The doctor of the future will give no medicine but will interest his patients in the care of the human body, nutrition and in the cause and prevention of disease.—Thomas A. Edison
Illness and obstacles are not bad things. They make us stronger and wiser; more capable of helping ourselves and others later in our lives.
Good fences make good neighbors.
Everything we do seed the future. No action is an empty one.
It doesn’t matter how strong our opinions are. If you don’t use our power for positive change, you are, indeed, part of the problem.
The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn’t being said.
What you do speak so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.
Listening is an attitude of the heart, a genuine desire to be with another which both attracts and heals.
In matters of style swim with the current; in matters of principle stand like a rock.
Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it’s strengthened by use.
When you blame others, you give up our power to change.
It is what we think we know already that often prevents us from learning.
It is always the right time to do the right thing.
If you wish others to believe in you, you must first convince them that you believe in them.
I can’t’ change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.
You can learn all you can about moving your business forward, but if you don’t work on the person you want to become, you’ll be limited.
Success is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.
Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts like lobsters shed off their shells.
I was brought up to believe that how I saw myself was more important than how others saw me.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
If you view all the things that happen to you, both good and bad, as opportunities, then you operate out of a higher level of consciousness.
Important principles may, and must be inflexible.
The only disability in life is a bad attitude.
Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold – but so does a hard-boiled egg.
Your expression is the most important thing you can wear.
We hear only half of what is said to us, understand only half of that, and remember only half of that.
Whenever you do a thing, act as if the entire world were watching.
No problem can be solved from the same consciousness that created it. We must learn to see the world anew.—Albert Einstein
It is not the great temptations that ruin us; it is the little ones.
You can’t lead anyone else farther than you have gone.
Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
You must be the change you want to see in the world.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.
No good act performed in the world ever dies. Science tells us that no atom of matter can ever be destroyed, that no force once started ever ends; it merely passes through a multiplicity of ever-changing phases. Every good deed done to others is a great force that starts as unending pulsation through time and eternity. We may not know it, we may never hear a word of gratitude or recognition, but it will all come back to us in some form as naturally, as perfectly, as inevitably, as echo answers to sound.
Until all of us have made it, none of us have made it.
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him.
Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Deliver more than what you promise; not promise more than what you can deliver.
I would hate to come to the end of life and discover that I had been given some talent, and I never used it.
Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.
Human life is purely a matter of deciding what’s important to you.
From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
If you don’t shoot for excellence, you never have a chance of getting there.
Charity is doing the right thing; love is doing things right.
Any change, any loss, does not make us victims. Others can shake you, surprise you, disappoint you, but they can’t prevent you from acting, from taking the situation you’re presented with and moving on. NO matter where you are in life, no matter what your situation, you can always do something you always have a choice and the choice can be power.
You never find yourself until you face the truth.
Experience is a good teacher, but her fees are very high.
Act the way you’d like to be, and soon you’ll be the way you act.
The value of an idea lies in the using of it. —Thomas A. Edison
You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do. —Henry Ford
A professional is a person who can do his best at a time when he doesn’t particularly feel like it.
When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad. That’s my religion. —Abraham Lincoln
Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous — you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
The law of self-fulfilling prophecy says that you get what you expect. So why not create great expectations and the highest vision possible of yourself and your world?
Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional.
There is nothing permanent except change. —- Heraclitus
Money motivates neither the best people nor the best in people. It can rent the body and influence the mind, but it cannot touch the heart or move the spirit; that is reserved for belief, principle, and ethics.
Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one.
Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anyone else expects of you.
The dullest ink is stronger than the sharpest memory.
If you can learn from hard knocks, you can also learn from soft touches.
Healing may not be so much about getting better, as about letting go of everything that isn’t you – all of the expectations, all of the beliefs – and becoming who you are.
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.
There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving and that’s your own self.
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.
Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.
There are high spots in all of our lives, and most of them come about through encouragement from someone else.
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayals of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; to leave the world a little better; whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is the meaning of success.—Ralph Waldo Emerson
Love what you do, and you’ll never work a day in your life.
Be happy. Not because everything is good, but because you can see the good side of everything. —Helen Barry
A beautiful thing is never perfect. —African proverb
Falling is part of the sport, but we always stand back up.
Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old. —Franz Kafka
What you do today can improve all your tomorrow. —Ralph Marston
