challenge overcome, a battle won, confirms the 'I Can' in us and provides the much needed internal drive to succeed, so embrace challenges as they come." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Udemgba O. --- Lagos, Nigeria March 19, 2003 " We cherish the memories that hold us together as we chase our own dreams." Copyright © 2003 Darbi Strahle We realize that as we grow older and go our own ways, we must hold onto the memories we have formed with others along the way. We grab onto those memories, for they are a part of who we are today. Run with them and chase after our dreams! March 17, 2003 " Great endeavors are inseparable from great risks." Author Unknown --- Submitted by John P., Age 16 --- New Jersey March 17, 2003 " Good performance comes from the ability to focus on the present moment." Copyright © 2003 Philip Lee March 14, 2003 " There is no age limit on transforming your life. No rule that says that after a certain age you are simply the way you are and that's it. Change not only is possible at any time but is essential." Rick Pitino --- Submitted by Jill W. --- Pennsylvania March 14, 2003 " Life is a series of problem-solving opportunities. The problems you face will either defeat you or develop you - depending on how you respond to them." Rick Warren --- Submitted by Lora Tsang --- Hong Kong March 12, 2003 " Misfortunes come in by the door left open to them." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Patrick B. ---New Brunswick, Canada March 12, 2003 " Life is a competition for which you must train daily." Copyright © 2003 James Coombes March 10, 2003 " We all need accountability, not control." Copyright © 2003 Adeline Fallon Life can be a struggle and our bosses and sometimes our peers want to have power over us. It seems that the majority of people want to be the "Boss"; they want control, they want to give the orders. This quote is saying, that we are all accountable for our actions and the higher your station is in life the greater the accountability. We all need to be accountable for our actions in life! March 10, 2003 " The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life." Muhammad Ali ---Submitted by S.L. --- Oklahoma March 7, 2003 " A man honors a woman by being a man. What traits define a man? A man speaks softly to his wife. He listens to her with his eyes open and his mouth shut. He quietly admires her eyes and her voice while she expresses her inner most thoughts. Publicly, he stands united along side her whether she is right or whether she is wrong. Privately, he shares his honest opinions with her so as to protect her honor." Copyright © 2003 Brian Roscher March 7, 2003 " The only difference between a success and a failure is that the successful person is willing to do what the failure is not willing to do." J.R. Ridinger - President & CEO Market America --- Submitted by J.G. --- North Carolina March 5, 2003 " Dream big, plan well, and work hard. Above all, don't wobble." Copyright © 2003 Philip Lee I would give this advice to anyone on the threshold of making out in any field of endeavor. March 5, 2003 " Never give up, never give in, never fear." Written in 2003 by Wahid B. --- Vic, Australia March 3, 2003 " Every time you fail, ask yourself why?" Author Unknown --- Submitted by Gale Y. --- Singapore March 3, 2003 " He who refuses to learn has no respect to earn!" Copyright © 2003 Daniel Chow February 28, 2003 " We learn from both success and failure. The only difference being on failure we learn incautiously. So, never give up, as you will be better experienced next time." Copyright © 2003 Sandeep Menra February 28, 2003 Responsibility: " Do not die while allowing another to hold your sword. Learn instead to wield it." Author Unknown --- Submitted by N.A. --- Iowa February 26, 2003 Every endeavor turns into a success, When the work is transformed into a zeal, Every pinnacle can be climbed, in excess With the dogged determination of steel. Think of phoenix, think of the goal, Troubles are fleeting, they never exist longer, In fact they are, motivating factors in total, Rise above all, and raise to be stronger. Copyright © 2002 Lakkoju Goutam February 26, 2003 " You can do anything, but you can't do everything." John Roger and Peter McWilliams in "Do It" February 24, 2003 " Small words, put in just the right way, can change your life. So pay attention as these words are all around us; choose carefully." Copyright © 2003 Gavin Hooper This quote has been written in training manuals for Entertainment, Business Productions, and Freedom Hypnosis Clinic. February 24, 2003 " Instead of justifying our faults, why can't we accept them and rectify them? Do not be bitter to people who do not behave as you want them to behave. Be an optimist, with a pinch of realism." Written in 2002 by V.K. --- Maharastra, India February 21, 2003 " A successful team is a group of many hands but of one mind." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Umashankar --- Karnataka, India February 21, 2003 " Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts." Margaret Lee Runbeck --- Submitted by Anantha G. --- A.P, India February 19, 2003 " Never be afraid to tread the path alone. Know which is your path and follow is wherever it may lead you; do not feel you have to follow in someone else's footsteps." Eileen Caddy --- Submitted by E.W., Age 17 --- NSW, Australia February 19, 2003 " Little things make all the difference in the world. They make the big things even better." Written in 2003 by AD M., Age 19 --- Indiana You will get so much more out of any relationship with the little things. February 17, 2003 " Never look down on someone unless you are helping them up." My Mom --- Submitted by Dana Brown --- Virginia This quote has stuck with me throughout the years, and really brings into focus how much we rely on others in our everyday lives. February 17, 2003 " Don't believe everything you hear; just let your heart lead the way. If you don't, you'll start living for everybody else eventually, one day." Written in 2002 by Ashley S., Age 19 --- Texas February 14, 2003 " Go as far as the eye can see, and when you get there, look further." Dag Hammarskjold February 14, 2003 " The biggest mistake you can make is to believe you work for someone else." Author Unknown February 12, 2003 " If something is not working out the way you wanted it to, ask yourself two questions: 1. What didn't I do? 2. What do I need to do get where I want to be? If you can answer these questions, then you know what you need to be doing next." Copyright © 2002 Katrina Stull February 12, 2003 " Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work." Bette Davis --- Submitted by Jackie K., Age 14 --- Georgia February 10, 2003 " Always be happy, but never be satisfied." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Bob Jones --- West Virginia February 10, 2003 " Life is a game of chances. The ones you don't take are the ones you miss out on. The chances you do take, even if you lose in the end, you learn more from mistakes and misfortunes than not taking the chance to begin with. So who is to say you lost in that game of chance? Who is to say, to take a chance is to lose? There is only one person who can make that choice... you!" Copyright © 2003 Ross Janson Take life as it comes and take the chances life presents to you. February 7, 2003 " Success is every minute you live. It's the process of living. It's stopping for the moments of beauty, of pleasure; the moments of peace. Success is not a destination that you ever reach. Success is the quality of the journey." Jennifer James, Ph.D --- Submitted by Emily O., Age 17 --- Maine February 7, 2003 " No matter how much you really want to or need to...never forget those who mean(t) the most to you." Copyright © 2002 Rachel Tarian February 5, 2003 " You only get one chance to turn a moment into the memory of a lifetime." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Kelly R. --- Ohio February 5, 2003 " Children love to walk in their parent's shoes; make sure they have strong (souls)." Copyright © 2002 Vanese Henley February 3, 2003 " Success cannot always be measured by what you win in the end, but sometimes by how much you have lost and learned from the experience." Copyright © 2002 Christine Fernandez February 3, 2003 " The greatest challenge for me has been overcoming other people's perceptions and learning not to take things personally, which I have learned. Every time there's a problem, don't take it personally. Don't think it's just because you're who you are. It's not always because you're a woman. It's not always because you're an African-American. It may be just their problem. ... When you're positive and optimistic, you eventually attract positive and optimistic people to you and the negative people will go." Pamela McCauley-Bell --- Submitted by Dave Kuch --- Ontario, Canada I personally like this quote because I myself tend to worry a lot and with time have learned not to take people's opinions personally, instead to ignore any negative people and comments and to stay strong, positive and optimistic about life. Moving past the many hurdles in life may be difficult, such as the one demonstrated in this quote, yet the many benefits you will get from overcoming such a challenge is highly rewarding. January 31, 2003 " Better to be a fool with a friend than proud and lonely." Copyright © 2003 Clarissa Marsh When you have hurt someone you care about admit where you're wrong and say "sorry", no matter how foolish you may feel. There is great humility in love and friendship. It's better than losing someone you love. January 31, 2003 Recipe for success: 1. Wake up early in the morning (before the sun rise) 2. Stand facing the east 3. Say to the sun 'I'll defeat you today and I'm gonna beat you everyday' 4. Start your day with a perfect smile on your face. Pena Merdeka --- Submitted by Firdaus Muhammad --- Selangor, Malaysia January 29, 2003 " Life is like a staircase. You have to go up each stair to reach the top." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Tina R. --- Illinois January 29, 2003 " God has given man two ends; one to sit on and one to think with. The degree of a person's success lies on which end he uses most." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jagdeep N. --- BNG, India January 27, 2003 " Problem can be solved but issue has to be dealt with." Copyright © 1998 Michelle Latimer January 27, 2003 " When? NOW!" Bill Cameron --- B.C., Canada A summary of all the quotes I have read here. When should I try, or start something?... Now! "Now but I will" is neither a word, nor an answer. January 24, 2003 " The biggest obstacle is the distance between your ears." Author Unknown --- Submitted by T. Funderburk --- North Carolina January 24, 2003 " What do you want? How bad do you want it? Really? Go get it!" Copyright © 2003 Casey Southerland January 22, 2003 " The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Lakkoju Goutam --- AP, India January 22, 2003 " If your efforts are greeted with indifference, do not lose heart; the sun puts on a wonderful show at daybreak, yet most of the people in the audience go on sleeping." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Aparna S. --- Tamil Nadu, India January 20, 2003 " To be a success in life, it is not what you have in life; it is rather what you make of your life, for you can only build your success through your own works." Copyright © 2000 James R. Padgett January 20, 2003 " To know your own true worth you've gotta understand that nothin' in this world can affect it." Copyright © 2003 Simon Heighwaya I reckon it's something a lot of people struggle with and it's taken me an eternity to figure out!!! January 17, 2003 " You are so successful. Don't THINK you are but KNOW you are." Copyright © 2003 Adrian Sanoguel January 17, 2003 " I get up, I walk, I fall down. Meanwhile, I keep dancing." Author Unknown --- Submitted by K.J. --- Vermont January 15, 2003 " In between now and then, find the things that shine and let them in." Copyright © 1995 Jeff Nicholson January 15, 2003 " When dealing with adversity never forget the possible intervention of good fortune." Copyright © 2003 Alan Chow In a crisis there is a tendency that as the 'sh_t has hit the fan' the circumstances will all be contrary and require action. One always forgets that, as anything unfolds, elements of the positive are present as well as the obvious negative. It is both a matter of perspective and a simple matter of probability. Nothing is all good or all bad. January 13, 2003 " It is human nature to get depressed by setbacks, but it is a superhuman task to rise above your circumstances and rewrite your destiny. The one that stands erect and unfazed, in the face of adversity, ultimately leaves the footprints to success." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ranjita Ray --- California January 13, 2003 " Success is the completion of a worthwhile dream." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Doug Standish --- Missouri January 10, 2003 " If you are not a part of the solution, you are a big part of the problem." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ilampooranan P. --- Pondy, India Most times we focus too much on the problem to find a solution. Four steps to solve it are: Face the fact that there is a problem Define the problem clearly Identify a solution Never talk about the problem again, only the solution January 10, 2003 " The Past and Future are yet illusions of the mind; don't dwell on them. "Now" is where you are and "now" is where you will always be!" Copyright © 2002 N.J. Allen January 8, 2003 " Love is not what you expect to get - only what you expect to give - which is everything." Katherine Hepburn --- Submitted by Meg Jackson --- British Columbia, Canada Always keep this quote in mind and give love your all. January 8, 2003 " The best advice about giving advice, is that we ought to wait for others to ask us for it." Copyright © 2002 Brian G. Jett January 6, 2003 " There are four pillars, on which you can build the platform, to reach the zenith of success: Dedication, Devotion, Discipline, Determination" Copyright © 2002 Lakkoju Goutam January 6, 2003 " If I had only done today what I set out for yesterday, I'd be free tomorrow." Copyright © 2002 Andy Munthe December 23, 2002 " LEARN ... APPLY ... GROW " Copyright © 2002 Saroop Dey Circle of life... December 23, 2002 " Fulfill all of your deepest wishes, and live out your Dreams." Written in 2002 by Z. Ferrer --- Florida December 20, 2002 " Sleep is a necessary, yet dangerous luxury. If you over-indulge in sleep, life may pass you by before you become truly awake." Copyright © 2002 Saif Alam December 20, 2002 " Leadership isn't the talent at handling the reins, but the ability to pull the sled." Copyright © 2002 Brandon Wozniewicz December 18, 2002 " Be humble always and identify with the common man; even when success and achievements want to make you proud." Bishop Leonard Umunna --- Submitted by Samuel Taiwo --- Lagos, Nigeria His quotes have always been a source of inspiration to me. December 18, 2002 At a tough point in your life: " If you can make it through this, you can make it through anything!" Author Unknown --- Submitted by Harmony P. --- Alberta, Canada A young wise man shared this with me and now I live by it. December 16, 2002 " A leader is a dealer in hope." