Let the wife make the husband glad to come home, and let him make her sorry to see him leave. - Martin Luther
When I have learnt to love God better than my earthly dearest, I shall love my earthly dearest better than I do now. - C S Lewis
A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt everyday. - Andres Maurois
A good marriage is made up of two good forgivers.-Ruth Bell Graham
Love is a friendship set to music. -E Joseph Cossman
The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost. -G K Chesterton
Love doesn’t make the world go round. It makes the ride worthwhile. - Franklin P Jones
Love is unselfishly choosing for another’s highest good.- C S Lewis
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Making a Difference
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How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. -Anne Frank
Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. -William James
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. -Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
Live simply that others might simply live. -Elizabeth Seaton
We can do no great things, only small things with great love. -Mother Teresa
I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do. -Edward Everett Hale
Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him. -Albert Schweitzer
The difference between a helping hand and an outstretched palm is a twist of the wrist. -Laurence Leamer
In about the same degree as you are helpful, you will be happy. -Karl Reiland
We all have ability. The difference is how we use it -Stevie Wonder
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. -Winston Churchill
Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth. -Mohammed Ali
Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity -Horace Mann
The only gift is a portion of thyself. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Find a need and fill it. -Ruth Stafford Peale
If I thought I was going to die tomorrow, I should nevertheless plant a tree today. -Stephan Girard
There are two ways of spreading light – to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. -Edith Wharton
If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it. -Lucy Larcom
Go the extra mile. It’s never crowded. -Unknown
You can’t lead anyone else further than you have gone yourself. -Gene Mauch
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. -Anne Frank
Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. -William James
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. -Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
Live simply that others might simply live. -Elizabeth Seaton
We can do no great things, only small things with great love. -Mother Teresa
I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do. -Edward Everett Hale
Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him. -Albert Schweitzer
The difference between a helping hand and an outstretched palm is a twist of the wrist. -Laurence Leamer
In about the same degree as you are helpful, you will be happy. -Karl Reiland
We all have ability. The difference is how we use it -Stevie Wonder
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. -Winston Churchill
Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth. -Mohammed Ali
Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity -Horace Mann
The only gift is a portion of thyself. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Find a need and fill it. -Ruth Stafford Peale
If I thought I was going to die tomorrow, I should nevertheless plant a tree today. -Stephan Girard
There are two ways of spreading light – to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. -Edith Wharton
If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it. -Lucy Larcom
Go the extra mile. It’s never crowded. -Unknown
You can’t lead anyone else further than you have gone yourself. -Gene Mauch
Monday, August 30, 2010
perserverance
In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins- not through strength but by perseverance.” ~ H. Jackson Brown
Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody. ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking places. ~ Author Unknown
When the world says, “Give up,” Hope whispers, “Try it one more time. ~ Author Unknown
I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed: and the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I fail and keep trying. ~ Tom Hopkins
A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success. ~ Elbert Hubbard
If you are going through hell, keep going. ~ Winston Churchill
When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
The greatest oak was once a little nut who held its ground. ~ Author Unknown
Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~ Japanese Proverb
If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again. ~ Flavia Weedn
The race is not always to the swift, but to those who keep on running. ~ Author unknown
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight – it’s the size of the fight in the dog. ~ General Dwight Eisenhower
A difficult time can be more readily endured if we retain the conviction that our existence holds a purpose – a cause to pursue, a person to love, a goal to achieve.
~ John Maxwell
It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer. ~ Albert Einstein
Don’t be discouraged. It’s often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock.
~ Author Unknown
The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. ~ Chinese Proverb
Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go. ~William Feather
Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting. ~ Christopher Morley
Never, never, never, never give up. ~ Winston Churchill
I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right. ~ Albert Einstein
Look at a stone cutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred-and-first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not the last blow that did it, but all that had gone before.
~ Jacob A. Riis
Success . . . seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit. ~ Conrad Hilton
At the timberline where the storms strike with the most fury, the sturdiest trees are found. ~ Hudson Newsletter
Boys, there ain’t no free lunches in this country. And don’t go spending your whole life commiserating that you got the raw deals. You’ve got to say, I think that if I keep working at this and want it bad enough I can have it. It’s called perseverance.
~ Lee Iacocca
Champions keep playing until they get it right.~ Billie Jean King
We can do anything we want to do if we stick to it long enough. ~ Helen Keller
The miracle, or the power, that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application, and perseverance under the prompting of a brave, determined spirit.
~ Mark Twain
Decide carefully, exactly what you want in life, then work like mad to make sure you get it! ~ Hector Crawford
It is not enough to begin; continuance is necessary. Mere enrollment will not make one a scholar; the pupil must continue in the school through the long course, until he masters every branch. Success depends upon staying power. The reason for failure in most cases is lack of perseverance. ~ Miller
It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop. ~ Confucius
A jug fills drop by drop. ~ Buddha
Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did. ~ Newt Gingrich
Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another. ~ Walter Elliott
Try not to do too many things at once. Know what you want, the number one thing today and tomorrow. Persevere and get it done. ~ George Allen
He conquers who endures. ~ Persius
Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they’ve got a second. ~ William James
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. ~ Thomas A. Edison
Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one`s liberty. ~ Henri Frederic Amiel
There is no telling how many miles you will have to run while chasing a dream.
~ Author Unknown
Persist and persevere, and you will find most things that are attainable, possible.
~ Lord Chesterfield
In general, any form of exercise, if pursued continuously, will help train us in perseverance. Long-distance running is particularly good training in perseverance.
~ Mao Tse-Tung
Energy and persistence conquer all things. ~ Benjamin Franklin
It always seems impossible until it’s done. ~ Nelson Mandela
’Tis a lesson you should heed. Try, try, try again. If at first you don’t succeed, Try, try, try again. ~ William Edward Hickson
In case of doubt, push on just a little further and then keep on pushing. ~ General George S Patton, Jr.
There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting. ~ Buddha
The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail. ~ Napoleon Hill
Be audacious and cunning in your plans, firm and persevering in their execution, determined to find a glorious end. ~ Karl von Clausewitz
I will persist until I succeed. Always will I take another step. If that is of no avail I will take another, and yet another. In truth, one step at a time is not too difficult. I know that small attempts, repeated, will complete any undertaking. ~ Og Mandino
If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance. ~ Dr. Samuel Johnson
I’ve always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn’t have a chance to win.” ~ Arnold Palmer
When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal, you do not change your decision to get there. ~ Zig Ziglar
Perseverance, secret of all triumphs. ~ Victor Hugo
There’s only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything.
~ Vincent Lombardi
The will to persevere is often the difference between failure and success.
