USE ALL OF YOUR RESOURCES

" Use All Of Your
Resources... "
There was a
student, whom the
Master felt was
ready for his final
test. The Master
brought the student
to a large open field.
In the middle of this
field, was a very
large rock.
The Master said to
the student " For
your final test you
must move this rock
to the side of
the field, before the
sun goes down ( he
had about 8 hours ).
The Master said to
the student,
" Use all of you
resources. " The
student approached
the rock,and the
Master sat on the
shaded side ofthe
field, to observe.The
student tried to
move the rock with
his own
physical strength.
The student realized
the rock was much
to large for that. He
went into the
wooded area, to find
something to help
him move that rock.
He tried everything .
Something to help
him push it,
something to help
him to pull it, nothing
was helping.
He even tried building
a lever system,
made out of small
branches that he
managed
to extract from the
wooded areas.
Nothing was
working. He was
becoming tired,
and the sun was
getting low. So he
went to the Master
and said " I cannot
do it, I tried
everything That I
could think of, and
my time is almost
up." The master said
to
the student " You did
not ask me ". The
student replied " I did
not think I was
allowed to,
beside the fact that
I don't think even
two men could move
the rock. The Master
said ,
" I told you to use all
of your resources,
am I not a resource?
The Master
motioned with his
arm, and the entire
class came walking
over a small hill
where they were
waiting. They
came and easily
moved the rock to
the side of the field

7 SIMPLE TRUTHS FOR LEADERSHIP SUCCESS

We tend to over-
complicate things in life,
and when it comes to
defining what
successful leadership
looks like, we really,
really, over-complicate
it. Much of what
constitutes leadership
success comes down to
common sense, but
unfortunately it's not
common practice.
Searching the shelves
of your local bookstore
(do those still exist?) or
doing a search on
Amazon.com would lead
you to believe that in
order to be a successful
leader you'll need to find
some keys, take the
right steps, follow the
proper laws, figure out
the dysfunctions,
embrace the challenge,
ascend the levels, look
within yourself, look
outside yourself, form a
tribe, develop the right
habits, know the rules,
break the rules, be
obsessed, learn the
new science, or discover
the ancient wisdom. Did
I say we like to over-
complicate things?
I don't think leadership
should be that
complicated. If you're
looking for leadership
success, consider these
seven simple truths
(argh…I did it myself!):
1. There aren't any
shortcuts – Leadership
is hard work and most
of it is on the job
training. Formal
education and ongoing
development are
essential parts of
developing your
leadership competency,
but don't think you can
transform yourself into
a great leader by
reading a certain book
or taking a particular
training course. Great
leaders are built by
being in the game, not
by standing on the
sidelines or sitting in the
classroom.
2. Great leaders
started by being
great followers –
Most successful leaders
were successful
followers at some
point. They learned how
to be part of a team,
put the needs of others
ahead of their own, and
work toward a goal
bigger than themselves.
In our hero-worshiping
culture we tend to place
the spotlight on the
individual achievements
of leaders and not pay
much attention to how
they cultivated those
winning ways earlier in
their career. Learn to be
a good follower and
you'll learn what it
takes to be a good
leader.
3. There's no
mysterious secret to
leadership – Contrary
to the titles of popular
leadership books, there
is no single, mysterious
secret to unlocking
leadership success (see
truth #1). All those
books that I lovingly
needled offer valuable
insights about various
aspects of leadership,
but most of them tell
you what you already
know to be true…which
brings me to the next
point.
4. You already know
what it takes to be a
good leader – Not to
plagiarise Robert
Fulghum, but you
probably learned in
kindergarten most of
what it takes to be a
good leader. Be nice. Play
well with others. Say
please and thank you.
Do what you can to help
others. Of course you
have to mature and
apply those
fundamentals in adult
ways like being
transparent and
authentic with others,
challenging them to
strive for their goals,
holding people
accountable, and having
difficult conversations
when needed.
5. The difference
between
management and
leadership is
overrated – Tons of
books and blogs have
been written debating
the differences
between these two
concepts. Yes, each has
its own unique
characteristics, and yes,
each of them overlap
significantly in the
practice of leadership
and management.
Leaders have to
manage and managers
have to lead. Learn to
do them both well
because they are much
more similar than they
are different.
6. Leaders aren't
special – We're all
bozos on the same bus.
Leaders aren't any
more special than
individual contributors
and everyone is needed
to have a successful
team. If you view
leadership as service,
which I happen to do,
you should consider
your team members
more important than
yourself. Get your ego
out of the way and
you'll be on your way to
success.
7. Leadership is much
more about who you
are than what you
do – This is probably
the most important
truth I've learned about
leadership over my
career. I view leadership
as a calling, not a job.
As a calling, leadership
is about who I am—my
values, beliefs,
attitudes—and my
actions are the visible
manifestation of those
inner ideals. If you want
to be a successful
leader, your primary
focus should be on the
inner work that is
required, not on
behavioral tricks or
techniques.