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Monish VT --- Kerala, India December 16, 2002 GRATITUDE Let's not take for granted That friendly little deed Of the kindly neighbor Who recognized our need. Let's not take for granted The sunshine and the rain, The peace that enfolds us, The day that's free from pain. Let's not take for granted The loyalty and smiles Of one who's walked beside us These many weary miles. Let's not take for granted These gifts that smooth our way; Instead let's express Our gratitude each day. Dora L. King --- Submitted by Banu K. --- Kathmandu, Nepal We always remember the painful days but if we really look closely, aren't there so many things we should be thankful for? Think about it friends! December 13, 2002 " Choose your love; love your choice." Author Unknown --- Submitted by CJ Kickit --- Maryland My friend said she saw this on one of her walls at school, and she thought it was the best thing since sliced bread. I think so too!! December 13, 2002 " To succeed it is necessary to accept the world as it is and then rise above it." Author Unknown --- Submitted by M.G., Age 14 --- Alabama December 11, 2002 " Don't let the little 'no' responses get you down, for they are only rungs of the ladder that lead to the big 'YES'." Copyright © 2002 Kenneth L. Burns December 11, 2002 " Those who want to be SUCCESSFUL will find a way. Those who don't will find an EXCUSE." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Franco Ciccone --- Quebec, Canada December 9, 2002 " Always aim high and soar where no one can touch you, and you will succeed." Copyright © 2002 John Kruczynski I have lived by this for a long time now, cherish this wisely. December 9, 2002 " If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything." George McFly (Back to the Future) --- Submitted by Joe Penneck --- Reading, United Kingdom December 6, 2002 " On subtlety and timing our actions lie. Even the best strategy fails at the wrong moment, just as one that is unexpected serves a purpose of surprise." Copyright © 2002 G.A. Ruiter December 6, 2002 " To really live, you must give and receive love. Otherwise, you aren't living.....you're merely existing." Author Unknown --- Submitted by J. M. --- North Yorkshire, United Kingdom December 4, 2002 " Having a role model in life is a great thing to have; one who provides us with direction and inspiration. However, we will forever be restricted by that person's limitations if we live within their boundaries. Be influenced, but set your own standards and develop your own principals, if you are ever to live beyond someone else's dreams." Copyright © 2002 Jason Shahan December 4, 2002 " It is not the work. It is the way you do your work." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ali Asgar Nagaria --- Maharashtra, India This is a small tribute to Kamalesh, Makarand, Ranjith, Vivek, Pradeep, Chandra, Jogi, sunil and above all Darji Sir. Not only the people of this organization but everyone must learn from them; how to work with fun and laughter all the way. November 22, 2002 " Life is a journey of endless possibilities; don't let fear close any doors and let happiness be your guide. That way, no matter where life takes you, your heart will be overwhelmed with joy and love." Clint Kooger --- Submitted by K.I. --- Ontario, Canada November 22, 2002 " If you must whine, at least whine quietly, for down the road a man is dying." Author Unknown --- Submitted by T.T. --- California November 20, 2002 " Let your results speak for themselves, but do not speak of them." Copyright © 2002 Chris Pappas November 20, 2002 " The man who moved a mountain was the one who began carrying away small stones." Chinese Proverb November 18, 2002 " Success is how high you bounce after you hit bottom." George Patton November 18, 2002 " Talent develops in quiet, alone; character is sharpened in the torrent of the world." Goethe November 15, 2002 " Life is not a gamble; it is filled with endless possibilities. Think big. Let your mind travel and then think spectacular. Use wisdom, imagination and hope to grab the impossibles." Copyright © 2002 John Udemba November 15, 2002 " In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." Thomas Jefferson November 13, 2002 " Aspire to live the life you dream about, not the life you feel you deserve." Written in 2002 by Sarah M. --- Ohio November 13, 2002 " Success equals confidence. Confidence equals success. The only way to get in it is to get at it." Copyright © 2002 Jarvis Smigelski November 11, 2002 " Ambition doesn't come from outside; it must come from within. If you don't have a spark, you'll never have a flame." Copyright © 2002 Allan R. Mohammed November 11, 2002 " Silence is one of the keys to success." Copyright © 2002 Chinnappan Baskar November 8, 2002 " There is no such thing as a shared reality, meaning there is no such thing as a right or wrong, or fairness on collective levels. Know and understand this. Respect the fact that people disagree, and it's impossible to have a winner. You don't need to understand the reality of others, just respect." Copyright © 2002 Charlie Corn We are entirely in a world of our own. November 8, 2002 " To me, we are just like the rain and the rainbows. We may have bad days but it will all be worth it in the long run. Beautiful things come to beautiful people." Written in 2002 by L. Jones --- Washington D.C. Don't give up no matter what; strive to succeed. November 6, 2002 " Every passing minute is another chance to turn it ALL around." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Tam, Age 17 --- Victoria, Australia I heard this in a movie once...and it hit me like a ton of bricks! To me, it means that no matter what has happened or what you have done, the possibilities are endless of always making things right! There's no point in wallowing about yesterday because what has happened has happened and cannot be erased but tomorrow it's a FRESH new start and everything you didn't do right the previous day, you can make up for...today! But you don't even need to wait for tomorrow...because RIGHT NOW is also here! November 6, 2002 " It's not what you have, or don't have in life that determines your success. It's the way you perceive and use what you have that determines your success." Author Unknown --- Submitted by John Fowler --- Ohio November 4, 2002 " In life, one is either moving forward or regressing. There is no time to pause." Copyright © 2002 Frank Landry November 4, 2002 " Life is like a deck of cards. You may not always be dealt a good hand, but how you play the hand determines whether you win or lose." Copyright © 2002 Wendy Keough November 1, 2002 " The most essential, powerful and liberating thing that you will ever do is to accept yourself as you truly are." Copyright © 2002 Simon Heighwaya November 1, 2002 " The birth of a child is the one of the hardest thing to watch. But at the end of the process, that child is one of the most beautiful things on earth. Same applies to difficult tasks. The process may be the hardest but if well done, the success and happiness achieved is one of the most beautiful things on earth." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Puneet Pandeya --- Maharashtra, India October 30, 2002 " Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them." Ralph Waldo Emerson October 30, 2002 " Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions." Albert Einstein October 28, 2002 " It's not that I'm so smart; it's just that I stay with problems longer." Albert Einstein October 28, 2002 " To be successful, you must decide exactly what you want to accomplish, then resolve to pay the price to get it." Bunker Hunt October 25, 2002 " Most people feel sad when other people, equally or lesser talented from them, show far better results. The reason for such a situation is simple - wrong priorities and incorrect benchmarking. The people who deliver know what is more important, given a choice. More than that, the people who get results set their own benchmarks and do not look for a peer/friend/competitor/rival as their benchmark. Once your benchmark is clear, getting there is automatic." Copyright © 2002 Sriram Phaneswar October 25, 2002 " Life is enriched by the accomplishment of right action rather than the outward success or failure." Author Unknown --- Submitted by M.P. --- Delhi, India October 23, 2002 " Live each day as if you chose to." Copyright © 2002 Shawn Toner October 23, 2002 " Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing a solution paves the way to solution." Dr. David Schwartz October 21, 2002 " I praise loudly; I blame softly." Queen Catherine II October 21, 2002 " Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable." Francis Bacon October 18, 2002 " When you are looking for something real hard, the first place you should look is within yourself. You will be amazed how resourceful or self contained you are." Copyright © 2002 Judy Kerich October 18, 2002 " In life, as in a football game, the principle to follow is: Hit the line hard." Theodore Roosevelt October 16, 2002 " Success is not the result of one day; it is the outcome of consistent efforts and dedication without losing hope. To acquire success in any field of life, "optimism is the main key". Result: delays don't mean fruitless efforts because our struggles never go in vain . God is always present to recognize them. Some times results are late but they could be definitely in the near future." Copyright © 2002 Aysha Iftikhar The most important secret behind every successful person. October 16, 2002 " An empowered organization is one in which individuals have the knowledge, skill, desire, and opportunity to personally succeed in a way that leads to collective organizational success." Stephen Covey October 14, 2002 " Be careful around those people who have bought into negativity, because they have an uncanny ability of selling it as well." Copyright © 2002 Wayne Carroll October 14, 2002 " It is easy to sit up and take notice; what is difficult is getting up and taking action." Al Batt --- Submitted by Cynthia Franklin --- Mississippi October 11, 2002 " Success is but a small sacrifice of time and effort." Copyright © 2002 Clint L. Scott October 11, 2002 " Many work hard but few become a success. What extra makes those ordinary into extraordinary? The application of a simple thing, namely common sense." Copyright © 2001 Jagannathan Arockiam I always think about why some people succeed but others don't. I have come across very brilliant, talented and very hard working people who are not that successful. But I have seen a common quality in all successful people. They have more common sense and they are thoughtful of what they do. I think that is the success formula for everyone in addition to his or her talents. October 9, 2002 " Realizing your own potential and being able to use it to its fullest and achieving great success is a great feeling to have. Helping an individual realize their own potential and being able to use it to their fullest and making them successful is an even better thing to have accomplished in life." Copyright © 2002 Dave Kuch October 9, 2002 " Always make sure your words are soft because someday you may have to eat them." Dick Garber --- Submitted by Ted G. --- Connecticut October 7, 2002 " Leadership: The qualities of leadership are clearly shown in animal life. At the first sign of danger, the leader of the herd steps out of the crowd, the others, - and walk towards the danger. Always! Or he will not continue to be leader. So you see the risks of leadership are very great. Being a leader is no job for the timid. It requires more than brains and personality." Copyright © 2002 Anil Patel October 7, 2002 " Life is a game. Practice everyday and become the best player." Copyright © 2002 Sami Coulter October 4, 2002 " Get your priorities right. No point digging hard if it is in the wrong direction." Copyright © 2002 Sriram Phaneswar October 4, 2002 " Very often we are influenced by life situations of success and failure, happiness and grief. But life transcends these life situations. It is more rewarding, ennobling and enriching by accomplishment of action based on dedication, devotion and discrimination." Copyright © 2002 Mandakini Punj October 2, 2002 " Let's roll," he said, And so she has. Lisa Beamer --- Submitted by Carisa W., Age 19 --- Pennsylvania This quote is the title of Lisa Beamer's book. She was the wife of one the passengers on Flight 93. October 2, 2002 " Successful leaders recognize that great innovation comes from observing the same ideas as everyone else and seeing something different." Reed Markham, American educator --- Submitted by R.B. --- Utah September 30, 2002 " Always have the courage to want the very best for yourself." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Subika Farazi --- Lahore, Pakistan September 30, 2002 " If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world." Francis Bacon September 27, 2002 THE SUCCESS MODULE: SUCCESS = M [A + K + S] Higher the Motive, Bigger is the 'S' Where M=Motivation A=Ability K=Knowledge S=Skills Copyright © 1999 Prof. Pravin Mokashi September 27, 2002 " When you move beyond your fear, you feel free." Copyright © 2002 Anil Patel September 27, 2002 " One may not be fool because no one listens to him and one may not also be wise because every fool listens to him." Copyright © 2002 Arockiam Jagannathan September 25, 2002 " As you mature in life and you build bridges, plant some flowers along the way. Instead of burning your bridges, stop watering the flowers. It's a lot easier to start watering the flowers again than it is to build back those bridges." Copyright © 1994 Susie Whitman September 25, 2002 " Remember you cannot do everything that you want. But you can always do things which are most important to you. In order to spend your time effectively, you need to prioritize and spend time on things which are important to you." Copyright © 2002 Sriram Phaneswar September 23, 2002 " When you have an easier option to get your goal, use it. That is, if there is help available to enable you to reach your goal, why not take it? Seeking help is a sign of self-assurance." Copyright © 2002 Sriram Phaneswar September 23, 2002 " Worry is the misuse of imagination." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Murthy Belluri --- A.P., India Don't worry and be happy; Be on the path and work accordingly. September 20, 2002 " Some men succeed by what they know; some by what they do; and a few by what they are." Elbert G. Hubbard September 20, 2002 " Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices." Benjamin Franklin September 18, 2002 " Successful leaders see the opportunities in every difficulty rather than the difficulty in every opportunity." Reed Markham, American writer --- Submitted by B.M. --- Utah September 16, 2002 " Leaders do not create followers; they create other leaders." