Attitude

The important thing is this: to be able, at any moment, to give up what we are for what we could become.

There are moments when one has to choose between living one's own life, fully, entirely, completely - or dragging out some false, shallow, degrading existence that the world in its hypocrisy demands. (Oscar Wilde)

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. (Mark Twain)

It is never too late to be what you might have been. (George Elliot)

Life's not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. (George Bernard Shaw)

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. (Mahatma Gandhi)

If you go out looking for friends you're going to find they're very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you'll find them everywhere.

It's your attitude and not your aptitude that determines your altitude.

Discouraged? Just remember that the darkest night did not turn out all the stars.

What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within him. (Louis L. Mann)

If you learn from a defeat, you haven't really lost.

Remember that failure is an event - not a person.

Your past is important, but it is not nearly as important to your present as is the way you see your future. (Dr. Tony Campolo)

If there's hope in the future there is power in the present. (John Maxwell)

You already have every characteristic necessary for success.

Regardless of your past, your future is a clean slate.

Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important. (Janet Lane)

Remember, happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely upon what you think. (Dale Carnegie)

Don't be afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against - not with - the wind. (Hamilton Mabie)

Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.

Happiness is not something you find, but rather something you create.

Recognizing a problem doesn't always bring a solution, but until we recognize that problem, there can be no solution. ( James Baldwin)

Whether you think you can or think you can't - you're right. (Henry Ford)

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens. (John Homer Miller)

Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude towards it, for that determines our success or failure. (Norman Vincent Peale)

Others can stop you temporarily - you are the only one who can do it permanently. (Zig Ziglar)

Positive things happen to positive people

In limitation lies the true chance for creativity

It is far better to fall flat on your face than to bend over backwards too far.

If you can't change the circumstances, change your perspective.

Master your anger rather than let anger master you.

Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth. (Albert Einstien)

The mind is like a parachute; it works best when it is opened

You have nothing to fear but fear itself.

Practice is everything. (Pele)

Laugh and the world laughs with you. Sleep, and you sleep alone. (Bob Dylan)

Nobody dances when they are sober; unless they are insane! (Body Dylan)

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes.

If you want to feel rich, just count all of the things that money can't buy.

Better to do something imperfectly that to do nothing flawlessly.

A flowers life is short by glorious.

If not now, then when? If not you, then who?

The enemy of Great is Good. (Jim Collins)

The great teachers don't teach.

Do you want to proceed on the basis of belief, or should we seek some more concrete information?
(Stone Junction, Jim Dodge)

Only time I worry about coincidence is when it quits happening. Coincidence is the natural state of affairs.
(Stone Junction, Jim Dodge)

You can't teach mastery.
(Stone Junction, Jim Dodge)

The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but rather what they miss.
(Stone Junction, Jim Dodge)

Attention begins when the imagination is seized.
(Stone Junction, Jim Dodge)

I will play
Any man from any land
Any amount he can count
At any game he can name
Any place, face-to-face
(Stone Junction, Jim Dodge)

"I lost $20,000."
"That's an awful lot of money, $20,000."
"Not if you say it fast!"
(Stone Junction, Jim Dodge)

The two things I can't abide - snivelling and gloating. Don't snivel when you lose and don't gloat when you win.
(Stone Junction, Jim Dodge)

When the teaching ends the learning begins.
(Stone Junction, Jim Dodge)

Too much telly, not enough vision.
(Stone Junction, Jim Dodge)

When people are chasing you the best place to be is behind them.
(Stone Junction, Jim Dodge)

The best place to hide is where they'd already looked.
(Stone Junction, Jim Dodge)

You can't truly appreciate innocence until it is lost, and then you can't get it back.
(Stone Junction, Jim Dodge)

The best thing about being crazy is you can do crazy things.
(Stone Junction, Jim Dodge)

I can be whoever I want to be as long as I know who I am.
(Stone Junction, Jim Dodge)

Remember happiness doesn't depend on who you are or what you have, but solely on what you think.
(Buddha)

There's a myth that time is money. In fact, time is more precious
than money. It's a non-renewable resource. Once you've spent it,
and if you've spent it badly, it's gone forever.
(Neil Fiore)

I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself.
(Mikhail Baryshnikov)

Never settle for less than you want and never overlook what you already have.

There's always a way out. The trick is to be the first one there.

A life lived in fear is to live a life half lived.

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.

Winners never quit and quitters never win.

One needs to go beyond fashion: beyond fashion is style.

Don't worry about avoiding temptation; as you grow older temptation will avoid you.

A ship in harbour is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.

Seeing isn't believing; believing is seeing.

When I look at my cats I see the epitome of contentment. They have everything they need, yet they don't own anything. Surely this is happiness.
(Mark Keeble)

The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.

Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.

Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.

You can't direct the wind, but you can adjust your sails.

Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully

Don't worry about avoiding temptation... as you grow older, it will avoid you.

The wise man speaks because he has something to say; the fool because he has to say something.

Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want.

Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
(Mark Twain)

Yesterday is history and tomorrow is mystery.

Talk slow but think quick.

It's not what you think that counts; it's what you make others think.

Dirt don't hurt!

Give it a go rather than never know.

Don't count the days, make the days count.