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Attitude Quotes:
Choose to be optimistic, it feels better." ~Dali Lama

If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it. ~Mary Engelbreit

So often time it happens, we all live our life in chains, and we never even know we have the key. ~The Eagles, "Already Gone"

Every thought is a seed. If you plant crab apples, don't count on harvesting Golden Delicious. ~Bill Meyer

In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer. ~Albert Camus, Lyrical and Critical Essays

I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains. ~Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

Say you are well, or all is well with you,
And God shall hear your words and make them true.
~Ella Wheeler Wilcox

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes. ~William James

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

Whenever you fall, pick something up. ~Oswald Avery

We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them. ~Elbert Hubbard

The excursion is the same when you go looking for your sorrow as when you go looking for your joy. ~Eudora Welty

Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities - always see them, for they're always there. ~Norman Vincent Peale

Why not learn to enjoy the little things - there are so many of them. ~Author Unknown

Say "Yes" to the seedlings and a giant forest cleaves the sky. Say "Yes" to the universe and the planets become your neighbors. Say "Yes" to dreams of love and freedom. It is the password to utopia. ~Brooks Atkinson, Once Around the Sun, 1951

Be enthusiastic. Remember the placebo effect - 30% of medicine is showbiz. ~Ronald Spark

Commitment Quotes:
Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favour all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Be fearless and pure; never waver in your determination or your dedication to the spiritual life. Give freely. Be self-controlled, sincere, truthful, loving, and full of the desire to serve...Learn to be detached and to take joy in renunciation. Do not get angry or harm any living creature, but be compassionate and gentle; show good will to all. Cultivate vigor, patience, will, purity; avoid malice and pride. Then, you will achieve your destiny. ~ Krishna, The Bhagavad Gita

I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen. ~ Frank Lloyd Wright

Most of us serve our ideals by fits and starts. The person who makes a success of living is one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That's dedication. ~ Cecil B. DeMille

My advice is to go into something and stay with it until you like it. You can't like it until you obtain expertise in that work. And once you are an expert, it's a pleasure. ~ Milton Garland

Discipline Quotes:
The time is always right to do what is right. ~ Martin Luther King Jr.

There would be nothing to frighten you if you refused to be afraid. ~ Gandhi

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself. ~ Elie Wiesel

With faith, discipline and selfless devotion to duty, there is nothing worthwhile that you cannot achieve. ~ Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Unless you change how you are, you will always have what you've got. ~ Jim Rohn

We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort. ~ Jesse Owens

We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it. ~ Abraham Lincoln

What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do. ~ Aristotle

It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves. ~ Sir Edmund Hillary

It's never crowded along the extra mile. ~ Wayne Dyer

It's not the work that's hard, it's the discipline. ~ Anonymous

Life is a unique combination of "want to" and "how to" and we need to give equal attention to both. ~ Jim Rohn

Most true happiness comes from one's inner life, from the disposition of the mind and soul. ~ William L Shirer

Hope, Dream, Passion & Believing Quotes:
Hope is a waking dream. ~ Aristotle

I dream my painting and then paint my dream. ~ Vincent van Gogh

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. ~ Henry David Thoreau

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. ~ Walt Disney

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

One of the greatest weaknesses in most of us is our lack of faith in ourselves. ~ L. Tom Perry

When you come to the edge of all that you know, you must believe one of two things: There will be earth upon which to stand, or you will be given wings to fly. ~ Anonymous

Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country. ~ Anais Nin

Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The distance is nothing; it is only the first step that is difficult. ~ Mme. Du Deffand

Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music. ~ Angela Monet

Rest in reason; move in passion ~ Khalil Gibran

Dreams are like the paints of a great artist. Your dreams are your paints, the world is your canvas. Believing, is the brush that converts your dreams into a masterpiece of reality. ~ Anonymous

We all have our own life to pursue, Our own kind of dream to be weaving... And we all have the power To make wishes come true, As long as we keep believing. ~ Louisa May Alcott

If there is no passion in your life, then have you really lived? Find your passion, whatever it may be. Become it, and let it become you and you will find great things happen FOR you, TO you and BECAUSE of you. ~ T. Alan Armstrong

Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe. ~ Voltaire

Have faith in your dreams and someday your rainbow will come smiling through. No matter how your heart is grieving, if you keep believing, the dream that you wish will come true. ~ Anonymous

Kindness Quotes:
Let us be very sincere in our dealings with each other, and have the courage to accept each other as we are. Do not be surprised or become preoccupied at each others failures - rather, see and find in each other the good, for each one of us is created in the image of God. ~ Mother Teresa of Calcutta

