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A Dozen Motivational Quotes

  • There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, learning from failure. – Colin Powell
  • Overnight success stories take a long time. – Steve Jobs
  • Continuous effort not strength or intelligence is the key to unlocking our potential. – Winston Churchill
  • There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something. – Henry Ford
  • The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible. – Arthur C. Clarke
  • Sometimes it is not enough to do our best; we must do what is required. – Winston Churchill
  • Throughout the centuries, there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision. – Ayn Rand
  • The world is divided into people who do things, and people who get the credit. Try, if you can, to belong to the first class. There’s far less competition. – Dwight Morrow
  • Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win. – Jonathan Kozel
  • It is a wretched taste to be gratified with mediocrity when the excellent lies before us. – Isaac Disraeli
  • If you don’t like how things are, change it! You’re not a tree. – Jim Rohn

These motivational quotes are a selection of those tweeted by our scribes on Tuesday, September 3rd — the first day back to reality for some! Join our dialogue on Twitter @ByGeorgeJournal.

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On the Meaning and Wonder of Life

  • Life has no meaning the moment you lose the illusion of being eternal. – Jean-Paul Sarte
  • This is it. There are no hidden meanings. All that mystical stuff is just what’s so. – Werner Erhard
  • The search is what anyone would undertake if he were not sunk in the everydayness of his own life. To become aware of the possibility of the search is to be onto something. Not to be onto something is to be in despair. – Walker Percy
  • The mountains, rivers, earth, grasses, trees, and forests are always emanating a subtle, precious light, day and night, always emanating a subtle, precious sound, demonstrating and expounding to all people the unsurpassed ultimate truth. – Yuan-sou
  • In my hut this spring, there is nothing — there is everything! – Sodo
  • The world is not to be put in order, the world is order incarnate. It is for us to put ourselves in unison with this order. – Henry Miller
  • I am a part of all that I have met. – Alfred Lord Tennyson
  • Darkness within darkness. The gateway to all understanding. – Tao Te Ching
  • Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake. – Wallace Stevens
  • How could drops of water know themselves to be a river? Yet the river flows on. – Antoine de Saint-Exupery
  • Hide your body in the Big Dipper. – Zen saying
  • Being is. Being is in-itself. Being is what it is. – Jean-Paul Sarte

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Top 3 Facebook posts of 2018

This week, By George counted down the top 10 posts to be highlighted in 2018 on the By George Facebook Page. Here are the top three selected from last year:

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The #1 By George Facebook post of 2018…

 

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Wisdom of Winston Churchill (6 FAV memes)

Here are 6 brilliant sayings by Sir Winston Churchill which have been made into attractive memes (ready for you to right-click-copy-and-paste into your presentation).

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Some of Muhammad Ali’s greatest quotes

ali_1992By George has compiled some of our favourite quotes from the life of Muhammad Ali – “The Greatest of All-time.”

 

“I am an ordinary man who worked hard to develop the talent I was given. I believed in myself, and I believe in the goodness of others.”

 

“It’s the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.”

 

“It’s lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.”

 

“Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”

 

“The man who has no imagination has no wings.”

 

“Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.”

 

“A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.”

 

“Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams – they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just as religions do – they all contain truths.”

 

“It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.”

 

“The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses – behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.”

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“I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.”

 

“He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.”

 

“Silence is golden when you can’t think of a good answer.”

 

ali_foreman“Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.”

 

“I never thought of losing, but now that it’ s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That’s my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.”

 

“I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world.”

 

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Here are a few golden quips about the ring and Ali’s mastery of talking trash.

“Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. His hands can’t hit what his eyes can’t see. Now you see me, now you don’t. George thinks he will, but I know he won’t.”

 

“I’m the greatest thing that ever lived! I’m the king of the world! I’m a bad man. I’m the prettiest thing that ever lived.”

 

“I am the greatest. I said that even before I knew I was.”

