Quotes(29-03-2012)

"Without an open-minded mind, you can never be a great
success."

-- Martha Stewart


"There is but one success -- to be able to spend your life in
your own way."

-- Christopher Morley


"Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is
never the result of selfishness."

-- Napoleon Hill


"Passion is always more than a party. It's a story of guts and glory, pain and purpose."

-- Matt Redman

"The future is completely open, and we are writing it moment to moment."

-- Pema Chödrön

"In this media-drenched, data-rich, channel-surfing, computer-gaming age, we have lost the art of doing nothing, of shutting out the background noise and distractions, of slowing down and simply being alone with our thoughts."

-- Carl Honoré

"Hope is the feeling that the feeling you have isn't permanent."

-- Jean Kerr

"The really happy person is the one who can enjoy the scenery, even when they have to take a detour."

-- Sir James Hopwood Jeans

"A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds."

-- Francis Bacon

"A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man
that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the
attachment of friends."

-- George Washington

"This art of resting the mind and the power of dismissing from
it all care and worry is probably one of the secrets of energy
in our great men."

-- Captain J. A. Hadfield

"You're never too old to become younger."

-- Mae West

"There is no guarantee of reaching a goal at a certain time, but there is a guarantee of never attaining goals that are never set."

-- David McNally

"Responsibility is the price of greatness."

-- Winston Churchill

"You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour."

-- Jim Rohn

"Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions."

-- Albert Einstein

"It's a rare gift to understand that your life is wondrous and that it won't last for ever."

-- Steven Galloway







"Every one of us needs to show how much we care for each other and, in the process, care for ourselves."

-- Princess Diana

"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."

-- Thomas Edison

"Don't let one cloud obliterate the whole sky."

-- Anais Nin

"In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer
than the windshield."

-- Warren Buffett

"To err is human, but when the eraser wears out ahead of the
pencil, you're overdoing it."

-- Josh Jenkins

"Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do.
Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of
little children."

-- Alex Haley

"Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised."

-- Denis Waitley

"To be a positive influence and a leader worth following, you must deal with your own insecurities and fears before you can empower others."

-- Jeremie Kubicek

Quotes(28-03-2012)

"Faith is to believe in what you do not yet see, the reward for faith is to see what you believe."

-- Saint Augustine

"A great leader never sets himself above his followers except in carrying responsibilities."

-- Jules Ormont

"Nothing limits achievement like small thinking. Nothing equals possibilities like unleashed thinking."

-- William Arthur Ward

"It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it."

-- W. Somerset Maughn

"If we do not change direction, we may end up at the point at which we are heading."

-- Chinese proverb

"To accomplish great things we must not only act but also dream; not only plan but also believe."

-- Anatole France

"Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering."

-- St. Augustine

"You can not push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb a little."

-- Andrew Carnegie

"Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is

the beginning of love."

-- Mother Teresa

"Every time you take a risk or move out of your comfort zone,

you have a great opportunity to learn more about yourself and

your capacity."

-- Jack Canfield

"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream."

-- C. S. Lewis

"You are never strong enough that you don't need help."

-- Cesar Chavez

"Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall."

-- Confucius

"An empowering leader trains, mentors, and apprentices someone to help him or her grow."

-- Jeremie Kubicek

"Strong feelings do not necessarily make a strong character.

The strength of a man is to be measured by the power of the

feelings he subdues not by the power of those which subdue

him."

-- William Carleton

"Sometimes opportunities float right past your nose. Work

hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes

you can grab it."

-- Julie Andrews

"All the gold in the world cannot buy a dying man one more breath, so what does that make today worth?"

-- Unknown Author

"Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world."

-- Howard Zinn

"Do, or do not. There is no try."

-- Jedi Master Yoda

"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen."

-- Winston Churchill

"Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity.

Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and

endowments of the human mind."

-- Cicero

"Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you

have."

-- Thomas A. Edison

"A smile remains the most inexpensive gift I can bestow on anyone and yet its powers can vanquish kingdoms."

-- Og Mandino

"Let the beauty of what you love be what you do."

-- Rumi

"Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding on to."

-- Unknown Author

Quotes(27-03-2012)

"When you don't wait, you strive; when you don't trust, you worry. When you trust and wait, you rest."

-- Josh McDowell

"If you don't place your foot on the rope, you'll never cross the chasm."

-- Liz Smith

""Relationship before opportunity" is about giving before receiving, planting before harvesting, and serving before asking."

-- Jeremie Kubicek

"The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time."

-- Samuel Smiles

"Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do."

-- Benjamin Spock

"As you slide down the banister of life, may the splinters
never point in the wrong direction."

-- Irish blessing

"I have found the best way to give advice to your children is
to find out what they want and then advise them to do it."

-- Harry S. Truman

"There's always going to be bad stuff out there. But here's
the amazing thing -- light trumps darkness, every time. You
stick a candle into the dark, but you can't stick the dark
into the light."

-- Jodi Picoult

"Almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure--these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart."

-- Steve Jobs

"A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner."

-- English Proverb

"Change is not made without inconvenience, even from worse to better."

-- Samuel Johnson

"Growing into your future with health and grace and beauty
doesn't have to take all your time. It rather requires a
dedication to caring for yourself as if you were rare and
precious, which you are, and regarding all life around you as
equally so, which it is."

-- Victoria Moran

"Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just
baggage enough."

-- Charles Dudley Warner

"Unless you change how you are, you will always have what you've got."

-- Jim Rohn

"Time is neutral, but can be made the ally of those who will seize it and use it to the full."

-- Winston Churchill

"Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties."

-- Erich Fromm

"Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive."

-- Elbert Hubbard

"You must look into people, as well as at them."

-- Lord Chesterfield

"Forever is composed of nows."

-- Emily Dickinson

"My Life is My Message."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee."

-- Marian Wright Edelman

Quotes(26-03-2012)

"If the wind will not serve, take to the oars."
-- Latin Proverb
"The greatest way to never chase your dream is to spend your time hating somebody else's dream."
-- Jon Acuff "A goal is a dream with a deadline."
-- Napoleon Hill
"You just have to keep on breathing because tomorrow the sun will rise and who knows what the tide will bring."
-- Cast Away "If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that."
-- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
"I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed."
-- Booker T. Washington
"Laughter is a part of the human survival kit."
-- David Nathan
"Whoever you are, there is some younger person who thinks youare perfect. There is some work that will never be done if youdon't do it. There is someone who would miss you if you weregone. There is a place that you alone can fill."
-- Jacob Braude
"Happiness is a direction, not a place."
-- Sydney J. Harris
"If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative."
-- Woody Allen "Let your dreams outgrow the shoes of your expectations."
-- Ryunosuke Satoro
"Do one thing every day that scares you."
-- Eleanor Roosevelt "Forgiveness is the act of admitting we are like other people."
-- Christina Baldwin
"May you LIVE all the days of your life."
-- Jonathan Swift
"We all live under the same sky, but we don't all have the same horizon."
-- Konrad Adenauer

Types of people on the way they respond to confrontation as per John C Maxwell

Types of people on the way they respond to confrontation:-

BYE
SPY
FRY
LIE
CRY
SIGH
FLY

All Extracted from the book:”Be a People’s Person” by John C Maxwell

10 Tips for giving Criticism by John C Maxwell

10 Tips for giving Criticism:-

Check your motive
Make sure the issue is worthy of criticism
Be specific
Don’t undermine the person’s self confidence
Don’t compare one person with another
Be creative or don’t confront
Attack the problem not the person
Confront when the time is right
Look at yourself before looking to others
End confrontation with encouragement

All Extracted from the book:”Be a People’s Person” by John C Maxwell

10 Tips for taking Criticism by John C Maxwell

10 Tips for taking Criticism:-

Understand the difference between constructive and destructive criticism
Don’t take yourself too seriously
Look beyond the criticism and see the critic
Watch your own attitude towards the critic
Realize that good people are criticized
Keep physically and spiritually in shape
Don’t just see the critic; see if there’s a crowd
Wait for the time to prove them wrong
Surround yourself with positive people
Concentrate on your mission—change your mistakes

All Extracted from the book:”Be a People’s Person” by John C Maxwell

Steps to avoid problems in relationships by John C Maxwell

Steps to avoid problems in relationships:-

Bring in principle persons involved in the conflict
Line up the facts
Never reprimand while angry
Be precise with the offense
Get the other person’s side of the story
Be sure you keep comprehensive records
Don’t harbor a grudge

All Extracted from the book:”Be a People’s Person” by John C Maxwell

Various Processes of Relationships as per John C Maxwell

Various Processes of Relationships:-

The honeymoon stage
Specific irritation
General discomfort
Try harder
Exhaustion
Separation

All Extracted from the book:”Be a People’s Person” by John C Maxwell

Personality Types as per John C Maxwell

Personality Types as per John C Maxwell:-

Sherman Tank
Space Cadet
Volcano
Thumb Sucker
Wet Blanket
Garbage Collector
The User

All Extracted from the book:”Be a People’s Person” by John C Maxwell

Some Quotations

"Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an
uncompleted task."

