Legacy

The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone, but the things you do for others remain as your legacy. 

~ Kalu Ndukwe Kalu 

Service to others is a great gift. 

Who are you?

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. 

~ Thomas Jefferson 

You are who you are. 

Love is

Love is the absence of judgement. 

~ Dalai Lama 

Open kindness is love. 

Dreaming

I dream my painting and I paint my dream. 

~ Vincent van Gogh 

Organize your life through your dreams.

Sun Loves the Earth

And still, after all this time, the Sun  has never said the the Earth, 

You Owe Me. 

Look what happens with love like that

It lights up the sky. 

~Hafez 

Great loves gives everything. 

Single Heart

To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer. 

~Mahatma Gandhi 

One loving act ripples out through the universe. 

Ignore Negative People

Ignore those that make you fearful and sad, that degrade you back toward disease and death. 

~ Rumi

Put value on those that bring you up. 

Power of Mind

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this and you will find strength. 

~ Marcus Aurelius 

Focused thoughts reach goals. 

Inspiration

C an't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with the club. 

~ Jack London 

Find inspiration where you are. 

Sunny Smile

It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living. 

~ F Scott Fitzgerald

Small steps to a bright day. 

Love and Attention

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and attention. 

~ Gautama Buddha

Be loving to others as to yourself. 

Do What You Do

Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway. 

~ Mary Kay Ash

Continue doing what you're doing. 

Win the Crown

I ask not for any crown ~ But that which all may win 

Not try to conquer any world ~ Except the one within. 

~ Lousia May Alcott 

What is the crown you wish to win? 

Healing

The soul is healed by being with children. 

~Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Be joyful as a child. 

Like What You Do

If you’re happy with what you’re doing, you’ll like yourself, you’ll have inner peace. 

~ Johnny Carson 

Find what you like to do. 

Believe in Yourself

Magic is believing in yourself. If you can do that, you can make anything happen. 

~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Meet the real you. 

Study

If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old. 

~ Lord Chesterfield

Learn new things. 

Life 101

There are no classes in life for beginners: right away you are always asked to deal with what is most difficult. 

~ Rainer Maria Rilke 

Gather all the information and make the best choice. 

Determine to Succeed

The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed. 

~ Elbert Hubbard 

Make life by your conscious choice. 

Responsible

To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others. 

~ Albert Camus 

We are all responsible for ourselves. 

Take Time

There is more to life than increasing its speed. 

~ Mahatma Gandhi 

Take time to complete a project. 

One Reason

Forget about all the reasons why something may not work. 

You only need to find one good reason why it will. 

~ Robert Anthony

One reason to continue. 

Focus

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose –

 a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye. 

~ Mary Shelley

Focus on the goal. Take steps to reach the goal. 

Imagine Greatness

Imagination is more important than knowledge. 

~ Albert Einstein 

All good things start with a dream. 

Take Action

Action doesn’t always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action. 

~ Benjamin Disraeli 

Find what makes you happy. Do more of it. 

Be Bold

Seize this very minute; what you can do, or dream you can, begin it; 

boldness as genius, power and magic in it. 

~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Each day gives opportunity to dream. 

One Life

There is just one life for each of us: our own. 

~ Euripides 

In the end, the decisions are your own. 

Believe in Yourself

Doubt whom you will, but never yourself. 

~ Christian Nestell Bovee 

Believe in your core, your energy, your source of you. 

Imagination

The imagination is the secret and marrow of civilization. 

~ Henry Ward Beecher 

Life is better when we use our creative energy to make something beautiful, better. 

Direction

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. 

~ Henry David Thoreau 

Dreams give energy to our desires. Choose the direction. Use the energy. 

Forgiveness

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them. 

~ Bruce Lee

First, we admit the error. Second, we amend it. Third, we forgive it.