Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today. ~ James Dean

Knowledge fueled by emotion equals action. ~ Jim Rohn

I do not believe a man can ever leave his business. He ought to think of it by day and dream of it by night. ~ Henry Ford

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
~ Edmund Burke

When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace. ~ Jimi Hendrix

The man who has no imagination has no wings. ~ Muhammad Ali

Live out of your imagination, not your history. ~ Stephen Covey

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. ~ Franklin Delano Roosevelt

I have had dreams and I have had nightmares, but I have conquered my nightmares because of my dreams. ~ Dr. Jonas Salk

All of our dreams can come true—if we have the courage to pursue them. ~ Walt Disney

Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value. ~ Jim Rohn

Creativity is our true nature; blocks are an unnatural thwarting of a process at once as normal and as miraculous as the blossoming of a flower at the end of a slender green stem. ~ Julia Cameron

A person's maturity consists in having found again the seriousness one had as a child, at play. ~ Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsch

Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind. ~ Samuel Johnson

Action vs. Self-Delusion by Jim Rohn

Knowledge fueled by emotion equals action. Action is the ingredient that ensures results. Only action can cause reaction. Further, only positive action can cause positive reaction.

Action. The whole world loves to watch those who make things happen, and it rewards them for causing waves of productive enterprise.

I stress this because today I see many people who are really sold on affirmations. And yet there is a famous saying that “Faith without action serves no useful purpose.” How true!

I have nothing against affirmations as a tool to create action. Repeated to reinforce a disciplined plan, affirmations can help create wonderful results.

But there is also a very thin line between faith and folly. You see, affirmations without action can be the beginnings of self-delusion. And for your well-being there is little worse than self-delusion.

The man who dreams of wealth and yet walks daily toward certain financial disaster and the woman who wishes for happiness and yet thinks thoughts and commits acts that lead her toward certain despair are both victims of the false hope which affirmations without action can manufacture. Why? Because words soothe and, like a narcotic, they lull us into a state of complacency. Remember this: To Make Progress You Must Actually Get Started!

The key is to take a step today. Whatever the project, start today. Start clearing out a drawer of your newly organized desk... today. Start setting your first goal... today. Start listening to motivational programs... today. Start a sensible weight-reduction plan... today. Start calling on one tough customer a day... today. Start putting money in your new “investment for fortune” account... today. Write a long-overdue letter... today. Anyone can! Even an uninspired person can start reading inspiring books.

Get some momentum going on your new commitment for the good life. See how many activities you can pile on your new commitment to the better life. Go all out! Break away from the downward pull of gravity. Start your thrusters going. Prove to yourself that the waiting is over and the hoping is past—that faith and action have now taken charge.

It’s a new day, a new beginning for your new life. With discipline you will be amazed at how much progress you’ll be able to make. What have you got to lose except the guilt and fear of the past?

Now, I offer you this challenge: See how many things you can start and continue in this, the first day of your new beginning.

Creativity arises out of the tension between spontaneity and limitations, the latter (like the river banks) forcing the spontaneity into the various forms which are essential to the work of art or poem. ~ Rollo May

Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud. Any of us will put out more and better ideas if our efforts are appreciated. ~ Alexander Osburn

The most important thing I learned from big companies is that creativity gets stifled when everyone's got to follow the rules. ~ David Kelley

Don’t let the learning from your own experiences take too long. If you have been doing it wrong for the last ten years, I would suggest that’s long enough! ~ Jim Rohn

To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence. ~ Mark Twain

In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different. ~ Coco Chanel

It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. ~ J.K. Rowling

He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker than thee. If weaker, spare him; if stronger, spare thyself. ~ William Shakespeare

Well done is better than well said. ~ Benjamin Franklin

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus. ~ Alexander Graham Bell

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others. ~ Bill Gates

Get whatever you want out of life by simply helping enough others get what they want. ~ Zig Ziglar