~ David Sarnoff
Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody. ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking places. ~ Author Unknown
When the world says, “Give up,” Hope whispers, “Try it one more time. ~ Author Unknown
I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed: and the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I fail and keep trying. ~ Tom Hopkins
A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success. ~ Elbert Hubbard
If you are going through hell, keep going. ~ Winston Churchill
When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
The greatest oak was once a little nut who held its ground. ~ Author Unknown
Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~ Japanese Proverb
If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again. ~ Flavia Weedn
The race is not always to the swift, but to those who keep on running. ~ Author unknown
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight – it’s the size of the fight in the dog. ~ General Dwight Eisenhower
A difficult time can be more readily endured if we retain the conviction that our existence holds a purpose – a cause to pursue, a person to love, a goal to achieve.
~ John Maxwell
It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer. ~ Albert Einstein
Don’t be discouraged. It’s often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock.
~ Author Unknown
The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. ~ Chinese Proverb
Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go. ~William Feather
Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting. ~ Christopher Morley
Never, never, never, never give up. ~ Winston Churchill
I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right. ~ Albert Einstein
Look at a stone cutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred-and-first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not the last blow that did it, but all that had gone before.
~ Jacob A. Riis
Success . . . seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit. ~ Conrad Hilton
At the timberline where the storms strike with the most fury, the sturdiest trees are found. ~ Hudson Newsletter
Boys, there ain’t no free lunches in this country. And don’t go spending your whole life commiserating that you got the raw deals. You’ve got to say, I think that if I keep working at this and want it bad enough I can have it. It’s called perseverance.
~ Lee Iacocca
Champions keep playing until they get it right.~ Billie Jean King
We can do anything we want to do if we stick to it long enough. ~ Helen Keller
The miracle, or the power, that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application, and perseverance under the prompting of a brave, determined spirit.
~ Mark Twain
Decide carefully, exactly what you want in life, then work like mad to make sure you get it! ~ Hector Crawford
It is not enough to begin; continuance is necessary. Mere enrollment will not make one a scholar; the pupil must continue in the school through the long course, until he masters every branch. Success depends upon staying power. The reason for failure in most cases is lack of perseverance. ~ Miller
It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop. ~ Confucius
A jug fills drop by drop. ~ Buddha
Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did. ~ Newt Gingrich
Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another. ~ Walter Elliott
Try not to do too many things at once. Know what you want, the number one thing today and tomorrow. Persevere and get it done. ~ George Allen
He conquers who endures. ~ Persius
Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they’ve got a second. ~ William James
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. ~ Thomas A. Edison
Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one`s liberty. ~ Henri Frederic Amiel
There is no telling how many miles you will have to run while chasing a dream.
~ Author Unknown
Persist and persevere, and you will find most things that are attainable, possible.
~ Lord Chesterfield
In general, any form of exercise, if pursued continuously, will help train us in perseverance. Long-distance running is particularly good training in perseverance.
~ Mao Tse-Tung
Energy and persistence conquer all things. ~ Benjamin Franklin
It always seems impossible until it’s done. ~ Nelson Mandela
’Tis a lesson you should heed. Try, try, try again. If at first you don’t succeed, Try, try, try again. ~ William Edward Hickson
In case of doubt, push on just a little further and then keep on pushing. ~ General George S Patton, Jr.
There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting. ~ Buddha
The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail. ~ Napoleon Hill
Be audacious and cunning in your plans, firm and persevering in their execution, determined to find a glorious end. ~ Karl von Clausewitz
I will persist until I succeed. Always will I take another step. If that is of no avail I will take another, and yet another. In truth, one step at a time is not too difficult. I know that small attempts, repeated, will complete any undertaking. ~ Og Mandino
If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance. ~ Dr. Samuel Johnson
I’ve always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn’t have a chance to win.” ~ Arnold Palmer
When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal, you do not change your decision to get there. ~ Zig Ziglar
Perseverance, secret of all triumphs. ~ Victor Hugo
There’s only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything.
~ Vincent Lombardi
The will to persevere is often the difference between failure and success.
~ David Sarnoff
Mother Teresa
It is not the magnitude of our actions but the amount of love that is put into them that matters.
Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do… but how much love we put in that action.
I think I’m more difficult than critical.
We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.
Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.
I do not pray for success, I ask for faithfulness.
Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat.
I know God will not give me anything I can’t handle. I just wish that He didn’t trust me so much.
The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.
There is more hunger in the world for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.
Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.
If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one.
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
It is a kingly act to assist the fallen.
Love
-Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired.
-Good works are links that form a chain of love.
-I am not sure exactly what heaven will be like, but I don’t know that when we die and it comes time for God to judge us, he will NOT ask, How many good things have you done in your life?, rather he will ask, How much LOVE did you put into what you did?
-I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn’t touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God.
-If we want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.
-Intense love does not measure, it just gives.
-Love begins by taking care of the closest ones – the ones at home.
-Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand.
-Spread love everywhere you go: first of all in your own house. Give love to your children, to your wife or husband, to a next door neighbor… Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God’s kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greeting.
-The success of love is in the loving – it is not in the result of loving. Of course it is natural in love to want the best for the other person, but whether it turns out that way or not does not determine the value of what we have done.
The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.
Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go.
It is impossible to walk rapidly and be unhappy.
I want you to be concerned about your next door neighbor. Do you know your next door neighbor?
One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.
I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.
If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.
We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.
You say a prayer in your religion, and I will say a prayer as I know it. Together we will say this prayer, and it will be something beautiful to God.
Everybody today seems to be in such a terrible rush, anxious for greater developments and greater riches and so on, so that children have very little time for their parents. Parents have very little time for each other, and in the home begins the disruption of peace of the world.
We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature – trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence… We need silence to be able to touch souls.
-Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.
-Smiling is our first act of love.
-Peace begins with a smile.
-Let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.
-We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.
There are no great things, only small things with great love. Happy are those.
Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to do the humble work.
It is easy to love the people far away. It is not always easy to love those close to us. It is easier to give a cup of rice to relieve hunger than to relieve the loneliness and pain of someone unloved in our own home. Bring love into your home for this is where our love for each other must start.
The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted.
There must be a reason why some people can afford to live well. They must have worked for it. I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things that we could use.
Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do… but how much love we put in that action.
I think I’m more difficult than critical.
We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.
Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.
I do not pray for success, I ask for faithfulness.
Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat.
I know God will not give me anything I can’t handle. I just wish that He didn’t trust me so much.
The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.
There is more hunger in the world for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.
Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.
If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one.
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
It is a kingly act to assist the fallen.
Love
-Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired.
-Good works are links that form a chain of love.
