Be secure in the knowledge that you can deal with anything that happens to you. Have the courage to bet on your ideas. Take some calculated risks and act on your dreams. There is no permanent security in our world, there is only opportunity

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.
- Abraham Lincoln

It is possible to fail in many ways…while to succeed is possible only in one way.
- Aristotle

I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
- Bill Cosby

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.
- G. K. Chesterton

Always remain true to oneself and do not be defined by others or conform to their standards or thoughts of whom you shall be. Love the greatness in YOU that our marvelous creator designed you to be!

- Melissa Williams-Robinson

A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
- Herm Albright

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.

I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.
- Martha Washington

I happen to feel that the degree of a person’s intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting attitudes she can bring to bear on the same topic.
- Lisa Alther

We would all want to go back to the time when:

• Innocence was natural.
• Getting High meant for a swing
• Drinking meant Rasna Orange
• Dad was the only hero
• Love was Mom’s hug
• Dad’s shoulder was the highest place on Earth
• Your worst enemies were your siblings
• Only things that you could hurt were skinned knees
• Only things broken were toys
• Good Byes only meant till tomorrow

Life has changed a lot but there is till that innocence/child in you. Spend each day remembering those days and change little of those good things about you that made people love you.

There is no such thing as a perfect person or life. So don’t judge others or separate yourself from someone because they are different in your eyes. We all have something that another can learn from. Live for today, love for tomorrow and give one another a chance before giving up; you just might be surprised that you did.

In another words: Give without prejudice; receive with open arms.

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We are all students of life; it’s how we handle it that gives us the degree.

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Remember the things that made you glad, forget the things that made you sad. Remember the friends that are always there by you, forget those that proved untrue. Always remember that you are the most important person in your life. Treat yourself with LOVE & Respect. Celebrate the fact that you are alive. The past is gone so… it cannot be undone. All we can do is learn from it to help for a better future, which is yet to come.

You don’t know what you don’t know. Sometimes, its easier to give up than risk being a fool. Quitting is leadership too.

Do not let the red ambers of yesterday, burn brighter than the fire of today

Sometimes when you TRY to get people to see the real you, you stop being the real you.

Just as cream is present in milk and fire in the fuel, so also the attainment of Divine is a sure result for those who perform spiritual practices. Even if the attainment of Liberation is not directly realized as a consequence of taking the Lord’s Name, the following fruits are clearly evident: (i) the company of the great (ii) truth (iii) contentment and (iv) control of the senses. Through whichever of these gates one may enter, whether one is a householder or a recluse or a member of any other class, one can certainly reach the Lord. This is certain!
-Prema Vahini, Chapter, “The Harvest of a Sadhaka”

In this world, there is no penance higher than fortitude, no happiness greater than contentment, no blessing holier than mercy and no weapon more effective than patience. Devotees should consider the body as a field, the good deeds as seeds and cultivate the Name of the Lord. Take the help of the Heart as the farmer in order to get the harvest – which is the Lord Himself. Like cream in the milk, fire in the fuel, the Lord is in everything. Have full faith in this.

- Prema Vahini, Chapter ‘The Harvest of a Sadhaka’.

You must be capable of changing your priorities so that your final goal can be achieved. Comfort zones need to be challenged. Create your own realities. Be confident and strong to make your life better. Allow yourself to grow. –

A ship in harbor is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for. – John Shedd