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom. ~ Theodore Rubin

My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness. ~ His Holiness The Dalai Lama

Love Quotes:
Love is patient and kind, Love is not jealous, conceited, proud or boastful, it is not arrogant, selfish, irritable or rude. Love does not keep a record of wrongs. Love is not happy with evil, but is happy with the truth, Love never gives up, and its faith, hope and patience never fail. Love is eternal. ~ Bible 1-Corinthians 13:4

The measure of love is to love without measure. ~ Saint Augustine

If you judge people, you have no time to love them. ~ Mother Teresa

...Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Don't hold to anger, hurt, or pain. They steal your energy and keep you from love. ~ Leo Buscaglia

You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. ~ Buddha

Love is a better teacher than duty. ~ Albert Einstein

Let not the hours pass by in the dark. Kindle the lamp of love with thy life. ~ Rabindranath Tagore (Gitanjali pg. 10)

Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination. ~ Voltaire

At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet. ~ Plato

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; loving someone deeply gives you courage. ~ Lao Tzu

Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit. ~ Khalil Gibran

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. ~ Lao Tzu

Meditation Quotes:
You can search the world over and you will find no one who is more deserving of your kindness and well wishing than you yourself. ~ Buddha

Seek truth in meditation, not in moldy books. Look in the sky to find the moon, not in the pond. ~ Persian proverb

I f you meditate, sooner or later you will come upon love. If you meditate deeply, sooner or later you will start feeling a tremendous love arising in you that you have never known before. ~Osho

Magical Prayer
From beneath me arises the energy of the Earth, my home and my foundation.
From above me pours down the light of the Sun and the enchanting Moon.
To my right hand flows the strength to control and direct, the power of magic.
To my left hand comes the skill to divine and to heal, the source of blessing. ~ unknown

Health, a light body, freedom from cravings, a glowing skin, sonorous voice, fragrance of body: these signs indicate progress in the practice of meditation. ~ Shvetashvatara Upanishad

The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large. ~ Confucius

The flowering of love is meditation. ~ Jiddu Krishnamurti

Potential Quotes:
Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do. ~ Pope John XXIII

Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential. ~Winston Churchill

Focus on your potential instead of your limitations. ~Alan Loy McGinnis

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. ~Leo F. Buscaglia

With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world. ~Dalai Lama

Your past is not your potential. In any hour you can choose to liberate the future. ~Marilyn Ferguson

Joy comes from using your potential. ~Will Schultz

I have found that the imagination does not work to its full potential when we are lying on the couch doing nothing, but when we are with like-minded people. ~David DeNotaris

Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else. ~Margaret Mead

One of the marks of excellent people is that they never compare themselves with others. They only compare themselves with themselves and with their past accomplishments and future potential. ~Brian Tracy

The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems. ~Mahatma Gandhi

Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. ~Erich Fromm

Freedom is not the right to live as we please, but the right to find how we ought to live in order to fulfill our potential. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

In the depth of winter I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. ~Albert Camus

Reflection Quotes:
agine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one. ~ John Lennon

Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead but not manipulate. ~ William Arthur Ward

Only by much searching and mining are gold and diamonds obtained, and man can find every truth connected with his being if he will dig deep into the mine of his soul. ~ James Allen from As a Man Thinketh

The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection. ~ Thomas Paine

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

The object of reflection is invariably the discovery of something satisfying to the mind which was not there at the beginning of the search. ~ Ernest Dimnet

Search Quotes:
You can search the world over and you will find no one who is more deserving of your kindness and well wishing than you yourself. ~ Buddha

Unity Quotes:
So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth. ~Bahá'u'lláh

Cooperation is the thorough conviction that nobody can get there unless everybody gets there. ~Virginia Burden, The Process of Intuition

I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings My wisdom flows from the Highest Source. I salute that Source in you. Let us work together for unity and love. ~Mahatma Gandhi

In union there is strength. ~Aesop

Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all. ~Alexander the Great

We have learned to fly the air like birds and swim the sea like fish, but we have not learned the simple art of living together as brothers. ~Martin Luther King, Jr., Strength to Love, 1963

With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world. ~Dalai Lama

I have often noticed that when chickens quit quarreling over their food they often find that there is enough for all of them. I wonder if it might not be the same with the human race. ~Don Marquis

The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because man is disunited with himself. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

As we get deeper, we move closer and closer to other people; we feel closer to life as a whole. ~Eknath Easwaran

The greatest science in the world; in heaven and on earth; is love.
~ Mother Teresa