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...

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

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.

This is generally more good news, a lower unemployment rate, additional seasonally adjusted job growth, continued growth and improvement in the Oregon economy.

There’s so much room for growth.

Being broken open by the storm is your only hope.

We have all suffered losses and pain, but no loss is greater than a life lost holding-on to a painful past.

I not only want to understand God’s revelations, I want to be changed by them.

You must cultivate value within yourself if you want to move forward.

The bigger the mistake the bigger the opportunity.

Motivation is awakening own mind and Inspiration is arising spirit in others to find their own with their heart and soul in all.

We are excited to have the new management team in place to drive our next level of growth. Keith and Dian have been critical to the success of Apache to date and having them in...

Train your emotions to listen to your fundamental empowering beliefs. Be principle-centred and values-driven.

The aim is to produce specific results by your actions, so you begin to do things on purpose. If I leave things to chance, I am losing the plot to make success deliberate, meaning I...

We don’t have the same backgrounds, we do not possess the same skills or talents, we are not from the same generation, and neither do we have access to the same platform to shine. Things...

You can and should stand up for who you are and what you represent, without fear or prejudice. You take the promises you have made to yourself and to others very seriously.

Whatever you possess as an advantage over others, must be meticulously executed to produce desired results and progress.

Let us see what tomorrow will bring us? Will it be joy and triumph, chaos and glory, love and growth, or victory and success?

One of the biggest challenges for the MENA region is unemployment coupled with high population growth rates. The World Bank is committed to supporting infrastructure projects that will help with job creation across the region.

A most amazing thing can happen when we connect with NATURE. We can feel and hear our soul’s voice in the loudest and most strongest profound way! This connection creates a life that reflects our...

Buffalo has been a growth market for us and now when expect it to be on the cargo side.

Growth is not as high [in the U.S.] as it was a year ago, but that’s true for the industry. (But) we’re seeing higher growth this year from Europe.

There is an undeniable truth that as one progresses further in his understanding of a craft the rest of his life progresses along with it. This symbiotic relationship between all things is experienced on a...

All great leaders find a sense of balance through their levels of reception. For instance, those who support a leader may soften him, those who ignore him may challenge him, and those who oppose him...

We use American influence with Israel not to promote economic growth in the West Bank, but to try and impede Jewish – never Arab – construction in the capital city.

Not everything that’s right feels good and not everything that feels good is right

What we’re seeing here is a growth in the punitive type of fees. The fees are really going to get you if you step outside the bounds set by financial institutions.

The little flowers grew everywhere around the rocks, and no one had asked them to grow, or me to grow.