Positive Mantra

Survey like an Eagle (as if from on high) Get the big picture, include all that's relevant, see the boundaries, understand in a summary way what is happening.
Observe like an Owl (with 360° vision) Be aware of all factors, even hidden or difficult to spot, which may affect what should be the real question. Measure what really happens.
Solve like a Human (with ingenuity and wackiness) Use the full rein of your imagination to find the non-obvious solutions.
Barry Welford

If you mean to make an impression, you have to be able to think on your feet, hurl yourself into the moment, and improvise.
CNN.com

It probably seems as though you’re thinking all the time, but like the rest of your body, your brain uses a variety of strategies and tricks to minimize the energy it requires. And its most effective strategy for conversing brain energy is actually not to think at all. In fact, most of the time your brain is involved in just one of three activities: distraction, reaction or following well-worn patterns.
Tim Hurson

Make your mistakes quickly. You may mess things up on the first try, but do it fast, and then move on. Document what led to the error so that you learn what to recognize, and then move on. Get the mistakes out of the way. As Shakespeare put it, "Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt."
Ed Boyden

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Attitude is a mind set. It is the way you look at things mentally. A positive attitude is the outward manifestation of a mind that dwells primarily on positive matters.
Elwood N. Chapman

A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright

Close your eyes, relax and imagine that you are now a total success. Fill your being with the conviction that you are a success in this present moment. Imagine that all you have done this far in life has created noting but success. Go on to recall and then vividly relive some of the most rewarding and successful times in your life. Notice how one thought leads to another.
Debbie Allen

A positive attitude will produce gratitude and grateful people are happier, healthier and experience more peace in their lives then negative people, despite their circumstances. So, when we acknowledged that attitudes (both positive and negative) are contagious, we knew we had to do something to stimulate a positive attitude lifestyle movement.
Always Positive

At times like these, when the chips are down and we feel the weight of the world on our shoulders, I remind myself to focus on the positive. This in turn lifts my spirits and puts everything in a proper context.
Lt. Col. Joseph Wolfer

Positive Daily Affirmations
Making and affirming your own personal declarations will make a world of difference in your outlook and your habits. Design your own upbeat daily declarations and deliver them to yourself in the mirror.
Marsha

I am determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions and not upon our circumstances.
Martha Washington

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
Winston Churchill

Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.
H. Jackson Brown

If you don't get everything you want, think of the things you don't get that you don't want.
Oscar Wilde

The only disability in life is a bad attitude.
Scott Hamilton

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Love reminds you that nothing else matters.
Amy Bushell

Love is a choice you make from moment to moment
Barbara De Angelis

Love: a temporary insanity, curable by marriage.
Ambrose Bierce

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.
Albert Einstein

All mankind loves a lover.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
Mother Teresa

Do you love me because I am beautiful, or am I beautiful because you love me?
Cinderella

It is most unwise for people in love to marry.
George Bernard Shaw

Soul meets soul on lovers lips.
Anonymous

Love is, above all else, the gift of oneself.
Jean Anouilh

Love is or it ain't. Thin love ain't love at all.
Toni Morrison

To live without loving is to not really live.
Anonymous

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, it's what you are expected to give -- which is everything.
Anonymous

Love your enemies, for they tell you your faults.
Benjamin Franklin

Love is like a mustard seed;planted by God and watered by men.
Anonymous

Ah me! love can not b cured by herbs.
Anonymous

Love doesn't make the world go 'round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.
Franklin P. Jones

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Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass.
Euripides

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.
Judy Garland

The love we give away is the only love we keep.
Elbert Hubbard

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a man's last romance.
Oscar Wilde

Love doesn't make the world go 'round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.
Franklin P. Jones

Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to love.
Virgil

True love never lives happily ever after - true love has no ending.
K Knight

As you continue to send out love, the energy returns to you in a regenerating spiral... As love accumulates, it keeps your system in balance and harmony. Love is the tool, and more love is the end product.
Sara Paddison

If you love something, set it free; if it comes back it's yours, if it doesn't, it never was.
Anonymous

Better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all."
Alfred Lord Tennyson

I need you because I love you.
Erich Fromm

The most eloquent silence; that of two mouths meeting in a kiss.
Anonymous

If you would be loved, love and be lovable.
Benjamin Franklin

Love and desire are the spirit’s wings to great deeds.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, While loving someone deeply gives you courage.
Lao Tzu

Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.
William Shakespeare

Love is an energy which exists of itself. It is its own value.
Thornton Wilder

Love is a beautiful dream.
William Sharp

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Uplifting Positive Sayings to liven up your spirits.

Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.
Earl Nightingale

Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going too fast - you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.
Eddie Cantor

Happiness comes from spiritual wealth, not material wealth... Happiness comes from giving, not getting. If we try hard to bring happiness to others, we cannot stop it from coming to us also. To get joy, we must give it, and to keep joy, we must scatter it.
John Templeton

If you have nothing else to do, look about you and see if there isn't something close at hand that you can improve! It may make you wealthy, though it is more likely that it will make you happy.
George Matthew Adams

If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap. If you want happiness for a day, go fishing. If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help somebody.
Chinese Proverb

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.
Helen Keller

It doesn't matter how long we may have been stuck in a sense of our limitations. If we go into a darkened room and turn on the light, it doesn't matter if the room has been dark for a day, a week, or ten thousand years - we turn on the light and it is illuminated. Once we control our capacity for love and happiness, the light has been turned on.
Sharon Salzberg

Happiness is like a kiss. You must share it to enjoy it.
Bernard Meltzer.

Happiness cannot come from without. It must come from within. It is not what we see and touch or that which others do for us which makes us happy; it is that which we think and feel and do, first for the other fellow and then for ourselves.
Helen Keller

When you're really happy, the birds chirp and the sun shines even on cold dark winter nights - and flowers will bloom on a barren land.
Grey Livingston

Happiness is always a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. But it is not something that can be demanded from life, and if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness.
Robertson Davies

Finding happiness is like finding yourself. You don't find happiness, you make happiness. You choose happiness. Self-actualization is a process of discovering who you are, who you want to be and paving the way to happiness by doing what brings YOU the most meaning and contentment to your life over the long run.
David Leonhardt

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Detect your own bias. People tend to bias their guesses and actions in certain predictable ways. For example, recent events may play a larger role in influencing decisions than they warrant; or, you may be more likely to believe something just because everyone around you believes it. If you think this sort of thing is happening, start looking closely at hard evidence (like facts and numbers) and question your own assumptions. Consult the list of cognitive biases[1] for common presumptions and biases and see if any apply to you.
Dvortygirl

As we begin to understand the deeper reality of thoughts and the way our minds function, we can learn to become master of our mind, and train it to become the leader of our evolution, and make it the key to unlocking our higher potential.
Sraddhalu Renade

Accept that you are here to grow and evolve. Life doesn’t always go smoothly. Not everything is meant to be a joyride or exercise in pleasure. Life’s lessons can be difficult, but are more so if you approach them with avoidance and apprehension. If you see them as opportunities to become stronger, wiser and more resilient, you are thinking positively and productively.
Zorka Hereford

Thinking outside the box requires different characteristics:

One should be willing to take new perspectives to day-to-day work.
One should be capable of thinking differently with an open mind, think about stuff with substance, and do things differently.
One must focus on the value of finding new ideas and acting on them.
One must strive to create value in newer ways.
One must be capable of listening to, supporting, nurturing and respecting others when they come up with new ideas.
Sudhi Seshachala

More than just being on guard for mental viruses, thinking for yourself requires that you learn a lot. Your ability to think is only as strong as the mental resources you have behind it. That means learning a lot about subjects relevant to your life, it also means spending a lot of time thinking about ideas after you’ve read them. Learning isn’t a passive activity.
Scott

Visualise your forthcoming race or match. See yourself win with ease, confidence and coordination, in as much detail as possible. Feel the appropriate emotions as you play and win, and get a sense that you really "know" you can do it.
Anastasia Stephens

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You are not limited to the life you now live. It has been accepted by you as the best you can do at this moment. Any time you're ready to go beyond the limitations currently in your life, you're capable of doing that by choosing different thoughts. All you must do is figure out how you can do it, not whether or not your can. And once you have made your mind up to do it, Its amazing how your mind begins to figure out how.
George Dantzig

Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Abraham Lincoln

The subconscious is always receptive to suggestions that transpire from your conscious mind. So keep your conscious mind filled with creative, positive, pleasant, peaceful and productive thoughts. When you repeat an affirmation in a relaxed state of mind, it works wonders. To retain these suggestions, repeat them often, till you feel confident that they have become a permanent habit.
Ernest Vinaya Kumar

Be courageous. Change and improve each day. Do your best and don't look back. See learning and change as opportunities. Try new things. Consider several options. Meet new people. Ask lots of questions. Keep track of your mental and physical health. Be optimistic. Studies show that people with these characteristics are winners in good times and survivors in hard times.
Donald Martin

Can you imagine life without a future?
Of course not, because if there were no future, there would be no present! Think about that for a moment. Much of the tone of the present, and the way you feel about the present, is related to the fact that you anticipate a future. If you anticipate the future with enthusiasm, this present moment is a satisfying one. If you anticipate the future with fear, this present moment has a dark cloud hanging over it. But regardless of how you regard the future, you want to have a future.
Anonymous

