"You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win." — Zig Ziglar

“Envy is the art of counting the other fellow’s blessings instead of your own.” Harold Coffin

Real faith is beyond hope. Faith simply knows. -- Alan Cohen

“I believe the Sixth Sense should be the first. Live your spirit.” Sonia Choquette

Standing in the inspiring vision of my future, I boldly take every step, large and small, with courage and intent. Jonathan Lockwood Huie

"Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each New Year find you a better man." -- Benjamin Franklin

“Let the miraculous life you were born to lead unfold in all of its magnificence.” Henry David Thoreau

If you see problems everywhere you look, then look somewhere else! -- Richard Bartlett

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts. - John Wooden

To err is human, to forgive divine. - Alexander Pope

"One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: To rise above the little things." -- John Burroughs

The greatest gift we give ourselves or anyone else is the quality of our attention. ~ Richard Moss

You don't have to be great to get started, but you have to get started to be great. Les Brown

Forgiveness is an act of self-love. - don Miguel Ruiz

You can't wait for the end of your problems for you to be present. It has to be done wherever you are—which is now. Eckhart Tolle

"There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting." ~ Buddha

"The way to choose happiness is to follow what is right and real and true for you." — Oprah

When I'm trusting and being myself, everything in my life reflects this by falling into place easily, often miraculously. ~ Shakti Gawain

“Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.” Charles Swindoll

If someone throws you the ball, you don't have to catch it. - Richard Carlson

If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when? ~ Rabbi Hillel

The trick is growing up without growing old. - Casey Stengel

Love came down at Christmas; love all lovely, love divine; love was born at Christmas, stars and angels gave the sign. Christina G. Rossetti

“Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.” Norman Vincent Peale

“The only real blind person at Christmas-time is he who has not Christmas in his heart.” Helen Keller

“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all year.” Charles Dickens

"Love the giver more than the gift." -- Brigham Young

You can't get unless you give. And you have to give without wanting to get. - Theodore H. White

The message of Christmas is that the visible material world is bound to the invisible spiritual world. -- Source unknown

Life is far more remarkable than you think! Anatole Petrovich Kononewsky

Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.- John Quincy Adams

There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands. Richard Bach

Once you've set limits that allow u to feel emotionally safe, u'll find that your relatives seem much more lovable & enjoyable. Martha Beck

Full Effort Is Full Victory. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

Every piece of the universe, even the tiniest little snow crystal, matters somehow. I have a place in the pattern, and so do you. T.A.Barron

Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit. - Napoleon Hill

Sometimes the only available transportation is a leap of faith. Margaret Shaperd

The beauty does not live out there; the beauty is in my eyes. Jonathan Lockwood Huie

The purpose of life is a life of purpose. - Robert Byrne

"Perhaps the best Yuletide decoration is being wreathed in smiles." -- Author Unknown

Practice giving and you will discover how much life can give you. -- Alan Cohen

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The very essence of leadership is that you have to have a vision." - Theodore Hesburgh

WHO said it could not be done? And what great
victories has he to his credit which qualify him to judge others accurately? – Napoleon Hill

When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself. Wayne Dyer

Show me a day when the world wasn't new. ~ Sister Barbara Hance

"People keep looking outside themselves for the money. It's inside." — Stephen Pierce

Oh, for the good old days when people would stop Christmas shopping when they ran out of money. -- Source unknown

"I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affections and the truth of imagination." - John Keats

The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. Unknown

Life is too short to waste it with bad food and idiots. Dr. Leonard Coldwell

"All serious daring starts from within." - Harriet Beecher Stowe

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without. - The Buddha

"Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit." ~ Napoleon Hill

The best way to heal a bad memory is to create a new and better one. -- Alan Cohen

Laughter is an instant vacation! ~ Milton Berle

"There is more to life than increasing its speed." Mahatma Gandhi

"To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders." Lao Tzu

“Until further notice, celebrate everything.” – David Wolfe

Make every experience in life vibrantly alive through being and radiating the character of your authentic self. ~ Nicholas Ogden

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world. - Helen Keller

Make every experience in life vibrantly alive through being and radiating the character of your authentic self. ~ Nicholas Ogden

