Motivation for Your Week July 26, 2010

WOW 4U Motivation for Your Week July 26, 2010

Inspirational Words of Wisdom

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QUOTE of the WEEK:

"The greatest crime in the world is not developing your potential.

When you do what you do best, you are helping not only yourself, but the world."

Roger Williams

 

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STORY FOR YOUR WEEK

Within You

by Author Unknown

 

A man planted a rose and watered it faithfully and before it blossomed, he examined it.

 

He saw the bud that would soon blossom, but noticed thorns upon the stem and he thought, How can any beautiful flower come from a plant burdened with so many sharp thorns? Saddened by this thought, he neglected to water the rose, and just before it was ready to bloom, it died.

 

So it is with many people. Within every soul there is a rose. The qualities planted in us at birth, grow amid the thorns of our faults. Many of us look at ourselves and see only the thorns, the defects.

 

We despair, thinking that nothing good can possibly come from us. We neglect to water the good within us, and eventually it dies. We never realize our potential.

 

Some people do not see the rose within themselves; someone else must show it to them. One of the greatest gifts a person can possess is to be able to reach past the thorns of another, and find the rose within them.

 

When we make mistakes or feel we have failed, always remember that within you there is a rose. Learn from your mistakes and from your failures, and move forward. Mary Kay Ash once said, "Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try."  Always remember that within you there is a rose, live to your potential - dream, set goals, take action, and achieve all that is possible.

 

 

 

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QUOTES for YOUR WEEK:

"The greatest waste in the world is the difference between what we are and what we could become."

Ben Herbster

 

"There is inside you all of the potential to be whatever you want to be all of the energy to do whatever you want to do."

Donna Levine

 

"The greatest quest in life is to reach one's potential."

Mychal Wynn

 

"It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference."

Zig Ziglar

 

"When a man has put a limit on what he will do, he has put a limit on what he can do."

Charles M. Schwab

 

"Focus on your potential instead of your limitations."

Alan Loy McGinnis

 

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Have a great LIFE,

Catherine Pulsifer

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Motivation for Your Week July 19, 2010

WOW 4U Motivation for Your Week July 19, 2010

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QUOTE of the WEEK:

"Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens."

Kahlil Gibran

 

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STORY FOR YOUR WEEK

Adjusting Sails

by Catherine Pulsifer

 

"I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination."

Jimmy Dean

 

A friend of mine had a terrible childhood. He was one of five children, his father was an alcoholic and died very young, and his mother was unable to support the family.

 

Unfortunately, the children were separated and placed in foster homes. My friend dropped out of school and did nothing to further himself even though opportunities were available to him. He eventually went through a divorce.

 

My friend's brother, although experiencing the same childhood, educated himself and obtained a job as a welder. He has a close family and a wonderful home.

 

Both brothers give a similar answer when asked why their lives turned out the way they did:

"You'd turn out this way too, if you had a childhood like mine."

 

Neither one of the brothers could change his past, but one of them adjusted his sail!

 

 

YOUR MONTHLY MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE CALENDAR

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QUOTES for YOUR WEEK:

"Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can't be done."

Bo Bennett

 

"Adventure isn't hanging on a rope off the side of a mountain. Adventure is an attitude that we must apply to the day to day obstacles of life - facing new challenges, seizing new opportunities, testing our resources against the unknown and in the process, discovering our own unique potential."

John Amatt

 

"Every day may not be good, but there's something good in every day."

Author Unknown

 

"If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of becoming a prophet."

Isaac Bashevis Singer

 

"You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you."

Brian Tracy

 

"It is your disabled attitude that determines your disability and it is your disability that can or can't close opportunities in life for you."

William Ngwako Maphoto

 

"Every thought is a seed. If you plant crab apples, don't count on harvesting Golden Delicious."

Bill Meyer

 

More quotes:

http://www.wow4u.com/attitudep2/index.html   Positive Attitude Quotes

http://www.wow4u.com/toptenattitude/index.html   Top Ten Quotes about Attitude

http://www.wow4u.com/quotesattitude/index.html   Quotes on Attitude

http://www.wow4u.com/attitude/index.html   Attitude Quotes

 

 

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Have a great LIFE,

Catherine Pulsifer

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Motivation for Your Week July 12, 2010

WOW 4U Motivation for Your Week July 12, 2010
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QUOTE of the WEEK:
"Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve."
Mary Kay Ash

 

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STORY FOR YOUR WEEK

You Are

By Author Unknown

 

One day not too long ago the employees of a large company in St. Louis, Missouri returned from their lunch break and were greeted with a sign on the front door. The sign said: "Yesterday the person who has been hindering your growth in this company passed away. We invite you to join the funeral in the room that has been prepared in the gym."

