Publilius Syrus quote:

Look to be treated by others as you have treated others.
- Publilius Syrus

There will be a few times when you are kind to someone and they are unkind to you in return, but generally, people repay kindness. Even as small an act as smiling at the bank teller will be rewarding.

More importantly, the kind energy that you radiate into the world is returned manyfold. Some label it karma, but whatever you call it, the effect is very real.

Today's Affirmation: I radiate my kindness into the world.

Further reading: Mary Anne Radmacher: As we work to create light for others, we naturally light our own way.

Aesop: Gentleness and kind persuasion win where force and bluster fail

Whatever you do, do with kindness. Whatever you say, say with kindness. Wherever you go, radiate kindness. - jonathan lockwood huie

We attract abundance when we ask from a compassionate heart - jlh

Vince Lombardi quote: Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is

Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is.
- Vince Lombardi

It's one of life's great paradoxes ...

Accepting with gratitude whatever life throws at us is critical to happiness.

Yet without a goal and commitment, life lose much of its value.

The best we can do in the face of this paradox is to play to win, but be cheerful in defeat and ready to play again.

Further reading: Failure? Never

Life is as easy or as hard as you think it is - Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Lao Tzu: A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.

Helen Keller: Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.

Mary Anne Radmacher: Courage doesn't always roar

courage doesn't always roar.
sometimes courage is the quiet voice
at the end of the day, saying,
"i will try again tomorrow."
- mary anne radmacher

Further reading: The Serenity Prayer - God grant me the serenity...

Courage Quotes and Sayings

Courage affirmation: I release the familiar that I may better discover my inspiring future.

Loving is the most unmitigated and courageous act I perform in a day. - Mary Anne Radmacher

John Quincy Adams quote: If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
- John Quincy Adams

Your example is far more influential and inspiring than any words of instruction, or threats, or even words of encouragement.

When the best leader's work is done the people say, "We did it ourselves."
- Lao Tzu

Further reading: The Wisdom of Gandhi

Jimmy Yen - My Personal Greatest Hero

Let today be the day that you choose to become your own greatest Hero

William Shakespeare quote: To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first

To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first.
- William Shakespeare

Patience, persistence, and perseverance. A little more each day, a little better each day.

Further reading: Lao Tzu: Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished

Another Sunrise, Another New Beginning - jlh

C. S. Lewis You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream