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"The great challenge of adulthood is holding on to your idealism after you lose your innocence."
– Bruce Springsteen

"Your only limitations are those you set up in your mind, or permit others to set up for you."
-- Og Mandino

"When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be."
-- Lao Tzu

Most of us feel we need look no further for Utopia. We have it with us right here and now. Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th ed., pg. 16

The responsibility for both present and future is in our own hands. If we live right today, then tomorrow has to be right. - Eknath Easwaran

"Time is not a line, but a series of now points." - Taisen Deshimaru

I searched through rebellion, drugs, diet, mysticism, religion, intellectualism, & much more, only to find that truth is basically simple & feels good, clear & right. – Chick Corea

What I want in my life is compassion, a flow between myself and others based on a mutual giving from the heart. Marshall B. Rosenberg

I have learned, as a rule of thumb, never to ask whether you can do something. Say, instead, that you are doing it. Then fasten your seat belt. The most remarkable things follow. Julia Cameron

"Be thankful for what you have, you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never ever have enough." Oprah Winfrey

"I learn by going where I have to go."
– Theodore Roethke

We know too much & feel too little. At least, we feel too little of those creative emotions from which a good life springs. Bertrand Russell

A man should take away not only unnecessary acts, but also unnecessary thoughts, for thus superfluous acts will not follow after. Marcus Aurelius

"A goal should scare you a little, and excite you a lot." — Dr. Joe Vitale

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"Fear doesn't mean stop - it means: Pay Attention." - Marshall Sylver

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It was only a matter of being willing to believe in a Power greater than myself. Nothing more was required of me to make my beginning. BB p12

"To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge."
-- Copernicus

The mystery of life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced.
-- Aart Van Der Leeuw

"Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained."
– Marie Curie

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"It’s not how much we give but how much love we put into giving." - Mother Teresa

"You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result."
– Mahatma Gandhi

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"The greatest evil that can befall man is that he should come to think ill of himself." - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

"Freedom lies in being bold." – Robert Frost

"As long as one keeps searching, the answers come." - Joan Baez

“Whatever games are played with us, we must
play no games with ourselves.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact."
– William James

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"When the heart grieves over what it has lost, the spirit rejoices over what it has left." - Sufi epigram

"Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of unhappiness." - Lao-tzu

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"To weep is to make less the depth of grief." - William Shakespeare

"Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring." – Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death." — Albert Einstein

"Change is the constant, the signal for rebirth, the egg of the phoenix." - Christina Baldwin

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust & sweat & blood; who strives valiantly; who errs- but who does actually strive to do the deeds T Roosevelt

"Character is simply habit long enough continued." – Plutarch

"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give."
– Sir Winston Churchill

"A person’s worth is contingent upon who he is, not upon what he does, or how much he has. The worth of a person, or a thing, or an idea, is in being, not in doing, not in having."
Alice Mary Hilton

"The spiritual life is a call to action. But it is a call to ... action without any selfish attachment to the results." -- Eknath Easwaran

"Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark."
– Henri Frédéric Amiel

We shouldn't be shy on this matter of prayer. Better men than we are using it constantly. Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th ed., pgs. 85-86

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"A true knowledge of ourselves is knowledge of our power." -- Mark Rutherford

In the final analysis, we count for something only because of the essential we embody, & if we do not embody that, life is wasted. C.G. Jung

"Could we change our attitude, we should not only see life differently, but life itself would come to be different." – Katherine Mansfield

You can't always get what you want, But if you try sometimes, you might find, You get what you need. Mick Jagger

"Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it." — Albert Einstein

"When you start using senses you’ve neglected, your reward is to see the world with completely fresh eyes." -- Barbara Sher

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The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. – Eleanor Roosevelt

Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich. Sarah Bernhardt

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Real life isn’t always going to be perfect or go our way, but the recurring acknowledgement of what is working in our lives can help us not only to survive but surmount our difficulties. Sarah Ban Breathnach

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

True prosperity is an incredible gift. It's a gift YOU deserve. & no matter what anyone says, it's a gift that IS available to you - right now. Joe Vitale

"When busyness is the measure of time, no matter how much time exists it is never enough." -- Diana Hunt

"The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous." — Carl Sagan

“Thou, O God, dost sell us all good things
at the price of labour.” Leonardo da Vinci

"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence."
– Helen Keller

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Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit. e. e. cummings

To think is easy. To act is difficult. To act as one thinks is the most difficult.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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"I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me." -- Erica Jong

The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high & falling short; but in setting our aim too low, & achieving our mark. Michelangelo Buonarroti

“What we do in life, echoes in eternity.” Maximus Decimus Meridias

"Your fears are not walls, but hurdles. Courage is not the absence of fear, but the conquering of it." -- Dan Millman

"Many of our fears are tissue-paper-thin, and a single courageous step would carry us clear through them." -- Brendan Francis

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"Make voyages! — Attempt them! — there's nothing else…" – Tennessee Williams

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He who knows most, knows how little he knows. Thomas Jefferson

"If you want a place in the sun, you've got to put up with a few blisters."
– Abigail Van Buren

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"Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time." — Jim Rohn

Act swiftly and vigorously, without "buts" and "ifs"... ” Napoleon Bonaparte

People who consider themselves victims of their circumstances will always remain victims unless they develop a greater vision for their lives. Stedman Graham

"When we blame, we give away our power." -- Greg Anderson

"What is harder than rock, or softer than water? Yet soft water hollows out hard rock. Persevere."
– Ovid

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What is laid down, ordered, factual is never enough to embrace the whole truth: life always spills over the rim of every cup. Boris Pasternak

"If you think you're too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito in the room." -- Anita Roddick

"You may be good, but what are you good for?You’ve got to be good for something. You’ve got to be about some project, some task that requires you to be humble and obedient to the universal principles of service." Stephen R. Covey

If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we are not really living. Growth demands a temporary surrender of security. Gail Sheehy

"Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action." -- James Levin

"Reflection is one of the most underused yet powerful tools for success." -- Richard Carlson

"Action without study is fatal. Study without action is futile." – Mary Ritter Beard

Patience is necessary... one cannot reap immediately where one has sown. Soren Kierkegaard

The healthy, the strong individual, is the one who asks for help when he needs it. Whether he has an abscess on his knee or in his soul. Rona Barrett

Asking for help doesn’t mean that we are weak or incompetent. It usually indicates an advanced level of honesty & intelligence. Anne Wilson Schaef

"Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention." — Jim Rohn