The Sculptor's Attitude

I woke up early today, excited over all I get to do before the clock strikes midnight.

I have responsibilities to fulfill today. I am important. My job is to choose what kind of day I am going to have.

Today I can complain because the weather is rainy or...I can be thankful that the grass is getting watered for free.

Today I can feel sad that I don't have more money or...I can be glad that my finances encourage me to plan my purchases wisely and guide me away from waste.

Today I can grumble about my health or...I can rejoice that I am alive.

Today I can lament over all that my parents didn't give me when I was growing up or...I can feel grateful that they allowed me to be born.

Today I can cry because roses have thorns or...I can celebrate that thorns have roses.

Today I can mourn my lack of friends or ...I can excitedly embark upon a quest to discover new relationships.

Today I can whine because I have to go to work or...I can shout for joy because I have a job to do.

Today I can complain because I have to go to school or...eagerly open my mind and fill it with rich new tidbits of knowledge.

Today I can murmur dejectedly because I have to do housework or...I can feel honored because the Lord has provided shelter for my mind, body and soul.

Today stretches ahead of me, waiting to be shaped.

And here I am, the sculptor who gets to do the shaping.

What today will be like is up to me.

I get to choose what kind of day I will have!

-- Author Unknown

Our Inner Voice

Trials one another
lead us directions
that we need learning
to make some corrections.
Time after time
and day after day
trials come bestowing
another which way.

They're one another
of which they each show
lessons through trials
of which way to go,
but if we don't listen
to our inner voice
we will again then
make a bad choice.

Of course we will error
sometimes and agin,
but it's those errors
that'll help you to win.

©By Bill Pearce

You Are A Diamond

Never despise life's fiery trials.
They are God's ways of bringing out the best in you.

Always remember, you are like a Diamond.
And more a diamond is cut, the more it sparkles.

- Unknown –

Look For The Essence

An instance is many
and also so few
when many instances
come and accrue.

Maybe the instances
might in a way
simulate beginnings
in different array.

For in an instance
the time might bestow
lesser of minutes
that ones truly know.

Yet in an instance
ones also could see
lessons concluding
to you and to me.

An instance for many
might not be so true
for they might not know
what they are to do.

So if an instance
is displaying some signs
look for the essence
to make better times.

©By Bill Pearce

Very Beautiful Thought

Never Cry For Any Relation In Life

Because For The One Whom You Cry

Does Not Deserve Your Tears

And The One Who Deserves

Will Never Let You Cry.................

Treat Everyone With Politeness

Even Those Who Are Rude To You,

Not Because They Are Not Nice

But Because You Are Nice..............

Never Search Your Happiness

In Others

Which Will Make You

Feel Alone,

Rather Search It In Yourself

You Will Feel Happy

Even If You Are Left Alone...........

Always Have

A Positive Attitude In Life.

There Is Something Positive

In Every Person.

Even A Stopped Watch Is Right

Twice A Day..........................

Happiness Always Looks Small

When We Hold It In Our Hands.

But When We Learn To

Share It,

We Realize How Big And Precious It Is!...

Best Motivational Quotes

Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish.
Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.
~ Dwight Eisenhower

Be the change that you want to see in the world.
~ Mohandas Gandhi

Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.
~ Peter F. Drucker

Formula for success: under promise and over deliver.
~ Tom Peters

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
~ George Bernard Shaw

Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody else has thought.
~ Jonathan Swift

The best way to teach people is by telling a story.
~ Kenneth Blanchard

If you'll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives.
~ Vince Lombardi

I had to pick myself up and get on with it, do it all over again, only even better this time.
~ Sam Walton

Improvement begins with I.
~ Arnold H. Glasgow

Focus On Self

Some of us waste our time waiting for people
to live to our expectations.

We are so concerned about what others are doing
that we don’t do anything ourselves.

Its not so important what others are upto;
compared to what you are doing.

Focus on what you do, your work; Not on others.


