03/31/2009

People always fear change. People feared electricity when it was invented, didn't they? People feared coal, they feared gas-powered engines... There will always be ignorance, and ignorance leads to fear. But with time, people will come to accept their silicon masters. -Bill Gates

03/23/2009

"Being defeated is only a temporary condition; giving up is what makes it permanent." -Marilyn vos Savant

"Remember, success is not measured by heights attained but by obstacles overcome. We're going to pass through many obstacles in our lives: good days, bad days. But the successful person will overcome those obstacles and constantly move forward." -Bruce Jenner

01/01/2009

"You can conquer almost any fear if you will make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind." -Dale Carnegie (1888-1955, Speaker and Author)

"If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success." -John D. Rockefeller

There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge; both poverty and riches are the offspring of thought." -Napoleon Hill

"The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom." -James Allen (1864-1912, Author of As A Man Thinketh)

12/28/2008

"Failure is one of God's greatest teaching tools. Be thankful even for failures, for they make you stronger and wiser."

It is a painful thing to look at your own trouble and know that you yourself and no one else has made it. - Sophocles (496 BC-406 BC)

12/22/2008

"While you live ... you have a duty to life. ... The fey wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them. ... Otherwise they fade away." ~ Charles de Lint

"Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude" -Dale Carnegie

12/18/2008

Following Inner Guidance...

"I think we all have a little voice inside us that will guide us...if we shut out all the noise and clutter from our lives and listen to that voice, it will tell us the right thing to do."- Christopher Reeve (1952-2004)

"Every time you don't follow your inner guidance, you feel a loss of energy, loss of power, a sense of spiritual deadness." - Shakti Gawain

"The spirit is what guides my life, and I'm humbly on my knees in thanks for guidance and direction every day." - Ben Harper

"Deep inside us we know the feelings we need to guide us. Our task is to learn to trust our inner knowing." - Sonia Johnson

12/15/2008

"Reading makes a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man." -Francis Bacon

"A lot of people pay zero for the cellphone ... That's what it's worth." -- Apple Chief Operating Officer Timothy Cook