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Napoleon Hill:

“Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”
“The starting point of all achievement is desire.”
“Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.”

Neville Goddard:

“Assume the feeling of your wish fulfilled and observe the route that your attention follows.”
“Change your conception of yourself and you will automatically change the world in which you live.”

Marshall Sylver:

“Success is not something you pursue; it’s something you attract by the person you become.”
“Your mind is the most powerful tool you have. Use it wisely.”

Denis Waitley:

“Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, or worn. It is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.”
“The winner’s edge is not in a gifted birth, a high IQ, or in talent. The winner’s edge is all in the attitude, not aptitude.”

Grant Cardone:

“Success is your duty, obligation, and responsibility.”
“Your greatness is limited only by the investments you make in yourself.”

Joel Bauer:

“Your value doesn’t decrease based on someone’s inability to see your worth.”
“The difference between success and failure is not the absence of fear, but the willingness to act in spite of it.”

Ed Forman:

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”
“Your attitude determines your altitude.”

Cavett Robert:

“Most people are walking around, umbilically attached to their past, and they’re wondering why they’re not getting anywhere.”
“The quality of your communication is the quality of your life.”

Charlie “Tremendous” Jones:

“You will be the same person in five years as you are today except for the people you meet and the books you read.”
“The only difference between where you are right now, and where you’ll be next year at this time, are the people you meet and the books you read.”

Les Brown:

“You don’t have to be great to get started, but you have to get started to be great.”
“Your dream was given to you. If someone else can’t see it for you, that’s fine, it was given to you, not them.”

Brian Tracy:

“Successful people are simply those with successful habits.”
“The future belongs to the competent. Get good, get better, be the best!”

Zig Ziglar:

“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.”
“Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.”

Joe Dispenza:

“The moment you start feeling abundant and worthy, you are generating wealth.”
“Change is difficult at first, messy in the middle, and gorgeous at the end.”

Earl Nightingale:

“We become what we think about.”
“Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal.”

Tony Robbins:

“The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment.”
“Success is doing what you want, when you want, where you want, with whom you want, as much as you want.”

Joe Vitale:

“You are the Michelangelo of your own life. The David that you are sculpting is you.”
“Your wealth is hiding under the very thing you are afraid to do.”

Jim Rohn:

“Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become.”
“You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.”

Bob Proctor:

“Set a goal to achieve something that is so big, so exhilarating that it excites you and scares you at the same time.”
“Thoughts become things. If you see it in your mind, you will hold it in your hand.”

Esther Hicks (teachings of Abraham):

“The greatest gift you can ever give another person is your own happiness.”
“You are the creator of your own reality, and you are here to create the version of you that you prefer.”

Abraham Hicks is not a single person, but a group of spiritually enlightened entities who are channeled by Esther Hicks. Esther Hicks is an inspirational speaker and author who, along with her late husband Jerry Hicks, has co-authored several New Age self-help books. The teachings of Abraham Hicks were popularized in the 2006 film “The Secret”.

The teachings, known as “The Law of Attraction”, suggest that people can use their emotions to guide their thoughts and actions towards achieving their desires. The central theme of the teachings is that aligning with positive or negative thoughts can lead to positive or negative experiences, respectively.

1. “The standard of success in life isn’t the things. It isn’t the money or the stuff. It is absolutely the amount of joy that you feel.”

2. “You are joy, looking for a way to express. It’s not just that your purpose is joy, it is that you are joy. You are love and joy and freedom and clarity expressing. Energy-frolicking and eager. That’s who you are.”

3. “The entire universe is conspiring to give you everything that you want.”

4. “When you focus on the good, the good gets better.”

5. “There is great love here for you. And as always, we remain blissfully incomplete.”

6. “You are not here to fix anything, because nothing is broken, but everything is continually changing and expanding. Release your struggle, and seek joy and fun, and in doing so, you will align with the fantastic expanding rhythm of this Universe.”

7. “The greatest gift you can ever give another person is your own happiness.”

8. “Like the air you breathe, abundance in all things is available to you. Your life will simply be as good as you allow it to be.”

9. “When you believe something is hard, the universe demonstrates the difficulty. When you believe something is easy, the universe demonstrates the ease.”

10. “You did not come to get it done. You did not come to fix a broken world. The world is not broken. You came to live a life of joy and to be an example of that joy.”

11. “The universe does not know whether the vibration that you’re offering is because of something you’re observing or something you’re remembering or something that you are imagining. It just receives the vibration and answers it with things that match it.”

12. “Your work is to create the feeling in yourself even before you have the relationship, even before you have the money, even before you have the thing, even before you have the property.”

