Expectation has brought me disappointment. Disappointment has brought me wisdom. Acceptance, gratitude and appreciation have brought me joy and fulfilment.
Later that day when I walked down this dried-out riverbed, enjoying the last rays of sunshine on my bare skin, I felt a deep inner peace coming up straight from my heart.
Die wertvollste Reise ist die Reise zu unserem Selbst.
Don’t let past disappointments rob you of future happiness.
When I was poor, I was rich because I was happy; when I was wealthy, I was poor because I was sad.
You were born of two flawed yet beautiful souls. Happiness is your birthright, and love is your guide.
There is no shortage of external inspiration. Open your eyes and look and you'll be dazzled by it. But it's nothing if you fail to see the magic, wonder and potential that resides within.
Es sind tausend Tropfenin einer Weltnur für uns gemachtTausend Tropfenwenn der Himmel weintund man dennoch lacht
How do you wipe away pain? You don’t. You put in tenderness, compassion and joy. You cling to hope and then you offer everything to God. And you wait, with faith you see all things anew – light shines out from darkness, happiness grows through every pain, and all things become indeed so very beautiful in His time.
A good life is doing what you love as much as you can and doing what you must as much as you should
Peace gives you the world, laughter gives you the sky, joy gives you the world, and love gives you the universe.
Wealth won’t make you happy. Power won’t make you remarkable. Fame won’t make you honorable. Education won’t make you wise.
There comes a time in your life when you have to choose between giving up and staying strong, when situations will try to predict your fate, when friends will depart from you and your echo will be your only companion. When that time comes, remember just why you fought so hard to get to where you are. What is life that it should threaten your faith and who is man that you should clinch onto for happiness?You have a destination. Remember this!
To have extreme, laser-like focus, you must be willing to reject a lot of opportunities, even if they sound great.
Circumstances, events or situations do not have inherent meanings except what you give them
Time is the first currency for success and one we all hold in common.
You receive the gift of time freely and equally every day, beautifully wrapped in twenty-four new hours to invest in whatever you want, and how you use each hour decides your success or the lack of it
Find something about yourself to laugh about every day.
The most important relationship in your life should be your relationship with yourself.
You are on your way to building a significant life when your service to others stops focusing on the now and the immediate future and instead focuses on generations to come and how your actions today will impact them long after you are gone.
To find true fulfilment, you must live your life’s purpose.
There isn’t a single definition of happiness to suit everyone’s requirements, but you know it when you feel it
Success and the pursuit of it can nourish your body, but only significance has the ability to nourish your mind, body and spirit.
Master the art of finding something to celebrate about in each moment and life will become an exciting adventure
Don’t try, be happy.
You already have the abundance of life in you, and each day you must decide to live abundantly by choosing not to live in the past, by never taking counsel of your fear, and most importantly by seeing the greatness within you and embracing it.
The abundant life should include all that life has freely given you – love, good health, success, prosperity, happiness, joy, spirituality, fulfilment, wisdom, purpose, growth and excitement.
To succeed in life you need five things – a burning desire, a willingness to do whatever it takes, wisdom, incredible effort, and a commitment to never ending improvement.
The greatest people in history were those who lived a life of significance and service. You can join them if you’re willing to serve.
You need time, perseverance, and patience to develop the character and abilities required for success.
Define success by your terms, not by other people’s standards.
Greatness is achieved when you fulfil your purpose by doing what you were born to do.
Always direct your emotions, desires, behaviour, and actions in the present so they are in alignment with what you want in your future.
Self-discipline is a prerequisite to progress.
Your ego does not need to be crushed, it needs to be redeemed.
Perfection is the lowest standard out there because it is unattainable. Be the best you can but don’t try to be someone you were not born to be.
Your words reveal your wants but your actions reveal your expectations.
You have mastered the art of discipline when you are able to act according to what you ultimately desire rather than how you feel in the present moment.
To get to ‘yes’ from ‘no’, you may have to journey through ‘maybe’.
Ninety-five per cent of your success or failure will come from your daily habits.
Staying true to your dream by using your mental, emotional and physical strength is discipline in action. You express it through focus, grit, self-control, persistence, perseverance, and willpower.
Discipline is more about self-control through your inner strength and less about restriction.
The ability to make yourself do what needs to be done at the appropriate time and in the appropriate manner – irrespective of your feelings – marks the true test of self-discipline.
Self-discipline is a learned habit that should be developed and continuously worked on through regular application, practice, and repetition.
Discipline begins where you are, and the key to sustaining the level of discipline you need lies in developing daily habits and routines which mirror the life you want to have.
The investment you make in others is transferred to everyone they influence long after you’re gone. Significance
Significance is about making a difference, and its pursuit should ideally come before the pursuit of success – or at least at the same time.
It’s not how long you live that matters, it’s how well you live.
Have you decided how great you want to be? It’s really up to you. Greatness is a choice.
Success may create excitement, but only significance leads to fulfilment.
Success lasts a lifetime but stops at the end of your life. Significance lasts many lifetimes and continues long after you’re gone.
If you see success as a race, then you will start eagerly with enthusiasm and passion with the hope of finishing quickly but there is much more to your success journey than your duration and speed.
Achievers are biased towards action despite any fear, and this courage sets them apart from others.
You need courage because at various moments in your life you might need to attempt something new, push yourself outside your comfort zone, challenge the status quo, change your story, or overcome your fear.
Your life is a direct reflection of your level of investment in yourself, and your success or the lack of it is often decided by your personal development level.
Commit to the lifestyle of investing in you first. It always produces the best return.
Investing in yourself is one of the foundations for better relationships, health, happiness, success, and prosperity.
You can’t excel in everything but you can be exceptional in a few things, so why not choose your life’s focus?
You will only ever achieve the level of success that matches your wisdom or personal development level.
Invest time, energy, and money into increasing your knowledge and wisdom so you can become the best you can be – it’s the best investment you could make.
Your wisdom decides your value, the size of the problems you can solve, the opportunities you create, and ultimately the level of success you experience.
To be successful choose an area of focus in life. It will identify where your energy should be invested and (more importantly) the source of your joy and success.
Progress can’t be achieved without investing in and constantly improving yourself.
Don’t ask what it will cost or how much of your time you will have to sacrifice. Instead, ask what it’s worth.
The level of success you experience externally is a reflection of your level of personal development internally.
Good mentors and coaches will help you reach your destination faster than you can by yourself.
If you wish to be and remain successful, invest a minimum of five to ten per cent of your income each month and your time each day on your personal growth and development.
Success can’t be achieved without personal development and constantly improving yourself.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that your dreams, desires or goals are more important than fear.
Acting courageously is about knowing and making the right choices based on a deep conviction that dwarfs fear, doubt, and worry.
Courage is the ability to make yourself take action in spite of your fear.
Successful people’s dreams aren’t just about results. They’re about the changes their dreams will bring to their lives and the impact achieving their goal will have on those around them.
Dare to be different.
Big dreams only come true when you believe and have the courage to pursue them.
Courage is important but it shouldn’t be used in making impulsive decisions or taking uncalculated actions.
You might fear you don’t have what it takes, but you don’t need to have all the answers or everything figured right from the start.
Finding the courage to break away from other people’s opinions, and your self-limiting thoughts, could be the most significant breakthrough transformation you make on your journey to success.
You are a product of the stories you believe and accept.
Until you develop the courage to pursue that dream in your heart, you will never reach your true potential.
To become successful you have to dream big. Small dreams don’t have the magic to stir up passion and greatness within you.
Life goals hold the key to a lifetime of success.
At the end of your life you want to arrive at a well-designed destination rather than an unexpected destination, and you do this by setting life goals, not short-term, not medium, not long-term, but life goals.
Your goals should not be based on what you can do or what is possible but on what you want.
Failure is a pitfall of working without a plan.
Goals reveal your path to success, greatness and significance. Become a master goal setter and you will chart the course of your life.
Life should not be measured by duration alone but by donation also, by what you do during your lifetime.
Goals help you look towards the future with anticipation and excitement rather than with anxiety, and when clearly defined and broken into smaller steps, they enable you pay the price needed to achieve your dreams.
The greatest value in the goal process is the skills, the knowledge, the discipline, and the character you develop in pursuit of your goal.