-I am not sure exactly what heaven will be like, but I don’t know that when we die and it comes time for God to judge us, he will NOT ask, How many good things have you done in your life?, rather he will ask, How much LOVE did you put into what you did?
-I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn’t touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God.
-If we want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.
-Intense love does not measure, it just gives.
-Love begins by taking care of the closest ones – the ones at home.
-Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand.
-Spread love everywhere you go: first of all in your own house. Give love to your children, to your wife or husband, to a next door neighbor… Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God’s kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greeting.
-The success of love is in the loving – it is not in the result of loving. Of course it is natural in love to want the best for the other person, but whether it turns out that way or not does not determine the value of what we have done.
The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.
Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go.
It is impossible to walk rapidly and be unhappy.
I want you to be concerned about your next door neighbor. Do you know your next door neighbor?
One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.
I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.
If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.
We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.
You say a prayer in your religion, and I will say a prayer as I know it. Together we will say this prayer, and it will be something beautiful to God.
Everybody today seems to be in such a terrible rush, anxious for greater developments and greater riches and so on, so that children have very little time for their parents. Parents have very little time for each other, and in the home begins the disruption of peace of the world.
We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature – trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence… We need silence to be able to touch souls.
-Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.
-Smiling is our first act of love.
-Peace begins with a smile.
-Let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.
-We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.
There are no great things, only small things with great love. Happy are those.
Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to do the humble work.
It is easy to love the people far away. It is not always easy to love those close to us. It is easier to give a cup of rice to relieve hunger than to relieve the loneliness and pain of someone unloved in our own home. Bring love into your home for this is where our love for each other must start.
The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted.
There must be a reason why some people can afford to live well. They must have worked for it. I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things that we could use.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Winston Churchill
A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.
A joke is a very serious thing.
It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time.
One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half.
To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.
When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.
When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.
From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.
My wife and I tried to breakfast together, but we had to stop or our marriage would have been wrecked.
I cannot pretend to be impartial about the colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones, and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns.
We are all worms, But I do believe that I am a glow worm.
Never give in, never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never Yield to a force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.
My conclusion on Freewill and predestination- they are identical.
Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things."
Danger: if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never.
Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.
Difficulties mastered are opportunities won.
The malice of the wicked was reinforced by the weakness of the virtuous.
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
Although prepared for martyrdom, I prefer that it be postponed.
The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.
There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at with no result.
A modest little person, with much to be modest about.
Do you know why the nose of the bull dog is sloped backwards? So it can keep on breathing without ever letting go.
The most important thing about education is appetite.
Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.
... it is the people who control the Government, not the Government the
people.
However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.
A small lie needs a bodyguard of bigger lies to protect it.
[Astor:] Winston, if you were my husband I'd put poison in your tea.
[Churchill:] If I were your husband, I'd drink it.
— Nancy Astor & Winston Churchill
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
You make a living by what you get, but you make a life by what you give.
Out of intense complexities, intense simplicities emerge.
"I'm bored with it all." Before slipping into a coma. He died 9 days later. January 24, 1965
Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.
I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.
If you are going through hell, keep going.
Destiny is not a matter of CHANCE, it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, It is a thing to be achieved.
This is not the end, this is not even the beginning of the end, this is just perhaps the end of the beginning.
The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.
I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
Don't interrupt me while I'm interrupting.
To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.
For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use to be anything else.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.
You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word. It is victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.
Those that fail to learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity. An optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
My tastes are simple: I am easily satisfied with the best.
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.
The price of greatness is responsibility.
Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.
Show me a young Conservative and I'll show you someone with no heart. Show me an old Liberal and I'll show you someone with no brains.
Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.
Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you can move their tears, your own must flow. To convince them, you must yourself believe.
A joke is a very serious thing.
It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time.
One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half.
To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.
When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.
When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.
From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.
My wife and I tried to breakfast together, but we had to stop or our marriage would have been wrecked.
I cannot pretend to be impartial about the colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones, and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns.
We are all worms, But I do believe that I am a glow worm.
Never give in, never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never Yield to a force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.
My conclusion on Freewill and predestination- they are identical.
Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things."
Danger: if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never.
Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.
Difficulties mastered are opportunities won.
The malice of the wicked was reinforced by the weakness of the virtuous.
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
Although prepared for martyrdom, I prefer that it be postponed.
The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.
There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at with no result.
A modest little person, with much to be modest about.
Do you know why the nose of the bull dog is sloped backwards? So it can keep on breathing without ever letting go.
The most important thing about education is appetite.
Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.
... it is the people who control the Government, not the Government the
people.
However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.
A small lie needs a bodyguard of bigger lies to protect it.
[Astor:] Winston, if you were my husband I'd put poison in your tea.
[Churchill:] If I were your husband, I'd drink it.
— Nancy Astor & Winston Churchill
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
You make a living by what you get, but you make a life by what you give.
Out of intense complexities, intense simplicities emerge.
"I'm bored with it all." Before slipping into a coma. He died 9 days later. January 24, 1965
Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.
I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.
If you are going through hell, keep going.
Destiny is not a matter of CHANCE, it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, It is a thing to be achieved.
This is not the end, this is not even the beginning of the end, this is just perhaps the end of the beginning.
The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.
I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
Don't interrupt me while I'm interrupting.
To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.
For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use to be anything else.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.
You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word. It is victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.
Those that fail to learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity. An optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
My tastes are simple: I am easily satisfied with the best.
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.
The price of greatness is responsibility.
Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.
Show me a young Conservative and I'll show you someone with no heart. Show me an old Liberal and I'll show you someone with no brains.
Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.
Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you can move their tears, your own must flow. To convince them, you must yourself believe.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari, by Robin Sharma
Every event has a purpose and every setback its lesson. Failure is essential to personal expansion.
Never regret your past. Embrace it as the teacher it is.
He hiked alone, using this time to silently reflect on where he had been in his life and where he was now headed.
Twin disciplines: personal mastery and self-responsibility
Success on the outside means nothing unless you also have success within.
Self mastery and the consistent care of one’s mind, body and soul are essential to finding one’s highest self and living one’s dreams.
When the student is ready the teacher appears.
Julian Mantle said his heart attack was “a rupture of my inner core.”
Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakens.
Savor the magical dance of life
Mind management is the essence of life management
Mental mastery comes through conditioning.
When you dedicate yourself to transforming your inner world your life quickly shifts from the ordinary into the realm of extraordinary.
Our mind is the only thing that we have absolute dominion over.
What really separates people who are habitually upbeat and optimistic from those who are consistently miserable is how the circumstances of life are interpreted and processed.
When you form the habit of searching for the positive in every circumstance, your life will move into its highest dimensions.