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jojo O. --- New York September 16, 2002 " If you want success in life believe in this formula: S * K + A = P Skills * Knowledge + Attitude = Performance" Copyright © 2002 James D'cruz September 13, 2002 " The most successful people were once the most successful failures. Part of the process of reaching success is overcoming obstacles that lead to triumph. Never give UP, Never lose sight, and Never stop trying! What separates us from our goal is just time. It will all happen if we believe and want it bad enough." Copyright © 2002 Adrian Sanoguel September 13, 2002 " Who needs luck when you can achieve much more by persistence?" Copyright © 2002 Fred Akama September 11, 2002 YOUR DREAMS Follow your dreams Let them take you away Let them guide and enlighten you Each step of the way Embrace them, cherish them And watch them grow Work through life's mysteries, Ebb and flow Think of your dreams often And what you must do So that every one of them Will come true Focus on your dream And not the things in your way And your load will be lighter Than it was yesterday Want to win, prepare to win, Expect to win too, Don't let the adversity Get the best of you If you plan your work And work your plan Your dreams will come true Time and again Believe in the magic, Don't wish it away Sacrifice for your dreams Each and every day Dreams come true For those who follow through! Copyright © 1998 Darrel L. Rundus, II September 11, 2002 " Concentrate on everything you are, because that's what'll change the world." Copyright © 2002 Theresa Vlietstra September 9, 2002 " Successful visions are shared visions brought to life in organizations by the expectations, beliefs and values of its members." Reed Markham, Prof. SL College --- Submitted by L.M. --- Utah September 9, 2002 " When you know to laugh and when to look upon things as too absurd to take seriously, the other person is ashamed to carry through even if he was serious about it." Eleanor Roosevelt September 6, 2002 " If you are happy and confident, you are bound to be successful. Happiness and confidence are both a state of mind rather than points of destination, which you can choose, at this instant, as you are reading this message." Copyright © 2002 Sriram Phaneswar September 6, 2002 " Hope for the best but be prepared for the worst." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Belluri Murthy --- Andhra Pradesh, India This quote has helped me many times in my life to fight back. September 4, 2002 " What we hope ever to do with ease, we must first learn to do with diligence." Samuel Johnson September 4, 2002 " The reward of a thing well done is to have done it." Ralph Waldo Emerson August 30, 2002 " Be active, forward looking and think positive." Copyright © 2002 Kofi Aninakwa August 30, 2002 " The best way to be mediocre is to compare and try to reach your competitor. Never do that. Set your own benchmark. Let that be very high and go after it confidently. Do not let others set a standard for you. You've got to aim at being better than the best." Copyright © 2002 Sriram Phaneswar August 28, 2002 " To be early, is to be on time.... to be on time, is to be late.... to be late, is to be forgotten!" William D. Revelli --- Submitted by Coach Wallace --- Missouri --- Author name provided by L.D. --- Michiggan --- 02/16/04 August 28, 2002 " Don't let yesterday take up too much of today." Author Unknown --- Submitted by C. Hall --- Missouri August 26, 2002 " Character is having the courage to do what is right in the face of everything else that is very, very wrong." Copyright © 2002 Saif Alam August 26, 2002 " Knowledge without follow-through is worse than no knowledge." Henry Charles Bukowski --- Submitted by Hayes Reed --- California August 23, 2002 " In the battles of life, be a warrior not a worrier." Copyright © 2002 Adrian Sanoguel August 23, 2002 " It is said the meek inherit the earth. This is true. For it is the bold, the visionary, and the daring that conquer the universe!" Copyright © 2002 Jerome L. Pionk August 21, 2002 " The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes." Benjamin Disraeli August 21, 2002 " Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness." Publilius Syrus August 19, 2002 " Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him." Booker T. Washington August 19, 2002 " You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give." Eleanor Roosevelt August 16, 2002 " We must never be afraid to go too far, for success lies just beyond." Marcel Proust August 16, 2002 " To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom." Bertrand Russell August 14, 2002 " Being good to yourself and liking what you do is the first step to success." Written in 2002 by Mahalakshmi R. --- Mumbai, India August 14, 2002 " I've always tried to go one step past wherever people expected me to end up." Beverly Sills August 12, 2002 " It is not important how others are living a great life. What is important is how you are living your life." Copyright © 2002 Sriram Phaneswar August 12, 2002 " Always keep your eyes and ears open and your mind alert: it's a poor day that you don't learn something worthwhile." Copyright © 2002 Ed Baker I've been saying the latter part of the message frequently for many years, since my offspring were children and they're now in their high 30s. Recently, when the efforts at another website helped keep a new house, not quite complete by deadline, from being demolished as penalty. When I said the latter part, another pastor spoke approvingly, saying that he has tried for years to live by that credo. August 9, 2002 " No one ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him; it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction." Charles Kendall Adams August 9, 2002 " Never turn down a job because you think it's too small, you don't know where it can lead." Julia Morgan August 7, 2002 " I will speak ill of no one, and speak all the good I know of everybody." Andrew Jackson August 7, 2002 " The merit in action lies in finishing it to the end." Genghis Khan August 5, 2002 " The road to success was paved by dreamers." Copyright © 1996 Brenna Catalano August 5, 2002 " Rules are for the obedience of fools, and the guidance of wise men." Sir Douglas Barder --- Submitted by Jimi Reed --- Surrey, United Kingdom August 2, 2002 " To move the world, we must first move ourselves." Socrates August 2, 2002 " It is easy to live for others, everybody does. I call on you to live for yourself." Emerson July 31, 2002 " Since you have a choice to think a thought, always think a positive thought. Think BIG about everything and truly believe that you will achieve what you have thought about. The human brain has tremendous power to achieve anything it believes. The best way to program your subconscious mind is to repeat a BIG thought many times a day. It will come true once the subconscious mind believes it 100 percent. So, always think BIG and take action NOW." Copyright © 2002 Prem P. Guragain July 31, 2002 " Make a success of living by seeing the goal and aiming for it unswervingly." Cecil B. De Mille July 29, 2002 " Surround yourself with challenging people and ideas." Author Unknown July 29, 2002 " Do not try to link events in life. The only thing that affects our life is our confidence. No matter what happens, do not lose this virtue. It is the difference between success and failure." Copyright © 2002 Sriram Phaneswar July 26, 2002 " One person with courage makes a majority." Andrew Jackson July 26, 2002 " The secret is this: strength lies solely in tenacity." Louis Pasteur July 24, 2002 " Do not worry. Worry never did anything. It is we, who do." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ali Asgar Nagaria --- Maharashtra, India July 24, 2002 " The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed." Henry Ford July 22, 2002 " Write down what is important to you in a career. Write down what is important to you at home. Once you know what you want, everything else falls in place. On most occasions, we think we know what is important to us but don't until we take time to ponder over it and put it down in writing." Copyright © 2002 Sriram Phaneswar July 22, 2002 " Successful people make a decision and then look for a way to make it happen; Losers wait for a good time to make a decision and there is never a good time." Copyright © 2002 Alexander Mantsevich July 19, 2002 " Live life to the fullest and make it a masterpiece!!!" Author Unknown --- Submitted by Manisha Abraham --- Tamil Nadu, India July 17, 2002 " Don't blindly follow your friends into self-destructive behavior in order to be accepted by them. If they were truly your friends, they wouldn't expect that from you in the first place." Copyright © 2002 Sheri Thompson July 17, 2002 " Keep your word. If you cannot, then just don't say anything in the first place." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mariam A.--- Quebec, Canada This is something that I've learned through my experiences. July 15, 2002 " Never confuse what your rights are with doing what is right." Copyright © 2002 Mike Wiethorn July 15, 2002 " The world has no room for cowards. We must all be ready to somehow toil, to suffer, to die. And yours is not the less noble because no drum beats before you when you go out into your daily battlefields, and no crowds shout about you coming when you return from your daily victory or defeat." Robert Louis Stevenson --- Submitted by B.C. Habermann --- California July 12, 2002 " The essence of greatness is the ability to choose personal fulfillment in circumstances where others choose madness." Wayne W. Dyer --- Submitted by Dan I. --- VIC, Australia July 12, 2002 " The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Muddassar Masood --- Punjab, Pakistan July 10, 2002 " Optimists are right. So are pessimists. It's up to you to choose which you will be." Harvey Mackay --- Submitted by Andrea J. --- Arizona July 10, 2002 " The only thing in this world that is instant is coffee." David Parkin --- Submitted by Quentin Mushins --- Victoria, Australia July 8, 2002 " On your way to the top, be nice to your colleagues Because on your way down you might need them." Author Unknown --- Submitted by Rudy Byleveld --- KZN, South Africa July 8, 2002 " The difference between the great ideas of men is action." Copyright © 1992 Darrel L. Rundus, II June 28, 2002 " Don't go for looks; they can deceive and always fade. Don't go for wealth; even that may go away. Need not for a genius mind; many of the brightest I've known have never attended a university. Go for someone who makes you smile, makes you laugh each day. Find someone better, someone who makes you want to be BETTER. Find someone with a brilliance you have never seen and will appreciate, respect it, not grade or judge. When you have found all these, you have found one of the rarest, truest creations. Not always the most beautiful, not always the wealthiest or smartest but quite possibly the most spectacular." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Christiine Miller --- Kansas June 28, 2002 " Take opportunities, but give in the form of fulfillment." --- Copyright © 2002 Lauryn Gibson June 26, 2002 " A good criterion for measuring success in life is the number of people you have made happy." --- Robert J. Lumsden --- Submitted by Chenn Fawn Meng --- Malaysia June 26, 2002 " There are 3 D's in life: Desire, Determination, and Dedication. You need all 3 to go somewhere...but it all starts with the 4th D...Dream." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jayme EE. --- Michigan June 24, 2002 " Speak less, work more, and let your result speak for you." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Virat PPatel --- Maryland June 24, 2002 " If you want to be the best, you can't act like the rest." --- Copyright © 2000 Darrel L. Rundus, II June 21, 2002 " A mirror reflects what is on the outside and what is often your chance at a first impression. Attitude is a reflection of what is on the inside and is what will leave a lasting impression. Check yourself, what is your lasting impression telling about you and is it what you want to show? If not, change it." --- Copyright © 2002 R. G. Gensemer June 21, 2002 " If others insist on annoying you, keep your distance. You're not responsible for their foul mood, but you can control how you react to it. Delight in your own company." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Martha Varzaly June 19, 2002 " In order to be a leader, you must first be a follower." --- Copyright © 2002 Adrienne Fountain June 19, 2002 " Don't let the good criticism get to your head And don't let the bad criticism get to your heart." --- Copyright © 2002 Cassidy Short June 17, 2002 " It is not what you are thought to be, but who you are." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Brooke W --- Ohio June 17, 2002 " A good attitude, we cultivate. To all the others, we motivate." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Duncan Lam --- Ohio June 14, 2002 " Celebrities are those who make the news. Heroes are those who make a difference." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jacob DDeMay --- Illinois June 14, 2002 " We all ought to work harder at being what we should be, Rather than hiding what we are." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jenna LL. --- Oklahoma June 12, 2002 " Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control. These three alone lead to sovereign power." --- Lord Alfred Tennyson --- Submitted by RR. Bennison --- California June 12, 2002 THINK POSITIVE Say to yourself every morning: Today is going to be a great day. I can handle more than I think I can. Things don't get better by worrying about them! I can be satisfied if I try to do my best! There is always something to be happy about! I am going to make someone happy today. It is not good to be down! Life is great; I should make the most of it! BE AN OPTIMIST. --- Anonymous --- Submitted by Raghunath Naarayan Tantry --- Mumbai, India June 10, 2002 " Excuses are tools of the incompetent; they build monuments of nothingness." --- A long line of drill Sergeants --- Submmitted by William L. --- Moscow, Russia June 10, 2002 Do not stand still Like a statue Whoever you are In whatever you do Keep moving! --- Copyright © 19991 Babatunde Ayoola Fajiimi June 7, 2002 " Success is not about fame or fortune. Success is about giving yourself the opportunity to live up to your fullest potential." --- Copyright © 1987 Shane Guffogg June 7, 2002 " There is nothing but air and opportunity, to do what your heart desires." --- Michael Tolbert --- Submitted by Ali A.. --- Alabama This is the saying my father told me, to get me to do what my heart desired. June 5, 2002 " Some people will have absolutely no respect or understanding for your kindness and generosity. They may actually shy away from it or run for cover, so to speak. Do not be upset or offended by this. You have done nothing wrong. You must understand and always remember that people tend to be fearful of the things they do not know." --- Copyright © 2000 Michael J. Skyrider June 5, 2002 " The beauty of a simple life brightens the eyes, strengthens the soul and softens the heart." --- Copyright © 2002 Greg Brown June 3, 2002 " What you fear the most always comes the first, so fear nothing in a polluted world; you only see the bright stars (true friends)." --- Copyright © 2002 Prabodhan Potdar June 3, 2002 " The choices you make today dictate the life you will lead tomorrow." --- Copyright © 2001 Chad W. Gonzales May 31, 2002 " Stop; stop what you are doing right now, no matter how important you think it is, stop. Go straight to the woman or man or child who loves you and hold them, don't say anything, just stop for a moment and hold them." --- Written in 2002 by Kris S. --- Montana May 31, 2002 " Knowledge is like different clothes for different seasons. The more you have it the better you are protected." --- Copyright © 2002 Shobhana Sethi May 29, 2002 " For a man who's able to recognize his own shortcomings is a man who can change his own destiny." --- Copyright © 2002 Rudy Byleveld May 29, 2002 " Knowledgeable people know facts. Successful and prosperous people know people." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by JP O ---- Washington May 24, 2002 " Potential: the word that may be used to describe where you could be, who you could have been, and goals you could have achieved. So why not just make it happen?" --- Copyright © 2002 Kelly Moletress May 24, 2002 " The history of the world is the history of a few people who had faith in themselves." --- Swami Vivekananda --- Submitted by Rajeesh Alagappan --- Tamil Nadu, India May 22, 2002 " Love your enemies." --- Jesus --- Submitted by Catherine Neely --- Arizona May 22, 2002 " Accept things the way they are, and be grateful that they're not worse." --- Copyright © 2002 David Oakes May 20, 2002 " Friendship is not liking your own self in others but it is taking a person as he/she is and having the will to understand and the determination to be side by side for a lifetime. As it is said, friends are for forever and friendship is for lifetime. Friendship is a pledge; honor it. Friendship is a trust; don't betray it. Friendship is a confidence; do not back stab in it. Friendship is a feeling; feel it. It is a value; treasure it." --- Written in 2002 by V.K.K. --- Maharashttra, India May 20, 2002 " Happiness is not found in loving the perfect person...but rather in loving the imperfect person perfectly." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ashley D. --- Pennsylvania May 17, 2002 " The most bitter defeat is when you know you could have won, if you were only given the opportunity. If tomorrow opportunity knocks, will you be ready?" --- Copyright © 2002 Kelly Moletress May 17, 2002 " A brave person is not one who throws a stone in return of a stone, but he is the person who gives a flower in return of a stone." --- Copyright © 2002 Mansoor Baig I believe that one who can control his anger is more powerful than the one who can't. Returning a flower in reply of a stone is hard, and only strong people can do it. May 15, 2002 " Dreamers dream. Successful people have a vision upon which they ACT." --- Copyright © 2002 Gary Vurnum May 15, 2002 " Only when I become willing to exert effort, shall I see the fulfillment of my dreams. Only when I work at bettering MY part of the world, shall I see the world change for the better." --- Copyright © 2002 Scott Johnson May 13, 2002 " When you open your heart to giving, angels fly to your door." --- Copyright © 1999 Hillary Roberts, Direcctor Project Linus NJ, Inc. May 13, 2002 " Tolerance is the scale that shows the level of your education." --- Copyright © 2002 Mansoor Baig We all should learn to tolerate things, as it minimizes anger, and increases forgiveness in us. May 10, 2002 " Love does not ask who, what, when, or why. It only answers the question 'HOW?'" --- Copyright © 2002 Ayn E. Loable May 10, 2002 " Success is not a destination, but it's the motivation by which one lives." --- Copyright © 2002 Joseph Tatum May 8, 2002 " Ability may take you to the top, but it takes character to stay there." --- William Blake --- Submitted by B.B. ---- Pennsylvania May 8, 2002 " Success is the progressive realization of worthwhile, predetermined, personal goals." --- Paul J. Meyer --- Submitted by Aaron T.. --- Pennsylvania --- Author's name and quote correction provvided by Steve Simons --- 6/12/02 May 6, 2002 " Great managers meet deadlines and make money. Great leaders meet the challenge and make history." --- Copyright © 2002 Chris Green May 6, 2002 " Life is what you make of it, so make it the best you can!" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by J. Thommpson --- California May 3, 2002 " You've got to win in your mind before you win in your life." --- John Addison --- Submitted by Carlos Daavis --- Maryland May 3, 2002 " Never forget who helped you to the top. If you do...who's holding you up?" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Laura GG. --- Colorado May 1, 2002 " Be positive and spread the positive news; will help create a better and positive world." --- Copyright © 2002 Nilo Emerenciana May 1, 2002 " To have the best chance at being the best, one must invest in the best tools available." --- Copyright © 2002 John Singh April 29, 2002 " If you do not cross the torrent - you will have to walk the river's length." --- Copyright © 2001 Paul Flynn April 29, 2002 " You will never be who you want to be, by remaining who you are!" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by S. Waldden --- Georgia April 24, 2002 " Success is being content just hanging out with yourself." --- Copyright © 2002 Lisa Tokarski April 24, 2002 " Attitude, not aptitude, determines altitude." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Parikshhit Shah --- Maharashtra, India April 22, 2002 " Sometimes you need to fall on your face, to find out what tripped you." --- Copyright © 2000 Richard Zielenski April 22, 2002 " Don't wait for time to resolve your problems. Break away from the suppression. Time is not forgiving and once you give it the edge, the solution will no longer remain." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mike P.. --- Connecticut April 19, 2002 " What you see is perception. What you get is reality. Don't confuse the two." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by K.O. ---- Mississippi April 19, 2002 " Do not expect from others what you cannot live up to yourself." --- Written in 2002 by V.K.K. --- Maharashttra, India April 17, 2002 " When you look in the mirror, don't you like what you see? Then only you can do something about it." --- Copyright © 2002 John Sneddon April 15, 2002 " I have studied the lives of great men and famous women and I found out that the men and the women who got to the top were those who did the jobs they had in hand with everything they had of energy, enthusiasm, and hard work." --- Harry S.Truman --- Submitted by Chen Faawn Meng --- Malaysia April 15, 2002 " The seat of freedom is reserved for the man who lives by his own work, and in that work, does what he wants to do." --- George Robin Collingwood --- Submitted by Ramkumar YVS --- India April 12, 2002 " Success is measured in terms of reaching your goals, dreams, and expectations. Your success is determined by hard work, persistence, and determination. If you are going to be a success in life, it is up to you... it is your responsibility." --- Will Horton --- Submitted by Chetan Choopra --- Washington April 12, 2002 " The job of ours is not to chase rainbows, But to seek out our dreams and make them reality." --- Written in 2002 by R.K.Peterson April 10, 2002 " Do not judge or try to control others. Set them free from your judgments and controlling. As you free them, you will free yourself." --- Copyright © 2002 Scott Johnson April 10, 2002 " The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them." --- Mark Twain --- Submitted by Sanya N. ---- Dubai, United Arab Emirates April 8, 2002 " The difference between success and mediocrity is all in the way you think." --- Dean Francis --- Submitted by Carlos Daavis --- Maryland April 8, 2002 " Whenever you have a desire, ask yourself what is the "real" reason for that desire. What is your motive? Focus on creating more of that motive by appreciating how much of that you already have in your life." --- Copyright © 2001 Michael Carpenter April 5, 2002 " Take many things into consideration.... Except giving up." --- Written in 2002 by T.V. --- Virginia April 5, 2002 " Whatever job you do, whatever work you envisage, whatever goal you may have, whatever dream you may dream, the secret to success lies in a very simple philosophy - Give your one hundred percent effort to the endeavor - and then, give ten percent more. That my friend will make the difference between a 'winner' and an 'also ran'." --- Copyright © 2002 Dr. Nirvikar Dahiya April 3, 2002 " You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream." --- Les Brown --- Submitted by Nilo Emerencciana --- Aruba April 3, 2002 " What separates those who achieve from those who do not is in direct proportion to one's ability to ask for help." --- Donald Keough, former president of Cocaa-Cola --- Submitted by Vickie Eade Eddy --- New YYork/Arizona April 1, 2002 " Don't get lost in the midst of busyness and misplace what is most important to you." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Vane Chhew --- Singapore April 1, 2002 " Truth is above all men; it is neither optional nor negotiable." --- Copyright © 1985 Luis J. Laborde March 27, 2002 " Always, always, always, live your own life. If not, you only live off others and are mass-produced. Individualism is something no one can take away." --- Copyright © 2002 Lori Schiffbauer March 27, 2002 " Begin somewhere; you CANNOT build a reputation on you INTEND to do." --- Liz Smith --- Submitted by Kayla Y. ---- Missouri March 25, 2002 " Make it your moment-to-moment aim to recognize the difference between being aware of your thoughts, and being carried along by them." --- Copyright © 2001 Guy Finley --- Submittted by Roel Corpus --- Oregon March 25, 2002 " Every one of us has his/her superstitions; one of mine has been that whenever I took up any task to do something, never to look back or leave until the task I intended was completed. Make one person smile every day, and in 40 years of your life you will have made 14,600 people happy." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Latesh Joshi --- Maharashtra, India March 22, 2002 " The greatest gift you will ever receive is the gift of loving and believing in yourself. Guard this gift with your life. It is the only thing that will ever truly be yours." --- Tiffany Loren Rowe --- Submitted by Lesslie Martin --- Indiana March 22, 2002 " Do only what your heart and your instincts say. Keep them in mind and don't give up!!" --- Copyright © 2002 Lindsay Frank March 20, 2002 " Professionalism is not about doing something that you are good at, But being the best at something that you do." --- Copyright © 2002 Hingdranata Nikolay March 20, 2002 " Think you are the best; you will be better than the rest. Think you are worst and you will be the worst." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Krishnaa Prakash --- Andhra Pradesh, India March 18, 2002 " Better you have an instance of knowing you have been wrong Than a lifetime of always being right." --- Copyright © 2002 D. Blackmon March 18, 2002 " Labeling people is like labeling cans. If you don't open them up, you'll never know what's really inside." --- Copyright © 2002 Nicole Shull March 15, 2002 " Perfection isn't easy to find; search a little longer and travel a little further." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jess Seealy --- NSW, Australia March 15, 2002 " Believe nothing; no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense." --- Buddha --- Submitted by Hans Eirik Haarrberg --- Troendelag, Norway March 13, 2002 " Always remember - things are never as bad nor as good as you perceived them to be." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mary Koolk --- Ohio March 13, 2002 " If you keep your ears and eyes on your customer, You will keep your competitor's foot out of the door." --- Copyright © 2000 James Jones March 11, 2002 " Success and failure both are parts of life but result always depends on your preparation." --- Copyright © 2002 Danish A. Danial March 11, 2002 " People who sit and judge are nobodies who are soon forgotten. People who work and take chances are the ones who will be remembered." --- Written in 2001 by L.G --- Scotland, Unnited Kingdom March 8, 2002 " Listen; because when you say "I Know", you cease to "Know" more." --- Copyright © 1997 Joyal Mehta March 8, 2002 " The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing!" --- Author Unknown--- Submitted by Thomas AAlmanza --- Indiana March 6, 2002 " Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens." --- Jimi Hendrix --- Submitted by Scott Buccholtz --- Ohio March 6, 2002 " It isn't always enough to be forgiven by others; Sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Cassidyy S. --- Ohio March 4, 2002 " Whenever any trouble occurs with our dear ones or friends, we should inwardly lay the blame on ourselves for getting into an unpleasant situation and then try to get out of it as fast and as graciously as we can. It is fruitless to increase the trouble by loudly, unkindly, discourteously blaming others, even though we find that they are to blame. Much more can be achieved by setting a good example than by the use of harsh or self-righteous words." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Shailenndra Vasale --- Maharashtra, India March 4, 2002 " If you want milk, don't sit in the middle of the pasture and wait for the cow to back up to you." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Martha Varzaly ---Pennsylvania March 1, 2002 Under the topic of Work Ethic, Daily Planning, Or Time Management I have lived by the following: " Do not trade a day of your life away for nothing in return." --- Copyright © 2002 Gary Gentilini March 1, 2002 " The difference between a winner and loser is how fast a person learns from their mistakes and how long they remember them." --- Copyright © 2002 Saif Alam February 27, 2002 " Make it a great day or not, the choice is yours." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sarah JJane --- Ohio February 27, 2002 " If you only look at what is, you might never attain what could be." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Shauna Barisoff --- British Columbia, Canada February 25, 2002 " Don't be afraid to look back; Sometimes pride takes us in the wrong direction." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Erin D.. --- QLD, Australia February 25, 2002 " Smile more; it lightens the soul." --- Copyright © 1999 Christina Kloosterman February 22, 2002 " Go the extra mile; it's never crowded there." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Susan BB. --- Victoria, Australia February 22, 2002 " If two people meet and exchange one dollar, both leave with that same one dollar. If two people meet and exchange one IDEA, both leave with TWO ideas." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by D. Rauggh --- BW, Germany February 20, 2002 " We're going to figure this "life" stuff out; I can feel it. And when we do, the world better watch out; there's going to be a storm." --- Todd Manzer --- Submitted by Stew L. ---- New Brunswick, Canada February 20, 2002 " Success is not in the bulk of your wallet, but in the weight of your character." --- Harold Kushner --- Submitted by Keri G.. --- Massachusetts February 18, 2002 " Real change of self isn't found in some new way to think about yourself, but in the freedom from the need to think about yourself at all." --- Guy Finley --- Submitted by Roel Corpuss --- Oregon February 18, 2002 " There are no mistakes in life, only the consequences of your actions." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ericka V. --- California February 15, 2002 " When you're going through hell, keep going." --- Albert Einstein --- Submitted by Becca Blue --- Georgia February 15, 2002 " There are two things in this world that stand like stone; Kindness in others troubles and courage in your own." --- Princess Diana --- Submitted by Kyra Shherman --- Tennessee February 13, 2002 " Experiments make way for discoveries." --- Copyright © 2002 Abhimanyu Sirohi February 13, 2002 " It is a province of knowledge to speak, and a privilege of wisdom to listen." --- Oliver Wendell Holmes --- Submitted by Kizzy Glasgow --- New York February 11, 2002 " There are only two choices; make progress or make excuses." --- Copyright © 2001 Ellen Mikesell February 11, 2002 " Success is not so much what we have, as it is what we are." --- Jim Rohn --- Submitted by Bonnie Gutweiiler --- Wisconsin February 8, 2002 " What would you do if you knew you could never fail?" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Carolinne Zawila --- Pennsylvania February 8, 2002 " Fear is like fire; Either you can cook with it, Or it will burn you." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Toby Krrasnostein --- Melbourne, Australia February 6, 2002 " Most of us take the 'sky as the limit' attitude toward achieving success, But the truth lies in not limiting ourselves." --- Copyright © 2002 Joe Pie February 6, 2002 " When doing something, the toughest and quite obviously, the most important step is always the first one. We all suffer from the problem of inertia... getting started is all it takes." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Salil DDeshpande --- Mumbai, India February 4, 2002 " No matter what kind of situation you are in, never give up. Keep on striving and believe that there is always hope for your future." --- Copyright © 2001 Francisca Agbemenu February 4, 2002 " If you cannot 'see' that, you cannot 'be'." --- Copyright © 2001 Laureen C. Bassett ( This quote specifically addresses inner vision, which provides one with the ability to make it happen. This does not refer to the disabled. ) February 1, 2002 " I do not regret the things I have done, but those I have left undone." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Tiffanyy Tibbetts --- New Mexico February 1, 2002 " Don't miss a perfectly good opportunity to remain silent." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by C.N. ---- Arizona January 30, 2002 " The foundations of character are built not by lecture, but by bricks of good example." --- Zig Ziglar --- Submitted by Chen Fawn MMeng --- Malaysia January 30, 2002 " You get out of life what you put in." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by K.A. ---- California January 28, 2002 " If there were no ugly in the world there would be no beauty; because we would have no basis for comparison. Accept the "ugly" that will enter your life, for only then will you truly appreciate the "beauty" when it arrives." --- Copyright © 1998 Greg Scott January 28, 2002 " There are two important things in life: one is family and the other is everything else." --- My father --- Submitted by Carole G. ---- Minnesota January 25, 2002 " Love is not a guarantee about getting it back, but love is about loving unconditionally and taking a risk of being rejected. Love is sacrifice and sometimes about letting going. But love always makes us a better person when we allow ourselves to love at every cost." --- Copyright © 2000 Kathryn Williams January 25, 2002 " Although life is filled with great challenges and adversity, it is also filled with that great sense of accomplishment and satisfaction when you meet those challenges." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sally LL. --- Iowa January 23, 2002 " Wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one's awareness of one's ignorance. When you come to see that you are not as wise today as you thought you were yesterday, then, you are wiser today." --- Anthony de Mello --- Submitted by Steveen Jager --- Arizona January 23, 2002 " We need to incorporate kindness into our lives. I'm a firm believer that kindness is contagious. I always encouraged the kids to do something nice for someone at their home. That will put the family member in a better mood, and then they'll do something nice for someone else. We all know about the ripple effect." --- Marjon Brady - Miss Rodeo USA 2000 --- Submitted by Ana Paula --- Chubut, Argentina January 21, 2002 " Success is not something to wait for it is something to work for; so let's start." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ahmed MMaqsood --- Punjab, Pakistan January 21, 2002 " Life's too short just to exist. Do something!" --- Copyright © 2001 Anthony Candel January 18, 2002 " Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier." --- Colin Powell --- Submitted by Arvind Saawhney --- J&K, India January 18, 2002 " Forget yourself and start to work." --- Gordon B. Hinckley --- Submitted by Anaa Paula --- Chubut, Argentina January 16, 2002 " Have sympathy for the man who is critical. The only alternative reaction, would make you become as he." --- Copyright © 2001 Scott Johnson January 16, 2002 " The good life exists only when you stop wanting a better one. It is the condition of savoring what is rather than longing for what might be." --- Marya Mannes --- Submitted by Patricia Love --- California January 14, 2002 " Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves." --- Zig Ziglar --- Submitted by Chen Fawn MMeng --- Malaysia January 14, 2002 " Don't sweat the small stuff, and it's all small stuff!" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jackie Z. --- New York January 11, 2002 " Neither men nor fools can work with blunt tools." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Douglass Wilson --- Victoria, Australia January 11, 2002 " If you don't have the tools you need to succeed, use the tools you have to make them." --- Copyright © 2001 T.L. Davis January 9, 2002 " It is true that the mind is restless and difficult to control but it can be conquered, through regular practice and detachment. Those who lack self control will find it difficult to progress, but those who are self controlled, striving earnestly through the right means, will attain the goal." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Shailenndra Vasale --- Maharashtra, India January 9, 2002 " There are people who TELL the story, and then there are people who just LISTEN to the story told. Isn't it time YOU TOLD YOUR STORY?" --- Aries Antonio --- Submitted by C.A. ---- Nevada January 7, 2002 " The secret to success is hard work and a good attitude." --- Copyright © 2001 Robert Lake January 7, 2002 " Remember: He who angers you, controls you." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Bob Guyyan --- Ohio January 4, 2002 " To succeed in a competitive industry, we must have a clear understanding of who we are, where we are trying to go, and how we plan to get there. Our mission leaves no doubt about what we want to become." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by O.K. ---- Oregon January 4, 2002 " Success will be waiting for you. The only thing you have to do is admit to yourself you are capable of achieving it." --- Author Unknown January 2, 2002 " Searching for happiness I looked to my spouse for happiness, it was not there. I looked to my child for happiness; it was not there. I looked to my friends for happiness; it was not there. Then one morning I decided that no matter what the day brought, good and bad, that I would be happy. Being happy is a choice we make. My grandmother used to say "You can get glad in the same pants you got mad in." The moral of this story is... If you are not happy, change your mind." --- Copyright © 2001 Renee Brinkman January 2, 2002 " Always bear in mind that our own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing." --- Abraham Lincoln --- Submitted by Traviss Bezella --- Minnesota December 21, 2001 " As you journey through life chose your destinations well, but do not hurry there for you will arrive soon enough. Wander the back roads and forgotten paths keeping your destination in your heart like the fixed point of a compass. Seek out new voices, strange sights and ideas foreign to your own - such things are riches for the soul. And if upon arrival you find that your destination is not exactly as you had dreamed, do not be disappointed. Think of all you would have missed, but for the journey there, and know that the true worth of your travels lies in not where you come to be at journey's end but in who you come to be along the way." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Melaniee Amos --- Ontario, Canada December 21, 2001 " Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched and those who have tried, for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Chen Faawn Meng --- Malaysia December 19, 2001 " The thing that brought us together is called Faith; Success is by choice, Change for improvement And Act to achieve results." --- Copyright © 2001 Joe Pie December 19, 2001 " If you always try to walk softly and speak quietly, You will then be able to enjoy all of life's potential." --- Copyright © 2001 Craig Farquhar December 17, 2001 " There two types of people; the can do and the can't. Which are you?" --- Copyright 2001 George R. Cabrera December 17, 2001 " A person's worth is not determined by achievements, But by their ability to give hope to others." --- Written in 2001 by Andrew C. --- Texas December 14, 2001 " The only dreams impossible to reach are the ones you never pursue." --- Copyright © 2001 Michael Deckman December 14, 2001 " One must have strategies to execute dreams." --- Azim Premji - CEO Wipro Ind. --- Submitted by Anand Datwani --- Dubai, UUnited Arab Emirates December 12, 2001 ALWAYS A BETTER WAY Speak to me about desperation; I will give you hope. Look at me with grief; I will return a gracious smile. Show me disbelief; I will share with you my faith. Tell me you're in haste; I will urge you to calm down. Talk to me in useless arguments; I will answer you in silence. Speak to me of mental torture; I will exhibit inner peace. Give me an account of violence; I will recount some peaceful means. Do me any form of abuses; You'll see, I will still be whole. Talk to me about being tired of living; Just look how happy I am to be alive. Life will always be Choices of make or break. Whatever I choose to do, Whatever I choose to be, However I choose to feel, I make sure I take the better way. --- Copyright © 2001 Portia E. Calleja December 12, 2001 " Once you get on the right track, if you stay there, something's bound to run over you." --- Mark Twain --- Submitted by John Connorr --- Tennessee December 10, 2001 " In life, do not follow a set path. Trek through the uncharted and leave one for others." --- Copyright © 2001 Ryan McLaughlin December 10, 2001 " The journey of a full life is easily traveled best and enjoyed most When you unload the heaviest baggage called Unforgiveness." --- Copyright © 2001 Rodney Ronquillo December 7, 2001 " There are two certain things in life. First, life is not fair and was never meant to be fair. Life's inequalities are opportunities for change and success. Second, our past should not and/or does not dictate our future, but should influence the choices we make in life." --- Copyright © 1997 Brian J. Guess December 7, 2001 " When odds are against me, I prove them wrong. When all else fails, I succeed. When all turns to ash, from it I rise. So it doesn't matter what you throw at me or what you do, I will rise above it." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Luke C.. --- Victoria, Australia December 5, 2001 " Our lives can change with every breath we take. That is why we have to let go of what has been done." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Licya HH. --- Tokyo, Japan December 5, 2001 " I have followed 3 principles in my life on working hard. These principles have never let me down. 1. Work hard. 2. There is no substitute for hard work. 3. Hard work always pays." --- Copyright © 2001 Enoch Stephen December 3, 2001 " Believe in yourself, be strong, never give up no matter what the circumstances are. You are a champion and will overcome the dreaded obstacles. Champions take failure as a learning opportunity, so take in all you can, and run with it. Be your best and don't ever ever give up." --- Copyright © 2001 Brad Gerrard December 3, 2001 " What if you gave someone a gift, and they neglected to thank you for it? Would you be likely to give them another? Life is the same way. In order to attract more of the blessings that life has to offer, you must truly appreciate what you already have." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Allisonn Z. --- Pennsylvania November 30, 2001 " It is said; A man on his deathbed, never voiced the regret; 'I wish I had spent more time at the office.'" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by M. Hesss --- Nevada November 30, 2001 " Say what you mean and mean what you say. For the things you say and don't mean are lies and the things you mean but don't say are hidden truths that deserve to be spoken for the world to hear!" --- Copyright © 2001 Libbey Beinert November 28, 2001 " There are no mistakes in life, Just lessons to be learned by actions to be taken: And Action is 'Living'." --- Written in 2001 by Yvon & Clara --- Queebec, Canada November 28, 2001 " Try to forget yourself in the service of others. For when we think too much of ourselves and our own interests, we easily become despondent. But when we work for others, our efforts return to bless us." --- Sidney Powell --- Submitted by Sharon OOgden --- Kentucky November 26, 2001 " Integrity is doing the right thing, even if no one is looking." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Teresa Lister --- Montana November 26, 2001 Dream your own dream and follow your own star. There wouldn't be a heaven full of stars If we were all supposed to wish on the same one! There will always be dreams grander or humbler that yours, But there will never be a dream exactly like your own. For you are unique and more wonderful than you know! Do your best! There are no short cuts on the way to a dream. So give all you have to all that you do. And above all things Believe in yourself. This is all your dream asks of you, but it is everything. --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Janine Oberem --- Kwa-Zuluu Natal, South Africa November 21, 2001 " Never judge a last resort." --- Copyright © 2001 Labhesh Patel November 21, 2001 " It is truly easier to say 'NO' Than to live with the consequences of saying 'YES.'" --- Frank Wampler --- Submitted by Pam Wamppler --- Pennsylvania November 19, 2001 " Opportunities multiply as they are seized." --- Sun Tzu --- Submitted by Murali Duggineeni --- Andhra Pradesh, India November 19, 2001 " Willpower is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see." --- Arthur Schopenhauer --- Submitted by Guurudath Rao --- Karnataka, India November 16, 2001 " Trust is like a crystal vase. Once it is shattered, it is broken forever." