Quotes to Live By

If we allow fear to control our lives it will enslave us --Pastor Mark Wilson

Change is inevitable. Growth is optional.

Change is inevitable. Whether that change is in the for !ecay is up to us.

of growth or

Change is inevitable an! a persons ability to a!apt to change !eter ines their level of success.
"ha pions aren#t a!e in the gy s$ cha pions are a!e fro they have !eep insi!e the . -a !esire$ a !rea $ a vision --Muha a! %li so ething

I am learning to understand rather than immediately judge or to be judged. I cannot blindly follow the crowd and accept their approach. I will not allow myself to indulge in the usual manipulating game of role creation. Fortunately for me, my self-knowledge has transcended that and I have come to understand that life is best to be lived and not to be conceptualized. I am happy because I am growing daily and I am honestly not knowing where the limit lies. To be certain, every day there can be a revelation or a new discovery. I treasure the memory of the past misfortunes. It has added more to my bank of fortitude. Bruce Lee
&'verybo!y is a genius. But if you (u!ge a fish by its ability to cli b a tree$ it will live its whole life believing that it is stupi!.) -%lbert 'instein

When you want to succee! as ba! as you want to breathe$ then you#ll be successful. -- success guru

*ake risk$ if you win you#ll be happy$ if you lose you#ll be wise...
+uccess co es to those who beco e success conscious. -- ,apoleon -ill It takes a !eep appreciation of the past to !evelop a rich vision for the future. ---enry Mint.berg *he +ecret to +uccess/ When 0ou Want to +uccee! as Ba! as 0ou Want to Breathe. -- 'ric *ho as 1eep on keeping on$ no atter how har! the going ay be$ a lesson I nee!e! to learn before I coul! succee! in anything. -- 2.3. 4arby

In the right environ ent$ you shoul! get the sense that you are being celebrate! an! not tolerate!. -- 'ric *ho as % long while ago$ a great warrior faces a situation which a!e it necessary for hi to ake a !ecision which insure! his success on the battlefiel!. -e was about to sen! his ar ies against a powerful for$ whose en outnu bere! his own. -e loa!e! his sol!iers into boats$ saile! to the ene y#s country$ unloa!e! sol!iers an! e5uip ent$ then gave the or!er to burn the ships that carrie! the . %!!ressing his en before the first battle$ he sai!$ &0ou see the boats going up in s oke. *hat eans that we cannot leave these shores alive unless we win. We now have no choice-we win-or we perish6 *hey won. --unknown 7*he only way to get out of a shooting slu p is to keep shooting.) *he only way to get out of e!iocrity is to keep shooting for e8cellence. -- 'ric *ho as

%lways re e ber that success is not a !estination$ it9s a (ourney. --'ric *ho as 0ou got to want it as ba! as you want to breathe I uch prefer the sharpest criticis of a single intelligent an to the thoughtless approval of the asses. --:ohann 1epler

*o!ay you are 0ou$ that is truer than true. *here is no one alive who is 0ouer than 0ou. -- 4r. +euss ,othing worthwhile co es easily. Work$ continuous work an! har! work$ is the only way to acco plish results that lasts. ---a ilton -olt

*here is nothing wrong with !rea ing big !rea s$ (ust know that all roa!s that lea! to success have to pass through -ar!work Boulevar! at so e point. -enley wrote$ &I a the aster of your fate$ I a the captain of y soul. -e shoul! have wrote we are the aster of our fate an! the captain of our souls$ because we have the power to control our thoughts. --,apoleon -ill ;re!efining -enley#s 5uote< Willia 'rnest -enley. =>?@A=@BC Invictus D3* of the night that covers e$ Black as the Pit fro pole to pole$ I thank whatever go!s ay be Eor y uncon5uerable soul. In the fell clutch of circu stance I have not wince! nor crie! alou!. 3n!er the blu!geonings of chance My hea! is bloo!y$ but unbowe!. Beyon! this place of wrath an! tears Loo s but the -orror of the sha!e$ %n! yet the enace of the years Ein!s$ an! shall fin!$ e unafrai!. It atters not how strait the gate$ -ow charge! with punish ents the scroll$ I a the aster of y fate/ I a the captain of y soul. Work is ore about the process than the --'ric *ho as &If you associate yourself with 'agles you will learn to soar to great heights.& -- 3nknown In the right environ ent$ you shoul! feel upgra!e!. -- 'ric *ho as +urroun! yourself with positive people an! look for people who are alrea!y where you want to be. --'ric *ho as %t so e point in life you have to face your fears$ an! hea! on even though you can#t be sure of outco e. % great !eal of people will never reach their !rea s an! it won#t have anything to !o oney.

