words of wisdom 3

Words of Wisdom

We are All One

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We are the only one in the entire universe that will never leave, or we will never lose - Therefore it is essential that we are completely comfortable with ourselves.

Responsibility - Response - Ability ( The ability to choose our own response. )

We can choose to respond with a negative or with a positive attitude.

When we choose our response, we also choose the consequence.

Spinoza " I saw that all things I feared, and which feared me, had nothing good or bad in them save in so far as the mind was affected by them, "

Albert Ellis " People and things do not upset us, rather we upset ourselves by believing that they can upset us, "

Ralph Waldo Emerson " We become what we think about all day long. "

Shakesphere " There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. "

Jesus " As you think, so shall ye be. "

Thoreau " If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. "

Mahatma Gandi " God has no religion "

One must have patience - we must accept what comes to us at a given time, and not ask for more.

One of the most difficult things in the world to live with is a person who never expresses his own wishes but asks you what your wishes are.

He who angers you, conquers you.

The most mature man is the one who has the best control of his emotions.

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it, -- but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor. Oliver Wendell Holmes

Experience is that marvellous thing that enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again

Forgiveness means thanking or giving thanks for being given a experience.

Irish Proverb - Fear knocked at the door , faith answered, and no one was there.

The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity. Arthur James Balfour

Progress in every age results only from the fact that there are some men and women who refuse to believe that what they know to be right cannot be done . Russell W. Davenport

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can rest only for a moment, for with freedom comes responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not yet ended. Nelson Mandela

Inner peace is a matter of choice, if only we know what the choices are and how to choose. Learn to distinguish between what causes you to stay fearful and what releases you to experience more joy in your life.

"Fascination is one step beyond interest. Interested people want to know if it works. Fascinated people want to learn how it works." Jim Rohn

Walter Chrysler "The real secret of success is enthusiasm. Enthusiasts are fighters. They have fortitude. They have staying qualities. Enthusiasm is the bottom of all progress. With it, there is accomplishment. Without it, there are only alibis."

Emile Zola -- "If you ask me what I came to do in this world…I will answer you: "I am here to live out loud."

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. " John Quincy Adams

Anybody with a little guts and the desire to apply himself can make it; he can make anything he wants to make of himself. – Bill Shoemaker

Football is like life -- it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication, and respect for authority. – Vince Lombardi

Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. – Edgar Allan Poe

Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence. – Vince Lombardi

When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends.

Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders, than from the arguments of its opposers. William Penn

The most pathetic man is the man with sight, but no vision Helen Keller

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a lifetime's experience. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm. – Winston Churchill

If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough."
Mario Andretti

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man. -
George Bernard Shaw

I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish. - Michelangelo

Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.
William Jennings Bryan

Change your thoughts and you change your world.
Norman Vincent Peale

"Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation."— Robert F. Kennedy