First you have to understand your negative thoughts and beliefs then only can you begin changing them. Once you begin changing them you begin creating a positive attitude – and ultimately you begin practicing positive thinking every day. In order to get the most out of positive thinking you have to make it a way of life.
Karim Hajee

Do you recognize opportunity when it crashes into you? How about when it taps on your window in the middle of the night, and then slips away? In order to live your life to the fullest, you much teach yourself to recognize and take hold of every opportunity, great or small.
Tom Leu

There are over 60,000 people 100 years and older in the United States. Surveys prove that the most common characteristic they share is an ability to remain positive and flexible in the face of change. Centenarians realize the only aspect of life they can control is their own attitude. And one key factor to living a long healthy life is being able to maintain a positive outlook.
Cheryl

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External situations and the remarks of others can harm us through our thoughts—but only to the extent our thoughts allow them to. So think positive. Talk positive. Read positive quotable quotes of great people. Surround yourself with posters and cards bearing positive messages. Keep them on your table. Hang them on the walls. Paste them near the bathroom mirror and on the doors. Stick them on your watchstrap. Keep them on the refrigerator. Have them on the dashboard of the car. Slip them under the glass of the table in front of you. Slide them in the inner side of the briefcase you carry. Find other suitable places where you are bound to look at them every day.
Shefali Bajpai

If you don't like what you hear when your mind talks to you, you can use positive self-talk to change the message and push your inner voice in a positive direction. You can make your life as positive as you want.

What you say to your mind is your roadmap to the future. Each word takes you to a specific destination. Make sure your self-talk is positive so it takes you where you want to go.
David J Abbot

No belief is right or wrong. It is either empowering or limiting

Ever heard the story of the four-minute mile? For years people believed that it is impossible for a human being to run a mile in less than four minutes until Roger Banister proved it wrong in 1954. Within one year, 37 runners broke the belief barrier. And the year after that, 300 other runners did the same thing.
Santosh Babu

Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.
Oprah Winfrey

Affirmations are positive statements of a desired outcome or goal. They are usually short, believable and focused. By repeating them over and over again, you build inroads into your subconscious mind, opening up the possibility of a new state of thoughts.
Evelyn Lim

Altering a belief comes easy when you know how to alter them. Think about a past positive emotion where you really felt alive, think of the future outcome you want to happen for you while feeling that positive emotion, then confirm that you may now have that happen and let it go.
Nathan B

The development of optimistic thought patterns requires essentially three things: recognizing self-talk for what it is, dealing with negative messages, and harnessing the positive for the greater good of individual persons. By using inner speech, people can influence their health states, but the benefits potentially reach beyond that. To make self-talk positive, people must change what goes into their subconscious. All this hinges on recognition of inner messages.
Julia E. Weikle

One of the common characteristics of all high achieving men and women is that they recognize the inevitability of temporary setbacks and disappointments. They accept them as a normal and natural part of their life. They do everything possible to avoid problems, but when they come up; successful people learn from them and rise above them. They continue to move forward towards their goals.
Joe Love

friends can be a source of either positive or negative ideas, make sure you pick positive thinking friends , optimists are natural positive thinkers , stay longer with them and tell them more about your future plans, you can notice if someone is an optimist or pessimist by just taking a look at him using face reading.
Farouk

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There is so much in life I can’t control. But this is my life and I’ve decided to be happy. I can choose to be happy regardless of my other circumstances. It’s not "when I get a promotion, I’ll be happy....." or "when I can speak in front of a small group of people, I’ll be happy....." The focus should be on learning to be happy now. Tap into your inner peace and contentment in the way that works best for you.
Thomas A. Richards

Burn The Thoughts, Beliefs and Attitudes of the Happiest, Most Effective People Into Your Mind and You Will Feel How They Feel, Do What They Do and Get The Same Results They Get!
Mike Brescia

Research tells us that about only 4% of our worries actually come true and most of that 4% is pretty small stuff. Worrying unnecessarily is such a waste of energy. Until something actually happens, there is nothing you can actually do, so please do not waster your precious time on worry. If you are concerned about the possiblity of an event happening, sit down and right out a strategy for how you would deal with it, if it does happen. Then put it away and don't thing about it again.M
adison

Finding happiness is like finding yourself. You don't find happiness, you make happiness. You choose happiness. Self-actualization is a process of discovering who you are, who you want to be and paving the way to happiness by doing what brings YOU the most meaning and contentment to your life over the long run
David Leonhardt

It is important to work on social skills, close interpersonal ties and social support in order to be happy.
Diener

According to happiness research, friendship has a much bigger effect on average on happiness than a typical person's income itself.

