Inspirational Thoughts II

Thing Worth Remembering...

The value of time. The success of perseverance. The dignity of simplicity. The worth of character. The virtue of patience. The wisdom of economy. The power of kindness.

• Efficiency is doing things right.
• Effectiveness is doing right things.
• Excellence is doing right things right.

• Talent is God-given...Be Thankful!
• Fame is Man-given...Be Humble!
• Conceit is Self-given...Be Careful!

Josh Davis

• Yesterday is a canceled check;
• Tomorrow is a promissory note;
• Today is the only cash you have, so spend it wisely.

Kay Lyons

The necessary ingredients for enjoying success :

1. Simple tastes
2. A certain degree of courage
3. Self denial to a point
4. Love of work
5. A clear conscience

Ten Ways to be Successful in Life

1. Love God
2. Be enthusiastic
3. Love people
4. Laugh a lot
5. Treat everyone as if they were the most important person in the world.
6. Be honest
7. Don't worry
8. Be confident
9. Always have a good attitude
10. Smile

Success and suffering are vitally and organically linked. If you succeed without suffering, it is because someone suffered for you; if you suffer without succeeding, it is in order that someone else may succeed after you.

Edward Judson

Everything starts with yourself-with you making up your mind about what you're going to do with your life. I tell kids that it's a cruel world, and that the world will bend them either left or right, and it's up to them to decide which way to bend.

Tony Dorsett

Forgiving someone is freeing yourself to love and showing that someone what love is. You cannot have love without freedom. Forgive yourself and all those who wrong you, and you will find you love yourself and you have enough love to spare for anyone who needs it. Love without forgiveness is not love.

Guelph

When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.

Alexander Graham Bell

If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alone. A man should keep his friendships in constant repair.

Samuel Johnson

The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.

Pearl Buck

Pain makes man think.

Thought makes man wise.

Wisdom makes life endurable.

John Patrick

God's timetable is often different from yours, and it's always better. So make patience the right arm of your faith, and all that God has promised you will be yours.

Russ Johnston

The goal you set must be challenging. At the same time, it should be realistic and attainable, not impossible to reach. It should be challenging enough to make you stretch, but not so far that you break.

Rick Hansen

Most people live meaningless life simply because they never decided to write their vision down and then follow through on it. Know this, if you can't see the mark, you can't press towards it.

John Mason

Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.

Napoleon Hill

There is no advancement to him who is hands trembling because he cannot see the end of the beginning.

E.J. Klemme

If you're climbing the ladder of life, you go rung by rung, one step at a time. Don't look too far up, set your goals high but take one step at a time. Sometimes you don't think you're progressing until you step back and see how high you've really gone.

Donny Osmond

Failure should challenge us to new heights of accomplishment, not pull us to new depths of despair. Failure is delay, but not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead-end street.

William Ward