People only see what they are prepared to see. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Think of the positives one year from now. ~ Danielle DeCesare

Fear and resistance are the dragons that stand at the gate of the kingdom that contains the jewel you seek. -- Alan Cohen

There are many answers you have received but have not yet heard. - A Course In Miracles

Creating your life on your terms is really about allowing for grace through your next transition. ~ Shann Vander Leek

"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future." - John F. Kennedy

"When you truly love yourself, you will always choose Peace." - David Paul Doyle

"If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes." -- Andrew Carnegie

It's not that some people have willpower and some don't. It's that some people are ready to change and others are not. - James Gordon

"You have greatness in you!" Les Brown

Remember, if Christmas isn't found in your heart, you won't find it under a tree." ~ Charlotte Carpenter

"Peace is not achieved by controlling nations, but by mastering our thoughts." - John Harricharan

"Never speak out of anger, never act out of fear, never choose from impatience. But wait... and peace will appear." ~ Guy Finley

May each new day bring a feeling of excitement, joy, and a wonderful sense of expectation. Expect the best, and you'll get it. Regina Hill

Be glad of life because it gives you a chance to love and to work and to play and to look at the stars. - Henry Van Dyke

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm. – Winston Churchill

"The least and most each of us can do is make sure we release something good into the universe regularly." — Oprah

It is said that our anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength. ~ Charles Haddon Spurgeon

I have learned to use the word ‘impossible’ with the greatest caution. ~ Hal Borland

Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape. ~ Author Unknown

To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming is the only end of life. ~ Robert Louis Stevenson

"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience." Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Be happy. It's one way of being wise.” Sidonie Gabrielle

“Love is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.” Robert Heinlein

“You just have to do your own thing, no matter what anyone says. It's your life.” Ethan Embry

"Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them." - John Updike

Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know. - Pema Chodron

“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.” Albert Einstein

There are two obstacles to enlightenment: 1. Thinking you know. 2. Thinking you don't know. -- Buddha

“The key is not in the words but in the feelings and vibration in them and behind them. You attract through your vibration.” Hemal Radia

“Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence” Aristotle

It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air. - W. T. Ellis

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses. ~ Confucius

"...in movement there is life, and in change there is power. - Alan Cohen

"The world is but canvas to our imaginations." - Henry David Thoreau

"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage." - Lao Tzu

"...To seek out your own inner Peace is the greatest gift you could ever hope to give to this world." -- Eric Walton

“In times of desperation is where inspiration is born.” – Simon Cartwright

"It doesn't take a lot to make me happy because I take pleasure from everything I do." — Oprah

All limits exist only in thought, and that is where they are overcome. - Alan Cohen

"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams

"We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us." ~ Joseph Campbell

"The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet." - James Oppenheim

"I know for sure there is no real meaning to life without a spiritual component." — Oprah

Don't be afraid to try—you never know what you are capable of until you do. ~ Rona Barrett

A life lived in fear is a life half lived. - Anonymous

Yesterday is ashes. Tomorrow is green wood. Only today does the fire burn brightly. - Eskimo Saying

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

Today is your day to Spread Wing and Soar. Fly Life on Free Wings, and Sing to its Glory. Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called Present. - Anonymous

Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it. Rumi

"Don't be pushed by your problems, be led by your dreams." Anonymous

If you don't like where you've been, then change where you're going! ~ Tim Hutchinson

"Only your thoughts are depression. Spirit can't be depressed." Unknown

In the midst of difficulty lies opportunity. - Albert Einstein

Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark. - Rabindranath Tagore

Life is the flower for which love is the honey. - Victor Hugo

"Just as man cannot live without dreams, he cannot live without hope. If dreams reflect the past, hope summons the future." - Elie Wiesel

The energy with which you do things affects how things get done and what comes back to you. ~ Heather Dominick

"Discriminate between what gives you peace
and what disturbs you. Whatever is better, follow that." -- Papaji, Sri H.W.L. Poonja

Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent. - Marilyn vos Savant

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals. - Henry Ford

The darkest night is often the bridge to the brightest tomorrow. Jonathan Lockwood Huie

