“Never, never, never compare yourself to others,” countered the farmer. “The great enemy of growth is the belief that you don’t matter and that your growth doesn’t matter. Just because someone has achieved more material success and reached a higher status doesn’t mean they are more important than you. Everyone is one their on path. Everyone’s timeline is different. Each person has his or her own purpose and reason for existing. When you focus on your growth and reach the final stage, you’ll understand how important you are to the world.”
— From page 103 of “The Seed” book by Jon Gordon
“As a smart traveler, I keep my destination in my awareness and never get entrapped in small matters”
— Unknown
“No excuses. Find your voice and tell the world every morning, “I’m back.” “
— Sandy Gallagher
“Many years ago, the commencement speaker at a prestigious university asked all members of the graduating class who had a definite plan for their lives to hold up their hands. As he looked around the room, only three hands were raised. Twenty-five years later, when the class held a reunion, the combined net worth of those three individuals exceeded that of the remainder of the class. People who know where they are going always achieve far greater levels of success than those who merely drift through life, expecting circumstances to create opportunities for them. Successful people create their own opportunities by focusing on goals with an intensity that borders on obsession. In this way, every action moves them toward their goal.”
— Napoleon Hill
“Integrity is having the courage to go with the truth as you know it as a heartfelt response, with care and consideration for others. When you come into that “place,” everything that you do is done with a sense of completeness and honesty and nowness and truth. You are in alignment with your Self and integrated with your own inner reality.”
— John-Roger
“Before you can build anything worthwhile, you must first create it in your mind. Your mind is not constrained by physical limitations or boundaries. In the workshop of your mind, you can visualize things that have never been. It is said that Albert Einstein visualized how the universe might look if he were riding astride a beam of light through infinity. Then he worked out the mathematics to support his theory of relativity. You can use the power of your imagination to visualize solutions to difficult problems, to develop new ideas, and to see yourself achieving the goals you have set for yourself.”
— Napoleon Hill