This Moment is What We Have

There is only one time that is important - NOW!
It is the most important time because
it is the only time that we have any power.
- Leo Tolstoy

Yesterday is ashes.
Tomorrow is green wood.
Only today does the fire burn brightly.
- Inuit Saying

Do not dwell in the past,
do not dream of the future,
concentrate the mind on the present moment.
- The Buddha

If you are depressed you are living in the past.
If you are anxious you are living in the future.
If you are at peace you are living in the present.
- Lao Tzu

I have realized that the past and future are real illusions,
that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.
- Alan Watts

Further reading: Don't Wait - Begin Today

Cherish This Moment

The Futility of Regret

Gratitude for THIS Moment
      

Don't Doubt, Take Action - Now

The most difficult thing is the decision to act,
the rest is merely tenacity.
The fears are paper tigers.
You can do anything you decide to do.
You can act to change and control your life;
and the procedure, the process is its own reward.
- Amelia Earhart

Those who believe they can do something
and those who believe they can't
are both right.
- Henry Ford

The only way to discover the limits of the possible
is to go beyond them into the impossible.
- Arthur C. Clarke

Today's affirmation:
I am unstoppable.

Whether the challenge is reaching the moon, sailing around the world, hitting a home run, acing a job interview, or walking again after a stroke, we can usually accomplish what we believe we can. But once we doubt ourselves, success slips beyond our grasp.

Further reading: The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing

Power of Thought
     

Living Content with Little

Happiness consists not in having much,
but in being content with little.
- Marguerite Gardiner

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.
- Plato

There are nine requisites for contented living:
HEALTH enough to make work a pleasure;
WEALTH enough to support your needs;
STRENGTH enough to battle with difficulties and forsake them;
GRACE enough to confess your sins and overcome them;
PATIENCE enough to toil until some good is accomplished;
CHARITY enough to see some good in your neighbor;
LOVE enough to move you to be useful and helpful to others;
FAITH enough to make real the things of God;
HOPE enough to remove all anxious fears concerning the future.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Nothing is as good for the soul as a marshmallow roast.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Keep your eyes open to your mercies.
The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life.
- Robert Louis Stevenson

Further reading: Be Thankful. Be Content

A Simple Life

A Life of Abundance

Rejoice with What Is
      

Self-Confidence is the First Requisite

If you have no confidence in self,
you are twice defeated in the race of life.
With confidence, you have won even before you have started.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero

If you don't have confidence, you'll always find a way not to win.
- Carl Lewis

With realization of one's own potential and
self-confidence in one's ability,
one can build a better world.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.
- Samuel Johnson

Confidence is half of victory.
- Yiddish Proverb

Believe in yourself. Have faith in your abilities.
Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers
you cannot be successful or happy.
- Norman Vincent Peale

Further reading: Believe In Yourself

Ignore Your Critics

Make Your Dreams Come True

My Wish
        

Defeat as Education

What is defeat? Nothing but education.
Nothing but the first step to something better.
- Wendell Phillips

When you find your path, you must not be afraid.
You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes.
Disappointment, defeat, and despair are
the tools God uses to show us the way.
- Paulo Coelho

Being defeated is often a temporary condition.
Giving up is what makes it permanent.
- Marilyn vos Savant

The greatest test of courage on earth
is to bear defeat without losing heart.
- Robert Ingersoll

Circumstances don't defeat you -
you defeat yourself when you give up.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Serenity in Times of Crisis

Overcoming Difficulties

Do not rail against life

Life's Storms