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Salome Y. --- Maharashtra, India November 16, 2001 " Embrace life today and be thankful for what you have right now in this very moment. You never know when your time will come." --- Copyright © 2001 Jennifer Root November 14, 2001 " As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world -- that is the myth of the 'atomic age' -- as in being able to remake ourselves." --- Mahatma Gandhi --- Submitted by Gurudatth Rao --- Karnataka, India November 14, 2001 " I've got to follow them; I am the Leader." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Anand DDatwani --- Dubai, United Arab Emirates November 12, 2001 " Never fear shadows, for shadows only mean there is a light shining somewhere near by." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Marsha Reid --- Newfoundland, Canada November 12, 2001 " It's not how you get an opportunity that matters. It's what you do with it once you get it that counts." --- Copyright © 2001 C. Donelson November 9, 2001 " Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm; it moves stones, it charms brutes. Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity, and truth accomplishes no victories without it." --- Edward Bulwer-Lytton --- Submitted by SSharon Ogden --- Kentucky November 9, 2001 " If you don't have something nice to say, Then don't say it." --- My Mother --- Submitted by Connie DiNarrdi --- New Jersey November 7, 2001 " I abstain from the company of those Who believe chatting as wisdom And silence as ignorance." --- Khalil Jibran --- Submitted by Umer Basshir --- Kashmir, Pakistan November 7, 2001 " Each problem that I solved became a rule Which served afterwards to solve other problems." --- Rene Descartes --- Submitted by Murali Duggineni --- Andhra Pradesh, India November 5, 2001 " There are two sides to every story And TRUTH lays somewhere in the middle." --- Jean Gati --- Submitted by A. Cunninghaam --- Texas November 5, 2001 " Meditate for at least 10 minutes every day, reflecting upon yourself and your activities. This will lead to Self-Realization and this in turn is the first and foremost step to SUCCESS." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Pranav Sharma --- New York November 2, 2001 " A person is a success if they wake up in the morning and make it to bed at night, and in between do what they want to." --- Copyright © 2001 Tim Langhauser November 2, 2001 " Some cause happiness wherever they go; Others, whenever they go." --- Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) --- Submitted bby Vinay Kant --- New Jersey October 31, 2001 " Success is directly proportional to effort." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by JP ODonnnell --- Washington October 31, 2001 " I might not have the correct key to open the door to success, But at least I know where the door is situated." --- Copyright © 2000 Sifiso Msabala October 29, 2001 " The best index to a person's character is (a) how he treats people who can't do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can't fight back." --- Abigail Van Buren --- Submitted by Jennnifer Yontz --- Florida October 29, 2001 " The poorest man is the one who has only the money." --- Dr. Johnny Imlan (My Professor) --- Submitted by Maria Sydel Quiban --- Mannila, Philippines October 26, 2001 " If I have to fight with someone, it will only be in the form of education and knowledge." --- Copyright © 2001 Sifiso Msabala October 26, 2001 " Take from a man and he will never give you the chance to take from him again; give to a man and he will take every chance to give back." --- Copyright © 2001 Jonathan Lee October 24, 2001 " Life is too short to ponder the "what if's" and fear rejection." --- Written by T. Dufek --- Pennsylvania October 22, 2001 " Kindness "has the same etymology as "kinship." When a person behaves kindly, he enlarges the scope of his kinship relationships and promotes the strengths of all of us." --- Dr. Arnold Beisser --- Submitted by Debbora Brownyard --- Nebraska October 22, 2001 " To be number one, you have to train like number two." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Clair BBoschee --- Iowa October 19, 2001 " Live out of your imagination, not your history." --- Stephen Covey --- Submitted by Elise P.. --- New Jersey October 19, 2001 " Speak of what you want, and not of what you do not want." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by David MM. --- North Carolina October 17, 2001 " What works wins, not because it wins but because it works; the evolutionary process itself." --- Copyright © 2001 David Wiggins October 17, 2001 " Ambition is success's best friend." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jeremy Scheeringa --- Indiana October 15, 2001 " Spread peace and love around the world. All it takes is one person, one thought and the act of a kind deed to spread love and peace around the world. Spread your gift of love to another to make the difference here and in this lifetime." --- Copyright © 2001 Kimerly Adamson October 15, 2001 " There's only one way to fail and that's to quit." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jean Ruunevitch --- Michigan October 12, 2001 " Don't let your success of today lay you into complacency for tomorrow. For that, my friend, is the worst form of failure." --- Og Mandino --- Submitted by Mark Ward ---- Eastern Cape, South Africa October 12, 2001 " If you want to win, go and meet those who lost." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Archit Khandelwal --- Madhhya Pradesh, India October 10, 2001 " The most important thing my father taught me: Do every job so that if you had to sign your name to it, You would be proud." --- Copyright © 2001 Deborah Windsor October 10, 2001 " Hard work is the ultimate product of desire." --- Copyright © 2001 Joel Hamilton October 8, 2001 " Managers do things right. Leaders do the right things." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Scott SScheffer --- New York October 8, 2001 " Don't count time - make time count." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Debbie E. --- Ontario, Canada October 5, 2001 " Managers make money. Leaders make change." --- Copyright © 2001 David Dunn October 5, 2001 " If unhappy in a situation, try to change the situation. But if the change is inevitable, Then change the parameters of your happiness." --- Written by V.K. --- Maharastra, India October 3, 2001 " We must respond with justice, not revenge. For if we respond with revenge, we become the evil that we deplore." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Corpearrl D. --- Ontario, Canada October 3, 2001 " If you know that you can do it, just go ahead and do it. And while you are at it, do it in the best possible way that you can." --- Copyright © 2001 Sarita Gonsalves October 1, 2001 " Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it everyday, And at last, we cannot break it." --- Horace Mann --- Submitted by Shubhodip Pal Chowdhary --- West Be, India October 1, 2001 " Coming together is a beginning Keeping together is progress Working together is a success." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by JR Veleez --- New York September 28, 2001 " True leaders are pro-active, not re-active." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Andy Sttavros --- Oklahoma September 28, 2001 " Never take a NO from someone Who never had the power to say YES in the first place." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Angela N. --- Montana September 26, 2001 " Success - It is not the position you stand, But the direction in which you look." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Gajan KKrishna --- Ontario, Canada September 26, 2001 " In the business world, we are being paid in two coins-the experience and the money. Take the experience first, then the money will come along." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mayettee Aparis --- Philippines September 24, 2001 " Each new day presents us with the opportunity to live as though we never lived before. Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow is promissory. Live today. That's all you've got." --- Copyright © 2001 Babatunde Ayoola Fajimmi September 24, 2001 " If you always do what you've always done, You'll always be where you are now." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Misty HH. --- Florida September 21, 2001 " When you have nothing to say, say nothing; For silence is a friend who will never betray you." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Randy MM. --- New Mexico September 21, 2001 " He who hesitates is lost." --- Dad --- Submitted by Gary Navratil --- California September 19, 2001 " Quality is remembered, long after price is forgotten." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by W.U. ---- Ontario, Canada September 19, 2001 " One of the most difficult and rewarding tasks in the world today is finding true friendship. When found, it is certainly one of the greatest achievements earned throughout your lifetime!" --- Copyright © 2001 Randy Medina September 17, 2001 " Never regret a day in your life. Good days give you experience, But both are essential to life. All are God's blessing." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mayettee Aparis --- Philippines September 17, 2001 " Quantity never means quality; Quality comes in small numbers." --- Written by Immaculute D. --- Florida September 10, 2001 " Success is to stand in the presence of GOD unashamed." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by L.Narendar Singh Raj Purohhit --- Bangalore, India September 10, 2001 " The great difference between those who succeed and those who fail does not consist in the amount of work done by each but in the amount of intelligent work. Many of those who fail most ignominiously do enough to achieve grand success but they labor haphazardly at whatever they are assigned, building up with one hand to tear down with the other. They do not grasp circumstances and change them into opportunities. They have no faculty for turning honest defeats into telling victories. With ability enough and ample time, the major ingredients of success, they are forever throwing back and forth an empty shuttle and the real web of their life is never woven." --- Og Mandino --- Submitted by Chetan Choppra --- Washington September 7, 2001 " Success is simple arithmetic: Possibility = reality when you subtract 'T' from the word 'CAN'T'" --- Copyright © 2001 James J. Sparks September 7, 2001 " A talentless person with heart is more valuable than a heartless person with talent." --- Copyright © 2001 Tony Powell September 5, 2001 " It is a good thing to be specialized in what you do. Don't show off beyond your level of competence by doing things that are not familiar to you." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Nora Maagnus --- Singapore September 5, 2001 " It is the wise person who can learn from tools, rather than wait for tools from the wise." --- Copyright © 1996 Greg Jones August 31, 2001 " Never mistake kindness for weakness." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Barb T.. --- Arizona August 29, 2001 " Never let others control your life. You only get one chance at it and you, and only you, will be held accountable for it." --- Copyright © 2001 Yolunder Norfleet August 29, 2001 " A life without risk is no life at all." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Tiffanyy Brown --- Georgia August 27, 2001 " Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength." --- Arnold Schwarzenegger --- Submitted by Arvind Sawhney --- India August 27, 2001 " Do not expect to accomplish your dreams if you're not willing to help others accomplish their's." --- Kaughee Vill --- Submitted by J.W. --- Colorado August 24, 2001 " If you want your dreams to come true, wake up." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Vikram K. --- UP, India August 24, 2001 " If you continue to work hard, success will follow you." --- Author Unknown ---- Submitted by JP Mikklus --- Ohio August 22, 2001 " It's not the adversity you will face alone, But how you will respond to that adversity, For that will determine your success or failure, And most importantly, your character." --- Copyright © 2001 Brendan Kirsch August 22, 2001 " By far, you are your toughest competitor. You must fight yourself to keep going, to keep breathing, to get through the pain, but when you are able to conquer yourself, you can beat anyone." --- Copyright © 2001 Devan Ohl August 20, 2001 " Men of genius are admired. Men of wealth are envied. Men of power are feared, But only men of character are trusted." --- Zig Ziglar --- Submitted by Isaac Dankyyi-Koranteng --- Ahanti Region, Ghana August 20, 2001 " You have reached the pinnacle of success as soon as you become uninterested in money, compliments or publicity." --- Dr. O. A. Battista --- Sent in by Marthha Varzaly --- Pennsylvania August 17, 2001 " If you are not happy every morning when you get up, leave for work, or start to work at home; If you are not enthusiastic about doing that, you are not going to be successful." --- Donald M. Kendall --- Submitted by Chettan Chopra --- Washington August 17, 2001 " You can change the way you feel by changing the way you think." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mamta KKumari --- Bihar, India August 15, 2001 " Strength plus power equals success. The strength of your heart's desire plus the power of your mind's imagination will always lead you to success." --- Copyright © 1992 Robert Proctor August 15, 2001 WORK " If you have work you are blessed. Work is a religion and the work place is the temple, and your job is the prayer. If you work all your problems disappear. You have food, you have a home, you have a family, you have friends etc. If you work on the work you love, it is not work, it is a recreation. If you choose the work you love, you will never have to work even one single day in your life. If you work and sweat, all your poison in your body gets burned out and you are left with a clean healthy body. If you have an ailment or sickness, get up and do some work and soon you will be cured. If you work you gain real wisdom and your life gets easier. If you work, you understand other people. If you don't have work, become a volunteer and discover the pleasure of work. If you work you leave behind a legacy, therefore, let us all get up in the morning and get to work." --- Copyright © 2001 Subramaniam Masilamanyy August 13, 2001 Life is more than just winning and losing, more than just fortune and fame... For when you believe in yourself, and dream big...anything is possible. Hard work, determination and a big smile are the key elements of success, and by pouring your heart into everything you do, greater fulfillment will be yours. Run like you've never run before. Forget about times...forget about records....pour your heart into Saturday and when it's all said and done, you can smile and say, I left it all in that smelly, bug infested park! --- Copyright © 2000 Matthew D. Braun August 13, 2001 " Sometimes, life may seem like a tunnel, endless and dark. Don't concentrate on the darkness, concentrate on the light at the light at the end, and you will succeed." --- Written by Julia M. --- Georgia August 10, 2001 " Competition: Do your work with your whole heart and you will succeed; There's so little competition." --- Elbert Hubbard --- Submitted by David MMartin --- Ontario, Canada August 10, 2001 " For it matters not how small the beginning may seem to be; What is once well done, is well done forever." --- Henry David Thoreau --- Submitted by Keevin Hardy --- California August 8, 2001 " If I desire to be more creative, in my lifetime, I need to be less critical in my today." --- Copyright © 2001 Scott Johnson August 8, 2001 " When life gets tough and knocks you down, Get back up and knock it unconscious." --- Copyright © 2000 Chris Pantano August 6, 2001 " Failure is an option, failure is also a possibility, But failure should never be by choice." --- Copyright © 2001 Chuck Norlin August 6, 2001 " Always strive for perfection. If we strive only for excellence we will achieve only mediocrity. We can never achieve perfection; but if we strive for perfection we can achieve excellence." --- Copyright © 2000 Fritz Gisler August 3, 2001 " A dream, given a deadline, becomes a goal." --- Copyright © 1997 C. Fifield August 3, 2001 " Success is the ratio of our ability to our performance. Success is our ability to stand back after a fall or failure. Success is our ability to recover from failures. Success is in improving, thus never complete. Success is our ability to raise our targets, performance and goals. Success is in moving up and not how many valleys and peaks you encounter. Success is not a comparison between our performance or achievements versus someone else." --- Copyright © 2001 Anil Popli August 1, 2001 " Effort=Results" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by R.H. ---- Florida August 1, 2001 " Never give advice above the 3rd floor. You might not survive the fall if it's not taken well!" --- Copyright © 2001 E. Skidmore July 30, 2001 " The purpose of relationship is not to have another who might complete you, but to have another with whom you might share your completeness." --- Neale Donald Walsch --- Submitted by N..G. --- Washington July 30, 2001 " The past may have gotten you here, But it doesn't have to ride with you forever." --- Copyright © 2001 Kim Coles July 25, 2001 " In your endeavors do not be surprised by success; Be shocked by failure." --- Copyright © 1997 CC Leatherbury July 25, 2001 " If you want to have what people don't, Do what people won't." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mike H.. --- Selangor, Malaysia July 23, 2001 " An individual isn't born afraid, he is conformed to be afraid. I choose not to conform." --- Copyright © 1995 John Karrys July 23, 2001 " A person who wants to be successful should quit sleep, inattentiveness, fear, anger, laziness and should not spend much time on the work, which can be done in less time." --- Copyright © 2000 Sukhmanpreet Singh Siddhu July 20, 2001 " No one can develop freely in this world and find a full life without feeling understood by at least one person. No one comes to know himself through introspection, or in the solitude of his own personal diary. Rather, it is in dialogue, in his meeting with other persons." --- Paul Tournier --- Submitted by Jenniferr Yontz --- Florida July 20, 2001 " The truth often hurts, but it is the lie that leaves the scar." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Trina BBarrett --- Texas July 18, 2001 " Ten good actions will be forgotten by all But one bad action will be remembered by all." --- Copyright © 2001 Anil Popli July 18, 2001 " The people who make a difference in your life are not the ones with the most credentials, the most money, or the most awards. They are the ones who care." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Chetan Jain --- MA, India July 16, 2001 " You get what you give." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jennifeer Russell --- New Hampshire July 16, 2001 " Good works are defined as doing the right things at the right time and for the right reasons." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Paula BBartley --- Oregon July 13, 2001 " Success is not a destination.....it's an attitude!" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by John Baarton --- California July 13, 2001 " The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death." --- Thomas Paine --- Submitted by Gwen B. ---- Ohio July 11, 2001 " How a man handles failure defines how truly successful he can become." --- Copyright © 2001 Brian Roscher July 11, 2001 " Happiness does not depend on how much you have to enjoy But how much you enjoy what you have." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Balasubbramanian Lalitha --- California July 9, 2001 " Don't promise what you can't deliver, but deliver what you can't promise." --- Copyright © 1999 Ken Spirito July 9, 2001 " People who can DO. People who can't WHINE. So start doing." --- Copyright © 2001 Vedran Saciragic July 6, 2001 " If you do not see perfection in the mirror, You have no right to expect perfection from your neighbor." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Henry KKiong --- Singapore July 6, 2001 " The secret to success is learning to like what you have to do." --- Westley Kimball Walton --- Submitted byy Kelsey D. --- New Jersey July 2, 2001 " Nothing is possible if you think it is impossible !! Think positive & work hard. Success is always yours." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by P.T. Shhaijan --- Kerala, India July 2, 2001 " Don't burn bridges. You'll be surprised how many times you have to cross the same river." --- Jackson Brown Jr. --- Submitted by Amy Wall --- Connecticut June 29, 2001 " A good leader will inspire others to have confidence in him. A great leader will inspire others to have confidence in themselves." --- Copyright © 2001 Larry Andrade June 29, 2001 " Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards, they simply unveil them to the eyes of men. Silently and imperceptibly we grow weak or strong; and at last some crisis shows us what we have become." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Paula BBartley --- Oregon June 27, 2001 " I am a firm believer that all of us to a very large extent are truly masters of our own health, happiness, success, and destiny in life simply by the thoughts we think...the words we speak...and the actions that we take." --- Copyright © 1976 Tom Bennett --- Bodybuuilding Champion June 27, 2001 " True satisfaction with one's life is accepting what is, continuing to prepare for what can be, while letting go of what we thought needed to be." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by J.M. ---- Iowa June 25, 2001 " In case of doubt, do the right thing." --- Copyright © 2001 Labhesh Patel June 25, 2001 " I haven't failed. I've found 10,000 ways that didn't work." --- Ben Franklin --- Submitted by Amy Wall --- Connecticut June 22, 2001 " Failure does not mean that we are off the track to success. It merely forces us to take a detour to success." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Deewoonn Tan --- Singapore June 22, 2001 " We never plan to fail, but never forget to insist on having a back-up plan should the plan fail." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Lewis OO. --- Greater Accra, Ghana June 20, 2001 " It is in helping others up that we, ourselves, are truly elevated." --- Copyright © 2001 Brenda Henninger June 20, 2001 " Don't be afraid to ask stupid questions. They are easier to handle than stupid mistakes." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Belindaa Golinski --- QLD, Australia June 18, 2001 " It always pays to do a little bit better than seems necessary." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by James BBanzer --- Kentucky June 18, 2001 " Without a goal, discipline is nothing but self-punishment." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by R. Kileey --- West Virginia June 15, 2001 " Never let a day pass that you will have cause to say I WILL DO BETTER TOMORROW." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mason BB. --- Virginia June 15, 2001 " The word "CAN'T" should never be in a man's vocabulary." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Tony K.. --- California June 13, 2001 " To win without risk is to triumph without glory." --- From the French Drama "LE CID" by Corneeille --- Submitted by M. Gold --- Rheinland-Pfallz, Germany --- Source of quote provided by P.S. --- Maauritius June 13, 2001 " If you limit your actions in life to things that nobody can possibly find fault with, You will not do much." --- Lewis Carroll --- Submitted by S. Williiams --- Mississippi, United States June 11, 2001 " Real success is not in having things, But in having mastery, victory, over self (sense)." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Shailenndra Vasale --- Maharashtra, India June 11, 2001 What you get is not the game, What you give has all the fame... When you are happy is not the challenge, When you make happiness has all the excellence... Where you are loved is not the end, Where you have loved takes all the pain... Give more, make others happy, And love shall be yours in any way... --- Nor'Aidilza Omar --- Submitted by Liza Aidilza --- JHR, Malaysia June 8, 2001 " Do everything to the best of your abilities So that in everything you do, your abilities become better." --- Copyright © 1999 Robert Proctor June 8, 2001 " Anything you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon must, absolutely must, come to pass." --- Skip Bertman (LSU Baseball Coach) Submiitted by Dave Huff --- Texas June 6, 2001 " A perfectionist fails every time. It's the excellist that never stops getting better." --- Copyright © 2001 Jason Seymour June 6, 2001 " Never look back and wish." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Dain Kuurita --- Washington June 4, 2001 " Remember, smooth seas never make skillful sailors." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ganesh A. --- Tamilnadu, India June 4, 2001 " Grasp life and love as best you can; at the end of every rainbow there is hope, and at the end of every tunnel, there is light." --- Copyright © 1999 Margarette Farril June 1, 2001 " First you must be the best, then you will be first. In business everybody is trying to be first." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Erwin PPaulus --- Khomas, Namibia June 1, 2001 " Let not your obstacles turn you away from your dreams, for even the highest hurdles can be jumped or even crawled under." --- Copyright © 2001 Brandon Bonwell May 30, 2001 " No one daydreams of being a failure but for those who only dream of success, and never wake up to do anything about it, failure quickly becomes their reality." --- Copyright © 2001 Michael Lopez May 30, 2001 " If you believe, then you are 99% of the way there." --- Copyright © 2001 M.Gold May 25, 2001 " Always be fair in judgement to everyone you meet in life Because the next person you face might be there to judge you." --- Copyright © 2001 Maria Meraz May 25, 2001 " Successful people do what unsuccessful people dare not to do." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by David LLeRoy --- California May 23, 2001 " Unless you engage yourself to make a difference in the world, The world will engage you and make you different." --- Thabo Nkwe --- Submitted by Lesego Ntleele --- NW, South Africa May 23, 2001 " Problems in the world will increase, So increase your capacity for dealing with the problems." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by K. Chhookra --- New York May 21, 2001 " Success should not be measured by the outcome of the game But by preparation, attitude, and effort!" --- Copyright © 2000 Morris Jenkins May 21, 2001 " 80% of what you do is attitude, 20% is skill." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by C.B. ---- California May 18, 2001 " I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be honorable, to be compassionate. It is after all, to matter, to count, to stand for something, to have made a difference that you lived at all." --- Leon Rosten, author (1908-1997) --- Submitted by Busi Xhalabile --- Westernn Cape, South Africa May 18, 2001 " United we stand, but we make that stand as individuals." --- Copyright © 2001 Scott Caraveo May 16, 2001 " A drive for success is motivational and inspirational. The process is painful and wearisome. In the end, nothing can describe what it feels like to be productive." --- Copyright © 2001 John Carmichael May 16, 2001 " Don't complain, make the change." --- Copyright © 2001 Vedran Saciragic May 14, 2001 " When looking upon a troubled employee, take in mind there are only three attributes you need to recognize: Skill, Knowledge, and Attitude. Their skill and knowledge can be taught and acquired, their attitude is fully under their control." --- Copyright © 2001 Bill Housel May 14, 2001 " If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Faisal Muneer --- New York May 11, 2001 " Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life. Think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other ideas alone. This is the way to success. If we really want to be blessed and make others blessed, we must go deeper." --- Swami Vivekananda --- Submitted by Pavaan V. --- AP, India May 11, 2001 " In the pursuit to better ourselves we are sure to encounter failure. Going on after each failure is how character is built." --- Copyright © 2000 Allan L. Barr May 7, 2001 " Yesterday you were raw, Today you have improved, Tomorrow you will be even better, Persist and soon you will be expert." --- Copyright © 1999 Henry Kiong May 7, 2001 " Occupation has nothing to do with character." --- Copyright © 2001 Sandra Buchanan May 4, 2001 " If you have failed... don't worry; You've just cut the way to success." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Eliezerr Tav --- Florida May 4, 2001 " It takes a strong fish to swim against the current; Even a dead one can float with it." --- John Crowe --- Submitted by Larry Ward --- New York May 2, 2001 " Failure is never as scary as regret." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by V.H. ---- Queensland, Australia May 2, 2001 " Have a dream so BIG that you cannot achieve it; Until you grow into the person who can!" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Joshua Vandyk --- Michigan April 30, 2001 " Life is 50% change and 50% coping. You have to learn to bend and remember to smile." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Allisonn Sweeney --- Pennsylvania April 30, 2001 " Don't gloat over your victories nor fret over your losses. Take each for what they are and move on." --- Copyright © 2001 Paul C. Abrantes April 27, 2001 " If you are not living on the edge, You're taking up too much space." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jay Willdt --- West Virginia April 27, 2001 " The chains of habit are too weak to be felt Until they are too strong to be broken." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Lawrencce Hartnett --- Massachusetts April 25, 2001 " The deeper our roots in the soil of service, The more abundant our fruit on the tree of leadership." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sebastiian Renato --- Queensland, Australia April 25, 2001 " The world is one big classroom, Where experiences are your teachers And choices are your tests. The answers are up to you." --- Copyright © 2000 Rebecca Helt April 23, 2001 " Success is neither a long jump nor a high jump; It's the steps of a marathon race." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ramesh Naidu --- New Jersey April 23, 2001 " When we want to achieve something, the whole world helps us." --- Paulo Coelho --- Submitted by Murali Duuggineni --- Andhra Pradesh, India April 20, 2001 " He who works hard achieves results. He works smarter achieves double the results." --- Copyright © 2001 L. Campbell April 20, 2001 " The question is not what a man can scorn, or disparage, or find fault with; But what he can love, value and appreciate." --- John Ruskin --- Submitted by Tamera Golldsmith --- Colorado April 18, 2001 " Impossibility is the excuse of the impatient, unimaginative, Or the apathetic." --- Copyright © 2001 Josh Kuper April 18, 2001 " You may fail twenty times, but if you work hard as a team You will always succeed." --- Written by Allison M., Age 13 --- Texass April 16, 2001 " Today is the day to complete what you worked toward yesterday And a wonderful, new opportunity to achieve What you dream to accomplish tomorrow." --- Copyright © 2001 Katrina Costa April 16, 2001 " Successful people take their jobs seriously, but not themselves." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Matt Smmith --- England, United Kingdom April 13, 2001 " The only difference between success and failure, Is the ability to take action!" --- Alexander Graham Bell --- Submitted by Tawnya B. --- Ontario, Canada April 13, 2001 " Be competitive, don't just compete." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by A.J. Krramer --- Ohio April 11, 2001 " Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are." --- Arthur Golden --- Submitted by Chen Fawwn Meng --- Malaysia April 11, 2001 " Powerful combination: Vision of an eagle, heart of a lion." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by KJ Lenzz --- Alabama April 9, 2001 " No one can replace you For you make that position what it is." --- Copyright © 1995 Rob Grierson April 9, 2001 " Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense." --- Ralph Waldo Emerson --- Submitted by Heeather Lindberg --- Alabama April 6, 2001 " The history of the world is the history of a few men who had faith in themselves. That faith calls out the divinity within. You can do anything." --- Swami Vivekananda --- Submitted by Sudhhir Prabhu --- California April 6, 2001 " Success is your best day, everyday." --- M. Young --- Kansas April 4, 2001 " The secret of success is hidden in your daily routine." --- Jody Victor --- Submitted by Timothy Caapuano --- Pennsylvania April 4, 2001 " As long as you are going to be thinking anyway, think big." --- Donald Trump --- Submitted by M.J. --- Arizona April 2, 2001 " What matters in this life is more than winning for ourselves; What matters in this life is helping others win, Even if it means slowing down and changing our course." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Odile SSt-Pierre --- Quebec, Canada April 2, 2001 " The direction in which we are going Is more important than where we are." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Vickie Eade Eddy --- Arizona March 30, 2001 " Giving someone all your love is never an assurance that they'll love you back. Don't expect love in return; just wait for it to grow in their heart. But if it doesn't, be content that it grew in yours." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mary Wiiltshire --- Virginia March 30, 2001 " I've learned that if you care, it shows." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Bo T. ---- Florida March 28, 2001 " The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; They just make the most of everything that comes along their way." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by M.T. ---- Hawaii March 28, 2001 " When dwelling on the problems of tomorrow and tomorrows gone, Ask thyself a question: If today was my last tomorrow, Would the problems of yesterday really matter?" --- Copyright © 1999 Michael Bishop March 26, 2001 " You can never change anybody's mind. What you can change is only your own mind." --- Copyright © 2001 Monali Tuli March 26, 2001 " It takes strength to be courageous and courage to be strong." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by T.M. ---- Colorado March 23, 2001 " In a pressure situation, you have one of two choices; To focus or fold." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Bill Hoousel --- Iowa March 23, 2001 " If you can't change the circumstances, change your perspective." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by R. Tayllor --- Perth, Australia March 21, 2001 " True success in life is not measured by how much you make, But rather by how much of a difference you make." --- D.T. --- Illinois March 21, 2001 " It is only after you have fallen, As though you have lost everything, That you can accomplish anything." --- Copyright © 2001 Dave Hanson March 19, 2001 " Success isn't a destination; it's a journey." --- James T. Smith --- Submitted by Jerry TThomas --- Ontario, Canada March 19, 2001 " If you feel that it is necessary to stand in the way of my dreams, It is my obligation to tell you that you won't be standing long." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Michellle Monet --- Oregon March 16, 2001 " Learn to enjoy the things that you have to do." --- Stanley Dahlin --- Submitted by Russelll Tanner --- Utah March 16, 2001 " Do not lament a shard of broken, fallen glass; But move your head until, through the fragment, The light creates a rainbow." --- Copyright © 1990 Dan Moss March 14, 2001 " You cannot have everything, but you can try." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Aslanniif Roslan --- Selangor, Malaysia March 14, 2001 " You can never dream too big, but you can think too little." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Tricia H. --- Georgia March 12, 2001 " To satisfy our customers' needs, we'll give them what they want, Not what we want to give them." --- Copyright © 1999 Steve James March 12, 2001 " With defeat we gain knowledge With victory we gain nothing With love lost we gain courage to live again." --- Copyright © 2001 Peter Barrett March 9, 2001 " I've learned that the best shoes to fill are your own!" --- Brandi Berry --- Missouri March 9, 2001 " Circumstances do not create a person, they only reveal them." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Robertoo Colon --- Florida March 7, 2001 " Success is within you. Dream it, want it and it's reality will become yours." --- Copyright © 2001 Ashley Engelbrecht March 7, 2001 " I can accept failure, but, I can't accept not trying." --- Michael Jordan --- Submitted by Amanda C. --- Rhode Island March 5, 2001 " If what you did yesterday still looks good, You haven't done enough today." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by E. Freddricksen --- Maryland March 5, 2001 " You've got to develop your internal attributes before you could have a positive effect on others. You have to throw wood on your campfire before it casts light." --- Copyright © 2001 John Gronski March 2, 2001 " Smile; if you can't lift the corners, let the middle sag!" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Kristiee A. --- Washington March 2, 2001 " One aspect of greatness isn't in pointing out the obvious to someone, Rather, it's helping them to see the obvious through their own eyes." --- Copyright © 2001 Greg Olson February 28, 2001 " No matter what the outcome is, The better man is always the one who works harder." --- Copyright © 2001 Bob Belke February 28, 2001 " Everyone fails, everyone succeeds, But no one succeeds without failure." --- Copyright © 2001 Grant McCoy February 28, 2001 " The toughest part of getting up the ladder, Is getting through the crowd at the bottom." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by K.A. ---- Washington February 26, 2001 " Everyone fails. It's our actions after, that make us succeed." --- Copyright © 2001 Grant McCoy February 26, 2001 " Fame is what you take; character is what you give. When to this truth you awake, then you begin to live." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Shruti Thakur --- Delhi, India February 26, 2001 " A man has two names; The one he is born with And the one he makes for himself." --- Andrew F. --- California February 23, 2001 " It's not the experience that counts, It's your attitude toward the experience." --- Bob Dylan --- Submitted by Nathan Klenkk --- Florida February 23, 2001 " Life is a dream A dream dies every day Don't let tomorrow Drive the dreams away" --- Copyright © 1997 Peter Barrett February 23, 2001 " Winners choose the highest summits and see the sun prior to cresting them. There are no limits for those with expectant attitudes." --- Copyright © 2001 Brian G. Jett February 21, 2001 " If first you don't succeed try, try, again." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jah'lissa M., Age 11 --- North Carolina February 21, 2001 " One must always be humble in victory And always have honor in defeat." --- My Karate-Do Sensei --- Submitted by Edduardo Birman --- Mexico February 21, 2001 " To be successful, the first thing to do is fall in love with your work." --- Sister Mary Lauretta --- Submitted by EEmily Cook --- Utah February 19, 2001 " Success is the mattress made of sand. The moment you think to relax, it slips." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Shruti Thakur --- Delhi, India February 19, 2001 " Sometimes a winner is just a dreamer who never gave up." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by M.J. ---- Wisconsin February 19, 2001 " Don't tell me how good you are, show me!" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sean O.., and Mike D. --- Ohio February 16, 2001 " Whenever one "tries" they have already admitted the possibility of failure. Do it. The word "try" admits the possibility of failure." --- Copyright © 2001 Jeremy Kintigh February 16, 2001 " When you invest in somebody else's success, your own is guaranteed." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by M. Pisaano --- Ohio February 16, 2001 " Don't overlook life's small joys while searching for the big ones." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jen Feaather --- Texas February 14, 2001 " The will to win (succeed) is not nearly as important As the will to prepare to win (succeed)." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by J.N. ---- New York February 14, 2001 " Excellence is not an event, it is a habit. You are what you repeatedly do." --- Aristotle --- Submitted by M. Pahde ---- Missouri February 14, 2001 " It takes a lifetime to build a reputation, and seconds to destroy one." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jules LLeBlanc --- Nova Scotia, Canada February 12, 2001 " Well done is better than well said!" --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Coach RReid --- Michigan February 12, 2001 " Every failure brings with itself, An opportunity to succeed." --- Copyright © 2000 Amber Patil February 12, 2001 " Excuses are the fuel for failure." --- Jacob Lee --- Submitted by Theresa Soeffje --- Texas February 9, 2001 " Success is measured not on how you build a company But on how you build a family." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Olay De La Peña --- Bengueet, Philippines February 9, 2001 " Sometimes you just have to jump And develop your wings on your way down." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Anu Kannnan --- Massachusetts February 9, 2001 " You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Rose Remoroza - Ramos --- Laguna, Philippines February 7, 2001 If we never look past "Today's Business As Usual", We will never see "Tomorrow's New Opportunities." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Don N. --- Florida February 7, 2001 " Success is best attained by; First finding the impossible, Doing it, then finding the next impossible." --- Copyright © 2001 Joshua Daubenmire February 7, 2001 " Success is not measured by what one brings, But rather by what one leaves." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mark Krruiver --- Noordholland, Netherlands February 5, 2001 " Action stems from having dreams that are bigger than your fears." --- Terry Litwiller --- Submitted by Chen FFawn Meng --- Malaysia February 5, 2001 " Success for a service organization is achieved by providing the service people desire, not by creating obstacles for them to jump over." --- Copyright © 2001 Steve Calzone February 5, 2001 " The road to success is paved with 'DAILY DEPOSITS OF W-O-R-K.'" --- Tom Zupancic, Indianapolis Colts --- Suubmitted by Joe Fussell --- Indiana February 2, 2001 " She who nourishes, flourishes." --- Copyright © 2001 Paulette Williams February 2, 2001 " The more I practice, the more I realize my full potential." --- Copyright © 2001 Dustin Hall February 2, 2001 " The value of words should be measured in meaning, rather than size." --- Kia Kuretski --- Submitted by J.K. --- California January 31, 2001 " Formulate a plan for yourself in life, Or you are destined to live someone else's." --- Percy Fontenot --- Submitted by Mike Grriffith --- Louisiana January 31, 2001 " Great minds speak of ideas. Average minds speak of events. Poor minds speak of people." --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Richellle Arnold --- Ontario, Canada January 31, 2001 " You cannot truly lose until you stop trying to win." --- VSBJim --- Submitted by Jim Alba --- Peennsylvania January 29, 2001 " It is extremely hard to be effective in any and all facets of one's life while under the constraints of constant fear. Curiously, most of the things we fear become larger and more pronounced the more we focus on them. Conversely, when we refuse to allow that thing or those things we fear to rule our thoughts, the fears began to work for us rather than against us. It's a mind game and we WILL win over any fear or fears we have! Make that determination and you've won the game!" --- Copyright © 2000 Brian G. Jett January 29, 2001 " You must accept that you might fail; then, if you do your best and still don't win, at least you can be satisfied that you tried. If you don't accept failure as a possibility, you don't set high goals, you don't branch out, you don't try - you don't take the risk." --- Rosalynn Carter --- Submitted by Jenniffer Yontz --- Florida January 29, 2001 " Many hands and hearts and minds generally contribute