Friday, December 31, 2010

"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

Thursday, December 30, 2010

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

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

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

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

"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

Monday, December 27, 2010

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

Sunday, December 26, 2010

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

Saturday, December 25, 2010

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

Friday, December 24, 2010

“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

Thursday, December 23, 2010

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

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

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

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

"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

Monday, December 20, 2010

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

Sunday, December 19, 2010

"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

Saturday, December 18, 2010

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

Friday, December 17, 2010

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

Thursday, December 16, 2010

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

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

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

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

“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

Monday, December 13, 2010

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

Sunday, December 12, 2010

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

Saturday, December 11, 2010

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

Friday, December 10, 2010

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

Thursday, December 9, 2010

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

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

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

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

“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

Monday, December 6, 2010

'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

Sunday, December 5, 2010

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

Saturday, December 4, 2010

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

Friday, December 3, 2010

"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

Thursday, December 2, 2010

“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

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

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