Friday, April 21, 2006

Motivational Sayings - God Says "You Must Make Your Way".

What you seek is perilous to you;
for you must journey to my hidden temple.
Through danger and difficulty
you must make your way and falter not
and only then can I reveal Myself unto you.
 
--- Wicca - The Old Religion in the New Millennium (p230 - The encounter with the Goddess),  by Vivianne Crowley, published by Thorsons (1996).
 

Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Motivational Quotes

You have a very powerful mind that can make anything happen as long as you keep yourself centered.
 
- Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
 
In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it.
 
- Jane Smiley
 
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

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Positive Sayings for Life

Unswerving loyalty to duty, constant devotion to truth, and a clear conscience will overcome every discouragement and surely lead the way to usefulness and high achievement.

-- Grover Cleveland

There is a sense of exhilaration that comes from facing head-on the hard truths and saying, "We will never give up. We will never capitulate. It might take a long time, but we will find a way to prevail."

-- Jim Collins, from his book, Good to Great

Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Inspirational Quotes on Excellence & Focus

A thoroughbred horse never looks at the other horses.
It just concentrates on running the fastest race it can.

-- Henry Fonda (1905-1983) Actor

Those who turn good (organizations) into great (organizations)
are motivated by a deep creative urge and an inner compulsion
for sheer unadulterated excellence for its own sake.

-- Jim Collins, author of "Good to Great"

Friday, April 07, 2006

Inspirational Messages by Lord Krishna

No matter what conditions you encounter in life, your right is only to the works - not to the fruits thereof. You should not be impelled to act for selfish reasons, nor should you be attached to inaction.
-Bhagavad Gita 2.47

He who sees me in all things, and all things in me, is never far from me, and I am never far from him.
-Lord Krishna from Chapter 6, Bhishma(P. Lal); also part of Bhagavad Gita

Wherever there is Krishna, the Lord of Yoga, and wherever there is Arjun, the wielder of the bow, there will indeed abide, prosperity, victory, glory, and righteousness; this is my firm conviction.
-Bhagavad Gita 18.78