Achieving your goal should always be of secondary importance. Your focus should be on becoming the kind of person deserving of the goal.
Be specific about what you want. Decide, define, describe, discuss and develop your plans and then act on them.
In selecting any goal you should focus on the reason – without a compelling reason your resolve will weaken.
There is a direct relationship between the number of times you attempt a task and the likelihood of success.
Effort is the foundation of all achievements and is the single greatest competitive advantage and quality you must consistently apply to achieve your dreams.
You must discipline yourself consistently to do what others do occasionally in order to have the future few will get to experience.
Talent is never enough. Effort, not talent, is the key to success.
Your rewards in life will be in proportion to the effort you apply.
Talent helps, but success is only achieved and sustained through consistent effort.
Success is not simply about intelligence and ambition. The time invested, the quality of preparation, and the effort applied are essential to excellence or mastery.
Working hard alone without being smart and consistent won’t lead to success.
Wisdom allows you to decide how best to apply yourself to get the most return on your time and energy invested.
Success isn’t entirely a numbers game, but numbers play a part.
Hard work without purpose seldom leads to success.
To be successful you must be willing to work hard, work smart, work consistently, and most importantly do all three simultaneously over a long period of time.
Goals are the result of bringing your dreams, ideas, and ideals into a real and examinable form by giving them permanence in written form.
They are probably the single most important deciding factor for long-term success, and your ability to set and make plans to achieve them is the master skill to your successful future.
Long-term goals provide focus, but inspiration comes from the accomplishment of short-term goals.
In order to be successful you must decide to be intentional about what you do, how you live, and who you are becoming.
Achieving a goal is not the most important part of the process. The destination should never be your primary purpose or objective.
Reasons are the fuel for goal achievement. Without a strong enough reason, it’s impossible to persevere.
The person you grow to become in pursuit of a goal makes the journey a memorable experience.
Life isn’t about what you have, it’s about who you are.
Select carefully and continuously review your circle of influence, and be unapologetic about who you exclude.
Love everyone but chose your friends with caution.
Difficult times revel true friends but also the unfaithful in your life. Be attentive always, but especially during tough times.
Don’t be naïve – appearance matters. Style comes before substance during first impressions. People judge based on what they see before they find out what’s within.
You’ll live your life at the least common denominator of those you spend the most time with if you are not watchful.
Your associations play a crucial part of your success equation. Study them closely because they will help or hinder you from reaching your potential.
Don’t leave it to chance, find success and replicate it.
Your environment and the associations you keep will affect how you think, feel, and act, and ultimately the results you get.
You are the best thing that will happen to someone today.
Your ability to learn from the experiences of other successful people is one of your most important habits that will give you the best chance of success.
If you wish to be successful, you have be willing to invest the time, energy, and money necessary to associate with the right people.
Others have seen and experienced the good, the bad, and the ugly, and their experiences serve as models you can learn from.
You rob yourself of reaching your maximum potential and the best chance of success when you try to succeed alone.
Get around people who are trying to make a difference in the world. Iron sharpens iron.
Although failure is a good learning experience, you don’t have to go through life making mistakes if they can be avoided.
You could be performing below your potential in areas where you are relying on your own experiences alone and without the guidance of a trusted mentor.
Develop a strong thirst for positive associations and learning from others, because the right people can take you further than you can go on your own.
Success is not achieved in a vacuum: the people you spend most of your time with and the voices you allow to influence your thoughts play a significant part in your success or lack of it.
Incredible ideas, results, and outcomes are possible when two or more minds come together for a common purpose.
Generosity creates the higher life. There is no nobler virtue than the care one person shows to another.
Less is more, especially in relationships. You must understand and appreciate the importance of quality in relationships over quantity.
Become skilled in the process of selecting whom you allow into your circle of influence.
Don’t live your life in the future without any planned rewards for your effort and sacrifices today.
Anything in your life achieved too soon or too freely with little sacrifice is lost too quickly
Be willing to give up something you believe to be of value to get something of greater value.
The promise of the future is only possible when the price is paid in full and in advance.
You are often prevented from reaching your full potential because you hold so tightly to your past success.
To become successful, you have to let go of something to get something else of greater value.
Be willing to constantly travel towards the dreams of your future and don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great.
Success comes with a promise and a price. The price has to be paid in full and in advance before the promise is fulfilled.
If you are serious about achieving your desired goals, be willing to let go of the small pleasures found in the moment that may sabotage your chances of experiencing true pleasure when the sacrifice is paid.
The pursuit of any worthwhile goal requires that you give up something that feels comfortable, secure, and safe in the moment to get you closer to your future dreams.
The level of success you will experience can be predicted by looking closely at the sacrifices you are willing to make.
The discipline of delaying gratification is a factor for predicting success.
In the success equation, subtraction comes before multiplication or addition. You must sow before you can reap a harvest.
Without a compelling vision to draw you away from your present and pull you through any challenges and into the future, it becomes easy to settle for a lesser life than the one you could achieve.
If you pay the price for success, you win. If you avoid payment, you lose. It’s really that simple.
Your willingness to sacrifice who you are today for who you need to be in the future is a necessary decision on the success journey.
You can only build on success, but to do this you have to be willing to let go of your last success and use it as a stepping stone for your next achievement.
Success has more to do with what you are willing to sacrifice than your skills, talent or IQ.
Success comes as a result of working towards fulfilling your potential and closing the gap between who you are now and who you are capable of becoming.
The greatest obstacle to your progress and growth is often your unwillingness to pay the necessary price through sacrifice.
Be willing to constantly travel towards the dreams of your future, and don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great.
Your vision helps the world identify you at the appropriate time.
Those whom you spend most of your time with, and the voices you allow to influence your thoughts, play a significant part in who you become and the future you have.
Those in your inner circle can significantly influence your success and the progress you make towards achieving your dreams.
Success is achieved by the deliberate consistent discipline of taking small steps daily rather than one large step occasionally.
Taking action provides immediate feedback and an opportunity to review your progress to see if you are on the right track.
The first step may be the hardest, but once you take action you create motion, which in turn builds momentum.
Taking consistent action is guaranteed to increase the probability of your success.
The best way of creating motivation is to do something. If you take action, motivation will follow
Waiting for things to happen is like daydreaming. To break out of that cycle, you must be willing to take the first small step.
Quit thinking and take the plunge. The way to get started is to stop talking and start doing.
Success is in direct proportion to the level of consistency in the application of the daily disciplines and actions required.
If your actions are combined with proper planning and perseverance, there are no heights you cannot attain.
Consistency in action is easy once you convert your daily disciplines and activities into habits.
Consistency is the difference between game excellence and an excellent game. Successful people do consistently what the others do occasionally.
Feedback is to success like rest is to the body.
What you do consistently shapes your life.
Your success will be in direct proportion to your level of consistency in your application of the daily activities and actions needed for success.
Never allow your life to be dictated by what you can see by sight, be guided by your inner vision.
Create in your mind a picture of what you want and then live that vision as if it already exists.
A vision is a promise of the future as seen in the present.
Vision inspires and clarifies what needs to be done in the present to achieve the promise of the future.
To achieve success, you need to develop the ability to see through your mind’s eye continuously.
The most successful individuals and leaders achieve their dreams because they have a clear vision they have committed their life to.
Success is built on what you are able to see and create with your mind.
The difference between those who achieve their dreams and those who don’t is in their ability to see not only with their eyes but also their minds.
The power and magnetic pull of your vision is hinged on the purpose and passion behind it and, most importantly, the intent.
Your life today is a direct reflection of the decisions you made and the actions you took.
Your vision helps you filter your decisions or choices and directs your actions.
Your vision is a glimpse of your purpose and a picture of your larger dream.
Waiting is often a decision not to accept responsibility and is one of the reasons why some people never reach their potential.
The moment you choose to be accountable for all outcomes in your life, you distance yourself from the position of a victim and assume the role of a change agent.
It’s difficult to accept full responsibility and apportion blame at the same time – you have to choose one.
We all have within ourselves the inclination to try to pass the blame to others when things don’t work in our favour. The ultimate challenge comes from suppressing this innate desire and replacing it with accountability and ownership for all things, good or bad.
One of the greatest obstacles to success is the belief is that your future is predetermined. It isn’t. You decide the outcomes through your decisions and actions.