Your outer world reflects the state of your inner world.
There are no mistakes in life, only lessons.
From struggle comes strength.
To savor the good one must know the bad.
My heart attack was my defining moment… I saw the seeds of opportunity in my painful experience.
Stop spending so much time making a living and far more time creating a life.
The starting point of magnificent transformation was mental fitness. Success on the outside indeed begins with success on the inside, and by changing our thoughts.
If you’ve become a negative thinker, you’ve not cared for your mind and taken the time to train it to focus on the good.
Winston Churchill: “the price of greatness is responsibility over each of your thoughts.”
Enlightened thinkers know that their thoughts form their world and the quality of one’s life comes down to the richness of one’s thoughts. If you want to live a more peaceful, meaningful life, you must think more peaceful, meaningful thoughts.
All lasting inner change requires time and effort. Persistence is the mother of personal change.
Luck is nothing more than the marriage of preparation with opportunity.
The secret of happiness: find out what you truly love to do and then direct all your energy towards doing it.
Comfort zone: the best thing you can do for yourself is regularly move beyond it. This is the way to lasting personal mastery.
How will you ever get to third base with one foot on second?
Daily incremental improvements produce lasting results which in turn lead to positive change.
Staring at and savoring the rose: after a week or two you should be able to perform the technique for 20 minutes without your mind wandering. This is the first indications that you are taking back the fortress of your mind.
Either you control your mind or it controls you.
When an undesirable thought occupies the focal point of your mind, immediately replace it with an uplifting one. It’s as if your mind is a giant slide projector, with every thought in your mind being a slide. Whenever a negative slide comes up on the screen, take swift action to replace it with a positive one.
Thoughts are vital, living little buddies of energy.
The quality of your thinking determines the quality of your life.
Weak minds lead to weak actions.
If you hope to make remarkable improvements in your outer world, start within and change the caliber of your thoughts.
Early morning possesses magical qualities from which to benefit.
If there’s a lack in your life it’s because there is a lack in your thoughts.
There is nothing noble about being superior to another person. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.
When you consistently direct your mind to live in the present you will always have boundless energy, no matter what time the clock reflects.
Cultivate your mind. It will blossom beyond your expectations.
Quality of life is determined by the quality of your thoughts.
There are no mistakes, only lessons. See setbacks as opportunities for personal expansion and spiritual growth.
“Create the kind of life you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.” Foster C. McClellan
As you strive to improve the lives of others, your own life will be elevated into its highest dimension.
He who serves the most, reaps the most emotionally, physically, mentally and spiritually. This is the way to inner peace and outer fulfillment.
Never let the weeds of impure thought and action take the garden of your mind.
The purpose of life is a life of purpose.
The secret of success is constancy of purpose. The happiness you are searching for comes through reflecting on the worthy aims you are dedicated to achieving and then take action daily to advance them.
Things which are most important should never be sacrificed to things which are least important.
Judge by results.
You’ll never hit a target you can’t see.
Goal setting will make your life magnificent. Your world will become richer, more delightful, more magical.
Set concrete objectives.
Enthusiasm is one of the key ingredients of a lifetime of successful living.
We think about 60,000 thoughts a day. By writing your desires and goals on paper you send a red flag to your subconscious mind that these thoughts are far more important than the remaining 59,999 other ones.
Life pretty much gives you what you ask of it.
You change your life the moment you set your goals and start to seek your Dharma.
Concentrate your mind on your life’s main aims,. Your mind starts to filter out the unimportant and focus only on the important.
Master the art of goal setting and goal getting, by starting off small. 1) Have a clear vision of your outcome. 2) Create positive pressure to keep you inspired. 3) Never set a goal without attaching a time line to it.
Fill your dream book with pictures of things you desire and images of people who have cultivated the abilities, talents, and qualities that you hope to immolate.
The way to permanently install a new habit is to direct so much energy toward it that the old one slips away like an unwelcome house guest.
A burning sense of passion is the most potent fuel for your dreams.
Passion for life = Reclaim the joy of waking up every morning full of energy and exhilaration. Breath the fire of passion into all that you do. You will quickly reap great material and spiritual rewards.
What lies behind you and what lies in front of you is nothing compared to what lies within you.
Good people strengthen themselves ceaselessly. ~~ Confucius
Kaizen – Japanese. It means constant and never-ending improvement. It’s the personal trademark of everyone who is living a soaring, fully awake existence.
Success on the outside begins with success on the inside.
Improve your inner world through continuous self-improvement. Self mastery is the DNA of life mastery.
No man is free who is not master of himself. ~~ Epictatus
3 virtues = strength of character, developing mental toughness and living with courage. These lead to virtuous life filled with achievement
Those who master themselves have an abundance of courage.
Kaizen is the constant and never ending enrichment of mind, body and soul.
People grow the most when they enter the zone of the unknown.
The only limits on your life are the ones you set on yourself.
When you push beyond your limits, you unlock mental and physical reserves you never thought you had.
You practice the art of kaizen by pushing yourself daily. Work hard to improve you mind and body. Nourish your spirit. Do things you fear. Start to live with unbridled energy and limitless enthusiasm.
Watch the sun rise. Dance in a rain shower. Be the person you dream of being. Do the things you always wanted to do but didn’t because you tricked yourself into believing you were too old, young, rich, poor…
Prepare to live a soaring fully alive life. Luck favors the prepared mind. Life favors the prepared mind.
Indentify the things that are holding you back.
Fear is nothing more than a negative stream of consciousness.
Conquer your fears and conquer your life.
Erase fear from your mind, you start to look younger and your health becomes more vibrant.
What sets highly actualized people apart from those who never live inspired lives is that they do things that less developed people don’t like doing – even though they may not like doing them either. Truly enlightened people, those who experience deep happiness daily are prepared to put off short-term pleasure for long term fulfillment.
Kaizen – improving every aspect of yourself ceaselessly and continuously.
I must change myself before I change my life.
Happiness comes through the progressive realization of a worthy objective. When you are doing what you truly love, you’re bound to find deep contentment.
Inner quietness brings a wealth of benefits including a deep sense of well-being, inner peace and boundless energy.
Beautiful images soothe a ruffled soul.
Reserve a spot for your activities, a place that sits there quietly awaiting your arrival.
Care for the body. As you prepare your body, prepare your mind. As you train your body, so train your mind.
Lifelong learning and expanding your knowledge base is good for you and those around you.
Become a student of life. Read regularly, nourishing stuff, something that will improve you and the quality of your life.
A book is the best friend of the wise. Some books are meant to be tasted, some chewed, some swallowed whole, and some spat out.