5 KILL "HACKS" FOR NETWORKING AT SOCIAL EVENTS

Social media is hot.
Everyone is talking
about Facebook,
Twitter, and every
other social media site
under the sun.
These are great tools
for building and
maintaining
relationships. But they
aren't everything.
When it comes to
developing powerful
relationships, social
media is still no
substitute for old-
fashioned, face-to-face
networking.
In-person networking is
simply one of the best
activities you can
engage in for your
career or your business,
hands down.
Anyone who thinks
they can stay behind
their computer, holed
away at home, relying
100% on social media
for meeting people and
developing key
relationships is fooling
themselves.
In fact, the most
effective networking
approach today is
twofold: one part online,
and one part old-
fashioned, face-to-face,
in-person networking.
They are two sides of
the same coin.
A good networking
plan does not rely too
much on either online or
offline networking, but
does include aspects of
both.
How Face-to-
Face Networking
Is Different
Face-to-face
networking is very
different from social
networking. For
starters, you'll actually
need to put on pants.
Sorry, but this is a
mandatory requirement.
If you work from home,
that means you may
need to change out of
your pajamas (hopefully
it's not the first time in
days).
I recognize that
networking at in-person
events is more difficult
for those who are shy
or introverted.
However, there are
many little "hacks" you
can use to make face-
to-face networking
easier on yourself,
whether you are
introverted or not.
Here are a 5 killer hacks
for networking
effectively at old-
fashioned, in-person
events:
1. Commit Yourself
to Helping Others.
Before you go to any
networking event, I
want you to summon
your most positive, can-
do, helpful attitude, and
I want you to not even
think about getting
clients, customers, or a
new job. For some
people, this may seem
completely counter-
intuitive. After all, isn't
the whole point of
networking to get more
business or to further
your career?
The truth is, if you go
into an in-person
networking event just
thinking about yourself,
people will sniff you out
in a heartbeat. You'll
stand out more than
Bugs Bunny dressed
up as a girl .
Conversely, if you
commit yourself to
helping others in any
way possible - be it a
restaurant
recommendation, or a
tech tip, or a book
suggestion - you will be
more human and people
will want to help you in
return.
Here's the "hack" part -
after your event, email
at least 1 or 2 people
you met at the event
with a tip, advice,
resource, or some other
way to help, based on
what you learned about
them. This one little
step will go a long way.
2. Make An
Introduction. I love
introducing people. If
you introduce two
people and they hit it
off, they will always be
grateful to you. Trust
me on this - my parents
first met on a blind
date.
And people who you
have introduced to
someone else are more
likely to return the
favor. This works even
with people you just
met at an in-person
networking event.
3. Connect with
People Over their
Families. You know
that saying, "the
easiest way to a man's
heart is through his
stomach"? Well, I
believe the easiest way
to a networking
partner's heart is
through their immediate
family members.
At most networking
events, people talk
about work-related or
industry-related
subjects. That's what
everyone else does, but
you don't need to do
that. You can really
distinguish yourself by
talking about a person's
spouse or family, if you
get the right
opportunity.
If you just met
someone and start
asking about a person's
family without the
proper opening, they're
probably just going to
think you're a weirdo.
But if you do get an
opening, then asking
about a person's family
and looking for
opportunities to help
their children or spouse
is an excellent hack for
getting to know them a
lot better.
4. If You Are Shy or
Introverted, Focus
on Others. I get asked
a lot about what advice
I have for people who
really hate networking
because they are shy or
introverted. If you are
really shy and don't like
meeting new people,
then the best advice I
can give you is that the
best
conversationalists
often don't talk
much at all.
People love talking
about themselves, and
if you ask a lot of
questions and take a lot
of interest in them, you
don't have to be a good
conversationalist. Most
people will enjoy the
opportunity to speak
about themselves to a
captive audience. And
they will enjoy speaking
with you.
5. Use the 80/20
Rule for Following
Up. If you were to
measure the amount of
time most people spend
on networking activities
aimed at meeting new
people vs. the amount
of time they spend
following up with the
people they already
know, you'd be shocked
at how imbalanced it is.
People spend too much
time trying to meet
new people and too
little time following up
with and nurturing
relationships with
people they already
know.
In fact, your efforts
should be the other
way around: use the
80/20 rule (aka the
Pareto Principle) to
further and develop
relationships with your
existing network.
This in turn will lead to
meeting new people
because people who
you already know are
more likely to be a
gateway for you to
their friends and
connections.
After all, you have
already spent time and
energy getting to know
people in your network
and they have already
(presumably) grown to
know, like and trust
you.
So be sure to spend
time and energy
networking with people
who are in your
network already.

