A bend in the road is not the end of the road…unless you fail to make the turn.  Anonynmous

A bad attitude cancels all other positive skills.

"Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart."

Zig Ziglar
Author and Speaker

"Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life."  J. K. Rowling, Novelist

 

"Set your sights high, the higher the better. Expect the most wonderful things to happen, not in the future but right now. Realize that nothing is too good. Allow absolutely nothing to hamper you or hold you up in any way."

Eileen Caddy
1917-2006, Author

The only person you should ever compete with is yourself. You can't hope for a fairer match." ~Todd Ruthman

Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation.  Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are.  John Wooden

All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.  James Russell Lowell Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there!

"A bad attitude cancels all other positive skills.”

“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.” Albert Einstein

Fantasies are more than substitutes for unpleasant reality; they are also dress rehearsals, plans. All acts performed in the world begin in the imagination." Barbara Grizzuti Harrison 1934-2002, Journalist and Essayist

“Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresea, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.”

Life’s Little Instruction Book

"Actions expresses priorities."  Gandhi

My dear friend Annie who is no longer with us had the biggest heart, the greatest intelligence and the highest integrity of almost anyone I knew.  She also had a quick wit, a great sense of humor and the fastest comeback.  When some would say they were going to do something, her favorite line was, "Talk is cheap.  Put it in a check!"

She called them to task with that comment.  Invited them to step up and act.  So many of us are full of words.  I knew someone who was great on promises but lacking in action.  The words were there but the follow though wasn't.  We need to do what we say we're going to do.  The words should be the beginning of the process, not the end.

"Always do the right thing.  This will gratify some people and astonish the rest."  Mark Twain

So many people are seeking self-esteem.  Many of them are looking in all the wrong places - buying the biggest and latest gadget, trying to look like celebrities.  One of the keys to self-esteem is simply doing the right thing.  Since self-esteem is a feeling in you, your mind knows when you do the right thing and raises your self-esteem accordingly.  Ah...so simple...and so much fun to astonish the rest!

 

 

"Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness, and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again."

Og Mandino
1923-1996, Author