"Powerful Thoughts of the Day"



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"When you say things like, "I am blessed, I am strong, I'm going to accomplish my dreams." That's not just being positive, you are prophesying victory, success, and new levels. Your life is going to follow the direction of your words."



"The positive thinker creates a majority."
Mazly --- Submitted by Mazhar Shaikh --- United Kingdom
Attitude


"Our lives are composed of the choices we make, the values we embrace, the crises we experience and the mentors we choose."
Larry Greider --- Submitted by Meena Monoroth


"Other people can stop you temporarily. You're the only one who can do it permanently."
Zig Ziglar --- Submitted by Brian G. Jett --- Kentucky




"If I were lucky enough at one point in my life to have someone ask me, "To what do you contribute your success?" I would first say thank you to those have inspired me to be a better person and the appreciation of such a great gift to pass this along. I would also thank my family and friends who have stood next to me at times when I could not stand. Finally, Perseverance. Never give up on yourself because it's not a matter of being the best, it's a matter of trying to always be better."
Copyright © 2008 Shawn Allen


"Equality for all is a stepping stone to peace."
Written in 2006 by Larissa Belcher
I said this one day to some friends after discussing discrimination in the work place. To my knowledge, I coined this quote.


"Luck can visit a fool but it never sits with him."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Santosh Jawali --- India


"Opportunity is like a door; when it swings open, you quickly enter because it will not be open forever."
Written in 2007 by Mavis Kumi --- Ghana


"A hidden wisdom is like a hidden star; it shines nowhere."
Copyright © 2008 Jay Xiong --- Wisconsin
In life, no matter how much wisdom or knowledge one has, unless one shares, it is like a lost tool.


"Success is your responsibility. You will only accomplish what you believe you can and do what you think is possible."
Written in 2008 by Bassey Ndon


"If not you, then who else?"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Veerabhadrakumar Dhikonda --- India


"I start where the last man left off."
Thomas Edison --- Submitted by Matthias Schmelz --- Portugal


"Life is similar to a mathematical proof. To arrive to a fruitful conclusion (a life worth living) you have to abide by certain rules (values) and accept a couple of axioms (God's mysteries)."
Written in 2008 by Alan De Martino --- Malta


"If you have a great ambition, take as big a step as possible in the direction of fulfilling it. The step may only be a tiny one, but trust that it may be the largest one possible for now."
Captain Mildred H. McAfee (Horton), USNR (1900-1994)


"Identify your problems, but give your power and energy to solutions."
Anthony Robbins


"I don't want to get into anything that would only be half-way. If we're going to commit to it, then we're going to commit to it all the way."
Al Unser, Jr.


"It's not always enough for us to persuade the mind, we must also move the heart."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Renae H. --- Australia
Sure, we may have all of the head knowledge in the world but it's only when this knowledge reaches our heart that we will be moved to act upon it.


"A man without imagination is like a bird without wings."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Shikha G. --- India


"Luck is what you have left over after you give 100 percent."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Edward G. --- Netherlands


"The ability and energy to do something lies in the self-interest of wanting to do it, if we can just put fear and doubt beyond our imagination."
Written in 2008 by Mohammed Onotu --- Nigeria


"It's fine to have your head in the clouds, as long as your feet are firmly on the ground."
Written in 2007 by Himanshu Arora --- India


"The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting goals and achieving them. Even the most tedious chore will become endurable as you parade through each day convinced that every task, no matter how menial or boring, brings you closer to fulfilling your dreams."
Og Mandino


"Circumstances are the perimeters of life."
Written in 2008 by Satyakam Gupta --- India


"If everyone in the world threw a little pebble or rock, we could build Mount Everest together."
Written in 2008 by Adriano Volpentesta --- Canada
The quote refers to everyone doing their small part in life, in their local community, so we can together build a wonderful world.


"Better to have spent a life reaching for a dream that never came true, than to have slept through a life that never had a dream."
Copyright © 2008 Samantha Pickreign


"Don't expect life to be fair, just take it as and how it comes and then you will realize nothing is as important as it seems at first."
Written in 2008 by Nimit Tanna --- India
For all the pessimists


"A good day can be a good day every day but is up to you to make the good decisions and choices to make a good day a better day!"
Written in 2008 by Aileen L. --- Texas


"Life gives you only what you accept."
Written in 2008 by Essien David --- Nigeria


"There is only one difference between a dream and an aim. A dream requires soundless sleep to see, whereas an aim requires sleepless efforts to achieve."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Manjunath More --- India

Thoughts Of The Day