with their ability or skill set. *hey won#t reach their !rea s because they are too afrai! to try. --'ric *ho as In so e cases$ +uccess is less about har! work$ resources$ an! skills$ an! ore about otivation. +o eti es you have to fin! the right incentives that push you an! !rive you before you can reach your !rea s. --'ric *ho as If you keep !oing what you#ve always !one$ you#ll keep getting what you always gotten. *here will never be a perfect ti e or perfect situation in our life to !o so ething we shoul! have !one a long ti e ago. %t so e point we have to stop aking e8cuses an! like ,ike...:ust !o it. --'ric *ho as 0ou will not e8perience all life has to offer you or begin to e8perience life at its fullest as long as you are satisfie! with e!iocrity. 0ou have to be !isguste! with your current circu stances before your circu stances can change. --'ric *ho as % erry heart !oes the bo!y goo! like e!icine. Proverbs =F/GG

When we long for life without !ifficulties$ re in! us that oaks grow strong in contrary win!s an! !ia on!s are a!e un!er pressure. -- Peter Marshall *he right environ ent allows you to set realistic e8pectations while si ultaneously provi!ing pressure. -- 'ric *ho as +uccess isH I An attitude and a matter of choice. It is available to those who will take charge of the !irection of their lives. +uccess is the process of learning an! growing. It re5uires that the in!ivi!ual step away fro the pack$ an! arch to the beat of a !istant !ru er. +uccess is knowing yourself as well as what you want. +uccess is born by the pursuit of a goal or an i!ea. It cannot be conferre! by one in!ivi!ual or group of in!ivi!uals upon another. +uccess can only be earne! through in!ivi!ual initiative. +uccess !e an!s the use of whatever abilities an! talents are available. It !ecays on the ?B-hour work week. Dne ust be engage! in a labor of love. *hose who society will label a 7success) will ake their !rea s a reality by !oing what they truly en(oy. Im here to tell you, number one, that most of you say you want to be successful, but you dont want it bad. You just kinda want it. You dont want it as much as you want to party. Some of you love sleep more than you love success If you want to be successful, youve !ot to be willin! to !ive up sleep. "ow bad do you want it# $hen you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then youll be successful +o e of y favorite 5uotes by the narrator in the vi!eo 7-ow ba! !o you want it).

Whatever your bigger goals are in life$ what are you willing to !o achieve itI %re you willing to ake sacrificesI Work when others are sleepingI 'at only ra en noo!lesI Breakup with a girlfrien!Jboyfrien! who is hol!ing you backI 0ou ay think you want it so ba!$ but !o you reallyI

%ny area of life where you want success isn9t going to happen overnight. If you think it9s going to be easy$ this post will be a waste of ti e for you. If you9re trying to run your first arathon$ or buil! a thriving business$ both will take co it ent. *here9s no 5uick fi8. ,o pill. ,o secret in a KG@.@L info ercial at Ga . In the book *he 'le ent$ author 1en 2obinson recalls a story that put into perspective his level of co it ent. %fter listening to his brother perfor in a ban! one night$ 1en co pli ente! the e8tre ely talente! keyboar! player na e! "harles. %hen I said that Id love to be able to play keyboards that well. &o, you wouldnt, he responded. %aken aback, I insisted that I really would. &o, he said. You mean you like the idea of playin! keyboards. If youd love to play them, youd be doin! it. "harles practice! every !ay for three or four hours in a!!ition to perfor ing. -e9! been !oing that since he was seven. *hat9s why he playe! so well. +u!!enly$ 1en felt that playing the keyboar!s that well !i!n9t see so appealing. Liking the i!ea an! being co itte! are two co pletely !ifferent things.

