When people don’t know what is going on, they speculate.  When they think they know, they fabricate.  And when they do know, they often disparage.  Jealousy is insecurity turned sideways.

The difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is how you use them.  Breakdowns can create breakthroughs.  Things fall apart so that things can fall together.

In the calm that follows a storm, opportunities may arise that were previously impractical.  Beyond the vital short-term cleanup work, keep an eye out for ways to make major long-term improvements.

If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.  Your success may be determined by what you are willing to sacrifice for it.

Prosperity begins with a state of mind.  Believe in yourself, and in your expectations.  Expect to expand your wealth, your knowledge, your relationships, your income, and your wisdom.  And you will.

During any struggle, what may seem to some as a capitulation may in reality be a strategic redirection toward a larger goal.  Difficult things can take a long time.  Impossible things, a little longer.

The past is a place of reference, not of residence.  Past mistakes are meant to guide you, not define you.  Guilt can either hold you back from growing, or it can show you what you need to shift in your life.

Opportunity comes to those who look for it.  Getting something done is an accomplishment; getting something worthy done right is an achievement.

Theologian Reinhold Niebuhr’s original serenity prayer asked for “courage to change what must be altered, serenity to accept what cannot be helped, and the insight to know the one from the other.”

“I trust you” is a better compliment than “I love you”, because you may not always trust the person you love, but you can always love the person you trust.

If you want to touch the past, touch a rock.  If you want to touch the present, touch a flower.  If you want to touch the future, touch a life.  Kindness, like a boomerang, always returns.

One secret of success is to stop focusing on what you do not have and shift your consciousness to an appreciation for all that you do have.  Live a life of positivity and you will have a life of prosperity.

What is a man, but that lofty spirit, that sense of enterprise, that devotion to something that cannot be sensed, cannot be realised but only dreamed, the highest reality!

It is said that experience is the best teacher.  But that experience may be hard-earned.  An ancient Hindu proverb suggests that no physician is really good until he has killed one or two patients.

It is said that those who love money will never have enough, and are never satisfied.  The real measure of your wealth is how much you’d be worth if you lost all your money.

All things,  both good and bad, eventually reach an end.  The tales most worth recording and retelling are the tales that reach the most memorable and satisfying conclusions.

Learning is an act of exploration. The eternal quest for knowledge may seem difficult at times, but that can lure the mind to the pursuit and discovery of deeper findings.

When stressed, sometimes the best thing you can do is to not think, not wonder, not imagine, not obsess.  Just stay calm, breathe, and have faith in the belief that everything will eventually work out.

The only constant in life is change.  But sometimes an unexpected and seemingly catastrophic change can occur suddenly, with little or no warning, like a proverbial bolt from the blue.

Perseverance is laudable, but perseverance must have some practical goal, or it does not avail the one possessing it.  A person without a practical end in view will struggle to accomplish anything of worth.