"The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want."  Ben Stein

"When you are clear, what you want will show up in your life, and only to the extent you are clear."  Janet Attwood

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

"Live so that you wouldn’t be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip."
Will Rogers

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I recently went to see a motivational speaker who

had been through hell and back in her earlier years

- it made for a very interesting evening! I came up

with the following cartoon after hearing of the

obstacles she had overcome…..

I recommend you go and see good motivational speakers when

you can – you will come away inspired. and it’ll be a great help

when you have obstacles in your way.

Richard

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Your mind’s power is only limited by the belief you’ve assigned to it.

Believe that you will attain what you aim for, see it clearly in your mind, and your subconscious will make sure you get it.

Treat your subconscious like a close friend. Love it. Respect it. Ask it things. Talk to it often with a positive tone. And never forget to thank it for always being there for you and for helping.

Picture yourself already reaping the fruits. And you will ultimately attain it.

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I found this little cartoon character in my archives while

looking for something on ‘opportunities’. I must have just

been playing around at the time.

Here’s a few of the ‘opportunities’ quotes I was looking for:

To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.
Benjamin Franklin

Each generation goes further than the generation preceding it because it stands on the shoulders of that generation. You will have opportunities beyond anything we’ve ever known.
Ronald Reagan

To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

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"Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out if they’ve got a second. Give your dreams all you’ve got and you’ll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you."

William James

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"Every achiever that I have ever met says, ‘My life turned around when I began to believe in me.’"

Dr. Robert H. Schuller

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"I realized early on that success was tied to not giving up. Most people in this business gave up and went on to other things. If you simply didn’t give up, you would outlast the people who came in on the bus with you."

Harrison Ford

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“People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.”

Norman Vincent Peale

"Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. You must be able to sustain yourself against staggering blows. There is no code of conduct to help beginners. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go much further than people with vastly superior talent."

Sophia Loren

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Opportunity is often difficult to recognize; we usually expect it to beckon us with beepers and billboards.  ~William Arthur Ward

The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.  ~Benjamin Disraeli

A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.  ~Harry Truman

Every day is an opportunity to make a new happy ending.  ~Author Unknown

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