This is to have succeeded...

"To laugh often and much;

to win the respect of intelligent people

and affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false frineds; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit 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 to have succeeded."

who r we

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.

Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness that frightens us.

We ask ourselves, who am i to be brilliant, gorgeous,
talented & fabulous?

Actually, who are we not to be?

You are a child of God.

Your playing small doesn't serve the world.

There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that
other people won't feel insecure around you.

We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.

It's not just in some of us, it's in everyone.

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously
give other people permission to do the same.

As we are liberated from our own fears,
our presence automatically liberates others.

Source: A Return to Love by Marianne WIlliamson (as quoted by Nelson Mandela in his ainaugural speech, 1994)

why hesitate

i really like this one...

Why hesitate?
Upon the plains of hesitation are the
bleached bones of countless millions,
who on the threshold of victory sat down

to wait, and in waiting they died.

- Author Unknown (this guy's pretty famous :))

not you...

Let others lead small lives,
but not you

Let others argue over small things,
but not you

Let others cry over small hurts,
but not you

Let others leave their future in someone else's hands,
but not you.

- Jim Rohn

map for life: break out of your box

Do you want to keep on getting what you are getting? Then just keep on doing what you are doing. But if you want something you have never had, then you need to do something you have never done.
Change is constant and so is our resistance to change. We do change, but often we change to maintain the status quo, to keep things the way they are, to stay in our box. Can this be called real change? External changes often make us believe that we are changing, when in reality, we are just staying the same.
Today is the beginning of a new year for you. It is a day to break out of your box. To change from living a life of mediocrity to living your dream. Choose to change, and make this year a year above all years.

map for life...

hey guys, i found some very awesome things printed in my planner book, which i'd like to share with you over a few posts...the book is called 'map 4 life'...its a strategy book for the year where you set out to accomplish a set of goals & actually devise a step by step strategy toward those goals until you execute them. which if you think about it, is the only way to accomplish our dreams in the long run. like the saying goes: "the journey of a thousand miles begins with one single step"....

from 'Map 4 Life' by Dr. Myles Munroe

"It is said that if you don't know where you are going, any road will take you there.

Life without a purpose, passion & a plan is like a ship without a sail or destination.

Most of the six billion people on planet earth are aimlessly drifting from job to home simply living to make a living. This is a tragedy and should never be the lot for any human soul. I am convinced that the key to life is the discovery of a clear personal purpose, a sense of destiny and a vision that motivates. I am also certain that the discipline necessary for fulfilling that purpose is the crafting and adherence to a strategic plan. Success is not a gift, but a result. Everyone was created to succeed, but only a few are willing to pay the price.

I challenge you to make history with your life & bring glory to God."
-- Dr. Myles E Munroe

As do i....guys, DO SOMETHING GREAT WITH YOUR LIFE!

God give us men...

God give us men! A time like this demands
Strong minds, great hearts, true faith, and ready hands;
Men whom the lust of office does not kill;
Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy;
Men who possess opinions and a will;
Man who have honor-men who will not lie;
Men who can stand before a demagogue,
And damn his treacherous flatteries without winking!
Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above the fog
In public duty, and in private thinking:
For while they rabble with their thumb-worn creeds,
Their large professions and their little deeds
Minglein selfish strife, lo! Freedom weeps,
Wrong rules the land, and waiting Justice sleeps.
-- Josiah Gilbert Holland (interestingly this was written by a man)

men of faith!

O'er uncharted seas
To their hearts desire
Do men of Faith set sail,
While the beaten men
Walk with fearful hearts
Along life's beaten trail.

The men of Faith will challenge
Both men and Satan's wrath,
But the beaten men will compromise
And walk the beaten path.

Beaten roads are for beaten men,
As they walk with measured tread,
With tuneless souls they move along
To dwell among the dead.

But men of Faith climb unscaled walls,
And sail uncharted seas
They dare to cross conventions bound
To set the captives free

--Thomas Wyatt

quotes on greatness

Lives of great men all remind us we can make our lives sublime. And, departing, leave behind us footprints on the sands of time. -- Henry Hadsworth Longfellow

You can learn new things at any time in your life if you're willing to be a beginner. If you actually learn to like being a beginner, the whole world opens up to you.

The important thing is this: to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become. -- Charles du Bos

There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility of changing them. -- Dr. Dennis Waitley

If you deliberately plan on being less than you are capable of being, then i warn you that you'll be unhappy the rest of your life. -- Abraham H. Maslow

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Formal education will make you a living, self education will make you a fortune. -- Jim Rohn

My passion is to multiply all that God has given me, and in the process, give it back. -- Bob Buford

The noblest in the search is the search for excellence. -- Lyndon B. Johnston

Greatness is not found in possessions, power, position or prestige. It is discovered in goodness, humility, service, and character.