What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything? ~ Vincent van Gogh

The more successful the individual, the less inclined he is to make excuses.
~ David J. Schwartz

Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers you. ~ Wayne Dyer

Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training. ~ Anna Freud

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another. ~ Charles Dickens

If you wish to be loved; Love! ~ Seneca

You will not solve lack by getting more. You will solve lack by recognizing abundance where you once saw lack. ~ Alan Cohen

Your past does not define you, it’s what YOU do with it that makes you who you are. ~ Martin J. Allsop

Live out of your imagination instead of out of your memory. ~ Les Brown

The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority ~ Ralph Sockman

Everything will be all right in the end. If everything is not all right; then it's not the end. ~ Anonymous

There are two ways of spreading lights: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. ~ Edith Wharton

Change says, 'I am not, and I must become.' Transformation says, I am and I am yielding to a process. ~ Jim Richards

“Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself” ~ Mahatma Gandhi

There is no remedy for love than to love more. ~ Henry David Thoreau

People need love even when they don't deserve it. ~ Nikki Ledbetter

To the question of your life you are the answer, and to the problems of your life you are the solution. ~ Joe Cordare

"The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them" ~ Ernest Hemingway

Never be afraid to try something new. Remember amateurs built the ark; professionals built the Titanic ~ Anon

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes ~ Jung.

The truth will set you free - but first it will piss you off ~ Werner Erhard

A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes ~ Hugh Downs

You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him. ~ Leo Aikman

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Remember a dry spell causes a tree's root to go deeper - Randy Gage

We do not see things as they are, we see them as we are ~The Talmud

Be generous with kind words, especially about those who are absent. ~ Goethe

People think I'm disciplined. It is not discipline. It is devotion. There is a great difference – Pavarotti

In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do many small things with great love. ~ Mother Teresa

My happiness depends on me, so you're off the hook ~ Abraham-Hicks

Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway ~ John Wayne

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them ~ Kahlil Gibran

A woman has got to love a bad man once or twice in her life to be thankful for a good one. ~ Mae West

No evidence will convince you of the truth of what you do not want. ~ Dr. Wayne Dyer

Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul. ~ Gen. Douglas MacArthur

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. ~ John Wooden

The advantage of living is not measured by length, but by use; some men have lived long, and lived little..... ~ Martin J. Allsop

The best & most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen nor touched but are felt in the heart. — Hellen Keller

Our greatest battles are that with our own minds. ~ Jameson Frank

The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi

WHY MEETINGS FAIL!: They're always introduced with "We need to discuss..." Discussion is an activity, not an outcome. ~ Mark Fritz

You do not need man-made philosophies when you live by spiritual truths. — Philip Arnold

The real winners in life are people who look at every situation with an expectation that they can make it work or make it better.~ B.Pletcher

If you have peace within, you are never without. ~ A. Drayton Boylston

To love being ourselves is one of the most precious things we can do ~ anonymous

If you enjoy the process, it's your dream. If you are enduring the process, desperate for the result, it's somebody else's dream. – Martin J. Allsop

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. — Aldous Huxley

Try this- When you are in a challenging conversation TRY "BLESSING" the other person. You'll be AMAZED at how it can TRANSFORM THINGS. ~ A. Drayton Boylston

At the centre of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and what you want ~ Lao Tzu

Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men - Martin Luther King

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that. ~Norman Vincent Peale

Before you get out of bed each morning GIVE THANKS for 10 things in your life. You'll be amazed at how IT CHANGES YOUR DAY. ~ A. Drayton Boylston

An affirmative thought is 100 times more powerful than a negative one. ~ Anonymous

I can have peace of mind only when I forgive rather than judge. ~ Gerald G. Jampols

We are never more than one grateful thought away from peace of heart. ~ Brother David Steindl

Most people react to the behaviour of others and events. To get ahead, react instead to what you wish to create or see in your life. ~ Abraham

A good criterion for measuring success in life is the number of people you have made happy. ~ Anonymous

The more you care, the stronger you can be: Jim Rohn.

The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen: Frank Lloyd Wright.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

Fear grows in darkness; if you think there's a bogeyman around, turn on the light: Dorothy Thomson.

