The miracle of your existence calls for celebration every day.

Oprah Winfrey

A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.

 

Edward G Bulwer-Lytton

Imperfect action is better than perfect inaction.

Harry Truman

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen

Sir Winston Churchill

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

Chinese Proverb

The miracle of your existence calls for celebration every day.

Oprah Winfrey

Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.

Harold S Geneen

The fastest way to freedom is to feel your feelings.

Gita Bellin

The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.

William James

Acts of love are what will bring peace to our life and to the world.

Dr. Lee Jampolsky with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

As we express out gratitude , we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

John F Kennedy with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Inspiration is contagious; the more we are exposed to it the more we inevitable pass it on.

Christopher Novak with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

If you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness. It will change your life mightily.

Gerald Good with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live

Flora Whittemore with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

It's not the things we get but the hearts we touch that will determine our success.

Mac Anderson with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everyone

Bill Cosby with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us

Joseph Campbell with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

One key to knowing joy is being easily pleased.

Mark Nepo with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

Nelson Mandela with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us

Ralp Waldo Emerson with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

It doesn't matter where you've been, it only matters where you are going

Brian Tracey with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

A beautiful word or though that is not accompanied by corresponding acts is like a bright flower that bears no fruit. It would not produce any effect.

The Buddha with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you

Princess Diana with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it

Mother Teresa with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

May you be blessed with all things good

Kate Nowak with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Only you can make you happy.

Aaron "Marty" Martinson with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Open your mind to solutions. Make a decision. Get into action.

Barb Rogers with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.

Lily Tomlin with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.

Marcel Proust with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

It's not the things we get but the hearts we touch that will determine our success in life.

Mac Anderson with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple - that's creativity.

Charles Minges with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.

Ralp Waldo Emerson with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

A great resolution for the New Year is to volunteer your time for others, even if just once a week, or once a month

Julie Fisher-Mcgarthy with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Remember, the greatest gift is not found in a store or under a tree, but in the hearts of true friends.

Cindy Lew with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Love is action. It's clear, it's kind, it's effortless, and it's irresistible.

Bryron Katie with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Teachers inspire the smallest hearts to grow big enough to change the world.

Paula j Fox with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

The real beginning of influence comes as others sense you are being influence by them - when they feel understood by you - that you have listened deeply and sincerely, and that you are open.

Stephen Covey with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Nothing can add more power to your life than concentrating all your energies on a limited set of targets.

Nido Qubein with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Only three percent of adults have written goals, and everyone else works for them.

Brian Tracy

Gratitude creates happiness.

MJ Ryan - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Home is where you dare to dream and your harvest exceeds your greatest expetations

Mary Anne Radmacher - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Simply keep a place within you where it is welcomed, and happiness will come and abide with you forever.

Hugh Prather - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

As you awaken, may your dreams greet you by name and may you answer, "yes".

Mary Anne Radmacher - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability.

Bruce Jenner - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

It is the service we are not obliged to give that people value most.

James C Penney - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Each one of us has to find his peace from within. And peace, to be real, must be unaffected by outside circumstances.

Gandhi - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

It's not about what happens. It's about perspective. I may not be able to change what takes place, but I can always choose to change my thinking.

Michelle Sedas - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

With more understanding, we can meet in the middle and walk the rest of the way together.

Eric Harvey - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he is willing to climb it himself.

Andrew Carnegie - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

When you wake up, seek the courage and strength to do the right thing. Decide that this will be another day in which you….Walk the talk

Eric Harvey - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.

Vincent van Gogh - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

Edith Wharton - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Often people do not say all they mean. Develop your listening skills to hear things left unsaid as well as things they share.

Chris Clarke- Epstein - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well the body.

Benjamin Franklin - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Believe in something big. Your life is worth a noble motive.

Walter Anderson - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Love your enemy. It will drive him nuts.

Eleanor Doan - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

Ralp Waldo Emmerson - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Just one person taking action can inspire others to do the same.

Leslie C Aguilar - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

You have not lived a perfect day...unless you have done something for someone who will never be able to repay you.

Ruth Smeltzer

Great leadership usually starts with a willing heart, a positive attitude, and a desire to make a difference

Mac Anderson-with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.

Conrad Hilton-with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Service is the outer expression of your inner values.

Angela Perke-with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

There are two lasting bequest we can give our children: one is roots, the other is wings

Hodding Carter-with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

If you want to feel proud of yourself, you've got to do things you can be proud of. Feelings follow actions

Oseola Mccarthy-with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

I always wondered why somebody didn't do something about that, then I realized I was somebody

Lily Tomlin-with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Begin somewhere. You cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.