25 STEPS TO SUCCESS

Who doesn't want to
strive and become
successful? Exactly, no
one. Deep inside all of
us, we have our own
personal reasons for
striving for success,
and really, we all define
success in very
different ways
whether it is for
financial freedom or
mere sense of
accomplishment.
When you go to the
bookstore, there is a
reason that there are
six thousand different
books proclaiming to
know the recipe for
success; it's one of the
most sought after
things on the planet.
Ironically, we tend to
think that the most
complicated solutions
are the most effective
and we subsequently
ignore the simple facts.
Simplicity is what
makes everything
possible and with every
great feat, there were
hundreds of small,
simple decisions that
had to take place first.
Look at Google and their
simplistic homepage; did
simple work for them?
In this article I am not
going to break some
earth-shattering news
or reveal a 10-step
program to success.
Instead, I want to
refresh your brain a
little, tip some simplistic
approaches and get you
back to basics. The
simplest things are
easily forgotten, have
some of these fallen
from your scope?
1. Let go of the past.
Act and apply in the
present and shape up
the future
2. Utilize your failures
as a guide towards
success
3. Do not try. Just do it.
4. Make a list of your
dreams. No matter how
hard they might be to
achieve, just sit down
and write all your
dreams down.
5. Make a list of your goals
and think how you can
achieve them
6. Use negative feedback
and criticism to your
advantage and better
yourself
7. If you want to be
successful in someone
else's game (if you have
a boss), play by their
rules or create your
own game.
8. Make a list of your
values. What do you
value most and build
your success upon
them
9. Keep personal time
separate from
business time.
10. Your success depends
on your failures as well
as your achievements.
11. If you are in doubt let
someone else do it.
Doubtfulness is saying I
almost believe it. If you
don't fully believe it,
leave it for someone
else who does
12. Avoid interruptions
during your productivity
time. Whatever it might
be, work or family or
some alone time,
interruptions can throw
you off for whatever it
is you are doing.
13. Determine your peak
performance hours.
Work at a point in day
when you feel like you
are most effective.
14. Breath deeply and let go
off any stress.
15. Rest and relaxation
plays as much an
important part as
exercise itself.
16. Do not worry. All it does
is gets you ready for
negative outcomes.
17. Think happy thoughts
and there will be
positive outcomes.
18. Do not step back from
the job at hand when
fear subsides in you.
19. Use your brain not only
your heart.
20. Eliminate emotions by
letting go off the past
and thinking about the
present.
21. What has happened in
the past will most
probably stay the
same; you can't change
it. Instead focus on the
present and live today
instead of yesterday.
22. Don't let the time
control you. You control
the time.
23. Time management is
the most effective tool
you can utilize and
become successful.
24. Create strategies and
build credibility among
your peers.
25. Once again, forget the
past and live it up in the
present.
Those were my
thoughts and what I
practice and preach. Feel
free to add more
through your
comments. Another key
reason to becoming
successful is following
advice and suggestions
so lets go ahead and
use the comment
section for that
purpose.

RELEASE YOUR INNER WINNER by MARTIN WILSON

We are the
WINNERS !
We don't just
embrace change, we
thrive on it. We ARE
the change we
WANT to see.
When bold new
things present
themselves, we go
for it !
When challenges
come in our way, we
blast through them.
We know that
blessings come
wrapped in
difficulties.
The bigger the
challenge, the bigger
the reward when we
work through the
challenge.
We are the
entrepreneurs -- the
leaders, the thinkers,
the doers, the go
getters.
We set goals and
reach them. We
dream bold dreams
and achieve them.
We carve the paths
others will run on.
We don't wait for life
to happen, we make
life happen.
We are the
connectors, the
change makers, the
innovators.
We aspire to conquer
new heights, we
inspire others to
greatness.
Motivated, Focused,
Purpose Driven,
Determined.
It's a life-changing
force that lives
within everyone on
earth.
RELEASE YOUR INNER
WINNER!
Become more. Do
more. Have more.