 

“It’s just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.”

 

“I done wrestled with an alligator, I done tussled with a whale; handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder in jail; only last week, I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalised a brick; I’m so mean I make medicine sick.”

 

“If you even dream of beating me you’d better wake up and apologize.”

 

“I’m so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark.”

 

“I am the astronaut of boxing. Joe Louis and Dempsey were just jet pilots. I’m in a world of my own.”

 

“I used to tease Joe Louis by reminding him that I was the greatest of all time. But Joe Louis was the greatest heavyweight fighter ever.”

 

“People don’t realize what they had till it’s gone. Like President Kennedy, there was no one like him, the Beatles, and my man Elvis Presley. I was the Elvis of boxing.”

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10 sage quotes on success from Benjamin Franklin

Thankfully, Benjamin Franklin left behind volumes of writings, from which we have gained invaluable knowledge of his thoughts on life, work and success. Here are 10 gems on success that ring as true today as they did in Franklin’s era.

  • Well done is better than well said.
  • Never confuse motion with action.
  • Diligence is the mother of good luck.
  • By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
  • To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.
  • Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.
  • When you’re finished changing, you’re finished.
  • Energy and persistence conquer all things.
  • Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.
  • All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.

For more wisdom from this American intellect, read “14 Lessons From Benjamin Franklin About Getting What You Want In Life.”

 

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Henry Ford on work and life

Here are wonderfully insightful quotes on work and life from American business tycoon Henry Ford.

  • You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.
  • There is no man living that can not do more than he thinks he can.
  • Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.
  • As we advance in life we learn the limits of our abilities.
  • I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can’t be done.
  • Don’t find fault, find a remedy.
  • Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it.
  • The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.
  • It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.
  • Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
  • There are no big problems, there are just a lot of little problems.
  • Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.
  • Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.
  • A business absolutely devoted to service will have only one worry about profits. They will be embarrassingly large.
  • It is not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It is the customer who pays the wages.
  • A bore is a person who opens his mouth and puts his feats in it.
  • Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
  • You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don’t seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together.
  • Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.

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Colin Powell: 13 Rules

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In his memoir It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership, Colin Powell provided a valuable list of life lessons accompanied by a collection of personal anecdotes. For this great man, there are 13 Rules to how to live life.

Rule 1. It ain’t as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning. Keep all things in perspective when having to make a tough decision. Give the matter the perspective of some time.

Rule 2. Get mad, then get over it. Do not carry anger for any time. Instead of letting anger destroy you, use it to make constructive change.

Rule 3. Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it. Whatever position you hold, check your ego at the door when you are making major decisions. Foremost, consider the good of the organization and people in the organization. Then, should the action fail, your intentions never do.

Rule 4. It can be done! Exude optimist. Be positive. Leaders are about making things happen.

Rule 5. Be careful what you choose. Consider wisely your choices. Project ahead and assess the best developments for your objective(s).

Rule 6. Don’t let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision. Solid leadership is often a matter of superb instinct. Leaders often stand alone on what they know to be the right decision.

Rule 7. You can’t make someone else’s choices. While good leaders listen and consider all perspectives, they ultimately make their own decisions. Ultimate responsibility is yours.

Rule 8. Check small things. Mind the details. Small details often ensure the success of your big decisions.

Rule 9. Share credit. Share the credit, take the blame, and quietly find out and fix things that went wrong. Success is very much a team effort.

Rule 10. Remain calm. Be kind. The difference between a good leader and a great leader is their degree of kindness. Kindness, like calmness, reassures loyalty and galvanizes respect and confidence.

Rule 11. Have a vision. Be demanding. Your vision must inspire – incite and enthuse. Your purpose is the fuel for the vision. It energizes – drives it. Be compelling and excite those around you.

Rule 12. Don’t take counsel of your fears or naysayers. Fear is a normal human emotion that has the potential to be a paralyzing force. So, acknowledge your fears, stare them down, but don’t let them guide your decisions.