People who like the i!ea of blogging$ (ust rea! about blogging. "o itte! ones put what they learn into action. *he i!ea of a business soun!s goo! to any. "o itte! ones live an! breath their business. *he i!ea of losing GB soun!s great. *he co itte! ones actually !o it. Are you willing to make sacrifices? Most people aren9t willing to ake sacrifices to get what they want. *he successful ones !o what the unsuccessful ones aren9t willling to !o. ,eil Patel$ of Quick +prout$ sai! he9s so busy with two of his businesses that he uses weeken!s an! holi!ays to write blog posts. Eor hi $ it9s a 5uiet !ay to get writing !one. It9s not what we think about !oing on those !ays$ but it9s what nee!s to be !one so eti es. -e stresses the i portance of aking sacrifices if you want a great blog. If you ha! a free !ay off of work$ are you willing to spen! that !ay !oing ore workI Dr woul! you rather go out shoppingI %re you willing to skip nights out with frien!sI Woul! you wake up an hour earlierI I watche! a show about a fa ous chef reviving a struggling restaurant. *he owner like! the i!ea of having a restaurant. +o she opene! one. But the restaurant is a ess. *he kitchen service is spotty. *he foo! is blan!. *he wait staff is la.y. +he has no i!ea how the oney is being spent an! if it9s helping. +he9s put in KLBB$BBB in two years an! it9s getting worse.

4o I think she9s really co

itte!I ,o6 If she was$ she woul!n9t have let things get to that point.

-ow !oes she not know where her oney is spent nor where oney is being waste!I *hat9s not running a business. +he like! the i!ea of having a restaurant$ but wasn9t co itte! enough to learn how to run it as a proper business. Committed ones dont quit *hose who like the i!ea of !oing so ething will 5uit after failing once or twice. *hey9ll say$ Its too hard. Its not meant to be. 'h well I tried. *he co itte! ones !on9t stop. *hese fa ous people foun! success !espite failure. *hese people in their CBMs an!?BMs were co itte! to going for what they wante! !espite the long roa! an! setbacks. % great guy I9ve gotten to know online$ 4an Gheesling wasn9t (ust intereste! on getting on the reality show$ Big Brother. -e wante! to so ba!. -e first got hooke! on Big Brother when he was =N. *hough he coul!n9t au!ition for the show until he was G=$ he spent the ne8t four years learning as uch as he coul! get cast on the show. -e !i!n9t fin! uch info. It see e! like it was all a big secret. *hat !i!n9t stop hi fro fin!ing what he coul!. When he finally turne! G=$ he sub itte! his application for show rightI ,ope. along with a vi!eo. -e got on the

It took hi four long years to finally get on Big Brother. Eour years of not giving up. Eour years being obsesse! with one goal. -e took it very seriously. -e !i!n9t (ust like the i!ea of being on Big Brother. -e was willing to !o whatever it took. -e9s got a great free ebook chronicling his (ourney to get on Big Brother so I won9t give away what happene! because it9s har! to believe he !i!n9t give up !espite the cra.y (ourney. 'ven if you9re not intereste! in getting on a reality show$ you9ll still en(oy rea!ing his story. It9s really inspring. I planne! on rea!ing a few pages before be!$ but coul!n9t sleep till I finishe! it6 It was like a -ollywoo! ovie. 0ou can !ownloa! his free ebook ;e ail opt-in< at -ow to Get on 2eality *O. What was 4an9s rewar! after four years of obstacles an! failure but never giving upI -e won KLBB$BBB as the winner of Big Brother =B ;vi!eo<. "ongrats6 What do ordinary people do? *hey want what others have$ but !on9t reali.e how uch work is involve!. Like the keyboar! player tol! 1en. If he really wante! to play the keyboar! that well$ he9! be !oing it right now. ,ot (ust talking about it. Was 1en willing to start putting in hours of practice every !ayI -e reali.e! it took ore co it ent than he was willing to put in. If 4an was or!inary$ he woul! have 5uit after the first ti e.

