Many People Say, "well, I'd Love To Make A Decision Like That, But I'm Not Sure How I Could Change My Life." They're Paralyzed By The Fear That They Don't Know Exactly How To Turn Their Dreams Into Reality. And As A Result, They Never Make The Decisions That Could Make Their Lives Into The Masterpieces They Deserve To Be. I'm Here To Tell You That It's Not Important Initially To Know How You're Going To Create A Result. What's Important Is To Decide You Will Find A Way, No Matter What.

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All Human Progress Is Preceded By New Questions

Progress

Humans

Human Progress

Identity Is This Incredible Invisible Force That Controls Your Whole Life. It's Invisible, Like Gravity Is Invisible, But It Controls Your Whole Life.

Identity

Incredibles

Invisible

Winter Isn't Forever. Winter Is Always Followed By Spring. And It's How To Take Advantage Of Whatever Season You're In.

Spring

Winter

Forever

Focus Equals Feeling.

Inspirational

Focus

Feelings

Don't Be Afraid Of New Ideas. Be Afraid Of Old Ideas. They Keep You Where You Are And Stop You From Growing And Moving Forward. Concentrate On Where You Want To Go, Not On What You Fear.

Moving

Ideas

Growing

Common Sense Is Not Too Common.

Common Sense

Common

If You Don't Set A Baseline Standard For What You'll Accept In Life, You'll Find It's Easy To Slip Into Behaviours And Attitudes Or A Quality Of Life That's Far Below What You Deserve.

Life

Attitude

Standards Set

I Prime My Mind. I Wake Up Every Morning And Say, "look, If You Don't Have 10 Minutes For Yourself, You Don't Have A Life." I Take 10 Minutes.

Morning

Mind

Looks

You Want To Change Your Life? Control The Only Thing You Can Control: The Meaning You Give Something.

Change

Giving

Want

It's Not What's Happening To You Now Or What Has Happened In Your Past That Determines Who You Become. Rather, It's Your Decisions About What To Focus On, What Things Mean To You, And What You're Going To Do About Them That Will Determine Your Ultimate Destiny.

Motivational

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Mean

You Have To Move From Just Working For Money To A World Where Money Works For You.

Moving

World

Quality Questions Create A Quality Life.

Quality

Network Marketing

Quality Of Life

The Path To Success Is To Take Massive, Determined Action.

Inspirational

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Congratulations

Beliefs Have The Power To Create And The Power To Destroy.

Inspirational

Success

Basketball

Do What You Did In The Beginning Of A Relationship And There Won't Be An End.

Relationship

Positivity

Ends

Time Is The Capital Of Your Life, So Spend It Wisely.

Beliefs Help Us Tap The Richest Resources Deep Within Us, Creating & Directing These Resources To Support Our Desired Outcome

Creating

Support

Outcomes

Working Because You Want To, Not Because You Have To Is Financial Freedom.

Want

Financial

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For Changes To Be Of Any True Value, They've Got To Be Lasting And Consistent.

Change

Powerful

Consistency

Every Time You Reach For Food, Ask Yourself, 'will This Cleanse Or Clog Me?'

Inner Strength

Asks

Your Capability Is Constant, But How Much Of It You Use Depends Upon The Identity You Have For Yourself.

Identity

Use

Constant

The Art Of Fulfillment Is The Ability To Experience Not Only The Thrill Of The Chase, But Also The Magic Of The Moment, The Unbridled Joy Of Feeling Truly Alive.

Art

Joy

Feelings

Always Have Something To Look Forward To.

Looks

Who You Spend Time With Is Who You Become! Change Your Life By Consciously Choosing To Surround Yourself With People With Higher Standards!

Inspirational

People

Changing Your Life

It's Not Resources But Resourcefulness That Ultimately Makes The Difference.

Differences

Resources

Resourcefulness

Make Your Life A Masterpiece: Step Beyond The Demands Of The Moment And Begin Right Now To Design And Live The Life You Deserve.

Live Life

Design

Demand

The Quality Of Your Life Is The Quality Of Where You Live Emotionally

Relationship

Quality

Where You Live

Change Your Habitual Questions And Change Your Destiny!

Destiny

Inner Strength

Habitual

Success Leaves Clues, Proximity Is Power. Love Your Family, Choose Your Peers.

Love You

Peers

Clue

If You Question Anything Enough, You'll Begin To Doubt It.

Doubt

Enough

Ifs

Most Fears In Life Rarely Come To Fruition.

Inspirational

Fruition

I've Come To Believe That All My Past Failure And Frustration Were Actually Laying The Foundation For The Understandings That Have Created The New Level Of Living I Now Enjoy.

Motivational

Break Up

Breakup

If You Can't, You Must. If You Must, You Can. Most People Fail In Life Because They Major In Minor Things. Quality Questions Create A Quality Life. Successful People Ask Better Questions, And As A Result, They Get Better Answers. It Is In Your Moments Of Decision That Your Destiny Is Shaped.