Rule 13. Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier. Perpetual optimism, believing in yourself, believing in your purpose, believing you will prevail, and demonstrating passion and confidence will have an amazingly beneficial impact on those around you. There is something to be said for the leader who refuses to accept defeat but continues to adapt until he is successful.

 

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Quotes to inspire, motivate and provoke

Many will know that By George Journal regularly tweet quotes to inspire, motivate and provoke. Here are some of our latest “favourite” bons mots!

  • “Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today.” – Mark Twain
  • “Act the way you’d like to be and soon you’ll be the way you act.” – Leonard Cohen
  • “The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving.” – Albert Einstein
  • “You have not lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.” – Anon.
  • “It is never too late to become what you might have been.” – George Eliot
  • “Character is power.”- Booker T. Washington
  • “If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” – Albert Einstein
  • “However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.” -Winston Churchill
  • “Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.” – John F. Kennedy
  • “Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill
  • “We all live in suspense, from day to day, from hour to hour, in other words, we are the hero of our own story.” – Mary McCarthy
  • “To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization.” – Arnold Toynbee
  • “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.” – Albert Schweitzer
  • “People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” – Abraham Lincoln

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The wisdom of QB Tom Brady

Tom Brady did it again yesterday, leading his New England Patriots team to an amazing 4th quarter comeback Superbowl victory. Brady becomes the first QB with 5 NFL championship rings. So, to follow-up on this game-for-the-ages, By George compiled our 15 FAV observations of a truly great football quarterback – and a decent human being.

  • Football is unconditional love.
  • If you don’t play to win, don’t play at all.
  • You wanna know which ring is my favorite? The next one.
  • I didn’t come this far to only come this far, so we’ve still got further to go.
  • I think that at the start of a game, you’re always playing to win, and then maybe if you’re ahead late in the game, you start playing not to lose. The true competitors, though, are the ones who always play to win.
  • Mentally, the only players who survive in the pros are the ones able to manage all their responsibilities. Everybody struggles in different ways.
  • If you don’t believe in yourself why is anyone else going to believe in you?
  • A lot of times I find that people who are blessed with the most talent don’t ever develop that attitude, and the ones who aren’t blessed in that way are the most competitive and have the biggest heart.
  • I’m not a person who defends myself very often. I kind of let my actions speak for me.
  • To me, football is so much about mental toughness, it’s digging deep, it’s doing whatever you need to do to help a team win and that comes in a lot of shapes and forms.
  • You have to believe in your process. You have to believe in the things that you are doing to help the team win. I think you have to take the good with the bad.
  • Too often in life, something happens and we blame other people for us not being happy or satisfied or fulfilled. So the point is, we all have choices, and we make the choice to accept people or situations or to not accept situations.
  • We all have experiences in our lives that change us, and we all learn from people, like my dad, but at the end of the day, it’s only us. And we’re only responsible to make ourselves happy.
  • You know, watching Dan Marino and Steve Young get nominated to the Hall of Fame… those guys are unbelievable and they did it for so long. I’d love to play like those guys, but there’s still a long way to go and a lot of growing.
  • If I have something to say, I want it to be meaningful.

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The Quest: The Impossible Dream

To dream the impossible dream

To fight the unbeatable foe

To bear with unbearable sorrow

To run where the brave dare not go

To right the unrightable wrong

To love pure and chaste from afar

To try when your arms are too weary

To reach the unreachable star

This is my quest

To follow that star

No matter how hopeless

No matter how far

To fight for the right

Without question of pause

To be willing to march

Into hell for a heavenly cause

And I know if I’ll only be true

To this glorious quest

That my heart will be peaceful and calm

When I’m laid to my rest

And the world will be better for this

That one man scorned and covered with scars

Still strove with his last ounce of courage

To reach the unreachable star!

and I’ll always dream
the impossible dream

yes, and I’ll reach
the unreachable star.

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“The Impossible Dream (The Quest)” is a song composed by Mitch Leigh, with lyrics written by Joe Darion. It is the most popular song from the 1965 Broadway musical Man if La Mancha and is also featured in the 1972 film of the same name starring Peter O”Toole.

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Modern-Day Maxims (3)

Count your age by friends, count your life by smiles. / You have to wake up in order for your dreams to come true. / Never insult a crocodile until you’ve crossed the river. / If you don’t lie down no one can walk on you. / If you think things improve with age attend a class reunion. / A good scare is sometimes worth more to a man than good advice. / Motivation is when your dreams put on work clothes. / We have two ears and one mouth, Think twice, speak once! / You’re never fully dressed until you wear a smile. / It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts. / The greatest mistake you can make is to be afraid of making one. / Happiness is the journey not the destination. / People with goals succeed because they know where they are going. / Look at life through the windshield not the rear view mirror. / To succeed do the best you can, where you are, with what you have. / Don’t let your voice mail be “voice jail” to your callers. / A man without humour is like a car without shock absorbers. / Wisdom is what’s left over after we smarten up. / Many people quit looking for work when they finally get a job. / About the only thing that comes to us without effort is old age. / Don’t wait for your ship to come in – swim out to it. / Talk less – Say more. / Autograph your work with quality. / You can only control two things your attitude and your activity. / Remember, there’s nothing more constant than change. / If you tell the truth sooner or later somebody’s going to find out. / Experience is the one thing you can’t get on easy payments. / All play and no work, does not work. / A goal is a dream with a deadline. / Dream of worthy accomplishments and stay awake to achieve them. / The only place success comes before work is the dictionary. / You can be happy without needing others to agree with you. / You are not late until you get there. / Glory comes from daring to begin. / Have a back bone not a wish bone. / Give your troubles to God, He will be up all night anyway. / The greater part of progress is the desire to progress. / Happiness is the place between too little and too much. / Remember no one can make you feel inferior without your consent. / Destiny is not a matter of chance it’s a matter of choice. / Your children need your presence more than your presents. / Each of us has two ends a sitting end and a thinking end, Success depends on which we use. / Many spend half the time wishing for things they could have if they didn’t spend half the time wishing. / For every person who climbs the ladder of success there are a dozen waiting for the elevator. / God works with you, not for you. / If your dreams turn to dust vacuum. / Do it now, you become successful the very moment you start. / People may doubt what you say but they will believe what you do. / Success -Don’t do what you like, Like what you do. / Happiness is a choice not a response.

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Modern-Day Maxims (2)

Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often. / Success is … more attitude than aptitude. / Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important. / If you can laugh at it then you can live with it. / If you must cry over spilled milk then please try to condense it. / It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it. / Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image. / Make friends before you need them. / A friend walks in when everyone else walks out. / The smallest good deed is better than the grandest intention. / Our favorite attitude should be gratitude. / The greatest of all faults is to imagine you have none. / Too many of us speak twice before we think. / Everyone has 20/20 hindsight. / It is much easier to be critical than to be correct. / It is no crime not to be perfect. / If others have sinned you need not mention it. / No man knows less than the man who knows it all. / Patience carries a lot of wait. / One who lacks courage to start has already finished. / A quitter never wins, a winner never quits. / Break a bad habit – Drop it. / Don’t learn safety rules simply by accident. / Failing to prepare, we prepare to fail. / Past failures are guideposts for future success. / There is no right way to do a wrong thing. / Don’t think there are no crocodiles just because the water is calm. / There can be no rainbow without a cloud and a storm. / Seek joy in what you give not in what you get. / Procrastination is the thief of time. / Success comes in cans – failure comes in can’ts. / Anger is one letter short of danger / 2/3 of promotion is motion. / Having a sharp tongue can cut your own throat. / Life is what happens while you are making other plans. / A person of words and not deeds is like a garden full of weeds. / It’s better to be trusted than liked: underpromise – overperform. / All the flowers of tomorrow are in the seeds of today. / You always pass failure on the way to success. / Don’t let lack of praise nip you in the bud. / The surest way to go broke is to sit around and wait for a break. / The only thing worse than an alarm going off is the one that doesn’t. / Growing old is when fun is a lot more work. / An ego trip won’t get you anywhere. / The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is just that little extra. / If you want the rainbow you gotta put up with the rain. / A natural tendency is to want to be understood rather than understand. / Keep your heart a little softer than your head. / Feed your faith and doubt will starve to death. / The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.

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Modern-Day Maxims (1)

They certainly do not have the “weightiness” of those traditional aphorisms from ancient Greece and the Enlightenment Period, but there still is an element of truth twisted into modern-day maxims. However, here is an entertaining list of modern principles and maxims.

The pursuit of happiness is the chase of a lifetime. / The road to success is always under construction. / A turtle makes progress when it sticks its neck out. / Failure is the path of least persistence. / Hard work is the yeast that raises the dough. / Patience is counting down without blasting off. / Have a backbone not a wishbone. / Life is not no much a matter of position as of disposition. / If you don’t care where you’re going any road will get you there. / A pint of example is worth a gallon of advice. / He who throws mud loses ground. / Nobody raises his own reputation by lowering others. / Nothing ruins the truth like stretching it. / A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks. / Ideas won’t work unless you do. / The future is purchased by the present. / One thing you can’t recycle is wasted time. / Lost time is never found again. / A hard thing about business is minding your own. / Triumph is just “umph” added to try. / Caution is not cowardly, carelessness is not courage. / He who forgives ends the quarrel. / Children need more models than critics. / Frogs have it easy – they can eat what bugs them. / If the going gets easy you may be going downhill. / Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else get your way. / The best vitamin for making friends, B-1. / Jumping to conclusions can be bad exercise. / The best labor saving device is doing it tomorrow. / Some folks won’t look up until they are flat on their backs. / If you want your dreams to come true, don’t oversleep. / Birds have bills too and they keep on singing. / A good example is the best sermon. / The Ten Commandments are not multiple choice. / Well done! is better than, Well said! / Minds are like parachutes – they function only when open. / Live as you wish your kids would. / Swallowing your pride seldom leads to indigestion. / People don’t fail, they give up. / When looking for faults use a mirror, not a telescope. / Smile, it takes only 13 muscles – a frown takes 64. / Kindness, a language deaf people can hear and blind can see. / Heaviest thing to carry – a grudge. / We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves. / Tact is the ability to see others as they wish to be seen. / A bad conscience has a very good memory. / One thing you can give and still keep – is your word. / A smooth sea never made a skillful sailor. / A small leak can sink a great ship. / You can’t direct the wind, but you can adjust your sails.

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William James quotes to start a day

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Here are five great William James quotes to start the day:

  • “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.”
  • “To change one’s life: 1. Start immediately. 2. Do it flamboyantly. 3. No exceptions.”
  • “Sow an action and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a character; sow a character and you reap a destiny.”
  • “The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind.”
  • “Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.”

William James (January 11, 1842 – August 26, 1910) was a pioneering American psychologist and philosopher. He was the brother of novelist Henry James; his godfather was Ralph Waldo Emerson; and, during his lifetime, he befriended Bertrand Russell, John Dewey, Mark Twain, Horatio Alger and Sigmund Freud.

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(ed. – You may know By George Journal is on Twitter and, among other subject matter, is tweeting inspirational and motivational quotes.  So, By George Journal on Twitter with the handle none-other-than: @ByGeorgeJournal )

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25 FAV quotes of William James

williamjamesHere are 25 of our favourite bons mots of William James.

