Give the world the best you have and the best will come back to you. ~ Madeline Bridge

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. ~ Mother Teresa

Love is strong yet delicate. It can be broken. To truly love is to understand this. To be in love is to respect this. ~ Stephen Packer

Love is not blind - It sees more and not less, but because it sees more it is willing to see less.
~ Will Moss

Love is the flower you've got to let grow. ~ John Lennon

It can take years to build up trust but only seconds to destroy it.

You gain strength, experience and confidence by every experience where you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you cannot do. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

Every choice you make has an end result. ~ Zig Ziglar

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe. ~ Anatole France

The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just have to find the ones worth suffering for. ~ Bob Marleý

A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug. ~ Patricia Neal

It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary. ~ Winston Churchill

We all have two choices: We can make a living or we can design a life. ~ Jim Rohn

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along." . . . You must do the thing you think you cannot do. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. ~ Winston Churchill

Faith is taking the first step, even when you don't see the whole staircase. ~ Martin Luther King Jr.

Visualize and Expect Success

Our studies of high achievers have shown that no matter how different their personalities, work habits, occupations or gender, the people who accomplish great things in life have visualized and expected success all along. They've had the ability to vividly picture their achievements and to reassure themselves in the face of long odds that they would come through.

To visualize the person you want most to become, set aside some time this week in which you can create an atmosphere conducive to re-affirming your life dreams. You may want to be near the ocean, or a lake, or in a park, in a garden or in the woods. Or you might just sit quietly by yourself in a comfortable lounge or chair. Get yourself in the mood for visualizing. When the left hemisphere of the brain is quiet and relaxed, the mind is most receptive to creative inputs. To facilitate this you may want to use soothing recorded music, preferably slow and inspiring, such as Bach, Handel or Vivaldi if you like classical music, or soft, popular instrumentals from epic movies or other mood music.

Once you're properly relaxed and optimistic, let your mind focus on who you really want to become. Visualize the future in two time frames: five years from now and ten years from now. First, design a day in your life five years from now. Who are you five years from now? Where are you professionally and geographically? On Monday mornings, where do you go?

What are you doing, seeing, feeling and thinking? Who are the people around you? What's different about your life five years from now?

Next, project ahead ten years from today. Picture a film of your life at that time. Who is watching it with you? What dramatic moments are depicted by that film? What personal triumphs are revealed? What obstacles are courageously overcome?

Don't be shy! The purpose of this exercise is to load visualized software in your mental computer. Just as a computer must be configured to accept specific materials, your mind must be prepared to accept the reality of your greater success. By introducing positive images of goal achievement, you're preparing yourself to translate those goals into reality.

I especially like to visualize myself being introduced at a dinner in my honor. Maybe it's the Coaches' Hall of Fame! Don't laugh! It could happen! The emcee comes to the microphone and reads the highlights of my life and adds some insights as to who I really am. What would the emcee be saying about you if such a dinner were held in your honor ten years from now? Devote a page in your journal to describing the things you would want said about you.

This visualization will put you on a path that leads to your future self that you vividly picture today! —Denis Waitley

Be grateful for what is going right!

Your life today is the result of your attitude and actions from Yesterday.....your life tomorrow will be the result of yout thoughts and actions today! ~ Jim McCune

You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else. ~ Albert Einstein

When we are knee deep in our own needs, it is easy to forget to ask other people what they need or want. ~ Brian Klemmer

Don’t let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was. ~ Richard L. Evans

Don’t let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was. ~ Richard L. Evans

Taking massive action is the sole secret for success. ~ Kenny Underhill

I've failed over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed. ~ Michael Jordan

In times of turmoil, those willing to change will inherit the earth; while the others find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that. ~ Mark Twain

If everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough. ~ Mario Andretti

Patience with others is Love, Patience with self is Hope, Patience with God is Faith. ~ Adel Bestavros

It is better to fail at something that will ultimately succeed than to succeed at something that will ultimately fail.