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June 1: And the owner paused and said, isn't it incredible to think that some of us lie in the junkyard of life? Each of us desperately needs to find ways in which we can be molded and shaped into something more useful. If we find a way, our success is guaranteed.

May 25: Life without pain was perpetually dangerous.

May 22: The subtle ways in which the comfort zone keeps you from growing are remarkable.

May 19: I go forth in life with the realization that the kingdom lies within.

May 19: Your mind desires to know just what you expect from it. If you do not ask for anything specific, that's just what you will receive.

May 12: a job should be used in arriving at our goals in life.

May 8: So too with the more intangible parts of our natures, we must use our courage or it deserts us. We must use our determination or it leaves us. We must exercise our power of decision or we soon find we have none.

April 24: Our failure to take time to live actually prevents us from deriving the best from life.... We should remember that we do not live to work; we work to live. Good hard work is one of humanity's greatest gifts, but perhaps we can enjoy greater peace of mind if we strive less, or at least reduce the tension of our effort. What good is it to succeed if we cannot enjoy life in the process?

April 17: It is our responsibility to carve out a meaningful life. You have the power to subdue the earth. You have dominion.

April 9: Learn everything possible about the endeavor you're attempting to master. Look long and carefully at the pasture you now occupy. Chances are, it's loaded with opportunities that someone else is going to exploit. And if the grass is truly greener on the other side of the fence, it's because someone else took care of it. Today is big with blessings.

April 6: Real love is selfless and free from fear. It pours itself out upon the object of its affection without demanding in return, for love cannot be demanded, it must be given.

April 5: People only begin to fulfill their creative potential when they have a high degree of alignment in their lives, that is when their pursuits and goals are in alignment are in line with their own purpose.

April 1: Learn all you can and keep learning, whether you are 6 or 60. The minute you stop learning, life will begin to pass you by. Consider the fate of the college professor who jumped out of a plane without a parachute. The only way to succeed in our fast-paced, ever-changing world is through constant learning.

March 29: It doesn't take much to find the high road to success. The path that leads to life's most precious treasures and triumphant possibilities. But to discover those joys and feel zest for the future, you desperately need an agenda for the present. You need directions for today. You need a purpose.

March 25: The same hammer that shatters the glass, Marcus Garvey explained, forges the steel. Looking at adversity and challenge in this manner, we really can love our enemies. They serve as hard shots until we learn to return them.

March 24: Your imagination is a magic wand. Use it to visualize success

March 23: Am I stopping for realistic reasons because I hope to avoid some impending danger? Or am I stopping because I do not believe myself capable of reaching my objective?

Mar 20: You are a gardener, and you are planting seeds (thoughts) in your subconscious mind based on your thinking. As you sow, so shall you reap. That which is possible only becomes possible after you have used your can-do mind. The can-do mind believes in success, abundance, health, and prosperity. The can't-do mind, on the other hand, succumbs to negative thinking, fear, and disbelief.

Mar 8: But there are times when we fail to trust our worthiness, when we do as we are told and blindly follow orders. Consequently, we live marginal lives. Ironically, some people have to be dragged kicking and screaming to a better life.

Mar 6: Integrity makes life easier, as well as more joyful and powerful.

Ive been astonished by hearing individuals who inherited wealth in childhood warn against sharing resources because people needing help should work for money in order to appreciate its value. Their acceptance and use of this money to strengthen their economic self-sufficiency exposes the reality that working hard is rarely the means by which enough of us can gain enough access to material resources to become wealthy.

Mar 5: Take time to think. It's the source of power. Take time to make a friend. It's the road to happiness. Take time to love. It's the highest joy of life.

Mar 4: Trouble arises when we try to fashion our success to the world's expectations even though these are not the expectations drawn up in our own hearts...Success if it is to be meaningful, it must be personal.

Mar 3: No matter when or where or why you may have failed in the past, you must promise yourself to always stay in touch with your divine potential. Promis yourself to be so strong that nothing disturbs your peace of mind....Be too larger for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to allow the presence of trouble.

Mar 2: form the habit of accepting discouragements and hardships as only great opportunities. Just as there is no physical power on this earth strong enough to hold back a moving stream, there is no obstacle strong enough and powerful enough to hold back the stream of your life. If the sand didn't irritate the oyster, there would be no pearl.

Mar 1: FIRST acquire the quality that you think money will furnish. THEN the quality will draw the money into your life...View money and materials goods not as creations to fill a lack but as outcomes of expression and growth.

Feb 29: Desire is the force of forces...You may possess anything that you so desire, provided you know exactly what you want...Desires not only develop and evolve within you, but they attract the conditions, circumstances and people consistent with your desires.

Feb 24: When we exercise just a tiny bit more of our potential—a miniscule amount—we become outstanding human beings

Feb 24: What you are is God's gift to you; what you make of yourself is your gift to God