When it is darkest, the stars come out. ~ Anonymous

To succeed, we must first believe that we can: Michael Korda.

The heresy of one age becomes the orthodoxy of the next: Hellen Keller

All seasons are beautiful for the person who carries happiness within: Horace Friess.

It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop. – Confucius

I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma - Eartha Kitt

You learn about truth from others. You KNOW truth from within. ~ Dr.Wayne Dyer

They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel. - Carl W. Buechner

If you are ever FEELING WITHOUT, just go quiet, and LOOK WITHIN. ~ A Drayton Boylston

Just how a person plays the game shows a thing of this character; how he loses shows everything. ~ Ralph Anderson

”You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.” Winston Churchill

As you simplify your life, the law of the universe will be simpler – Henry David Thoreau

Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything – George Bernard Shaw

My life is my message ~ Ghandi

Live out of your imagination not of out of your memory. ~ Les Brown

Re-examine all you have been told. Dismiss what insults your Soul - Walt Whitman

A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world. Everyone you meet is your mirror – Keyes

Higher consciousness is always what 'right now' is, even when we are stuck in the fiction called "unconsciousness." Gregory Tucker

He can who thinks he can and he can't who thinks he can't. This is an inexorable, indisputable law – Picasso

May I never miss a sunset or a rainbow because I am looking down. ~ Sara June Parker

Worry is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do but it doesn’t get you anywhere. -Zen proverb

When you fully love and trust someone, it’s because you fully love and trust yourself. JN

To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong – Pearce

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails ~ Anonymous

At the centre of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want ~ Lao Tzu

It is only possible to live happily ever after on a day to day basis: ~ Margaret Bonnano.

Without a rich heart, wealth is an ugly beggar: ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Love is a choice you make from moment to moment: ~ Barbara De Angelis

Joy is the best makeup: ~ Anne Lamott
Loyalty to a petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul: Mark Twain

A human being is happiest and most successful when dedicated to a cause outside his own individual, selfish satisfaction ~ B Spock

Know Your Value, Stay Positive, Be Persistent. ~ Carrie Wynne

Expectation = Faith + Desire ~ Shelby Collinge

When you are truly looking to the universe for answers, the wrong doors will be closed and the right door will be opened. ~ Cindy Holbrook

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar. ~ Helen Keller

Your whole idea about yourself is borrowed — borrowed from those who have no idea of who they are themselves. ~ OSHO

Never compromise on a dream, but always compromise on how it will happen. ~ Mike Dooley

You will always look good to the person who loves you. ~ Yoko Ono

Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forward – Kierkegaard

If there’s a book you really want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it. ~ Tony Morrison

Inside of us lie all the answers to all the questions you will ever ask. ~ Christine Felts

"In the acceptance of who I am - I can become all that I choose to be."~ Michael Albee

I believe how I act today will affect the way I live tomorrow. ~ Katherine Hepburn

"You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions." - Nobel Laureate Naguib Mahfouz

It’s not the strongest that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change – Charles Darwin

We can have more than we've got because we can become more than we are ~ Jim Rohn

Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly.~Robert Schuller

Might, could, would – those are contemptible auxiliaries. ~ George Elliot

People will not remember what you said, they'll remember how you made them feel...

Winners lose much more often than losers. ~ Matthew Keith Groves

In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins – not through strength, but through persistence. ~ Buddha

Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. -- Napoleon Hill

There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way. Dr.Wayne Dyer

I love the light for it shows me the way....I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars ~ Wiccan Chant

PLAY NICE- because you want to be asked to play again ~ Anonymous

"Goodness is the only investment that never fails." Henry David Thoreau

Take a tip from nature--your ears aren't made to shut, but your mouth is. St. Francis of Asissi

"When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you." ~African proverb

Happiness is not something that you get in life, happiness is something that you bring to life ~Wayne Dyer

The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen. ~ Lee Lacocca

A man is but the product of his thoughts - what he thinks, he becomes – Gandhi

The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own. No apologies or excuses. No one to lean on, rely on, or blame. The gift is yours - it is an amazing journey - and you alone are responsible for the quality of it. This is the day your life really begins.” ---Bob Moawad