BE YOUR OWN HERO by MARTIN WILSON

You ARE a Winner,
so...
Follow your passion
it knows where you
should go.
Help People. Explore,
Play, Laugh,
Move More, Stress
Less.
Set and CELEBRATE
Milestones.
You have to put
something out there
to get something
back.
Everything you wnat
and need is up to you
to make happen.
GET OUT THERE and
Make Your Own Path.
Define what success
looks like to you and
GO AFTER IT.
Nourish your mind
and body, take time
out often.
Set goals, WRITE
THEM DOWN and
look at them
EVERYDAY.
Give yourself
permission, trust
your instincts.
NEVER stop learning
and experimenting.
Embrace Your Online
Business.
IGNORE DOUBTERS
EVEN IF THEY ARE
IN YOUR OWN
HEAD.
THE ONLY THING
YOU HAVE TO FEAR
IS FEAR ITSELF.
BELIEVE IN
YOURSELF.
NEVER, NEVER,
NEVER GIVE UP.
BE YOUR OWN
HERO!
DO IT NOW!

THE BENEFITS OF HARDWORK

Work, for a lot of
us is a drag, and
the prospect of an
early retirement or
a change of career
would be well
accepted.
There are a few
lucky individuals
who enjoy their
work and are very
happy with their
career.
As so many people
complain about
work, I thought it
would be a good
idea to put a post
together
explaining the
benefits of hard
work , and why it's
good for us, even
if we believe that
it's a horrible thing.
When I say that
work is good for
us, I mean hard
work. Work is
good as a whole,
but to really see
the benefits,
working hard is
required. Now just
because it's hard
work, it doesn't
mean that it has to
be unpleasant or
uncomfortable, it's
definitely doable
for all of us.
If we want to see
the ' fruits of our
labour' as it were,
then as the major
key, learning to
enjoy hard work,
or at least being
able to have a
critical
appreciative
understanding of
it is essential.
If we look to
history and the
things that have
come about, we
can see that a lot
of hard work has
been put in. For
example: the
inventions that
came about
through various
people; Thomas
Edison, Leonardo
Da Vinci, Henry
Ford, etc... All of
these people had
to put in a lot of
hard work.
The point I'm
trying to get
across is that, if
we want to
achieve success
and our goals,
hard work will
need to take place.
1. Sense of
Achievement
After we've
completed a
session of hard
work, not only is it
rewarding to see
the end result, but
it also gives the
sense of
achievement,
which really it is an
achievement.
It might not be an
achievement on
the same level as a
Nobel prize, but an
achievement is an
achievement.
2. It gives us
goals and
ambitions
When we have a
purpose, a
meaningful
purpose, hard
work must be
applied no matter
what.
A meaningful
purpose allows us
to have the
ambition and
drive that we
need to fuel our
bodies for work.
Having the
ambition and drive
gives us hope, and
having hope can
bring rewards.
Not only can your
meaningful
purpose be
fulfilled, but you'll
notice that other
goals will start to
take shape as
progress with
working hard.
3. Improves your
work ethic
Working hard
makes you
appreciate it more.
You'll realise that
things can't just
get done on their
own, and you can't
always rely on
other people to do
it for you. Having
an appreciation
for work, and
knowing that
nothing would
ever get done
without it, is not
only great for a
work ethic, but is
also good for your
development as a
person.
4. It teaches you
to be
responsible and
independent
Working hard will
mean that we will
inevitably make a
mistake. A
mistake, is not
only a learning
curve for our
minds, but also a
chance for you to
be responsible and
accountable for
the mistake. Thus
in turn making you
more independent
and (hopefully)
more reliable in the
future.
5. Teaches us
about team
work
If we're in a
working
environment
where we're in
close contact with
other people,
working hard and
effectively is great
for getting people
to gel together,
and become a
team.
It teaches us
about different
personalities,
different habits,
different egos.
Getting used to
this makes it
easier for us to
work in a group
environment.
6. Keeps us
productive
The main benefit
of working hard is
the productivity
side of things. The
bottom line is; the
harder you work -
the more you get
done, the more
you get done - the
better you feel
afterwards.
7. It gives our
life some
structure
If we always did
what we wanted,
not only would we
get nothing done,
but we wouldn't
really have a
structure to our
life. Work, for the
vast majority of
people, consumes
a large chunk of
their weekly life.
If we didn't have
work though,
although it would
be nice at first, our
lives wouldn't
have a structure
and wouldn't be
very well
coordinated.
In fact, not only
would we not have
a structure, but
society as a whole
would not have a
structure and
break-down.

