Do Something

Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly.

Robert H. Schuller

Clothes Make The Man

Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.

Mark Twain

Plan Every Morning

He who every morning plans the transaction of the day and follows out that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through the maze of the most busy life. But where no plan is laid, where the disposal of time is surrendered merely to the chance of incidence, chaos will soon reign.

Victor Hugo

Constantly Make New Acquaintances

If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alone. A man should keep his friendships in constant repair.

Samuel Johnson

Winning the First Round

You won't win if you don't begin!

The one battle most people lose is the battle over the fear of failure... try... start... begin... and you'll be assured you won the first round.

Robert H. Schuller

Health and Nourishment

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.

Proverbs 3:5-10 (King James Version)

This Will Always Solve Problems

Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.

Calvin Coolidge

You Enrich The World

You are not here merely to make a living. You are here to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, and with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world. You impoverish yourself if you forget this errand.

Woodrow Wilson

Best Investment

An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.

Benjamin Franklin

Friends and Farewells

Don't be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.

Richard Bach

True and False Discovery

Don't be discouraged by a failure. It can be a positive experience. Failure is, in a sense, the highway to success, inasmuch as every discovery of what is false leads us to seek earnestly after what is true, and every fresh experience points out some form of error which we shall afterwards carefully avoid.

John Keats

Easy Tasks, Difficult Tasks

Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy; in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep, in the other that it may not be dismayed.

Baltasar Gracian

Happy Mother's Day

A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie.

Tenneva Jordan

Certain Death of Fear

Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain. 

Mark Twain

Liberated Soul

I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.

Maya Angelou

Narrow Point Of View

A definite purpose, like blinders on a horse, inevitably narrows its possessor's point of view.

Robert Frost

Make Mistakes Sooner

If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.

Tallulah Bankhead

Be The Best

The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become.

Harold Taylor

Fully Living

In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

Abraham Lincoln

Precious and Pleasant Riches

Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established: And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.

Proverbs 24:3-4 (KJV)

All Possibilities

Don't kill the dream - execute it!

It's impossible to fail totally if you dare to try.

When you've exhausted all possibilities, remember this: you haven't!

Robert H. Schuller

A New Center of Gravity

Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a different way to stand.

Oprah Winfrey

Hill-climber

Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber.

Elbert Hubbard

One Goes With The Other

A goal without a plan is just a wish.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Secrets of Energy

This art of resting the mind and the power of dismissing from it all care and worry is probably one of the secrets of energy in our great men.

Captain J. A. Hadfield

Crisis Situations

Close scrutiny will show that most "crisis situations" are opportunities to either advance, or stay where you are.

Dr. Maxwell Maltz

Prosperity and Pleasures

If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.

Job 36:11 (KJV)

Recognize The Opportunity

The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger - but recognize the opportunity.

John F. Kennedy

In Times of Change

In times of change, learners inherit the Earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.

Eric Hoffer

Attain Uncommon Results

Teamwork is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.

Unknown

The Journey Matters

It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters in the end.

Ursula K. LeGuin

A Better Tomorrow

Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow.

Doug Firebaugh

Overcome Fear

Do one thing everyday that scares you.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Power to Get Wealth

But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.

Deuteronomy 8:18 (KJV)

Right Timing

God's delays are not God's denials.

Lord, give me the guidance to know when to hold on and when to let go and the grace to make the right decision with dignity.

Robert H. Schuller

Does Not Give Up Easily

The best antidote to discouragement is motivation. A person who is both personally and permanently motivated doesn't give up easily!

Peter J Daniels

Shoot Higher

Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can reach. Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries and predecessors; try to be better than yourself.

Unknown

Long Term Enthusiasm

One man has enthusiasm for 30 minutes, another for 30 days, but it is the man who has it for 30 years who makes a success of his life.

Edward B. Butler

Well Defined Goals

The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.

Denis Watley

Time Well Spent

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time. 

John Lubbock

Shining Light

"You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 16In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.

Matthew 5:14-16 (NIV)

Rise Above Another

Self discipline is that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.

Joseph Addison

Calculated Risk

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

Proverbs

Pick Ourselves Up

Burning desire to be or do something gives us staying power - a reason to get up every morning or to pick ourselves up and start in again after a disappointment. 

Marsha Sinetar

Long Distance

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Lao-tzu

Must Not Only Act

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

Anatole France

Faced With A Mountain

Never let a problem become an excuse.

When faced with a mountain, I will not quit! I will keep on striving until I climb over, find a pass through, tunnel underneath - or simply stay and turn the mountain into a gold mine, with God's help!

Robert H. Schuller

Love Never Fails

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. 

1 Corinthians 13:4-8 (NIV)

Fortified Life

Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love, and be loved, is the greatest happiness of existence.

Sydney Smith

Bold Guess

No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.

 

Isaac Newton