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July 23, 2008

More Inspirational Quotes

Filed under: Inspiration, Success — MerryS @ 11:41 am

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
~Thomas Jefferson

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.
~Vince Lombardi

Success depends upon previous preparation and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.
~Confucius

We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobiles,
rather than by the quality of our service relationship to humanity.
~Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dream, and endeavors to live the life which he had imagines, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
~Henry David Thoreau

The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work.
~Mark Twain

The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.
~Theodore Roosevelt

If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can become it.
~William Arthur Ward

Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed on an equal or greater benefit.
~Napoleon Hill

If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a lack of success, to discourage me I cannot see any way in which I would ever have made progress.
~Calvin Coolidge

February 7, 2007

Let’s get back to work! Inspiration quotes

Filed under: Inspiration — Goerge @ 5:36 pm

OK fellows…I am posting a few inspiration quotes to fuel your work for today (at least).

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do. Epictetus

There are no failures – just experiences and your reactions to them. Tom Krause

Try and fail, but don’t fail to try. Stephen Kaggwa

January 31, 2007

Inspiration for Women

Filed under: Inspiration — Jean @ 10:02 am

There are a number of important factors that can provide a great deal of inspiration to women. Some of these factors can be described as growth, grace, and the ability to handle adversity. Many women look to their own mothers for inspiration, and these are typically mothers that had close relationships with their daughters. One thing that can inspire many women is the ability to dream, as well as explore. Women should be inspired to have a “go get them” attitude, and they should be able to handle failure with a great deal of enthusiasm. Being positive is an extremely important inspirational tool for women. Life is full of many challenges, and being able to meet these challenges head on is crucially important.

It is important for women to have mentors at a very young age. These mentors can play an important role in their development, and they can also provide them with a great deal of inspiration. One of the most important things that can inspire women is tenacity, or the ability to push forward when the going gets tough. Unfortunately, women have often been overlooked throughout history. They have traditionally been seen as being weak and helpless, and this view is still prevalent in many societies today. Women have had to prove themselves in every field that they have traditionally be barred from. When a woman is rejected from a field or task because of her gender, she will often have to work harder than her male peers to prove herself.

Women can be inspired by learning that they must not back down to the challenges that they will face in life. Unfortunately, many of them succumb at the first sign of failure or defeat, and this is easy to do. It takes a lot of courage and boldness to stand up and continue pushing forward, no matter how many times you’ve been knocked down. There have been many stories of women who were diagnosed with breast cancer while they were pregnant, and when they were given the option by doctors of terminating the pregnancy for chemotherapy, and they turned it down, and chose to have both the baby and the chemotherapy. While some may not agree with this decision, it does show the power of courage.

One important factor for inspiring women is for them to support each other. By providing a great deal of support to each other, they can be inspired to move forward, and they can truly see the great power that can be generated when a group of people work together to achieve one goal. Women have come a long way in terms of the freedoms they enjoy in comparison to times past. Historically, women have not been allowed to vote, own property, or even smoke. Unfortunately, many of these social rules are still practiced in many nations around the world today. As women continue to serve as a source for inspiration for each other, things can continue to improve, and they will continue to have a great deal of freedom.

November 5, 2006

Inspiring Riches

Filed under: Inspiration — Jean @ 9:01 am

As the world gets more prosperous with time, people get richer and the standard of living improves accordingly. However, we do have to live with the fact that the moral standards of the world are at the most deplorable state compared to any era in the history of mankind. At that, it causes many people to wonder if it is true, as they say, that ‘money is the root of all evil’.

Money is just a commodity, and it is quite ridiculous to put the blame on a non-living object when things go wrong. It is true that after the advent of currency, the world has plunged into a series of great turmoil, whether politically, socially or environmentally. Multinational corporations of the world are stripping lands off the poor people, wars are fought out of ambitions of wealth and the environment has suffered from the advancement of industrialization. Not only on a worldwide scale, but it also brings personal misery to many who are wealthy. In light of all these misfortunes, it might seem that the accumulation of wealth is not exactly a most righteous thing to do.

However, it truly depends on the way you amass your fortune. If you are not gaining it by making someone else poorer, and your wealth is built by your own honest efforts to gain and save money, your fortune is justified by all standards of morality. Money is an infinite resource, and by gaining your own share of it, it does not make the world poorer altogether. In fact, financial investments can also be beneficial to the society, in that it opens up employment opportunities.

Nonetheless, it will be closer to the truth if you say, ‘love of money is the root of all evil’, because of all things, money does make a person more greedy. And it is common that those who are blinded by greed will resort to unscrupulous means to amass their fortunes. But if you ensure that your money is made most ethically, and distributed in such a way that it will benefit the society, your fortune can be a tremendous blessing to many.

Money is not an end in itself, just a means to an end. Many people think that money can buy happiness, but it is not true. Of all the things it can do, money can give you more choices and make your life less stressful. If you are wealthy, you can afford many new experiences, and choose the kind of life which you consider most suitable for you. While you don’t have to live with the burden of making ends meet, you can concentrate on the things that are truly dear to you, such as your family and friends. It gives you the liberty to appreciate life and makes the world a better place for all those around you.

Money is not evil in itself, and neither is wealth. If your conscience is clear that you have done no harm to anybody in your pursuit of wealth, then a fortune in your hands may be a blessing to the society. Make money the right way, and you will freely enjoy your wealth.

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