LOVE & RELATIONSHIPS

I always try to turn my personal struggles  into something helpful for others.  --Henri Nouwen

LEADERSHIP & SUCCESS

Cushion the painful effects of hard blows by keeping the  enthusiasm going strong, even if doing so requires struggle.  --Norman Vincent Peale

INSPIRATION & MOTIVATION

You are to gather up the joys and sorrows, the struggles, the beauty,  love, dreams and hopes of every hour that they may be consecrated  at the altar of daily life. --MacRina Wiederkehr

LOVE & RELATIONSHIPS

Who would live and not love? - Rachel Russell

LEADERSHIP & SUCCESS

No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are,  raise your sights and see the possibilities – always  see them, for they're always there. — Norman Vincent Peale

INSPIRATION & MOTIVATION

To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first. --Shakespeare  LOVE & RELATIONSHIPS I go by instinct...I don't worry about experience.  --Barbra Streisand  LEADERSHIP & SUCCESS The purpose of life is a life of purpose. --Robert Byrne  INSPIRATION & MOTIVATION Growth begins when we start to accept our own weakness. --Jean Vanier  LOVE & RELATIONSHIPS Loyalty is what we seek in friendships. --Cicero  LEADERSHIP & SUCCESS There is no security on this earth. Only opportunity. --Gen. Douglas MacArthur  INSPIRATION & MOTIVATION Strength is the matter of the made-up mind. --John Beecher

LOVE & RELATIONSHIPS

We must love one another or die.  --W.H. Auden

LEADERSHIP & SUCCESS

Although the world is full of suffering, it is also  full of the overcoming of it. --Helen Keller

INSPIRATION & MOTIVATION

You can be greater than anything that can happen to you.  --Norman Vincent Peale TRANSCRIPT OF CUSTOMER SERVICE INQUIRY AT LOVE SOFTWARE,INC. SERVICE REP: Hello, you have reached the Heart Systems Software Company help desk. How may I help you? CUSTOMER: I just received your latest program, LOVEv4.0...you know ....the freeware. I don't understand it. Can you tell me how to install it? SERVICE REP: Sure thing ma'am. Do you have the installation disk and instructions with you? CUSTOMER: Yes I do, but first can you tell me what the program does? SERVICE REP: Sure thing ma'am. LOVE is a unique program, there is no other like it in the world. LOVE attaches to your operating system and runs silently in the background, you will never see LOVE on your monitor or your toolbar, but you will notice its affect on every application you may have. It makes the good programs run smoother and greatly restricts and/or deletes the bad ones. CUSTOMER: Wow! That sounds great. How does LOVE make my machine run smoother? SERVICE REP: Well, good sound files, like COMPLIMENT.WAV, ENCOURAGEMENT.WAV, and KINDWORD.WAV will play frequently. Also, FORGIVENESS.EXE will be invoked every time there is an external violation, including the ever-popular syntax errors. Also, all those aggravating errors that say "unable to connect" will be avoided. LOVE allows for a smooth connection with external devices, regardless of what country it is manufactured in, the brand name, or the age of the model. READ MORE... http://www.emofree.com/a/?2574/Inspiration/love.htm

LOVE & RELATIONSHIPS

Help others get ahead.  You will always stand taller  with someone else on your shoulders. --Bob Moawad

LEADERSHIP & SUCCESS

If you are lucky enough to have done well, then it  is your responsibility to send the elevator back down. --Kevin Spacey

INSPIRATION & MOTIVATION

Personal responsibility begins with ME.   That's why it is personal.  --John Miller An excerpt from The Power of Discipline By Brian Tracy Why are some people more successful than others? Why do some people make more money, live happier lives and accomplish much more in the same number of years than the great majority? I started out in life with few advantages. I did not graduate from high school. I worked at menial jobs. I had limited education, limited skills and a limited future. And then I began asking, “Why are some people more successful than others?” This question changed my life. Over the years, I have read thousands of books and articles on the subjects of success and achievement. It seems that the reasons for these accomplishments have been discussed and written about for more than two thousand years, in every conceivable way. One quality that most philosophers, teachers and experts agree on is the importance of self-discipline. As Al Tomsik summarized it years ago, “Success is tons of discipline.” Some years ago, I attended a conference in Washington. It was the lunch break and I was eating at a nearby food fair. The area was crowded and I sat down at the last open table by myself, even though it was a table for four. A few minutes later, an older gentleman and a younger woman who was his assistant came along carrying trays of food, obviously looking for a place to sit. With plenty of room at my table, I immediately arose and invited the older gentleman to join me. He was hesitant, but I insisted. Finally, thanking me as he sat down, we began to chat over lunch. It turned out that his name was Kop Kopmeyer. As it happened, I immediately knew who he was. He was a legend in the field of success and achievement. Kop Kopmeyer had written four large books, each of which contained 250 success principles that he had derived from more than fifty years of research and study. I had read all four books from cover to cover, more than once. After we had chatted for awhile, I asked him the question that many people in this situation would ask, “Of all the one thousand success principles that you have discovered, which do you think is the most important?” He smiled at me with a twinkle in his eye, as if he had been asked this question many times, and replied, without hesitating, “The most important success principle of all was stated by Thomas Huxley many years ago. He said, 'Do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.'” He went on to say, “There are 999 other success principles that I have found in my reading and experience, but without self-discipline, none of them work.” Self-discipline is the key to personal greatness. It is the magic quality that opens all doors for you, and makes everything else possible. With self-discipline, the average person can rise as far and as fast as his talents and intelligence can take him. But without self-discipline, a person with every blessing of background, education and opportunity will seldom rise above mediocrity. In the pages ahead I will describe seven areas of your life where the practice of self-discipline will be key to your success. These areas include goals, character, time management, personal health, money, courage and responsibility. It is my hope that you'll find a few “nuggets” that will help make your dreams come true. Today, I'm pleased to offer a special price of $10.00 per book, including a free 3 minute DVD with each book. Our regular price is $15.95, a savings of over 35% Note: This offer expires at 11:59 PM CST on 3/3/09. To learn more on The Power of Discipline just click here.

LOVE & RELATIONSHIPS

I cannot always control what goes on outside.  But I can always control what goes on inside.  --Wayne Dyer

LEADERSHIP & SUCCESS

Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is  the chance to work hard at work worth doing.  --Theodore Roosevelt

INSPIRATION & MOTIVATION

Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.  --Henry David Thoreau

LOVE & RELATIONSHIPS
He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over  which he himself must pass. --George Herbert
LEADERSHIP & SUCCESS
One of the secrets of success is to refuse to let temporary setbacks defeat us. --Mary Kay
INSPIRATION & MOTIVATION
Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes  true happiness. It is not attained through  self-gratification but through fidelity to  a worthy purpose. --Helen Keller