It’s easy to play the victim card (all of us have done this), but this mindset is one of the greatest obstacles to progress and growth.
Accepting complete responsibility is the unsung character trait of those who find uncommon success, and failure to accept responsibility is a common trait of those who end up with a mediocre life.
Ideas and dreams are only valuable after they have been acted on.
A mediocre idea acted on is of more value than a handful of brilliant ideas that remain in your mind.
To achieve your dreams you must be willing to take consistent and improved action over a defined period.
Taking consistent action is guaranteed to increase the probability of your success. When combined with proper planning and perseverance, there are no heights you cannot attain.
The willingness to burn your ships, cut off all sources of retreat, and take decisive action is often the only assured path to success.
You may spend much time and energy in preparation that you forget that the most important and essential step is action.
Action is where sacrifice is honoured and where you require persistence and courage to endure all that life throws in your direction.
Although a decision is often viewed as the turning point, it is action that creates tangible results.
Consistency in action is an essential component of success.
To achieve your dreams you must be willing to take massive action over a long period, even when there is no evidence of progress.
It’s not how much material things you have hoarded that will make you happy but how satisfied you are with what you have so far. A rich person can be the poorest wreck if he is not satisfied with what he already has and a materially poor can be happy if he is satisfied with the little he has.
If you know the art of finding some things in a quite empty street, then you know the art of happiness!
Positive thinking is powerful thinking. If you want happiness, fulfillment, success and inner peace, start thinking you have the power to achieve those things. Focus on the bright side of life and expect positive results.
Any day above ground is a good day. Before you complain about anything, be thankful for your life and the things that are still going well.
Though no one can backtrack and create a brand new start, Everyone is capable of taking their life in a brand new direction.
A person who is fearful of generously loving other people is already half dead. Loving another person brings out the courage in all of us to live a heightened existence, the inner resolve to map out a course of action and follow it to the end. Just as importantly, love awakens us to the knowledge that personal happiness comes not from achieving some corporal objective, but from the quality of thoughts that accompany a person.
You can never catch real happiness without making others happy!
Many of us humans have a hard time with understanding one simple truth: the surest way to get love is to start giving love to others. Often, when we desperately need some companionship, understanding and warmth from those who are around us, we chose to blame, shout, criticize, accuse, insult and set ultimatums. But in reply, we only encounter with cold walls of estrangement which was diligently built by our own efforts, farcical walls and fences.
Since I can remember, for some reason, I was always “not like others,” and it was presented by everyone like there was something wrong with me; only becoming more grown up and mature, I realized that to be special and different from the crowd is my biggest value and happiness.
Happy people is a great hope to all the unhappy people because a path of success can always be used by the people who couldn’t find such a path yet!
The heaven of a grasshopper is the wheat field; the heaven of man is the same place, the very earth itself where we get our food and build our happiness!
But that’s the way life is; felicity and expiation play together in the narrow lanes of life like bosom friends, inseparable. You find one, and the other is always around the corner.
Acceptance is an important part of serenity. It is not enough, however, simply to accept the things we cannot change. For me, serenity comes from not having any investment in the outcome. If I am genuinely serene, then it will not matter to me whether things change or stay the same. Either way, I choose to be happy.
She's an old soul with young eyes, a vintage heart, and a beautiful mind.
Gratitude is only expressed and appreciated in proportion to your understanding of grace.
Learn more. Love more. Laugh more. Live more.
I've found that trying to be like everyone else, do what others do and follow others 'guaranteed path' to 'so-called success' never really works for me. I have found my best strategy is to authentically be me, listen within and follow it....and then to treat and connect with others - wherever I can - personally, personably and individually.
We are constantly taught in both in what we read, and what we see on the TV be it consciously and subconsciously, that being unhappy is not normal. Every time we read or hear about how we should be feeling happy, and how we need to go about it, and for whatever reason we aren’t at that moment in time, well, you feel that’s something must be wrong with you. “What’s wrong with me, I should be feeling happy in my life, but I’m not. Every article I have read says all those steps on how to be happy, but they don’t seem to work for me, I am still unhappy.”You come to see unhappiness as some kind of problem with you, with your personality. Something not normal at all. But it is. It is very normal. It is part of every human being, it is a part of you, it is part of who you are. You’ve got to first of all understand and acknowledge that feeling unhappy is nothing but normal and it isn’t something you should be afraid of. It only means that your emotions are functioning well and are taking care of you by keeping you up to date with the truth.
During my life journey I've discovered an interesting thing once you stop seeking outside you discover what already resides within.
Happiness & Sadness are compeerin other words,Sadness is the shadow of happinessjust like thatHappiness is the shadow of sadnesssadness gives Darknesshappiness gives Lightsadness gives Profundityhappiness gives HeightIt is always in proportion, that's its balanceIf you want happiness, Remember sadness will also come.
The purity of peace, which is genuine happiness, cannot be found outside of you in material possessions, accomplishments, or other people. Pleasure is a fleeting emotion based on an external factor. But true happiness is who you are, and does not depend on anything else. When you are at peace, you are more than enough. You are pure life--complete, fulfilled, whole, and you are everything you could possibly want or need. You feel sufficiently independent and whole, yet connected to life and every being on the planet. Peace is true fulfillment. Once peace is consistently maintained, it is unwavering, no matter the strength of the storm surrounding you.
One who is wise is rich, one who is virtuous is wealthy, one who is happy is affluent, and one who is loving is prosperous.
To appreciate pleasure, someone had to experience pain; to appreciate joy, some had to experience sorrow; to appreciate love, some had to experience heartache; to appreciate freedom, some had to experience fear.
Affirm yourself every day (especially after every setback) because no one else will do it for you.
Develop a vocabulary of uplifting and empowering words for times of uncertainty and upheaval.
Focus on the future and the outcomes you want, not your present setbacks or failures.
Loosing is part of winning. You will have to walk through the shadow of failure to get to he winning side.
Your beliefs frame your thoughts and actions. If you change your beliefs, you change your reality.
You can change your perspective on any experience by given it a positive and empowering meaning.
Through reframing, you can eliminate all limiting experiences from your life.
The outcomes in your life will depend on the quality of the frames you use to evaluate the events, the choices you make, and your decision not to be affected negatively by any events that occur.
It’s not what happens, it’s what you do that makes the difference to how things turn out. Change your perspective in the way that serves you best.
Focus is central to everything you do, and where your focus goes, energy flows
Focus means exercising the self-discipline required to keep your time, energy and attention directed towards the outcomes you have chosen whilst avoiding all distractions – good or bad.
The path to success lies in finding something you have a passion for, care deeply about, and are willing to apply all of your energy and focus to.
Success rarely occurs until a desire is turned into a passion and all focus and energy is channelled in its path.
There are many good things in the world, but not all of them benefit you. Focus keeps you on the path of what is right and away from other options.
To succeed, you have to say ‘no’ more often than you say ‘yes’. This is easier when you have a definite purpose or clarity on the desired outcome.
All worthwhile endeavours begin in your thoughts, and focusing your thoughts appropriately will increase your chances of success.
If you can stay focused on your most important goal, you can become incredibly successful, but to stay focused you must intentionally create and maintain an environment, atmosphere, and culture that keeps you focused.
When we think of success, we often associate those who are successful with the things they do rather than the things they don’t, and focus is found in the latter.
To develop stronger focus, develop a greater reason or meaning for your goal.
You will fall short of achieving your goals if your focus is fragmented and your attention, energy, and concentration diversified.
Every day comes with a host of opportunities but also distractions. You need to develop good judgement in the decisions and choices you make.
Focus comes from a promise of the future, and therefore the strength and longevity of your focus will seldom exceed the strength of your purpose, vision, dreams or goal.
Failure results from broken focus, and an average person with complete unwavering focus can achieve more than a team of geniuses with broken focus.
What you see and what you focus on has a profound impact on your behaviour.
Focus determines your feelings, which in turn influence your behaviour, actions and your destiny.
Focus is where you fail or succeed.
Focus is not a state of single-mindedly pursuing one goal or objective without getting distracted. Rather, it’s a commitment to exert all concentration and effort through constant adjustment like the lens of the human eye on a vision or purpose
Failure is a snapshot of the present and never an indication of the final outcome or destination.
