When the most important times are occurring, we don't even recognize them or notice. We are just busy living our lives. Only looking back do we know what was a great moment in our lives.|Federico Fellini (1920-1993) Film director It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishments rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.|Elinor Smith Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing in a solution paves the way to solution. |Dr. David Schwartz How do you know where your going unless you know what your horizon looks like? If you go through life with your head down, it'll only be a matter of time before you find yourself travelling in circles.|Sonny @Self-Focus Fill your mind with peace and good feelings and your mind will give that experience in return. Whatever you are experiencing in your mind now is what you put there earlier on.|Anonymous Why do so many people dread adversity, when it is only through adversity that we grow stronger? There's not great fun, satisfaction or joy derived from doing something that's easy. Failure is never fatal, but failure to change might be.|John Wooden For many people, change is more threatening than challenging. They see it as the destroyer of what is familiar and comfortable rather than the creator of what is new and exciting.|Nido Qubein I used to hate being different. I used to cry. I wanted to be blonde-haired and blue-eyed like all of my girlfriends. My mom and dad would feel so badly --'No, it's OK. You'll be happy you're different later. |Kiana Tom. Passion is power. Nothing was ever achieved without it, and nothing can take its place. No matter what you face in life, if your passion is great enough, you will find the strength to succeed. Without passion, life has no meaning. So put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. this is the essence of passion. This is the secret of life. |Anonymous Many people chase after success. Others pursue money. But I think the happiest people on earth are the one's who have found significance. The real question of life must be: What has significance for you? |Derek Lantzsch It's easier to assert yourself when your outer appearance matches your inner makeup. |Russell Grant The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it's the same problem you had last year. |John Foster Dulles There is a race between mankind and the universe. Mankind is trying to build bigger, better, faster, and more foolproof machines. The universe is trying to build bigger, better, and faster fools. So far the universe is winning. |Albert Einstein The ultimate test of man's conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard. |Gaylord Nelson, politician Happiness is a by-product of an effort to make someone else happy. |Grette Palmer Academic success is a by product of emotional success. If you FEEL good, FEEL motivated, FEEL focused, and have support from those around you, only then will academic success be yours. |Daniel Goleman. I've learned that we are human beings, not human doings. When you reach a clear inner state of beingabout your service to the world, the world will come to you. |Joe Vitale While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior." |Henry C. Link Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal." |Hannah More Is there anything you wouldn't do to stay alive? |Mei Ling, Metal Gear Solid Win any way you can. Nice guys finish last. |Lee Durocher, ex-President of Genral Motors A man can face the most dangerous challenge, so long as he believes he can master it. |Esteban -"The Mysterious Cities of Gold", episode 39 Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth. |John F. Kennedy Quit now, you'll never make it. Disregard this advice, you'll be half way there. |David Zucker Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day! Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows. |Michael Landon You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight. |Jim Rohn All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without the benefit of experience. |Henry Miller Forget about likes and dislikes. They are of no consequence. Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness. |George Bernard Shaw (1856 -1950), Playwright and Critic 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. |Henry David Thoreau. Would those of you who say it can't be done stop bothering those of us who are doing it. |Anonymous Commonplace minds usually condemn what is beyond the reach of their understanding. |Francois LaRochefoucauld Begin now to neutralize your past negative feelings. Start to do things for the right reasons. When you become a person that you can love and respect, then you will be loved and respected by others. This is what you must strive for every day. Become a leader of GOOD, and help others by having the strength to overcome the hatred of the world. |Thomas D. Willhite "Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future."|Charles F. Kettering