Elizabeth Smith-with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

When you build bridges, you can keep crossing them.

Rick Pitino-with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Swim against the tide of opinion: Decide that happiness is an essential part of a life well lived

Hugh Prather-with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

In all things, be willing to listen to people around you. None of us is really smart enough to go it alone.

John Clendenin

There is real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.

Norman Vincent Peale

 Business and life are marathons, just like the iditarod. We have to strategically pace ourselves in order to achieve success.

Chris Fuller

 We have the golden rule to memory. Let us now commit it to life.

Edwin Markham

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

Henry Brooks Adams

Spend your energy searching for solutions, not excuses.

David Cottrell

When your values are clear to you, making decisions becomes easier.

Roy Disney - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

The key to happiness is learning to let go

Hugh Prather - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

The true measure of your character is what you would do if you were sure no one would ever find out.

John C Maxwell - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Success, real success, in any business requires a sense of urgency, a sense of personal mission.

Ken Carnes - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Understand your purpose in life by feeling your hearts desires.

Marcia Wieder - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Patience is the ability to let your light shine after your fuse has blown

Bob Levey - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Gratitude is heaven

William Blake - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Aim for service and success will follow.

Albert Schweitzer - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

When performance exceeds ambition, the overlap is called success.

Cullen Hightower - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Just as plants soak up water, your children need your loving words, and with them they will thrive.

Judy Fowith - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.

Wayne Dyer - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

The most important thing about goals is having one.

Geoffrey F Abert - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

The passion that lies within you must be discovered.

Laurie Calzada

Just as plants soak up water, your children need your loving words, and with them they will thrive.

Judy Ford

If you change the things, the things you look at change.

Wayne Dyer - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

The most important thing about goals is having one.

Geoffrey F Abert

Find something that you love to do and you'll never have to work a day in your life!

Harvey Mackay - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

It is the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter

Marlene Dietrich - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

Albert Einstein - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.

Napoleon Hill - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Guard your own spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds

Ralp Waldo Emerson - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

It doesn't matter where you've been, it only matters where you are going.

Brian Tracy - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Success doesn't come to you - you go to it.

Marva Collins - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

We become what we think about

Earl Nightingale - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

You earn the right to expect recognition by giving it! It's that simple.

Eric Harvey - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

A leader's job is to look into the future and see the organization, not as it is, but as it should be.

Jack Welch - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

May home be the place from which you launch your dreams.

Mary Anne Radmacher - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.

Thomas Edison - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform cease to exist.

Mary Kay Ash - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

First we make our attitudes. Then our attitudes make us.

Denis Waitley - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

There are two lasting bequests we can give our children: one is roots, the other is wings

Hodding Carter - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.

Indira Gandhi - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

If we make each and every moment count, we will have "enough" time.

Amy Jones - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

Napoleon Hill - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Once you choose hope, anything's possible

Christopher Reeve - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Honor yourself with lovingly courageous actions chosen intentionally.

Mary Anne Radmacher - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Knowing your peace of mind is up to you, not the world, is the most powerful and secure state of mind you can achieve.

Lee Jampolsky - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

The best way to escape form a problem is to solve it.

Alan Saporta - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Choose your responses carefully. Whether you incite or inspire is your decision

Lorri Vaughter Allen - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Friendship is a relationship in which two people come to share the same soul.

Aristotle ±300 BC - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

No act of kindness is ever wasted.

Aesop ±500 BC - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Learn from yesterday, live for today and hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.

Albert Einstein - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

By concentrating on the positive, we create a sense of optimism and energy.

Christopher Novak - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

It's not the size of the man, but the size of his heart that matters.

Evander Holyfield - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Wrap your loved ones with blessings of wellness and joy.

Kate Nowak - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

It takes courage to let go of your assumptions and fly your dreams as a soaring invitation to become the best version of yourself.

Mary Anne Radmacher - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.

Rita Mae Brown - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

The quality of your life is the quality of your relationships

Anthony Robbins - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

How well we communicate is determined not by how well we say things, but how well we are understood.

Andrew Grove - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

We immediately become more effective when we decide to change ourselves rather than asking things to change for us.

Stephen Covey - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Against the force of laughter nothing can stand.

Mark Twain - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Tell people where they are going and they may get there;inspire them with why they are going there and they will move mountains.

Christopher Novak - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm

Ralph Waldo Emerson - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

You have brains in your head, and feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.

