Motivation Station

"If you don't fail now and again, it's a sign you're playing it safe."

Woody Allen, Director

"To overcome difficulties is to experience the full delight of existence."
~Arthur Schopenhauer

"To be prepared is half the victory."

Miguel de Cervantes

"The mystery of life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced."
~Art Van Der Leeuw

"You can have brilliant ideas, but if you cannot get them
across, your ideas will not get you anywhere."
— Lee Iacocca

"Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire, and begin at once, whether you're ready or not, to put it into action."

Napoleon Hill, motivational expert

Everything starts with an idea, then the plan and finally execution of the plan. As always, thanks for sharing great wisdom Fred!

Thank you Cathy. It is always good to hear your positive reinforcements!

"Before you begin a thing, remind yourself that difficulties and delays quite impossible to foresee are ahead... You can only see one thing clearly, and that is your goal. Form a mental vision of that and cling to it through thick and thin."

Kathleen Norris, Writer

"We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same."

Carlos Castaneda, author

"For every disadvantage there is a corresponding advantage."

Clement Stone, executive

"Each man (is) the architect of his own fortune."

Appius Caecus, builder

"Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life."

Plautus, Playwright

"Discipline is the habit of taking consistent action until one can perform with unconscious competence. Discipline weighs ounces but regret weighs tons."

Jhoon Rhee

"You have set yourself a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere."

Helen Adams Keller, American Author and Lecturer

"Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can."
~Willis R. Whitney

"Life without risk is not worth living."

Chuck Lindbergh, aviator

"Always give without remembering and always receive without forgetting."

~Brian Tracy

"I have never known a really successful man who deep in his heart did not understand the grind, the discipline it takes to win."

Vince Lombardi, American Football Coach

"Many can argue that reality is as it is, but my experience
is that the opposite is exactly true, reality is ours for the making."
— Asara Lovejoy

"A strong imagination begetteth opportunity."

Michel de Montaigne, writer

"It's not what you do once in a while; it's what you do day in and day out that makes the difference."

Jenny Craig, diet guru

Another one of my favorites Fred! To you and Jack, thanks for your continued inspiration. A dose to start each day is so appreciated!

"One hour per day of study will put you at the top of your
field within three years. Within five years you'll be a
national authority. In seven years, you can be one of the
best people in the world at what you do."
— Earl Nightingale

"No great performance ever came from holding back."

Don Greene, performance coach

Here is a smile for everyone:

ATTORNEY: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did
you check for a pulse?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: Did you check for blood pressure?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: Did you check for breathing?
WITNESS: No..
ATTORNEY: So, then it is possible that the patient was
alive when you began the autopsy?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
WITNESS: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in
a jar.
ATTORNEY: I see, but could the patient have still been
alive, nevertheless?
WITNESS: Yes, it is possible that he could have been
alive and practicing law.

"Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed."

Cavett Robert

"Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has
seen and thinking what nobody else has thought."
— Jonathan Swift

"We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated."

Maya Angelou, poet

"Self-esteem is like a difficult-to-cultivate flower. It requires frequent nurturing that occurs when you keep your word and follow through on your promises."

Derrick Bell

"Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity."
~H. Jackson Brown

"All life is a chance. So take it! The person who goes furthest is the one who is willing to do and dare."

Dale Carnegie, motivational expert

"Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it."

Johann von Goethe

"If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it."
— William James

Eternity is worth whatever sacrifice of self this life requires.

"A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping stone to the optimist."
~Eleanor Roosevelt

"When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity."
~John F. Kennedy

"Making a decision usually means taking one of two roads. One is doing the right thing. To take the other road, you have to sit back and spin a story around the decision or action you are taking. If you find yourself thinking up an elaborate justification for what you are doing, you are not doing the right thing."

Wayne Sales

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
~Eleanor Roosevelt

"Throughout the centuries, there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision."

Ayn Rand, Novelist

"Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more."
~Anthony Robbins

"Wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one's awareness of one's ignorance."
~Anthony de Mello

"Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions."

Albert Einstein, Physicist

"Every successful man I have heard of has done the best he could with conditions as he found them, and not waited until the next year for better."

Edgar Howe

"Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience."
~Hyman Rickover

"To be successful, all you have to do
is give up everything you know."
~ Asara Lovejoy

"When everybody tells you that you are being idealistic or impractical, consider the possibility that everybody could be wrong about what is right for you."

Gilbert Kaplan

"During my 87 years, I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think."

Bernard Baruch, financier

"Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your gold and good health have vanished."
~Og Mandino

"You get the best out of others when you get the best out of yourself."

Harvey Firestone, tire executive