A thing worse than dying with nothing; is dying without purpose.

The truth is, I can choose to view tough times as growing times, I can choose to see aging as seasoning and I can choose to focus on whatever good there is to be found...

We hold onto our flaws because they are insurance for our failures. Every fear serves a purpose. When we cling to unhelpful beliefs and old fears, we can blame failure on them. Growth requires the...

Sometimes the door closes on a relationship, not because we failed but because something bigger than us says this no longer fits our life. So, lock the door, shed a tear, turn around and look...

I have danced to deeply in my shadows, to ever fear the walk of my sunshine

A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow.

Just about ANY personality trait or skill can be learned: simply find it in someone you know and copy it. Then watch what happens.

Sunrise paints the sky with pinks and the sunset with peaches. Cool to warm. So is the progression from childhood to old age.

Confidence is a life ingredient that is essential to success and wholeness. It is perhaps the single most important trait that enables seemingly average people to do and become all that they can. And the...

As long as I am breathing, in my eyes, I am just beginning.

My scars remind me that I did indeed survive my deepest wounds. That in itself is an accomplishment. And they bring to mind something else, too. They remind me that the damage life has inflicted...

Love flows like flowers, and grows like water. I’m so thirsty for romance I could drink a dozen roses.

You wander. You work nearly every job known to man, it seems, only to arrive at the wonderings of philosophy.

Broken by hardships, disappointments and tragedy, people can become discouraged and cynical. But lives can also be mended. Put back together well, they won’t be just like they were before. Damaged pieces reassembled with a...

In learning and argumentation, the quality brain is similar to a facility of maximum security. What passes the logic test, free of fallacy and pretense, then must pass the test of biblical accuracy in order...

My two favourite things in life are libraries and bicycles. They both move people forward without wasting anything. The perfect day: riding a bike to the library.

No business can continue to shrink. That can only go on for so long before irrelevancy sets in.

An authentic and genuine life grows like a sturdy tree. And like a tree, it grows slowly. Every time you make a different and better decision, it grows a little. Every time you choose to...

Purpose expresses most deeply what makes you a unique individual. Your purpose defines who you are, how you live your life and how you lead. Your purpose provides you with inner strength and drive to...

People interested in change and personal development need larger and larger environments in which to live. Their views expand. Their perspectives broaden. Their interests change. They seek bigger challenges. And they need people in their...

Challenge each problem you face with purposeful thought and determined action. Resolve that ‘every’ situation you encounter will make you better, stronger, wiser, more skillful and more loving.

No work you’ll ever complete;no project you’ll ever attempt;no skill you’ll ever master;no book you’ll ever write;no race you’ll ever run;no sculpture you’ll ever create;no task you’ll ever perform;no structure you’ll ever build;nothing you will...

Sine doctrina vita est quasi mortis imago” [Without learning, life is but the image of death]

I firmly believe that life will continually try to teach you the same lesson, with increasing pain, until you heed the call.

Hope floats but effort propels.

If your dominant intent is to feel joy while you are doing the work, your triad of intentions-freedom, growth and joy-will come quickly and easily into alignment. See your “career” as one of creating a...

The last thing in the world we need to do is raise taxes and retard economic growth.

When the storm rips you to pieces, you get to decide how to put yourself back together again.

The growth, I think, is huge, simply by the fact that pretty well everybody out there is in some way a password user of some sort. We use them at a bank kiosk or ATM...

Fuel prices remain a major risk but now appear to be on a slow downward trend as global economic growth and demand for oil slows.

Self-love the perfect soil from which to grow love.

The further you are challenged and threatened, the more your warrior heart will emerge.

Making the tax cuts permanent is one thing I think he can push through. That feeds into job growth and his concept of an ownership society.

possibility of modest upside to current 4-8 percent quarter-over-quarter revenue-growth guidance.

Once you make the requisite personal commitment to make your success deliberate, that commitment must translate into a definition of higher personal standards meant to depict the true impression of what you have become or...

Make the difficult choices and adopt the discipline regime required of a person who has set their mind to succeed, kiss mediocrity goodbye and translate an ordinary life to the extraordinary. It takes personal commitment...

What are the obvious temptations and inclinations that consistently call me or entice me to go against my personal beliefs, values and standards? You don’t need a prophet for this!

Risk is essential. There is not growth of inspiration in staying within what is safe and comfortable. Once you find out what you do best, why not try something else?

You do not reduce or eliminate your concerns by crying, shouting or proving you are the victim of whatever happened in your life.

For 2001, we expect [Japanese] growth of marginally less than 1 percent.

Science is only a Latin word for knowledge

Perhaps I occasionally sought to give, or inadvertently gave, to the student a sense of battle on the intellectual battlefield. If all you do is to give them a faultless and complete and uninhabited architectural...

North Carolina is still reeling from mass layoffs despite better-than-average job growth.

Often, it’s not about becoming a new person, but becoming the person you were meant to be, and already are, but don’t know how to be.

Jiu Jitsu is a vehicle for self-discovery and growth. It reminds me of my ego, of my insecurities, and of my shortcomings.

It is clear to me that growth in this county is analogous to a freight train headed down the tracks with no brakes.

You’ve earned the right to grow. You’re going to have to carry the water yourself.

This stream, this stream supposed to go through over there, but all the growth – ah, so much growth – the river come around that now.

A rise in oil prices stifles economic growth, … There is a close correlation between gasoline prices and retail sales. Paying more per week for gas means less disposable income, which impacts retail and the...

The women loved everything that grew on God’s earth, even weeds. She knew that even the weeds were capable of doing miracles she never could.