Recommended reading. Biography of Benjamin Franklin; Gandhi—The story of my experiments with truth. Siddharth, by Herman Hesse; Marcus Aurelius; Senca; Napaleon Hill.
Books help you see what’s inside yourself.
Personal reflection = the habit of thinking.
Happiness comes through good judgment. Good judgment comes through experience, experience comes through bad judgment.
Figure out what is right and wrong in your days and life through personal reflection.
Nothing in extremes. Everything in moderation.
Quality sleep is more important than quantity.
Mantra = a phrase meant to free the mind.
Take daily, incremental action to build your character.
Sow a thought, reap and action. Reap an action, sow a habit. Sow a habit, reap a character. Sow a character, reap a destiny.
Principles to live by: Industry, compassion, humility, patience, honesty and courage. Your character is built when you act in a way that corresponds with these principles.
Never live in the thick of thin things. Focus on your priorities, those activities that are truly meaningful.
Reduce your needs or you’ll never feel fulfilled.
You’re at your best when you’re moving forward.
Failure is not having courage to try. Fear of failure is standing between most people and their dreams. Failure tests us and allows us to grow. It offers lessons and guides along the path of enlightenment. Every arrow that hits the bull’s eye is a result of 100 misses. Profit through loss. Don’t fear failure. Failure is your friend.
The Universe favors the brave.
To build a will of iron, it’s essential to take small, tiny acts in tribute to the virtue of personal discipline.
Self-discipline will provide you with the mental reserves required to persevere when life throws you a curve.
It’s willpower that allows you to hold your tongue when a less-actualized person insults. It’s willpower that pushes your dreams forward when odds appear insurmountable. Willpower is an essential virtue of every person who wants to create a life rich with passion, possibility and peace.
Thru the steel of discipline you will forge a character rich with courage and peace.
Enlightened people don’t seek to be like others. They seek to be superior to their former selves. Don’t race against others, race against yourself.
Bringing self control and discipline into your life will bring a tremendous sense of freedom. This alone will change things.
Self control is nothing more than mind control. When you master your mind, you master your life.
Positive always overcomes negative. If you continue to wage war against the weaker thoughts that have silently crept into your mind, eventually they’ll see they’re unwanted and unwelcome.
Control your thoughts and you’ll control your mind and you’ll control your life.
Words are the verbal embodiment of power. By filling your mind with words of hope, you become hopeful. By filling your mind with words of kindness, you become kind. Fill your minds with thoughts of courage and your become courageous. Words and thoughts have power.
Mantra: I am more than I appear to be. All the world’s strength and power rest inside me.
Surest sign of a weak mind is a body that cannot rest.
Do things you don’t like doing by getting in the habit of exerting your will, you’ll cease to be a slave to your weaker impulses.
To build willpower and inner strength, you must first use it to hold your tongue. Do that for an extended period of time would have the effect of enhancing one’s discipline.
It’s your birthright to be all you can be. You have the power to be more than your environment. You have the capacity to be more than a prisoner of your past. You must become the master of your will.
Do the things you know you should do rather than take the path of least resistance.
The 1000 mile journey begins by taking the first step. We grow by degrees.
Small victories lead to large victories. You must build on small things to achieve the great.
Keep setting the mark higher and raising the standard.
Momentum is the secret ingredient to building self-discipline.
Small victories create the momentum that excites you to take larger steps along the path to your higher self.
Well arranged time is the surest mark of a well arranged mind. Sir Isaac Pitman.
In the fable: Garden= inspiring thoughts
Lighthouse= life purpose
Sumo wrestler= continuous discovery
Wire cable= will power
Time mastery is life mastery
The most meaningful things in life should never be sacrificed to those that are least meaningful.
Everything you do forms one indivisible whole.
Enlightened people are priority driven
Become a student of life. Be ruthless with your time. Having the courage to say no to little things in life will give you the power to say yes to the big things.
The phone is there for my convenience, not the convenience of others.
Productive people cultivate the habit of doing the things that less productive people don’t like doing, even though they may not like doing them either.
The masters of their time live simple lives.
Don’t dream of the magical rose garden on the horizon. Enjoy the one in your back yard.
Laughter opens the heart and soothes the soul. Don’t take life so seriously you forget to laugh at yourself.
Best time to plant a tree was 40 years ago. Second best time is today.
Push self to do and experience more. Harness your energy to start expanding your dreams. Expand your dreams.
Act as if failure is impossible and your success is assured. Wipe out thoughts of not achieving goals. Be brave.
Julian Mantle said, “I’m so different from the Julian Mantle they knew I don’t think the same thoughts, wear the same clothes, don’t do the same things. I’m a fundamentally changed person."
Ancient Indian saying: We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.
Father asked son everyday what good deeds he’d done that day.
Quality of life comes down to your contribution.
A little bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives the roses.
When you work to improve the lives of others, you indirectly elevate your own life. It becomes richer and more meaningful.
Paradigm – the lens through which you see the events of your life, both external and internal.
Most noble thing is to give to others.
Your life moves to a more magical dimension when you start striving to make the world a better place.
When I admire the wonder of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in worship of the Creator. ~~ Gandhi
Truly joyful and rewarding life comes from living in the now.
Happiness is a journey, not a destination.
The path you’re currently walking on is rich with diamonds and priceless treasure.
Today is the day to live fully. Never put off living.
Live your children’s childhood. Few things are as meaningful as being a part of your children’s childhood.
Happiness is a journey. It’s also a choice you make. You can marvel at the diamonds along the way or you can keep running, chasing the elusive pot of gold at the end of the rainbow that ultimately reveals itself empty. Enjoy the special moments that everyday offers because today, this day is all you have.
Fill your existence with the jewels of everyday life.
Life doesn’t always give you what you ask for, but it always gives you what you need.
By giving daily thanks for all my assets, material or spiritual, I’ll develop the habit of living in the moment.
When you savor the now, you kindle the fire of life that allows you to grow your destiny.
The journey is to be enjoyed. The road is just as good as the end.
Like the Taj Mahal, a life overflowing with wonders is built day by day, block by block. Small victories lead to large victories. Tiny incremental changes will create positive habits. Positive habits will create results. Results will inspire you towards greater personal change.
What lies behind you and what lies in front of you matters little when compared to what lies within you
Never regret your past. Embrace it as the teacher it is.
He hiked alone, using this time to silently reflect on where he had been in his life and where he was now headed.
Twin disciplines: personal mastery and self-responsibility
Success on the outside means nothing unless you also have success within.
Self mastery and the consistent care of one’s mind, body and soul are essential to finding one’s highest self and living one’s dreams.
When the student is ready the teacher appears.
