Thoughts for Every Day

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PEACE OF MINDThe mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.Lucius Annaeus Seneca

HAPPINESSThere is no duty so much underrated as the duty of being happy.Robert Louis Stevenson

ACCEPTANCEGod, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.Reinhold Niebuhr

FORGIVENESSForgiveness means letting go of the past.Gerald Jampolsky

COUNTING OUR BLESSINGSGod brings men into deep waters not to drown them, but to cleanse them.Aughey

THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCEEnvy comes from peoples ignorance of, or lack of belief in, their own gifts.Jean Vanier

HELPING OTHER PEOPLEMake yourself necessary to somebody.Ralph Waldo Emerson

FRIENDSHIPTrue friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable.Dave Tyson Gentry

OUR HIGHER POWER, OR GODWhen we lose God, it is not God who is lost.Anon

FAITH AND BELIEFSorrow looks back, worry looks around, faith looks up.Guideposts

PRAYERPrayer moves the hand that moves the world.John Aikman Wallace

SELF-ACCEPTANCEYou can succeed if nobody else believes it, but you will never succeed if you dont believe in yourself.William J.H. Boetcker

SELF-CONTROLSelf-control is the quality that distinguishes the fittest to survive.George Bernard Shaw

SELF-CONFIDENCEExperience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.Stan Smith

SIMPLICITYWhat I do, I do very well, and what I dont do well, I dont do at all.Anon

ONE DAYNothing in business is so valuable as time.John H. Patterson

YESTERDAY: THE PASTEnjoy yourself. These are the good old days youre going to miss in the years ahead.Anon

TODAY: THE PRESENTThe best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.Elbert Hubbard

THIS MOMENTIf it werent for the last minute, nothing would get done.Anon

MORNINGSEven if a farmer intends to loaf, he gets up in time to get an early start.Edgar Watson Howe

EVENINGSSum up at night what thou has done by day.Lord Herbert

TOMORROW: THE FUTURETomorrow is the mysterious, unknown guest.Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

AVERAGE, BORING DAYSEverything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself.Charles Baudelaire

DIFFICULT DAYSThe secret of patience to do something else in the meantime.Anon

POSITIVE THINKING, AND SELF-FULFILLING PROPHESIES AND ACTIONSGive to the world the best you have and the best will come back to you.Madeline Bridges

ENTHUSIASMGive me a man who sings at his work.Thomas Carlyle

HOPEHope is putting faith to work when doubting would be easier.Anon

VISUALIZATIONWe all live under the same sky, but we dont all have the same horizon.Konrad Adenauer

ROLE MODELSExample is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.Burke

CHANGEProgress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.George Bernard Shaw

DECISIONSWherever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.Peter Drucker

INSTINCTSSystems die; instincts remain.Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

DOING WHATS RIGHT FOR USSkills vary. We must strive by that which is born in us.Pindar

MOTIVATIONTo be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.Baruch Spinoza

REALISTIC EXPECTATIONSSometimes it is more important to discover what one cannot do, than what one can do.Lin Yutang

GOALSThe one thing worth living for is to keep ones soul pure.Marcus Aurelius

FEAREvery day I wake up a little afraid. Only a fool is never afraid.Ron Meyer

WORRYEvery morning I spend fifteen minutes filling my mind full of God, and so theres no room left for worry thoughts.Howard Chandler Christy

DOUBTS AND UNCERTAINTIESAny coward can fight a battle when hes sure of winning.George Eliot

SECURITYThere is no security on this earth. Only opportunity.General Douglas MacArthur

RISKSNo one reaches a high position without daring.Publilius Syrus

COURAGETo know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice.Confucius

WELL GET WHATEVER WE NEED TO HANDLE WHATEVER LIFE DEMANDS OF USThe will of God will not take you where the grace of God cannot keep you.Anon

COMMITMENTIf you dont stand for something, youll fall for anything.Michael Evans

GETTING GOINGInspirations never go in for long engagements; they demand immediate marriage to action.Brendan Francis

SUCCESSThe very first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.Sir William Osler

