LOVE & RELATIONSHIPS

Love is strong yet delicate. It can be broken. To truly love is
to understand this. To be in love is to respect this.
--Stephen Packer
LEADERSHIP & SUCCESS

Delegating work works, provided the one delegating works, too.
--Robert Half
INSPIRATION & MOTIVATION

Nothing is predestined: The obstacles of your past
can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.
--Ralph Blum

First say to yourself what you would be, and then do what you have to do.

-- Epictetus

Sometimes when things seem to be going wrong, they are going right for reasons you are yet to understand.

-- Alan Cohen


"Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old by deserting their ideals. You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope, as old as your despair."

~Douglas MacArthur


LOVE & RELATIONSHIPS

...When a man cares he is unafraid. When he is fair, he leaves
enough for others. When he is humble, he can grow.
--Lao-Tzu
LEADERSHIP & SUCCESS

The older I get, the less I pay attention to what people say or think or hope.
I notice what they do, how they Live, and what they work for.
--Robert Fulghum
INSPIRATION & MOTIVATION

Hope is always available to us. When we feel defeated, we need
only take a deep breath and say, "Yes," and hope will reappear.
--Monroe Forester


"Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going."

-Jim Rohn

Failure is an event, not a person. So regardless of what happens to you along the way, you must keep on going and doing the right thing in the right way. Then the event becomes a reality of a changed life."

~Zig Ziglar

LOVE & RELATIONSHIPS

The kinder and more thoughtful a person is, the
more kindness he/she can find in other people.
--Tolstoy
LEADERSHIP & SUCCESS

Remember every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it.
Autograph your work with excellence. --Anonymous
INSPIRATION & MOTIVATION

Act with courage and dignity; stick to
the ideals that give meaning to life.
--J. Nehru
LOVE & RELATIONSHIPS

Things don't go wrong and break your heart so you can become bitter
and give up. They happen to break you down and build you up so
you can be all that you were intended to be.
+ Charles "Tremendous" Jones +
LEADERSHIP & SUCCESS

It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which,
more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.
+ William James +
INSPIRATION & MOTIVATION

There are no hopeless situations; there are only
people who have grown hopeless about them.
+ Clare Boothe +

The only thing more important than how you spend your money is how you spend your thoughts.

-- Alan Cohen


"When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it."

~Edgar Watson Howe

"We all have difficulties, challenges, problems to bear. We can't ask someone else to take them from us, for they already have their own. But we can ask them to help us - to share our burdens and trials. And we, in turn, can do the same for them."

~BJ Gallagher


True and Real
By Mac Anderson


You can't fake passion. It is the fuel that drives any dream and makes you happy to be alive. However, the first step to loving what you do is to self analyze, to simply know what you love.

We all have unique talents and interests, and one of life's greatest challenges is to match these talents with career opportunities that bring out the best in us. It's not easy - and sometimes we can only find it through trial and error - but it's worth the effort.

Ray Kroc, for example, found his passion when he founded McDonald's
at the age of 52. He never "worked" another day of his life.

John James Audubon was unsuccessful for most of his life. He was a terrible businessman. No matter how many times he changed locations, changed partners, or changed businesses, he still failed miserably.

Not until he understood that he must change himself did he have any shot at success. And what changes did Audubon make? He followed his passion. He had always loved the outdoors and was an excellent hunter. In addition,
he was a good artist and, as a hobby, would draw local birds.

Once he stopped trying to be a businessman and started doing what he loved to do, his life turned around. He traveled the country observing and drawing birds, and his art ultimately was collected in a book titled Audubon's Birds of America.

The book earned him a place in history as the greatest wildlife artist ever. But more importantly, the work made him happy and provided the peace of mind he'd been seeking all his life.
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LOVE & RELATIONSHIPS

Kind words do not cost much. They never blister the tongue or lips.
They make other people good-natured. They also produce their own
image on men's souls, and a beautiful image it is.
+ Blaise Pascal +
LEADERSHIP & SUCCESS

If you doubt you can accomplish something, then you can't accomplish it.
You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be
tough enough to follow through.
+ Rosalynn Carter +
INSPIRATION & MOTIVATION

People think I'm disciplined. It is not discipline.
It is devotion. There is a great difference.
+ Luciano Pavarotti +

By the choices we make, by the attitudes we exhibit, we are influencing lives every day in positive or negative ways...our family, our peers, our friends, and even strangers we've never met before and will never meet again. So when you brush your teeth every morning, look in the mirror and ask yourself...'Are there things I'd like to change?'"

~Mac Anderson

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

-- Lao-tzu

"Sometimes there is no evidence that this is the right time to pursue your dream. But by believing in it and acting on that belief, you make your dream possible. Moving forward on what you believe is paramount and creating a new belief is the first step in changing it."

~Marcia Wied
LOVE & RELATIONSHIPS

Other people's opinion of you does not have to become your reality.
--Les Brown
LEADERSHIP & SUCCESS

Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence,
is the quality that most frequently makes for success.
--Dale Carnegie
INSPIRATION & MOTIVATION

All of us need to grow continuously in our lives.
--Les Brown