Allosgabriel: Biography Of Pastor Chris Oyakhilome

Allosgabriel: Biography Of Pastor Chris Oyakhilome: Pastor Chris was brought up in a strict Christian home, was born again at the age of 9 and started his ministry as a young undergraduate...

FIFTY MOTIVATIONAL AND BUSINESS QUOTES

1. Courage is being
scared to death, but
saddling up anyway. ~
John Wayne
2. If you don't make
things happen then
things will happen to
you. ~ Robert Collier
3. A business has to be
involving, it has to be
fun, and it has to
exercise your creative
instincts. ~ Richard
Branson
4. Live daringly, boldly,
fearlessly. Taste the
relish to be found in
competition – in having
put forth the best
within you. ~ Henry J.
Kaiser
5. Winning is not a
sometime thing; it's an
all time thing. You don't
win once in a while, you
don't do things right
once in a while, you do
them right all the
time.Winning is habit.
Unfortunately, so is
losing. ~ Vince Lombardi
6. You were born to win,
but to be a winner, you
must plan to win,
prepare to win, and
expect to win. ~ Zig
Ziglar
7. A business that
makes nothing but
money is a poor
business. ~ Henry Ford
8. Whatever the mind of
man can conceive and
believe, it can achieve.
Thoughts are things!
And powerful things at
that, when mixed with
definiteness of
purpose, and burning
desire, can be
translated into riches. ~
Napoleon Hill
9. To be successful, you
have to have your heart
in your business, and
your business in your
heart. ~ Thomas
Watson, Sr.
10. Success is walking
from failure to failure
with no loss of
enthusiasm. ~ Winston
Churchill
11. To succeed… You
need to find something
to hold on to,
something to motivate
you, something to
inspire you. ~ Tony
Dorsett
12. Things work out
best for those who
make the best of how
things work out. ~ John
Wooden
13. You've got to say, I
think that if I keep
working at this and
want it badly enough I
can have it. It's called
perseverance. ~ Lee
Iacocca
14. Forget past
mistakes. Forget
failures. Forget
everything except what
you're going to do now
and do it. ~ William
Durant
15. I find that when you
have a real interest in
life and a curious life,
that sleep is not the
most important thing. ~
Martha Stewart
16. Success in business
requires training and
discipline and hard work.
But if you're not
frightened by these
things, the
opportunities are just
as great today as they
ever were. ~ David
Rockefeller
17. Success is liking
yourself, liking what
you do, and liking how
you do it. ~ Maya
Angelou
18. Nothing great was
ever achieved without
enthusiasm. ~ Ralph
Waldo Emerson
19. If you are going
through hell, keep going.
~ Winston Churchill
20. It does not matter
how slowly you go, so
long as you do not stop.
~ Confucius
21. I've always believed
that one woman's
success can only help
another woman's
success. ~ Gloria
Vanderbilt
22. Life isn't worth living
unless you're willing to
take some big chances
and go for broke. ~ Eliot
Wiggington
23. Life's challenges are
not supposed to
paralyze you; they're
supposed to help you
discover who you are. ~
