To Motivate & Inspire

You can regret that rose bushes have thorns or you can rejoice that thorn bushes have roses.

A Friend: One who knows all about you and loves you just the same.

Never fear shadows. They simply mean there is a light shining somewhere nearby.

Call people by name...the sweetest music to anyones ears is the sound of his own name.

We should correct our own faults by seeing how badly they appear in others.

Many people know how to flatter. Few know how to praise.

Do not let the best you have done so far be the standard for the rest of your life.

One can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

If you are not willing to be part of the solution, it is obvious you are part of the problem.

It is more important to be respected than to be liked or be popular.

The man of true greatness never loses his childs heart.

If you have a weakness, make it work for you as a strength - and if you have a strength, do not abuse it into a weakness.

It is a worthier thing to deserve honour than to possess it.

A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.

Learn from the mistakes of others: you can not live long enough to make them all yourself.

When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the one which has opened for us.

Whether you think you can or whether you think you can not, you are going to be right.

Winners are excited at what can happen. Losers are frightened at what might happen.

No person was ever honoured for what he received. Honour has been the reward for what he gave.

The men who are lifting the world upward and onward are those who encourage more than critisize.

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes: he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.

Of all the words ever written in pen, the saddest words are: What Might have been.

To be angry with a weak person is proof that you are not very strong yourself.

He is a fool who can not be angry, but he is a wise man who will not.

If at first you do not succeed, you are running about average.

Obstacles are the things we see when we take our eyes off the goal.

We are not what we are because we do what we do. We do what we do because we are what we are.

Being broke is a temporary situation. Being poor is a state of mind.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.

Failure is not falling down but staying there.

Where ever you are: BE THERE

If you avoid the hive through fear of getting stung, you do not deserve the honey.

Few people have the courage to appear as good as they really are.

Character is made by what you stand for, reputation by what you fall for.

Bibles that a falling apart are usually read by people who are not.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

If you do not stand for something...you will fall for anything.

A man hears only what he understands.

Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.

A moments insight is sometimes worth a lifes experience.

A measure of our wealth is how much we would be really worth if we lost our money.

If you are not as close to God as you used to be - guess who moved!!!

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

You seldom regret the things you have done, but it is the things you have not done that will drive you crazy for the rest of your life.

The years will wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he knows something.

Indecision can cause more emotional harm than the making of a wrong decision.

People may doubt what you say, but they always believe what you do.

A man who finds no satisfaction in himself will not find it elsewhere.

Life is an unanswered question, but let us still believe in the dignity and importance of the question.