The period of greatest gain in knowledge and experience is the most difficult period in one's life. - the Dalai Lama

Happiness depends upon ourselves. - Aristotle

Be gentle first with yourself - if you wish to be gentle with others. - Lama Yeshe

"Take your life in your own hands and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame." -- Erica Jong

If you are going through a time of discouragement, there is a time of great personal growth ahead. - Oswald Chambers

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. - Mother Teresa

As we light a path for others, we naturally light our own way. - Mary Anne Radmacher

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact. - William James

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.
- Confucius

It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going." — Brian Tracy

Remember happiness is an inside job.When u allow yourself to accept what a powerful soul u are, your ability to be happy will soar.Tara Roth

'Love is an act of imagination. For some of us, it will be the greatest creative triumph of our lives.' - Ehtel Spector Person

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails. - Bertha Calloway

Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek but a means by which we arrive at that goal. -- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Cleaning house—both literally and as a metaphor for life—is a great way to hit the refresh button." — Oprah

Positive Action Cures Everything, it Always Does, and it Always Will... ~ Bradley Quick

“Know that you can be real. All it takes is that want to be. To fulfill this heart.” Prem Rawat

“Find You and You Find Everything.” Hemal Radia

Each misfortune you encounter will carry in it the seed of tomorrow's good luck. ~ Og Mandino

Challenges are common... Suffering is optional. ~ Darcy Keith

"For when I can love all of me, I will love all of you." -- Debbie Ford

"Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind." - Lionel Hampton

'One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: love.' - Sophocles

I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it. ~ Pablo Picasso

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. ~ Dr. Seuss

Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable. ~ Wendy Wasserstein

Seventy percent of success in life is showing up. ~ Woody Allen

Always do what you are afraid to do. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Chase down your passions like it is the last bus of the night!" Les Brown

Many things might be sad, too bad, and unpleasant – but the only thing that’s the end of the world, is the end of the world. Melody Beattie

Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. - John D. Rockefeller

"What is within you, will be around you." Hemal Radia

Life's problems wouldn't be called "hurdles" if there wasn't a way to get over them. ~ Author Unknown

'Where there is love there is life.' - Mahatma Gandhi

Remember, if you’re headed in the wrong direction, God allows U-turns! ~ Allison Gappa Bottke

"Your battle against anything is a battle against you." Abraham-Hicks

Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness. - Martin Luther King, Jr.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others. ~ Buddha

Make somebody happy today. Mind your own business. ~ Ann Landers

Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are. ~ Malcolm S. Forbes

I make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes. ~ Sara Teasdale

If you surrender to the wind, you can ride it. ~ Toni Morrison

If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree. ~ Jim Rohn

Life's burdens are lighter when I laugh at myself. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie

"Inner peace: The heartbeat of world peace." -- Dale Steele

A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life. - William Arthur Ward

We do not always see what is before our face - sometimes we see what we hope to see, or fear we will see. Jonathan Lockwood Huie

"If you can get paid for doing what you love, every paycheck is a bonus." — Oprah

"Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." - Edgar Allan Poe

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty. - Maya Angelou

At the end of your life do you want to have a lot of I wish I had's or would you rather say I made an effort and I got results? Sharmen Lane

"It's your ability to inspire and uplift other people that matters, not your ability to outdo them." Author Unknown

“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

The art of living lies not in eliminating but in growing with troubles. -- Bernard Baruch

"Enjoyment is not a goal, it is a feeling that accompanies important ongoing activity." - Paul Goodman

The key to forgiveness is to forgive from the heart -- not from the mind. - Sheri Rosenthal

Spirituality is recognizing that I am connected to the energy of all creation, that I am a part of it and it is always a part of me. Oprah

Forgiving is not a gift to someone else - Forgiving is your gift to yourself - a great gift - the gift of happiness. Jonathan Lockwood Huie

"Good judgement comes from experience; experience comes from bad judgement." Mulla Nasrudin

Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love. — Hamilton Wright Mabie

"Be careful what you pretend to be because you are what you pretend to be. " - Kurt Vonnegut

"I pray for peaceful pauses within ourselves to acknowledge our gratitude for life and all its complexities." — Oprah

