#1404 The reckoning

Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow.  ~ Doug Firebaugh

You learn something every day if you pay attention.  ~ Ray Le Blond

Do one thing every day that scares you.  ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

Write it in your heart that every day is the best day of your life.  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

To sensible men, every day is a reckoning.  ~ John W. Gardner

Quotes about every day living

- What will you do today for a better tomorrow?
- What will you do today to enhance personal growth and enrichment?

#1403 Where are you going?

There is only one direction you can coast.

Courage combined with integrity is the foundation of character.

The future belongs to the risk takers not the comfort seekers.

Every great human achievement is preceded by extended periods of dedicated, concentrated effort.

It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are
going.

Quotes by Brian Tracy

- Why is it wise not to coast?
- How would you define integrity?
- Where are you going?

#1402 Oxygen of the soul

You have freedom when you're easy in your harness.  ~ Robert Frost

In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.  ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt

Freedom is the oxygen of the soul.  ~ Moshe Dayan

Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.  ~ Albert Camus

Freedom is the will  to be responsible to ourselves.  ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

Quotes about freedom

- What strings are attached to enjoying freedom?

#1401 The tides of life

The lowest ebb is the turn of the tide.  ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The emotions attached to them were like sand castles in the tide, slowly washing out to sea.  ~ Nicholas Sparks

When the tides of life turn against you,
and the current upsets your boat,
don't waste those tears on what might have been;
just lie on your back and float.   ~ unknown

Someday after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.   ~ Teilhard de Chardin

The sea is calm tonight.
The tide is full, the moon lies fair
Upon the straits;- on the French coast the light
Gleams and is gone; the cliffs of England stand,
glimmering and vast, out in the tranquil bay.  ~ Matthew Arnold

Quotes about the tide

- When have you experienced new hope?
- When have you harnessed the energy of love?

#1400 To survive

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.  ~ Horace Mann

It is better to conquer yourself than win than to win a thousand battles.  Then the victory is yours.  ~ Buddha

Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.  ~ Edwin Markham

Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment; full effort is full victory.  ~ Mahatma Gandhi

Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory.  ~ Bill Russell

Who is speaking of victory?  To survive is everything.  ~ Rainer Maria Rilke

Quotes about victory

- What challenges in living do you face?
- What victory might you win for humanity?
- How do you survive?

#1399 My big secret

Growth demands a temporary surrender of security.  ~Gail Sheehy

Growth is an erratic forward movement: two steps forward, one step back. Remember that and be very gentle with yourself.  ~Julia Cameron

You must constantly ask yourself these questions: Who am I around? What are they doing to me? What have they got me reading (or watching)? What have they got me saying? Where do they have me going? What do they have me thinking? And most important, what do they have me becoming? Then ask yourself the big question: Is that okay?  ~ Jim Rohn

The most powerful agent of growth and transformation is something much more basic than any technique: a change of heart.  ~John Welwood

I like wherever I am. That's my big secret.  ~Warren Zevon

Quotes about growth,  change, transition

- When have you experienced growth?
- What teen do you know who might appreciate reading Jim Rohn's quote?
- When have you experienced positive change through a change of heart?

#1398 Life is what happens

It is not enough to be busy.   So are the ants.  The question is: what are we busy about?  ~ Henry David Thoreau

Focus on being productive instead of busy.  ~ Tim Ferris

Being busy is better than being bored.  Bored left a long time ago.  Busy is always around for me.  ~Tabitha Robin

If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it.  Go out and get busy.  ~ Dale Carnegie

Never be so busy as not to think of others.  ~ Mother Teresa

 Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.  ~John Lennon

Quotes about being busy

- What are you busy about?
- What might you be overlooking within your daily life?