Spirituality and Self Help

It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, “Always do what you are afraid to do. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes. — St. Clement of Alexandra

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore,
is not an act but a habit. — Aristotle

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking. — William B. Sprague

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome — Samuel Johnson

Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall. — Confucius

Knowing is not enough; we must apply.
Willing is not enough; we must do. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Constant dripping hollows out a stone. — Lucretius

To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first — Shakespeare

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. — Jim Ryun

People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily. — Zig Ziglar

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents. — Andrew Carnegie

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice. — Wayne Dyer

If you learn from defeat, you haven’t really lost. — Zig Ziglar

Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not — Carl Jung

Problems are not the problem; coping is the problem — Virginia Satir

A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying. — B. F. Skinner

Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase. — Martin Luther King, Jr.

Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open? Move outside the tangle of fear-thinking. Live in silence. — Jalal ad-Din Rumi