LUCKThe one who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.B.C. Forbes

OPPORTUNITYThe successful person is one who had the chance and took it.Roger Babson

COMMITMENTNothing of worthy or weight can be achieved with half a mind, with a faint heart, and with a lame endeavor.Isaac Barrow

CONCENTRATIONConcentrate on finding your goal, then concentrate on reaching it.Colonel Michael Friedsman

WORKLabor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.Ulysses S. Grant

PERFECTIONThe person with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.Johann von Goethe

JUST DO THE FOOTWORK,THEN LET IT GOGod tests His real friends more severely than the lukewarm ones.Katheryn Hulme

TAKE ONE STEP AT A TIMEI recommend you to take care of the minutes, for the hours will take care of themselves.Lord Chesterfield

PERSEVERANCEThey who are the most persistent, and work in the true spirit, will invariably be the most successful.Samuel Smiles

PROBLEMSAny concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.Corrie ten Bloom

FAILURES AND MISTAKESIntelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.Bertolt Brecht

THE ADVANTAGES OF ADVERSITYStrong people are made by opposition, like kites that go up against the wind.Frank Harris

REACTING TO EVENTSWhat counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are, but how you deal with incompatibility.George Levinger

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

PEACE OF MINDPeace of mind is that mental condition in which you have accepted the worst.Lin Yutang

HAPPINESSReal happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.Hosea Ballou

ACCEPTANCEWe must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.Martin Luther King, Jr.

FORGIVENESSThe angry people are those people who are most afraid.Dr. Robert Anthony

COUNTING OUR BLESSINGSJoy is the simplest form of gratitude.Karl Barth

THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCEThe only normal people are the ones you dont know very well.Foe Ancis

HELPING OTHER PEOPLEGenerosity gives assistance, rather than advice.Vauvenargues

FRIENDSHIPThe two most important things in life are good friends and a strong bull pen.Bob Lemon

ACCEPTANCEAcceptance is the truest kinship with humanity.G.K. Chesterton

OUR HIGHER POWER, OR GODSome people talk about finding God, as if He could get lost.Anon

FAITH AND BELIEFOnly the person who has faith in himself is able to be faithful to others.Erich Fromm

PRAYERPrayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.Soren Kierkegaard

SELF-ACCEPTANCEIm not OK, youre not OK - and thats OK.William Sloane Coffin

SELF-CONTROLWhen the fight begins within himself, a mans worth something.Robert Browning

SELF-RELIANCEYour future depends on many things, but mostly on you.Frank Tyger

SIMPLICITYWhat you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.Confucius

ONE DAYNothing is worth more than this day.Johann von Goethe

YESTERDAY: THE PASTSome folks never exaggerate - they just remember big.Audrey Snead

TODAY: THE PRESENTIt is difficult to live in the present, ridiculous to live in the future and impossible to live in the past.Jim Bishop

THIS MOMENTThe only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.Mignon McLaughlin

MORNINGSWith each sunrise, we start anew.Anon

EVENINGSFools look to tomorrow; wise men use tonight.Scottish proverb

TOMORROW: THE FUTUREGod made the world round so we would never be able to see too far down the road.Isak Dinesen

AVERAGE, BORING DAYSBeing bored is an insult to oneself.Jules Renard

DIFFICULT DAYSPain is never permanent.Saint Teresa of Avila

POSITIVE THINKING, AND SELF-FULFILLING PROPHESIES AND ACTIONSThe world is like a mirror; frown at it, and it frowns at you. Smile and it smiles, too.Herbert Samuels

ENTHUSIASMYou will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.Colette

HOPEHope is one of those things in life you cannot do without.LeRoy Douglas

VISUALIZATIONA genius is one who shoots at something no one else can see - and hits it.Anon

ROLE MODELSPeople never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher and better than themselves.Tyron Edwards

CHANGEReadjusting is a painful process, but most of us need it at one time or another.Arthur Christopher Benson

DECISIONSFull maturity is achieved by realizing that you have choices to make.Angela Barron McBride

