Think on This....

"A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles."
--Christopher Reeve, Actor and Speaker

"Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help you create the fact."
--William James, 19th Century psychologist

“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.”
-- Milton Berle

Think on this...

It seems to be a common mistake that people want to wait
until 'things are good' before feeling happy, or satisfied.

When you consider the fact that there are many people in
the World in much worse situations who are happy, this
mistake becomes apparent.

Our old enemy pessimism is a biased way of thinking. If you
are going to consider all the negatives about a situation,
you are lying to yourself if you do not also consider the
possible positives.

Negativity can become a habit, and one that comes naturally
to human beings. But balanced thinking can become a habit
too, even if it requires a bit more practice.

Your Actions are Important than Knowledge

"To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction."
-Isaac Newton

The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.
- Locke

The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
- Thomas Henry Huxley

Strong reasons make strong actions.
- Shakespeare, King John

The actions of men are like the index to a book;
they point out what is most remarkable in them.
- Thomas

Best Happiness Quotes to Be Happy

And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
- Abraham Lincoln

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
- Buddha

Happiness is always here, but covered by thoughts, desires and fears.
- Anonymous

Happiness comes from within.
- Anonymous

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
- Dale Carnegie

Pleasure comes from the outside, happiness from the inside.
- Anonymous

One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.
- Dick Gregory

Happy people plan actions, they don’t plan results.
- Dennis Waitley

The secret to happiness is not in doing what one likes to do, but in liking what one has to do.
- Anonymous

Be Grateful for What You Have.....

Be Grateful
by: Peter Gerhard, Source Unknown

Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one so that when we finally meet the right person, we will know how to be grateful for that gift.

When the door of happiness closes, another opens, but often times we look so long at the closed door that we don't see the one which has been opened for us.

The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch and swing with, never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had.

It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also true that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives.

Don't go for looks; they can deceive. Don't go for wealth; even that fades away. Go for someone who makes you smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright. Find the one that makes your heart smile.

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trails to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human, enough hope to bring you joy.

Always put yourself in another's shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the other person, too.

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.

The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past, you can't get on well in life until you let go of past failures and heartaches.

When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.

Success Of Life

Though good may come of practice,
This primal truth endures;
The first time anything is done,
It's done by amateurs.
- Art Buck

I am done with great things and big plans, great institutions and big success. I am for those tiny, invisible, loving, human forces that work from individual to individual, creeping through the crannies of the world like so many rootlets, or like the capillary oozing of water, which, if given time, will rend the hardest monuments of pride.
- William James

The way to make a true friend is to be one. Friendship implies loyalty, esteem, cordiality, sympathy, affection, readiness to aid, to help, to stick, to fight for if need be. Radiate friendship and it will return sevenfold.
- B.C. Forbes

The wise learn many things from their enemies.
- Aristophanes, "The Birds"

It is no use saying "We are doing our best".
You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
- Sir Winston Churchill

People who change their way of life and begin to think about making spiritual progress also begin to suffer from the tongues of detractors. Whoever has not yet suffered this trial has not yet made progress, and whoever is not ready to suffer it does not even endeavor to progress.
- Aurelius Augustinus

What do we live for if not to make the world less difficult for each other?
- George Eliot

Get Powerful Energy with The Inspiring Thoughts

To fill the hour -- that is happiness.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

When you are right you cannot be too radical;
when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

As novices, we think we're entirely responsible for the way people treat us. I have long since learned that we are responsible only for the way we treat people.
- Rose Lane

He deserves Paradise who makes his companions laugh.
- The Koran

The nonviolent approach does not immediately change the heart of the oppressor. It first does something to the hearts and souls of those committed to it. It gives them new self-respect; it calls up resources of strength and courage that they did not know they had. Finally it reaches the opponent and so stirs his conscience that reconciliation becomes a reality.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Inspired by the Problems!!!

Enter every activity without giving mental recognition to the possibility of defeat. Concentrate on your strengths, instead of your weaknesses... on your powers, instead of your problems.
-- Paul J. Meyer

“We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.”
-- Albert Einstein

"Never let a problem become an excuse."
-- Robert Schuller

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
-- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it."
-- Albert Einstein

"The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution."
-- Bertrand Russell

"To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself: First, what could I do? Second, what could I read? And third, who could I ask?"
-- Jim Rohn

"When every physical and mental resource is focused, one's power to solve a problem multiplies tremendously."
-- Norman Vincent Peale

“The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution”
-- Author Unknown

“It isn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.”
-- G. K. Chesterton

“A problem is a chance for you to do your best.”
-- Duke Ellington

“If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem”
-- Jiddu Krishnamurti

Motivate Yourself with The Challenges.....