Julian Mantle said his heart attack was “a rupture of my inner core.”
Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakens.
Savor the magical dance of life
Mind management is the essence of life management
Mental mastery comes through conditioning.
When you dedicate yourself to transforming your inner world your life quickly shifts from the ordinary into the realm of extraordinary.
Our mind is the only thing that we have absolute dominion over.
What really separates people who are habitually upbeat and optimistic from those who are consistently miserable is how the circumstances of life are interpreted and processed.
When you form the habit of searching for the positive in every circumstance, your life will move into its highest dimensions.
Your outer world reflects the state of your inner world.
There are no mistakes in life, only lessons.
From struggle comes strength.
To savor the good one must know the bad.
My heart attack was my defining moment… I saw the seeds of opportunity in my painful experience.
Stop spending so much time making a living and far more time creating a life.
The starting point of magnificent transformation was mental fitness. Success on the outside indeed begins with success on the inside, and by changing our thoughts.
If you’ve become a negative thinker, you’ve not cared for your mind and taken the time to train it to focus on the good.
Winston Churchill: “the price of greatness is responsibility over each of your thoughts.”
Enlightened thinkers know that their thoughts form their world and the quality of one’s life comes down to the richness of one’s thoughts. If you want to live a more peaceful, meaningful life, you must think more peaceful, meaningful thoughts.
All lasting inner change requires time and effort. Persistence is the mother of personal change.
Luck is nothing more than the marriage of preparation with opportunity.
The secret of happiness: find out what you truly love to do and then direct all your energy towards doing it.
Comfort zone: the best thing you can do for yourself is regularly move beyond it. This is the way to lasting personal mastery.
How will you ever get to third base with one foot on second?
Daily incremental improvements produce lasting results which in turn lead to positive change.
Staring at and savoring the rose: after a week or two you should be able to perform the technique for 20 minutes without your mind wandering. This is the first indications that you are taking back the fortress of your mind.
Either you control your mind or it controls you.
When an undesirable thought occupies the focal point of your mind, immediately replace it with an uplifting one. It’s as if your mind is a giant slide projector, with every thought in your mind being a slide. Whenever a negative slide comes up on the screen, take swift action to replace it with a positive one.
Thoughts are vital, living little buddies of energy.
The quality of your thinking determines the quality of your life.
Weak minds lead to weak actions.
If you hope to make remarkable improvements in your outer world, start within and change the caliber of your thoughts.
Early morning possesses magical qualities from which to benefit.
If there’s a lack in your life it’s because there is a lack in your thoughts.
There is nothing noble about being superior to another person. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.
When you consistently direct your mind to live in the present you will always have boundless energy, no matter what time the clock reflects.
Cultivate your mind. It will blossom beyond your expectations.
Quality of life is determined by the quality of your thoughts.
There are no mistakes, only lessons. See setbacks as opportunities for personal expansion and spiritual growth.
“Create the kind of life you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.” Foster C. McClellan
As you strive to improve the lives of others, your own life will be elevated into its highest dimension.
He who serves the most, reaps the most emotionally, physically, mentally and spiritually. This is the way to inner peace and outer fulfillment.
Never let the weeds of impure thought and action take the garden of your mind.
The purpose of life is a life of purpose.
The secret of success is constancy of purpose. The happiness you are searching for comes through reflecting on the worthy aims you are dedicated to achieving and then take action daily to advance them.
Things which are most important should never be sacrificed to things which are least important.
Judge by results.
You’ll never hit a target you can’t see.
Goal setting will make your life magnificent. Your world will become richer, more delightful, more magical.
Set concrete objectives.
Enthusiasm is one of the key ingredients of a lifetime of successful living.
We think about 60,000 thoughts a day. By writing your desires and goals on paper you send a red flag to your subconscious mind that these thoughts are far more important than the remaining 59,999 other ones.
Life pretty much gives you what you ask of it.
You change your life the moment you set your goals and start to seek your Dharma.
Concentrate your mind on your life’s main aims,. Your mind starts to filter out the unimportant and focus only on the important.
Master the art of goal setting and goal getting, by starting off small. 1) Have a clear vision of your outcome. 2) Create positive pressure to keep you inspired. 3) Never set a goal without attaching a time line to it.
Fill your dream book with pictures of things you desire and images of people who have cultivated the abilities, talents, and qualities that you hope to immolate.
The way to permanently install a new habit is to direct so much energy toward it that the old one slips away like an unwelcome house guest.
A burning sense of passion is the most potent fuel for your dreams.
Passion for life = Reclaim the joy of waking up every morning full of energy and exhilaration. Breath the fire of passion into all that you do. You will quickly reap great material and spiritual rewards.
What lies behind you and what lies in front of you is nothing compared to what lies within you.
Good people strengthen themselves ceaselessly. ~~ Confucius
Kaizen – Japanese. It means constant and never-ending improvement. It’s the personal trademark of everyone who is living a soaring, fully awake existence.
Success on the outside begins with success on the inside.
Improve your inner world through continuous self-improvement. Self mastery is the DNA of life mastery.
No man is free who is not master of himself. ~~ Epictatus
3 virtues = strength of character, developing mental toughness and living with courage. These lead to virtuous life filled with achievement
Those who master themselves have an abundance of courage.
Kaizen is the constant and never ending enrichment of mind, body and soul.
People grow the most when they enter the zone of the unknown.
The only limits on your life are the ones you set on yourself.
When you push beyond your limits, you unlock mental and physical reserves you never thought you had.
You practice the art of kaizen by pushing yourself daily. Work hard to improve you mind and body. Nourish your spirit. Do things you fear. Start to live with unbridled energy and limitless enthusiasm.
Watch the sun rise. Dance in a rain shower. Be the person you dream of being. Do the things you always wanted to do but didn’t because you tricked yourself into believing you were too old, young, rich, poor…
Prepare to live a soaring fully alive life. Luck favors the prepared mind. Life favors the prepared mind.
Indentify the things that are holding you back.
Fear is nothing more than a negative stream of consciousness.
Conquer your fears and conquer your life.
Erase fear from your mind, you start to look younger and your health becomes more vibrant.
What sets highly actualized people apart from those who never live inspired lives is that they do things that less developed people don’t like doing – even though they may not like doing them either. Truly enlightened people, those who experience deep happiness daily are prepared to put off short-term pleasure for long term fulfillment.
Kaizen – improving every aspect of yourself ceaselessly and continuously.
I must change myself before I change my life.
Happiness comes through the progressive realization of a worthy objective. When you are doing what you truly love, you’re bound to find deep contentment.
Inner quietness brings a wealth of benefits including a deep sense of well-being, inner peace and boundless energy.