Successful

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People

We Are The Only Beings On The Planet Who Lead Such Rich Internal Lives That It's Not The Events That Matter Most To Us, But Rather, It's How We Interpret Those Events That Will Determine How We Think About Ourselves And How We Will Act In The Future.

Life

Motivational

Spiritual

Don't Put Off Joy And Happiness. Strive To Live Each Day To Its Fullest, Squeezing All The Joy You Can Out Of Each Moment. Instead Of Measuring Your Life's Value By Your Progress Toward A Single Goal, Remember That The Direction You're Headed In Is More Important Than Temporary Results.

Goal

Joy

Progress

We Look At What We Do To Determine Who We Are.

Looks

Who We Are

Determine

Who Are You Now? Who Have You Decided To Become? Make This Decision Consciously. Make It Carefully. Make It Powerfully. Then Act Upon It.

Inspirational

Decision

Crossroads

People Are Rewarded In Public For What The Practice For Years In Private.

Years

Practice

People

If We Believe In Magic, We'll Live A Magical Life.

Uplifting

Believe

Magic

There Is A Powerful Driving Force Inside Every Human Being That Once Unleashed Can Make Any Vision, Dream, Or Desire A Reality.

Leadership

Dream

Powerful

Most People, If They're Doing Really Well In Their Career, Often Don't Have The Right Intimacy With Their Partner, Or They're Doing Great In Their Home Life, But Their Finances Are A Mess.

Home

Careers

People

Knowing Is Not Enough! You Must Take Action.

Knowing

Action

Enough

I Have No Delusions That I'm The Only Source Of Improving People's Lives Or That I'm Even The Right Source. My Style Is Intense, And It's Not Going To Be Right For Everybody.

People

Style

Intense

The One Common Denominator Of All Successful People Is Their Hunger To Push Through Their Fears.

Successful

People

Common

There Is A Force That Controls All Your Decisions. It Influences How You Think And Feel Every Moment You're Alive. It Determines What You Will Do And What You Will Not Do. It Determines How You Feel About Anything That Occurs In Your Life. That Force Is Your Beliefs.

Thinking

Decision

Alive

The Difference Between Those Who Succeed And Those Who Fail Isn't What They Have'it's What They Choose To See And Do With Their Resources And Their Expertise Of Life.

Differences

Succeed

Failing

Ten Years From Now You'll Laugh At Whatever's Stressing You Out Today. So Why Not Laugh Now?

Stress

Years

Laughing

The Difference Between Must & Should Is The Life You Want And The Life You Have.

Differences

Want

Should

There Are No Failures, Only Outcomes. As Long As I Learn Something, I Am Succeeding.

Long

Inner Strength

Outcomes

Remember, Ask And You Shall Receive. If You Ask A Terrible Question, You'll Get A Terrible Answer. Your Mental Computer Is Ever Ready To Serve You, And Whatever Question You Give It, It Will Surely Come Up With An Answer.

Giving

Answers

Remember

Emotion Is Created By Motion. Whatever You're Feeling Right Now Is Related To How You're Using Your Body.

Love

Feelings

Body

The Goal Of Becoming More Consistent With Your Core Authentic Self Is A Much Stronger Motivator Than "i Need To Lose 30 Pounds."

Self

Goal

Stronger

The Only People Without Problems Are In Cemeteries. If You Don't Have Problems, Get On Your Knees And Pray.

Inspirational

People

Knees

I Love My Kids. But I Don't Give Them The Burden Of Being The Source Of My Love.

Kids

Giving

Burden

Everybody's Life Is Either A Warning Or An Example. You've Got To Decide What You're Gonna Be And You Have To Draw A Line In The Sand.

Example

Warning

Lines

The Quickest, Simplest, And Most Powerful Way I Know To Handle Any Emotion Is To Remember A Time When You Felt A Similar Emotion And Realize That You've Successfully Handled This Emotion Before.

Motivational

Powerful

Way

All Personal Breakthroughs Being With A Change In Beliefs. So How Do We Change? The Most Effective Way Is To Get Your Brain To Associate Massive Pain To The Old Belief.

Change

Pain

Break Through

I'd Say It's That Most People Think That Very Wealthy People Take Huge Risks And That's Why They Have Huge Rewards. But The Very Best On Earth Are Completely Obsessed With Not Losing Money. That Sounds Overly Simplistic, But They Know That If You Lost 50 Percent, It Takes 100 Percent To Get Even. Most People Don't Make That Math In Their Head, So It Takes Years And Years. They Are Obsessed With Not Losing Money.

Math

Thinking

Years

We're Not Happy Unless We Feel Like We're Growing.

Happiness

Growing

Not Happy

Leaders Focus On What They Can Control, What They Have, And What They Want.

Focus

Leader

Want

Change Is Never A Matter Of Ability, It's Always A Matter Of Motivation.

Motivation

Matter

Ability

Success Comes From Taking The Initiative And Following Up Or Persisting.

Depth

Momentum

Initiative

My View Is My Entire Life Has Been Shaped By Giving When I Didn't Have It. Some Idiot Who's Wealthy And Doesn't Give, They'll Rot In Their Own Selfishness. I'm Not Worried About Them. What I'm Really Interested In Is The Day-to-day Person, Human Beings Who Want To Go To Another Level Of Their Life.

Views

Giving

Selfishness

Effective Leaders Know That Resources Are Never The Problem; It's Always A Matter Or Resourcefulness.

Leader

Inner Strength

Matter

I Have An Outline But Never Use A Teleprompter. That Kills The Connection.

Connections

Use

Outlines

Give People More Than They Expect, And Do It Cheerfully.

Relationship

People

Giving

The Best Way To Deal With Procrastination Is To Postpone It.

Procrastination

Way

Deals

I Have Dedicated My Time Here On Earth To Find The Tools That Can Help Each Of Us Experience An Extraordinary Quality Of Life. I Do Believe That Such A Life Can Only Be Found By Living One's True Passion. Without Passion, An Individual Gets Caught In The Trap Of Making A Living Instead Of Designing A Life. When We Fall Into The Trap Of Getting Up Each Day To Reenact An "ordinary" Existence, We Find Ourselves At A Level That Is Merely One Of Survival.

Believe

Fall

Passion

Expectations Send Unconscious Signals That People Respond To.

People

Expectations

Signals

Throughout Human History, Our Greatest Leaders And Thinkers Have Used The Power Of Words To Transform Our Emotions, To Enlist Us In Their Causes, And To Shape The Course Of Destiny. Words Can Not Only Create Emotions, They Create Actions. And From Our Actions Flow The Results Of Our Lives.

Motivational

Destiny

Leader

Doing Nothing Makes Us Crazy. But Freedom Comes When You Don't Have To Work.

Crazy

Doing Nothing

You Are As Strong As You Think You Are, You Can Achieve Things You Think You Can Achieve, Its All In Your Head

Encouragement

Strong

Thinking

Many People Try To Avoid Pressure, Yet The Absence Of Any Tension Or Pressure Usually Creates A Sense Of Boredom And The Lackluster Experience Of Life That So Many People Complain About.

Motivational

People

Boredom

We Don't Get Our Shoulds, We Get Our Musts.

To Measure Success With Material Things Is Failure!

Measure Of Success

Materials

Material Things

You Must Find A More Empowering Source Of Comfort, Connection, And Control Than Food. Perhaps A Creative Outlet, Helping Others, Becoming Active In An Organization, Whatever.

Helping Others

Organization

Empowering

Life Is A Gift, And It Offers Us The Privilege, Opportunity, And Responsibility To Give Something Back By Becoming More.

Motivational

Positive

Powerful

Problems Are God's Resistance To Create Spiritual Muscles.

Spiritual

Resistance

Problem

Determination And Persistence Are Melded Together. Their Basis Comes From People Who Stay Hungry And Don`t Allow Themselves To Get Too Comfortable. Entering A Comfort Zone Is The Fastest Way To Kill Your Drive And Determination, At Which Point You Begin To Accept Whatever You Have As Being "good Enough." There Is No Self-esteem In Accepting The Status Quo. There Are Tremendous Emotional And Psychological Rewards That Come With Pushing Yourself To Break Through Past Limits And, In The Process, Creating Something Of Value For Yourself And Others.

Determination

Self Esteem

Emotional

Many People Are Passionate, But Because Of Their Limiting Beliefs About Who They Are And What They Can Do, They Never Take Actions That Could Make Their Dream A Reality

Wise

Dream

Powerful

Most People Settle For Connection, Because Love's Too Scary. They Don't Want To Lose That Feeling, That Super High Is Too Crushing So They Settle For The Comfort Of Connection.

Crush

People

Scary

Your Philosophy Of Life Shapes You More Than Anything Else

Philosophy

Shapes

Life Philosophy

Everything In Life And Business, You Only Earn More If You Become More Valuable. Because If You Can Do More For People Than Anybody Else Does, You Can Prosper. But You Can't Do That Unless You're Constantly Educating Yourself With The Cutting Edge. My Whole Life, Even When I Had No Money, I Would Invest In Education.

Cutting

People

Doe

Trade Your Expectations For Appreciation And The World Changes Instantly.

Thank You

Appreciation

Grateful

I Wrote Down All The Things I Would No Longer Accept In My Life, All The Things I Would No Longer Tolerate, And All The Things That I Aspired To Becoming.

Inspirational

Becoming

Accepting

The Minute You Start Keeping Score, You're Destroying The Relationship.

Destroying

Minutes

Score

The Way To Expand Our Lives Is To Model The Lives Of Those People Who Are Already Succeeding.

