Movement without direction will create...

"Movement without direction will create a hole in the ground."
- Sophia Bedford-Pierce

Our greatest glory consists not in never falling...

"Our greatest glory consists not in never falling... but in rising every time we fall."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Happy people plan actions, they don't...

"Happy people plan actions, they don't plan results."
- Denis Waitley

The obstacles that others put in our path...

"The obstacles that others put in our path can be pushed aside in any number of ways.

The obstacles that you put in your own way can be removed only by the same hands."
- Sophia Bedford-Pierce

Look at a stone cutter hammering away at his rock...

"Look at a stone cutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it.

Yet at the hundred-and-first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not the last blow that did it, but all that had gone before."- Jacob A. Riis

When You Believe You Can....

"When you believe you can-you can!"
- Maxwell Maltz

Do a little more each day than...

"Do a little more each day than you think you can."
- Lowell Thomas

What Do You Allow To Enter Your Mind?...

Your own mind is a sacred enclosure into which nothing harmful can enter except by your permission."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Five Steps That Will Help You Realize Success...

Author: Anonymous

If a person is working toward a predetermined goal and knows where to go, then that person is successful. If a person does not know which direction they want to go in life, then that person is a failure.

The only person who succeeds is the person who is progressively realizing a worthy idea. The person who says, "I'm going to become this"… and then begins to work toward becoming it.

Here are five steps that will help you realize success:
1. Establish a definite goal.
2. Stop running yourself down.
3. Do not think of all the reasons why you cannot be successful -- instead think of all the reasons why you can achieve success.
4. Trace your emotions back to childhood -- discover where you first got the negative idea you would not be successful -- face your fears.
5. Renew your self-image by writing a description of the person you want to become -- Act the part -- You are that person!

"People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them."
- George Bernard

Well, that is pretty apparent, isn't it? And every person who discovered this believed – for a while – that he was the first one to work it out. We become what we think about.

Now, it stands to reason that a person who is thinking about a concrete and worthwhile goal is going to reach it, because that's what he's thinking about. And we become what we think about.

Conversely, the man who has no goal, who doesn't know where he's going, and whose thoughts must therefore be thoughts of confusion and anxiety and fear and worry, becomes what he thinks about. His life becomes one of frustration and fear and anxiety and worry.

And if he thinks about nothing…he becomes nothing.

So decide now. What is it you want? Plant your goal in your mind. It's the most important decision you'll ever make in your entire life. All you've got to do is plant that seed in your mind, care for it, and work steadily toward your goal, and it will become a reality.

How do you begin?

First: It is understanding emotionally as well as intellectually that we literally become what we think about; that we must control our thoughts if we're to control our lives. It's understanding fully that…"as ye sow, so shall ye reap."

Second: It's cutting away all fetters from the mind and permitting it to soar as it was divinely designed to do. It's the realization that your limitations are self-imposed and that the opportunities for you today are enormous beyond belief. It's rising above narrow-minded pettiness and prejudice.

Third: It's using all your courage to force yourself to think positively on your own problems, to set a definite and clearly defined goal for yourself. To let your marvelous mind think about your goal from all possible angles; to let your imagination speculate freely upon many different possible solutions. To refuse to believe that there are any circumstances sufficiently strong to defeat you in the accomplishment of your purpose. To act promptly and decisively when your course is clear. And to keep constantly aware of the fact that you are, at this moment, standing in the middle of your own "acres of diamonds."

And fourth: Save at least 10 percent of every dollar you earn.

It's also remembering that, no matter what your present job, it has enormous possibilities – if, you're willing to pay the price by keeping these four points in mind:
1. You will become what you think about.
2. Remember the word "imagination" and let your mind begin to soar.
3. Courageously concentrate on your goal every day.
4. Save 10 percent of what you earn.

Finally, take action – ideas are worthless unless we act on them.

The Person Who Always Fights One More Round Is Never Whipped...

"Fight one more round. When your arms are so tired that you can hardly lift your hands to come on guard, fight one more round. When your nose is bleeding and your eyes are black and you are so tired that you wish your opponent would crack you one on the jaw and put you to sleep, fight one more round – remembering that the man who always fights one more round is never whipped."
- James Corbett

You May Have A Fresh Start Any Moment You Choose...

"You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call “failure” is not the falling down, but the staying down."
- Mary Pickford

Your Own Resolution To Succeed Is More Important Than...

"Always bear in mind, that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing."
- Abraham Lincoln

Visualize this thing you want...