Beautiful images soothe a ruffled soul.
Reserve a spot for your activities, a place that sits there quietly awaiting your arrival.
Care for the body. As you prepare your body, prepare your mind. As you train your body, so train your mind.
Lifelong learning and expanding your knowledge base is good for you and those around you.
Become a student of life. Read regularly, nourishing stuff, something that will improve you and the quality of your life.
A book is the best friend of the wise. Some books are meant to be tasted, some chewed, some swallowed whole, and some spat out.
Recommended reading. Biography of Benjamin Franklin; Gandhi—The story of my experiments with truth. Siddharth, by Herman Hesse; Marcus Aurelius; Senca; Napaleon Hill.
Books help you see what’s inside yourself.
Personal reflection = the habit of thinking.
Happiness comes through good judgment. Good judgment comes through experience, experience comes through bad judgment.
Figure out what is right and wrong in your days and life through personal reflection.
Nothing in extremes. Everything in moderation.
Quality sleep is more important than quantity.
Mantra = a phrase meant to free the mind.
Take daily, incremental action to build your character.
Sow a thought, reap and action. Reap an action, sow a habit. Sow a habit, reap a character. Sow a character, reap a destiny.
Principles to live by: Industry, compassion, humility, patience, honesty and courage. Your character is built when you act in a way that corresponds with these principles.
Never live in the thick of thin things. Focus on your priorities, those activities that are truly meaningful.
Reduce your needs or you’ll never feel fulfilled.
You’re at your best when you’re moving forward.
Failure is not having courage to try. Fear of failure is standing between most people and their dreams. Failure tests us and allows us to grow. It offers lessons and guides along the path of enlightenment. Every arrow that hits the bull’s eye is a result of 100 misses. Profit through loss. Don’t fear failure. Failure is your friend.
The Universe favors the brave.
To build a will of iron, it’s essential to take small, tiny acts in tribute to the virtue of personal discipline.
Self-discipline will provide you with the mental reserves required to persevere when life throws you a curve.
It’s willpower that allows you to hold your tongue when a less-actualized person insults. It’s willpower that pushes your dreams forward when odds appear insurmountable. Willpower is an essential virtue of every person who wants to create a life rich with passion, possibility and peace.
Thru the steel of discipline you will forge a character rich with courage and peace.
Enlightened people don’t seek to be like others. They seek to be superior to their former selves. Don’t race against others, race against yourself.
Bringing self control and discipline into your life will bring a tremendous sense of freedom. This alone will change things.
Self control is nothing more than mind control. When you master your mind, you master your life.
Positive always overcomes negative. If you continue to wage war against the weaker thoughts that have silently crept into your mind, eventually they’ll see they’re unwanted and unwelcome.
Control your thoughts and you’ll control your mind and you’ll control your life.
Words are the verbal embodiment of power. By filling your mind with words of hope, you become hopeful. By filling your mind with words of kindness, you become kind. Fill your minds with thoughts of courage and your become courageous. Words and thoughts have power.
Mantra: I am more than I appear to be. All the world’s strength and power rest inside me.
Surest sign of a weak mind is a body that cannot rest.
Do things you don’t like doing by getting in the habit of exerting your will, you’ll cease to be a slave to your weaker impulses.
To build willpower and inner strength, you must first use it to hold your tongue. Do that for an extended period of time would have the effect of enhancing one’s discipline.
It’s your birthright to be all you can be. You have the power to be more than your environment. You have the capacity to be more than a prisoner of your past. You must become the master of your will.
Do the things you know you should do rather than take the path of least resistance.
The 1000 mile journey begins by taking the first step. We grow by degrees.
Small victories lead to large victories. You must build on small things to achieve the great.
Keep setting the mark higher and raising the standard.
Momentum is the secret ingredient to building self-discipline.
Small victories create the momentum that excites you to take larger steps along the path to your higher self.
Well arranged time is the surest mark of a well arranged mind. Sir Isaac Pitman.
In the fable: Garden= inspiring thoughts
Lighthouse= life purpose
Sumo wrestler= continuous discovery
Wire cable= will power
Time mastery is life mastery
The most meaningful things in life should never be sacrificed to those that are least meaningful.
Everything you do forms one indivisible whole.
Enlightened people are priority driven
Become a student of life. Be ruthless with your time. Having the courage to say no to little things in life will give you the power to say yes to the big things.
The phone is there for my convenience, not the convenience of others.
Productive people cultivate the habit of doing the things that less productive people don’t like doing, even though they may not like doing them either.
The masters of their time live simple lives.
Don’t dream of the magical rose garden on the horizon. Enjoy the one in your back yard.
Laughter opens the heart and soothes the soul. Don’t take life so seriously you forget to laugh at yourself.
Best time to plant a tree was 40 years ago. Second best time is today.
Push self to do and experience more. Harness your energy to start expanding your dreams. Expand your dreams.
Act as if failure is impossible and your success is assured. Wipe out thoughts of not achieving goals. Be brave.
Julian Mantle said, “I’m so different from the Julian Mantle they knew I don’t think the same thoughts, wear the same clothes, don’t do the same things. I’m a fundamentally changed person."
Ancient Indian saying: We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.
Father asked son everyday what good deeds he’d done that day.
Quality of life comes down to your contribution.
A little bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives the roses.
When you work to improve the lives of others, you indirectly elevate your own life. It becomes richer and more meaningful.
Paradigm – the lens through which you see the events of your life, both external and internal.
Most noble thing is to give to others.
Your life moves to a more magical dimension when you start striving to make the world a better place.
When I admire the wonder of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in worship of the Creator. ~~ Gandhi
Truly joyful and rewarding life comes from living in the now.
Happiness is a journey, not a destination.
The path you’re currently walking on is rich with diamonds and priceless treasure.
Today is the day to live fully. Never put off living.
Live your children’s childhood. Few things are as meaningful as being a part of your children’s childhood.
Happiness is a journey. It’s also a choice you make. You can marvel at the diamonds along the way or you can keep running, chasing the elusive pot of gold at the end of the rainbow that ultimately reveals itself empty. Enjoy the special moments that everyday offers because today, this day is all you have.
Fill your existence with the jewels of everyday life.
Life doesn’t always give you what you ask for, but it always gives you what you need.
By giving daily thanks for all my assets, material or spiritual, I’ll develop the habit of living in the moment.
When you savor the now, you kindle the fire of life that allows you to grow your destiny.
The journey is to be enjoyed. The road is just as good as the end.
Like the Taj Mahal, a life overflowing with wonders is built day by day, block by block. Small victories lead to large victories. Tiny incremental changes will create positive habits. Positive habits will create results. Results will inspire you towards greater personal change.