You have powers you never dreamed of. You can do things you never thought you could do. There are no limitations in what you can do except the limitations of your own mind.
-- Darwin P. Kingsley

To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist.
-- Gail Sheehy

Accept challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
-- George S. Patton

How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.
-- Lou Holtz

There is no Challenge more challenging than the challenge to improve yourself.
-- Michael F. Staley

Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
-- Joshua J. Marine

Find a purpose in life so big it will challenge every capacity to be at your best.
-- David O. McKay

You are the only real obstacle in your path to a fulfilling life.
-- Les Brown

Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.
-- Bernice Johnson Reagon

Beautiful Sayings on Beauty

"Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart."
- Kahlil Gibran

"Beauty comes as much from the mind as from the eye."
- Grey Livingston

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart."
- Helen Keller

"A person is only beautiful, when their own beauty, is reflecting on to others."
- Tara Grady

"Keep your faith in all beautiful things; in the sun when it is hidden, in the Spring when it is gone."
- Roy R. Gilson

"Life can put beauty in the things that you see."
- Author Unknown

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
- Eleanor Roosevelt

Beauty comes as much from the mind as from the eye."
- Grey Livingston

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart."
- Kahlil Gibran

Powerful Quotes on Commitment

I believe life is constantly testing us for our level of commitment, and life's greatest rewards are reserved for those who demonstrate a never-ending commitment to act until they achieve. This level of resolve can move mountains, but it must be constant and consistent. As simplistic as this may sound, it is still the common denominator separating those who live their dreams from those who live in regret.
-- Anthony Robbins

There are countless ways of attaining greatness, but any road to reaching one's maximum potential must be built on a bedrock of respect for the individual, a commitment to excellence, and a rejection of mediocrity.
-- Buck Rodgers

The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.
-- Vince Lombardi

“Commitment unlocks the doors of imagination, allows vision, and gives us the "right stuff" to turn our dreams into reality.”
-- James Womack

“There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when circumstance permit. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results.”
-- unknown

“Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans.”
-- Peter F. Drucker

“To increase your effectiveness, make your emotions subordinate to your commitments”
-- Brian Koslow

Food For Thoughts

"A person's true character is revealed by what he does when no one is watching."

"Although the tongue weighs very little, very few people are able to hold it,"

"Success in a marriage is more than finding the right person. It's becoming the right person."

"Falling down doesn't make you a failure, but staying down does."

"Don't be afraid of pressure. Remember that pressure is what turns a lump of coal into a diamond."

"Even a woodpecker owes his success to the fact that he uses his head."

"The only preparation for tomorrow is the right use of today."

"People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care."

"Temper is what gets most of us into trouble. Pride is what keeps us there."

"The heart is the happiest when it beats for others."

"He who thinks by the inch and talks by the yard deserves to be kicked by the foot."

Attitude Thoughts

There are two kinds of people in the world: those who make excuses and those who get results. An excuse person will find any excuse for why a job was not done, and a results person will find any reason why it can be done. Be a creator, not a reactor.
-- Alan Cohen, A Deep Breath Of Life

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Cherish your visions; cherish your ideals; cherish the music that stirs in your heart, the beauty that forms in your mind, the loveliness that drapes your purest thoughts, for out of them will grow delightful conditions, all heavenly environment; of these if you but remain true to them, your world will at last be built.."
-- James Allen

You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.
-- Charles F. Kettering

A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
-- William James

The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.
-- Alvin Toffler

The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change and the REALIST adjusts his sails.
- author unknown

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes on.
-- Robert Frost

Thoughts For Life - Allow Your Own Inner Light to Guide You

Allow Your Own Inner Light to Guide You :

- There comes a time when you must stand alone.

- You must feel confident enough within yourself to follow your own dreams.

- You must be willing to make sacrifices.

- You must be capable of changing and rearranging your priorities so that your final goal can be achieved.

- Sometimes, familiarity and comfort need to be challenged.

- There are times when you must take a few extra chances and create your own realities.

- Be strong enough to at least try to make your life better.

- Be confident enough that you won't settle for a compromise just to get by.

- Appreciate yourself by allowing yourself the opportunities to grow, develop, and find your true sense of purpose in this life.

- Don't stand in someone else's shadow when it's your sunlight that should lead the way.