A man is like a bit of Labrador spar, which has no lustre as you turn it in your hand until you come to a particular angle; then it shows deep and beautiful colors. There is no adaptation or universal applicability in men, but each has his special Talent, and the mastery of Successful men consists in adroitly keeping themselves where and when that turn shall be oftenest to be practiced.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Miracles start to happen when you give as much
energy to your dreams as you do to your fears.
Richard Wilkins

Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul.
Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.
P. Vaull Starr

Our deepest fears is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you NOT to be? Your playing small doesn't serve the world.
Marianne Williamson

I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like.
Coco Chanel

Do not be too timid or squeamish about your actions.
All life is an experiment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Try to be happy in this present moment,
and put not off being so to a time to come,—as though
that time should be of another make from this which
has already come and is ours.
Thomas Fuller

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but
of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
Albert Einstein

There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming.
Kierkegaard

Challenges are what makes life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
Joshua J. Marine

To laugh much; to win the respect of people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics; 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 that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Proverbs are wise sayings that are native to each country and has been used for generations.

For as he thinks in his heart, so is he

Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think.
The Bible

It takes time to build castles. Rome wan not built in a day.
Irish Proverb

A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.

A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion.

Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today

Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
English proverbs

If you're poor, change and you'll suceed.

A drop of water shall be returned with a burst of spring.

You must persevere to accomplish seemingly impossible tasks.

Jade must be chiseled before it can be considered a gem.

Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time.
Chinese Proverbs

Every cloud has a silver lining.

A clear conscience is a soft pillow.
German Proverb

A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks its man.
Turkish Proverb

Better to ask the way than go

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There are three basic aspects of thinking: 1. what is; 2. what may be; and 3. what can be.' We are almost totally obsessed with 'what is'. We underestimate the extremely valuable contribution that 'what may be' has made to progress. We do very little about 'what can be' even though our future depends entirely on this aspect.

A Vision sets direction for Thinking and Action.

If you do not design the future someone or something else will design it for you.

Perception is real even when it is not reality.

You need to have a highly efficient and effective ‘creative thinking mode’ into which you can switch deliberately and formally. It is also useful to be able to incorporate some of the attitudes of lateral thinking into daily judgmental thinking.

Thinking is the most neglected human skill. It should be on the curriculum of every school but it's not. It's the most fundamental skill that's going to make a difference to personal lives, corporate lives, industrial lives.

We may need to solve problems not by removing the cause but by designing the way forward even if the cause remains in place.

Effectiveness without values is a tool without a purpose.

Nothing' is the space for everything.

Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way.

Analysis involves looking at all the components of a problem and seeing how they fit into a boxs. Once you have put it into the right box, then you know what to do with it.

There is a serious need for creative thinking both to perceive the opportunity and to fashion it into profitable shape. Even beyond 'spotting' the opportunity there is a need for new thinking in realising the potential of that opportunity turning into a profitable enterprise.

Traditional thinking is all about "what is;" Future thinking will also need to be about what can be.

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Try to think positively and not worry much about your negative thoughts. Trying to avoid thinking about negative things is a bad strategy. And is bound to produce oppositive results for you.

Daniel M. Wegner of Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas conducted a research into how people tend to avoid thinking negative thoughts and think it may help them turn positive. He told his subjects, Try not to think about a white bear. This produced the thought of a white bear 5 to 6 times in five minutes.

This just goes to show that when you try to suppress a thought, it comes up rather aggressively. And avoiding a thought or feeling makes one linger on it.

Forget the negative thoughts. Don't fight with it when it surfaces.

Focus on the positive thoughts. And you'll be soon able to act positively towards success.

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Learning never exhausts the mind.
Leonardo da Vinci

The way to gain a good reputation, is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
Socrates

“Come to the edge", he said.
They said: "We are afraid".
"Come to the edge", he said.
They came. He pushed them and they flew.
Guillaume Apollinaire

Every positive change--every jump to a higher level of energy and awareness--involves a rite of passage. Each time to ascend to a higher rung on the ladder of personal evolution, we must go through a period of discomfort, of initiation. I have never found an exception.
Dan Millman Quotes

There is luxury in self reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else has a right to blame us.
Oscar Wilde

Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.
Mark Victor Hansen

The purpose of life for man is growth, just as the purpose of life for trees and plants is growth. Trees and plants grow automatically and along fixed lines; man can grow as he will. Trees and plants can only develop certain possibilities and characteristics; man can develop any power which is or has been shown by any person anywhere. Nothing that is possible in spirit is impossible in flesh and blood. Nothing that man can think is impossible. Nothing that man can imagine is impossible of realization.
Wallace D. Wattle