Visualize this thing you want. See it, feel it, believe in it. Make your mental blueprint and begin."- Robert Collier

In The Power To Change Yourself Is The Power To...

"In the power to change yourself is the power to change the world around you."
- Anwar Sadat

Let Me Not Pray To Be Sheltered From Dangers...

"Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them. Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, but for the heart to conquer it."
- Rabindranath Tagore

A Difficult Time Can Be More Readily Endured If...

"A difficult time can be more readily endured if we retain the conviction that our existence holds a purpose - a cause to pursue, a person to love, a goal to achieve."
- John Maxwell

How Valuable Is Your Time?...

"Time is our most valuable asset, yet we tend to waste it, kill it, and spend it rather than invest it."
- Jim Rohn

STOP PRACTICING FEAR!!!

“We must practice the art of being consciously fearless instead of mindlessly practicing the thoughts and feelings that tell us to justify the fear we feel.”
- Guy Finley

Aim for success not perfection...

"Aim for success not perfection... Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism. Confronting your fears and allowing yourself the right to be human can, paradoxically, make you a far happier and more productive person."
- Dr. David Burns

How Do You Accomplish Great Things...

"All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible."
- Orison Swett Marden

The Only Thing That Stands Between You And What You Want From Life Is...

"The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible."
- Richard M. DeVos

The Quality Essential To Success Is...

I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature."
- John D. Rockefeller

The first step to becoming is...

"The first step to becoming is to will it."
- Mother Teresa

FACING THE ENEMIES WITHIN

FACING THE ENEMIES WITHIN by Jim Rohn

We are not born with courage, but neither are we born with fear. Maybe some of our fears are brought on by our own experiences, by what someone has told you, by what you've read in the papers. Some fears are valid, like walking alone in a bad part of town at two o'clock in the morning. But once you learn to avoid that situation, you won't need to live in fear of it.

Fears, even the most basic ones, can totally destroy our ambitions. Fear can destroy fortunes. Fear can destroy relationships. Fear, if left unchecked, can destroy our lives. Fear is one of the many enemies lurking inside us.

Let me tell you about five of the other enemies we face from within.

The first enemy that you've got to destroy before it destroys you is indifference. What a tragic disease this is. "Ho-hum, let it slide. I'll just drift along." Here's one problem with drifting: you can't drift your way to the top of the mountain.

The second enemy we face is indecision. Indecision is the thief of opportunity and enterprise. It will steal your chances for a better future. Take a sword to this enemy.

The third enemy inside is doubt. Sure, there's room for healthy skepticism. You can't believe everything. But you also can't let doubt take over. Many people doubt the past, doubt the future, doubt each other, doubt the government, doubt the possibilities and doubt the opportunities. Worse of all, they doubt themselves. I'm telling you, doubt will destroy your life and your chances of success. It will empty both your bank account and your heart. Doubt is an enemy Go after it. Get rid of it.

The fourth enemy within is worry. We've all got to worry some. Just don't let it conquer you. Instead, let it alarm you. Worry can be useful. If you step off the curb in New York City and a taxi is coming, you've got to worry. But you can't let worry loose like a mad dog that drives you into a small corner. Here's what you've got to do with your worries: drive them into a small corner. Whatever is out to get you, you've got to get it. Whatever is pushing on you, you've got to push back.

The fifth interior enemy is over-caution. It is the timid approach to life. Timidity is not a virtue; it's an illness. If you let it go, it'll conquer you. Timid people don't get promoted. They don't advance and grow and become powerful in the marketplace. You've got to avoid over-caution.

Do battle with the enemy. Do battle with your fears. Build your courage to fight what's holding you back, what's keeping you from your goals and dreams. Be courageous in your life and in your pursuit of the things you want and the person you want to become.

To Your Success,

Jim Rohn

Change Everything...

This one step, choosing a goal and sticking to it, changes everything."
- Scott Reed

Take A Leap In The Dark...

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal and then leap in the dark to our success."
- Henry David Thoreau

The First Step To Getting What You Want Out Of Life Is...

"The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want."
- Ben Stein

People with goals succeed because...

"People with goals succeed because they know where they are going... It's as simple as that."- Earl Nightingale

Our attitudes control our lives...

"Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working 24 hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force."
- Tom Blandi

What Deters You?

"Man is not deterred by things but by the view he takes of those things."
- Philosopher Epectetus

The secret to productive goal setting...

"The secret to productive goal setting is in establishing clearly defined goals, writing them down and then focusing on them several times a day with words, pictures and emotions as if we've already achieved them."
- Denis Waitley