People

Way

Succeed

If You Want Anything To Change, You've Got To Change It. If You Want Things To Get Better, You've Got To Get Better. And The Only Way To Really Do Well In Life Is To Find More Value Than Anybody.

Get Better

Want

Way

If You Are Going To Succeed, You Must Deal With What Caused You To Fail

Self Improvement

Succeed

Failing

My Life Has Changed Because Somebody Fed My Family On Thanksgiving When I Was Eleven Years Old. It Wasn't The Food That Changed Me, It Was The Fact That A Stranger Cared. That's What Changed My Life. That Made Me The Person I Am Today And Have Been For The Last 37 Years. All That Came Out Of That, That Simple Act Of Getting A Result.

Simple

Years

Today

Our Idea Of A Real Problem Is Someone Else's Idea Of An Ultimate Dream. Put The 'problem' In Perspective

Dream

Real

Ideas

If You Can Do One Thing You Thought Was Utterly Impossible, It Causes You To Rethink Your Beliefs. Life Is Both Subtler And More Complex Than Some Of Us Like To Believe. So If You Haven't Done So Already, Review Your Beliefs And Decide Which Ones You Might Change Now And What You Would Change Those Beliefs To.

Believe

Might

Causes

Solidly Know Content You Feel Passionate About And That Your Audience Needs To Know.

Needs

Passionate

Feels

Decision Is The Ultimate Power. Decisions Shape Destiny.

Destiny

Decision

Shapes

Most Individuals Work Much Harder To Hang On To What They Have Than To Take The Necessary Risk To Shoot For Their Dreams.

Dream

Risk

Individual

People Are Bigger Than Anything That Can Happen To Them.

People

Inner Strength

Bigger

When You Hit A Plateau You Have To Be Willing To Get A Little Bit Worse Before You Get Massively Better.

Littles

Willing

Bits

[there Is] The Need To Feel Unique, Special, Important Or Needed. Everybody Has Those Needs, Including The People That Say I Don't Need To Be Special.

Unique

People

Special

I Naturally End Up Looking For Things To Be Grateful For. It Doesn't Mean I Don't Sometimes Feel Angry Or Fearful But Because I'm Wired For Positive Emotions, Net, I End Up Treating Others And Myself Better.

Grateful

Mean

Treating Others

Belief In Limits Creates Limited People

People

Limits

Belief

I Don't Mean To Sound Corny, But It's One Word: Results. If You Get Results, You Can Get Anyone.

Mean

Sound

Corny

Any Idiot Can Point Out A Problem .... A Leader Is Willing To Do Something About It! Leaders Solve Problems!

Team

Leader

Idiot

Negative Things You Tell Yourself Are Incantations, Turn Them Into Incantations.

Negative

Turns

Let's Face It, We're Not About To Earn Our Way To Wealth. That's A Mistake Millions Of Americans Make. We Think That If We Work Harder, Smarter, Longer, We'll Achieve Our Financial Dreams, But Our Paycheck Alone-no Matter How Big-isn't The Answer.

Inspirational

Dream

Money

We're All Unique And Individual Biochemically, But There Are Certain Rules That If You Violate Them, You're Going To Have Disease In The Body. If You're Aligned With Them, You're Going To Have An Abundance Of Energy And Vitality And Health.

Unique

Energy

Vitality

When People Are Like Each Other They Tend To Like Each Other.

Inspirational

Motivational

Spiritual

You Can Get Connections In Lots Of Ways. You Can Get It By A Friendship. You Can Get It By A Dog. You Can Get It By A Child. You Can Get It By Being Attached To A Cause. You Can Get It By Having Huge Problems And Sharing Those Problems With Other People.

Dog

Children

People

One Skill You Want To Master In This Day And Age We Live In, If You Want To Have An Extraordinary Life, Is The Ability To Learn Rapidly

Skills

Age

Want

Remember Anything You Want That's Valuable Requires You To Break Through Short-term Pain In Order To Gain Long-term Pleasure.

Motivational

Pain

Order

All That You Really Want In Life Is To Change How You Feel.

How You Feel

Want

Life Is

A Real Decision Is Measured By The Fact That You've Taken A New Action. If There's No Action, You Haven't Truly Decided.

Motivational

Powerful

Real

Forgiveness - This Needs To Be Our Greatest Skill. The Way To Get Good At Forgiveness Is: To Be Thankful For All The Little Things You See In The Other Person.

Skills

Being Thankful

Inner Strength

Whatever People Do, They Do For A Reason And They Think That It Meets Their Needs....by Their Perception.

Thinking

People

Perception

Success Leaves Clues, But They Must Be Acted Upon.

Clue

Stop Bullshitting Yourself. You're Not Satisfied. You Lowered Your Standards And Are Settling For A Lot Less.

Settling

Standards

Satisfied

It's A Good Idea Not To Major In Minor Things.

