Life doesn’t just happen to you. It’s all about choices and how you respond to every situation.
Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light Helen Keller.
Expect the unexpected. Focus on what you can control and acknowledge what’s out of your control.
A dog is one of the few remaining reasons why some people can be persuaded to go for a walk.
If your dog doesn’t like someone, you probably shouldn’t either.
If you spend too much time working on your weaknesses, all you end up with is a lot of strong weaknesses!” This doesn’t give you a competitive edge in the marketplace or position you to be wealthy. It just keeps you average. In fact, it’s an absolute insult to your integrity to major in.
If someone is hostile in the delivery of their feedback, remember that it is an expression of their level of fear, not your level of incompetence or unlovability.
Embrace Change Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. JOHN F. KENNEDY Thirty-fifth president of the United States.
As motivational philosopher Jim Rohn so aptly put it, “You can’t hire someone else to do your push-ups for you.
They love us, heal us, teach us, make us laugh and sometimes break our hearts with their passing.
If you are bored with life, if you don’t get up every morning with a burning desire to do things – you don’t have enough goals.
Our dogs relieve chronic pain, lift our spirits, sniff out cancer, detect impending heart attacks, seizures and migraines, lower our blood pressure and cholesterol levels, help us recover from devastating illness, and even improve our children’s IQ, as well as lowering their risk for adult allergies and asthma. Just think – the unconditional love, limitless affection and to-die-for loyalty of a well-chosen, well-trained, well-cared-for dog could be just what the doctor ordered!
And then there are stories that reveal the transformation of an ordinary person into an extraordinary one, because he or she had the courage to hope, the determination to think positively, the ability to see the beauty in life, the strength to pick up the pieces and move on and the faith that life is nurturing, if one allows it to be so.
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness. Mark Twain.
You will never become successful as long as you continue to blame someone or something else for your lack of success.
Often, we use words in a damaging way not because we are bad people but simply because we are not paying attention. No one ever taught us how powerful words really are.
If you just keep on doing the same things that you’ve always done, what will your lifestyle be like five years from now, ten years from now, twenty years from now? What words will describe your future financial picture if you don’t make any changes? What about your health, relationships and the amount of time you have off for fun? Will you be enjoying a lot more freedom or still be working too many hours a week? AVOID.
I have learned over the years that whenever one door seemingly closes, another door opens. You just have to keep positive, stay aware, and look to see what it is. Instead of getting upset when things don’t unfold as you anticipated, always ask yourself the question “What’s the possibility that this is?
Successful people speak words of inclusion rather than words of separation, words of acceptance rather than words of rejection, and words of tolerance rather than words of prejudice.
Almost by force of habit, successful people simply do more. As a result, they experience not only greater financial rewards for their extra efforts but also a personal transformation, becoming more self-confident, more self-reliant, and more influential with those around them.