Life is a complicated thing. We plan, scheme, desire, and dream. And we rarely take the path that we intended, the path we once envisioned so vividly. We have steps forward and setbacks, find fun and face frustration, good times and bad seasons. We have things that may have worked …

“Life” This word can and does encompass substantially different amounts of meaning. Both “meaningless” and “meaningful” types. To determine what is meaningful is a deep and ever-deepening rabbit hole which I won’t discuss here. But differentiating between the two, and discovering how to live a life of meaning, that goes …

When looking at our lives, there is so much to ponder in the past and countless opportunities to embrace in the future. But there is no more important time then the present. As cliché as this can be, it still holds just as true. Moments are always fleeting, and this …

 “One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.” – Abraham H. Maslow “I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing …

 “…baby step onto the elevator… baby step into the elevator… I’m *in* the elevator. [doors close] AHHHHHHHHHHHH!” – Bob Wiley “Baby step to four o’clock. Baby step to four o’clock.” – Bob Wiley “[to himself] … baby steps get on the bus, baby steps down the aisle, baby steps…” – …

Life is a journey. A journey with choices upon choices. With each choice, both ours and others, shaping the path. Each simple response, friendship made, and habit formed. This is what makes up each one of our lives. There is power in our choices. And the most power lies in …

Even though I have never met Albert Einstein or have yet to even read his biography, which I plan on doing quite soon. In the process of hoarding his quotes I have developed such a growing appreciation, not for his great intelligence, but rather for the lens he chose to …

 “Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.” – Abraham Lincoln “Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” – Alan A. Milne “Try not to become a man of …

“What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.”- Abraham H. Maslow “Whatever you are, be a good one.” – Abraham Lincoln “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” – Albert Einstein “The only way of finding …

 “Every intelligent individual wants to know what makes him tick, and yet is at once fascinated and frustrated by the fact that oneself is the most difficult of all things to know.” –  Alan Watts  “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” – Anais Nin  “Aim for the …

 “Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.” – Abraham Lincoln  “Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”  – Marcus Aurelius  “If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it – then I can achieve it.” …

 “If you deliberately set out to be less than you are capable, you’ll be unhappy for the rest of your life.” – Abraham H. Maslow   “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” – Albert Einstein  “The number one problem that keeps people from winning in …

“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.” – George Bernard Shaw  “There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.” – Aldous Huxley  “He who conquers others is …

“What one has to do usually can be done.” – Eleanor Roosevelt  “The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.” – Mary Pickford  “There is no worse bitterness than to reach the end of your life and realized you have not lived.” – Scott Peck  “Ever …

“We fear our highest possibility (as well as our lowest one). We are generally afraid to become that which we glimpse in our most perfect moments.” – Abraham H. Maslow  “Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.” – Baruch Spinoza  “The secret of success in life is for …

 “Always do what you are afraid to do.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson   “Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action comes, stop thinking and go in.” Napoleon Bonaparte  “If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.” – Lao Tzu  “ Happiness …

 “Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens” – Jimi Hendrix  “ We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.” – Socrates  “During the first period of a man’s life the greatest danger is not to take a risk.” – Soren Kirkegaard  “Many of life’s failures are people who did not …

One of my favorite ideas in life is the idea of simplicity. One would think that it would be easier to live a simple life then to live in the opposite manner, but I always find myself over-complicating and over-thinking most things which should remain simple. So when life seems …

 “A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.” – Charles Darwin  “Learning gives creativity, creativity leads to thinking, thinking provides knowledge, knowledge makes you great.” – Abdul Kalam   “The truth is not for all men but only for those who …

The theme of the quotes for this post is fear. I thought this would be appropriate since this post lands on Halloween, which is a day where fear is more welcomed then usual. The fear addressed in these quotes focus more on personal fear of failure and rejection, then the …

Viktor Frankl I am currently reading the book Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl. Frankl was a psychiatrist who not only survived the holocaust but learned how to live through it. Man’s Search for Meaning is an amazing book and for this post I have chosen a couple of …

 “In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln  “Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot.” – Aristotle  “Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything” – George Bernard Shaw  “It’s not …

If it seems that success is simply too hard to find, then take to heart the quotes below and never give up.  “Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success” – Abdul Kalam  “Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones …

The first quote, by Albert Einstein, is one of my favorite quotes. We all have our yesterdays, todays, and tomorrows, and we look at them in a certain way. Einstein’s quote is a great reminder on how to view our everyday circumstances and to make the most of them.  “Learn from …

A quote a day keeps…well something away.  “Life is an ongoing process of choosing between safety (out of fear and need for defense) and risk (for the sake of progress and growth). Make the growth choice a dozen times a day.” – Abraham H. Maslow  “Not everything that can be …

No end in sight…  “You have to dream before your dreams can come true” – Abdul Kalam  “Our patience will achieve more than our force” – Edmund Burke  “Life has got to be lived-that’s all that there is to it” – Eleanor Roosevelt  “The happiness of your life depends upon …

And the quotes go on…  “Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.” – Vincent Van Gogh  “Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.” – Vince Lombardi  “We must be willing to fail and to appreciate the truth that often …

Quotes, quotes, quotes. Enjoy these short quotes and your labor day weekend  “I will prepare and some day my chance will come” – Abraham Lincoln  “The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it” – Woodrow Wilson  “Success is going from failure to failure without loss …

Here are a few of some of my favorite quotes. I very much enjoy a quote that states something very complex in so few words.  “I’m a slow walker, but I never walk back” – Abraham Lincoln  “Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls …