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.:One:.
Begin By Believing
"The secret of making something work in your lives is first of all, the deep desire to make it work; then the fate and belief that it can work; then to hold that clear definite vision in your consciousness and see it working out step by step, without one thought of doubt or disbelief."
- Eileen Caddy
"Whether you believe you can do a thing or believe you can't, you are right."
- Henry Ford, 1863-1947, American car manufacturer
.:Two:.
Always Be Yourself
"Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else."
- Judy Garland, 1922-1969, American singer
"What is right for one soul may not be right for another. It may mean having to stand on your own and do something strange in the eyes of others. But do not be daunted. Do whatever it is because you know within it is right for you."
- Eileen Caddy
"If I try to be like him, who will be like me?"
- Jewish Proverb
.:Three:.
Hold On To Your Dreams
"It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing for things while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them."
- George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans), 1819-1880, English novelist
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
- Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, First Lady of the United States of America, writer and diplomat
"Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night."
- Edgar Allan Poe, 1809-1849, American poet/writer
"Some men see things as they are and say 'Why?'
I dream things that never were and say 'Why not?'"
- George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish dramatist, essayist and critic
.:Four:.
Attitude Can Shape Your Life
"No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the horizon of the spirit."
- Hellen Keller, 1880-1968, American writer and scholar
"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven."
- John Milton, 1606-1674, English poet
"A positive thinker does not refuse to recognize the negative, he refuses to dwell on it.
Positive thinking is a form of though which habitually looks for the best results from the worst conditions."
- Norman Vincent Peale, 1898-1993, American writer and minister
.:Five:.
The Power of Enthusiasm
"I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom."
- Anatole France, 1844-1924, French writer and critic
"Live all you can: it's a mistake not to. It doesn't matter what you do in particular, so long as you have had your life. If you haven't had that, what have you had?"
- Henry James, 1843-1916, American novelist
"We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about."
- Charles Kingsley, 1819-1875, English writer and clergyman
"You must learn day by day, year by year, to broaden your horizons. The more things you love, the more you are interested in, the more you enjoy, the more you are indignant about, the more you have left if anything happens."
- Ethel Barrymore, 1879-1959, American actress
.:Six:.
Shoot For the Moon
"Our aspirations are our possibilites."
- Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, English lexicographer, critic and essayist
"When goals go, meaning goes. When meaning goes, purpose goes. When purpose goes, life goes dead on our hands."
- Carl Jung, 1875-1961, Swiss psychiatrist
.:Seven:.
Problems Are For Solving
"A problem well stated is a problem half solved."
- Charles Franklin Kettering, 1876-1958, American engineer and inventor
"Problems are a major part of life. Don't whine about why you always have problems... get on with the solving. Take it from someone who has been there - the solving gets easier as you go along."
- Sara Henderson, 1936-2005, Australian outback station manager and writer
"Those things that hurt, instruct."
- Benjamin Franklink, 1706-1790, American statesman and scientist
.:Eight:.
Risk Nothing - Risk Everything!
"Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth."
- Katherine Mansfield, 1888-1923, New Zealand writer
"And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more."
- Erica Jong, b. 1942, American novelist and poet
"And the day came when the risk to remain in a tight bud was more painful than the risk it took to bloom."
- Anais Nin, 1903-1977, French novelist
"A lot of successful people are risk-takers. Unless you're willing to do that - to have a go, fail miserably, and have another go, success won't happen."
- Phillip Adams, b. 1939, Australian writer and radio broadcaster
"Much of the satisfying work of life begins as an experiment; no experiment is ever quite a failure."
- Alice Walker, b. 1944, American author
.:Nine:.
Make the Most of Your Mistakes
"I have learned more from my mistakes than from my successes."
- Sir Humphry Davy, 1778-1892, English chemist and inventor
"If you have made mistakes... there is always another chance for you.
You may have a fresh start at any moment you choose, for this thing we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down."
- Mary Pickford, 1893-1979, American actress
.:Ten:.
Just Do It!
"I have spent my days stringing and unstringing my instrument, while the song I came to sing remains unsung."
- Rabindranath Tagore, 1861-1941, Indian poet and philospher
"You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do."
- Henry Ford, 1863-1947, American car manufacturer
"Don't be afraid to take a big step if on is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps."
- David Lloyd George, 1863-1945, British Prime Minister and statesman
"Action is the antidote to despair."
- Joan Baez, b. 1941, American folk singer
"Don't wait for a light to appear at the end of the tunnel, stride down there... and light the bloody thing yourself."
- Sara Henderson, 1936-2005, Australian outback station manager and writer
.:Eleven:.
Never Give Up!
"We haven't failed. We now know a thousand things that won't work, so we're that much closer to finding what will."
- Thomas Edison, 1847-1931, American inventor
"To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it."
- Mother Teresa of Calcutta, 1910-1997, Yugoslav-born missionary
"Consider the postage stamp; it's usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there."
- Josh Billings, 1818-1885, American writer
.:Twelve:.
Face Up To Fear
"Courage faces fear and thereby masters it. Cowardice represses fear and is thereby mastered by it."
- Martin Luther King, JR., 1929-1968, American civil rights leader and minister
"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear."
- Mark Twain, 1835-1910, American writer and humorist
.:Thirteen:.
Opportunites Are For Taking
"Grab a chance and you won't be sorry for a might-have-been."
- Arthur Ransome, 1884-1967, British novelist
"If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it."
- Anonymous
"If you wait for opportunites to occur you will be one of the crowd."
- Edward De Bono, American writer and exponent of creative thinking
.:Fourteen:.
Genius or Hard Work?
"A genius! For thirty-seven years I've practiced fourteen hours a day, and now they call me a genius!"
- Pablo Sarasate, 1844-1908, Spanish violinist and composer
"Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration."
- Thomas A. Edison, 1847-1931, American inventor
"If people knew how hard I work to gain my mastery, it would not seem so wonderful at all."
- Michelangelo, 1475-1564, Italian painter and sculptor
.:Fifteen:.
You Can Do More Than You Think You Can
"To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming is the only end in life."
- Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850-1894, Scottish author and poet
"There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's yourself."
- Aldous Huxley, 1894-1963, English writer
.:Sixteen:.
Cherish Your Friends
"I have learned that a good friend is the purest of all gifts, for it is a love that has no exchange or payment."
- Frances Farmer, 1910-1970, American actress/singer
"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out."
- Walter Winchell, 1879-1972, American journalist
"Friendship improves happiness and abates misery by doubling our joy and dividing our grief."
- Joesph Addison, 1672-1719, English essayist
.:Seventeen:.
Secrets of Success
"I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure - which is: try to please everybody."
- Herbert Bayard Swope, 1882-1958, American newspaper editor
"Success is to be measured not so much by the position one has reached in life, as by the obstacles which one has overcome while trying to succeed."
- Booker T. Washington, 1856-1915, American teacher and writer
"What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goest to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do."
- Bob Dylan, b.1941, American singer/songwriter
"Success is not about money and power. Real success is about relationships. There's no point in making $50 million a year if your teenager thinks you're a jerk and you spend no time with your wife."
- Christopher Reeve, 1952-2005, American screen actor
"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it you will land among the stars."
- Lester Louis Brown, American journalist