Merry Christmas Eve
Limitations
We all go through life bristling at our external limitations, but the most difficult chains to break are inside us. ~Bradley Whitford
The only limits in our life are those we impose on ourselves. ~Bob Proctor
Courage
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. ~Winston Churchill
Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them. ~Rabindranath Tagore
More Discipline
It takes discipline and compassion to awaken the divine in ourselves long enough to recognize the divine in another. ~Mary Anne Radmacher
Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There’s plenty of movement, but you never know if it’s going to be forward, backwards, or sideways. ~H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Discipline
Self-discipline begins with the mastery of your thoughts. If you don’t control what you think, you can’t control what you do. Simply, self-discipline enables you to think first and act afterward. ~Napoleon Hill
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment. ~Jim Rohn
Life
Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations. ~George Bernard Shaw
Kindness
I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to my fellow-creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again. ~William Penn
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children, to leave the world a better place, to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived, this is to have succeeded. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Change
If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. ~ Maya Angelou
Our own lives are the instruments with which we experiment with truth. ~Thich Nhat Hanh
Perspective
Our loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation; and this means we must develop a world perspective. ~Martin Luther King, Jr.
Awaken
Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens. ~ Carl Jung
Power Within
If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought. ~Peace Pilgrim
Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters. ~Jean Baptiste Lacordaire
Beauty
Within
People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within. ~Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Balance and Serenity
Balance activity with serenity, wealth with simplicity, persistence with innovation, community with solitude, familiarity with adventure, constancy with change, leading with following. ~Jonathan Lockwood Huie