Friday 23 July 2010

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

Wednesday 23 June 2010

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

Friday 11 June 2010

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

Sunday 16 May 2010

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

Tuesday 11 May 2010

”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


Thursday 6 May 2010

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

Tuesday 4 May 2010

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

Sunday 2 May 2010

"The outer conditions of a person's life will always be found to reflect their inner beliefs." James Lane Allen

Life shrinks or expands according to one's courage. Anais Nin

If a loved one rejects you at this point in the journey, you will mourn but then move on. If they seek you again later, they will not find the same you at the same point. Gary Blonder

"Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to conceive." - Napoleon Hill

”Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.” AndrĂ© Gide

A bachelor is a man who is footloose and fiancee free. Anonymous

Wiser individuals do not need to defend who or what they are, because they are confident in the truth within. David Bennett

"It's only possible to live happily ever after on a day-to-day basis"~ Margaret Bonnano

When I'm giving you my time, I'm giving you a portion of my life I can never get back, so DON'T WASTE IT!! Anonymous

LESSONS are a patchwork quilt which becomes stronger with each thread. A.Drayton Boylston

"Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer. Nothing is more difficult than to understand him." Dostoevsky

"Adversity has a funny way of changing you into a person you never dreamed you'd be." ~ Ryan Biddulph

Every moment, I honour my deepest truth with my words, actions and behaviours. Anonymous

Success is not permanent and failure is not fatal. ~ Mike Ditka

It must be of the spirit if we are to save the flesh. — Gen. Douglas MacArthur

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. ~Abraham Lincoln

Saturday 1 May 2010

Go for it! You only get what you go for! Anonymous

If you're reaching out to another, there are two possible motives. Either you want something they've got, or you believe they’re intrinsic to who you are. Gary Blonder

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it. Ralph Waldo Emerson

One of the AMAZING things LIFE is that there are TEACHERS around us all the time. We simply need to GET the LESSONS. A.Drayton Boylston

So often in life, having been forced down a road we did not want to go, we discover along it the best thing that ever happened to us. Gary Blonder

What if all the folks SELLING on Twitter thought of SERVING instead? A.Drayton Boylston

Duality begins when awareness confuses itself with its instrument. Mooji

"Relax and be with your life AS IT IS! - STOP this incessant searching and crying for some fool to save you...You are saved! Shut Up! (fall silent) and BE Happy!"—Dvorahji

Once I believed seeing is believing, now I know believing is seeing – Gary Blonder

When you stand in truth and reach out to another, you become a bridge by which the other can access the same truth. But they can choose. Gary Blonder

If you want to tell someone how to get to Dublin, don't assume they're starting from Belfast - Irish Proverb

We can do anything. Business depends on the fact that we'd rather someone else did it for us and then bring it to our doorstep. Gary Blonder

EVERY answer lies in the STILLNESS. A.Drayton Boylston

The heart will always awaken to its highest truth when the mind is given permission to rest." Matt Kahn.

Thursday 29 April 2010

Science does not know it's debt to imagination. Ralph Waldo Emerson

WORRIES simply taint what is inherently BEAUTIFUL...YOU! A. Drayton Boylston

We secure our friends not by accepting favours but by doing them. Thucydides

Never pass up an opportunity to LISTEN. to tune everything else out and just listen to what someone else is saying Larry Czerwonka

When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you. Lao Tzu

Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can - there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did. Dee Marie Helvin

Never pass up the opportunity to have a GOOD time! Larry Czerwonka

You only drown if you stay there. Zig Ziglar

VALUES are LIVED, not SPOKEN. A. Drayton Boylston

The more you recognize the immense good within you, the more you magnetize immense good around you. Alan Cohen

It's better to have loved and lost.......than to have stayed with an idiot. Anonymous

How do you make God laugh? Tell Him your plans. Anonymous

No guts, no glory! Anonymous

The Universal Law of Belief states that we do not believe what we see, we see what we have already decided to believe. Anonymous

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants. Epictetus




Wednesday 28 April 2010

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Albert Einstein

It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are. E. E. Cummings

Necessity teaches all things. German Proverb

Poetry...should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts. John Keats

Those who have come to understand who and what they truly are can use their gifts to bring others to realize their true potential @DharmaTalks

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn’t a very good plan. You should wear it inside where it functions best. Margaret Thatcher

Creativity flourishes when we have a sense of safety and self-acceptance. Julia Cameron

What if we viewed every fall as a LEARNING OPPORTUNITY? Think how that would CHANGE your perception of your hurdles! A. Drayton Boylston

It's amazing what you can accomplish if you don’t care who gets the credit. Harry Truman

Whether you think you’re a winner or a loser, you probably are. Henry Ford

Between the velvet lies, there’s a truth that’s hard as steel. Ronnie James Dio

Politicians use statistics like a drunk uses a lamp-post – for support rather than illumination. Andrew Lang

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

There is a teacher in every fall. A. Drayton Boylston

The first duty of love is to listen. Paul Tillich

If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win.
Shelley Long

The most powerful factors in the world are clear ideas in the minds of energetic men of good will.
J. Arthur Thomson

Parenting is the intense experience of every emotion except hate Gary Blonder

The act of compassion begins with full attention, just as rapport does. You have to really see the person. Daniel Goleman

Abundance is in large part an attitude. Sue Patton Thoele

If you make the space, opportunity will fill it. Gary Blonder

Tuesday 27 April 2010

Tip - throw out all those SHOULDS that people have packed your mind with since you were a child and replace them with your own CANS. Gary Blonder

No one ever found happiness by being selfish. Rev. Robin Gamble

No single book or individual holds all the answers to your life Gary Blonder

Worry is a waste of the imagination. Dan Zadra

Your attitude is an expression of your values, beliefs and expectations. David Williams

An eye for an eye would make the whole world blind. Ghandi

There is no security, only opportunities. Gen. Douglas MacArthur

If the song is strong enough in your heart, you cannot deny the message. Stacey Chapman

When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. Dr. Wayne Dyer

No one who has ever truly woken up after letting go of their beloved attachments has ever then said, "Those were better than this” Ariel Bravy

I sat on the toilet looking at my watch thinking "I don't have time for this sh*t" Gary Blonder

Life is a road movie - the destination is the end, the movie is about the road. Gary Blonder

Don’t follow in the footsteps of the masters, seek what they sought Zen Proverb

Water that is too pure has no fish Proverb, origin unknown

In meditation we throw ourselves into the cosmos to be purified. OSHO

Enlightenment is letting go of what you are to become what you’ve always been. Sharon Janis

If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite. William Blake

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