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  • A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
  • Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.
  • Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
  • Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state.
  • Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
  • If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.
  • In the dim background of mind we know what we ought to be doing but somehow we cannot start.
  • It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.
  • It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again.
  • Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.
  • Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they’ve got a second.
  • Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.
  • Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.
  • The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one.
  • The essence of genius is to know what to overlook.
  • The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.
  • The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.
  • The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives.
  • The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as we keep our foot upon his neck.
  • The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.
  • There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man’s lack of faith in his true Self.
  • To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.
  • Truth is what works.
  • We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.
  • We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear notion of what the opposite untrue statement would be.

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(ed. – These William James quotes and more can be found in By George Treasury II – in Our E-bookshelf)

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Promise Yourself (verse)

   

Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.

To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet.

To make all your friends feel like there is something in them.

To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.

To think only of the best, to work only for the best, and expect only the best.

To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.

To forget the mistakes of the past and press on the greater achievements of the future.

To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living person you meet a smile.

To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others.

To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, and too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the
presence of trouble.

 

 

Promise Yourself is internationally known as the Optimists’ Creed

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The Brilliance of Ayn Rand

ayn_rand_disegno(ed. – Do yourself a favour. Bookmark this page of Ayn Rand musings. When everything seems off-kilter, reread.)

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  • All life is a purposeful struggle, and your only choice is the choice of a goal.
  • The question isn’t who is going to let me, it’s who is going to stop me.
  • Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps down new roads armed with nothing but their own vision.
  • The most depraved type of human being . . . (is) the man without a purpose.
  • All you have to do is look straight and see the road, and when you see it, don’t sit looking at it – walk.
  • You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.
  • Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death.
  • If a society is to remain free, its government must be controlled.
  • America’s abundance was not created by public sacrifices to the common good, but by the productive genius of free men who pursued their own personal interests and the making of their own private fortunes.
  • Wealth is the product of man’s capacity to think.
  • Government “help” to business is just as disastrous as government persecution… the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off.
  • Every government interference in the economy consists of giving an unearned benefit, extorted by force, to some men at the expense of others.
  • Living in a society, instead of on a desert island, does not relieve a man of the responsibility of supporting his own life.
  • The problem is not those who dream, but those who can only dream.
  • Either we believe that the State exists to serve the individual or that the individual exists to serve the state.
  • Run for your life from any man who tells you that money is evil. That sentence is the leper’s bell of an approaching looter.
  • The only purpose of education is to teach a student how to live his life – by developing his mind and equipping him to deal with reality…
  • The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.
  • A man who struggles not to acknowledge that evil is evil, finds it increasingly dangerous to acknowledge that the good is the good.
  • There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil.

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Top 10 Ways to Motivate Yourself

“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.” – Vince Lombardi

Let’s start this Monday off with a list of the top 10 ways to motivate yourself.

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1. Set a specific goal
“A goal without a plan is just a wish.” ~ Larry Elder

 

2.Give it a deadline
Setting an exact deadline gives you a time frame for accomplishing your goal.

 

3. Write it down and hang it up on the wall
By writing it down and hanging it on the wall, in plain sight, it becomes a constant reminder and part of your everyday life.

 

4. Surround yourself with motivation
Put up motivational quotes or signs all over your workspace and living space. Post our Fav Ali memes!

 

5. Break it down into small bite-size pieces
“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” ~ Robert Collier

 

6. Exercise
In order to get your blood and creative juices flowing again try running in place, jumping jacks, push-ups or just dance! What is important is to get up out of your chair at least once an hour and move.

 

7. Pump yourself up
“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
So, do some fist pumps, flex those muscles, jump up and down, be your own “cheerleader” – and get excited.

 

8. Don’t fear failure, just do it! 
Just keep swinging! “Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.” ~ Babe Ruth

 

9. Reward yourself
Set mini goals and reward yourself when you accomplish them.

 

10. Be present and have fun
Be in the present moment and enjoy what you are doing.

 

SOURCE:  We’re so Inspired

 

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