"I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy." — Og Mandino

"The greatest thing you can do for another is not just share your riches, but reveal to them their own." -- Benjamin Disraeli

"Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You." Dr. Suess

"When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves." William Arthur Ward

There are no accidents…there is only some purpose that we haven’t yet understood. ~ Deepak Chopra

When we trust in the natural goodness around us, we open ourselves for the blessings of life to flow toward us. Jonathan Lockwood Huie

"Coming together in Responsible Action, we make a difference" ~ Maria Yraceburu

"Anything you really want, you can attain, if you really go after it." Wayne Dyer

The best way to predict the future is to create it. ~ Peter Drucker

Well-being is making its way to you at all times. If you will relax and find a way to allow it, it will be your experience. - Abraham-Hicks

We must live in this world and be gardens for the dreams that want to take root in it. ~ Robert Moss

People with clear, written goals, accomplish far
more in a shorter period of time than people
without them could ever imagine. Brian Tracy

We are not here on earth to see through each other, we are here to see each other through. ~ Anonymous

You are divinely designed to be, do, and have everything you desire. Abraham-Hicks

“Discovering the power of thoroughly engaging in one’s life is how we become warriors in the world.” - Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche

"There is nothing that can limit me except myself." ~ Michael Beckwith

Fear is not a disease of the body; fear kills the soul. ~ Gandhi

"All your dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them." Walt Disney

"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark. The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light." -- Plato

"The heart is the chief feature of a functioning mind." - Frank Lloyd Wright

"We cannot control our external world, so we have to try much harder to control our inner world." Paul Hannam

"You can't do being." Ram Das

"Energy grows where energy goes." Lisa Nichols

Opportunities multiply when they are seized. Sun Tzu

"If we won't be better tomorrow than we are today, then what do we need tomorrow for?" Rabbi Nahman

The majority of people have habitual patterns of negative thoughts& they don’t realize it because it has become a way of life.DrPatriciaRoss

I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become. Oprah Winfrey

Whatever your circumstances, never underestimate your ability to impact others. ~ Aly and Andrea

"Everything that happens to us is a reflection of who we are." Deepak Chopra

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Albert Einstein

We can't become what we need to be by remaining what we are. Oprah Winfrey

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Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted. ~Aldous Huxley

The dream and the dreamer are always matched. You could not have a dream without the means, right now, to begin it. Marta Davidovich Ockuly

There are the dreams we have for our life and then there are the dreams life has for us. ~ Marcia Wieder

"The most important day of my life: Today!"
Author Unknown

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. ~ Epictetus

Our inner happiness depends not on what we experience, but on the degree of our gratitude to God, whatever the experience.Albert Schweitzer

“Thank you God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough!” Garrison Keillor

The struggle ends when the gratitude begins. - Neale Donald Walsch

"Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow." Melody Beattie

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. ~ G.K. Chesterton

Gratitude is an art of painting an adversity into a lovely picture. ~ Kak Sri

The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you. ~ John E. Southard

"You won't be happy with more until you're happy with what you've got." Viki King

You are the source of all that exists around you; you are the creator of your own world. ~ Osho

I would rather think of life as a good book.The further u get into it,the more it begins to come together & make sense. Rabbi Harold Kushner

Gratitude is the memory of the heart. ~ Jean Baptiste Massieu

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

Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed. Dale Carnegie

"Life is 10% what you make it and 90% how you take it" Irving Berlin

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. John F.Kennedy

Many of us are frightened to look within ourselves, & fear has us put up walls so thick we no longer remember who we really are. Debbie Ford

"Nurture great thoughts, for you will never go higher than your thoughts." — Benjamin Disraeli

"One day is worth a thousand tomorrows." Benjamin Franklin

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." - Eden Ahbez

I wake up every morning with a great desire to live joyfully. - Alexandra Stoddard

You always attract what you vibrate, so you have to become what you wish to attract. Linda Boertjens

"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony." -- Mahatma Gandhi

You can be, have, or achieve anything you desire as soon as you decide to be, have, or achieve it. It's your choice. ~ Alan Underkofler