One's first step in wisdom is to question everything -- and one's last is to come to terms with everything.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

The only journey is the journey within.
Rainer Maria Rilke

Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points.
Knute Rockne

What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
Napoleon Hill

Be fearless and pure; never waver in your determination or your dedication to the spiritual life. Give freely. Be self-controlled, sincere, truthful, loving, and full of the desire to serve...Learn to be detached and to take joy in renunciation. Do not get angry or harm any living creature, but be compassionate and gentle; show good will to all. Cultivate vigor, patience, will, purity; avoid malice and pride. Then, you will achieve your destiny.
The Bhagavad Gita

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Because everyone is different there is no one path in the journey toward self improvement. Each person must find their own way and in their own time. There will be set backs and pain along the way and at times, the temptation to surrender and go back to where we started will seem almost irresistible. I know this from personal experience. I have taken many dead-ends, been down winding paths that peter out, climbed up many steep summits only to come crashing down. My journey will never end but I know that every single step taken was worth the effort. There is no going back!
Robin O'Brien

Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around
his or her neck that says. 'Make me feel important.' Not only
will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life.
Mary Kay Ash

One of the best ways to get yourself motivated is to make use of pain and pleasure. How do we exactly do this? Easy, associate massive pain to not taking action and massive pleasure to taking action. So whenever you think of not taking action, for example not exercising - associate painful things like becoming fat, lacking energy, looking ugly, body getting weaker etc to it. Then associate pleasurable things like looking good, feeling energetic etc to exercising (taking action).
Ethan Beh

We’re only human. We have good intentions, but our willpower can fail us. Over time we wear down and need an extra push. Don’t let the fear of wasting money prevent you from investing in your goals. If you know you want something, invest in it financially and mentally. Give yourself a resource and a reason to push yourself. Don’t be afraid to make a mistake. One great investment can make up for scores mediocre ones. With hard work you’ll make back the money you spend, but you’ll never be able to get back lost time.
John Wesley

One of the best tips on self improvement is to come near across a mate that understands, perhaps one that shares your goals whether it be heaviness loss or a college degree. If you have someone to beat through things with and talk out your problems. If you have a person who shares your ending and thoughts with you, it is much easier to job through the various booby ambush that self improvement endeavors can seize us through, and that is.
WG BOOK

Just because you are getting older does not mean that life isn't supposed to be fun for you anymore. If you are not doing so already, resolve to spend more times with the people in your life that you truly love and care about and do the things that make you happy. The happier you are, the longer you will live–it is a proven fact. Perhaps finding a romantic relationship will make you happier; maybe even getting cat or a dog to keep you company will bring you happiness as well. Whatever it is, do what makes you happy now more than ever.
icamm

Keep a Schedule
It is a very good idea to write down the tasks you need to achieve in each day. As you complete them, tick them off. You should not, however, feel like you are bound to your list. If you don’t manage to do everything, it doesn’t matter - move any incomplete tasks from today on to tomorrow’s list. This is also a great help if you are a procrastinator.
sudhirmangla

When we let self-doubt and fear rule our lives, we miss opportunities. We predict and believe that nothing good will happen to us, so we don't try anything new, and refuse to take even low-level risks. This leads us to discount people or situations that could help us reach our goals. While self doubt and fear can come in different forms and from different sources, we can learn to break through them.
Simma Lieberman

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It isn't what we know that gets us into trouble, it's what we think we know that isn't so! Everything that happens in our life is filtered through our awareness. We then act in accordance with our present level of awareness. If our awareness is faulty, our actions will be faulty. Every decision we make and every action we take is based on our level of awareness at any given moment. In order to be all we can be, we must constantly work to change and expand our level of awareness, or our perception of reality.
Anthony Robbins

And so, by progressive eliminations one succeeds in entering into contact with something, something which gives you the impression of being -- "Yes, that's 'myself'. And this something I can move around, I can move it from my body to my vital, to my mind, I can even, if I am very ... how to put it? ... very practised in moving it, I can move it into other people, and it's in this way that I can identify myself with things and people. I can with the help of my aspiration make it come out of my human form, rise above towards regions which are not longer this little body at all and what it contains.
The Mother

He who finds himself, loses his misery.
Matthew Arnold

To acquire knowledge, one must study;
but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.
Marilyn vos Savant

Being self aware is knowing
what you want in your life
your strengths and weaknesses
what motivates you and makes you happy
what you want to change about yourself or about your life
your achievements so far
how you relate to others
you need to improve as a person
your most important beliefs and values
how you see yourself as a person
Karl Perera

