You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down.
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.
Lord, help me to make time today to serve you in those who are most in need of encouragement or assistance.
Note how good you feel after you have encouraged someone else. No other argument is necessary to suggest that never miss the opportunity to give encouragement.
It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives. It's what we do consistently.
When one door closes another door opens. Usually a refrigerator.
Hope is the expectation of fulfillment that is anchored in God's promise to meet my need. Hope is not based on my emotional or mental determination. It is rooted in God. Quite simply, we are optimistic because we have placed our hope.
People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.
When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.
Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.
Of course motivation is not permanent. But then, neither is bathing; but it is something you should do on a regular basis.
Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.
If you want more, you have to require more from yourself.
Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic.
There are three musts that hold us back: I must do well. You must treat me well. And the world must be easy.
There is no such thing in anyone's life as an unimportant day.
You weren't an accident. You weren't mass produced. You aren't an assembly-line product. You were deliberately planned, specifically gifted, and lovingly positioned on the earth by the Master Craftsman.
The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.
Nine tenths of education is encouragement.
I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.
Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up.
The qualities of creativity and genius are within you, awaiting your decision to match up with the power of intention.
One has to remember that every failure can be a stepping stone to something better.
Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal.
Get going. Move forward. Aim High. Plan a takeoff. Don't just sit on the runway and hope someone will come along and push the airplane. It simply won't happen. Change your attitude and gain some altitude. Believe me, you'll love it up here.
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