-- William James

"Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the
only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is
great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what
you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't
settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you
find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better
and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you
find it. Don't settle."

-- Steve Jobs

"Never bear more than one trouble at a time. Some people bear
three kinds -- all they have had, all they have now, and all
they expect to have."

-- Edward Everett Hale

"It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few."

-- Pythagoras

"Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the
chess player, not the chess piece."

-- Ralph Charell

"If you have something to do that is worthwhile doing, don't
talk about it, but do it. After you have done it, your friends
and enemies will talk about it."

-- George W. Blount

"Just one mental shift -- focusing on the abundance of your
environment--switches your psychological settings so that your
life automatically improves in many areas you may think are
unrelated. This is essentially a leap from fear to faith."

-- Martha Beck

"Hence it became evident that if man would make his world large, he must be always making himself small."

-- G.K. Chesterton

"There are two primary choices in life; to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them."

-- Denis Waitley

"One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him."

-- Booker T. Washington

"The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs."

-- Vance Havner

"How beautiful a day can be when kindness touches it!"

-- George Elliston

"Children are happy because they don't have a file in their minds called 'All the Things That Could Go Wrong.'"

-- Marianne Williamson

"If you learn anything... please learn to ask for help. It is a sign of wisdom and strength."

-- David Skorton, Cornell University President

"Life is full of endless possibilities."

-- Mettrie L.

"Little by little, one walks far."

-- Peruvian Proverb

"Oft hope is born when all is forlorn."

-- J.R.R. Tolkien

"Smile, breathe and go slowly."

-- Thich Nhat Hanh

"People will try to rain on your parade because they have no
parade of their own."

-- Jeffrey Gitomer

"Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what
remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good
ones."

-- Benjamin Franklin

"The only way to get positive feelings about yourself is to
take positive actions. Man does not live as he thinks, he
thinks as he lives."

-- Vaughan Quinn

"Winners take imperfect action while losers are still
perfecting the plan."

-- Tony Robbins

"The purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste
experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without
fear for newer and richer experience."

-- Eleanor Roosevelt

"Carry laughter with you wherever you go."

-- Hugh Sidey

"He who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never be able to change reality."

-- Anwar Sadat

"There are no great people in this world, only great challenges which ordinary people rise to meet."

-- William Frederick Halsey, Jr.

"When you feel like giving up, remember why you held on for so long in the first place."

--Author Unknown

"A daily routine built on good habits and disciplines
separates the most successful among us from everyone else. The
routine is exceptionally powerful."

-- Darren Hardy

"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."

-- Samuel Johnson

"Tact is the ability to describe others as they see
themselves."

-- Abraham Lincoln

"At 211 degrees, water is hot.
At 212 degrees, it boils.
And with boiling water, comes steam.
And steam can power a locomotive.
One extra degree...makes all the difference.
And, the one extra degree of effort in business and in life...separates the good from the great!"

-- SimpleTruths.com

"Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do
whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and
are willing to work with a power that is greater than
ourselves to do it."

-- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

"Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those
you hold well."

-- Josh Billings

"Decisiveness is a characteristic of high-performing men and women. Almost any decision is better than no decision at all."

-- Brian Tracy

"Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent."

-- Marilyn Vos Savant

6 Attitudes for Winners by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale

6 Attitudes for Winners by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale:-

Positive

Courageous

Enthusiastic

Peaceful

Confident

Expectant

Quotes(23-03-2012)

"May you have the hindsight to know where you've been, the
foresight to know where you're going, and the insight to know
when you're going too far."

-- Irish Blessing

"Having more joy does not necessarily require a life overhaul
-- you may just need to create more space in your life for
moments of joy."