Ideas

Majority

Minor Things

The Most Powerful Way To Control Your Focus Is Through The Use Of Questions

Powerful

Focus

Use

The 2 Master Skills Of Life Are: The Science Of Achievement And The Art Of Fulfillment.

Art

Skills

Achievement

Our Goal Is Not To Ignore The Problems Of Life, But To Put Ourselves In Better Mental And Emotional States Where We Can Not Only Come Up With Solutions, But Act Upon Them.

Motivational

Emotional

Goal

I Used To Be, Like, "sleep When I Die."

Sleep

Used

Used To Be

Life Happens Not To Me But For Me

Life Happens

Happens

You Are Not What You Eat, You Are What You Digest And Assimilate.

Inspiring

Because The Challenges Will Continue To Show Up In Life, But If You Have The Inner Strength - Whether That Be Your Faith, Your Determination Or Your Incredible Love For Self, For God And For Others - Then I Think You'll Have The Capacity To Live A Life That's Extremely Fulfilled.

Spiritual

Determination

Thinking

If You Lose 50%, It Takes 100% To Get Back To Where You Started-and That Takes Something You Can Never Get Back: Time.

Inspirational

Get Back

Ifs

I Want People To Be Inspired To Do What's In Front Of Them. If You Won't Give A Dime Out Of A Dollar, Don't Talk To A Billionaire About Giving Their Money Away Because If You Don't Give A Dime Out Of A Dollar, I Can Promise You, You're Not Going To Give A 100 Million Out Of A Billion. It's A Lie.

Lying

People

Giving

Most People Aren't Really Happy, But They Aren't Unhappy Enough To Do Anything About It. That's A Dangerous Place To Be.

Inspirational

People

Unhappy

Without A Vision There Is No Possibility Of Creating Something Larger Than What Al-ready Exists. An Entrepreneur Has To Be Able To Bring Something To The Table Through His Or Her Vision That Is Not Being Provided By Others - A Special Way Of Meeting Needs, Caring For Others, Treating Patients, Or Marketing. An Entrepreneur Must Have Enormous Faith. Risk-taking Is Critical To The Development Of An Enterprise. You Will Not Take Risks Unless You Have The Faith To Do So.

Caring

Creating

Entrepreneur

Billionaire Investors Know They're Going To Be Wrong, So They Have A Plan To Protect Against Wrong.

Billionaire

Protect

Plans

Your Current Situation Is No Indication Of Your Ultimate Potential!

Currents

Situation

Ultimate

Rapport Is The Ultimate Tool For Producing Results With Other People. No Matter What You Want In Your Life, If You Can Develop Rapport With The Right People, You'll Be Able To Fill Their Needs, And They Will Be Able To Fill Yours.

Motivational

People

Needs

The Difference Between Those Who Fail To Achieve Their Goals In Life And Those Who Succeed Is The Difference Between Those Who Cannot Put Themselves In A Supportive State And Those Who Can Consistently Put Themselves In A State That Supports Them In Their Achievements.

Inspirational

Differences

Goal

Decisions Are The Doorway To Change.

Motivational

Decision

Doorways

Using The Power Of Decision Gives You The Capacity To Get Past Any Excuse To Change Any And Every Part Of Your Life In An Instant.

Change

Powerful

Past

You Can Make A Lot Of Money. You Can Rule Kingdoms Or Run Huge Businesses Or Control Vast Terrain. But If You're Just Doing It For Yourself, You're Not Really A Success.

Running

Kingdoms

Terrain

You Can Be A They And Be A Billionaire. Not All Billionaires Are Happy And Fulfilled. My Whole Thing Is, Add Value To Whoever You Meet. Sometimes, The Value Is Just Being Happy And Loving, Giving An Extra Couple Of Moments To Look Someone In The Eye. Nothing Replaces Authentic Feeling And Emotion.

Couple

Eye

Giving

The Meeting Of Preparation With Opportunity Generates The Offspring We Call Luck.

Opportunity

Preparation

Luck

The Quality Of Your Life Is Directly Related To How Much Uncertainty You Can Comfortably Handle.

Quality

Life Is

Handle

You Can't Sit At The Table Of Success For Too Long Or You'll Feel Bored And Dead.

The Third Element Of Success Is Your State: You Must Replace A Default State Of Pessimism Or Anger With One Of Determination, Of Will, Of Generosity, Of Curiosity, Of Gratitude. The More We Can Put Ourselves In Such Beautiful States Rather Than Suffering States, The More They Become Habits Of Being And We End Up Making Better Decisions.

Beautiful

Gratitude

Determination

If You Can't, Then You Must!

Inspirational

Motivational

Ifs

Resourcefulnes S Is The Cure To Failure. Successful People Are Resourceful And Find A Way To Make It Work.

