If you don't pay appropriate attention to what has your attention, it will take more of your attention than it deserves.
Where the eye is focused, there the imagination finds its raw material. The right focus must be won at immense cost and discipline. Train the eye to see the good, and the imagination will follow suit.
I have learned the novice can often see things that the expert overlooks. All that is necessary is not to be afraid of making mistakes, or of appearing naive.
Take a little time out of your busy day to give encouragement to someone who's lost their way.
Nothing else so inspires and heartens people as words of appreciation. You and I may soon forger the words of encouragement and appreciation that we utter now, but the person to whom we have spoken them may treasure them and repeat them to themselves over a lifetime
Success in life could be defined as the continued expansion of happiness and the progressive realization of worthy goals.
Insist on yourself. Never imitate.
True contentment comes with empathy.
I seek a deeper truth, but I don't think I have to go to a building designated for worship to find it.
The door to a balanced success opens widest on the hinges of hope and encouragement.
We get strength and encouragement from watching children.
A bad word from a colleague can darken a whole day. We need encouragement a lot more than we admit, even to ourselves.
But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it's better to lose some of the battles in the struggles for your dreams than to be defeated without ever knowing what you're fighting for.
A leader leads by example not by force.
When we start focusing on things we can do and don't think so much about the things we can't do, things really start to happen
Abilities wither under faultfinding, blossom with encouragement.
Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible.
Where you are is a result of who you were, but where you go depends entirely on who you choose to be.
Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it's holy ground. There's no greater investment.
Girls' hearts flourish in homes where they are seen and invited to become ever more themselves. Parents who enjoy their daughters are giving them and the world a great gift. Mothers in particular have the opportunity to offer encouragement to their daughters by inviting them into their feminine world and by treasuring their daughters' unique beauty.
Generosity is an activity that loosens us up. By offering whatever we can - a dollar, a flower, a word of encouragement - we are training in letting go.
If you don't give anything, don't expect anything. Success is not coming to you, you must come to it.
Can anybody remember when the times were not hard and money not scarce?
Your day will go the way the corners of your mouth turn.
Everything comes to those who hustle while they wait.
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