Failing to plan is planning to fail.

“simply make certain that every single step is in the
direction of the mountain top and you will get there.”




Today’s thoughts build tomorrow’s dreams.




Remember, if
you are a complete human being, God is
Within you. Else, there is no God – either
within you or in somebody else.


Oliver WendellHolmes:
"Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea,
never regains its original dimensions."


What you focus on is what you get.
If you look for the positive this is what you get.
This is a fundamental law of Nature.


"is this the best
use of my time and energy?"


the key principle that the quality of your life is the quality of your
communication.


Stop being a prisoner of
your past - become the architect of your future.






Someone has well said, “Success is a journey, not a
destination.” Happiness is to be found along the way, not at
the end of the road, for then the journey is over and it is
too late. Today, this hour, this minute is the day, the hour,
the minute for each of us to sense the fact that life is good,
with all its trials and troubles and perhaps more interesting
because of them.
-Robert R. Updegraff




There are simply no limits for a person who
accepts no limits.


As Napoleon Hill wrote in his wonderful book, Think and Grow Rich :
“whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe he can achieve.”


As Emerson wrote: “what lies
behind us and what lies in front of us pales in comparison to what lies
within us.”


a great law of nature is that
positive always dominates the negative.


Infinite riches are all around you if you will open your mental eyes
and behold the treasure house of infinity within you. There is a gold
mine within you from which you can extract everything you need to
live life gloriously, joyously and abundantly.
Joseph Murphy, Ph.D.,
The Power of Your Subconscious Mind


You have dynamite in your hands whether you
realize it or not.


your mind is the sole author of your
success. If you master your thoughts, you master your mind. Once you
master your mind, you master your life and when you master your life
you master your destiny.


If you want ideal relationships, dedicate
yourself to becoming the kind of person that sustains such bonds. But
it will not just come to you by chance.




we are happiest when we are growing and feeling that we are contributing
in some way


the great
philosopher of India, Patanjali said it best: “When you are inspired by
some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all of your thoughts
break their bonds, your mind transcends limitations, your
consciousness expands in every direction and you find yourself in a
new great and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents
become alive and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far
than you ever dreamed yourself to be.”


As British poet, William
Wordsworth wrote: “All which we behold is full of blessings.”




For the purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness
of thought combined with energy of will.
~Henri Frederic Amiel


There are no shortcuts to the success and pleasure




“Patience, the essential
quality of a man,”
~ Kwai-Koo-Tsu.


“There is nothing noble about being superior to
some other person. The true nobility lies in being superior to your
previous self.”




Man is made or unmade by himself. In the armoury of thought he
forges the weapons by which he destroys himself. He also fashions the
tools with which he builds for himself heavenly mansions of joy,
strength and peace. By the right choice, and true application of
thought, man ascends to divine perfection. By the abuse and wrong
application of thought, he descends below the level of the beast.
James Allen, As a Man Thinketh




“good people
strengthen themselves ceaselessly.”


mind is a terrible master but a wonderful servant




Don't sleep too much, worry too much,
watch television too much or eat too much


To be great you must act
great. Nothing can stop a person who refuses to be stopped




Remember, happiness is a method of travelling through this wonderful
world and not a destination, a place you arrive at in the future. A time
will definitely come when your personal power takes you to a place
where you have real freedom and joy. This is a place where all dreams
come true. This is the place of self-mastery. This is a place called
MegaLiving!






“Things which matter most should never be at the
mercy of things which matter least."
~German poet Johann von Goethe




The Power of Positive Thinking or Think and Grow Rich.




Kaizen means constant and never ending improvement




“a quiet mind cureth
all.” ~Robert Burton






Thought is a vital, living force, the most vital, subtle and irresistible
force that exists in the universe. ... Thoughts are living things.
~Swami Sivananda




H.G. Wells:
“Man must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind him to the
fact that each moment of his life is a miracle and a mystery.”






“sow a thought, reap
an action, sow an action, reap a habit, sow a habit, reap a character,
sow a character, reap a destiny!”






What you focus on shapes your life. Your thoughts form
your world.






Every moment is a celebration
- the winners on the playing field of life know this






“Man must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind him to the
fact that each moment of his life is a miracle and a mystery.”
- H.G. Wells






you can accomplish anything in
your life with the right knowledge.






unshakable confidence and
unstoppable momentum.






Man is still responsible. He must turn the alloy of modern experience
into the steel of mastery and character. His success lies not with the
stars but with himself. He must carry on the fight of self-correction
and discipline. He must fight mediocrity as sin and live against the
imperative of life’s highest ideal.
-Frank Curtis Williams






The most important initial ingredients of self-mastery and life
excellence are discipline and will-power.








H.P. Liddon said: “ what we do upon some
great occasion will probably depend on what we already are; and what
we are will be the result of previous years of self-discipline.”










Will-Power, Raymond De Saint-Laurent writes that
“the man of character is one who selects a reasonable objective and
never gives up pursuing it so long as he has not reached his goal.”








Be not afraid of life. Believe that it is worth living, and your belief
will help create that fact.
William James








“ookabooka!”








Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble
but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be
successful or happy.
-Norman Vincent Peale








Your mind is the Universe’s most powerful computer
and you are the programmer.






You have phenomenal powers lurking deep inside of you, whether you
realize this or not.








“My whole game is attitude. You’ve
got to think positively to achieve the impossible, to be what you
expect to be. If you seek mediocrity, then that’s all you get!”
Marcus Allen, thefirst-class NFL running back






Become a true
adventurer, seeing life’s little obstacles as challenges that will allow
you to become wiser and to grow.Learn to love adversity and to thrive on
it








Winners design strategies to benefit from challenges, regroup if they do
not work and maintain a burning commitment to succeed at all cost.
Winners will always find a way.






Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from
achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong
mental attitude.
W.W. Ziege








One of the truest laws of Nature is that what you focus on
constantly with great emotion and expectation will become a reality.






One of the truest laws of Nature is that what you focus on
constantly with great emotion and expectation will become a reality.








“Thinking always ahead, thinking always of trying to do more, brings
a state of mind in which nothing seems impossible.”
Henry Ford




“great acts are performed not through strength but by perseverance.”
-Samuel Johnson






“Enjoy the journey” say the sages
of the East. Treat yourself when you achieve even the smallest of your
goals. Small victories bring large victories. And do not be too hard on
yourself if you don’t achieve a goal on schedule. Be flexible. Try
another approach but never, ever give up if your aim is worthy.






Remember, the purpose of life is a life of purpose.




"Success Is Not An Accident"






Thoreau promised: “If one
advances confidently in the direction of his dreams and endeavours to
live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success
unexpected in common hours.”




Woodrow Wilson:
We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. They see
things in the soft haze of a spring day or in the red fire of a long
winter’s evening. Some of us let great dreams die, but others
nourish and protect them, nurse them through bad days till
they bring them to the sunshine and light which comes always
to those who sincerely hope that their dreams will come true.




If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity
to do it, even if I do not have it at the beginning.
-Mahatma Ghandi




the spirit of Kaizen: if you are not moving
forward, you are moving backward




“the person who has no time for exercise must make
time for illness.”


Humboldt: “True enjoyment comes from
activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united.”




When the breath wanders, the mind is unsteady, but when the breath
is still, so is the mind still.




Benjamin Franklin said, “To
lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.”




William James said: “we don’t laugh because we
are happy, we are happy because we laugh.”




If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and
endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with
a success unexpected in common hours.
Thoreau




your thoughts control your world




Everyone knows that weeds eat out the life of the garden and of the
productive fields. The gardener and the farmer alike each has to keep
the weeding process alive... It’s like that in the building and
developing of character. No one knows our faults and tendencies
better than we do ourselves, so that it is up to each one of us to keep
the weeds out, and to keep all growth vigorous and fruitful.
George Matthew Adams




They have come to understand that pain is a teacher and there are no
negative events in life, only outcomes which you can choose to view in a
positive light if you wish.




As Eleanor
Roosevelt said: “no one can hurt you without your consent.” Ghandi
put it another way: “they cannot take our self-respect if we do not give
it to them.”




If you are not going forward, you are going backward.






The Law of Attraction.
This law states that what you constantly and
consistently focus on in your inner world is precisely what you will
receive in your outer world.






Emerson said: “A man is what he thinks all day long.”




The more you focus on your wishes, the more you
believe deeply in their realization and the more every thought in your
mind is a good one, the more you will receive.




“I am attracting great prosperity and wealth.”
“every day in every single way, I am getting better and better.”




80/20 Rule: 80% of the
results come from 20% of your activities.




A golden rule for effective and productive living
is a strikingly simple one: time mastery is life mastery.




“A man possesses nothing certainly save a brief loan of his own
body yet the body of man is capable of much curious pleasure,” wrote
J. B. Cabell.




One of the greatest truths is that every moment of
every day is pure perfection, whether you realize it or not. There is no
chaos in the world and everything happens for a reason. Today, realize
the perfection and wonders of your life and do not waste a single
minute in regret about things in the past. The past has no relevance to
your future and the achievements of which you are capable.




Do not let even one day slip by without
practising “random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty.”






success is a
journey, not a destination.




Every day is a miracle, no matter how much
the phone rings, no matter how high your “in basket” gets and no
matter how many bills remain to be paid.






To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent
persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of
honest critics; to appreciate beauty; to give of one’s self, to leave
the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch
or a redeemed social condition; to have played and laughed with
enthusiasm and sung with exultation; to know even one life has
breathed easier because you have lived - that is to have
succeeded.
Ralph Waldo Emerson




Wisdom thoroughly learned will never be forgotten.
Pythagoras




Stay on purpose, not on outcome






Silence indeed is golden. As the Zen master once
said, it is the space between the bars that holds the cage.






Stress is simply a response which you create in the interpretation
of an event.






“The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” by Stephen
Covey.






“As a Man Thinketh” by James Allen






old Ella Fitzgerald recording






Never feel that you have no time for gathering new ideas,
you are investing in yourself.


“Discovering Happiness” by Dennis
Wholey




“a single conversation across the table with a wise man is
worth a month’s study of books.”




“it’s not who you think you are that holds you back but
what you think you’re not.”








The 19th century philosopher Henri Frederic
Amiel summed it up nicely: “for purposes of action, nothing is more
useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will.”






ancient Indian proverb: “if you conquer your
mind, you conquer the world.”




“A History of Knowledge” by Charles Van Doren


“The Art of the Leader” by William A. Cohen.




“Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not
act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have
those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” - Aristotle


“Today is yesterday’s pupil.” - Benjamin Franklin


Purchase a cassette or CD of Miles Davis’s Kind Of Blue




“Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind. People grow old only
by deserting their ideals and by outgrowing the consciousness of youth. Years
wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul... You are as
old as your doubt, your fear, your despair. The way to keep young is to keep
your faith young. Keep your self-confidence young. Keep your hope young.”
- Dr. L.F. Phelan.




Be certain to organize your time around the true priorities of your
life. As Stephen Covey has noted: “it is easy to say no when there is a
deeper yes burning within.”