Winners have the ability to step back from the canvas of their lives like an artist gaining perspective. They make their lives a work of art – an individual masterpiece.
—Denis Waitley
…Your perspective directly controls your mental state. Change your perspective and you can instantly transport your mind from one mental state to another of your choosing!
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The fact is that people are good. Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior. — Abraham Maslow (Image free use, courtesy of...
No matter how externally-driven a set of circumstances may be, it is not true to say that you have no control over the situation: you—and you alone—determine your perspective on the matter. — Mike...
What you are is what you have done. What you’ll be is what you do now. — Various Sources (Image Licensed by Penn Wealth) (Sourcing note: A similar quote, “What you have been..,” is attributed to...
The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind. — Albert Einstein (1921, by Ferdinand Schmutzer; Public Domain)
I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it. — Thomas Jefferson (1799, by Rembrandt Peale; Public Domain)
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. — C.G. Jung (Public Domain)
You can serve a person the world on a silver platter, but until that person understands, embraces, and applies the concepts of work ethic, humility, personal responsibility, and empathy they will...
When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work. — George Bernard Shaw (Image Licensed by Penn Wealth)
Action speaks louder than words, but not nearly as often. — Mark Twain (Public Domain)
What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise. — Oscar Wilde (1889, by Napoleon Sarony; Public Domain)
An acre of performance is worth a world of promise. — William Dean Howells, American novelist and playwright (1920, by Underwood & Underwood; Public Domain) There are few things in life more...
Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1828, by Joseph Karl Stieler; Public Domain)
Making constant moves toward your grand goal often means risking defeat—perhaps even humiliating defeat—but is that really a bad thing? The more you place yourself in the arena, the less you will...
The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending, then having the two as close together as possible. — George Burns (photo by NBC/Elmer Holloway; Public Domain)
Leadership is based on inspiration, not domination; on cooperation, not intimidation. — William Arthur Ward (Image Licensed by Penn Wealth) I have worked for countless people in my life, from both...
There are few remedies for anxiety and depression more potent than continuous, focused action toward a dynamic and inspirational goal. — Mike Hazell (Image Licensed by Penn Wealth)
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. — Vincent van Gogh (1887; self-portrait, Public Domain) Remember these words when the task you are working on seems mundane. Ask...
When one has a great deal to put into it, a day has a hundred pockets. — Friedrich Nietzsche (1875; by Friedrich Hartmann, Public Domain) It truly is amazing how much we can accomplish in one day...
It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. — Mark Twain (1907; by A.F. Bradley, Public Domain)
Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed. — Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and Catholic theologian (1690; Creative Commons) What a concept. While others...