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Positive Quotes Of The Day

Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.
~ Epictetus (55-135 AD) Greek Philosopher

A prudent man will think more important what fate has conceded to
him, than what it has denied.
~ Baltasar Gracian (1601-1658) Spanish Philosopher

If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more
to patient attention than to any other talent.
~ Isaac Newton (1642-1727) English Scientist

Slight not what is near though aiming at what is far.
~ Euripides (480-406 BC) Greek Playwright

The height of your accomplishments will equal the depth of your convictions.
~ William F. Scolavino

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done
without hope and confidence.
~ Helen Keller (1880-1968) American Writer

The great thing and the hard thing is to stick to things when you
have outlived the first interest, and not yet got the second, which
comes with a sort of mastery.
~ Janet Erskine Stuart

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
~ Beverly Sills

Don't expect a great day; make one.
~ Author Unknown

I have yet to find the man, however exalted his station,
who did not do better work and put forth greater effort
under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism.
~ Charles M. Schwab

Don’t Be Afraid To Shine !!!!

Do not be afraid to shine,
This world needs what you have to give.

Open up the areas of your being;
Expose them to yourself - to others.

You are valuable.
You are unique.

You have much to give.
Do not be afraid to give it.

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Motivational Sayings

Don't be afraid to take chances
even if it might hurt you..
Just be strong and take it
because you might let slip
that single chance that could change
your life and make you really happy...
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They were saying...
"ERASERS are for people who make errors.."
but I said...
"ERASERS are for people who are
willing to correct their mistakes.."
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You don't have to be perfect
to let somebody love you
The way you wanted to be loved..
Always remember that being simple
is the most perfect way to make someone
Fall in love with you.
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Love is like a butterfly, the more you chase it
the more it eludes you..but if you just let it fly,
It will come to you when you least expect it..
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Memories play a very confusing role...
They make you laugh when you remember the time you cried together,
but make you cry when you remember the time you laughed together...
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Beauty is useless because character is the best...
what is beauty if the brain is empty...
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In every step of your life forward
remember to step one backward,
Because in life you must reflect
to realize and understand life to success...
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When you love someone show it now,
because a love lost today is a love forever...
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You might not be important to others
and often neglected by many...
But to me...
You are the most
Important and most treasured friend
In my life!
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Because I'm no longer alone,
Because I have someone whom I love so much,
Tomorrow when I wake up,
I will be by your side, protecting you..."
"I'm so glad that I was born on this earth that connects me to you...
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To Forget you I can't do,
To forget me it's all up to you
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No matter how hard you try to put her heart back together
with love, she'll always have scars and a hole in her heart,
filled with fear and pain...
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Time is something we don’t have and can’t change,
So do what u got and want to do and do it with no regrets,
Coz in the end we are born just so we can die.
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There's a silver lining behind every cloud
and a rainbow after every storm

- Unknown -

Chanakya Quotes

"A person should not be too honest.
Straight trees are cut first
and Honest people are victimised first."
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"Even if a snake is not poisonous,
it should pretend to be venomous."
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"The biggest guru-mantra is: Never share your secrets with anybody. !
It will destroy you."
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"There is some self-interest behind every friendship.
There is no Friendship without self-interests.
This is a bitter truth."
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"Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions - Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply
and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead."
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"As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it."
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"Once you start a working on something,
don't be afraid of failure and
don't abandon it.
People who work sincerely are the happiest."
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"The fragrance of flowers spreads
only in the direction of the wind.
But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction."
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"A man is great by deeds, not by birth."
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"Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years.
For the next five years, scold them.
By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend.
Your grown up children are your best friends."
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"Books are as useful to a stupid person
as a mirror is useful to a blind person."
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"Education is the best friend.
An educated person is respected everywhere.
Education beats the beauty and the youth."

- Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC 75 BC)

Beautiful Love & Relationships Quotes

You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying,
to run by running, to work by working;
in just the same way, you learn to love by loving.
~ St. Francis De Sales

Love doesn't make the world go round,
but it sure makes the ride worthwhile.
~ Aristotle

The weak can never forgive.
Forgiveness is the attitude of the strong.
~ Mahatma Ghandi

Always do right. This will gratify some
people and astonish the rest.
~ Mark Twain

Life is an adventure in forgiveness.
~ Norman Cousins

Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends.
~ Shirley MacLaine

We come to love not by finding the perfect person,
but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.
~ Angelina Jolie

True friends are the ones who see the pain in your eyes,
when everybody else is fooled by your smile.
~ Kimmy Robbins

The quality of your life is the
quality of your relationships.
~ Anthony Robbins

We are never more discontented with others
than when we are discontented with ourselves.
~ Henri Frederic Amiel

Good Words of Swami Vivekananda !!!