"Our aspirations are our possibilities." Robert Browning

God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say "thank you?" ~ William A. Ward

Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love. - St. Francis of Assisi

Create consciously, love unconditionally, live joyously! ~ Jillian Coleman Wheeler

All things share the same breath - the beast, the tree, the man, the air shares its spirit with all the life it supports. - Chief Seattle

"You don't have to get it right, you just have to get it going." Author Unknown

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

Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them! - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

"I believe miracles happen in our lives not just sometimes but every single day." — Oprah

"The proper use of our intelligence and knowledge is to effect changes from within to develop a good heart." - Dalai Lama

"Everything happens for a reason and a purpose,
and it serves you." -- Tony Robbins

"As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

If a man does not know what port he is steering for, no wind is favorable to him. - Seneca

"You will never earn more than your financial self image." John Assaraf

"Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself - and thus make yourself indispensable." - Andre Gide

Your past does not define your future - your actions and beliefs do. ~ Linda Joy

"My Mama always said, 'Life was like a box of chocolates; you never know what you're gonna get'." Forrest Gump

"No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it." - Albert Einstein

Baby step by baby step, you have what you need right now to start moving in the direction of your happiest dreams. Marta Davidovich Ockuly

When we grow in spiritual consciousness, we identify with all that is in the world. Dr. V (Dr. Govindappa Venkataswamy)

Many of life's failures are men who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. ~ Thomas Edison

"Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile." Albert Einstein

My life has been filled with terrible misfortune; most of which never happened. - Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

The most difficult phase of life is not when no one understands you, it is when you don't understand yourself. - Anonymous quote

Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly. - Dalai Lama

Affirmations are self fulfilling prophecies. If we say, This is never going to work, then chances are excellent it never will. John Assaraf

"Courage is knowing what not to fear." Plato

"I will see it when I believe it." — Dr. Wayne Dyer

When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free. - Charles Evans Hughes

Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented & happy attitudes & your days will tend to be pleasant & successful. Norman Vincent Peale

If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one. - Dolly Parton

"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence." - Helen Keller

"Compassion is the awareness of a deep bond between yourself and all creatures." -- Eckhart Tolle

The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest. - William Blake

Your success is seen and is already being experienced on a higher level. All you need to do is feel good to line up with it. ~ Angela Bear

"Winning is not everything, but the effort to win is." Zig Ziglar

Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. - St. Francis of Assisi

Forgiveness is the finishing of old business that allows us to experience the present, free of contamination from the past. Joan Borysenko

"Never look back unless you are planning to go that way." Henry David Thoreau

"Whenever you're feeling bad, choose another feeling." Iyanla Vanzant

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings. ~ Eric Hoffer

People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered; Forgive them anyway. - Kent Keith (often attributed to Mother Teresa)

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood. - Helen Keller

"To be human is to know what it feels like to BE evolution happening." Terence Deacon

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
- Thich Nhat Hanh

Give with no expectations. ~ Daryl Wizelman

"When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it." Henry Ford

Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong. - Peter T. Mcintyre

"There is a powerful force inside every human being that once unleashed can make any vision, dream or desire a reality" Tony Robbins

"Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your beliefs will help create the fact." - William James

"Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold." -- Leo Tolstoy

"There is only one way to succeed at anything and that is to give everything." Vince Lombardi

Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. - Norman Vincent Peale

I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask, "Mother, what was war?" ~ Eve Merriam

Veterans Day Quote: We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude. ~ Cynthia Ozick

Veterans Day Quote: Lord, bid war's trumpet cease;
Fold the whole earth in peace. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes

Veterans Day Quote: How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes! ~ Maya Angelou

"Pleasure usually takes the form of me and now; joy is us and always." Marvin J. Ashton

Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy. - Rabbi Abraham Heschel

"All man's miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a room alone." -- Blaise Pascal

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing. - George Bernard Shaw

No one can give you better advice than yourself. - Cicero

He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions. - Louisa May Alcott

People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter and move on. - Bill Cosby

"Think big and don't listen to people who tell you it can't be done. Life's too short to think small." — Tim Ferriss

The Law of Receiving can only be activated through giving, so become a bigger giver. Mary Morrissey