13. “When you reach for the thought that feels better, the universe is now responding differently to you because of that effort. And so, the things that follow you get better and better, too. So it gets easier to reach for the thought that feels better, because you are on ever-increasing, improving platforms that feel better.”

14. “The universe is not punishing you or blessing you. The universe is responding to the vibrational attitude that you are emitting.”

15. “You are the creator of your own reality, and so you are not in jeopardy. You do not need to control the behavior of others in order for you to thrive. Your attention to things that you think they do that keeps you from your thriving is, in fact, what keeps you from your thriving… It is not what they do to you; it’s what you do to you in fear of what you think that they will do to you.”

16. “There is nothing for you to go back and live over, or fix, or feel regret about now. Every part of your life has unfolded just right.”

17. “You are actually pre-paving your future experiences constantly. … You are continually projecting your expectations into your future experiences.”

18. “You can’t get it wrong and you never get it done.”

19. “The basis of your life is absolute freedom, the goal is joy, and the result of that perfect combination is motion forward, or growth. Your goal is to find objects of attention that let your cork raise.”

20. “Your life is right now! It’s not later! It’s not in that time of retirement. It’s not when the lover gets here. It’s not when you’ve moved into the new house. It’s not when you get the better job. Your life is right now. It will always be right now. You might as well decide to start enjoying your life right now, because it’s not ever going to get better than right now—until it gets better right now!”

21. “The universe is not punishing you or blessing you. The universe is simply responding to the vibrational attitude that you are emitting.”

22. “The only thing that makes the difference in the way you feel right now is the thought that you are thinking right now.”

23. “There is nothing for you to go back and live over, or fix, or feel regret about now. Every part of your life has unfolded just right.”

24. “You are the creator of your own reality, and so you are not in jeopardy. You do not need to control the behavior of others in order for you to thrive.”

25. “You are actually pre-paving your future experiences constantly. You are continually projecting your expectations into your future experiences.”

26. “You can’t get it wrong and you never get it done.”

27. “The basis of your life is absolute freedom, the goal is joy, and the result of that perfect combination is motion forward, or growth. Your goal is to find objects of attention that let your cork raise.”

28. “Your life is right now! It’s not later! It’s not in that time of retirement. It’s not when the lover gets here. It’s not when you’ve moved into the new house. It’s not when you get the better job. Your life is right now.”

Here are some links to their work:

Abraham Hicks Publications
Abraham Hicks YouTube Channel
Books by Esther and Jerry Hicks on Amazon
The Law of Attraction: The Basics of the Teachings of Abraham

Marianne Williamson is an American author, spiritual leader, and political candidate. She has written 13 books, including four New York Times number one bestsellers in the “Advice, How To, and Miscellaneous” category. She is the founder of Project Angel Food, a volunteer food delivery program that serves home-bound people with AIDS and other life-threatening illnesses. She is also the co-founder of the Peace Alliance, a nonprofit grassroots education and advocacy organization supporting peace-building projects.

In 2014, Williamson ran as an independent to represent California’s 33rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. In 2019, she announced her campaign for the Democratic nomination in the 2020 United States presidential election, but later dropped out in January 2020.

Williamson is known for her teachings based on “A Course in Miracles,” a self-study program of spiritual psychotherapy. Her work has been influential in the self-help and New Age movements.

