Wednesday, December 30, 2009

"Success is not the key to happiness.
Happiness is the key to success.
If you love what you are doing, you will be successful."
— Albert Schweitzer

Monday, December 28, 2009

"Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come.
We have only today. Let us begin."

Mother Teresa

Saturday, December 26, 2009

The artist is a receptacle for the emotions that 
come from all over the place from the sky, 
from the earth, 
from a scrap of paper, 
from a passing shape, 
from a spider's web.

-Pablo Picasso

Thursday, December 24, 2009

"May we never let the things we can't have, or don't have, or shouldn't have, spoil our enjoyment of the things we do have and can have. As we value our happiness, let us not forget it, for one of the greatest lessons in life is learning to be happy without the things we cannot or should not have. "

Richard L. Evans

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

"Determine that the thing can and shall be done, 
and then we shall find the way."
-- Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. president

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Vision is the stuff of our dreams. 

Passion is our energy to make it real. 

The two go together like horse and rider. 

In the mind of one is the goal. 

In the power of the other lives the means to get there.

Peter Urs Bender

Saturday, December 19, 2009

"The whole world steps aside for the man who knows where he is going."
Anon

Friday, December 18, 2009

"Find something you're passionate about and 
keep tremendously interested in it."
-- Julia Child, chef

Thursday, December 17, 2009

"Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. 
It's not something you learn in school. 
But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, 
you really haven't learned anything." 
-Muhammad Ali

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

"When you find yourself stressed, ask yourself one question:
Will this matter five years from now? 
If yes, then do something about the situation. 
If no, then let it go."
-- Catherine Pulsifer, writer

Friday, December 11, 2009

"As long as you're going to be thinking anyway, think big."
-Donald Trump

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

"The majority of men meet with failure because (they don't create) new plans to take the place of those that fail."
-Napoleon Hill

Monday, December 7, 2009

"An enterprising person is one who comes across a pile of scrap metal and sees the making of a wonderful sculpture. An enterprising person is one who drives through an old, decrepit part of town and sees a new housing development.
An enterprising person is one who sees opportunity in all areas of life."
— Jim Rohn, Author and motivational speaker

Friday, December 4, 2009

"You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. 
You may have to work for it, however." 
Richard Bach

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

"The highest form of success... comes... to the man who
does not shrink from danger,
from hardship or from bitter toil,
and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph."
-- Theodore Roosevelt, 26th U.S. president

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

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

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Attitude Determines Everything

  • I woke up early today, excited over all I get to do before the clock strikes midnight. I have responsibilities to fulfill today. I am important. My job is to choose what kind of day I am going to have.
  • Today I can complain because the weather is rainy or I can be thankful that the grass is getting watered for free.
  • Today I can feel sad that I don't have more money or I can be glad that my finances encourage me to plan my purchases wisely and guide me away from waste.
  • Today I can grumble about my health or I can rejoice that I am alive.
  • Today I can lament over all that my parents didn't give me when I was growing up or I can feel grateful that they allowed me to be born.
  • Today I can cry because roses have thorns or I can celebrate that thorns have roses.
  • Today I can mourn my lack of friends or I can excitedly embark upon a quest to discover new relationships.
  • Today I can whine because I have to go to work or I can shout for joy because I have a job to do. I can complain because I have to go to school or eagerly open my mind and fill it with rich new tidbits of knowledge.
  • Today I can murmur dejectedly because I have to do housework or I can feel honored because the Lord has provided shelter for my mind, body and soul.
  • Today stretches ahead of me, waiting to be shaped. And here I am, the sculptor who gets to do the shaping. What today will be like is up to me. I get to choose what kind of day I will have!
  • This story courtesy of http://www.homeholidaysfamilyandfun.com

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

"Without ambition, one starts nothing. 
Without work, one finishes nothing. 
The prize will not be sent to you. 
You have to win it."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Poet

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

"In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends."
-- John Churton Collins, critic

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

"You can complain because roses have thorns or you can rejoice because thorns have roses." Ziggy

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

"It's the little things that make the big things possible. Only close attention to the fine details of any operation makes the operation first class."
-- J. Willard Marriot


"Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide
how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us."
— Stephen Covey