The longer I live, the more my mind dwells upon the beauty and the wonder of the world. - John Burroughs

"Life isn't about what you have; it's about what you have to give." — Oprah

"Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can." Danny Kaye

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor. - Henry David Thoreau

Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well. - Voltaire

"The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." -- Winston Churchill

"Change is inevitable but personal growth is a choice." Bob Proctor

"The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." -- Winston Churchill

Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere! ~ Albert Einstein

"The purpose of life is to discover your gift. The meaning of life is to give it away." David Viscott

We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. - Thornton Wilder

Life is a reflection of intent. Love reflects love. Hate reflects hate. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Happiness depends upon ourselves. - Aristotle

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact. - William James

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. - C. S. Lewis

"The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams." -- Oprah

"The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams." -- Oprah

Everything will line up perfectly when knowing and living the truth becomes more important than looking good. - Alan Cohen

"We have buried as much of our light as we have of our darkness." – Debbie Ford

"Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly." Robert H. Schuller

Whatever happened in the past, forgive yourself and others. Choose love. Jonathan Lockwood Huie

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. - Bertrand Russell

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

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. - Lao Tzu

Our greatest glory lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. - Confucius

If you focus on traumatic or self-defeating moments as your past, your future will replicate them. Alan Cohen

May the world be kind to you, and may your own thoughts be gentle upon yourself. Jonathan Lockwood Huie

I have noticed that happy people are constantly evaluating themselves. Unhappy people are constantly evaluating others. Dr. William Glasser

This is my story, but the rest of my life is what I make it. ~ Arreana Jackson

Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent. - Marilyn vos Savant

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

Only in the sacredness of inward silence does the soul truly meet the secret, hiding God. -- Frederick William Robertson

Completion is an attitude, not an event. -- Alan Cohen

"Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly." - Robert F. Kennedy

"You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation." -- Plato

I'm going to be happy.I'm going to skip.I'm going to be glad.I'm going to be easy.I'm going to look for reasons to feel good. Abraham-Hicks

We are all part of a vast sea of love, one indivisible divine mind. — Marianne Williamson

When you want something, all the Universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. Paulo Coelho

“Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation" - Oscar Wilde

What are you doing about what you aren't doing? ~ Scott Wittig

Enjoy where you are and you'll be where you're going. -- Bashar

"The most important thing about goals is having one." Geoffry F. Abert

Each human needs to find his or her timeless and formless essence identity. Eckhart Tolle

Allow yourself to be happy with who you already are, where you're already at, and what you already have - no matter what. Mike Dooley

"There's nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends." Hilaire Belloc

Your spirit is wireless. -- Alan Cohen

Hanging onto resentment is letting someone you despise live rent-free in your head. ~ Ann Landers

You can make money or excuses, but not both. ~ Mathew Kenney

Personal transformation can and does have global effects. As we go, so goes the world, for the world is us. - Marianne Williamson

Distance does not decide who is your brother and who is not. - Bono

You must do the things you think you cannot do. - Eleanor Roosevelt

Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air. - John Quincy Adams

"Hold a true friend with two hands." Nigerian Proverb

Take what you do seriously... but don't take yourself seriously. ~ Chris Kauza

Happiness is a choice. The more happiness you choose, the more life presents you with experiences to feel happy about. Carol Tuttle

Love is a state of Being. Your love is not outside; it is deep within you. You can never lose it, and it cannot leave you. - Eckhart Tolle

"You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition." — W. Clement Stone

All questions lead to divine knowing. -- Isaac Newton

"You can't run from the wind; you face the music, trim your sails and keep going." ~ Quote from the movie "White Squall"

"I want every day to be a fresh start on expanding what is possible." — Oprah

"The biggest barrier to awakening is the belief that it is something rare." -- Adyashanti

We are not here on earth to see through each other, we are here to see each other through. ~ Anonymous

"Unlike physical progress, which is subject to natural restrictions, the qualities of the mind can be developed limitlessly." - Dalai Lama

"It's not that some people have willpower and some don't. It's that some people are ready to change and others are not." James Gordon

