“If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don’t have integrity, nothing else matters.” ~ Alan Simpson
“There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience.” ~ French Proverb
“Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier. I am talking about a gung-ho attitude that says ‘we can change things here, we can achieve awesome goals, we can be the best. ‘Spare me the grim litany of the ‘realist;’ give me the unrealistic aspirations of the optimist any day.” ~ Colin Powell
“All successful men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.” ~ Brian Tracy
“The ability to discipline yourself to delay gratification in the short term in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long term is the indispensable prerequisite for success.” ~ Brian Tracy
“Talent is a dreadfully cheap commodity, cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work and study.” ~ Stephen King
“Nature gave us two ends: one to sit on and one to think with. Ever since then, man’s success or failure has been dependent on the one he used most.” ~ Robert Albert Bloch
“Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.” ~ Pablo Picasso
“Each problem has hidden in it an opportunity so powerful that it literally dwarfs the problem. The greatest success stories were created by people who recognized a problem and turned it into an opportunity.” ~ Joseph Sugarman
“The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.” ~ Mark Twain
Let us rise up and be thankful,
for if we didn’t learn a lot today,
at least we learned a little,
and if we didn’t learn a little,
at least we didn’t get sick,
and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die;
so, let us all be thankful.
~ Buddha
“Firelight will not let you read fine stories, but it’s warm and you won’t see the dust on the floor.” ~ Irish Proverb
“The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth.” ~ Chinese Proverb
“Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.” ~ Jonathan Kozol
“When you are in a dangerous situation you must never anticipate anything. What if this happens? What if that happens? Nothing has started and you are getting all prepared – for nothing! You must have a calm mind. Anticipation creates fear.” ~ Mr. Lum
“If you rely on strength, there’s a limit to strength.
As you get older your strength naturally declines.
But there’s no limit to how much control you can develop.”
~ Chow Hung-Yuen
“The way I measure greatness is: How many people do you affect? In your time on earth, how many people can you affect? How many people can you make want to be better? Or how many people can you inspire?” ~ Will Smith
“You don’t get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.” ~ Jim Rohn
“You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.” ~ Jim Rohn
“Time is more value than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.” ~ Jim Rohn