Fail faster, but (more importantly) fail intelligently.
In times of difficulty, take time out and seek support and encouragement.
What you say to yourself after a failed experience or setback is as important as what you say when you succeed.
You should be your best critic and coach.
Invested wisely, time produces a good return. Invested poorly, it has little or no value and is therefore wasted.
Your thoughts create your reality and you can chose the quality and the type of reality you experience every day by guarding your mind and only allowing the right input.
Time is the first currency for success and one we all hold in common
Regardless of your gender, age, race, disability, colour, ethnic or national origin, how you use time each day decides who you become.
Time is life. To manage time you simply have to manage yourself.
Treat time and money as though they are the same by using both resourcefully.
Although time is equally possessed by everyone, it is valued and used differently by the successful.
If you don’t understand the concept of time or appreciate its value, it’s almost impossible to be successful.
Always look into the future when deciding how to use your time in the present.
Spend your time today on things that will create more or save you time in the future.
The effective use of time is the best-kept secret of those who have created a successful life and continue to experience it every day
The value of time lies in its brevity. To use it effectively, you must know its value.
You can do this by disciplining yourself to be selective in what you read, see, hear, say to yourself and the influence of others.
You can leverage time by using it wisely and purposefully.
Your understanding and use of time decides the life you will have in the future.
The effective use of time is the best-kept secret of those who have created a successful life and continue to experience it every day.
The value of something is not only decided by the price you are willing to pay for it. It is also influenced by its rarity.
Circumstances, events or situations do not have inherent meanings except what you give them.
Your perspective determines your experiences, attitude and the quality of your life.
When your focus is too narrow you can miss the big picture.
Change your perspective and you can change your life.
A problem is an opportunity viewed from a positive perspective.
Your perspective changes relative to the frame through which you see things.
The meaning of everything that occurs in your life is decided by the frame you put around it.
You can choose the quality and the type of reality you experience every day through your focus. What you focus on, you feel.
Circumstances, events or situations have no power except that which you give them.
The essence of life is to become all that you can be and manifest the greatness that lies within
Becoming your best self should be your ultimate goal, and wisdom helps you discover your true self and can guide you towards manifesting your potential.
Invest in yourself, because you will only ever achieve the level of success that matches your level of wisdom.
Investing in your personal development requires time, energy, and money, but the investment provides a great return.
Investments are about the return they provide in increased opportunities, prosperity, health, wealth, happiness, joy, and success.
Wisdom is made complete with knowledge, understanding and good judgement.
You have the paintbrush in your hand, you can make the picture of your life brighter and bigger or duller and darker, it’s up to you.
Your mind is your most important asset because it creates everything you have in life.
Buy wisdom no matter the price.
What is your life and future worth? Ask yourself this question daily and your life will be enriched beyond measure.
There is a cause/effect relationship between your investment in yourself and the future you have.
For long-term success, invest 5-10% of your time each day and 5-10% of your income each month in increasing your wisdom.
Like soil, the quality of your mind decides the quality and quantity of ideas your mind can produce.
Review how you spend your money and time across all areas of your life, and judge for yourself whether your investment in your mind is right for the future you want.
Invest in books that will help you become the person you were born to be and do what you should do.
Wisdom isn’t expensive, but ignorance is.
Wisdom comes at a price. But the price you have to pay shouldn’t guide your decision to invest – the expected return should.
To gain wisdom you must be willing to invest time, energy, and money in your personal development.
Feed your mind with thoughts that inspire, motivate, encourage, empower, educate and instruct you by deliberately choosing the information you allow into your world through sight, sound and people.
Positive thoughts are the birthing ground for making your dreams, goals, and desires come true.
Change in thinking + shift in perspective = change in your life
Everything starts as a thought. Whether you feel happy or sad, calm or anxious, content or unfulfilled is a function of your thoughts.
You can’t always control your external environment, but you can manage your micro environment by intentionally choosing what you allow to influence you – by sight, sound, and presence.
You don’t have to allow the drama and events of the economy, others people’s lives, and external circumstances to limit your potential and rob you of the life you deserve.
You have absolute control over your thoughts, and guarding your mind is a choice.
Renew your mind by flooding it with inspiring, empowering, educational and edifying thoughts and words.
You have a shot at success if you can discipline yourself to eliminate the limiting thoughts from within and the disempowering words from without.
Discipline yourself to shut the door of your mind on people, events, or things that pull you down, drain your mental or emotional energy, and try to rob you of your promise of the future.
Your external world is a mirror of your internal world, and if you can discipline yourself to change your thoughts, your external world will change.
There’s no secret to success, but if there were one, it would be that your decisions create your success or lack of it and the quality of your decisions will determine the quality of your life.
If you had all the time in the world but your knowledge, wisdom and understanding remained unchanged, your life would remain the same.
Indecision is a decision not to use life’s first gift to you – the power of choice.
The quality of your life is a direct reflection of the quality of the decisions you make each day.
There are no victims in life, we are all volunteers. Our decisions create our experiences.
Time doesn’t create change. The changes in your life will be in proportion to the decisions you make.
The best decisions are often those made from the creative part of your mind and not the emotional part of your heart.
Give yourself permission to dream, to choose, to decide.
Avoid making important or long-term decisions when you are fatigued mentally, emotionally or physically.
Time does not create changes, wisdom does. Your wisdom decides the quality of your decisions.
Most of us make decisions without thinking about their impact on our future.
Your decisions are influenced by your beliefs, philosophy, wisdom, environment, relationships, goals or dreams and state of mind.
The quality of your decisions can only be improved if you improve all these factors.
Decisions create success, and the quality of your decisions will determine the quality of your life.
Making good decisions is a skill anyone can develop with effort.
Personal experience is the slowest way of learning. Combine your personal experience with other people’s experiences.
Your wisdom decides the quality of your decisions.
Take control of your life and future and become the master of your destiny by making one good decision at a time.
Your life is a picture of the decisions and choices you have made in the past, and your future depends on the quality of the decisions you make today and tomorrow.
One thing guaranteed in life is that you’ll experience twists and turns, obstacles, roadblocks, and battles.
The key to triumph is the art of choosing your battles – staying focused on your vision and avoiding distraction.
You have to master the art of selectivity in everything you do. Otherwise, you could be side-tracked by secondary events and opportunities.
All battles are not created equal; a few offer good rewards and are worthy of your attention but most are a waste of your time, energy and focus.
Get your ego in check and half your battles in life will disappear.
If you can manage your thoughts and mind, and choose your battles wisely, you can manage your life.
The reward for all battles should always be greater than the sacrifice you have to make.
Some things are not worth fighting for and some are worth dying for, Wisdom helps you understand which are which.
Never go into battle for your ego, Learn to battle for something much greater.
Be unconventional when you face a battle. Change the rules of engagement to your benefit.
Planning your day before it begins, and adjusting your plan through the day, is one of the most important daily habits.
Rather than wait to see what the day or future holds, why not design and plan the future you want to experience?
Planning is deciding your destination and setting your sail so you achieve the outcomes and arrive at your intended destination in the shortest possible time.
Planning provides certainty.
By bringing the future into the present, you can do something about it usually before it gets too late.
Never start a day or activity without a plan. Learn to plan your work, and then work your plan.
The difference in the quality of life between people can be found in the quality of the questions they ask themselves
Questions control how you think, and thinking is the root contributor to the results and outcomes of your life
Ask empowering questions daily so your mind can focus on new possibilities and solutions instead of problems.
It isn’t what you don’t know that’s the problem. It is what you’re unwilling to ask.
Your life is a reflection of the quality of the questions you ask yourself and others.
The answers to all problems or issues is hidden in a question.
Thinking is simply an orderly process of asking yourself questions.
Your experiences are often in proportion to the questions you ask.
Those who succeed in life are those who are unashamed to ask silly questions.
Humility makes you reach out to others for guidance.
Asking questions is an essential daily habit, because your experiences are often in proportion to the questions you ask.
Take the time every day to teach and train yourself how to ask empowering questions. Those who ask the right questions change the world.
How you choose to live is one of the best indicators of the future you will have.
Like the rudder or anchor on a ship, your habits can guide you in the direction of your dreams or hold you back and keep you from achieving them.