Successful

People

Way

Just Remember, Loss Is Imaginary. Nothing Ever Disappears In The Universe; It Only Changes Form. If There Is Something That Still Wounds You, It's Because Of The Meaning That You Have Linked To It. Maybe What You Need To Do Is To Have Faith And Say, 'even Though I Don't Know Why This Has Happened, I Am Willing To Trust. Someday, When The Time Is Right, I Will Understand.'

Motivational

Loss

Have Faith

Most People's Lives Are A Direct Reflection Of Their Peer Groups.

Inspirational

Reflection

People

Probably The Most Pervasive False Belief Most Of Us Harbor Is The Fallacy That Only Some Superhuman Act Would Have The Power To Turn Our Problems Around. Nothing Could Be Further From The Truth. Life Is Cumulative. Whatever Results We're Experiencing In Our Lives Are The Accumulation Of A Host Of Small Decisions We've Made As Individuals, As A Family, As A Community, As A Society, And As A Species.

Motivational

Community

Decision

The First Belief We Must Have If We're Going To Create Change Quickly Is That We Can Change Now.

Firsts

Belief

Ifs

Success Is Processional. It's The Result Of A Series Of Small Disciplines That Lead Us Into Habitual Patterns Of Success That No Longer Require Consistent Will Or Effort.

Motivational

Discipline

Effort

Things Are Only Impossible Until Somebody Does What Another Believes Can't Be Done.

Believe

Doe

Done

Goals Are Like Magnets. They'll Attract The Things That Make Them Come True.

Inspirational

Weekend

Goal

We All Have Our Own Story. And We Stay Attached To Our Story. This Can Stop Us From Growing And Living. You Wanna Make Your Life Better? Change Your Story, Change Your Life.

Stories

Growing

Changing Your Life

The Most Important Thing Is What You Already Do. It's Being Authentic. It's Being Curious, Trying To Discover Gifts.

Important

Trying

Curious

The Only People Without Problems Are Those In Cemeteries. It Is Not What Happens To Us That Separates Failures From Successes. It Is How We Perceive And What We Do About What Happens That Makes The Difference.

Differences

People

Problem

Obstacles Are Merely A Call To Strengthen Your Resolve To Achieve Your Worthwhile Goals.

Goal

Obstacles

Achieve

Everybody Has A Different Strategy, But Everybody Agrees That Active Management Does Not Beat The Market.

Doe

Different

Active Management

I Think There's A Difference Between "i Can" And "i Am." And "i Am" Is Really The Goal That I'm Looking For, Rather Than "i Can".

Spiritual

Thinking

Differences

The Person With The Most Certainty In A Given Situation Will Influence The Other.

Influence

Given

Certainty

Life Is Found In The Dance Between Your Deepest Desire And Your Greatest Fear.

Motivational

Leadership

Greatest Fear

The Meaning And The Purpose Behind Some Events Are Unknowable. This Is The Ultimate Test Of Our Faith. We Must Trust That Everyone In Life Is Here To Learn Different Lessons At Different Times, That Good And Bad Experiences Are Only The Perceptions Of Man. After All, Some Of Your Worst Experiences Have Truly Been Your Best. They've Sculpted You, Trained You, Developed Within You A Sensitivity And Set You In A Direction That Reaches Out To Impact Your Ultimate Destiny.

Motivational

Destiny

Men

Activity Without Purpose Is The Drain Of Your Life

Purpose

Drains

Activity

Take Massive Action. So Many People Wait Until They Have All The Answers.

People

Waiting

Answers

I Believe Life Is Constantly Testing Us For Our Level Of Commitment, And Life's Greatest Rewards Are Reserved For Those Who Demonstrate A Never-ending Commitment To Act Until They Achieve. This Level Of Resolve Can Move Mountains, But It Must Be Constant And Consistent. As Simplistic As This May Sound, It Is Still The Common Denominator Separating Those Who Live Their Dreams From Those Who Live In Regret.

Life

Happiness

Success

Rapport Is The Ability To Enter Someone Else's World, To Make Him Feel That You Understand Him, That You Have A Strong Common Bond.

Strong

World

Common

How Am I Going To Live Today In Order To Create The Tomorrow I'm Committed To?

Inspirational

Positive

Motivation

It's Natural To Sit Down But The Human Spirit Within Us Can Make Us Get Up.

Spirit

Natural

Get Up

Why Live An Ordinary Life, When You Can Live An Extraordinary One.

Inspirational

Life

Motivational

Do Something. Get Results. Decide If It's Worth Repeating.

Results

Ifs

There Are Millions Of Business Ideas Out There But Only A Tiny Percentage Of Businesses Succeed.

Ideas

Tiny

Succeed

To Effectively Communicate, We Must Realize That We Are All Different In The Way We Perceive The World And Use This Understanding As A Guide To Our Communication With Others.

Motivational

Spiritual

Communication

It's Not What We Do Once In A While That Shapes Our Lives. It's What We Do Consistently.