Best Thoughts on Achievement

Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.
-- Orison Swett Marden

The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.
-- Napoleon Hill

Do not be desirous of having things done quickly. Do not look at small advantages. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly. Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.
-- Confucius

My mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. She said that achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done the best that is in you. Success is being praised by others. That is nice but not as important or satisfying. Always aim for achievement and forget about success.
-- Helen Hayes

Every great work, every big accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement.
-- Florence Scovel Shinn

Best Excellence Quotes

One of the most essential things you need to do for yourself is to choose a goal that is important to you. Perfection does not exist -- you can always do better and you can always grow.
-- Les Brown

There are countless ways of attaining greatness, but any road to reaching one's maximum potential must be built on a bedrock of respect for the individual, a commitment to excellence, and a rejection of mediocrity.
-- Buck Rodgers

Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.
-- Harriet Braiker

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.
--Aristotle

The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.
-- Vince Lombardi

Empowered Yourself from Lessons of Failure

Lord, are you trying to tell me something?
For...

Failure does not mean I'm a failure;
It does mean I have not yet succeeded.

Failure does not mean I have accomplished nothing;
It does mean I have learned something.

Failure does not mean I have been a fool;
It does mean I had enough faith to experiment.

Failure does not mean I have disgraced;
It does mean I have dared to try.

Failure does not mean I don't have it;
It does mean I have something to do in a different way.

Failure does not mean I am inferior;
It does mean I am not perfect.

Failure does not mean I have wasted my life;
It does mean that I have an excuse to start over.

Failure does not mean that I should give up;
It does mean that I should try harder.

Failure does not mean that I will never make it;
It does mean that I need more practice.

Failure does not mean that you have abandoned me;
It does mean that you must have a better idea.

Inspired Yourself from Your Fear of Failure

One who fears failure limits his activities.
Failure is only the opportunity to more intelligently begin again.
- Henry Ford

Our greatest glory consist not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
- Oliver Goldsmith

The greatest mistake you can make in life is to continually be afraid you will make one.
- Elbert Hubbard

Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.
- James A. Froude

Wherever we look upon this earth, the opportunities take shape within the problems.
- Nelson A. Rockefeller

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
- Theodore Roosevelt

Go back a little to leap further.
- John Clarke

Failure teaches success.
- Japanese Saying

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortunes; but great minds rise above them.
- Washington Irving

Motivate Yourself in Difficulties

The true measure of a man is not how he behaves in moments of comfort and convenience but how he stands at times of controversy and challenges.
- Martin Luther King Jr.

It's not whether you get knocked down. It's whether you get up again.
- Vince Lombardi

To be successful you must accept all challenges that come your way. You can't just accept the ones you like.
- Mike Gafka

It is a good rule to face difficulties at the time they arise and not allow them to increase unacknowledged.
- Edward W. Ziegler

Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.
- Henry Ford

The man of character finds an especial attractiveness in difficulty since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities.
- Charles de Gaulle

Undertake something that is difficult; it will do you good. Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.
- Ronald E. Osborn

If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity, it would be this: Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life, and when it comes, hold your head high. Look it squarely in the eye, and say, "I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.
- Ann Landers

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
- William E. Channing

TOP 10 Attitude Quotes to Empower Yourself...!!!

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful.

-- Lord Buddha

I had the blues because I had no shoes until upon the street, I met a man who had no feet.

-- Ancient Persian Saying

When you live your life with an appreciation of coincidences and their meanings, you connect with the underlying field of infinite possibilities.

-- Quote by Deepak Chopra, Mind-Body Guru, author of The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success

Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.

-- By Anthony J. D'Angelo

Those who wish to sing, always find a song.

-- Swedish Proverb

If you don't think every day is a good day, just try missing one.

-- Cavett Robert

I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.

-- Abraham Lincoln

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

-- Winston Churchill

Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.

-- H. Jackson Brown, Jr., Life's Little Instruction Book

The only disability in life is a bad attitude.

-- Scott Hamilton

Best Inspirational Quotes

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
- Mahatma Gandhi

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
- Albert Einstein

I demolish my bridges behind me...then there is no choice but to move forward.
- Firdtjof Nansen

It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.
- Chinese Proverb

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

When one door closes another opens. But often we look so long so regretfully upon the closed door that we fail to see the one that has opened for us.
- Helen Keller

We don't live in a world of reality,
we live in a world of perceptions.
- Gerald J. Simmons

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but religiously follows the new.
- Henry Davod Thoreau

Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
- Leo Tolstoy