When I Asked God for Strength
He Gave Me Difficult Situations to Face

When I Asked God for Brain & Brown
He Gave Me Puzzles in Life to Solve

When I Asked God for Happiness
He Showed Me Some Unhappy People

When I Asked God for Wealth
He Showed Me How to Work Hard

When I Asked God for Favors
He Showed Me Opportunities to Work Hard

When I Asked God for Peace
He Showed Me How to Help Others

God Gave Me Nothing I Wanted
He Gave Me Everything I Needed

-Swami Vivekananda

So never feel bad for what GOD has given us...

He knows every thing........

"If you limit your actions in life to things that no body can possibly find fault with, you will not do much. "

Motivational Poem - Hope

If you can look at the sunset and smile,
then you still have hope.

If you can find beauty in the colors of a small flower,
then you still have hope.

If you can find pleasure in the movement of a butterfly,
then you still have hope.

If the smile of a child can still warm your heart,
then you still have hope.

If you can see the good in other people,
then you still have hope.

If the rain breaking on a roof top can still lull you to sleep,
then you still have hope.

If the sight of a rainbow still makes you stop and stare in wonder,
then you still have hope.

If the soft fur of a favored pet still feels pleasant under your fingertips,
then you still have hope.

If you meet new people with a trace of excitement and optimism,
then you still have hope.

If you give people the benefit of a doubt,
then you still have hope.

If you still offer your hand in friendship to others that have touched your life,
then you still have hope.

If receiving an unexpected card or letter still brings a pleasant surprise,
then you still have hope.

If the suffering of others still fills you with pain and frustration,
then you still have hope.

If you refuse to let a friendship die, or accept that it must end,
then you still have hope.

If you look forward to a time or place of quiet and reflection,
then you still have hope.

If you still buy the ornaments, put up the Christmas tree or cook the turkey,
then you still have hope.

If you still watch love stories or want the endings to be happy,
then you still have hope.

If you can look to the past and smile,
then you still have hope.

If, when faced with the bad, when told everything is futile,
you can still look up and end the conversation with the phrase...
"yeah....BUT.." then you still have hope.

Hope is such a marvelous thing. It bends, it twists, it sometimes hides,
but rarely does it break. It sustains us when nothing else can.

It gives us reason to continue and courage to move ahead,
when we tell ourselves we'd rather give in.

Hope puts a smile on our face when the heart cannot manage.

Hope puts our feet on the path when our eyes cannot see it.

Hope moves us to act when our souls are confused of the direction.

Hope is a wonderful thing, something to be cherished
and nurtured, and something that will refresh us in return.

And it can be found in each of us, and it can bring
light into the darkest of places.

Never lose hope.

~ Many Thanks to Robert

Beautiful Motivational Quotes

The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
~ William Cowper
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The greatest amount of wasted time is the time not getting started.
~ Dawson Trotman
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How soon not now, becomes never.
~ Martin Luther
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The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own.
You don't blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the President.
You realize that you control your own destiny.
~ Albert Ellis
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The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want.
~ Ben Stein
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Most smiles are started by another smile.
~ Anon
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Success means fulfilling your own dreams, singing your own song, dancing your own dance,
creating from your heart and enjoying the journey, trusting that whatever happens, it will be OK.
Creating your own adventure!
~ Elana Lindquist
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You cannot see anything that you do not first contemplate as a reality.
~ Ramtha
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Be kind whenever possible...It is always possible.
~ Dalai Lama
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Love is not only something you feel. It is something you do.
~ David Wilkerson
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The way I see it is you have two choices in life; you can be grateful for everything life has given you or you can be resentful for everything life has done to you. Your degree of happiness is directly proportional to the conviction of your choice.
~ Enzo D'Alimonte
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Follow Your Dream

Follow your dream…
Take one step at a time and don’t settle for less.
Just continue to climb.
Follow your dream…
If you stumble, don’t stop and lose sight of your goal.
Press to the top.
For only on top can we see the whole view
Can we see what we’ve done and what we can do
Can we then have the vision to seek something new
Press on.
Follow your dream.
~ Amanda Bradley ~

Small Dose of Hope....