Inspirational

Motivational

Encouraging

No One Ever Achieved A Goal By Being Interested In Its Achievement. One Must Be Committed. In Fact, In Studying The Source Of People's Success, I've Found That Persistence Overshadows Even Talent As The Most Valued And Effective Resource In Creating And Shaping The Quality Of Life. Most People Give Up A Maddening Five Feet From Their Goal!

Motivational

Giving Up

Persistence

We've All Been Put To Sleep By Somebody Who's Told Us All These Wonderful Facts That Didn't Matter Because Information Without Emotion Is Not Retained.

Sleep

Information

Matter

The Ability To Find Meaning In The Most Difficult Times, I Think, Is One Of The Most Important Skills Of Life.

Thinking

Skills

Important

The Only Limit To Your Impact Is Your Imagination And Commitment.

Motivational

Spiritual

Commitment

You Could Be Winning And Feel Like You're Losing Because The Scorecard You're Using Is Unfair.

Winning

Losing

Like You

Happiness Is Found In The Absence Of Expectation And A Continuous Focus On Appreciation.

Inspirational

Appreciation

Expectations

Realize Now The Power That Your Words Command If You Simply Choose Them Wisely.

Affirmation

Realizing

Command

The Same Protection You Create For Yourself Becomes The Wall That Imprisons You.

Wall

Protection

For Many People, Food Is A Source Of Comfort, Connection, And Control.

People

Comfort

Connections

The Message Of Frustration Is An Exciting Signal. It Means That Your Brain Beleives You Could Be Doing Better Than You Currently Are.

Mean

Frustration

Brain

It Is So Important To Remember That, As We Travel Through Life, There Will Be So Many Events Which We Can`t Control. These Are Things That Seemingly Alter Our Lives Forever Or Become Barriers For Living A Life Of Fulfillment. It`s Important To Remember That The Ultimate Experience Of Life Is Not To Be Controlled By Events. We All Have Difficult Events In Our Lives - The Loss Of Family Members, Economics, Stress, Litigation, Government Interference In Our Businesses, Health Challenges. Remember That It Is Not The Events That Shape Our Lives, But, Rather, The Meaning We Attach To Them.

Stress

Loss

Government

If The Results Don't Scream: "do This Again!" Try Something New.

Trying

Scream

Something New

Commit To "can I!" - Constant And Never-ending Improvement.

Motivational

Powerful

Self Improvement

The Past Does Not Equal The Future.

Inspirational

Humorous

Future

When A Person With Money Meets A Person With Experience, The Person With The Experience Ends Up With Your Money.

Ends

Persons

Disappointment Can Drive Us, Or It Can Defeat Us.

Inspirational

Disappointment

Defeat

So Many People Feel That They Have To Wait For Certain Experiences In Order To Feel The Emotions They Desire. For Instance, They Don't Give Themselves Permission To Feel Loved Or Happy Or Confident Unless A Particular Set Of Expectations Is Met. I'm Here To Tell You That You Can Feel Any Way You Choose At Any Moment In Time.

Motivational

Order

Expectations

Plan For Pleasure For Each And Every Day.

Pleasure

Plans

The Quality Of Our Questions Determine The Quality Of Our Lives.

Quality

Determine

Our Lives

The Ultimate Success Formula: I) Decide What You Want (be Precise! Clarity Is Power) Ii) Take Action (because Desire Is Not Enough) Iii) Notice What's Working Or Not (you Don't Want To Continue To Expend Energy On An Approach That's Worthless Iv) Change Your Approach Until You Achieve What You Want (flexibility Gives You The Power To Create A New Approach And A New Result.)

Giving

Desire

Energy

The More Rules You Have About How People Have To Be, How Life Has To Be For You To Be Happy, The Less Happy You’re Going To Be.

People

Judgemental

If You Ever Hear Yourself Or Anyone You Care About Starting To Express The Belief That A Problem Is Permanent, It’s Time To Immediately Shake That Person Loose. No Matter What Happens In Your Life, You’ve Got To Be Able To Believe, 'this, Too, Shall Pass,' And That If You Keep Persisting, You’ll Find A Way.

Believe

Care

Matter

Much More Devastating Than Frustration Is The Emotion Of Disappointment.

Disappointment

Frustration

Emotion

The Secret To Living Is Giving.

Giving

Secret

To Have An Extraordinary Quality Of Life You Need Two Skills: The Science Of Achievement (the Ability To Take Anything You Envision And Make It Real) And The Art Of Fulfillment (this Allows You To Enjoy Every Moment Of It.

Motivational

Art

Real

If You Change Nothing, Nothing Will Change.

Ifs

Change Is Inevitable. Progress Is Optional .

Change

Positive

Success

I Do Believe I Am Special. My Special Gift Is My Vision, My Commitment, And My Willingness To Do Whatever It Takes.

