"If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort." ~talent can GET you there, but your character may not KEEP you there...I've seen that firsthand.

"Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body." ~ I just have to work out as much as I read. lol

"The way you think, the way you behave, the way
you eat, can influence your life by 30 to 50 years."
~this was evident in someone really close to me. You couldn't tell he was in his 70's.

Brand new article on my Blog ~ http://wp.me/pKe8M-M

"If you follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track, which has been there all the while waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living."

"The possibility of stepping into a higher plane
is quite real for everyone. It requires no force
or effort or sacrifice. It involves little more than
changing our ideas about what is normal." ...~hmmm. I saw Deepak on Larry King the other night expressing this....

"Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death."

says "enjoy your time with family & friends. Relax & recharge and get ready for the best time in your life."

"Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand
that there is little difference between obstacle and
opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage."

"All great achievements require time."....and that's all I'm asking for..just a lil bit more time...

Ganhndi's glasses just sold for $1,000,000 at auction earlier this year....choose for yourself!

"It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver."— Mahatma Gandhi: ~this is interesting. Gandhi died wealthy. His inner circle said "It takes a lot of money to keep Gandhi poor."

Fired from a newspaper because he "lacked imagination." – Walt Disney
Everyone gets knocked down. The ones who find a way to get back up — well, they become somebody.

Turned down by a recording studio that said, "We don’t like your sound." – The Beatles

Cut from his high school basketball team, he went home and cried. – Michael Jordan

Told by a teacher he was "Too stupid to learn anything." – Thomas Edison

Fired from a newspaper because he "lacked imagination." – Walt Disney

Everyone gets knocked down. The ones who find a way to get back up — well, they become somebody.

"If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding worry, stress and tension. And if you didn't ask me, I'd still have to say it."— George F. Burns

"Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings."

"The more elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate." ~ except for FaceBook!! Hahaha

"When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen." ~ 2 ears and 1 mouth for a reason, huh? I've always had great listening skills...even thought I used to get C's in "behavior" for talking tooo much. HA!

"When Nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it."— Ralph Waldo Emerson:...so THAT'S the reason I'm here...lol

"Formal education will make you a living;
self-education will make you a fortune."
— Jim Rohn

"When the student is ready, the master appears." ~ When has the right person/thing come to you at the right time? Please share...

For years I've always had some kind of "coach" in my ear. Have you used a coach and how has it benefited you? Please share...

"No one lives long enough to learn everything they need to learn starting from scratch. To be successful, we absolutely, positively have to find people who have already paid the price to learn the things that we need to learn to achieve our goals."

"You cannot change your destination overnight,
but you can change your direction overnight." ~ this is a quote from the recently departed Jim Rohn. I remember sitting in an arena hearing him for the first time. 10,000 people in there and you could hear a pin drop, because everyone was listening to what he had to say.

"A complete and accurately defined list of projects, kept current and reviewed on at least a weekly basis, is a master key to stress-free productivity." ~ does this work for you...please share...

"As soon as you start to feel differently about what you already have, you will start to attract more of the good things, more of the things you can be grateful for." ~this one I practice daily...

"Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, 'What's in it for me?'"
— Brian Tracy

"If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much."

"Much of the stress that people feel doesn't come from having too much to do. It comes from not
finishing what they've started." ~ ooh, that was a punch in the gut!

"Knowing is not enough; we must apply.
Willing is not enough; we must do." ~I know, but sometimes I get so tired....

"Wisdom is to the soul what health is to the body."
— César Vichard de Saint-Réal ~ I definitely live this one. Studying in the morning has become a way of life for me....what do you ponder before you start your day? Please share...