"Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when it is the only one you have."

When adversity is staring you in the face and you fail in an endeavor, look at it as a learning experience.

Great motivator Tom Hopkins measured success based on four areas of fulfillment: 1) financial accomplishments, based on self-image and goals; 2) emotional stability and the ability to control emotional handicaps; 3) physical fitness and feeling good physically; 4) maintaining spiritual awareness and a personal relationship with a higher power. Said Hopkins, "If you can meet all four of these, you're a successful human being by my measure of success."

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

Circumstances never magically fix themselves.
Bad times don’t just automatically get better.
You have to be involved in the process. You have to change what you’re doing.
You have to make hard decisions.
Even when you don’t feel like it. Even when you don’t think you’re capable of changing — you have to change.
Because nothing gets better until you start making it better.
No matter how far you have been kicked down there’s always a way to rise above the failure you’re experiencing now.
There’s always a way up — always a way out.
You’re only trapped where you are because of your indecision.
You  know exactly what you need to do right now in order to start fixing the mess you are in.
You know what you need to stop doing, what you need to start doing, the places you need to go, and the people you need to call.
It makes no sense to prolong making that decision or to ignore that it needs to be done in the first place.
Not deciding doesn’t protect you. It just makes you a loser for longer.
And that’s a silly way to live.

A negative emotion can create tiredness, according to Dr. Norman Vincent Peale. That's why negative emotions have the power to drain you of energy and vitality. A positive emotion is created by positive thoughts and images. You can say, "This is a great day. I am fortunate to sell a wonderful product. I look forward to meeting many interesting people today; I will be able to help some of these people, and they will become my friends. I look forward to learning a great deal today." Thinking and talking that way adds to your enthusiasm and vitality. Your mind is expanding, and all this contributes to your well-being.

"A man with ability and the desire to accomplish something can do anything"