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.”
“Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.”
“Love is what we are born with. Fear is what we learn.”
“We can always choose to perceive things differently. You can focus on what’s wrong in your life, or you can focus on what’s right.”
“It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.”
“The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.”
“Miracles occur naturally as expressions of love.”
“As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.”
“In every community, there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart, there is the power to do it.”
“The spiritual path – is simply the journey of living our lives. Everyone is on a spiritual path; most people just don’t know it.”
“We are not held back by the love we didn’t receive in the past, but by the love we’re not extending in the present.”
“Maturity includes the recognition that no one is going to see anything in us that we don’t see in ourselves. Stop waiting for a producer. Produce yourself.”
“When a woman rises up in glory, her energy is magnetic and her sense of possibility contagious.”
“The only work that will ultimately bring any good to any of us is the work of contributing to the healing of the world.”
“Success means we go to sleep at night knowing that our talents and abilities were used in a way that served others.”
“We receive His peace when we ask Him for it. We keep His peace by extending it to others. Those are the keys and there are no others.”
“It’s easy to look at people and make quick judgments about them, their present and their past, but you’d be amazed at the pain and tears a single smile hides.”
“The top of one mountain is always the bottom of another, so when you reach the top, keep climbing.”
“The goal of spiritual practice is full recovery, and the only thing you need to recover from is a fractured sense of self.”
“A miracle is a shift in perception from fear to love.”
“The only thing missing in any situation is that which you are not giving.”
“You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you.”
“We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be?”
“Ego says, ‘Once everything falls into place, I’ll feel peace.’ Spirit says, ‘Find your peace, and then everything will fall into place.'”
“The key to abundance is meeting limited circumstances with unlimited thoughts.”
“Just like a sunbeam can’t separate itself from the sun, and a wave can’t separate itself from the ocean, we can’t separate ourselves from one another. We are all part of a vast sea of love, one indivisible divine mind.”
“The ways of spirit are not the ways of sacrifice, but rather a way of opening yourself fully to the infinite glories of the universe. The glories are there. They merely await your acceptance.”
“God is definitely out of the closet.”
“In our natural state, we are glorious beings. In the world of illusion, we are lost and imprisoned, slaves to our appetites and our will to false power.”
“Our past is a story existing only in our minds. Look, analyze, understand, and forgive. Then, as quickly as possible, chuck it.”
“Spiritual growth involves giving up the stories of your past so the universe can write a new one.”
“The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.”
“You must learn a new way to think before you can master a new way to be.”
“To whatever extent your mind is aligned with love, you will receive divine compensation for any lack in your material existence. From spiritual substance will come material manifestation. This is not just a theory; it is a fact. It is a law by which the universe operates. I call it the Law of Divine Compensation.”
“The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control.”
“Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here.”
“Nothing binds you except your thoughts; nothing limits you except your fear; and nothing controls you except your beliefs.”
“We may have bad weather in Ireland, but the sun shines in the hearts of the people and that keeps us all warm.”
“The only thing missing in any situation is that which you are not giving.”
“The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear and the acceptance of love.”
“When we think we have things already figured out, we’re not teachable. Genuine insight can’t dawn on a mind that’s not open to receive it.”
“Each of us has a unique part to play in the healing of the world.”
“The highest prize we can receive for creative work is the joy of being creative. Creative effort spent for any other reason than the joy of being in that light filled place, love, god, whatever we want to call it, is lacking in integrity. . .”
“We are not held back by the love we didn’t receive in the past, but by the love we’re not extending in the present.”
“The only way to get what you really want, is to know what you really want. And the only way to know what you really want, is to know yourself. And the only way to know yourself, is to be yourself. And the only way to be yourself is to listen to your heart.”
“The ways of spirit are not the ways of sacrifice, but rather a way of opening yourself fully to the infinite glories of the universe. The glories are there. They merely await your acceptance.”
“The spiritual path – is simply the journey of living our lives. Everyone is on a spiritual path; most people just don’t know it.”
“We can always choose to perceive things differently. You can focus on what’s wrong in your life, or you can focus on what’s right.”
“The only work that will ultimately bring any good to any of us is the work of contributing to the healing of the world.”
“Our past is a story existing only in our minds. Look, analyze, understand, and forgive. Then, as quickly as possible, chuck it.”
“You must learn a new way to think before you can master a new way to be.”
“The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.”
“Spiritual 53. “Spiritual growth involves giving up the stories of your past so the universe can write a new one.”
“The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control.”
“Nothing binds you except your thoughts; nothing limits you except your fear; and nothing controls you except your beliefs.”
“We may have bad weather in Ireland, but the sun shines in the hearts of the people and that keeps us all warm.”
“When we think we have things already figured out, we’re not teachable. Genuine insight can’t dawn on a mind that’s not open to receive it.”
“Each of us has a unique part to play in the healing of the world.”
“The highest prize we can receive for creative work is the joy of being creative. Creative effort spent for any other reason than the joy of being in that light filled place, love, god, whatever we want to call it, is lacking in integrity.”
“The only way to get what you really want, is to know what you really want. And the only way to know what you really want, is to know yourself. And the only way to know yourself, is to be yourself. And the only way to be yourself is to listen to your heart.”
“The ways of spirit are not the ways of sacrifice, but rather a way of opening yourself fully to the infinite glories of the universe. The glories are there. They merely await your acceptance.”
“The spiritual path – is simply the journey of living our lives. Everyone is on a spiritual path; most people just don’t know it.”
“We can always choose to perceive things differently. You can focus on what’s wrong in your life, or you can focus on what’s right.”
“The only work that will ultimately bring any good to any of us is the work of contributing to the healing of the world.”
“Our past is a story existing only in our minds. Look, analyze, understand, and forgive. Then, as quickly as possible, chuck it.”
“You must learn a new way to think before you can master a new way to be.”
“The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.”
“Spiritual growth involves giving up the stories of your past so the universe can write a new one.”
“The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control.”
“Nothing binds you except your thoughts; nothing limits you except your fear; and nothing controls you except your beliefs.”
“We may have bad weather in Ireland, but the sun shines in the hearts of the people and that keeps us all warm.”
“When we think we have things already figured out, we’re not teachable. Genuine insight can’t dawn on a mind that’s not open to receive it.”
“Each of us has a unique part to play in the healing of the world.”
“The highest prize we can receive for creative work is the joy of being creative. Creative effort spent for any other reason than the joy of being in that light filled place, love, god, whatever we want to call it, is lacking in integrity.”
“The only way to get what you really want, is to know what you really want. And the only way to know what you really want, is to know yourself. And the only way to know yourself, is to be yourself. And the only way to be yourself is to listen to your heart.”
“The ways of spirit are not the ways of sacrifice, but rather a way of opening yourself fully to the infinite glories of the universe. The glories are there. They merely await your acceptance.”
“The spiritual path – is simply the journey of living our lives. Everyone is on a spiritual path; most people just don’t know it.”
“We can always choose to perceive things differently. You can focus on what’s wrong in your life, or you can focus on what’s right.”
“The only work that will ultimately bring any good to any of us is the work of contributing to the healing of the world.”
“Our past is a story existing only in our minds. Look, analyze, understand, and forgive. Then, as quickly as possible, chuck it.”
“You must learn a new way to think before you can master a new way to be.”
“The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.”
“Spiritual growth involves giving up the stories of your past so the universe can write a new one.”
“The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control.”
“Nothing binds you except your thoughts; nothing limits you except your fear; and nothing controls you except your beliefs.”
“We may have bad weather in Ireland, but the sun shines in the hearts of the people and that keeps us all warm.”
“When we think we have things already figured out, we’re not teachable. Genuine insight can’t dawn on a mind that’s not open to receive it.”
“Each of us has a unique part to play in the healing of the world.”
“The highest prize we can receive for creative work is the joy of being creative. Creative effort spent for any other reason than the joy of being in that light filled place, love, god, whatever we want to call it, is lacking in integrity.”
“The only way to get what you really want, is to know what you really want. And the only way to know what you really want, is to know yourself. And the only way to know yourself, is to be yourself. And the only way to be yourself is to listen to your heart.”
“The ways of spirit are not the ways of sacrifice, but rather a way of opening yourself fully to the infinite glories of the universe. The glories are there. They merely await your acceptance.”
“The spiritual path – is simply the journey of living our lives. Everyone is on a spiritual path; most people just don’t know it.”
“We can always choose to perceive things differently. You can focus on what’s wrong in your life, or you can focus on what’s right.”
“The only work that will ultimately bring any good to any of us is the work of contributing to the healing of the world.”
“Our past is a story existing only in our minds. Look, analyze, understand, and forgive. Then, as quickly as possible, chuck it.”
“You must learn a new way to think before you can master a new way to be.”
“The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.”
“Spiritual growth involves giving up the stories of your past so the universe can write a new one.”
“The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control.”

