Hunch

Trust your hunches. They're usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.

Excellence

Excellence is not an act but a habit.
The things you do the most are the things you do best.

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.

LOOK AHEAD

Nobody gets to live life backward.
Look ahead; that is where your future lies.

Be Optimistic

"A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug."

What is Opportunity

" What is opportunity, and when does it knock? It never knocks. You can wait a whole lifetime, listening, hoping, and you will hear no knocking. None at all. You are opportunity, and you must knock on the door leading to your destiny. You prepare yourself to recognize opportunity, to pursue and seize opportunity as you develop the strength of your personality, and build a self-image with which you are able to live -- with your self-respect alive and growing. "
~ Maxwell Maltz

Believing in Ourselves

"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."


" You have powers you never dreamed of. You can do things you never thought you could do. There are no limitations in what you can do except the limitations of your own mind. "

" There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it. "

How we spend our days is of course how we spend our lives.

After A While

After a while
You learn the subtle difference
Between holding a hand and chaining a soul,
And you learn that love doesn't mean leaning
And company doesn't mean security,
And you begin to learn that kisses aren't contracts
And presents aren't promises,
And you begin to accept your defeats
With your head up and eyes open,
With the grace of a woman, not the grief of a child,
And you learn to build all your roads on today
Because tomorrows ground is too uncertain for plans,
And futures have a way of falling down in mid flight.

After a while,
You learn that even sunshine burns if you get too much.
So plant your own garden and decorate your own soul,
Instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.
And you learn that you really can endure...
That you really are strong
And you really do have worth.
And you learn and learn...
With every good bye you learn.

Excellence vs Perfection

"Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing."
~ Harriet Braiker

Your values, vision and mission mean absolutely nothing unless they are put into play.

If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don't be surly at home then go out in the street and start grinning 'Good morning!' at total strangers.