 

At first everyone was sad to hear that one of their colleagues had died, but after a while they started getting curious about who this person might be. The excitement grew as the employees arrived at the gym to pay their last respects. Everyone wondered: "Who is this person who was hindering my progress? Well, at least he's no longer here!"

 

One by one the employees got closer to the coffin and when they looked inside it they suddenly became speechless. They stood over the coffin, shocked and in silence, as if someone had touched the deepest part of their soul.

 

There was a mirror inside the coffin: everyone who looked inside it could see himself. There was also a sign next to the mirror that said:

"There is only one person who is capable to set limits to your growth: it is YOU."

 

YOU are the only person who can revolutionize your life.

YOU are the only person who can influence your happiness, your realization and your success.

YOU are the only person who can help yourself.

 

Your life does not change when your boss changes, when your friends change, when your parents change, when your partner changes, when your company changes.

 

Your life changes when YOU change, when you go beyond your limiting beliefs, when you realize that YOU ARE the only one responsible for your life.

 

 

YOUR MONTHLY MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE CALENDAR 
 July 2010      Printable Monthly Calendar with Inspirational Quotes
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QUOTES for YOUR WEEK:

"If you feel inferior to someone else, it is because of your own beliefs."

Catherine Pulsifer

 

"I believed that anything was possible, or at least because I didn't put together everyone else's 'facts' and believe that winning was impossible."
Yanni

 

"If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning."
Gandhi

 

"Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory."
Norman Vincent Peale

 

"One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests."
John Stuart Mill

 

"You are in charge of your feelings, beliefs, and actions. And you teach others how to behave toward you. While you cannot change other people, you can influence them through your own behaviors and actions. By being a living role model of what you want to receive from others, you create more of what you want in your life."
Eric Allenbaugh

 

"When you develop yourself to the point where your belief in yourself is so strong that you know you can accomplish anything you put your mind to, your future will be unlimited."
Brian Tracy

 

More quotes:
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http://www.wow4u.com/believeyourselfquotes/index.html  Believe In Yourself Quotes

 

 

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Catherine Pulsifer
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Motivation for Your Week July 5, 2010

WOW 4U Motivation for Your Week July 5, 2010

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QUOTE of the WEEK:

"Happiness depends upon ourselves."

Aristotle

 

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THOUGHT FOR YOUR WEEK

Responsibility for Happiness

by Byron Pulsifer

 

Don't expect other people to make you happy. Happiness is your responsibility.

 

It is you and only you who determine your own feelings each and every day. Some people have a tendency to blame other people for the way they are feeling. Other people are not responsible for your feelings, you are - you own them, you control them.

 

It is true that there are those who give us joy when we are in their company. It is important, however, to realize that it is not the other person who gives us feelings of happiness. Instead, it is how we view and think about them - it is our own thoughts that we control that leads to the feeling of happiness.

 

When we cannot find feelings of happiness within, it is foolhardy to think that we can seek it elsewhere.

 

On the other hand, some people get caught in the trap of trying to satisfy everyone else and end up, in return, becoming very unhappy themselves. Trying to make other people happy is akin to doing your child's homework for them and then expecting them to pass the exam. You can help them, share your knowledge and experience, but they are the ones who have to study and retain; you cannot do it for them. The same principle applies to happiness - you're responsible for your own happiness.

 

 

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 QUOTES for YOUR WEEK:

A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes."

Hugh Downs

 

"Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose."

Helen Keller

 

"Real happiness comes from inside. Nobody can give it to you."

Sharon Stone

 

"For each time you smile you will find it's true somebody, somewhere, will smile back at you."

Helen Steiner Rice

 

"Happiness is not the absence of problems; but the ability to deal with them."

Jack Brown

 

"Happiness is a state of mind, an attitude that money cannot buy. One must look for happiness within, rather than in material acquistions. Look in nature, look for the good in others."

M. K. Soni

 

 

More quotes:

http://www.wow4u.com/happiness/index.html   Happiness Quotes

http://www.wow4u.com/toptenhappy/index.html   Top Ten Happy Quotes

http://www.wow4u.com/happinessquotations/index.html   Quotes about Happiness

 

 

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Catherine Pulsifer

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