Walt Whitman was an American poet, essayist, and journalist. He is often considered one of America’s most significant poets, known for his work “Leaves of Grass” which was first published in 1855 and which he continued to revise and expand until his death. Whitman’s poetry broke conventions of his time, with his use of free verse and exploration of themes such as democracy, nature, love, and friendship. His work was very controversial in its time, particularly his poetry that depicted love and sexuality in a frank manner.

From Walt Whitman, we can learn the importance of individuality, self-expression, and the human connection to nature. His work encourages us to appreciate the beauty in the everyday and to celebrate our unique selves. He also teaches us about the value of democracy and equality, as he often wrote about these themes in his work.

Here are 27 quotes by Walt Whitman:

“Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.)”
“I celebrate myself, and sing myself.”
“Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you.”
“The powerful play goes on, and you will contribute a verse.”
“Resist much, obey little.”
“I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.”
“Be curious, not judgmental.”
“Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.”
“I exist as I am, that is enough.”
“And your very flesh shall be a great poem.”
“I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.”
“The future is no more uncertain than the present.”
“To me, every hour of the day and night is an unspeakably perfect miracle.”
“I see great things in baseball. It’s our game – the American game.”
“In the faces of men and women, I see God.”
“Nothing can happen more beautiful than death.”
“I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don’t believe I deserved my friends.”
“The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.”
“I discover myself on the verge of a usual mistake.”
“Happiness, not in another place but this place…not for another hour, but this hour.”
“I am satisfied…I see, dance, laugh, sing.”
“The road to wisdom is paved with excess. The mark of a true writer is their ability to mystify the familiar and familiarize the strange.”
“Give me the splendid silent sun with all his beams full-dazzling.”
“I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.”
“I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable, I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.”
“Re-examine all you have been told. Dismiss what insults your soul.”
“Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you. You must travel it by yourself. It is not far. It is within reach. Perhaps you have been on it since you were born, and did not know. Perhaps it is everywhere – on water and land.”