DOING WHATS RIGHT FOR USYou dont get to choose how youre going to die. Or when. You can only decide how youre going to live.Joan Baez

DOING WHATS RIGHT FOR USThere is just one life for each of us: our own.Euripides

MOTIVATIONDont let other people tell you what you want.Pat Riley

REALISTIC EXPECTATIONSNo one has ever loved anyone the way everyone wants to be loved.Mignon McLaughlin

GOALSIf you dont know where you are going, how can you expect to get there?Basil S. Walsh

FEARWe are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.Marcus Annaeus Seneca

WORRYIf your eyes are blinded with your worries, you cannot see the beauty of the sunset.Krishnamurti

DOUBTS AND UNCERTAINTIESTo be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything, or nothing, about it.Olin Miller

SECURITYTo keep oneself safe does not mean to bury oneself.Marcus Annaeus Seneca

RISKSIt takes courage to lead a life. Any life.Erica Jong

COURAGEIt takes courage to know when you ought to be afraid.James A. Michener

WELL GET WHATEVER WE NEED TO HANDLE WHATEVER LIFE DEMANDS OF USWe shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.Sir Winston Churchill

IGNORANCEPainting is easy when you dont know how, but very difficult when you do.Edgar Degas

GETTING GOINGWe will not know unless we begin.Howard Zinn

SUCCESSAlways aim for achievement, and forget about success.Helen Hayes

LUCKYou dont just luck into things You build step by step, whether its friendships or opportunities.Barbara Bush

OPPORTUNITYOpportunity knocks but once.Anon

COMMITMENTHe who walks in the middle of the road gets hit from both sides.George P. Schultz

CONCENTRATIONOne arrow does not bring down two birds.Turkish proverb

WORKTo love what you do and feel that it matters - how could anything be more fun?Katharine Graham

PERFECTIONIf the best mans faults were written on his forehead, it would make him pull his hat over his eyes.Gaelic proverb

JUST DO THE FOOTWORK,THEN LET IT GOAn ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.Friedrich Engels

TAKE ONE STEP AT A TIMEThe distance doesnt matter; only the first step is difficult.Madame Marquise du Deffand

PERSEVERANCEIt isnt hard to be good from time to time Whats tough is being good every day.Willie Mays

PROBLEMSEvery path has its puddle.English proverb

FAILURES AND MISTAKESOur mistakes wont irreparably damage our lives unless we let them.James E. Sweaney

THE ADVANTAGES OF ADVERSITYNever complain about your troubles; they are responsible for more than half of your income.Robert R. Updegraff

REACTING TO EVENTSWhen things go wrong, dont go with them.Anon

THE ADVANTAGES OF ADVERSITYA problem is a chance for you to do your best.Duke Ellington

SELF-PITYThe opposite of having faith is having self-pity.Og Guinness

PEACE OF MINDIf you do not find peace in yourself, you will never find it anywhere else.Paula A. Bendry

HAPPINESSIt is in his pleasure that a man really lives.Agnes Repplier

ACCEPTANCEInto each life some rain must fall, some days must be dark and dreary.Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

FORGIVENESSThe weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.Mahatma Ghandi

COUNTING OUR BLESSINGSEach day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons.Ruth Ann Schabacker

THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCEWe love in others what we lack ourselves, and would be everything but what we are.R.H. Stoddard

HELPING OTHER PEOPLEWhat do we live for if not to make life less difficult for each other?George Eliot

FRIENDSHIPThere is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.Saint Thomas Aquinas

OUR HIGHER POWER, OR GODLet God love you through others and let God love others through you.D.M. Street

FAITH AND BELIEFI have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.2 Tm. 4:7

CHANGEA fanatic is one who cant change his mind and wont change the subject.Sir Winston Churchill

SELF-KNOWLEDGEWhen a man begins to understand himself, he begins to live.Norvin G. McGranahan

SELF-ACCEPTANCEDo not wish to be anything but what you are.Saint Francis de Sales

SELF-CONFIDENCEAs soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.Johann von Goethe

