INSPIRATIONAL SAYINGS

"Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict."

~William E. Channing~




"It is surmounting difficulties that makes heroes."

~Louis Kossuth~




~Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.~

~Bernice Johnson Reagon~




"Men take only their needs into consideration, never their abilities."

~Napoleon Bonaparte~




"We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible."

~C. Malesherbes~




"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all."

~Dale Carnegie~




"If not us, who? If not now, when?"

~Kennedy, John F.~




"Never be satisfied with what you achieve, because it all pales in comparison with what you are capable of doing in the future."

~Rabbi Nochem Kaplan~




"All our dreams can come true - if we have the courage to pursue them."

~Walt Disney~




"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die tomorrow."

~James Dean~




"If you're going to be thinking, you may as well think big."

~Donald Trump~




"Where there's a will there's a way."

~English Proverb~




"If you really want something, you can figure out how to make it happen."

~Cher~




"A determined person will do more with a pen and paper, than a lazy person will accomplish with a personal computer."

~Catherine Pulsifer~




"So long as there is breath in me, that long I will persist. For now I know one of the greatest principles on success; if I persist long enough I will win."

~Og Mandino~




"We will either find a way, or make one!"

~Hannibal~




"You have a very powerful mind that can make anything happen as long as you keep yourself centered."

~Dr. Wayne W. Dyer~




"Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything."

~Napoleon Hill~




"Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself."

~Ralph Waldo Emerson~




"Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so."

~Robert G. Ingersoll~




"Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see bird that had the blues? One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses."

~Dale Carnegie~




"You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need."

~Vernon Howard~




"Real happiness comes from inside. Nobody can give it to you."

~Sharon Stone~




"Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish."

~John Quincy Adams~




"That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well."

~Abraham Lincoln~




"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."

~Thomas Edison~




"The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."

~Winston Churchill~




"When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters—one represents danger, and the other represents opportunity."

~John F. Kennedy~




"He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else."

~Benjamin Franklin~




"Ninety-nine percent of failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses."

~George W. Carver~




"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."

~Mark Twain~

Why Not You?

Why Not You?
Author Unknown


Today, many will awaken with a fresh sense of inspiration. Why not you?


Today, many will open their eyes to the beauty that surrounds them. Why not you?


Today, many will choose to leave the ghost of yesterday behind and seize the immeasurable power of today. Why not you?


Today, many will break through the barriers of the past by looking at the blessings of the present. Why not you?


Today, for many the burden of self doubt and insecurity will be lifted by the security and confidence of empowerment. Why not you?


Today, many will rise above their believed limitations and make contact with their powerful innate strength. Why not you?


Today, many will choose to live in such a manner that they will be a positive role model for their children. Why not you?


Today, many will choose to free themselves from the personal imprisonment of their bad habits. Why not you?


Today, many will choose to live free of conditions and rules governing their own happiness. Why not you?


Today, many will find abundance in simplicity. Why not you?


Today, many will be confronted by difficult moral choices and they will choose to do what is right instead of what is beneficial. Why not you?


Today, many will decide to no longer sit back with a victim mentality, but to take charge of their lives and make positive changes. Why not you?


Today, many will take the action necessary to make a difference. Why not you?


Today, many will make the commitment to be a better mother, father, son, daughter, student, teacher, worker, boss, brother, sister, & so much more. Why not you?


Today is a new day!
Many will seize this day.
Many will live it to the fullest.
Why not you?

Start Where You Stand

Start where you stand and never mind the past,
The past won't help you in beginning new,
If you have left it all behind at last
Why, that's enough, you're done with it, you're through;
This is another chapter in the book,
This is another race that you have planned,
Don't give the vanished days a backward look,
Start where you stand.



The world won't care about your old defeats
If you can start anew and win success;
The future is your time, and time is fleet
And there is much of work and strain and stress;
Forget the buried woes and dead despairs,
Here is a brand-new trial right at hand,
The future is for him who does and dares,
Start where you stand.

The Vow

The Vow
By Malcolm O. Varner


No matter how deep the sadness or wide the pain,
I vow to live for a brighter day will come again.


No matter how many mistakes I’ve made in the past,
I vow to live and in the future avoid them, surefooted and fast.


No matter how many tragedies beyond my control take place,
I vow to live and stay my course within this race.


No matter how poor or rich I may ever be,
I vow to live and aspire to search for the dignity in simplicity.


No matter how much a lover may pierce the inner core of my heart,
I vow to live for like spring I’ll get a new start.


No matter how isolated and alone I may feel,
I vow to live and do something for someone else to heal.


No matter how hopeless my situation my appear,
I vow to live and reflect until my viewpoint is clear.


No matter what happens in this life – good or bad
I vow to live, do my best, and just for living – be glad.

Just One...One of it

One song can spark a moment,
One flower can wake the dream
One tree can start a forest,
One bird can herald spring.


One smile begins a friendship,
One handclasp lifts a soul.
One star can guide a ship at sea,
One word can frame the goal


One vote can change a nation,
One sunbeam lights a room
One candle wipes out darkness,
One laugh will conquer gloom.


One step must start each journey.
One word must start each prayer.
One hope will raise our spirits,
One touch can show you care.


One voice can speak with wisdom,
One heart can know what's true,


One life can make a difference,
You see, it's up to you