“The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.”
“Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem.”
“It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.”
“The ending of sorrow is the beginning of wisdom.”
“One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end.”
“The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is. Self-knowledge has no end – you don’t come to an achievement, you don’t come to a conclusion. It is an endless river.”
“Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay.”
“A man who is not afraid is not aggressive, a man who has no sense of fear of any kind is really a free, a peaceful man.”
“To understand the immeasurable, the mind must be extraordinarily quiet, still.”
“In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand.”
“We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free.”
“The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.”
“The highest form of human intelligence is to observe yourself without judgement.”
“It is truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.”
“Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased.”
“The moment you have in your heart this extraordinary thing called love and feel the depth, the delight, the ecstasy of it, you will discover that for you the world is transformed.”
“When one loses the deep intimate relationship with nature, then temples, mosques and churches become important.”
“You can only be afraid of what you think you know.”
“Happiness is strange; it comes when you are not seeking it.”
“The description is not the described; I can describe the mountain, but the description is not the mountain, and if you are caught up in the description, as most people are, then you will never see the mountain.”
“Violence is not merely killing another. It is violence when we use a sharp word, when we make a gesture to brush away a person.”
“To be free, you have to examine your own mind.”
“The primary cause of disorder in ourselves is the seeking of reality promised by another.”
“A mind that is seeking is not a passionate mind and to come upon love without seeking it is the only way to find it.”
“The moment you follow someone you cease to follow Truth.”
“There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.”
“We carry about us the burden of what thousands of people have said and the memories of all our misfortunes. To abandon all that is to be alone, and the mind that is alone is not only innocent but young – not in time or age, but young, innocent, alive at whatever age – and only such a mind can see that which is truth and that which is not measurable by words.”
“The observer is the observed.”
“Truth is a pathless land.”

“A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.”

– James Allen is saying that our thoughts shape who we are. Our character is not determined by our circumstances, but by how we think about and react to those circumstances.

– Action Step: Pay attention to your thoughts. Are they positive or negative? Do they build you up or tear you down? Try to cultivate positive, empowering thoughts.

“Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.”

– According to Allen, our circumstances don’t define us. Instead, they reveal our true character. How we respond to our circumstances shows who we really are.

– Action Step: Reflect on how you respond to difficult circumstances. Do you become bitter or better? Use your circumstances as opportunities to grow and improve.

“As a man thinketh in his heart, so shall he be.”

– This quote is a reminder that our thoughts have power. If we think positively, we will be positive. If we think negatively, we will be negative.

– Action Step: Practice positive affirmations. Speak positivity into your life and believe in your ability to achieve your goals.

“The outer conditions of a person’s life will always be found to reflect their inner beliefs.”

– This quote suggests that our external circumstances are a reflection of our internal beliefs. If we believe in success, our life will reflect that.

– Action Step: Examine your beliefs. Do they align with the life you want to live? If not, work on changing those beliefs.

“Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become.”

– Allen encourages us to dream big because our dreams shape our reality.

– Action Step: Don’t be afraid to dream big. Visualize your goals and work towards them.

“Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are.”

– This quote suggests that we attract what we are, not what we want. If we want to attract positivity, we must be positive.

– Action Step: Work on becoming the person you want to attract.

“The soul attracts that which it secretly harbors; that which it loves, and also that which it fears.”

– According to Allen, our subconscious mind plays a big role in what we attract into our lives.

– Action Step: Pay attention to your subconscious thoughts and feelings. Try to harbor positive thoughts and feelings.

“A person is limited only by the thoughts that he chooses.”

– This quote suggests that our only limitations are the ones we impose on ourselves through our thoughts.

– Action Step: Don’t limit yourself with negative thoughts. Believe in your potential and abilities.

“The vision that you glorify in your mind, the ideal that you enthrone in your heart – this you will build your life by, and this you will become.”

– Allen believes that the vision we hold in our mind and heart determines the life we build and the person we become.

– Action Step: Create a clear vision of the life you want and the person you want to become. Hold onto this vision and work towards it.

“He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much.”

– This quote suggests that the level of our success is determined by the level of our sacrifice.

– Action Step: Be willing to make sacrifices for your goals. The greater the goal, the greater the sacrifice required.

“Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit.”

– This quote emphasizes the power of our thoughts in shaping our lives. Positive thoughts lead to positive outcomes, while negative thoughts lead to negative outcomes.

– Action Step: Cultivate positive thoughts and eliminate negative ones to improve the quality of your life.

“The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good.”

– Allen suggests that tranquility leads to success, influence, and the power to do good.

– Action Step: Practice mindfulness and meditation to achieve tranquility and enhance your success.