Through guided self-reflection exercises you will begin to realize your intrinsic higher nature and develop an expanded conscious awareness that provides you control over your thoughts, words and actions. Moreover, through expanded awareness you will gain the insight, creativity and inspiration to realize your full potential and fulfill your life purpose. These self reflective exercises enable you to find yourself and get connected with the source of enduring happiness and peace that lie within you. This process happens effortlessly and enjoyably. By finding your "Self" you find enduring happiness and peace.
Steven S. Sadleir

Becoming honest is an act of self renewal. What a sense of freedom you’ll feel when you’re able to admit to yourself...”I want this, or think this, or feel this because I’m afraid that...[fill in the blank]. This is the first step toward discovering hidden fears. What a wonderful place to know where you are! It’s difficult to reach a destination, when you don’t even know where you’re starting. You need only to gather your courage and look for your beliefs you have about yourself and your world. The rewards of doing so will lead you to places of happiness you never knew existed.
Jennifer

This begins with self awareness. Paying attention to our many senses, thoughts, feelings and intuition. Diving deep into our emotions to tap their sources. Seeing our thinking and how it creates our reality. Discovering our deepest essence.
John Robson

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Another Chance

How often we wish for another chance
to make a fresh beginning.
A chance to blot out our mistakes
And change failure into winning.
It does not take a new day
To make a brand new start,
It only takes a deep desire
To try with all our heart.
To live a little better
And to always be forgiving
And to add a little sunshine
To the world in which we're living.
So never give up in despair
And think that you are through,
For there's always a tomorrow
And the hope of starting new.
Helen Steiner Rice

It Isn't Costly

Does the grouch get richer quicker than the
friendly sort of man?
Can the grumbler labor better than the cheerful
fellow can?
Is the mean and churlish neighbor any cleverer
than the one
Who shouts a glad "good morning," and then
smiling passes on?

Just stop and think about it. Have you ever
known or seen
A mean man who succeeded, just because he
was so mean?
When you find a grouch with honors and with
money in his pouch,
You can bet he didn't win them just because
he was a grouch.

Oh, you'll not be any poorer if you smile along
your way,
And your lot will not be harder for the kindly
things you say.
Don't imagine you are wasting time for others
that you spend:
You can rise to wealth and glory and still pause
to be a friend.
Edgar Guest

The Fighter

I fight a battle every day
Against discouragement and fear;
Some foe stands always in my way,
The path ahead is never clear!
I must forever be on guard
Against the doubts that skulk along;
I get ahead by fighting hard,
But fighting keeps my spirit strong.

I hear the croakings of Despair,
The dark predictions of the weak;
I find myself pursued by Care,
No matter what the end I seek;
My victories are small and few,
It matters not how hard I strive;
Each day the fight begins anew,
But fighting keeps my hopes alive.

My dreams are spoiled by circumstance,
My plans are wrecked by Fate or Luck;
Some hour, perhaps, will bring my chance,
But that great hour has never struck;
My progress has been slow and hard,
I've had to climb and crawl and swim,
Fighting for every stubborn yard,
But I have kept in fighting trim.

I have to fight my doubts away,
And be on guard against my fears;
The feeble croaking of Dismay
Has been familiar through the years;
My dearest plans keep going wrong,
Events combine to thwart my will,
But fighting keeps my spirit strong,
And I am undefeated still!
S.E. Kiser

Forget the Darkness

I took the road that went to the light,
The other road was tempting
But didn't feel right
I felt this huge load go away
And disappear down memory lane,
There the price was only pain,
With its emptiness
And heartache,
Things seem much better to surrender
And find your peace within the world,
Because the light is nice,
And feels divine as you make your way
Down the path of life.
Morgan Green

Gift Of The Seagull

A lonely seagull flies the winds
Majestic... soaring...gliding wings
A single screech sounds from the sky
Come fly with me... come here and fly

My spirit floats to be a part
I feel the beating of its heart
My soul, one with this bird of sea
Now knows the meaning to fly free

I feel the winds caress my soul
And soar the streams without a goal
My being trembles of delight
A treasure I received tonight

The seagull's flight of soaring high
The gift of what it means to fly
Munda

Homeward Bound

In the midst of the darkest of nights
I behold the silent petals
of a rose aflame
in the center of a whirling world.
I behold a sea of peace
in the middle of a desert;
a garden appears
and the quiet song of angels is heard
melting snow upon the topmost peaks
embracing the soul with the
fire of love
and in the distance
the golden bells resound
calling us back to you
O divine most loved
we are forever returning.
Barbara Briggs

