Quotes To Live By

Health

"The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles; but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly."
- Buddha

"If taking vitamins doesn't keep you healthy enough, try more laughter. The most wasted of all days is that on which one has not laughed."
- Nicolas Sebastien

"Fear is the cancer of the human spirit."
- Rick Beneteau

"It may be possible to incorporate laughter into daily activities, just as is done with other heart-healthy activities, such as taking the stairs instead of the elevator. The recommendation for a healthy heart may one day be exercise, eat right and laugh a few times a day."
- Michael Miller

"Fatigue makes cowards of us all."
- Dave Goldin

Relationships

"Love Thy Neighbor as thyself."
- The Bible

"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 Buscaglia

"Remember that people will forget what you say. They may even forget what you do; but they will never forget how you made them feel."
- Anonymous

"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."
- Mahatma Gandhi

"Avoid negative people at all costs. They are the greatest destroyers of self confidence and self-esteem."
- Brian Tracy

Career

"Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit."
- Napoleon Hill

"A professional is a person who can do his best at a time when he doesn't particularly feel like it."
- Alistair Cooke

"The difficulties and struggles of today are but the price we must pay for the accomplishments and victories of tomorrow."
- William J.H. Boetcker

"Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second. Give your dreams all you've got and you'll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you."
- William James

Time Management

"To love life is to love time; time is the stuff life is made of."
- Ben Franklin

"Time management is really personal management, life management. and management of yourself."
- Brian Tracy

" Concentrate on doing the important things before they become urgent."
- Richard Geno

"If we spend most of our time concerned about things we cannot truly directly influence, what we can influence will be reduced. If we spend our energies on those things over which we can expect positive results, we will expand our influence."
- Stephen R Covey

"Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right'. Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along."
- Napoleon Hill

Finances

"Do more than you are paid for. There are never any traffic jams on the extra mile."
- Brian Tracy

"Your biggest asset is a positive attitude. That more than anything else determines your earnings."
- Ben Feldman

"The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire."
- Brian Tracy

"Being rich isn't about money. Being rich is a state of mind. Some of us, no matter how much money we have, will never be free enough to take time to stop and eat the heart of the watermelon. And some of us will be rich without ever being more than a paycheck ahead of the game."
- Harvey B. Mckay

" People who never give anymore than they get paid never get paid more than they give."
- Unknown

Having Fun

"Happiness is a decision."
- Denis Waitley

"Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is history Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift; that is why we call it the present."
- Unknown

"Enjoy the journey. This is not a dress rehearsal."
- John Savage

"Always make your enjoyment greater than your effort"
- Dan Sullivan

"If you enjoy travel, travel. It is a lot easier to travel on 35-45- and 55-year old legs than on 75- and 85-year old legs."
- Richard Geno

Self Improvement

"Turn your stumbling blocks into steppingstones to success."
- Brian Tracy

"Opportunity is often passed over because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."
- Unknown

"Difficulties come not to obstruct, but to instruct. Within every setback or obstacle lie seeds of an equal or greater benefit or opportunity. "
- Brian Tracy

"That which does not kill us make us stronger."
- Nietsche

"No one lives long enough to learn everything they need to learn starting from scratch. To be successful, we absolutely, positively have to find people who have already paid the price to learn the things that we need to learn to achieve our goals."
- Brian Tracy

Wisdom

"For peace of mind, we need to resign as general manager of the universe."
- Larry Eisenberg

"Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience."
- Denis Waitley

"Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts."
- Edward R. Murrow

"To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man's life."
- T.S. Elliot

"Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn to exercise his will - his personal responsibility."
- Albert Schweitzer

"There is one purpose to life and one only: to bear witness to and understand as much as possible of the complexity or the world - its beauty, its mysteries, its riddles. The more you understand, the more you look, the greater is your enjoyment of life and your sense of peace. That's all there is to it."
- Anne Rice

"If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they may have planned for you? Not much."
- Jim Rohn

"Self-responsibility is the core quality of the fully mature, fully functioning, self-actualizing individual."
- Brian Tracy

"Life is part positive and part negative. Suppose you went to hear a symphony orchestra and all they played were the little, happy, high notes? Would you leave soon? Let me hear the rumble of the bass, the crash of the cymbals, and the minor keys."
- Jim Rohn

"The difficulties and struggles of today are but the price we must pay for the accomplishments and victories of tomorrow."
- William J.H. Boetcker