SELF-RELIANCEThe best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm.Swedish proverb

SIMPLICITYThere is only one meaning of life, the act of living itself.Erich Fromm

ONE DAYWe die daily. Happy those who daily come to life as well.George MacDonald

YESTERDAY: THE PASTYour past is always going to be the way it was. Stop trying to change it.Anon

TODAY: THE PRESENTSeize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow.Horace

MORNINGSIf God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly.Marcus Annaeus Seneca

EVENINGSLet not the sun go down upon your wrath.Eph. 14:26

TOMORROW: THE FUTUREI never think of the future. It comes soon enough.Albert Einstein

DIFFICULT DAYSGod grant us patience!William Shakespeare

POSITIVE THINKING, AND SELF-FULFILLING PROPHESIES AND ACTIONSChange your thoughts and you change your world.Norman Vincent Peale

ENTHUSIASMThe world belongs to the enthusiast who keeps cool.William McFee

CHANGEEvery new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.Eric Hoffer

VISUALIZATIONWe all live under the same sky, but we dont all have the same horizon.Konrad Adenauer

ROLE MODELSA good example is the best sermon.Anon

CHANGEBecause things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.Bertolt Brecht

FORGIVENESSOne forgives to the degree that one loves.Francois de La Rochefoucauld

INSTINCTSThe conclusions of passion are the only reliable ones.Soren Kierkegaard

DOING WHATS RIGHT FOR USHe who walks in anothers tracks leaves no footprints.Joan L. Brannon

MOTIVATIONWe talk on principle, but we act on interest.Walter Savage Landor

REALISTIC EXPECTATIONSGrowth begins when we start to accept our own weakness.Jean Vanier

GOALSYou have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning.Billy Wilder

FEARDo not think of all your anxieties, you will only make yourself ill.Shih King

WORRYWorry often gives a small thing a big shadow.Swedish proverb

DOUBTS AND UNCERTAINTIESThe only certainty is that nothing is certain.Pliny, the Elder

SECURITYNo one can build her security upon the nobleness of another person.Willa Cather

RISKSUnless you enter the tigers den, you cannot take the cubs.Japanese proverb

COURAGEConfidence is directness and courage in meeting the facts of life.John Dewey

WELL GET WHATEVER WE NEED TO HANDLE WHATEVER LIFE DEMANDS OF USSorrow is a fruit. God does not allow it to grow on a branch that is too weak to bear it.Victor Hugo

IGNORANCENo one knows what he can do until he tries.Publilius Syrus

GETTING GOINGIf we really want to live, wed better start at once to try.W.H. Auden

SUCCESSBefore everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.Henry Ford

OPPORTUNITYI was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one.Mark Twain

COMMITMENTIf you dont stand for something, youll fall for anything.Michael Evans

WORKStriving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you havent planted.David Bly

PERFECTIONPerfection never exists in reality, but only in our dreams.Dr. Rudolf Dreikurs

JUST DO THE FOOTWORK,THEN LET IT GOGod doesnt make orange juice, God makes oranges.Jesse Jackson

TAKE ONE STEP AT A TIMEThe distance doesnt matter; only the first step is difficult.Madame Marquise du Deffand

PERSEVERANCEIt does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop.Confucius

PERSEVERANCEIt isnt hard to be good from time to time Whats tough is being good every day.Willie Mays

FAILURES AND MISTAKESThe only man who makes no mistakes is the man who never does anything.Eleanor Roosevelt

REACTING TO EVENTSWere it not for my little jokes, I could not bear the burdens of this office.Abraham Lincoln

SELF-PITYSadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.Andr Gide

PEACE OF MINDPeace is not the absence of conflict, but the presence of God no matter what the conflict.Anon

HAPPINESSHappiness depends upon ourselves.Aristotle

ACCEPTANCEOne cannot get through life without pain What we can do is choose how to use the pain life presents to us.Bernie S. Siegel, M.D.

