SUCCESS vs. FAILURE

I don't know the key to success,

but the key to failure 
is trying to please everybody. 
~Bill Cosby

Art Displayed...

Art, after all, 
is traditionally displayed against vacancies: 
paintings on dun walls, 
sculptures in empty spaces, 
music in quiet halls.  
~John Hart

Real Elation!

Real elation 
is when you feel 
you could touch a star 
without standing on tiptoe. 
~Doug Larson

...a series of small things...

Great things are not done by impulse,

 but by a series of small things brought together.



                                ~Vincent Van Gogh                      

Happiness Pursued!

Happiness 
is like a butterfly 
which, 
when pursued, 
is always beyond our grasp, 
but, 
if you will sit down quietly, 
may alight upon you. 
~Nathaniel Hawthorne

What Do You See?

"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see."
Henry David Thoreau

Improve the World!

How wonderful it is 

that nobody need wait a single moment 

before starting 

to improve the world. 

~Anne Frank

Attitude...

Attitude 
is a little thing 
that makes a

b i g

difference.

~Winston Churchill

Contribute ...to the World!

Whatever it is you "do", do it... but better yet, 
share it with others!     

LISTENING       SINGING        BUILDING        CREATING         CLEANING  

              delivering                   SHOPPING         gardening

        COOKING       DRAWING               ASSISTING                TALKING       ANIMAL CARE

HELPING       WRITING      CARE GIVING        VOLUNTEERING          INSPIRING      WALKING   

Mentoring      STORY TELLING    teaching  

       ~Kim Franklin-Magana 

"If you have anything really valuable to contribute to the world it will come through the expression of your own personality, that single spark of divinity that sets you off and makes you different from every other living creature."
~Bruce Barton

Be who you really are!

Often people attempt to live their lives backwards; 
they try to have more things, or more money, 
in order to do more of what they want, 

so they will be happier. 

The way it actually works is the reverse. 
You must first be who you really are, 
then do what you need to do, 
in order to have what you want.

~Margaret Young

Awaken your inside!

“Without new experiences,

 something inside of us sleeps. 

The sleeper must awaken.”

~Frank Herbert

Tranquility...

The more tranquil a man becomes, 
the greater is his success, 
his influence, 
his power for good.

Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.

~James Allen

Form and Function

“Form follows function - that has been misunderstood. 
Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union.”
Frank Lloyd Wright

Serenity...

Serenity is not freedom from the storm, but peace amid the storm.

 

~Anonymous

Good is Always Beautiful!

That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, 
but that which is good 
is always beautiful. 
~Ninon de L'Enclos
(1620 - 1705)

Anne de l’Enclos was born in Paris in 1620. Her father always called her Ninon, however, and that was the name she used all her life. Apparently, her mother was an ardent Catholic and her father an Epicurean wastrel. Thus, the first major decision in her life was which parent to emulate. As her name might suggest, her heart belonged to daddy. Biographers note that she was quite precocious and well read in both religion and philosophy by the age of twelve.

To read the entire writing regarding her life, please visit:  http://www.jazzbabies.com/home/ninon.html

Leave a trail!

Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path

and leave a trail.

~~~~   ~~~~~~   ~~~~ 

Ralph Waldo Emerson -
US essayist & poet (1803 - 1882)

Kindness is a gift!

Kindness is a gift that you freely give to the world, strangers, and loved ones. There are no strings attached, just the organic nature of random kindness is the purity from which it comes and touches someone’s life to uplift and bring them joy!

~Kim Franklin-Magana

Remember...Creativity is delicate.

Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom while discouragement often nips it in the bud.

~Unknown   

Dreams...nourish and protect them!

We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. They see things in the soft haze of a spring day or in the red fire of a long winter's evening. Some of us let these great dreams die, but others nourish and protect them; nurse them through bad days till they bring them to the sunshine and light which comes always to those who sincerely hope that their dreams will come true.

- Woodrow Wilson

TRUST

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Understand...

It is in identifying yourself 
with the hopes, dreams, fears and longings of others 
that you may understand them 
and help them.

~Wilferd A. Peterson 
(August 21, 1900 - June 2, 1995)

Exerpt taken from his biography:  His greatest influences from other writers and philosophers include Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau and Abraham Lincoln, among many others. His contemporaries include Norman Vincent Peale and Dale Carnegie, and current writers and philosophers such as Jack Canfield and Brian Tracy have referred to Wilferd Peterson's works.

HEART

There never was any heart 

truly great and generous,

that was not also tender and compassionate. 

 ~Robert South

IDEAS!

Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. 
 If your ideas are any good, 
 you'll have to ram them down people's throats. 

~Howard Aiken

Failure vs. Success

“Don’t waste your time hating  failure.

Failure is a greater teacher than success.”

― Clarissa Pinkola-Estés

Just Laugh!

Just laugh, smile, and enjoy!

 Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog — few people are interested, 
and the frog dies.

~ E.B. White, "A Sub-treasury of American Humor"