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Most of us can learn to live in perfect comfort on higher levels of power. Everyone knows that on any given day there are energies slumbering in him which the incitements of that day do not call forth. Compared with what we ought to be, we are only half awake. It is evident that our organism has stored-up reserves of energy that are ordinarily not called upon - deeper and deeper strata of explosible material, ready for use by anyone who probes so deep. The human individual usually lives far within his limits.
Dr. Peale

When you decide on a question to ask yourself, ask the question and keep asking. Ponder it. Wonder about it. Let it run through your mind whenever your mind isn’t otherwise engaged. It will turn the tide of your thoughts and bring you into a new state of mind because you’re thinking positively positively.
Adam Khan

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

It is easier to keep a positive frame of mind when things go well. It is tougher to do so when in the midst of problems, difficulties or obstacles. In such times you will need more effort, attention and patience. If you learn how to think positively when not under pressure, stress or strain, it will be easier to do so when things are tough.
Remez Sasson

Positive thinking, the right attitude towards goals, will get us to the top. Whatever ideas and plans you have inside your mind, if you have the positivity, you have all the reasons to do it and fulfill it. What can hinder you from doing what you planned to do? Do not let negative thoughts block you on your way to success. Conquer your doubts by just being positive and soon you will have the inner strength to carry out your plans.
Reed Floren

The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.
Martha Washington

A weight loss plateau is normal and how you deal with it can mean the difference between success and failure. Stay focused on how well you've done so far, try to stay active, investigate new and healthy and tasty recipes so you stay motivated and be good to yourself with non food treats (like early nights, a warm bath or a DVD).
Daily Mirror

Become very aware of your thinking. Notice when you think positively and congratulate yourself. Also notice when you think negatively and convert your thoughts to a more positive view.
Jerry Lopper

As you think, so you become." This powerful psychological principle is the mainstay of meditation. If you think negatively, your life will be negative; if you think positively, your life will be positive. We are continually in the process of becoming the object of our ideation. So the meaning of the mantra is vital. It must be the most uplifting ideation; the most positive of thoughts. Again: infinite happiness; perfect peace and contentment – bliss.
Ananda marga

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Feeling down. Clear your head with some positive thoughts and be energized.

Keep in mind, all success comes from behaviors (from doing something)...But all behaviors start out as thoughts (mental activity). So if you want different behaviors, you'll need to have different thoughts.
It's as simple as that.
Mike Brescia

The key to success is to influence the subconscious mind and set up new habits and behaviour. The subconscious responds to repetition. Repeating a positive affirmation to yourself will make it respond. Try saying something like: “Every day in every way things are getting better.”

In addition, you can trick the emotions into responding favourably. When we smile it releases chemicals in the brain that make us feel good. Try looking in the mirror and grinning at yourself. Don’t feel self conscious- just do it. You will be amazed at how good it makes you feel. Also, make sure you smile when you meet people. It will make you feel good and they will respond to you. Turn yourself into a smile millionaire!
Craig

Everything changes, even stone.
Claude Monet

Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.
Zig Ziglar

When you encounter negative people or surroundings, the first thing you need to do is assess the situation. Decide where the negativity is coming from. Once you have figured that out you have two choices. You can remove yourself from the situation or you can try and stay positive and possible raise the person from their negative funk.
Sprice

If your spouse is down, turn it around, speak words of affirmation and encouragement. Help them transition from their current thinking pattern to a positive outlook filled with hope. You can stop looking at what appears to be happening to you and start looking at what is happening for you, everything is possible for him who believes. Now I urge you to keep up your courage, you are capable, you are well able, you have can do power, you are an overcomer, you are blessed with the fullness of life and that is much to rejoice in. For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways…Psalm 91:11
Guide

Worry is a negative thought. If you dwell on what you don't want to have or don't want to happen, without knowing, you are putting negative thoughts into your mind. Get rid of them and replace them with positive thinking. That whatever you may get or want will be taken care of in a positive manner. How many times have you thought or worried yourself right into something you did not want? If you think honestly, I am sure you will remember something. I have heard people say many times, I was afraid this would happen or I knew this would happen. For some reason the majority of us tend to dwell on the bad or unfortunate occurrences in life. We are glad for the good things but we don't seem to dwell on them like we do when something goes wrong. We seem to slip into a negative thinking mode without even realizing it. When you catch yourself thinking about how bad your life is, stop and turn it into something positive. Tell yourself there is always room for change. Don't blame others for the pedicament you are in. You are the one who put yourself here and you can get yourself out. You are what you think, so think good thoughts and know you have the power to change your life.
Darlene McFarlane

Accept that you are here to grow and evolve. Life doesn’t always go smoothly. Not everything is meant to be a joyride or exercise in pleasure. Life’s lessons can be difficult, but are more so if you approach them with avoidance and apprehension. If you see them as opportunities to become stronger, wiser and more resilient, you are thinking positively and productively.
Zorka Hereford