-- Debrena Jackson Gandy

"Why you? Because there's no one better. Why now? Because
tomorrow isn't soon enough."

-- Donna Brazile

"When you're trying to motivate yourself, appreciate the fact
that you're even thinking about making a change. And as you
move forward, allow yourself to be good enough."

-- Alice Domar

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."

-- Theodore Roosevelt

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream."

-- Mark Twain

"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."

-- Thomas A. Edison

"The most wasted of all days is one without laughter."

-- E. E. Cummings

"A rose is not its thorns, a peach is not its fuzz and a human
being is not his or her crankiness."

-- Lisa Kogan

"People do not always make breakthroughs because they refused
to quit. Sometimes they make them because they know when to
quit. When they realize that enough is enough, that old
patterns aren't serving them, that it's time to repack their
bags."

-- Richard J. Leider

"Out with everything you don't need -- the junk, clutter,
hang-ups and hurts -- and in with the fresh, fantastic,
unencumbered life you've always wanted."

-- Oprah

"Never regret. If it's good, it's wonderful. If it's bad, it's experience."

-- Victoria Holt

शायरी (१९-०३-२०१२)

अजीब खेल है ये मोहब्बत का;
किसी को हम न मिले, कोई हमें ना मिला!

मेरी झोली में कुछ अलफ़ाज़ अपनी दुआओ के डाल देना, ऐ दोस्त;
क्या पता, तेरे लब हिले और मेरी तकदीर सवर जाये!

तकदीर के लिखे पे, कभी शिकवा न किया कर;
फूल भी तो खुश रहते हैं, काँटों की भीड़ में!

दूर ही सही मगर तुझसे प्यार तो है;
तेरे ईन्कार के बाद भी इंतज़ार तो है!
अगर आसान होता भूलना, तो भूल जाते;
पर आज भी ये दिल बेक़रार तो है!

तेरे इन्तजार में हुई सुबह से शाम;
तेरी चाहत में हुआ ये दिल बे-लगाम;
तुझे पाने की आरजू मेरी जल्द हो पूरी;
कि होंठों पे आता है सिर्फ तेरा ही नाम!

एक मुस्कान तू मुझे एक बार दे दे;
ख्वाब में ही सही, एक दीदार दे दे!
बस एक बार कर ले तू आने का वादा;
फिर उम्र भर का चाहे इंतज़ार दे दे!

मेरी नज़रों में जो खुमार है उसका ही है;
मेरे तस्सवुर में जो हिसार है उसका ही है;
वो मेरे पास आये, साथ चले रहे न रहे;
मुझे तो बस अब इंतज़ार उसका ही है!

मिट्टी मेरी कब्र से चुरा के जा रहा है कोई;
मर कर भी बहुत याद आ रहा है कोई;
ए खुदा एक पल की ज़िन्दगी और दे दे मुझे;
उदास मेरी कब्र से होकर जा रहा है कोई!

तड़प के देखो किसी की चाहत में;
तो पता चले कि इंतज़ार क्या होता है;
यूँ ही मिल जाये अगर कोई बिना तड़पे;
तो कैसे पता चले के प्यार क्या होता है!

फासले मिटा कर आपस में प्यार रखना;
दोस्ती का ये रिश्ता हमेशा बरकरार रखना;
बिछड़ जाए कभी आपसे हम;
आँखों में हमेशा हमारा इंतज़ार रखना!

खो जाओ मुझ में तो मालूम हो कि दर्द क्या है?
ये वो किस्सा है जो जुबान से बयाँ नही होता!

हमसे बदल गये वो निगाहें तो क्या हुआ
जिंदा हैं कितने लोग मोहब्बत किये बगैर!

मरता नहीं कोई किसी के बगैर ये हकीकत है ज़िन्दगी की
लेकिन सिर्फ सांसें लेने को 'जीना' तो नहीं कहते!
शायद कोई तराश कर, किस्मत संवार दे;
यह सोच कर हम, उम्र भर पत्थर बने रहे!

प्यार है हमको आपसे इस कद्र!
जागते है इंतज़ार में अब तो हर पहर!
आपके दीदार से होती है हर सहर!
और आपके खुमार में उठती है प्यार की लहर!