Decide on the future you want to experience, then find out the habits that will produce it and practice them daily.
Routines and daily habits aren’t restrictive. They provide structure, direction, and opportunities for spontaneity.
What you do daily decides your destiny and (more importantly) your legacy.
Your habits can guide you in the direction of your dreams or hold you back from achieving them. Look closely at your daily habits and you can predict your future with accuracy.
Your daily habit is one of the most important predictors of the quality of your life.
Habits decide who you become permanently, what you do daily and what you have always.
The key to your success or failure lies in your daily habits.
You must commit to a lifestyle of constant and continuous never ending improvement of your daily habits, because it’s one of the most important predictors of your success and the quality of your life.
Sometimes it’s best to stop searching for your passion. Instead, follow your curiosity and see where it leads.
An unpleasant experience will often reveal your passion.
To truly live a passionate life, develop habits and routines that engage you and enable you to express your passion each day.
Be passionate about creating a life that is exciting and fun, one that will help you reach your ultimate potential.
You will find success when your passion becomes your magnificent obsession.
You can do anything if you can combine your passion with focus, effort and persistence.
Passion is simply energy, and we all have energy within us which implies you already have all the passion you need within you.
You don’t need to go searching for your passion outside; you simply need to look within, rekindle it and let your light shine.
Success is a product of inspiration, and if you can keep yourself inspired you can achieve any dream or goal
The most important thing you can do for yourself each day is to create (in and around you) an environment that keeps you constantly inspired because when you’re inspired, there is absolutely nothing you cannot do.
Surround yourself with things that inspire you every day. Let go of everything that drains your inspiration.
When you are inspired, there is little you won’t attempt. Find what inspires you, and keep it around and with you always.
Your dreams are the golden gate to a life of inspiration. The more you allow yourself to dream of your ideal future, the stronger your inspiration.
Learn to draw strength and inspiration from your past victories by keeping a victory journal where you capture all of your success experiences.
Inspiration is deeply personal. It’s your responsibility and no one else’s to inspire yourself.
Inspiration is a lifestyle that must be practised continuously and is one that is never completely mastered.
Inspiration does not come genetically or automatically. Neither is it continuously present.
It’s your responsibility and no one else’s to keep yourself inspired.
Study yourself and develop your personal inspiration routine, applying it to your life every day to help you create the extraordinary life you deserve.
Search constantly for people, places, things, pictures, sounds, or scents that inspire you. Your most important responsibility is to keep yourself inspired always.
Rather than wait to see what the day or future holds, why not design and create it?
Success starts with a good plan. To have it, you have to plan it.
Your ability to support your plans with a great strategy is the master skill for success.
Planning your life creates within you a feeling of control which produces self-confidence, self-responsibility and self-assurance.
Without a good plan, you might fall short of reaching your dreams and goals.
Planning is the process of identifying how best to use your resources to achieve your outcomes.
Planning gives you the opportunity to identify the tasks that will add the most value to attaining your outcomes.
Planning eliminates urgency by allowing you to bring your future into the present.
The highest return on your investment of your time and energy comes from planning in advance.
Never start the day until you already have it designed, finished and documented.
You already have great gifts, talents and abilities, but you must find the environment where your potential can be developed and maximised
In the wrong environment your weakness is evident, but in the right environment, you function from a place of strength.
Purpose is the reason something is designed, made, created, or exists.
You were born for a purpose and a special reason.Your purpose identifies your passion, your potential, the source of your fulfilment in life, and ultimately your success
The discovery of your life’s purpose is your ultimate pathway to an extraordinary life. You were born an original, so quit conforming to the expectations of others.
Your purpose distinguishes you from others; not your talent, IQ, race, job, hobbies, or gender, as these are held in common with many others.
Each day should be founded on a purpose and work in harmony with the core reason for your life.
Your purpose is the gateway to your success; it identifies your gift and reveals your passion, potential, ability and ultimately what you will excel in.
Success should not only be measured by what you get but by the stewardship of your duty.
You were born for a reason and with a specific purpose in mind. You don’t choose it, you discover it.
Your purpose lies where your passion, wisdom and gifts meet and complement each other.
The greatest of tragedies is a life lived without knowing its purpose. Discover your purpose and life will take on a new meaning.
You don’t choose your purpose, you simply discover it.
Your life is defined by how you spend your time and what you choose to do daily, so a life of passion is not an act but a habit.
The best way to truly live a consistent life of passion is to formulate daily habits and a daily routine that engages you and makes you feel more passionate about life
You truly live not by living longer or by having all your desires and needs met. You truly live when you live well and when you live passionately. Every new day is an opportunity to live your passion.
A life of passion is not an act or a habit but a lifestyle.
Passion is the feeling of excitement, energy and enthusiasm you feel towards something or someone you care about.
Discover where and what makes you come alive and make a deliberate decision to live there.
Passion is an intense feeling of conviction and a strong desire or devotion to an activity or concept.
Passion ignites your innate desire to create, produce, give and grow.
Those who can confidently say they are living a life of passion are creating and contributing towardsmaking this world a better place.
Passion is finding something you’re unwilling to live without.
Money, fame and personal possessions should never be your metric for measuring your passion.
Our lives are defined by how we spend our time and what we choose to do daily. A life of passion is not an act but a lifestyle.
Develop the daily habit of visualisation and dreaming by consciously seeing a better and brighter future through your mind’s eye.
Until you can see it in your mind, you will not see it with your eyes. Vision precedes sight.
Through dreams, your ideas and ideals are brought to reality, so learn to dream of the future you wish to experience.
Reading develops your imagination and ability to dream. Feed your mind with the right books.
Whatever happens in your life, make a promise to yourself that you will never give up your ability to dream.
Without dreams, the future will remain mediocre. Stay inspired though your dreams.
If your dream is accepted by all, you don’t have a big enough dream. Big dreams challenge the status quo.
Stay inspired by feeding your mind with positive, healthy, mental food through reading or listening to good inspirational, motivational, and educational material.
Dreams are maps to the future.
To live a successful life and make a difference in the world, you must continue to dream.
The world belongs to dreamers.
Turn on your dream machine and let your imagination do what it does best – create.
Be careful who you share your dreams with whilst they are still in the creation stage. Doubt kills dreams.
Whatever success you have had, whatever victories you have experienced, whatever you have done so far in your life is only a fraction of the potential within you
Your true potential is unlimited, and you can certainly achieve much more than human intelligence can comprehend.
Success comes from closing the gap between who you are today and your ultimate potential.
Your potential is hidden in what you are yet to do, not what you have already done.
There is an angel within you waiting to be released.
Potential means nothing unless you’re willing to do something with it.
Effort will always triumph over unapplied potential.
See yourself through your mind’s eye being who you want to be, having what you want to have, and doing what you want to do.
If you want to be happy now, love now; if you want to be happy later, love later; but if you want to be happy always, love always.
Dreams create hope, energy and passion and together reveal your hidden abilities and untapped potential
Dream like a child with complete faith and no limits. This is the only way the greatness within you can be awakened.
Dream until you can no longer tell the difference between your dreams and reality.
Don’t waste your life on small dreams. Give yourself permission to dream big.
Dreams and visions are important not only because of the energy and passion they generate but also because of their ability to create hope.
Turn you dream machine on and create the world you wish to experience through your imagination.
Live each day like it’s your best.
Start every day by making a list of all the experiences you will fill your day with and make an effort to achieve them.
Make the world a better place by resolving to do something good for someone different every day.
Every day you leave a legacy behind, so make it a good one by doing something of significance.
Words are life. They can tear down or build up, so use them wisely.
You are the actor, director, producer, and scriptwriter of the play called ‘Your Life’ and you can change the play anytime.
Every day is an opportunity to create good memories for yourself and others.
Your past success and victories, small or large, can renew your resolve to persevere if you are willing to lean on them.
To live each day like it is your best, give your best, laugh your best, love your best and be the best you can be.
How you receive and respond to moments determines the quality of your life.
Start every day by making a list of all the experiences you will fill your day with and make an effort.
Life is beautiful but it’s also brief. It doesn’t matter how long you live. What matters is how well you live.
You live like it is your best when you live on purpose.
When you find a way to serve, the angel in you awakens.
