Quotes

The beginning is the most important part of the work

Walk slowly. Don't rush. Each step brings you to the best moment of your life, the present moment.

- Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk, teacher and author

There is a vitality, a life-force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep yourself open and aware to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open.

- Martha Graham, American dancer & choreographer

Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.

- Matsuo Basho, Japanese poet

Dedicate your remaining years to seeing the world as a better place, rather than making it better. When you see it so, you begin to make it so.

- Author unknown

Even after all this time the sun never says to the earth, "You owe me." Look what happens with a love like that, It lights the whole sky.

- Hafiz, Sufi poetEach day is a miracle ... You won't be here forever.

--Tom Peters

Leap and the net will appear.

- Julia Cameron, Author

I never judge anybody because it doesn't allow me time to love them. (And Veronica says, "That also means you"!)

- Mother TeresaThe greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.

- Elbert HubbardSuccess follows doing what you want to do. There is no other way to be successful.

- Malcolm S ForbesThe art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

- William James, The Principles of Psychology

Take the first Step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase. Just take the first step.

- Martin Luther KingWhen I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. When I let go of what I have, I receive what I need.

- Lao Tse

It's always fun to do the impossible.

- Walt DisneyAnother opportunity was given you - as a favour and as a burden. The question is not: why did it happen this way, or where is it going to lead you, or what is the price you will have to pay. It is simply: how are you making use of it. And about that there is only one who can judge.

- Dag Hammarskjold, Nobel Peace Prize Recipient

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

- Eddie Rickenbacker

What we think about and thank about, we bring about.

- Dr John DeMartini

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.

- Maya Angelou

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

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

- Plato, Greek Philosopher

Beim Spiel kann man einen Menschen in einer Stunde besser kennen lernen als im Gesprch in einem Jahr.

PLATONgriechischer Philosoph(um 428 - 348 v. Chr.)

Be really whole and all things will come to you.

- Lao Tzu

fr Sachbcher essentiellen vier S - Substanz, Struktur, Sprache und Spa.When your desires are strong enough you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.

- Napoleon Hill, Author of Think and Grow Rich

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The reason why I have more business and personal growth in 30 days than most people have all year is I TAKE 3x the ACTION and MAKE 4x the AMOUNT OF MISTAKES.

Mike Litman

When you are truly inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project... your mind transcends its limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great and wonderful world! Then those dormant forces, faculties and talents inside you become alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be.

- Patanjali

Motivation Prinzip: Hingabe Jedes Erlernen einer Fhigkeit bringt ein gewisses Ma an Demtigungen mit sich. Endlose Male mssen Sie Grundtechniken wiederholen: beim Schreibenlernen, in der Fahrschule, beim Erlernen eines Musikinstruments, einer Sportart oder beim Bedienen eines Gerts. Bei vielen Lernvorgngen ist das Ziel (Zeugnis, Fhrerschein) so stark, dass Sie die Wiederholungen willig in Kauf nehmen. Bei anderen mssen Sie das Ziel in sich selbst finden. Das ist die Hingabe. Die Ursache fr Langeweile und das Aufgeben bei Lernvorgngen liegt in der zwanghaften Suche nach etwas Neuem, in der Sucht nach berdeutlichen Fortschritten. Hingabe aber bedeutet, den Geist des Anfngers zu kultivieren: wie am Beginn staunen, dass berhaupt ein Ton erklingt, dass Buchstaben ein Wort ergeben, dass das Fahrzeug sich bewegt. Wenn Sie sich nur auf das Erreichen von Zielen konzentrieren, berauben Sie sich unzhliger bewusst gelebter Stunden, die zu der Zeit zwischen Start und Ziel gehren. Die Kunst der Hingabe heit, den gewhnlichen Dingen so viel Bedeutung beizumessen wie dem Auergewhnlichen.

Your Weekly Inspiration

Perfection exists not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing more to take away.

- Antoine de St Exupery"Don't look to become a person of success, look instead to

become a person of value."Albert Einstein.

You are not happy because you are well. You are well because you are happy. You are not depressed because trouble has come to you, but trouble has come to you because you are depressed. You can change your thoughts and feelings, and then the outer things will come to correspond, and indeed there is no other way of working.

- Emmet Fox

Since every failure is a lesson, every challenge an opportunity, and every joy a triumph, it's hard to go wrong.

- Michael Addison Reed

Your Weekly InspirationAs you go the way of life, you will see a great chasm. Jump. It is not as wide as you think.

Native American Initiation RiteYour Weekly InspirationWhen you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.

- Wayne Dyer, Author

"Capital isn't scarce; vision is."

Sam Walton (Wal-Mart founder)"Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.

Henry Ford"Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it." - Henry David Thoreau

It's time to start living the life you've imagined.

- Henry James

Don't ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.

- Harold Whitman

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

- Tao Te Ching

Diejenigen, die ihre Zeit schlecht nutzen, beschweren sich als Erste ber deren Krze.

JEAN DE LA BRUYREfranzsischer Philosoph und Schriftsteller(1645 - 1696)

You are what you think about all day long.- Dr Robert SchullerIf we look at the path, we do not see the sky.

- Native American saying

Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.

- Chinese Proverb

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."- Maya AngelouMichael Masterson has said, "Good business is based on equitable exchanges."We all want value for our money. Well, we want value for our feelings, too. That's why learning to value those around you and making them feel appreciated will bring you rewards.MAKE THEM FEEL GOOD to do something for you

What is charisma? It is the ability to make other people feel good about themselves. It makes them like you and want to work with you and do things for you.

So... how do you do it?People thirst for acknowledgment and friendship. Show an interest in them and they will think more of you AND want to do more for you. You have no idea just how powerful this can be. Take an interest in other people's pursuits, their work, their homes, and their families. Make merry with those who rejoice. Mourn with those who weep. Let everyone you meet feel that you regard him or her as a person of importance. Billionaires know they can't build their wealth alone. They learn early on in their careers that taking an interest in those around them helps them get where they want to be.

One billionaire I worked with, for example, owns the largest hotel chain in the southeast. He would have meetings with some of his hourly workers every month, a different group each time. Imagine how these people felt when they were invited to join "the big guy" for a meeting where they could speak freely about their work, how they were being treated, etc. Deep, down inside, you are charming - and you can learn how to bring your charm to the surface more often. All it takes is practiceWant to know something else that ALWAYS helps? Smiling and being the first to extend the hand of friendship. You do not have to be best friends with your associates or vendors... or anyone else. However, you do need to convince them that you are sincerely interested in them. And the surest way to do that is to actually be interested in them. Focus on only ONE thing doing at a time! = FOCUS

Do things differently to get different outcomes!

But why do we fear failure and resist starting over? Face what's not working, change course midstream, and shape a new path forward.

Kim Corrigan

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INCLUDEPICTURE "http://www.odemagazine.com/images/shared/spacer.gif" \* MERGEFORMATINET When I'm trusting and being myself... everything in my life reflects this by falling into place easily, often miraculously. Shakti Gawain, AuthorEach man had only one genuine vocation -- to find the way to himself.

- Herman Hesse

"Wer jeden Abend sagen kann 'Ich habe gelebt!', dem bringt jeder Morgen einen neuen Gewinn." (Seneca)

If you can solve your problem, then what is the need of worrying? If you cannot solve it, then what is the use of worrying?

- Shantideva

The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labour and his leisure, his mind and his body, his information and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence in whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him he is always doing both.

- James A MichenerWhen I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

- Lao Tsu