FORGIVENESSJudge not, that ye be not judged.Mt. 7:1

COUNTING OUR BLESSINGSThe mere sense of living is joy enough.Emily Dickinson

HELPING OTHER PEOPLECharity begins at home, and usually stays there.Elbert Hubbard

HAPPINESSGood friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.Mark Twain

FRIENDSHIPWhen good cheer is lacking, our friends will be packing.Anon

HAPPINESSDo you prefer that you be right, or that you be happy?A Course In Miracles

POSITIVE THINKING, AND SELF-FULFILLING PROPHESIES AND ACTIONSHope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.Lin Yutang

PRAYERThe whole meaning of prayer is that we may know God.Oswald Chambers

PERSEVERANCEThe great thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are moving.Oliver Wendell Holmes

SELF-ACCEPTANCEDo not wish to be anything but what you are.Saint Francis de Sales

HAPPINESSHappiness sneaks in through a door you didnt know you left open.John Barrymore

POSITIVE THINKING, AND SELF-FULFILLING PROPHESIES AND ACTIONSIf you expect nothing, youre apt to be surprised. Youll get it.Malcolm Forbes

HAPPINESSHappiness is often the result of being too busy to be miserable.Anon

ONE DAYWe die daily. Happy those who daily come to life as well.George MacDonald

ACCEPTANCELifes under no obligation to give us what we expect.Margaret Mitchell

FORGIVENESSForgive all who have offended you, not for them, but for yourself.Harriet Uts Nelson

COUNTING OUR BLESSINGSBetter a little fire to warm us than a great one to burn us.Thomas Fuller

HELPING OTHER PEOPLEWe are cold to others only when we are dull in ourselves.William Hazlitt

TOMORROW: THE FUTUREI never think of the future. It comes soon enough.Albert Einstein

FRIENDSHIPWe secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them.Thucydides

POSITIVE THINKING, AND SELF-FULFILLING PROPHESIES AND ACTIONSYou can promote your healing by your thinking.James E. Sweeney

PRAYERWhen the knees are not often bent, the feet soon slide.Anon

HOPEAll human wisdom is summed up in two words - wait and hope.Alexandre Dumas

ACCEPTANCEHappy he who learns to bear what he cannot change!J.C.F. von Schiller

CHANGEThere is nobody who totally lacks the courage to change.Rollo May

DECISIONSOften greater risk is involved in postponement than in making a wrong decision.Harry A. Hopf

FORGIVENESSThey may not deserve forgiveness, but I do.Anon

DOING WHATS RIGHT FOR USId rather be a failure at something I enjoy than a success at something I hate.George Burns

COUNTING OUR BLESSINGSFor everything you have missed, you have gained something else.Ralph Waldo Emerson

REALISTIC EXPECTATIONSGrowth begins when we start to accept our own weakness.Jean Vanier

GOALSNever try to catch two frogs with one hand.Chinese proverb

FEARFear is the absence of faith.Paul Tillich

WORRYWorry often gives a small thing a big shadow.Swedish proverb

ACCEPTANCEIf you have a job without aggravations, you dont have a job.Malcolm Forbes

FORGIVENESSIt is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend.Madame Dorothee Deluzy

RISKSTake calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.General George S. Patton

COURAGEConfidence is directness and courage in meeting the facts of life.John Dewey

COUNTING OUR BLESSINGSTo be upset over what you dont have is to waste what you do have.Ken Keyes, Jr.

TAKE ONE STEP AT A TIMEFrom a little spark may burst a mighty flame.Dante Alighieri

ACCEPTANCEThings turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out.Anon

SUCCESSA strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means.William Hazlitt

OPPORTUNITYI was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one.Mark Twain

FORGIVENESSWhen you pray for anyone you tend to modify your personal attitude toward him.Norman Vincent Peale

COUNTING OUR BLESSINGSWe never know the worth of water till the well is dry.English proverb

HELPING OTHER PEOPLEThe greatest happiness in the world is to make others happy.Luther Burbank

JUST DO THE FOOTWORK,THEN LET IT GOWith us is the Lord our God, to help us and to fight our battles.2 Chr.

