"Look within for the purest of intentions and choose to see every challenge as an opportunity bearing gifts; you will feel more thankful and less stressful"

-- Gloria Tom Wing Staudt

"Be the change you want to see in the world"--M. Gandhi

"Inspired people arouse the hearts of others, and thus inspire the world....To inspire others we must create an environment in which people sense a power beyond another human being, a higher power, a divine influence that wells up from deep within."

--Lance Secretan in "Inspire. What great leaders do"

"We must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose."--Indira Ghandi

"Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now! "

--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Just as your car runs more smoothly and requires less energy to go faster and farther when the wheels are in perfect alignment, you perform better when your thoughts, feelings, emotions, goals, and values are in balance."

--Brian Tracy

"Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. When we really listen to people there is an alternating current, and this recharges us so that we never get tired of each other. We are constantly being re-created."

--Brenda Ueland

"The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice."

--George Eliot

"Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second. Give your dreams all you've got and you'll be amazed at the energy that comes out."

--William James

"Deep within man dwell those slumbering powers; powers that would astonish him, that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionize his life if aroused and put into action"

-- Orlson Swett Marden

"Remember, what you get by reaching your destination isn't nearly as important as what you become by reaching your goals -what you will become is the winner you were born to be!"

-- Zig Ziglar

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