Inspirational

Believe

Commitment

With Goals You Can Create The Future In Advance.

Sports

Motivational Sports

Goal

I Hated Motivators - Never Been A Motivator. Motivation Is Like A Warm Bath, And You Should Take A Bath Probably, But You Need More Than That; You Need Strategy. I Was A Strategist, But Nobody Responded To That, So I Was, Like, "ok, What Am I? I'm A Coach. I'm Not A Guru." As An Athlete, I Had Great Coaches, And I Was A Better Athlete Than Many Of Them, But They Still Were Better Than I Was As A Coach Because They Could See When I Couldn't See. I Thought, That's Great, Because I'm Not Better Than Anybody, But I Do Have The Skills That I Can Help People.

Motivation

Athlete

People

In Fact If You're A Mother Or A Father, You're Filled With Oxytocin When You Have A Child. It Makes You Love The Baby, Even Though They Look Like A Lizard .you'll Think It's The Beautiful Thing In The World.

Beautiful

Mother

Baby

Understanding Quotes: Their Essence and Application

Quotes, or quotations, are powerful tools in communication, encapsulating ideas, emotions, and wisdom in concise expressions. They serve various purposes across different contexts, from academic writing to everyday conversation.

1. Defining Quotes

A quote is a repetition of someone else's statement or thoughts. It can be a direct replication of words spoken or written by another individual, often used to support arguments, provide evidence, or convey profound insights.

2. The Importance of Quotes

2.1. Enhancing Credibility

Incorporating quotes from authoritative sources can bolster the credibility of your work. By referencing experts or primary sources, you demonstrate thorough research and a solid foundation for your arguments.

2.2. Providing Evidence

Quotes serve as concrete evidence to support claims. In academic and professional writing, they validate points made, offering readers a basis to trust the information presented.

2.3. Conveying Emotions and Perspectives

Quotes can encapsulate emotions and perspectives succinctly. They allow writers to express complex feelings or viewpoints through the words of others, often more eloquently than paraphrasing.

3. Types of Quotes

3.1. Direct Quotes

Direct quotes involve copying the exact words from a source, enclosed in quotation marks. They are used when the original wording is significant or particularly well-expressed.

3.2. Indirect Quotes (Paraphrasing)

Indirect quotes restate the original message in your own words. While not enclosed in quotation marks, they still require proper attribution to the original source.

3.3. Block Quotes

Block quotes are lengthy direct quotations, formatted as a separate block of text. They are typically used for quotes exceeding a certain length, varying by citation style. For instance, in APA style, quotes longer than 40 words are formatted as block quotes.

4. Proper Usage of Quotes

4.1. Contextual Relevance

Ensure that the quote you choose is relevant to the topic and adds value to your content. Avoid inserting quotes solely for decorative purposes.

4.2. Integration into Your Writing

Seamlessly integrate quotes into your writing. Introduce them appropriately and follow up with analysis or commentary to connect them to your main points.

4.3. Attribution and Citation

Always attribute quotes to their original authors and provide proper citations according to the required style guide (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.).

5. Common Mistakes to Avoid

5.1. Overusing Quotes

Relying too heavily on quotes can overshadow your voice. Use them sparingly to support your arguments, not replace them.

5.2. Lack of Analysis

Presenting a quote without analysis or explanation can leave readers questioning its relevance. Always follow up with your interpretation or discussion.

5.3. Misquoting or Taking Out of Context

Ensure that quotes are accurate and not taken out of context, as this can mislead readers and undermine your credibility.

6. Quotes in Different Contexts

6.1. Academic Writing

In academic writing, quotes are used to support arguments, provide evidence, and engage with existing literature. Proper citation is crucial to avoid plagiarism.

6.2. Journalism

Journalists use quotes to provide firsthand accounts, add authenticity, and present multiple perspectives within a story.

6.3. Literature and Creative Writing

In literature, quotes can be used to convey character voices, themes, and stylistic elements. They enrich narratives and provide depth to storytelling.

7. Punctuation and Formatting

Understanding the correct punctuation and formatting of quotes is essential:

Quotation Marks: Always enclose direct quotes within quotation marks.

Punctuation Placement: In American English, periods and commas are placed inside quotation marks, while colons and semicolons are placed outside.

Block Quotes: For longer quotes, format them as block quotes without quotation marks, and indent the entire block.

8. Ethical Considerations

Ethical use of quotes involves accurate representation, proper attribution, and respect for intellectual property. Misuse can lead to plagiarism, which carries serious academic and professional consequences.

9. Tools for Managing Quotes

Utilize tools like citation generators and plagiarism checkers to manage quotes effectively. These tools help ensure proper formatting and originality in your writing.

Conclusion

Quotes are invaluable in enriching content, providing evidence, and conveying complex ideas succinctly. When used appropriately, they enhance the quality and credibility of your writing. Always ensure relevance, proper integration, and ethical usage to maximize their impact.

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