TAKE ONE STEP AT A TIMEIt is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.Chinese proverb

FRIENDSHIPIt is easier to visit friends than to live with them.Chinese proverb

PEACE OF MINDThere may be those on earth who dress better or eat better, but those who enjoy the peace of God sleep better.L. Thomas Holdcroft

HAPPINESSMost folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.Abraham Lincoln

ACCEPTANCEThe reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.George Bernard Shaw

FORGIVENESSAny man can seek revenge; it takes a king or prince to grant a pardon.Arthur J. Rehrat

COUNTING OUR BLESSINGSSometimes the best deals are the ones you dont make.Bill Veeck

THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCEThe only incurable troubles of the rich are the troubles that money cant cure.Ogden Nash

HELPING OTHER PEOPLEIf you judge people, you have no time to love them.Mother Teresa

FRIENDSHIPOne thing everybody in the world wants and needs is friendliness.William E. Holler

OUR HIGHER POWER, OR GODTalking about God is not at all the same thing as experiencing God, or acting out God through our lives.Phillip Hewett

PRAYERWhen you cannot pray as you would, pray as you can.Edward M. Goulburn

SELF-ACCEPTANCENo one can make you feel inferior without your consent.Eleanor Roosevelt

SELF-CONFIDENCEPerhaps I am stronger than I think.Thomas Merton

SELF-RELIANCEThe greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.Sophocles

SIMPLICITYTo keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.Mother Teresa

ONE DAYThe most important thing in our lives is what we are doing now.Anon

YESTERDAY: THE PASTNever let yesterday use up today.Richard H. Nelson

PRAYERDont pray when it rains if you dont pray when the sun shines.Satchel Paige

MORNINGSWhen you rise in the morning, form a resolution to make the day a happy one for a fellow creature.Sydney Smith

POSITIVE THINKING, AND SELF-FULFILLING PROPHESIES AND ACTIONSMost of the time we think were sick its all in the mind.Thomas Wolfe

ENTHUSIASMMorale is the greatest single factor in successful wars.Dwight D. Eisenhower

DOING WHATS RIGHT FOR USId rather be a lamppost in Chicago than a millionaire in any other city.William A. Hulbert

VISUALIZATIONWho is the wise man? He who sees whats going to be born.Solomon

ACCEPTANCEIf you want a place in the sun, youve got to put up with a few blisters.Abigail Van Buren

CHANGENothing in this world is permanent.German proverb

INSTINCTSIt is the heart always that sees, before the head can see.Thomas Carlyle

DOING WHATS RIGHT FOR USThe most exhausting thing in life is being insincere.Anne Morrow Lindbergh

MOTIVATIONA man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.Napoleon Bonaparte

REALISTIC EXPECTATIONSWe cannot all be masters.William Shakespeare

GOALSUnless you give yourself to some great cause, you havent even begun to live.William P. Merrill

FEARIf you are afraid for your future, you dont have a present.James Petersen

WORRYWorry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, but only saps today of its strength.A.J. Cronin

DOUBTS AND UNCERTAINTIESIf we wait until weve satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late.Lee Iacocca

RISKSIn order to find the edge, you must risk going over the edge.Dennis Dugan

COURAGEKnowledge of sin is the beginning of salvation.Marcus Annaeus Seneca

GETTING GOINGDo not wait for ideal circumstances, nor the best opportunities; they will never come.Janet Erskine Stuart

COUNTING OUR BLESSINGSJesus, please teach me to appreciate what I have before time forces me to appreciate what I had.Susan L. Lenzkes

GOALSIt is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.Johann von Goethe

RISKSNecessity is the mother of taking chances.Mark Twain

COUNTING OUR BLESSINGSHe has enough who is contented with little.Anon

ACCEPTANCEThere are things I cant force. I must adjust.C.M. Ward

PERSEVERANCEThe great thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are moving.Oliver Wendell Holmes

FAILURES AND MISTAKESThe only man who makes no mistakes is the man who never does anything.Eleanor Roosevelt