Become more skilful in how you use words – towards yourself or others.
The efforts of tracking small achievements every day creates a record of your progress. Do this consistently and it will serve you well.
Each daily improvement should have a means by which it can be measured so you can see and feel yourself growing
Don’t always try to make big improvements – sometimes small incremental daily improvements are all you need.
A day is a collection of moments in the same way that life is a collection of experiences.
There is a science to living well and art to experiencing the good life, and it begins with wisdom.
Celebration is capturing and acknowledging the important moments in life through your words, actions and reactions.
Don’t celebrate your day because you get everything you want. Celebrate your day because you love and appreciate what you already have – the little things, the big things, the things that have come and gone, but most importantly those things yet to come.
Small wins and major victories are important because they encourage and inspire you to keep your faith and stay the course even when everything around you seems to be falling apart.
Every day is worthy of celebration because every day is a present you receive by grace.
Life is supposed to be exciting, so journey through each day collecting moments and celebrating the right ones.
Wake up each morning celebrating. Navigate through your day with a celebratory attitude and end each day in celebration.
Each day should be a day of rejoicing. Give thanks and celebrate in all things
Creating the good life is like following a recipe; specific ingredients are required to guarantee the promised results and each has to be carefully selected and added in the right quantity and sequence. If you get it right, the outcome is guaranteed. If you change or alter the ingredients, the outcome changes.
Marry your friend, and you will be reasonably happy. Marry your lover, and you will be abundantly happy. Marry your soulmate, and you will be infinitely happy.
Love is your greatest asset, fear is your greatest liability, and joy is your greatest reward.
If you want to be strong, exercise; if you want to be wise, study; if you want to be happy, smile; and if you want to be invincible, love.
A smile is worth dozens of words, but a kiss is worth a thousand.
To achieve peace let go of: guilt, anger, and bitterness. To achieve happiness embrace: virtue, faith, and love.
Wisdom paints a rainbow in your mind, joy paints a rainbow in your heart, and love paints a rainbow in your soul.
Pleasure awakens the body, wisdom awakens the mind, joy awakens the heart, and love awakens the soul.
When love writes a letter, joy is its ink.
The greatest profit you make in business is not money, but happiness. The greatest riches you give in life are not possessions, but love. The greatest treasures you acquire in life are not jewels, but joy.
If you have money, you are affluent; if you have joy, you are wealthy; and if you have love, you are rich.
Beauty catches your eye, joy seizes your heart, and love captures your soul.
There is no gem like virtue, no wealth like happiness, no treasure like faith, and no jewel like love.
Love makes you the richest person in the world, no matter how poor you are.
The universe offers you three things that money cannot buy: joy, love, and life.
Love does these three things effectively: multiplies joy, divides trouble, subtracts grief, and adds peace.
If the final chapter of your life story is written by love, you are guaranteed a happy ending.
If you want to be happy, love. If you want to be happier, love some more.
The best couples share the load, divide the grief, and add to the peace, thereby multiplying joy.
If all you have is money, you are among the poorest people in the world.
It is in fact not our dream that makes us happy, but chasing that dream!
When nobody interferes with what you wear and how you wear, you are living in a civilised country at least on the matter of clothes! Happiness and freedom are often the same thing!
Looking on the bright side of life is better than looking on the dark side of despair.
The richest person in the cemetery is the one who left the most happy memories.
If you want to lead a pleasant life, be good to yourself; if you want to lead a happy life, be good to others; and if you want to lead an exceptional life, be good to everyone.
Charity is fortune, avarice is poverty, peace is treasure, and happiness is wealth.
When bitter, say little; when angry, say nothing; when happy, say much; when joyful, say all.
If you look to money for happiness, you will be disappointed; to power, you will be disillusioned; to honor, you will be dissatisfied; to others, you will be disenchanted; but if you look to God, you will be fulfilled.
If the world gives you a thousand reasons to cry, find a thousand and one reasons to smile.
Find your uniqueness and embrace it with pride.
Worry makes you weaker, regret makes you sadder, hate makes you angrier, but hope makes you stronger, and love makes you happier.
No one can steal your happiness unless you give them the key to your heart’s safe.
If your greatest wish is to be happy, you are clever; if it is to make others happy, you are virtuous; but if it is to make yourself and others happy, you are wise.
If there is wisdom in your mind, prove it; joy in your heart, share it; love in your soul, show it; good in your life, impart it.
Be merry, because it confuses your enemies; happy, because it annoys them; cheerful, because it angers them; and joyful, because it kills them.
Your clock cannot buy you more time, your bed cannot get you more sleep, your titles cannot acquire you more influence, your fame cannot gain you more honor, and your money cannot earn you more happiness.
When life’s journey is wearisome, put on hope’s shoes.
True riches belong to those who shun false ones.
If you have a house but no home, you are homeless; knowledge but no wisdom, you are imprudent; acquaintances but no friends, you are lonely; money but no happiness, you are poor; and life but no joy, you are lifeless.
Be happy when you work, thankful when you earn, cautious when you spend, shrewd when you save, and charitable when you give.
The less you want, the happier you are; the happier you are, the less you want.
To be happy: the simple pursue pleasure, the common pursue riches, the uncommon pursue knowledge, and the exceptional pursue wisdom.
Happy is he who marries the woman he wants, happier is he who marries the woman he needs, and happiest is he who marries the woman he wants and needs.
Make your wife happier, children wiser, yourself kinder, and you will make your life better.
If you have nothing but joy in this life, you are still rich.
If you want to double your happiness, pour it into someone else.
If they ask you how rich you are, tell them to look inside your heart.
The happiest people in the world are those who give happiness to others.
Smile, just to infuriate those who envy you.
I've learned a lot of things this year...not everyone who smiles at you is your friend. Fear really is terrifying but when you face it, the feeling is euphoric. I can say no and not feel guilty. I can say yes and not feel guilty. I know when to walk away from anything that isn't good for me, but the best thing I learned is that happiness is inside of me and always has been.
Yesterday, I was clever, I wanted to be rich. Today, I am wise, I want to be happy.
Everything depends on the moment the spice hits the pan: whether it sizzles with mouthwatering fragrance or turns to ash. Once, I thought happiness was the sizzle in the pan. But it’s not. Happiness is the spice – that fragile speck, beholden to the heat, always and forever tempered by our environment.
The ego might resist change until a person’s level of discomfort becomes unbearable. A person can employ logic to overcome the ego’s defense mechanism and intentionally integrate needed revisions in a person’s obsolete or ineffective beliefs and behavior patterns. The subtle sense that something is amiss in a person’s life can lead to a gradual or quick alteration in a person’s conscious thoughts and outlook on life. Resisting change can prolong unhappiness whereas implementing change can establish internal harmony and instate joy in a person’s life.
Having a positive attitude gives you the power to uplift, the power to create change, the power to motivate, the power to inspire, the power to influence, the power to cultivate happiness, and the list goes on.
Happiness lies even in little tiny butterflies. You just have to cpen up your eyes and see where beauty flies to beautify your world lenghtwise.
Happiness lies even in tiny little butterflies. You just have to open up your eyes and see where beauty flies to beautify your world lenghtwise.
Happiness lies even in ltiny ittle butterflies. You just have to open up your eyes and see where beauty flies to beautify your world lenghtwise.
Success is a trophy, a title, something gained, attained or retained. Fulfilment, true happiness, contentment.... bliss is the gift of the self-realised. That is the real prize.
Sometimes we are tested with a great idea or opportunity just to see if we will act upon it, however the timing may not be right. We are being prepared for something else down the road... When we understand that all things happen for our benefit and we trust in the Lord, then we can accept what we have termed as "failures" knowing that in the end it will all work out and we will be happy.
A person’s outlook on life colors their interpretation of specific events. Human beings’ behavioral and thinking patterns enable people to thrive or cause them to live in despondency and despair.
It's okay to be happy with yourself for all that you are and aren't. It's okay to accept that life will not always be a "win-win". Its okay to fall and pick yourself back up. It's okay to be different and not be accepted by the crowd. Its okay to be on that journey of little beginnings. Your happiness should never be overburdened or compromised by none of your life choices. It's okay to just be happy
Rainbows are birthed in storms, not in sunshine.
Count your smiles, not your frowns.
