“In a wonderful essay called ‘On an Apparent Intention in the Fate of the Individual,’ Schopenhauer points out that, once you have reached an advanced age, as I have, as you look back over your life, it can seem to have had a plot, as though composed by a novelist. Events that seemed entirely accidental or incidental turn out to have been central to the composition… Another astonishing way to look back is to pick up some diary entries or notes that you kept a long time ago. You’ll … [Read more...]

"We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves." ~Dalai Lama … [Read more...]

Dependability is the first foundation stone of good character. People of character do what they say they will do, when they say they will do it, and according to agreed-upon conditions. They are the leaders, the individuals to whom others turn for guidance, because they have demonstrated that they care, that they can be trusted. If you respect yourself enough to keep commitments even when it’s inconvenient to do so, others will come to respect you too. Dependability, like any other … [Read more...]

"It is not work that kills men, it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hardly put more on a man than he can bear. But worry is rust upon the blade. It is not movement that destroys the machinery, but friction." - Henry Ward Beecher … [Read more...]

"Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain." ~Mark Twain     … [Read more...]

"The man says, "If I had a fortune, I'd take good care of it. But I only have a paycheck and I don't know where it all goes." Wouldn't you love to have him running your company?" --Jim Rohn … [Read more...]

"The subconscious mind is more susceptible to influence by impulses of thought mixed with “feeling” or emotion, than by those originating solely in the reasoning portion of the mind." --Napoleon Hill   … [Read more...]

"When you believe in a thing, believe in it in all the way, implicitly and unquestionable." ~Walt Disney … [Read more...]

The Foundation of Habits by Napoleon Hill Cosmic habitforce, acting through the subconscious mind, picks up one’s mental attitude and translates it into the material equivalent, by employing normal natural laws and principles, and primarily by inspiring the man himself with a plan by which he may accomplish his purposes. Cosmic habitforce is always and everywhere at work, translating one’s mental attitude into its material equivalent. One does not have to worry about the working of … [Read more...]