What lies behind you and what lies in front of you matters little when compared to what lies within you
The Shack, by William Young
~~Comparing Jesus' life on earth to a bird he was holding, Papa said about Jesus, "Although by nature he is fully God, Jesus is fully human and lives as such. While never losing the innate ability to fly, he chooses moment-by-moment to remain grounded. That is why his name in Immanuel, God with us, or God with you, to be more precise".
~~Papa said, "The God who is--the I am who I am--cannot act apart from love!"
~~As Mack told the Trinity about his children, he suddenly felt silly and said, "Here I am telling you about my kids and my friends and about Nan, but you already know everything that I am telling you, don't you? You're acting like it's the first time you heard it." To that they replied, "We have limited ourselves out of respect for you. We are not bringing to mind, as it were, our knowledge of your children. As we are listing to you, it is as if this is the first time we have known about them, and we take great delight in seeing them through your eyes.... Relationships are never about power, and one way to avoid the will to power is to choose to limit oneself--to serve."
~~Papa told Mack, "You're going to find this day a lot easier if you simply accept what is, instead of trying to fit it into your preconceived notions."
~~When Mack asked Papa if he enjoyed punishing, Papa replied, "I don't need to punish people for sin. Sin is its own punishment, devouring you from the inside. It's not my purpose to punish it; it's my joy to cure it."
~~Mack asked why Papa doesn't restrain evil and Papa answered, "We carefully respect your choices, so we work within your systems even while we seek to free you from them."
~~"I will use every choice you make for the ultimate good and the most loving outcome," Papa said.
~~Papa told Mack, "The real underlying flaw in your life is that you don't think that I am good. If you knew I was good and that everything-the means, the ends, and all the processes of individual live-is all covered by my goodness, then while you might not always understand what I am doing, you would trust me.... Trust is the fruit of a relationship in which you know you are loved. Because you do not know that I love you, you cannot trust me..... For now I just want you to be with me and discover that our relationship is not about performance or you having to please me. I'm not a bully, not some self-centered demanding little deity insisting on my own way. I am good, and I desire only what is best for you. You cannot find that through guilt or condemnation or coercion, only throught a relationship of love. And I do love you." Mack said he couldn't imagine any final outcome to justify the mess in the world (or more specifically his daughter's murder) and Papa replied, "We're not justifying it. We are redeeming it."
~~Talking about friendship with Jesus, Mack said he didn't know how to submit to friendship. Jesus said, "Let me show you. Just keep giving me the little bit you have, and together we'll watch it grow."
~~The Holy Spirit told Mack, "You will learn to hear my thought in yours."
~~Regarding rules Sarayu (the Holy Spirit) said, "Religiou is about having the right answers, and some of their answers are right. But I am about the process that takes you to the living answer and once you get to him, he will change you from the inside."
~~When Mack asked Sarayu if he'd see her again, she replied, "Of course. You might see me in a piece of art, or music, or silence, or through people, or in Creation, or in your joy and sorrow. My ability to communicate is limitless, living and transforming, and it will always be tuned to Papa's goodness and love. And you will hear and see me in the Bible in fresh ways. Just don't look for rules and principles; look for relationship-a way of coming to be with us."
~~Jesus told Mack, "I don't want to be first amoung a list of values; I want to be at the center of everything. When I live in you, then together we can live through everything that happens to you. Rather than a pyramid, I want to be the center of a mobile, where everything in your life-your friends, family, occupation, thoughts, activities- is connected to me but moves with the wind, in and out and back and forth, in an incredible dance of being
~~Papa said, "The God who is--the I am who I am--cannot act apart from love!"
~~As Mack told the Trinity about his children, he suddenly felt silly and said, "Here I am telling you about my kids and my friends and about Nan, but you already know everything that I am telling you, don't you? You're acting like it's the first time you heard it." To that they replied, "We have limited ourselves out of respect for you. We are not bringing to mind, as it were, our knowledge of your children. As we are listing to you, it is as if this is the first time we have known about them, and we take great delight in seeing them through your eyes.... Relationships are never about power, and one way to avoid the will to power is to choose to limit oneself--to serve."
~~Papa told Mack, "You're going to find this day a lot easier if you simply accept what is, instead of trying to fit it into your preconceived notions."
~~When Mack asked Papa if he enjoyed punishing, Papa replied, "I don't need to punish people for sin. Sin is its own punishment, devouring you from the inside. It's not my purpose to punish it; it's my joy to cure it."
~~Mack asked why Papa doesn't restrain evil and Papa answered, "We carefully respect your choices, so we work within your systems even while we seek to free you from them."
~~"I will use every choice you make for the ultimate good and the most loving outcome," Papa said.
~~Papa told Mack, "The real underlying flaw in your life is that you don't think that I am good. If you knew I was good and that everything-the means, the ends, and all the processes of individual live-is all covered by my goodness, then while you might not always understand what I am doing, you would trust me.... Trust is the fruit of a relationship in which you know you are loved. Because you do not know that I love you, you cannot trust me..... For now I just want you to be with me and discover that our relationship is not about performance or you having to please me. I'm not a bully, not some self-centered demanding little deity insisting on my own way. I am good, and I desire only what is best for you. You cannot find that through guilt or condemnation or coercion, only throught a relationship of love. And I do love you." Mack said he couldn't imagine any final outcome to justify the mess in the world (or more specifically his daughter's murder) and Papa replied, "We're not justifying it. We are redeeming it."
~~Talking about friendship with Jesus, Mack said he didn't know how to submit to friendship. Jesus said, "Let me show you. Just keep giving me the little bit you have, and together we'll watch it grow."
~~The Holy Spirit told Mack, "You will learn to hear my thought in yours."
~~Regarding rules Sarayu (the Holy Spirit) said, "Religiou is about having the right answers, and some of their answers are right. But I am about the process that takes you to the living answer and once you get to him, he will change you from the inside."
~~When Mack asked Sarayu if he'd see her again, she replied, "Of course. You might see me in a piece of art, or music, or silence, or through people, or in Creation, or in your joy and sorrow. My ability to communicate is limitless, living and transforming, and it will always be tuned to Papa's goodness and love. And you will hear and see me in the Bible in fresh ways. Just don't look for rules and principles; look for relationship-a way of coming to be with us."
~~Jesus told Mack, "I don't want to be first amoung a list of values; I want to be at the center of everything. When I live in you, then together we can live through everything that happens to you. Rather than a pyramid, I want to be the center of a mobile, where everything in your life-your friends, family, occupation, thoughts, activities- is connected to me but moves with the wind, in and out and back and forth, in an incredible dance of being
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