"I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition."
Martha Washington
"People who make decisions go to the top. Those who fail to make decisions go nowhere."
Bob Proctor
"I think that whenever soul is present, it’s because what you’re doing, whom you’re with, where you are, evokes love without your thinking about it. You are totally absorbed in the place or person or event, without ego and without judgment."
-- Jean Shinoda Bolen
Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either.
Gore Vidal
“I do not accept any absolute formulas for living. No preconceived code can see ahead to everything that can happen in a man’s life. As we live, we grow and our beliefs change. They must change. So I think we should live with this constant discovery. We should be open to this adventure in heightened awareness of living. We should stake our whole existence on our willingness to explore and experience.”
-- Martin Buber
"Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you are behind, a sustained look of control and confidence can give you a mental edge that results in victory."
Arthur Ashe
“Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.”
Ezra Pound
“Real leaders forever need bigger and more irresistible challenges.”
—Mark Victor Hansen
“We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.”
—George Bernard Shaw
"Successful people make decisions quickly and change them slowly if and when at all."
Napoleon Hill
Author of Think and Grow Rich