“Man is made or unmade by himself; in the armory of thought he forges the weapons by which he destroys himself.”

– This quote suggests that we have the power to make or break ourselves through our thoughts.

– Action Step: Be mindful of your thoughts. Use them as tools for self-improvement rather than self-destruction.

“The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit, and you reap a character. Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.”

– Allen believes that our actions, habits, character, and destiny are interconnected. Small actions can lead to significant outcomes.

– Action Step: Pay attention to your actions and habits. Ensure they align with the character and destiny you desire.

“Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.”

– This quote suggests that self-improvement is the key to improving our circumstances.

– Action Step: Invest time and effort in self-improvement. It’s the best way to improve your circumstances.

“You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.”

– Allen emphasizes the power of thoughts in shaping our present and future.

– Action Step: Be mindful of your thoughts. They are the driving force behind your life’s direction.

“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.”

– This quote suggests that doubts can limit our potential and hinder our progress.

– Action Step: Overcome your doubts. Believe in your abilities and potential.

“To desire is to obtain; to aspire is to achieve.”

– Allen believes that our desires and aspirations can lead to achievement if we pursue them.

– Action Step: Don’t just desire and aspire. Take action to achieve your goals.

“The dreamers are the saviors of the world.”

– This quote suggests that dreamers, those who envision a better world, are the ones who can bring about positive change.

– Action Step: Dare to dream. Your dreams can lead to significant changes in the world.

“They who have conquered doubt and fear have conquered failure.”

– According to Allen, overcoming doubt and fear is the key to overcoming failure.

– Action Step: Conquer your doubts and fears. They are the main obstacles to success.

“The man who cannot endure to have his errors and shortcomings brought to the surface and made known, but tries to hide them, is unfit to walk the highway of truth.”

– This quote suggests that acknowledging and learning from our mistakes is a crucial part of personal growth.

– Action Step: Don’t shy away from your mistakes. Embrace them as learning opportunities.

“The very fact that you are a complainer, shows that you deserve your lot.”

– Allen implies that constant complaining reflects a negative mindset that can hinder progress.

– Action Step: Instead of complaining, focus on finding solutions and making positive changes.

“The strong, calm man is always loved and revered. He is like a shade-giving tree in a thirsty land, or a sheltering rock in a storm.”

– This quote emphasizes the importance of inner strength and calmness.

– Action Step: Cultivate inner strength and maintain calmness in all situations. It will make you a source of comfort and support for others.

“To begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment.”

– Allen suggests that thinking with purpose and seeing failure as a stepping stone to success is a sign of strength.

– Action Step: Develop a purposeful mindset and view failures as opportunities for growth.

“He who cherishes a beautiful vision, a lofty ideal in his heart, will one day realize it.”

– This quote encourages us to hold onto our dreams and ideals, as they can become a reality.

– Action Step: Keep your dreams and ideals alive. Work towards them every day.

“Into your hands will be placed the exact results of your thoughts; you will receive that which you earn, no more, no less.”

– Allen believes that our thoughts directly influence the results we get in life.

– Action Step: Monitor your thoughts carefully. Ensure they align with the results you desire.

“The body is the servant of the mind. It obeys the operations of the mind, whether they be deliberately chosen or automatically expressed.”

– This quote suggests that our physical actions are a reflection of our mental state.

– Action Step: Keep your mind healthy and positive, and your body will follow suit.

“Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power.”

– Allen emphasizes the importance of self-control, right thinking, and calmness as sources of strength, mastery, and power.

– Action Step: Practice self-control, cultivate positive thoughts, and maintain calmness to enhance your personal power.

“You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration.”

– This quote suggests that our desires and aspirations determine the size of our achievements.

– Action Step: Let your aspirations be greater than your desires to achieve greatness.

James Allen was a British philosophical writer known for his inspirational books and poetry and as a pioneer of the self-help movement. His best known work, As a Man Thinketh, has been mass-produced worldwide since its publication in 1903. It has been a source of inspiration to motivational and self-help authors.

“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe

Explanation: This quote encourages us to make the best out of our current situation, using the resources we have at hand, and doing the best we can.

Action Step: Identify what resources you have at your disposal and how you can use them to achieve your goals. Start taking small steps towards your goals using these resources.

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Mark Twain

Explanation: This quote emphasizes the importance of taking the first step. You can’t make progress if you don’t start.

Action Step: Identify one thing you can do today to move closer to your goals and do it.

“Don’t wait for the perfect moment. Take the moment and make it perfect.” – Zoey Sayward

Explanation: This quote encourages us to stop waiting for the perfect conditions to start something. Instead, we should seize the moment and make the most of it.