You cannot import self-worth. You can only recognize it. -- Alan Cohen

Laugh when you can, apologize when you should, and let go of what you can't change. Life's too short to be anything but happy. - Anonymous

Feeling sorry for yourself & your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.Dale Carnegie

"When you are clear, what you want will show up in your life, and only to the extent you are clear." Janet Attwood

"When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself." Wayne Dyer

Be gentle first with yourself. - Lama Yeshe

There are worse things than looking stupid. Sleeping through life is one of them. Laura Preble

"You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection." Buddha

The love affair you seek is with yourself. -- Alan Cohen

Life in abundance comes only through great love. - Elbert Hubbard

"Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable." Theodore N. Vail

"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." -- John Wooden

"I think the world is like a great mirror, and reflects our lives just as we ourselves look upon it." - L. Frank Baum

"The only business of the head in the world is to bow a ceaseless obediance to the heart." - William Butler Yeats

Life is not about getting through the storms but about dancing in the rain. - Bunny Armstrong

"You only live once -- but it's forever." -- Alan Cohen

Where there is great love there are always miracles. - Willa Cather

“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened." ~ Dr. Seuss

I try to treat every person I meet like an old friend, and that gives me a real sensation of happiness.—HH The Dalai Lama

The problem is never how to get new, innovative thoughts into your mind, but how to get old ones out. Dee Hock

Don't make assumptions. - don Miguel Ruiz

An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea. - the Buddha

"Wealth is not a material gain, but a state of mind." — Jerry Gillies

Resist and the tides will sweep you off your feet... Allow, and grace will carry you to higher ground. ~ Dana Foulds

"Blessed are those that can give without remembering and receive without forgetting." Author Unknown

Don't take anything personally. - don Miguel Ruiz

"The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be." -- Oprah

The power of happiness does not depend on the size or content of a goal, but on the strength of the desire to have it. - Simon Soloveychik

The degree of success you have is directly proportionate to the risks you're prepared to take. ~ Ken Vrana

"We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures." Thornton Wilder

You need not wrestle for your good. Your good flows to you most easily when you are relaxed, open and trusting. - Alan Cohen

“You will face many defeats in your life, but never let yourself be defeated." ~ Maya Angelou

All that we need to know, all the wisdom of the cosmos, we will find in our own heart. -- Mother Theresa

I wish I could show you, when you are lonely or in darkness, the astonishing light of your own being. -- Hafiz

“If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's." ~ Jim Rohn

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You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, "Why not?" George Bernard Shaw

The things that one most wants to do are the things that are probably most worth doing. Winifred Holtby

"Things do not change; we change." - Henry David Thoreau

There is a powerful force inside every human being that once unleashed can make any vision, dream or desire a reality. Tony Robbins

Doing the right thing may be different than what you have been taught the right thing is. -- Alan Cohen

Climb your own personal Everest and do it in such a way that every step is a little bit of eternity. ~ Muriel Barbery

Your greatest gift to others is to be happy and to radiate your happiness to the entire world. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie

"When we are ready to make positive changes in our lives, we attract whatever we need to help us." ~ Louise Hay

"The greatest gift you can give yourself each day is the permission to live your dream on your terms." Paul Hoffman

"We are not creatures of circumstance; we are creators of circumstance." Benjamin Disraeli

The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen. -- Frank Lloyd Wright

You are not here to try to get the world to be just as you want it. You are here to create the world around you that you choose. The Secret

It is not important how we come to the events in our lives...what is important is how we deal with those events. ~ Troy Evans

"Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on." ~ Les Brown

"The truth is that you already are what you are seeking." -- Adyashanti

"Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on." ~ Les Brown

"If you realized how powerful your thoughts are,
you would never think a negative thought." — Peace Pilgrim

"Never forget: the secret of creating riches for oneself is to create them for others." — Sir John Templeton

A change in the collective does not happen until the change happens in the individual. The individuals make up the collective. This is why we are here. We are looking at the collective insanity and seeing how it works, and that is the first step in liberation. ~ Eckhart Tolle

There are no limitations except those you
acknowledge. Whatever you can conceive
and believe, you can achieve. — Napoleon Hill