When I was in my first year of college, I hit a stretch where every area of my life was a disaster, I felt hopeless and alone, and more depressed than I knew was possible.

On one such day, I was walking from class across campus to catch my bus home, head down, fighting tears of total despair, when a guy came down the sidewalk toward me. I had never seen him before. Embarrassed at being seen in such an emotional mess, I turned my head away and hoped to hurry past. I figured he'd walk on by, but he moved until he was directly in front of me, waited until I looked up, then smiled.

Looking into my eyes, this stranger spoke in a quiet voice: "Whatever is wrong will pass. You're going to be ok, just hang on." He, then, smiled again and walked away.

I can't explain the impact of that moment, of that man's unexpected kindness and unconditional caring! He gave me the one thing I'd lost completely: hope. I looked for him on campus, to thank him, but never saw him again.

That was thirty years ago. And I've never forgotten that moment. Over the years, whenever I see someone in distress, I think of that old man and try to give a glimmer of hope in the dark wherever I can -- carrying groceries for people, sitting with cranky babies in airport lounges while the mother got up and got herself food/restroom, talking to tired couples at the checkout line, it could be anything.

If you keep your head up, your heart will show you the place that need a small dose of hope.

-- by EsTeeBee

Today Is A Beautiful Day

A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: "I am blind, please help." There were only a few coins in the hat.

A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.

Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, "Were u the one who changed my sign this morning? What did u write?"
The man said, "I only wrote the truth. I said what u said but in a different way."

What he had written was:

"Today is a beautiful day & I cannot see it."

Do u think the first sign & the second sign were saying the same thing?
Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind. Should we be surprised that the second sign was more effective?

Moral of the Story:

-> Be thankful for what you have.

-> Be creative. Be innovative. Think differently and positively. Invite the people towards good with wisdom.

Great Inspirational & Motivational Quotes

Our deepest fear is not
that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we
are powerful beyound measure.
~ Marianne Williamson
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Even if you are on
the right track, you'll
get run over if you
just sit there.
~ Will Rogers
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Ships in harbour are safe,
but that's not what ships are built for.
~ John Shedd
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Go Confidently
in the direction
of your dreams !
Live the life
You've imagined.
~ Thoreau
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Let no one come to you
without leaving better and happier.
Be the living expression of God's kindness :
Kindness in your face,
Kindness in your eyes,
Kindness in your smile.
~ Mother Teresa
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Imagination is more important than knowledge.
~ Albert Einstein
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I choose My Direction
by choosing My Focus

What a man's mind can create,
man's character can control.
~ Thomas Edison
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Before you Speak, Listen
Before you Write, Think
Before you Spend, Earn
Before you Criticise, Wait
Before you Pray, Forgive
Before you Quit, Try
~ Unknown

Persistence

In 1947, Lester Wunderman was arbitrarily fired from his advertising job in New York. But he felt he still had a lot to learn from the head of the agency, Max Sackheim. So the next morning, Wunderman went back to his office and began working as he had before. He talked to co-workers and clients; he sat in on meetings - all without pay. Sackheim ignored him for a month.

Finally, he walked up to Wunderman: 'Okay, you win', he said, shaking his head. 'I never saw a man who wanted a job more than he wanted money.' Well, guess what? Wunderman went on to be one of the most successful advertising men of the century. He's credited with having invented preprinted newspaper inserts, plus subscription cards such as those used by Time-Life Books and the Columbia Record Club; ideas that have produced billions of dollars in profit. Now,advertising may not be your thing - but action must be. What are you willing to do to achieve your dream? Work without pay? Refuse to quit? Success begins at the beginning, and it continues with consistent action.

Now, ponder these thoughts:

1) You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.
2) The first two letters in the word goal, are GO.
3) Some people dream of worthy accomplishments, others wake up and do them.
4) Anybody who brags about what they're going to do tomorrow probably did the same thing yesterday.
5) You will never be what you ought to be until you're doing what you ought to be doing.
6) If you're having trouble thinking outside the box, you're probably in the wrong box. Get out of there!