Dr Seuss - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

I live in a world full of wonders: today I will notice and appreciate its amazing beauty and order.

Karen Casey - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

There are only two options regarding commitment. You're either in or out. There's no such thing as life-between.

Pat Riley - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

It's not having what you want; it's wanting what you've got.

Sheryl Crow - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

If you want to be successful, you must get good at getting along.

BJ Gallagher - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

If I really want to improve my situation, I can work on the one thing over which I have control - myself.

Stephen Covey - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.

Eleanor Roosevelt - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

The key is not to prioritize what is on the schedule, but to schedule your priorities.

Stephen Covey - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

It is the service we are not obliged to give that people value most.

James C Penney - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Respect for ourselves guides our morals; respect for others guides our manners.

Laurence Sterne - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Your real performance standards are not the behaviors you expect, but rather the behaviors you accept.

BJ Gallagher - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Each spiritual journey begins with a step forward - the moment when you realize that there's more to life than you've been living.

Vicky Thompson - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong.

Ella Fitzgerald - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

It's not what we leave our kids; it's what we leave within them that counts.

Valerie Sokolosky - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Excellent service givers pay attention to the person and situation at hand. They listen for things the client isn't saying.

Linda Byars Swindling - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Dr Joyce Brothers - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

Dream big dreams, but never forget that realistic short-term goals are the keys to your success.

Mac Anderson-with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.

John Quincy Adams

We're not so much scared of failing - as being seen to fail!

Petes Weekly Business Idea, quoting Harry Beckwith

How we spend our days, of course, is how we spend our lives.

Annie Billard

Success is never final and failure never fatal. It’s courage that counts.

George F Tilton

No love, no friendship can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever.

Francois Mauriac

Failure is more frequently from want of energy than want of capital.

Daniel Webster

As I grew older, I pay less attention to what men say.  I just watch what they do

Andrew Carnegie

Hope is a risk that must be run.

George Bernard Shaw

When a person tells you: "I’ll think it over and let you know" - you know.

Olin Miller

Recession - A period when sales are down 5% and staff meetings up 25%.

Unknown

Quality service: It is simply doing what you say you will do, within the time stated.

Wendy Evans

The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them.

Albert Einstein

The world is filled with an abundance of opportunity which the dreamers of the past never knew.

Napoleon Hill

You can accomplish much if you don’t mind who gets the credit.

Ronald Reagan

Where there is a will there is a way. Through dogged determination and perseverance, the will becomes the way eventually.

Dr Anton Rupert

No electricity, no water, no furniture, no textbooks, no excuses, just success - Sunday Times, 5 August 2001 on a principle of a school on a remote Eastern Cape hillside which has pulled off an education miracle - an astonishing increase in its matric pass rate from less than 4% to 93% in just three years. I am proud to be a South African.

Sunday Times

On a recent visit to a listed company, I saw the following on a notice board: "Yesterday’s JSE share price was R... Tomorrow’s price depends on US!" If I want it to be, it’s up to me.

Unknown

Don’t live in the past and rely on past successes
· Get rid of your rear mirrors!
· The future is where the entrepreneur will spend most of his/her time
· Give scant regard to the past and be obsessed with the future.

Dr Anton Rupert

Time ... marches on; organize or agonise; seize it, or you will be seized; taste it, or it will be wasted; pursue it or you will perish in it; march with it or it will march right over you. Time marches on

Unknown

Goals - success can be defined as the progressive realization of a predetermined goal.

Unknown

Self discipline - a life in which anything goes will ultimately be a life in which nothing goes

Unknown

Career - life is to short not to enjoy it. Therefore, find something that you like to do so much that you would gladly do it for nothing. Then learn to do it so well that people would be happy to pay you for it.

John Maxwell

Priorities - anything that is excellent or praiseworthy stands moment-by-moment on the cutting edge and must be constantly fought for.

Ross Perot

It is difficult to live successfully in the new, without a hope for the future and a willingness to forgive the past.

A friend

The man who wins may have been counted out several times, but he just didn’t hear the referee.

Unknown

The longest journey starts with a single step. Henry Nowick adds "...in the right direction". Find your purpose in life. Then pursue it. Do not delay.

Lao Tzu Henry Nowick

You are the way you are because that’s the way you want to be. If you really wanted to be different, you would be in the process of changing right now

Fred Smith

Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.

Joel Barker

You may be disappointed if you fail, but will be doomed if you don’t try.

Unknown

You never know when one kind act, or one word of encouragement, can change life forever.

Zig Ziglar - with acknowledgement of WALKTHETALK