If you judge people, you have no time to love them. - Mother Teresa

"Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are." ~ Chinese Proverb

We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same. Anne Frank

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Life isn't about you - it's about your contribution. ~ Elaine Starling

"I've decided I want more joy in my life." — Oprah

Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future. - Paul Boese

The darkest night is often the bridge to the brightest tomorrow - Jonathan Lockwood Huie

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. John F. Kennedy

In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy and to plow your anger and energy into something positive. Lee Iacocca

"Intuition will tell the thinking mind where to look next." — Jonas Salk

"You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight." -- Jim Rohn

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

"No one is perfect. That's why pencils have erasers." ~ Unknown

There is a magnificent life that is waiting for you to wake up and remember who you are and why you are here. ~ Rev. Cynthia James

Drop out of the "Ain't it awful..." club and surround yourself with successful people. ~ Jack Canfield

Do what makes you smile. -- Dr. Richard Bartlett

As we light a path for others, we naturally light our own way. - Mary Anne Radmacher

“The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them." ~ Albert Einstein

Learn everything you can,anytime you can,from anyone you can,there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did. Sarah Caldwell

"Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well." Voltaire

“Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do." ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

You are not a beggar at the table of life. You are the honored guest. - Emmanuel

"Work harder on yourself than you do on your job!"
Jim Rohn

"Time and health are two precious assets that
we don't recognize and appreciate until they have been depleted." — Denis Waitley

"No one's happiness but my own is in my power to achieve or to destroy." Ayn Rand

"The happiest people don't have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything they have." Author Unknown

Affirm your value by going where you are valued. -- Alan Cohen

"We are continually faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems." - John W. Gardner

"Prosperity belongs to those who learn new things the fastest." -- Paul Zan Pilzer

“Most folks would rather be around a person who sees hope in the future than one who sees nothing but trouble ahead.” ~ Zig Ziglar

Celebrate what you want to see more of. - Tom Peters

"Anything that is of value in life only multiplies when it is given." - Deepak Chopra

“When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way.” ~ Wayne Dyer

Faith is the daring of the soul to go further than it can see. - William Newton Clark

It is not fair to ask of others what you are unwilling to do yourself. Eleanor Roosevelt

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. Anonymous

"The only difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is extraordinary determination." Mary Kay Ash

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others. -- Cicero

"An uncomfortable feeling is not an enemy. It's a gift that says, 'Get honest; inquire.'" -- Byron Katie

"You have to put in many, many, many tiny efforts that nobody sees or appreciates before you achieve anything worthwhile." ~ Brian Tracy

Be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade, but of thought. - Henry David Thoreau

"When you notice that voice, you realize that who you are is not the voice-the thinker-but the one who is aware of it." Eckhart Tolle

"So stop. Go mindless. Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure." — Oprah

"The only difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is extraordinary determination."
Mary Kay Ash

I do not need anyone's permission to be my true self. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared. - Eddie Rickenbacker

Faith, mighty faith, the promise sees, And looks to God alone; Laughs at impossibilities, And cries it shall be done. -- Charles Wesley

"The quality of your life is in the quality of your communication, with yourself as well as with others." ~ Tony Robbins

The circumstances in life don't make or break you, they reveal who you really are. ~ Richard Carlson

Every patient carries her or his own doctor inside. Albert Schweitzer

Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections. - Anonymous

"You can only work on yourself. Start there." -- Alice O. Howell

"To know how to choose a path with heart is to learn how to follow intuitive feeling." - Jean Shinoda Bolen

"You can only work on yourself. Start there." -- Alice O. Howell

"What is called genius is the abundance of life and health." — Henry David Thoreau

"Don't follow your dreams; chase them." ~ Richard Dumb

"How's your spirit, today?" Sonia Choquette

Not what we have, but what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance. - Epicurus

"The work of your life is to discover your purpose and get on with the business of living it out." — Oprah

Like a bird in flight, your life can soar above the troubles of the world. Breathe deep, choose, & break the shackles of your past. JL Huie

Intuition tells you what, not why. -- Source unknown

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"Love shows itself more in adversity than in prosperity; as light does, which shines most where the place is darkest." - Leonardo da Vinci