In reality, serendipity accounts for one percent of the blessings we receive in life, work and love. The other 99 percent is due to our efforts.

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Everyone thinks they can be a writer. Most people don't understand what's involved. The real...

Everyone thinks they can be a writer. Most people don't understand what's involved. The real...

Some people think that meditation takes time away from physical accomplishment. Taken to extremes, of...

Some people think that meditation takes time away from physical accomplishment. Taken to extremes, of...

Nothing adventured, nothing attained.

Nothing adventured, nothing attained.

It's your life. Live it with people who are alive. It tends to be contagious.

It's your life. Live it with people who are alive. It tends to be contagious.

The road to positivity is strewn with the abandoned vehicles of the faint-hearted.

The road to positivity is strewn with the abandoned vehicles of the faint-hearted.

The news media are, for the most part, the bringers of bad news... and it's...

The news media are, for the most part, the bringers of bad news... and it's...

To use fear as the friend it is, we must retrain and reprogram ourselves...We must...

To use fear as the friend it is, we must retrain and reprogram ourselves...We must...

Fear is something to be moved through, not something to be turned from.

Fear is something to be moved through, not something to be turned from.

One of the great joys of life is creativity. Information goes in, gets shuffled about,...

One of the great joys of life is creativity. Information goes in, gets shuffled about,...

Do what you love and the necessary resources will follow.

Do what you love and the necessary resources will follow.

To the degree we're not living our dreams, our comfort zone has more control of...

To the degree we're not living our dreams, our comfort zone has more control of...

Life is not a struggle. It's a wiggle.

Life is not a struggle. It's a wiggle.

If you're not actively involved in getting what you want, you don't really want it.

If you're not actively involved in getting what you want, you don't really want it.

Learn to ask for what you want. The worst people can do is not give...

Learn to ask for what you want. The worst people can do is not give...

To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of...

To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of...

The news media are, for the most part, the bringers of bad news... and it's...

The news media are, for the most part, the bringers of bad news... and it's...

Mistakes show us what we need to learn.

Mistakes show us what we need to learn.

We can consciously end our life almost anytime we choose. This ability is an endowment,...

We can consciously end our life almost anytime we choose. This ability is an endowment,...

What's more important-your goal, or others' opinions of your goal?

What's more important-your goal, or others' opinions of your goal?

Guilt is anger directed at ourselves - at what we did or did not do....

Guilt is anger directed at ourselves - at what we did or did not do....