The Odds Are Always With You, If You Try

Success in anything is connected with action.
Successful people keep moving.
They make mistakes but they don't quit.
They hang on long after others have let go.

You must have persistence.
Keep trying is the rule that you must follow
to become successful in anything.

Persistence means taking pains to overcome
every obstacle, to do all that is necessary
to reach your goal.

You must never, never, never give up.


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This life is yours. Take the power to choose what you want to do and do it well. Take the power to love what you want in life and love it honestly. Take the power to walk in the forest and be a part of nature. Take the power to control your own life. No one else can do it for you. Take the power to make your life happy
Susan Polis Schutz

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking
new landscapes, but in having new eyes
Marcel Proust

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If only

The trouble with "if only" is that is quickly turns into "only if." When you tell yourself something like "if only I had a new computer, then I could get much more work done" you soon start to believe that "ONLY IF I have a new computer can I get more work done."

Sure, it would be great to have a new computer -- or job, or car, or relationship, or whatever, but do you really want to limit yourself in the meantime? There's almost always another way.

With an attitude of "if only" you effectively give control of your life over to something outside yourself. That's not such a good idea. Success is not achieved by those who wait for conditions to be perfect. Achievement comes not from what you would do "if only" but rather from what you do with what you have, right here and now.

Challenge yourself to replace each and every "if only" with "here's how I will with what I have." Forget about "if only." The time for action, the time to achieve, the time to make a difference, is now.
By Ralph S. Marston, Jr. The Daily Motivator

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If you have made mistakes...
there is always another chance for you...
you may have a fresh start any moment you choose,
for this thing we call "failure" is not the falling down,
but the staying down.
Mary Pickford

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
Garth Henrichs

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Life in Abundance Comes Through Great Love

There is no force more potent than love.
Take away love and your world is a tomb.
Your life echoes emptiness without love.
With it, your life will vibrate with warmth and meaning.
Even during hardship, love will shine through.

As you look back upon the events in your life you will find
that the moments that stand out, the moments when you have really lived,
are the moments when you have done things in a spirit of love.

If you have it, you don't need to have anything else,
and if you don't have it, it doesn't matter what else you have.

Therefore, search for love.
Once you have learned to love, you will have learned to live.

Love is the most important ingredient to your success.
By Max Steingart

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Follow your heart, but be quiet for a while first.
Ask questions, then feel the answer. Learn to trust your heart.
Unknown

I've learned to trust myself, to listen to truth,
to not be afraid of it and to not try and hide it.
Sarah MacLachlan

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You Are What You Repeatedly Do

First you make your habits, and then your habits make you.
You become a slave to your constantly repeated acts.
What at first you chose, at last compels.

Your thoughts lead you to a purpose.
Your purpose moves you to take action.
Your actions form your habits.
Your habits determine your character,
and your character fixes your destiny.

Your habits are either the best of servants
or the worst of masters.

Once in motion, a pattern tends to stay in motion.
By Max Steingart


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Whether you be man or woman you will never do anything in this world
without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to
honor.
James Lane Allen

Let no man turn aside, ever so slightly, from the broad path of
honour, on the plausible pretence that he is justified by the
goodness of his end. All good ends can be worked out by good means.
Charles Dickens

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Desire is The Fire of Life

The key that insures your success
in any endeavor is desire.

If you are willing to pay the price,
even your circumstances will change.
If you want something badly enough
you are sure to get it.

Reality forms around the commitments you make.
Your desires will in time externalize themselves
into concrete facts.

Obstacles don't matter very much.
Pain or other circumstances can be there.
But if you want something bad enough,
you'll find a way to get it done.

You only have to love a thing greatly to get it.
By Max Steingart

Words For Today
Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you
will be happy to live with all your life.
Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny,
inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.
Golda Meir

Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own,
instead of someone else's.
Billy Wilder

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Do it anyway

Though you won't get it perfect, do it anyway. Though you don't think you have the time, do it anyway. Though others may find fault and criticize, do it anyway.

Though you can think of a lot of reasons not to, do it anyway. Though you've been disappointed in the past, do it anyway. Though it will challenge you and make you a little uncomfortable, do it anyway. Though it will take some time and effort, do it anyway.

You know what must be done. You know what actions will bring you the results you desire. You know what is right and what is wrong. You can spend a lifetime making excuses, thinking of reasons why not, but where would that get you? Touch your own sense of excellence and do the right thing. Do what must be done. Do it anyway, in spite of all the excuses. Do it anyway. Make a difference. Get somewhere. Take yourself to the next level.

Do it anyway and you'll be glad you did.
By Ralph S. Marston The Daily Motivator

Words For Today
Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will
be happy to live with all your life.
Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny,
inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.
Golda Meir

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
Garth Henrichs

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The Glass is Always Half Full

There is a good side to every situation.
View your problems as opportunities.
You cannot have the success without the failures.
Any experience can be transformed into something of value.
Everything depends on the way you look at things.

What are stumbling blocks and defeat before you
can be stepping stones to victory if you remain determined.

In all of your adversities lies the seeds of equivalent advantages.
In every defeat there is a lesson showing you how to win the next time.

When it's dark enough you can see the stars.
By Max Steingart

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The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and
richness to life that nothing else can bring.
Oscar Wilde

The sign of intelligent people is their ability to control emotions
by the application of reason.
Marya Mannes

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