'Been a tough phase for me' - Tendulkar(16-03-2012)

Sachin Tendulkar has admitted that he went through a "tough phase" to reach the milestone of a hundred international centuries. At the same time, Tendulkar, who last made an international hundred in the 2011 World Cup, said he had not been weighed down by his pursuit of the record, blaming the media for all the hype around it.


"It's been a tough phase for me," Tendulkar told television commentator Ramiz Raja during the mid-innings break in Mirpur, after helping India post 289 against Bangladesh in the Asia Cup. "I started off the season batting reasonably well. I was luckless. I am not playing only for my hundredth hundred. It doesn't matter how many 100s you score, you still put your head down, grind it out and do the job for the team.


"I was not thinking about the milestone, the media started all this, wherever I went, the restaurant, room service, everyone was talking about the 100th hundred. Nobody talked about my 99 hundreds. It became mentally tough for me because nobody talked about my 99 hundreds."


Tendulkar said that his sole aim has always been to excel for his country, even during the lean phase over the past year. Despite the struggle to get to his 100th hundred and the pressure that that had built up around it, Tendulkar was able to joke about having finally achieved it, saying he had shed "50 kilos" with the 114 he made today.


When Ramiz asked Tendulkar what message he wanted to send to a youngster who witnessed him make history, Tendulkar said it was important to never give up on chasing your dreams. "Enjoy the game and chase your dreams," he said. "Dreams do come true. I had to wait for 22 years for India to win the World Cup."


"On Scoring 100th Century against Bangladesh on 16-03-2012"

Quotes(16-03-2012)

"If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a
hardship today."

-- Thich Nhat Hanh

"I've come to believe that seeking happiness is not a
frivolous pursuit. It's honorable and necessary. And most
people forget even to think about it."

-- Goldie Hawn

"What we perceive as a failure may simply be our inner being's
way of telling us that we are ready to move to a new level of
growth."

-- Anne Wilson Schaef

"If you get the inside right, the outside will fall into
place."

-- Eckhart Tolle

"I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand."

-- Confucius

"There is a great difference between worry and concern. A worried person sees a problem, and a concerned person solves a problem."

-- Harold Stephens

"Today the greatest single source of ?wealth is between your ears."

-- Brian Tracy

"If we keep our little flame alive, our first feeling of
enthusiasm of who we are, without the influence or
intervention of others, we will prevail."

-- Patti Smith

"One of the many things nobody ever tells you about middle age
is that it's such a nice change from being young."

-- Dorothy Canfield Fisher

"I'm not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my
ship."

-- Louisa May Alcott

"It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit."

-- Harry Truman

"Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment."

-- Barry LePatner

Foods that help sleep better

Source:-The Times of India(16/03/2012)

The meal you choose tonight could mean the difference between counting sheep and getting some serious shut-eye. So order the salmon.

There are certain nutrients in salmon, as well as in beans, yogurt, and spinach that help you sleep better.

Salmon
The healthy fats in this fish (namely docosahexaenoic acid, or DHA for short) may boost levels of the sleep-regulating hormone melatonin.

Beans
Beans and other legumes provide a nice sampling of B vitamins, including B6, B12, and folic acid, all of which help the body regulate sleep cycles and produce relaxing serotonin. In fact, studies have shown that boosting B vitamins may help people with insomnia.

Low-fat yogurt
Yogurt is a good source of calcium and magnesium - two important sleep-supporting minerals that together help you fall asleep faster and ratchet up your deep-sleep time. And skimping on both may lead to muscle cramps, higher stress levels, and worse sleep.

Spinach
Dark leafy greens are a great source of iron - a nutrient that may help protect against the sleep robber known as restless legs syndrome.

Quotes(09-03-2012)

"Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose."
-- Tennessee Williams
"Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible."
-- Tony Robbins
"Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"It is common sense to take a method and try it; if it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something."
-- Franklin D. Roosevelt
"If I had my life to live over... I'd dare to make more mistakes next time."
-- Nadine Stair
"It's choice -- not chance -- that determines your destiny."
-- Jean Nidetch
"We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched.Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives... not looking for flaws, but for potential."
-- Ellen Goodman
"The greatest oak was once a little nut who held its ground."
-- Unknown Author
"The difference between try and triumph is a little umph."
-- Unknown Author
"We don't see the things the way they are. We see things the way WE are."
-- Talmund
"A room without books is like a body without a soul."
-- Marcus Tullius Cicero
"Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will."
-- Zig Ziglar
"A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing."
-- George Bernard Shaw
"An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching."
-- Gandhi
"When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way."
-- Wayne Dyer
"The great thing about being yourself, is that if you always do it, people expect it, and accept nothing less...no matter how different you may be."
-- Michelle Cole
"Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful."
-- Mark Victor Hansen
"Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I go, only as deep as I look can I see, only as much as I dream can I be."
-- Karen Ravn
"The one thing all famous authors, world class athletes, business tycoons, singers, actors, and celebrated achievers in any field have in common is that they all began their journeys when they were none of these things. Yet still, they began their journeys."
-- Mike Dooley
"You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get."
-- Michael Phelps
"Gratitude is the open door to abundance."
-- Yogi Bhajan
"If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher."
-- Pema Chedron
"I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing that I wanted to do."
-- Georgia O'Keeffe

Quotes(07-03-2012)

"You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, love likeyou'll never be hurt, sing like there's nobody listening, andlive like it's heaven on earth."
-- William W. Purkey
"Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signsof great strength. However, there are times when it takes muchmore strength to know when to let go and then do it."
-- Ann Landers
"Resolve to make at least one person happy every day, and then in ten years you may have made three thousand, six hundred and fifty persons happy, or brightened a small town by your contribution to the fund of general enjoyment."
-- Sydney Smith
"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."
-- Thomas A. Edison
"Money is central to our lives. Yet money is not of central importance. It has nothing whatsoever to do with the lasting values that make life worth living."
-- Kent Nerburn
"A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition."
-- William Arthur Ward
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but bythe moments that take our breath away."
-- Maya Angelou
"To love what you do and feel that it matters -- how couldanything be more fun?"
-- Katharine Graham
"All of us are born for a reason, but all of us don't discoverwhy. Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain inlife or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others."
-- Danny Thomas
"Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow."
-- Doug Firebaugh
"When all else is lost, the future still remains."
-- Christian Nevell Bovee
"When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love."
-- Marcus Aurelius "If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?"
-- Unknown Author
"Your worth consists in what you are and not in what youhave."
-- Thomas A. Edison
"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a giftof God, which is why we call it the present."
-- Bil Keane
"Any change, even a change for the better, is alwaysaccompanied by drawbacks and discomforts."
-- Arnold Bennett
"Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. Thetroublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The oneswho see things differently. They're not fond of rules. Andthey have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them,disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the onlything you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things.They push the human race forward. And while some may see themas the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who arecrazy enough to think they can change the world, are the oneswho do."
-- Apple Inc.
"If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it."
-- Mary Engelbreit
"To love is to receive a glimpse of heaven."
-- Karen Sunde
"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure istrying to please everyone."
-- Bill Cosby
"For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds ofhappiness."
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quotes(06-03-2012)

"'I'm bored' is a useless thing to say. I mean, you live in a great, big, vast world that you've seen none percent of. Even the inside of your own mind is endless, it goes on forever, inwardly, do you understand? The fact that you're alive is amazing, so you don't get to say 'I'm bored.'"

-- Louis C.K.

"Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen
to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the
never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen,
child. Anything can be."

-- Shel Silverstein

"Trust that little voice in your head that says 'Wouldn't it
be interesting if...' And then do it."

-- Duane Michals

"Always walk through life as if you have something new to
learn and you will."

-- Vernon Howard

"Why not go out on a limb? That's where the fruit is."

-- Will Rogers

"The fastest way to change yourself is to hang out with people who are already the way you want to be."

-- Reid Hoffman

"All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage.
Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of
them."

-- Erma Bombeck

"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope
someday you'll join us. And the world will live as one."

-- John Lennon

"Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart."

-- Confucius

"Always be 'opportunity-ready' - The greatest door-opening opportunities often come in the form of objections."

-- Lisa Washington

"When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring
out the best in ourselves."

-- William Arthur Ward

"The more intensely we feel about an idea or a goal, the more
assuredly the idea, buried deep in our subconscious, will
direct us along the path to its fulfillment."

-- Earl Nightingale

"Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously
interested in it."

-- Julia Child

"Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to
handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen."

-- John Steinbeck

"Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness
of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish
performance. Without them it cannot live."

-- Franklin D. Roosevelt

"A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the
doctor's book."

-- Irish Proverb