There is some place where your specialness can shine; somewhere that difference can be expressed. It’s up to you to find it, and you can!” – David Viscott

If you take any activity, any art, any discipline, any skill – take it and push it as far as it will go, push it beyond where it has ever been before, push it to the wildest edges, then you force it into the realm of magic.” – Tom Robbins (B.1936)


Waste of life lies in the love we have not given, the powers we have not used, the selfish prudence that will risk nothing, and which shirking pain, misses happiness as well.” – Og Mandino

Motivate yourself toward your goal constantly, even when you appear to be failing. Total commitment to your cause is like throwing a pebble into a lake; it creates ripples of value and good fortune throughout your life. Worthy results inevitably follow.” – Wally Amos, The Path To Success Is Paved With Positive Thinking

Those who are always killing time are really killing their own chances in life; while those who are destined for success are the ones who make time live by making it useful.” – Og Mandino 

Seek to accomplish what no one else will attempt.” – Og Mandino

Don’t wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occassions and make them great.” – Og Mandino

Don’t wait by the roadside for success to come along like a crosstown bus. Go out and find it, flag it down, and jump aboard.” – Wally Amos, The Path To Success Is Paved With Positive Thinking

Success is always achieved by those who try, and keep trying.” – Og Mandino

There is no philosophy which can guide people to success when they are always doubting their ability, and thus attract failure instead.” – Og Mandino