Bernice Johnson Reagon
24. The successful
warrior is the average
man, with laser-like
focus. ~ Bruce Lee
25. You can't connect
the dots looking
forward; you can only
connect them looking
backwards. So you have
to trust that the dots
will somehow connect
in your future.
26. You have to trust in
something – your gut,
destiny, life, karma,
whatever. This
approach has never let
me down, and it has
made all the difference
in my life. ~ Steve Jobs
27. If you don't value
your time, neither will
others. Stop giving
away your time and
talents. Value what you
know and start
charging for it. ~ Kim
Garst
28. Optimism is the
faith that leads to
achievement. Nothing
can be done without
hope and confidence. ~
Helen Keller
29. 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
30. Progress always
involves risks. You can't
steal second base and
keep your foot on first.
~ Frederick B Wilcox
31. Quality means doing
it right when no one is
looking. ~Henry Ford
32. Twenty years from
now you will be more
disappointed by the
things that you didn't
do than by the ones you
did do. ~ Mark Twain
33. The difference
between ordinary and
extraordinary is that
little extra. ~ Jimmy
Johnson
34. The essential
question is not, "How
busy are you?" but
"What are you busy
at?" ~ Oprah Winfrey
35. If you genuinely
want something, don't
wait for it – teach
yourself to be
impatient. ~ Gurbaksh
Chahal
36. There are no
shortcuts to any place
worth going. ~ Beverly
Sills
37. We can let
circumstances rule us,
or we can take charge
and rule our lives from
within. ~ Earl Nightingale
38. Success is the sum
of small efforts –
repeated day in and day
out. ~ Robert Collier
39. I have not failed.
I've just found 10,000
ways that won't work.
~ Thomas A. Edison
40. 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 idea alone.
This is the way to
success. ~ Swami
Vivekananda
41. Every great dream
begins with a dreamer.
Always remember, you
have within you the
strength, the patience,
and the passion to
reach for the stars to
change the world. ~
Harriet Tubman
42. No one saves us but
ourselves. No one can
and no one may. We
ourselves must walk
the path. ~ Buddha
43. Nothing is
particularly hard if you
divide it into small jobs.
~ Henry Ford
44. When I dare to be
powerful – to use my
strength in the service
of my vision, then it
becomes less and less
important whether I
am afraid. ~ Audre
Lorde
45. Don't let the fear of
losing be greater than
the excitement of
winning. ~ Robert
Kiyosaki
46. If you work just for
money, you'll never
make it, but if you love
what you're doing and
you always put the
customer first, success
will be yours. ~ Ray Kroc
47. The only place
where success comes
before work is in the
dictionary. ~ Vidal
Sassoon
48. The important thing
is not being afraid to
take a chance.
Remember, the
greatest failure is to
not try. Once you find
something you love to
do, be the best at doing
it. ~ Debbi Fields
49. Have a very good
reason for everything
you do. ~ Laurence
Olivier
50. Capital isn't scarce;
vision is. ~ Sam W