Action Step: Stop waiting for the perfect time or conditions. Take a step towards your goal today, no matter how small.

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” – Lao Tzu

Explanation: This quote reminds us that even the longest and most difficult ventures have a starting point; something which begins with one simple action.

Action Step: Identify the first step you need to take towards your goal and take it.

“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” – Zig Ziglar

Explanation: This quote emphasizes that greatness comes from taking action and making a start, rather than waiting to be great before starting.

Action Step: Start working on your goal, even if you don’t feel ready or capable yet. The process of starting and learning will lead you to greatness.

“Start where you are, with what you have, and that will always lead you into something greater.” – Mary Manin Morrissey

Explanation: This quote encourages us to start with what we have, no matter how small or insignificant it may seem. This will eventually lead us to something greater.

Action Step: Identify what you have right now that can help you move towards your goal. Use it to take the first step.

“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney

Explanation: This quote emphasizes the importance of action over words. It’s easy to talk about our plans, but the real progress comes when we start doing.

Action Step: Identify one action you can take today towards your goal and do it. Stop talking about it and start doing.

“The beginning is the most important part of the work.” – Plato

Explanation: This quote highlights the importance of starting. The beginning sets the tone for the rest of the journey.

Action Step: Start working on your goal today. The first step is often the hardest, but it’s also the most important.

“Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect.” – Alan Cohen

Explanation: This quote encourages us to start now, regardless of the conditions. Once we start, the conditions will become perfect.

Action Step: Stop waiting for the perfect conditions. Start working on your goal today and create your own perfect conditions.

“The secret to getting ahead is getting started.” – Sally Berger

Explanation: This quote emphasizes the importance of taking the first step. You can’t make progress if you don’t start.

Action Step: Identify one thing you can do today to move closer to your goals and do it.

“You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

Explanation: This quote reminds us that we don’t need to have everything figured out before we start. We just need to take the first step.

Action Step: Take the first step towards your goal today, even if you don’t have the whole plan figured out yet.

“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” – Chinese Proverb

Explanation: This quote encourages us to start now, even if we feel like it’s too late. It’s never too late to start.

Action Step: Start working on your goal today, even if you feel like you should have started earlier. It’s better to start late than never.

Helen Keller was an American author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. Despite her disabilities, she became a renowned writer and speaker, inspiring people around the world with her words of wisdom and courage. In this essay, I will share some of Helen Keller’s most inspiring quotes.

“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.”

This quote reminds us that true beauty and meaning in life come from our emotions and experiences, not just what we can see or touch.

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.”

This quote emphasizes the importance of having a positive outlook on life and believing in ourselves in order to achieve our goals.

“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”

This quote highlights the power of collaboration and teamwork in achieving great things.

“The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.”

This quote challenges us to think beyond what we can see and to have a vision for our lives and the world around us.

“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.”

This quote reminds us that challenges and hardships can be opportunities for growth and development, and that true success comes from overcoming adversity.

In conclusion, Helen Keller’s quotes continue to inspire and motivate people around the world to live their lives with courage, optimism, and a sense of purpose. Her words of wisdom remind us that anything is possible if we believe in ourselves and work together to achieve our goals.

Walt Whitman was an American poet, essayist, and journalist who is considered one of the most influential poets in American literature. Here are some of his most famous quotes:

1. “Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes.”

2. “Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you.”

3. “I exist as I am, that is enough.”

4. “The future is no more uncertain than the present.”

5. “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”

6. “The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.”

7. “I am not the poet of goodness only, I do not decline to be the poet of wickedness also.”

8. “The strongest and sweetest songs yet remain to be sung.”

9. “I am for those who believe in loose delights, I share the midnight orgies of young men.”

10. “I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.”

11. “The genius of the United States is not best or most in its executives or legislatures, nor in its ambassadors or authors or colleges, or churches, or parlors, nor even in its newspapers or inventors, but always most in the common people.”

12. “The whole theory of the universe is directed unerringly to one single individual – namely, to You.”

13. “The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he has absorbed it.”

14. “I am the poet of the body and I am the poet of the soul.”

15. “I am the teacher of athletes, He that by me spreads a wider breast than my own proves the width of my own.”

16. “I am the poet of the woman the same as the man.”

17. “I am the poet of the earth, and I am the poet of the people.”

18. “I am the poet of the poor, because I was poor myself.”

19. “I am the poet of democracy, and I am the poet of individuality.”

20. “I am the poet of the city, and I am the poet of the open road.”

Mary Oliver was an American poet who was known for her nature-inspired poetry and her ability to capture the beauty and wonder of the natural world. Here are some of her most famous quotes:

1. “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”

2. “Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.”

3. “The most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work, who felt their own creative power restive and uprising, and gave to it neither power nor time.”

