Heart Book Series

Quotation: Commitment, Initiative, Decision

Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, and then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Quotations on Success

Focus more on your desire than on your doubt, and the dream will take care of itself. You may be surprised at how easily this happens. Your doubts are not as powerful as your desires, unless you make them so.  
- Marcia Wieder, America’s Dream Coach, Speaker and Author

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

When the vision on the inside becomes more compelling and powerful than what is observed on the outside, then the universe is at your command.
- James Arthur Ray, Creator of Harmonic Wealth®

Success comes from taking the initiative and following up… persisting… eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life?
- Anthony Robbins

In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.
- Eric Hoffer

When we can begin to take our failures seriously, it means we are ceasing to be afraid of them. It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves.
- Katherine Mansfield, 1888-1923, Author

We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
- Winston Churchill, English Statesman and Author

Your self image is your pattern!
Every thought has an activity visualized.
Every activity belongs to a pattern.
You identify with your pattern or thought.
Your patterns leads your life.
- J G Gallimore

Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you;
Be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.
- W. Clement Stone

Listen to that voice inside you that says you can accomplish anything. Trust that feeling that tells you, you can achieve all that you hope for. Believe that everything you want is waiting for you. Hold on to the knowledge that nothing is impossible. Remember that each person who has ever achieved a goal started out with only a dream.
- Jason Blume 

Surrender

When we are willing to surrender who we think we "should" be, true freedom is revealed and acceptance of "what is" becomes paramount.

~Rhonda Britten
Fearless Year E-Book
www.FearlessLiving.org

A Tribute to Old Glory
by Cynthia Groopman

For dear Old Glory, you are indeed a joyful gift for us to behold,
As you picturesquely narrate a story that is remarkably told.
For you are priceless treasure and I love and admire you,
With emotions, words and sentiments that are loving true.

Born a precious child, our life beckons to find the wise woman inside,  only to show us the truth about our lives is to remain that precious  child, after all.
—Sheryl Roush

A woman is a full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture, and transform.
—Diane Mariechild

A woman’s heart can always stretch to hold a little more.
—Rosalie Ferrer Kramer

You were born a woman and Earth is your kingdom.
What are you waiting for?
—Maruja Basalo

I am a sensible and sentimental woman.
I receive great love and celestial peace
from our loving Almighty God
that beautifies me inside.
—Consuleo Sanchez

If things are not going well with you, begin your effort at correcting the situation by carefully examining the service you are rendering, and especially the spirit in which you are rendering it. 
—Roger Babson, 1875-1967, Statistician and Columnist

We are not asked … to believe in a perfect world. We are asked to equip ourselves with courage, hope, readiness for hard work and to cherish large and generous ideals.
—Emily Balch

Character and Conduct

Character is the root of the tree;
conduct is the fruit it bears.

- E.M. Bounds

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen, nor touched… but are felt in the heart."
~Helen Keller

“When I speak of love, I am not speaking of some sentimental or weak response. I am speaking of that force which all of the great religions have seen as the supreme unifying principle of life. Love is somehow the key that unlocks the door which leads to ultimate reality.”
~Martin Luther King, Jr. 

"You will reap what you sow, now or later."
~Rev. Charles Stanley, Atlanta, GA

"The best portion of a good man’s life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love."
~William Wordsworth

"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength,
while loving someone deeply gives you courage."
~Lao-Tzu

"Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world."
~Lucille Ball

"Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness."
~Oliver Wendell Holmes

"Love is a verb."
~R. Buckminster Fuller

"Love is the most priceless treasure life affords us."
~Alan Harris

The only lasting beauty is the beauty of the heart.
~Rumi, Sufi Poet

One’s philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And, the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
-Eleanor Roosevelt

He who has no Christmas in his heart will never find Christmas under a tree.

-Author Unknown