Napoleon Hill Quote
“Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success” - Napoleon Hill
4.30.2006
Marianne Williamson-No Peace Without Forgiveness
“Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.” - Marianne Williamson
Anthony Robbins-Copy and Achieve!
“If you want to be successful, find someone who has achieved the results you want and copy what they do and you'll achieve the same results.” - Anthony Robbins
Brian Tracy-Successful People
“Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, 'What's in it for me?'” - Brian Tracy
4.26.2006
Your Creative Genius: Moving into Vision
Your Creative Genius: Moving into Vision
By Steve Brunkhorst
There is truly magic inside of each individual. No, not the magic made of illusion. You have a creative genius, a gift of God, which was yours at birth. You have the potential to bring this gift to the world in a very special way.
This divine gift often becomes apparent in childhood. It may remain undiscovered until the adult years. It may call until you have no choice but to listen and follow its urgings. Whether or not you listen, it calls.
If you are still searching for that special gift, there is good news. You can find it if you seek diligently. The secret is to look and listen with your heart, not your eyes and ears.
Look past outer appearances and see possibilities that only your heart can see. Your eyes see with brain-power. Your heart sees with faith-power. Your inner genius sees reality; the image it registers is joy. It sees obstacles as stepping stones to a future filled with tremendous excitement.
Your creative genius speaks through feelings, urges, and coincidences that bring unexpected blessings. When engaged in activities of its liking, you feel that you are living purposely. Your actions are aligned with your deepest values. The calling of your creative genius feels like an "action magnet" too strong to ignore.
What activity makes you feel ecstatically joyful and fills you with a sense of purpose and contentment? Remember when it first tugged at your heart? Remember how you knew something special had just happened?
Your creative genius is always signaling and calling to you. Stop today and listen for its quiet voice. Look for the beauty of its vision with a new spiritual perspective. Its image of inspiration and fulfillment is always moving into vision!
© Copyright 2004-2006 by Steve Brunkhorst. All rights reserved worldwide. Reprinted from Achieve! 60-Second Nuggets of Inspiration bringing great stories, motivational nuggets, and inspiring thoughts to help you achieve more in your personal life and career. Get the next issue by visiting http://www.AchieveEzine.com
4.23.2006
Trials
Trials
By Linda Clarke
“Storms make oaks take deeper roots,” my mother reminded me. She always told me that trials made us better people. They help us mature and grow. If a tree never had to fight for sun and water, but had everything given to it, it would become a scrubby little thing. In other words, the stronger the wind, the stronger the tree. My mother insinuated that I was growing from these trials. She would tell me that God must really love me to give me so many trials. I remember telling her, “Mom, I wish that He didn’t love me so much.”
Thomas Edison was 67 years old when he had one of the greatest trials of his life, but he didn’t let it get him down. He was a very optimistic man. One evening his film plant caught fire. Spontaneous combustion had ignited some of the chemicals and exploded. Within seconds, all of the celluloid for records, film, packing compounds, and anything flammable went up in flames. Fire trucks from eight towns arrived as fast as they could, but the intense heat was so powerful that the water from the fire hose had no effect whatsoever.
When Edison’s daughter arrived, she was distraught and didn’t know where her father was. She was frantic with worry until she saw him running toward her. Before she could say a word, he called out to her, “Where’s your mother?” Her eyes widened at such a question as he added, “Go get her and tell her to bring her friends. They’ll never see another fire like this as long as they live.”
The following morning, when the building was only rubble and ashes, he called his employees together and announced with confidence, “We’re building again. Oh, and by the way, does anybody know where we can get some money?”
Practically everything we recognize as an Edison contribution came after that devastating disaster. Many times difficulties make us stronger people and we end up successful. When a blacksmith takes a piece of raw iron ore and plunges it into hot coals, he burns off impurities and introduces carbon into the metal. He then hammers it on an anvil to forge and shape and strengthen it. This process is repeated over and over again. This can be compared to the trials we go through. We’re like this piece of ore. We’re gradually being strengthened and will eventually end up victorious.
Remember how hard the patriots fought for our freedom in 1776? They were farmers and merchants, and not learned in the way of combat. The crossing of the Delaware in a blizzard and all their struggles will never be forgotten. Many were sick and poorly clothed, and their feet were wrapped with cloth to protect them from freezing weather. They lacked enough food for everyone and many times went hungry until a farmer donated some beef. Who would ever think that these men could fight a battle against the fearsome Hessians? They were German mercenaries, skilled fighters paid by the British to cut down the patriots. The Continental Army was outnumbered, but George Washington had faith in his men and knelt in humble prayer, pleading with God, before crossing the Delaware. The tattered Continental Army struck the town of Trenton the morning of December 26th, 1776, and it was a never-forgotten battle of victory that stunned the British. It was a surprise attack, and not one patriot was killed in that battle.
Harry Ward Beecher said, “Difficulties are God’s errands and when we are sent upon them, we should esteem it as proof of God’s confidence…as a compliment from Him.”
George MacDonald said, “How often we look upon God as our last and feeblest resource! We go to Him because we have nowhere else to go. And then we learn that the storms of life have driven us, not upon the rocks but into the desired haven.”
Helen Steiner Rice wrote, “Before you can dry another’s tears, you too must weep.” Many times our sorrows and problems help us to understand another person’s sorrow. When we go through similar trials, then we are more sympathetic toward others.
Hugh B. Brown wrote: “We ask for strength and God gives us difficulties, which makes us strong. We pray for wisdom and God sends us problems, the solution of which develops wisdom. We plead for prosperity and God gives us brain and brawn to work. We plead for courage and God gives us dangers to overcome. We ask for favors and God gives us opportunities. This is the answer.”
Written by Linda Weaver Clarke Copyright 2006
Bio: Linda Weaver Clarke received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theatre and Music at Southern Utah University and received the Outstanding Non-Traditional Student Award for the College of Performing Arts in 2002. She is the mother of six daughters and the author of Melinda and the Wild West, A Family Saga, published by American Book Publishing. If you would like to know more about Linda and her novel, her web site is http://www.lindaweaverclarke.com. You may use this article freely with this author bio intact.
4.20.2006
Mark Twain-Hang Around Great People!
“Really great people make you feel that you, too, can become great." - Mark Twain
Misses and Gains
“For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
4.16.2006
Procrastination
Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task. - William James
4.08.2006
Solitude
We live in a very tense society. We are pulled apart... and we all need to learn how to pull ourselves together.... I think that at least part of the answer lies in solitude. - Helen Hayes
Don't Try to Be Different
Don't try to be different. Just be good. To be good is different enough. - Arthur Freed
Hope
Hope is some extraordinary spiritual grace that God gives us to control our fears, not to oust them. - Vincent McNabb
4.03.2006
Learning From Experience of Others?
"Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so." - Douglas Adams, Last Chance to See
Fear and Courage
Many of our fears are tissue-paper-thin, and a single courageous step would carry us clear through them. - Brendan Francis
4.01.2006
The Possibilities...
“The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.” - George Bernard Shaw
Procrastination-Napoleon Hill
“Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.” - Napoleon Hill
The Key To Patience
“The keys to patience are acceptance and faith. Accept things as they are, and look realistically at the world around you. Have faith in yourself and in the direction you have chosen.” - Ralph Marston
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