4. “To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.”

5. “You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.”

6. “I want to think again of dangerous and noble things. I want to be light and frolicsome. I want to be improbable beautiful and afraid of nothing, as though I had wings.”

7. “Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable.”

8. “The world’s full of stories. But the stories are all one.”

9. “I believe in kindness. Also in mischief. Also in singing, especially when singing is not necessarily prescribed.”

10. “Listen–are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life?”

11. “The most important thing is to be awake and alive and to feel everything.”

12. “Attention is the beginning of devotion.”

13. “The uses of poetry are not to cure us of being afraid, but to remind us that we are not alone in our fears.”

14. “I don’t ask for the sights in front of me to change, only the depth of my seeing.”

15. “The world’s big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.”

16. “I want to be improbable and beautiful and afraid of nothing as though I had wings.”

17. “The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.”

18. “The poet is always willing to be surprised by what he finds.”

19. “The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention.”

20. “The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.”

Maya Angelou was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist who is known for her powerful and inspiring words. Here are some of her most famous quotes:

1. “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

2. “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.”

3. “I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.”

4. “Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”

5. “I’ve learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.”

6. “I’ve learned that making a ‘living’ is not the same thing as making a ‘life.'”

7. “I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.”

8. “I’ve learned that people will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own souls.”

9. “I’ve learned that you should never underestimate the power of a good outfit on a bad day.”

10. “I’ve learned that you can’t go through life with a chip on your shoulder, because sooner or later it will fall off.”

11. “I’ve learned that you can’t change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying about the future.”

12. “I’ve learned that you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them.”

13. “I’ve learned that people forget what you said, people forget what you did, but people never forget how you made them feel.”

14. “I’ve learned that you should never judge a book by its cover, but by the way it makes you feel.”

15. “I’ve learned that you should never be afraid to try something new, because life gets boring when you stay within the limits of what you already know.”

16. “I’ve learned that you should never give up on something that you can’t go a day without thinking about.”

17. “I’ve learned that you should always be kinder than necessary, because everyone you meet is

“Aim above the mark to hit the mark”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Set audacious goals and workout a plan on achieving it. But as you take steps be not attached to the fruits of your labor. Stay flexible on ways on getting to your destination and be open when plans change. Your goals may change too, so be attentive modifying your goal and ways to get there daily.

“Yesterday’s home runs, don’t win today’s game”
Babe Ruth

Most people self sabotage during their peak. Notice if you are getting complacent. Today, you do your best and you might achieve such great heights, but know that tomorrow is another day.

“We Can Complain Because Rose Bushes Have Thorns, or Rejoice Because Thorn Bushes Have Roses”
Abraham Lincoln

It is not the thing itself but how we perceive the thing. Make a commitment to see the good side of things. Beauty is always there for those who have the eyes willing to see. As you think so you become. So think good thoughts so more of it comes.

“The only place where success comes before work is the dictionary”
Vidal Sassoon

Vidal Sassoon revolutionalized women’s hairstyles in the post-war years and created an international hair-products empire which proclaimed “If you don’t look good, we don’t look good.”

Get clear on what you want to achieve within a timeframe. Alot a certain amount of hours each day dedicated to achieving that specific goal. Be open to plans changing and the goals changing. Success is the progressive pursuit of a worthy ideal. Be careful in obsessing and feeling that success is outside of you. It is not the achievement of the goal that makes you successful but the person you are becoming as you are in pursuit of something worthwhile. So get to it, the moment you put in the work you are already successing!

“If you start to think the problem is “out there”, Stop yourself, That thought is the problem”.
Stephen Covey

As within so without, never blame situations that are outside of you. Take responsibility and be accountable for where you are right now. Nobody else put you there but you. Quit stinking thing and always affirm the good and observe positive change.

“Be like the duck, calm on the surface but paddling hard underwater”
ancient proverb

Work in secret, let the results of what you do tell the story. Bragging about working hard is unnecessary. Results are what matter. We can take inspiration from nature, it always does a good job without bragging, complaining or opinions.

“A calm sea doesn’t make a skilled sailor”
Franklin Roosevelt

Are you getting too comfortable? Start the day with hydration and immediately changing your environment. If you are seeking to being a high performer you must deliberately get out of your comfort zone. You need not to go out in a stormy ocean. A nice brisk walk will do the trick.

“Do what you love, it is the best way to relax”
Christian Loubotin

Make time to create and design the life that you want, design your environment, neglecting to do this you’ll end up with the environment designing you. Find that noble thing that stirs you up, nurture your curiosity and once you find that thing, go all in.

Hope these quotes got you inspired and fired up to make the most of everything that you got right here, right now.

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