Fire it up

“Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.”

—Jean De La Fontaine (1621-1695), poet, writer

Make No Small Plans

“Make no small plans for they have no power to stir your soul.”

– Anonymous

 

Confidence

“It’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you’re not.”

– unknown

Go for it!

“When you get the chance, go for it.  You can’t accomplish anything worthwhile if you inhibit yourself.”

– Oprah Winfrey, p.230 O Magazine, July 2007

Keep curiosity alive…

“Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Every Day

“Do one thing every day that scares you.”

– Eleanor Roosevelt

Where Credit is Due

“It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”

– Teddy Roosevelt

What’s Interesting

“Playing it safe isn’t interesting.

Being superficial isn’t interesting.

Authenticity is interesting.

Passion is interesting.

Authentic human tragedy and comedy are interesting.”

 – Annette Simmons, The Story Factor

bottom line:

LIVE AN INTERESTING LIFE.

Fear of Success

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.

We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?

You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.

It’s not just in some of us, it’s in everyone.

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

- Marianne Williamson
21st century spiritual teacher
from A Return to Love