some quotes I treasure over the years

因為執著, 才有得著。 -李曾超群

你要對自己交待, 不是為别人。 - 陳德森

Stop asking if the glass is half full or half empty. Instead ask "What's in it?  How did it get there?  What can I do with it? David Kaufman

Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win. Nadia Comaneci

The best inheritance you can leave your kids is an example of how to live a full and meaningful life. Dan Zadra

When we are doing what we love, we don't care about time. For at least at that moment, time doesn't exist and we are truly free. Wieder Marcia

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. Mark Twain

Definition of status seeking:  Buying things you can't afford, that you don't need, to impress people you don't like. Anonymous

Until you value yourself, you will not value your time.  Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it. M. Scott Peck

Life isn't about finding yourself.  Life is about creating yourself. George Bernard Shaw

It's not what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not. Denis Waitley

The major value in life is not what you get.  The major value in life is what you become. Jim Rohn

People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. Maya Angelou

A snowflake is one of the most fragile creations, but look what they can do when they stick together! Unknown

People are so worried about what they eat between Christmas and the New Year, but they really should be worried about what they eat between the New Year and Christmas. Author Unknown

Of all the attitudes we can acquire, surely the attitude of gratitude is the most important and by far the most life-changing. Zig Ziglar

Our attitudes control our lives.  Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad.  It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force. Tom Blandi

Forget past mistakes.  Forget failures.  Forget about everything except what you're going to do now - and do it. William Durant

Instead of giving myself reasons why I can't, I give myself reasons why I can. Author Unknown

It's not the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference. Paul "Bear" Bryant

We must overcome the notion that we must be regular... it robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre.  Uta Hagen

Abundance is not something we acquire.  It is something we tune into. Wayne Dyer

The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.  Eleanor Roosevelt

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death. Albert Einstein

Limitations live only in our minds.  But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless. Jamie Paolinetti

We fail to see that we can control our own destiny; make ourselves do whatever is possible; make ourselves become whatever we long to be. Orison Swett Marden

To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity. Douglas Adams

The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience. Emily Dickinson

Life is like riding a bike. It is impossible to maintain your balance while standing still.  Linda Brakeall

Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him. James Allen

Within you right now is the power to do things you never dreamed possible.  This power becomes available to you just as soon as you can change your beliefs. Dr. Maxwell Maltz

Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire. Dale Carnegie

Learn to express rather than impress. Expressing evokes a me too attitude while impressing evokes a so what attitude. Jim Rohn

That's just it-- you can't drive it, you can't wear it, you can't live in it, you can't drink it, smoke it, snort it, you can't travel to it.   Happiness is the experience of the journey. The experience of happiness is the result of how you look at things.  When I lookat something I say, can do, no problem; that's not going to make me unhappy. Happiness is a choice! Denis Waitley

Our greatest battles are with our own minds. Jameson Frank

Don't spend your precious time asking 'Why isn't the world a better place?'  It will only be time wasted. The question to ask is 'How can I make it better?' To that there is an answer. Leo F. Buscaglia

You are built not to shrink down to less but to blossom into more. Oprah Winfrey

Our truest life is when we are in our dreams awake. Henry David Thoreau

Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts. Sren Kierkegaard

Life is what we make it. Always has been, always will be. Grandma Moses

When I've heard all I need to make a decision, I don't take a vote. I make a decision. Ronald Reagan

The reason so few people are successful is no one has yet found a way for someone to sit down and slide uphill. W. Clement Stone

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter. Saint Jerome

Before You. Before you speak, listen. Before you write, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you invest, investigate. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try. Before you retire, save. Before you die, give. William Arthur Ward

I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experiences behind him.  Eleanor Roosevelt

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. Edith Wharton

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. John Quincy Adams

No matter how small and unimportant what we are doing may seem, if we do it well, it may soon become the step that will lead us to better things. Channing Pollock

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.  The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. Thomas Edison

The key that unlocks energy is desire.  It's also the key to a long and interesting life.  If we expect to create any drive, any real force within ourselves, we have to get excited. Earl Nightingale

It is not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is, "What are we busy about?"  Henry David Thoreau

TRIED without an aim will become TIRED. – my own, hee, hee!