People e ail e all the ti e asking for a!vice on getting ore rea!ers$ ore retweets$ ore co ents$ etc. I9 ore than happy to help the out an! give the all y secrets. What happensI *he ones I follow up with onths later$ haven9t !one anything I sai!. In fact$ their blog looks e8actly the sa e. *hey like what they see$ but !on9t want to !o the work involve!. %verage people !ay !rea about what they want. *hen there9s an e8cuse that co es along. If they try$ they !o so gently$ like walking on a fro.en pon!. *hey9re so afrai! to fail6 +o if they !o$ they think 7Dkay well at least I !i!n9t waste too uch ti e trying.) *hat9s not co it ent.

I came to a realization of my own commitment *hat9s what got e starte! on this whole (ourney. Eor so any years prior to Dctober GB=B$ I9ve wante! a popular blog an! y own online business. I ha! trie! an! faile!. When I faile!$ I gave up. 0ears passe! an! hopelessness set it. Looking ba!$ I ha! .ero co it ent6 I love! the i!ea of it$ but I wasn9t willing to !o what it took. I was afrai! of failing again. *hat change! one night after another eaningless an! stressful night at work ;I wrote ore about it in y free ebook. +ign up below<. Ero that o ent$ I coul! either slowly waste y boring life away$ or !o so ething about life. Whatever I !i! -%4 to be better than how y life was. *hat co it ent has brought e to this point an! a whole new attitu!e on life. y co it ent to certain goals.

-owever$ last week I9ve ha! to re-evaluate

-ow ba! !i! I want to achieve the I I want it$ but y actions weren9t showing that. I was !oing what average people woul! !o$ which is (ust thinking about it6 I ha! to be honest with y lack of effort. It sucke!. If I wante! it that ba!$ I nee!e! to show it. ake a look at yourself 4o you want to be (ust average or !o you want to be e8traor!inaryI *hat9s why I wante! to write this post. *o encourage you to take a long look at yourself an! think if you are really !oing enough to achieve your !rea s. Look at your actions. Look at what you9re !oing in your free ti e. Look at the results you9ve been getting. *ake a har! look at yourself an! be honest. If it feels too easy$ you9re probably not !oing enough. %re you willing to spen! four years like 4an Gheesling to reali.e your !rea I Woul! you continue !espite being re(ecte! by =G publishersI ;+he9s a billionaire now<.

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ay think you want it really ba!$ but are you willing to co

it everything you9ve gotI

Cheers heme
7Making your way in the worl! to!ay takes everything you9ve got. *aking a break fro all your worries

+ure woul! help a lot. Woul!n9t you like to get awayI +o eti es you want to go Where everybo!y knows your na e$ %n! they9re always gla! you ca e. 0ou wanna be where you can seeP Dur troubles are all the sa e 0ou wanna be where everybo!y 1nows your na e.) 0ou wanna go where people know$ People are all the sa e$ 0ou wanna go where everybo!y 1nows your na e.)

7I a learning to un!erstan! rather than i e!iately (u!ge or to be (u!ge!. I cannot blin!ly follow the crow! an! accept their approach. I will not allow yself to in!ulge in the usual anipulating ga e of role creation. Eortunately for e$ y self-knowle!ge has transcen!e! that an! I have co e to un!erstan! that life is best to be live! an! not to be conceptuali.e!. I a happy because I a growing !aily an! I a honestly not knowing where the li it lies. *o be certain$ every !ay there can be a revelation or a new !iscovery. I treasure the e ory of the past isfortunes. It has a!!e! ore to y bank of fortitu!e.) Bruce Lee