The life you wish you had will come by working like you never have.
Dancing in the rain is better than despairing in the storm.
Be thankful.Be grateful.Be joyful.
Having a positive attitude gives you power. This isn't the same kind of power that dictators and warlords seek after, but rather a spiritual power. It's a power that comes to us from God.
Without curiosity and passion, the world will seem to lack possibility and everything in life will appear pre-ordained. It is important for a person to spend the majority of the day pursuing their passionate interests and enlisting their innate inquisitiveness. Life is so much sweeter when we contemplate pleasant as opposed to distasteful thoughts. We feel most alive when we create an apt channel for our creative impulses, and engage in thoughtful discourse relating to our concordant values.
Engrave beautiful and delightful thoughts in your mind. Forgive, let go, be good and keep positive. The Universe is after all a lovely place to be in and it will take care of you. It will bestow you with all the happiness that you can imagine because what you draw on the canvas of your mind, comes to picture.
Joy cannot be confused with the mere absence sorrow, misinterpreted as experiencing minimal despair, or misunderstood as living without crippling trepidation. Bliss necessarily encompasses uncompromising acceptance of life’s defining permutations. Emotional harmony necessitates beholding the pleasant and unpleasant exigencies of life while expressing unstinting appreciation for the ordinary and the extraordinary events in our lives. Joyfulness transcends the variations in physical and emotional demands exerted upon us. Elation for life allows us to rise above environmental determinates and associated stresses that might otherwise vex our souls including death and other sorrowful events.
Do what makes YOU happy. Focus on what brings YOU joy. Appreciate and do more things that make YOU smile. Live your life for yourself. You matter! You count! You’re deserving of true happiness! This is YOUR life. Live it to the fullest! Live life with no regrets.
Daisies that bring you joy are better than roses that bring you sorrow.
Often person X can only find happiness when they feel that person Y can see how happy they are... This is the lowest level of happiness - what I call the tyranny of happiness. I like how Brian Miller draws a contrast between the tyranny of happiness and true joy.“Unlike [the tyranny of] happiness, joy is never in our power. It’s not something we can make or choose for ourselves. Instead it’s the sensation that Lewis says jumps under one’s ribs, tickles down one’s back, makes one forget meals and keeps one delighted. It’s an enormous comfort, under all this pressure to be happy, to remember that you don’t have to be in control. You can instead be surprised by joy. – B. Miller
Hold on to anything you find that's good and workable for you. Drop anything negative where you find it.
Any fool can marry, but only the wise live happily ever after.
We must resolve to live our lives and to build our lives in such a way, that if every ounce of fame were to dissipate tomorrow, and the only people who still remember our names are the few people around us who have true love for us in their hearts-- we would still be able to go on living life with an equal or even greater amount of happiness than before. You see, we must resolve to live our lives in such a way, that the worth and the value of it all comes from those things that are a part of our souls. You fill your soul with what is a part of it, with people who have made you a part of their hearts, and things that bring you awe. Then if all the world were to disappear before your eyes, just not any part of your soul, then you are okay! You are still happy. You can wake up to a new morning in a world that doesn't know you, retaining every ounce of worth that you had before! And maybe even more.
Love that brings you sorrow is better than hate that brings you joy.
The greatest wisdom is to be happy
You have to choose your path.You have to decide what you wish to do.You are the only person that can determine your destiny.
Embrace the love of your life.
Do we reflect on life? Someday this life will be gone.
Patience is the antidote to the restless poison of the Ego. Without it we all become ego-maniacal bulls in china shops, destroying our future happiness as we blindly rush in where angels fear to tread. In these out-of-control moments, we bulldoze through the best possible outcomes for our lives, only to return to the scene of the crime later to cry over spilt milk.
Today's tears sweep the road to tomorrow's blessings.
Your greatest highs come from overcoming your greatest lows.
I feel the reason we are all here, our purpose of being, is to help others find their little piece of happiness and heaven right here on earth...
A birthday is a glorious day filled with good laughter, gladness and great memories.
Arise! Arise! Arise and shine!May Christ message of eternal life fill your heart with everlasting love, hope, happiness and new dreams.
If you harbor preferred principles and ways of behaving that have never brought you ANY happiness, or even much luck in your personal relationships over a number of years—this should not be taken as a sign that all women are bad or that none of them are serious, butA SIGN THAT YOUR OWN ATTITUDE AND DATING STRATEGIES ARE FLAWED AND NOT REALLY SUCCESSFUL—and can only bring you further disappointments with women!It seems like an elementary, easy thing to accept. Strangely, thousands of people seem, for some reason, to be unable, or stubbornly refuse, to see the truth and draw such a logical conclusion.
The world surrenders to an enlightened mind.The stars surrender to a joyful heart. The universe surrenders to a loving soul.
Each time a star twinkles, God is winking at the universe.
Our highest deeds come from helping the lowest people.
The soul’s steps are greater than the heart’s leaps.
Thinking is a personalized activity that can lead us into a state of happiness or cause us to be sad. Who we are becomes a product of how we think. What we think about and how we integrate knowledge into a comprehensive schema regulates our evolving self-identity. The precision of the human mind and the interplay between cognitive thinking and reactive emotions plays a central role in self-identity.
Our heads are full of comparisons, needs for approval and attention, a desire to be at other places, imagining things could be better there and thus hating our reality.We are the only ones to blame for our own suffering.We hurt ourselves every time we think of how other people should behave according to our standards and then suffer when they appear to be individuals; every time we open a book with so many expectations about it from what we’ve heard and hoped it to be, and then close it in disappointment, realizing it’s something totally different (maybe beautiful, inspiring and challenging, but nothing that met our expectations).
Happiness is surrounding yourself only with those who bestow their unconditional love and support.
I feel the reason we are all here, our purpose of being, is to help others find their little piece of happiness and heaven right here on earth.
A lifetime of memories does not provide empirical proof of the value of living. No one memory has a quantifiable value to anyone expect the holder of the memory. Parenting in large part consists of creating positive memories for children. An accumulation of a lifetime of memories does create a musical score that we can assess from an artistic if not scientific perspective. Each happy memory generates a beat of minor joy that when strung together form the musical notes demarking a person’s prosodic inner tune.
We can't help but rejoice despite the circumstance.
I am on a mission to spread more love on this planet. It is shocking to me to see how little attention to spreading love there is. I will not rest until I am the AMBASSADOR FOR LOVE for the United Nations. It is time to give love its voice, its place, and its impact in the hearts of all mankind.
Nothing Makes Me Feel Happier Than Seeing A Child Smile From Happiness.
Lies, greed, pettiness, and ugly emotions ensnare a person. We are free people whom construct our own cages that we allow to suppress our vital instinct to live a wholesome life. Truth telling demands an awareness of what sins cage a person in. Truthfulness also commands that a person fess up to the role that he or she played in scripting unpleasant scenes in a tarnished personal history.
Satan wants you to believe that you don't have a choice in the matter. You can't be happy until things go the way that you want them to. Once you have the perfect marriage, your finances under control, a better job, or a nicer home - then you'll be happy. LIES, LIES, LIES. You will never be happy until you make the decision to do so.
May your heart overflows with exceeding joy.
Life has a positive and negative side. Happy people ignore the negative side
The mind's health depends on what it feeds on. Avoid thoughts and conversations that kill your soul.
It does not matter what you have but who you are
Endeavor to create heaven on earth and turn your heart into the new Jerusalem
We must live a genuine life in order to discover personal happiness and self-fulfillment. Understanding that a person is living a lie is the first step into realizing what is possible. No matter how frightful such a proposition is, we must dare to be an original self.
You don’t have to compete with any one. Seek to outdo your own performance. You will always be happy.
Only the shallowest person believes that they can attain true happiness by maximizing their wealth at any cost. In absence of morality, ethics, and a sustainable philosophy to guide us in an ethical search for happiness, we will always perceive life’s random countervailing forces of adversity and unpleasantness as inflicting a great personal injustice upon us. Through application of a deeply embedded personal philosophy, we can push back against the negative implications of a life of suffering. We can use a philosophical stance to gain the perspective needed to say 'yes' to all of life, both its rosy path of ineffable joys and a blackened trail of tears. We must learn to accept life as it truly is and not waste precious time in wistfulness.
