Simplicity is not leading a very simple life with bountiful wealth and luxury that one can lay hands on, but building no desire to have surplus resources in spite of living in abject penury situations.

It’s not going to be so easy to be yourself as speaking or advocating about it, but he who is truly determined and destined attains this coveted status.

to me, the future doesn’t seem real. It’s just this magical place where I can put my responsibilities so that I don’t have to be scared while hurtling toward failure at right hundred miles per...

When you write a manuscript, it feels like being in a relationship with someone. You’ll hate it, get bored with it, be pissed of, like you just want to break up. But, just like any...

Little Voice is a story where every reader, young or old, can feel inspired by its positive, inspiring and motivating message.

Most things of exchange require money. The most worthy of exchange requires the mind, heart and time. It’s a SPIRITUAL not MATERIAL journey!~

watch this!” #StokesNotes

When you forget about the how, go back to the why.

Woodrow Wilson intimate Edward House urged that his boss never first be approached by argument. Instead, the President could be made most receptive by laying a groundwork of ‘common hatred”.

Life is serious conflicts between the right way and the easy way each day.The thing is you head up straight. And when you make that choice. And when you decide turn your back to what’s...

Be honest with yourself.You can’t be the bestyou can be unless you knowwho you really are.

Let go of the idea of winningor losing. In the game of life,the most important thingis just showing upand doing your best.

True happiness is a state of being,not one of doing or having.

Yours is a race whose imagination is limited to its own small appetites. Greed, lust, envy – these are the motivating forces of humankind. What redeems you is that in every man and woman there...

The unity of Nigeria will only come if we overcome and overgrow tribe, materialism and selfish human nature.

No one – can be you

… In a ROWE* people don’t have schedules.They show up when they want.They don’t have to be in the office at certain time, or anytime.They just have to get their work done.How they do it...

People will sit up and take notice of you if you will sit up and take notice of what makes them sit up and take notice.

There is no more compelling motivation to worthwhile endeavor than the knowledge that we are children of God, that God expects us to do something with our lives, and that He will give us help...

I think what I try to do with all the naysayers, negative comments, or even people that think you can’t do it, I’m trying very hard to use it as motivation and to add to...

Always be true to yourself and follow your dreams!

We feel unfulfilled when there is a gap between what is most important to us, the realm of personal leadership, and what we are actually doing with our time, the realm of personal management. You...

There is no team without the individual members; an individual can never be a team.

What was the difference between Anne Frank and any other 15 year old girl living the same nightmare? Nothing! Aside from the fact that Anne spoke through her writings while others kept silent. Someone very...

When you prepare, regularly work hard, create value, help others get what they want, and persevere… the life of your dreams is INEVITABLE.

Destiny is always a doorstep away, if we know to move in the right direction.

Learn from past experiences but accept them all as perfect while staying in the present. Let go of everything that doesn’t serve you.

Without any music, I started to dance. I wanted the music to be inside me, or at least for it to appear that way. I imagined myself the lead with an audience here to see...

I wrote in my journal about how good I felt when I was not living under Ed’s control. Then, when I really felt like giving up, I read these pages and realized that I was...

Recall what used to be the theme of poetry in the romantic era. In neat verses the poet lets us share his private, bourgeois emotions: his sufferings great and small, his nostalgias, his religious or...

The public’s imagination is rarely captured by bland temperance.

Your passion is your internal compass that will guide you from where you are towards where you want to go.

My first bit of advice is to not personalize a job loss. The cause for the dismissal was a business calculation. This is difficult for many to grasp; it’s difficult to accept that events just...

An accumulation of pennies is a fortune. Day-to-day practice is perfection. A dream realized is nothing more than many steps taken toward the borders of once-impossible.

Stress builds character and failure breeds motivation. I guess I’m a Optimist.

A wolf may be a friend when he has eaten but is a wolf when he is hungry – rjs

The deepest and darkest dungeons that we are ever flung into are the dungeons of the mind

timing is everything” is never more true than in your walk with God—HIS timing is everything.

Always believe in your ability to surprise yourself

Don’t just GO through life, GROW through it. For Life comes to you only once . . . never to return! Climb the Ladder of Life, step by step-RVM

Forget about the Past; Don’t Worry about the Future; Live Today!-RVM

A life spent at the edge of the pier is a life full of regret, a life full of fear.

HOPES may vanish; DREAMS never die.

Today more than ever before, its time to go through with life. Stop thinking so hard about what it is that you want to do. Go out and conquer your dreams! Only you can walk...

Motivation gets you going and habit gets you there.

Maybe our job in life is to helpa person run a little farther,to try a little harder,to not give up.

The greatest story every(any)one can tell is the story of their life. Just don’t let the climax of your story be unrealized dreams.

We came to life to leave a mark, either a wrong or right! So what route is your lifestyle taking?

Patience is the only way you can endure the gray periods.

But I don’t even know where to start!””Don’t you artists have any imagination? Make something up!