Think Positive!

Positive thoughts become positive actions.
Positive actions become positive gifts.
Positive gifts become positive memories.
Positive memories become positive lessons for life.

Sharing your positive lessons that you have learned from life is your way of giving back to the world in a positive way. 
It is contributing what you have learned, 
so that others may also learn.
That, is a positive thought.
~Kim Franklin-Magana

Y O U ! IMAGINE the Possibilities!

"Possibly the greatest waste in life

is    the    gap 
between

what    you    are

 and what you could become.”

~Zig Ziglar

Accept Yourself!

When you know yourself you are empowered.

When you accept yourself you are 

invincible. 

(Multi-colored meteorite)

~ Tina Lifford

SELF-EMPOWERMENT

Don't wait for others to empower you.  If you know what you are doing, claim it and move forward.  Permission, from others, not required.

~Kim Franklin-Magana

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Become Your Dream(s)!

There are some people who live in a dream world,

and there are some who face reality; 

and then there are those 

who turn one into the other. 

-Douglas H. Everett

So, keep dreaming and may all your wishes become reality!

~Kim Franklin-Magana 

Your character describes who you are to others...

“Winning is a habit.  Watch your thoughts, they become your beliefs.  Watch your beliefs, they become your words.  Watch your words, they become your actions.  Watch your actions, they become your habits.  Watch your habits, they become your character.” 

~Vince Lombardi

The Early Years-

Lombardi was born in Brooklyn to Enrico "Harry" Lombardi and Matilda "Mattie" Izzo on June 11, 1913.  Harry's mother and father, Vincenzo and Michelina emigrated from Salerno, Italy. Mattie's father and mother, Anthony and Loretta, emigrated from an area several miles east of Salerno. Henry had three siblings and Matilda had twelve siblings. Vince would be the oldest of five children, Madeleine, Harold, Claire, and Joe. The entire Lombardi and Izzo clan settled in Sheepshead Bay.

Matilda's father, Anthony, opened up a barber shop in Sheepshead Bay prior to the turn of the century. At about the time of Lombardi's birth, Harry, and his brother, Eddie, opened a butcher shop in the Meatpacking District. Throughout the Great Depression, Harry's shop did well and his family prospered.  Lombardi grew up in an ethnically diverse, middle-class neighborhood. 

 To read more about this inspiring man, please visit:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Lombardi

SuCCeSS vs. Value

"Try not to become a man of success, 
but rather 
try to become a man of value."

~ Albert Einstein

Time Line of Einstein's Life-

1879: Albert Einstein is born to Hermann Einstein (a featherbed

salesman) and his wife Pauline in Ulm, Germany.

1884: Around this time, Albert receives his first compass,

beginning his quest to investigate the natural world.

1889: At age 10, Albert sets into a program of self education and

reads as much about science as he can.

To continue reading the complete timeline, please visit:  http://www.sonic.net/~gralsto/einstein/timeline.html

More interesting reading found here:  http://www.westegg.com/einstein/#about

Are we really ever wasting time?

"Creativity is the residue 

of wasted time." 

~ Albert Einstein

Einstein's education was disrupted by his father's repeated failures at business. In 1894, after his company failed to get an important contract to electrify the city of Munich, Hermann Einstein moved to Milan, Italy, to work with a relative. Einstein was left at a boarding house in Munich and expected to finish his education. Alone, miserable, and 

repelled by the looming prospect of military duty when he turned 16, Einstein ran away six months later and landed on the doorstep of his surprised parents. His parents realized the enormous problems that he faced as a school dropout and draft dodger with no employable skills. His prospects did not look promising.

 Excerpt taken from this excellent website: http://www.biography.com/people/albert-einstein-9285408?page=2

Faith...

“Faith sees a beautiful blossom

in a bulb,

a lovely garden

in a seed,

 and a giant oak

in an acorn.”

~William Arthur Ward 

Born and reared in Louisiana, Dr. Ward entered the United States Army as a private in 1942 and rose to the rank of captain. Part of his four years of military service was spent in the Philippines.

READ MORE HERE:  http://quotes-of-wisdom.eu/en/author/william-arthur-ward/biography

HAPPINESS...is the KEY! GET THE KEY!

Success is not the key to happiness. 

Happiness is the key to success.

 If you love what you are doing, 

you will be successful. 

~ Albert Schweitzer

Albert Schweitzer (January 14, 1875-September 4, 1965) was born into an Alsatian family which for generations had been devoted to religion, music, and education. His father and maternal grandfather were ministers; both of his grandfathers were talented organists; many of his relatives were persons of scholarly attainments...

...Having decided to go to Africa as a medical missionary rather than as a pastor, Schweitzer in 1905 began the study of medicine at the University of Strasbourg. In 1913, having obtained his M.D. degree, he founded his hospital at Lambaréné in French Equatorial Africa, but in 1917 he and his wife were sent to a French internment camp as prisoners of war. Released in 1918, Schweitzer spent the next six years in Europe, preaching in his old church, giving lectures and concerts, taking medical courses, writing On the Edge of the Primeval Forest, The Decay and Restoration of Civilization, Civilization and Ethics, and Christianity and the Religions of the World.

ENJOY READING THE COMPLETE BIOGRAPHY BY CLICKING HERE:  http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1952/schweitzer-bio.html

Results!

On the sidelines, you see the game results. On the field, you understand the game, and the results. 
~Kim F-M

S U C C E S S !

S U C C E S S !

“Success is what you attract by the person you become.”
~ Jim Rohn



HEART

There never was any heart 

truly great and generous,

that was not also tender and compassionate. 

 ~Robert South