Opportunity

'The wise man will make more opportunity than he finds.'

-Sir Francis Bacon

Sleepless nights

'If you can't sleep, then get up & do something instead of lying there & worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep.'

- Dale Carnegie

Mean what you say

'If you say you will return a call the next day & you don't, that's enough to influence an entire relationship.'

- Mark McCormack

Not enough

'It's not enough to do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required.'

- Sir Winston Churchill

Every new day...

'Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows that it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a lion wakes up, knowing it must outrun the the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn't matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle... when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.'

- African proverb

Brevity

'Omit needless words! Omit needless words! Omit needless words!'

- William Strunk, Jr.

Balance

'...I'm also working harder at saying no to demands on my time... One of the most valuable lessons that my heart attacks taught me is to improve the balance between work & play.'

- J.W. Marriott, Jr.

Commitment

'Anything less than a conscious commitment to the important, is an unconscious commitment to the unimportant.'

- Stephen R. Covey

Inner voice

'We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.'

- Jane Austen, 'Mansfield Park'

Dress sense

'How you dress forms an immediate, strong impression about who you are.'

- Mark McCormack

Never be quick to judge or critisize

'Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.'

- Plato

Count your blessings

'...imagining life without what it is you have, can be a useful way of getting in touch with the emotion of appreciation.'

- Dr. John Briffa, 'Ultimate Health: Twelve keys to abundant health & happiness.'

Wisdom

'I will exercise wisdom in what I choose to eat, read, see, & do at home.'

- Anonymous

Planning

'Plan tomorrow's work today.'

- Rolfe Kerr

Renewing of the mind

'Replace gloomy predictions with motivational statements.'

- Gael Lindenfield

Personal experience

'A man with an experience is not at the mercy of the man with an argument.'

- Anonymous

Habits

'The unfortunate thing about this world is that good habits are so much easier to give up than bad ones.'

- Somerset Maugham

Giving

'Give to others - & they will give back to you.'

- Anonymous