You are my friend when you can guard my failure, challenge my thought
and celebrate my success. -Unknown
"Never make a man a priority to whom you are just an option"...
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. ~Albert
Einstein
If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else. -Booker
T. Washington I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going but I'm on the way. -Carl
Sandburg Chance
is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish. -Ovid Every oak tree started out as a couple of nuts who stood their ground. -Anonymous The drops of rain
make a hole in the stone not by violence, but by oft falling. -Lucretius
Since anger is such a good motivator when you let it drive things in a positive direction.....
STEER! You've already got the fuel inside. ~by Karen, cl-wildlucky4me
It's not what
you gather, but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived. -Helen Walton
Pain nourishes courage. You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful
things happen to you. -Mary Tyler Moore
Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records. -William A. Ward
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will
annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. - Herm Albright
Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t
turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. -Michael
Jordan
The only people worth getting even
with are those who have helped you. - Anonymous
I am the architect of my life.
I may change myself at any time, I may
choose a different path. I
become what I allow to affect me. It is my decision to respond to and receive experience. It is my perception that shapes
my reality. At any time I may change my perception and my reality will become new. I may build a new foundation of values;
I may decide at any moment of my existence to accept or refuse a standard of living. I may create new aspects of my personality
and it will become me because I decided so. I am the fullest potential that I accept for myself. The most awesome power
that I yield is the ability to change everything that defines who I am by erasing what is now and writing a new story. The
story of my life will be written by my choices and the ending is as much as I can imagine. I am every decision that I accept
as my own. Understand. I am the architect of my life." -Shane L. Durbec Remember life goes on!!!!!!!!!!!!
Keep an open mind... ~~ submitted by Christina aka Girlygirlsad
"Forgiveness is a choice. Don't stand there and wait
for some miracle to wash away the anger and bitterness and the hurt." --Dr. Phil
Here's what Dr. Phil has to say about "Forgiveness"...
Our tip today has to do with forgiveness. We are real quick to be judgmental of others, and we need to recognize
that forgiveness is a choice. It's not a feeling. We don't wake up in the morning and feel it. We wake up in the morning and
choose it. And, when you choose to remain angry and bitter and hateful and resentful, then you're locked in an emotional prison.
Forgiveness is not saying, "It's OK what you did." What you need to be willing to do is say, "I choose to
forgive you for me. I don't want to be locked in to this bond of hatred and bitterness anymore."
The past is over. Not even God can change what has already happened. But, what you can do is choose what will
happen. Remember forgiveness is not saying, "It's OK." Forgiveness is choosing a better life for you, and you deserve it.
It
isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out - it's the grain of sand in your shoe. ~ Robert Service
People often say that motivation doesn't last.
Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily. ~Zig Ziglar
Doubt & Faith * Doubt sees the difficulties, Faith sees
the way; * Doubt sees the darksome night, Faith sees the day. * Doubt dreads to take the step, Faith soars on high; *
Doubt whispers, "Who Believes?" Faith answers, "I."
"Marriage is that relation between man and
woman in which the independence is equal, the dependence mutual, and the obligation reciprocal." -Louis K. Anspacher
"Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising
everytime we fall." -Oliver Goldsmith
The really happy man is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.
-Anonymous
"Having
your missing tail recovered is all well and good, but remember that it will have to be reattached with a hammer and nail."
-Eeyore
Courage doesn't always ROAR. Sometimes courage is the quiet
voice at the end of the day saying "I will try again tomorrow."
Someone's opinion of you does not have to become your reality. -Les Brown
Worrying does not empty tomorrow of its troubles, it empties today of its strength! submitted
by ivmulby
"Time heals nothing. It is what you do with the time that matters."
~ Dr. Phil
'New' doesn't equate with 'happy,' or there wouldn't
be any antique stores. - Wilfred Ford
"The dark minute the caterpillar calls the end of the world is the sunfilled
moment the butterfly calls the beginning." --Spencer Johnson
Kindness makes a fellow feel good, whether it’s being done
to him or by him. -Frank A. Clark
You cannot direct the wind. You can direct the sails. --Unknown
"And the day came when the risk to remain closed in a bud became
more painful than the risk it took to blossom." --Anais Nin
Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and then
go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. ~Harold Whitman
Succulence does not always mean wild abandon or juicy freedom - Sometimes it
is a quiet unfolding, a peeling back to reveal a tender center. --SARK
When the heart grieves over what it has lost, the spirit rejoices
over what it has left. -Sufi epigram
"Until you have become that which you are demonstrating against, you will have made
no progress." --Thich Nhat Hahn
The mind is like a
parachute. It doesn't work unless it's open. -Unknown
Always be a first-rate version of yourself instead of a second-rate version of someone
else. - Judy Garland
Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied
at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it.-
Margaret Thatcher
“There
is no such thing as failure. There are only outcomes. The only time you fail is the last time you try.”
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't
mind. --Dr. Seuss
Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase,
just take the first step. - Martin Luther King, Jr.
"You don't have to understand, just try to be understanding" - wildlucky4me
"I believe the single most significant decision I can
make on a day-to-day basis is my choice of attitude. Attitude keeps me going or cripples my progress...it alone fuels my fire
or assaults my hope. When my attitude is right, there's no barrier too high, no valley too deep, no dream too extreme, no
challenge too great for me." ~~Charles Swindoll
For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty
seconds of happiness. --Emerson
Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their
sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all. -Sam Ewing
"Honor isn't about making the right choices. It's about dealing
with the consequences." ~ Midori Koto
Courage is very important.
Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use. ~Ruth Gordon
"We're only human, Baby, We walk on broken
ground. We loose our way, We come unwound. We'll turn in circles, Baby, We're never satisfied. We'll fall
from grace, forget we can fly. But through all the tears that we cried, we'll survive. 'cause..."
~ "When we're torn apart, shattered
& scarred, love has the grace to save us." ~
~ Saints & Angels ~ by Sara Evans
~
"If there is no wind, row." -Latin Proverb
"Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."
~ Will Rogers
"As one goes through life one learns that if you don't paddle your
own canoe, you don't move." --Katharine Hepburn
"Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely."
--Karen Kaiser Clark, American politician
We can choose to throw stones,
to stumble on them, to climb over them, or to build with them. -- William Arthur Ward
"Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to
it, we can never do anything wise in this world." -Helen Keller
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions.
Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. - Mark Twain
"Follow your heart, but take your brain with you!" - by Aman Padda
~ You used to tell me, so many nights,
"You don't deserve me", well, maybe, you were right. ~
~
Fool, I'm A Woman ~ by Sara Evans ~
iVillager sunny524: But how do you go about changing your life?
Iyanla Vanzant: It all depends on what you want to do. Nobody can make that choice
for you. You have to have a vision for yourself; you have to believe that you deserve that vision and are worthy of living
it. You set priorities to move toward the vision -- and then you move your butt!
iVillager sjs5859: Did you have a hard time turning your own life around?
Iyanla Vanzant: Of course I did -- especially because I was my own worst enemy. I
wanted to be right. I was afraid to fail. I wanted other people to choose for me. Then I got mad at them when the choices
didn't work. I did all the normal human stuff -- until I got clear! I got clear about who I was, what I wanted, and then I
took total responsibility for making it happen. That's how change occurs.
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