FIFTY TOP INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES

Top 50 Inspirational
Quotes
1. "Great spirits have
always encountered
violent opposition from
mediocre minds." –
Albert Einstein.
2. "Act now. There is
never any time but
now, and there never
will be any time but
now." – Wallace Wattles
3. "We are what we
repeatedly do.
Excellence, then, is not
an act, but a habit." –
Aristotle
4. "The greatest
discovery of my
generation is that a
human being can alter
his life by altering the
attitudes of his mind." –
William James
5. "It is not the
strongest of the
species that survive,
nor the most intelligent,
but the one most
responsive to change."
– Charles Darwin
6. "There is no passion
to be found playing
small – in settling for a
life that is less than the
one you are capable of
living." – Nelson Mandela
7. "In three words I can
sum up everything I've
learned about life: It
goes on." – Robert Frost
8. "You've got to win in
your mind before you
win in your life." – John
Addison
9. "Life shrinks or
expands in proportion to
one's courage." – Anais
Nin
10. "An ounce of doing
things is worth a pound
of theorizing." – Wallace
Wattles
11. "The pessimist sees
difficulty in every
opportunity. The
optimist sees the
opportunity in every
difficulty." – Winston
Churchill
12. "Our ultimate
freedom is the right and
power to decide how
anybody or anything
outside ourselves will
affect us." – Stephen
Covey
13. "The aim of an
argument or discussion
should not be victory,
but progress." – Joseph
Joubert
14. "Destiny is not a
matter of chance, it is a
matter of choice; it is
not a thing to be waited
for, it is a thing to be
achieved." – Winston
Churchill
15. "Don't wait for a
light to appear at the
end of the tunnel Stride
down there and light
the bloody thing
yourself." – Dara
Henderson
16. "Your life does not
get better by chance, it
gets better by change."
– Jim Rohn
17. "Vision without
action is just a dream,
action without vision
just passes the time,
vision with action can
change the world" –
Nelson Mandela
18. "Only those who will
risk going too far can
possibly find out how
far one can go." – T.S.
Eliot
19. "To live is the rarest
thing in the world. Most
people exist, that is all."
– Oscar Wilde
20. "Freedom is not the
absence of
commitments, but the
ability to choose yours."
– Paulo Coelho
21. "Conformity is the
jailer of freedom and
the enemy of growth."
– John F. Kennedy
22. "I am tomorrow, or
some future day, what
I establish today. I am
today what I
established yesterday
or some previous day."
– James Joyce
23. "I have learned that
it's not WHAT I have in
my life but WHO I have
in my life that counts."
– Unknown
24. "Go confidently in
the direction of your
dreams. Live the life you
have imagined." – Henry
David Thoreau
25. "If you don't design
your own life plan,
chances are you'll fall
into someone else's
plan. And guess what
they have planned for
you? Not much." – Jim
Rohn
26. "Simplicity is the
ultimate sophistication."
– Leonardo da Vinci
27. "Things which
matter most must
never be at the mercy
of things which matter
least." – Goethe
28. "It's time to start
living the life you've
imagined" – Henry
James
29. "And in the end it's
not the years in your
life that count. It's the
life in your years." –
Abraham Lincoln
30. "Too many people
spend money they
haven't earned, to buy
things they don't want,
to impress people they
don't like." – Will Rogers
31. "Try not. Do or do
not. There is no Try." –
Yoda (Star Wars!)
32. "Every man dies. Not
every man really lives."
– William Wallace
33. "The only limit to
our realization of
tomorrow will be our
doubts of today." –
Franklin D. Roosevelt
34. "There are no limits
on what you can
achieve with your life,
except the limits you
accept in your mind" –
Brian Tracy
35."Don't be pushed by
your problems. Be led by
your dreams." – Ralph
Waldo Emerson.
36. "Either you run the
day or the day runs
you." – Jim Rohn
37. "When I thought I
couldn't go on, I forced
myself to keep going.
My success is based on
persistence, not luck." –
Estee Lauder
38. "The greatest
mistake you can make
in life is to be continually
fearing you will make
one." ~ Elbert Hubbard
39. "The difference
between school and
life? In school, you're
taught a lesson and
then given a test. In
life, you're given a test
that teaches you a
lesson." – Tom Bodett
40. "Action is the
foundational key to all
success." – Pablo
Picasso
41. "The secret of
getting started is
breaking your complex,
overwhelming tasks
into small manageable
tasks, and then
starting on the first
one." – Mark Twain
42. "There is only one
success – to be able to
spend your life in your
own way." –
Christopher Morley
43. "Though no one can
go back and make a
brand new start,
anyone can start from
now and make a brand
new ending." – Carl Bard
44. "Nothing important
was ever achieved
without someone
taking a chance." – H.
Jackson Brown, Jr.
45. "I will go anywhere
as long as it is
forward." – David
Livingston
46. "Take the first step
in faith. You don't have
to see the whole
staircase, just take the
first step." – Martin
Luther King Jr.
47. "The greater danger
for most of us is not
that our aim is too high
and we miss it, but
that it is too low and
we reach it." –
Michelangelo
48. "Many of life's
failures are people who
did not realize how
close they were to
success when they
gave up." – Thomas A.
Edison
49. "Strive for progress,
not perfection." –
Unknown
50. "Twenty years
from now you will be
more disappointed by
the things you didn't do
than the ones you did.
So, throw off the
bowlines. Sail away
from the safe harbor.
Catch the trade winds
in your sails. Explore.
Dream. Discover." –
Mark Twain