COUNTING OUR BLESSINGSWho does not thank for little will not thank for much.Estonian proverb

FRIENDSHIPWho seeks a faultless friend remains friendless.Turkish proverb

HAPPINESSNo one gives joy or sorrow We gather the consequences of our own deeds.Garuda Purana

ACCEPTANCEThe most popular persons are those who take the world as it is, who find the least fault.Charles Dudley Warner

FORGIVENESSRevenge could steal a mans life until there was nothing left but emptiness.Louis LAmour

COUNTING OUR BLESSINGSThat which does not kill me makes me stronger.Friedrich Nietzsche

HELPING OTHER PEOPLETo feel sorry for the needy is not the mark of a Christian - to help them is.Frank A. Clark

ONE DAYI must govern the clock, not be governed by it.Golda Meir

FRIENDSHIPFriendship is a plant which must be often watered.Anon

MORNINGSDays sweetest moments are at dawn.Ella Wheeler Wilcox

PRAYERRejoice always, pray constantly, and in all circumstances give thanks.The Desert Fathers

SELF-ACCEPTANCETo dream of the person you would like to be is to waste the person you are.Anon

SELF-RELIANCEA wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.Francis Bacon

SIMPLICITYIf you arent going all the way, why go at all?Joe Namath

COUNTING OUR BLESSINGSMore than enough is too much.Anon

YESTERDAY: THE PASTThe past is a work of art, free of irrelevancies and loose ends.Max Beerbohm

TODAY: THE PRESENTSo often we rob tomorrows memories by todays economies.John Mason Brown

MORNINGSWith every rising of the sun, think of your life as just begun.Anon

POSITIVE THINKING, AND SELF-FULFILLING PROPHESIES AND ACTIONSHope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.Lin Yutang

ENTHUSIASMThe will to conquer is the first condition of victory.Marshal Ferdinand Foch

HOPEHope sees the invisible, feels the intangible and achieves the impossible.Anon

CHANGEWhen youre through changing, youre through.Bruce Barton

INSTINCTSCommon sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.George Bernard Shaw

FRIENDSHIPLaugh, and the world laughs with you; weep and you weep alone.Ella Wheeler Wilcox

COUNTING OUR BLESSINGSNot he who has little, but he who wishes more, is poor.Marcus Annaeus Seneca

PRAYERThe fewer the words, the better the prayer.Martin Luther

FEARThe greatest mistake you can make is to be continually fearing you will make one.Elbert Hubbard

POSITIVE THINKING, AND SELF-FULFILLING PROPHESIES AND ACTIONSThe only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him.Henry L. Stimson

ENTHUSIASMThe difference between one man and another is not mere ability it is energy.Thomas Arnold

RISKSAnd the trouble is, if you dont risk anything, you risk even more.Erica Jong

COURAGEYoure only as sick as your secrets.Anon

GETTING GOINGCourage to start and willingness to keep everlasting at it are the requisites for success.Alonzo Newton Benn

SUCCESSSuccess is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.Sir Winston Churchill

COMMITMENTWhether you are really right or not doesnt matter, its the belief that counts.Robertson Davies

FEARFear is the dark room in which negatives are developed.Anon

RISKSThe greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.Moliere

PRAYERAmazing things start happening when we start praying!Anon

SUCCESSSuccess comes before work only in the dictionary.Anon

FEARHumor acts to relieve fear.Dr. William F. Fry, Jr.

HAPPINESSLife is a romantic business, but you have to make the romance.Oliver Wendell Holmes

ACCEPTANCEHe is happy whose circumstances suit his temper; but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to any circumstances.David Hume

FORGIVENESSRevenge could steal a mans life until there was nothing left but emptiness.Louis LAmour

COUNTING OUR BLESSINGSToo many people miss the silver lining because theyre expecting gold.Maurice Setter

HELPING OTHER PEOPLEReal unselfishness consists in sharing the interests of others.George Santayana

FRIENDSHIPThey are rich who have true friends.Thomas Fuller

COUNTING OUR BLESSINGSI wept because I had no shoes, until I saw a man who had no feet.Ancient Persian saying