If you know the art of being happy with simple things, then you know the art of having maximum happiness with minimum effort!
the only way to find true happiness is to risk being completely cut open.. live wild dont be a normal person.. to become presence, means accepting the risk.. and be sure if u don't take risks u'll have a wasted soul..
You don’t have to wait for a storm to pass to paint your own rainbow.
The greatest wonderful feeling is falling in love.
You stayed strong in those moments of your life. You were alone. You battled loneliness. And you somehow discovered your inner calm and survived!Now you deserve the happiness that you have been denying yourself for so long. Enjoy the moment. You are getting closer to realising your dreams!
Count your summers, not your winters.
If money could buy happiness, the rich would not drown their sorrows in expensive wine.
Happiness & Me:-Happiness is That one place,Those old friends,& some new people,Those feelings,Those moments & me..!Happiness is Those rainy days &Those rainy nights,Those cool long rides,Those hot coffees,That window & some good books & me..!Happiness is Those family gatherings ,Those laughter,Those tears,Those eventful hugs,Those dinners & me..!Happiness isthat crush,Those late night conversions,Those breathtaking feelings,Those sleepless nights & vivid thoughts,Those cravings for just one thing,That first love feeling & me..!Happiness isThose beautiful places,Those alluring scenes,That one magical fascinating fragrance,Brings out thousands of memories,Memories that built you & breaks you,Memories that makes you sail between happiness & sadness,Those moments & me..!Happiness isThose little helps,To needy & poor people,With no intention of hurting,Just as an act humanity,To see a smile of “Pure happiness”Those moments & me..!Happiness isPlanting a little plant, In hope to blossom it into a, Gorgeous flower & sweetest fruits one day,Those fairy tales under it & me..!Happiness isThose sweet fights with god,In order to unanswered wishes of life,But my dear that’s nor fair,Sometimes god has bigger plans for us,Than we’ve for ourselves,How these all moments bothers a life we live,& all you need to find is,Moments of happiness & you..!!
I am a happy soul, despite all life challenges.
Most people who have had a rough background will admit there’s something unsettling about finding happiness after difficulty – that even after we unwrap this gift, we don’t know how to stop searching, rummaging, pilfering for something else. We walk haltingly through life, ready for the other shoe to drop. The question is not if, but when.
Tahitians don’t chase happiness. Happiness comes naturally to them. You only need to see them in the water, with a beer in their hand, splashing each other or waving to every stranger they see on the road, to know this. Happiness is in the air: in every hibiscus flower that opens early in the morning, in the sweet aroma of the pineapple plantations, in the smile of the people lolling around idly, resting slothfully in the warm breeze that ruffles the surface of the lagoon.
Happiness has only one colour: The Bright! The bright of red, the bright of green, the bright of any colour! Happiness is bright! It shines, it sparkles, it glints!
We distill happiness from garnering joy in the ordinary fragments of life, while dedicating personal effort to creating a body of work that one can look back on their deathbed and be satisfied with achieving. Happiness comes from living beautifully, which necessarily involves reason in thought and speech (logos), and leading an ethical and virtuous life devoted to achieving worthy goals.
Only two unhappy people can be happy with each other, because they are dependent on the 'other' for happiness. Only an INDIVIDUAL relishes in his own presence, the 'other' is a hindrance to his freedom. He doesn't fit with the society, he stands out from the mediocre, he lives in 'totality' and celebrates in aloneness.
Every human being asks pertinent questions regarding how to live, what to believe in, and what we aspire to become. Throughout life, we question what desires and principles to value and prioritize – love, friendship, freedom, happiness, creativity, wealth, security. We make difficult decisions based upon what we trust constitutes ethical behavior. We balance out work and play by considering what a person’s time is worth. We encounter both joyful and unpleasant physical experiences. As we age, we modify some of our youthful assumptions and question the existence of a mystical and divine world. We engage in formal and informal educational activities, which edifying foundation support modest or dramatic shifts in our instinctive and learned behavior patterns, and alter our intellectual and emotional perspective. Each person aspires to live honorably and age gracefully despite encountering physical adversity, financial hardships, sickness, or injury.
When you grasp the yogic principles and philosophies, you can apply them to any activity you are doing. Then every thing you do is spiritually enhancing your life. And this leads to the ultimate experience where everything you do is YOGA. It is all Union, unifying you with the Supreme Source.
The yoga asana practice was developed to get the body in the best physical condition possible, so that the yoga practitioner would be able to sit for many hours comfortably in meditation. In order to reach the higher spiritual vibrations we must be as strong, flexible and open as possible.
If we are not living IN our bodies, honoring them as our TEMPLE, we are closing off the divine channels (nadis) of energy that run through us. Additionally, when we are not in good physical shape, we limit our enjoyment of our life experience. Thus, yoga is spiritual and physical.
The asana practice is extremely powerful and unique in design. In addition to improved flexibility, circulation, muscular strength and increased energy, and detoxification of the organs, each pose unblocks life force energy (prana) pathways in your body, reprograms your cellular DNA and connects us to our spiritual origin.
Please don’t worry that yoga will contradict your religious belief systems, as Pranashama Yoga embraces all religions and beliefs systems. I believe we are all One and that Love is the highest truth. Love is my Religion.
Please maintain an open mind while exploring the depth and wealth of wisdom that is available through the practice of yoga. You may soon come to see the Union of all religions and philosophies if you maintain an open mind and heart.
Feel whatever arises fully, and then let go of any identification with what you’re feeling. You are at choice. You don’t have to go through another moment of suffering. Break free from the societal constructs that say, 'Life is meant to be a challenge.' This is not true. You have the capacity to become the observer of your emotional reactions and check in with your heart each time, to respond from love and compassion. This is the key to becoming liberated from the bonds of emotional suffering.
As with all things in the physical plane, nothing is permanent, and the only thing we can truly count on is change. Things come and go, people are born and die and move in and out of our lives. The dreams and goals of today will one day either materialize or evolve into something different with time. If we become rigidly attached to any of this, we set ourselves up for the inevitable suffering that will ensue when the thing, person or idea flows out of our lives, or our desire for it shifts.
We will attract potential partners who reflect back to us what we need to heal, balance and strengthen in ourselves- until we become whole. At that point, we can attract our twin flame or soul mate and enjoy a peaceful co- creative partnership that benefits all of mankind.
It is highly abnormal today to be happy in this highly abnormal world. It can only come with complete distancing from all things around, all events around and all people and our equations with them. We transact, interact only to the extent of necessity and our well-being.The question is then what remains of us from such acute levels of detachments that we build as safety barriers to safeguard our happiness ? If our happiness is so fragile, then are we truly happy ? If we are immersed in the world and still happy then we must surely possess the highest degree of tolerance for the vilest of things. The picture that emerges of a happy individual is not a happy one.
If you can find a cause that touches your soul it will make you a better person, it will show you the power of helping others and ultimately the biggest winner is us. Giving to others helps us to grow, to have a different outlook in life, to appreciate what we have and to be more positive.
When I go running through the forest on hot days, if I stop for any reason, in that very moment mosquitoes will attack me. If I keep moving, they do not bother me. This motivates me to continue without resting. Imagine how wonderful it would be if every time we stopped being active in life the Universe would send us a signal that would push us to carry on. Guess what, it does. When the life we lead does not align with our passions, depression bites at us so we will change our ways. If we eat poorly and live sedentary, we are often afflicted with a serious health condition. We do not get sick, or become ill so that we can blame God, curse our genetics, or give up on life. These conditions arise to motivate us so we will correct our errors and clean up our mistakes. The reason why we are confronted with failures on our mission to obtain happiness is not so we can dwell in misery, but rather for us to reshape our desires and go after what we are destined to succeed with. The Universe is working in our favor, not against us. It is okay to rest at times, but if we do not want to get bit by misfortunes, then we must remain active in our pursuit of a better life.
You can, if you believe you can.
Focus on your potential not your past.
Always keep believing, hoping, seeking, working, helping, forgiving, understanding and loving and your life will be meaningful. But don’t forget to be always vigilant about eagles, crows and vultures around you. In a flash, they may pounce and pinch your peace, prosperity, joy and happiness, blur your vision with their filthy wings, vilify your fame with dirt and halt your progress.