FIFTY POSITIVE QUOTES

50 Positive Thinking
Quotes
"Life has many ways of
testing a person's will,
either by having nothing
happen at all or by
having everything
happen all at once." –
Paulo Coelho
"There are two ways
of spreading light: to be
the candle, or the mirror
that reflects it." - Edith
Wharton
"With everything that
has happened to you,
you can either feel sorry
for yourself or treat
what has happened as
a gift. Everything is
either an opportunity to
grow or an obstacle to
keep you from growing.
You get to choose." –
Dr. Wayne W Dyer
"Believe in yourself!
Have faith in your
abilities! Without a
humble but reasonable
confidence in your own
powers you cannot be
successful or happy." -
Norman Vincent
Peale
"Hate. It has caused a
lot of problems in this
world but has not
solved one yet." – Maya
Angelou
"If opportunity doesn't
knock, build a door." –
Milton Berle
"An attitude of positive
expectation is the mark
of the superior
personality." - Brian
Tracy
"Success consists of
going from failure to
failure without loss of
enthusiasm." –
Winston Churchill
"If you can dream it,
then you can achieve it.
You will get all you want
in life if you help enough
other people get what
they want." – Zig
Ziglar
"The only place where
your dream becomes
impossible is in your
own thinking." – Robert
H Schuller
"We don't see things as
they are, we see them
as we are." – Anais Nin
"Our greatest
weakness lies in giving
up. The most certain
way to succeed is
always to try just one
more time." – Thomas
Edison
"I may not have gone
where I intended to go,
but I think I have ended
up where I needed to
be." – Douglas Adams
"Learning is a gift. Even
when pain is your
teacher." - Maya
Watson
"I've had a lot of
worries in my life, most
of which never
happened" – Mark
Twain
"You yourself, as much
as anybody in the entire
universe, deserve your
love and affection." –
Buddha
"Hope is a waking
dream." – Aristotle
"The past has no
power over the present
moment." – Eckhart
Tolle
"Happiness is an
attitude. We either
make ourselves
miserable, or happy and
strong. The amount of
work is the same." –
Francesca Reigler
"I do believe we're all
connected. I do believe
in positive energy. I do
believe in the power of
prayer. I do believe in
putting good out into
the world. And I believe
in taking care of each
other." - Harvey
Fierstein
"If you want light to
come into your life, you
need to stand where it
is shining." – Guy Finley
"Today is a new
beginning, a chance to
turn your failures into
achievements & your
sorrows into so goods.
No room for excuses." -
Joel Brown
"Life is a gift, and it
offers us the privilege,
opportunity, and
responsibility to give
something back by
becoming more." –
Tony Robbins
"We are all here for
some special reason.
Stop being a prisoner of
your past. Become the
architect of your
future." – Robin
Sharma
"If you think you can do
a thing or think you
can't do a thing, you're
right." – Henry Ford
"No matter what the
situation, remind
yourself "I have a
choice." – Deepak
Chopra
"All you can change is
yourself, but
sometimes that
changes everything!" –
Gary W Goldstein
"The will to win, the
desire to succeed, the
urge to reach your full
potential… these are the
keys that will unlock
the door to personal
excellence." –
Confucius
"If we're growing,
we're always going to
be out of our comfort
zone." – John C
Maxwell
"Take chances, make
mistakes. That's how
you grow. Pain
nourishes your courage.
You have to fail in order
to practice being brave."
– Mary Tyler Moore
"I am the greatest, I
said that even before I
knew I was." –
Muhammad Ali
"We are responsible for
what we are, and
whatever we wish
ourselves to be, we
have the power to
make ourselves." –
Swami Vivekananda
"The difference
between stumbling
blocks and stepping
stones is how you use
them." – Unknown
"If someone tells you,
"You can't" they really
mean, "I can't." – Sean
Stephenson
"There is little
difference in people, but
that little difference
makes a big difference.
The little difference is
attitude. The big
difference is whether it
is positive or negative."
– W. Clement Stone
"Whatever you want to
do, do it now. There are
only so many
tomorrows." – Michael
Landon
"When I do good, I feel
good. When I do bad, I
feel bad. That's my
religion." – Abraham
Lincoln
"The difference in
winning and losing is
most often…not
quitting." – Walt
Disney
"You are never too old
to set another goal or
dream a new dream." –
C.S Lewis
"All things are difficult
before they are easy." –
Thomas Fuller
"Success is falling nine
times and getting up
ten." – Jon Bon Jovi
"Happiness, like
unhappiness, is a
proactive choice." –
Stephen Covey
"Be soft. Do not let the
world make you hard.
Do not let pain make
you hate. Do not let the
bitterness steal your
sweetness. Take pride
that even though the
rest of the world may
disagree, you still
believe it to be a
beautiful place." – Kurt
Vonnegut
"You must make a
decision that you are
going to move on. It
wont happen
automatically. You will
have to rise up and say,
'I don't care how hard
this is, I don't care how
disappointed I am, I'm
not going to let this get
the best of me. I'm
moving on with my life."
– Joel Osteen
"The next time you feel
slightly uncomfortable
with the pressure in
your life, remember no
pressure, no diamonds.
Pressure is a part of
success." - Eric
Thomas
"When the world
pushes you to your
knees, you're in the
perfect position to
pray." – Rumi
"If you can change your
mind, you can change
your life." – William
James
"When we are no longer
able to change a
situation, we are
challenged to change
ourselves." – Viktor
Frankl
"Happiness often
sneaks in through a
door you didn't know
you left open." – John
Barrymore
"The best way to gain
self-confidence is to do
what you are afraid to
do." – Unknown