PRAYERRejoice always, pray constantly, and in all circumstances give thanks.The Desert Fathers

SELF-ACCEPTANCEYou grow up the day you have your first real laugh at yourself.Ethel Barrymore

SELF-RELIANCEGod gives every bird its food, but he does not throw it into the nest.Josiah Holland

COURAGEWhat would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?Vincent van Gogh

RISKSLiving at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down.Ray Bradbury

FRIENDSHIPFriendship is like money, easier made than kept.Samuel Butler

TODAY: THE PRESENTIf you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, youll never enjoy the sunshine.Morris West

PRAYERCold prayers shall never have any warm answers.Thomas B. Brooks

ONE DAYA man who dares to waste one hour of life has not discovered the value of life.Charles Darwin

POSITIVE THINKING, AND SELF-FULFILLING PROPHESIES AND ACTIONSThe quality of our expectations determines the quality of our actions.Andr Godin

GOALSHe who begins many things finishes but few.Italian proverb

COURAGENo great things are done more through courage than through wisdom.German proverb

DOING WHATS RIGHT FOR USWe are betrayed by what is false within.George Meredith

REALISTIC EXPECTATIONSResults are what you expect; consequences are what you get.Anon

GOALSThe soul that has no established aim loses itself.Michel de Montaigne

FEARA champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.Billie Jean King

FRIENDSHIPThe best mirror is an old friend.Anon

PRAYERI firmly believe a great many prayers are not answered because we are not willing to forgive someone.Dwight L. Moody

ONE DAYMake the most of today. Translate your good intentions to actual deeds.Grenville Kleiser

COURAGEGod grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right, even though I think it is hopeless.Admiral Chester W. Nimitz

FRIENDSHIPHold a true friend with both your hands.Nigerian proverb

ONE DAYEvery day is a messenger of God.Russian proverb

COURAGETo accept whatever comes, regardless of the consequences, is to be unafraid.John Cage

GOALSI believe half the unhappiness in life comes from people being afraid to go straight at things.William J. Locke

CHANGEIf you want to make enemies, try to change something.Woodrow Wilson

FRIENDSHIPOne whos our friend is fond of us; one whos fond of us isnt necessarily our friend.Marcus Annaeus Seneca

HAPPINESSHow unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.Publilius Syrus

CHANGEVery often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.Arthur Christopher Benson

FORGIVENESSForgiveness is the sweetest revenge.Isaac Friedmann

COUNTING OUR BLESSINGSIf you count all your assets, you always show a profit.Robert Quillen

HELPING OTHER PEOPLEIt is more blessed to give than to receive.Acts 20:35

FRIENDSHIPA loyal friend laughs at your jokes when theyre not so good, and sympathizes with your problems when theyre not so bad.Arnold H. Glasow

PRAYERWe have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties.Oswald Chambers

GOALSWhy should I deem myself to be a chisel, when I could be the artist?J.C.F. von Schiller

FRIENDSHIPHave but few friends, though many acquaintances.Anon

GOALSOnce you say youre going to settle for second, thats what happens to you.John F. Kennedy

FRIENDSHIPA man is known by the company he keeps.Anon

GOALSA person can grow only as much as his horizon allows.John Powell

MORNINGSWith every rising of the sun, think of your life as just begun.Anon

ACCEPTANCEThere are things I cant force. I must adjust.C.M. Ward

ENTHUSIASMIt is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.General Douglas MacArthur

CHANGEEvery saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.Oscar Wilde

DOING WHATS RIGHT FOR USA happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature.Marcus Annaeus Seneca

GOALSConcentrate on finding your goal, then concentrate on reaching it.Colonel Michael Friedman

FEARThe habit of doing ones duty drives away fear.Charles Baudelaire

WORRYWorry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due.William Ralph Inge

DOUBTS AND UNCERTAINTIESAction will remove the doubts that theory cannot solve.Tehyi Hsieh

THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCEThe only incurable troubles of the rich are the troubles that money cant cure.Ogden Nash