So as you go through your day-to-day routines, pay attention to your self-talk. Rather than constantly repeating discouraging and critical phrases to yourself, do your best to be positive. Instead of saying, “I’m not disciplined enough to exercise,” say, “I’ll plan out a realistic strategy and stick to my plan.” Instead of saying, “That was so stupid of me to break that plate,” tell yourself, “That’s no big deal. Everyone drops things from time to time.
eharmony

If only everyone starts looking at all others as composites of feelings, emotions, drives and thoughts, neither positive nor negative but as individual responses to moments and situations meant to protect oneself or draw lessons for the future, there would be less of cruelty and violence in the world. Low self-esteem is a trap laid by labels; it is up to us not to fall in it. Our emotions, thoughts and actions are part of our defense mechanism. They are not meant to debase or demean us unless we get convinced that we are negative.
VN Narayanan

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Finding it hard to motivate yourself on a Tuesday. Just try this positive dose of energy.

By focusing your mind on a positive goal instead of an ambiguous fear, you put your brain to work. It instantly begins devising a plan for success. Instead of worrying about the future you start to do something about it. This is the first step in motivating yourself to take action. When know what you want, you become motivated to take action
John Wesley

Creative visualization helps you use your natural creative imagination in a more conscious way to create a clear image, idea or feeling sense of what you really want and to achieve your goal by focusing constantly on it and giving it your positive energy until it becomes objective reality...
Vadim Kotelnikov,

You cannot always rely on others to encourage you, if you have positive friends who are always there when you need them then you are indeed lucky and very much in the minority. If you are lonely or have few friends when you face any difficulties in your life you must rely on your own motivation to get you through. Lack of self motivation at that time could lead to depression.

You need self motivation to achieve because if you don't encourage yourself to accept opportunity and challenge who will?
Karl Perera

Set yourself boundaries If you find that the work you are doing is taking too long to complete then you are either not doing it right or you are in fact doing too much. So look at how you can cut back on the amount of time you spend on each project or piece of work and ways in which it can be simplified or any training that you may need.
Soonee

Persevere and be patient. Even the most self motivated people sometimes lose their enthusiasm and fall behind. Be patient with yourself when you have a setback. Take a break and then return to the task.
Anonymous

Provide a way for relief: if your employees work for 8 hours, and if you know that it only takes 6 hours to finish their work, what’s the point in disabling chatting programs, web browsing or any other method that provides a relief? By enabling such things (without announcing that they are enabled) the employee will be happy and he may think that he fooling you by using them and on the other side you will be knowing but acting as if you are not noticing it, these stuff provide a relief from hard work and so may prevent loss of motivation due to stress or frustration.
Farouk Radwan

It also helps to observe yourself and your activities daily and regularly. What are some of the things that you enjoy doing everyday? What are some of the things you want to do again and again because you like it? For example, you may like talking to a particular friend. If so, whenever you need some motivation, try to talk to that friend about it. This will boost your motivation levels. Identify such activities through observation and keep them in mind whenever you need to motivate yourself.
Anonymous

Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.
Mark Victor Hansen

You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action.
Anthony Robbins

I can accept failure -- everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.
Michael Jordan

In motivating people, you've got to engage their minds and their hearts. It is good business to have an employee feel part of the entire effort . . . ; I motivate people, I hope, by example—and perhaps by excitement, by having provocative ideas to make others feel involved.
Rupert Murdoch

People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they
have the first secret of success.
Norman Vincent Peale

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Spice up your life on Mondays with positive vibrations of famous men.

There would be nothing to frighten you
if you refused to be afraid.
Mahatma Gandhi

A man is what he thinks about all day long.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

There is one quality that one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.
Napoleon Hill

With the realization of one's own potential and self confidence in one's own ability, one can build a better world.
Dalai Lama

Love What You Do.
Do What You Love.
Wayne Dyer

Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.
The Buddha

A positive attitude can really make dreams come true - it did for me.
Zina Garrison

Within you is the divine capacity to manifest
and attract all that you need or desire.
Wayne Dyer

All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.
Orison Swett Marden

Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
John Wooden

I'm not sure what the future holds but I do know that I'm going to be positive and not wake up feeling desperate. As my dad said "Nic, it is what it is, it's not what it should have been, not what it could have been, it is what it is
Nicole Kidman

Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.
Kahlil Gibran

There’s nothing wrong with having your goals really high and trying to achieve them. That’s the fun part. You may come up short. I’ve come up short on a lot on my goals, but it’s always fun to try and achieve them.
Tiger Woods

The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
Alan Kay

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