Strive to be Better!

Strive not to be perfect...

rather, strive to be

better than you were

yesterday.

~Kim Franklin-Magana

Curiosity is not just for humans...

The first and the simplest emotion 

which we discover 

in the human mind

is Curiosity.

~Edmund Burke

When we explore and look at things from a new perspective, 
we can discover something new 
from something old.
~Kim Franklin-Magana

No obstacles!

No Obstacles!  

Let no object, person, or action, 

stand in the way of your dreams, desires, 

or goals!

~Kim Franklin-Magana

How to Begin? STEP #1: Just Begin! STEP #2: Keep Going!

“The man who removes a mountain 
begins by carrying away 
small stones.”

~William Faulkner
(1897-1962)

Raised in the south, William Faulkner later won the Nobel Prize for Literature.  
Learn more here:  http://www.notablebiographies.com/Du-Fi/Faulkner-William.html#b

Just ASK for What You Want!

If you don't go after what you want, 

you'll never have it. 

If you don't ask, 

the answer is always no. 

If you don't step forward, 

you're always in the same place. 

~ Nora Roberts

Sparks of Possibility!

“Make the most of yourself 

by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility 

into flames of achievement.” 

~Golda Meir

Golda Meir (Hebrew: גּוֹלְדָּה מֵאִיר‎‎ [ɡolˈda] or [ˈɡolda] [meˈʔiʁ];^[1] earlier Golda Meyerson, born Golda Mabovich (Голда Мабович); May 3, 1898 – December 8, 1978) was a teacher, kibbutznik and politician who became the fourth Prime Minister of the State of Israel.

Meir was elected Prime Minister of Israel on March 17, 1969,^[2] after serving as Minister of Labour and Foreign Minister. Israel's first and the world's third woman to hold such an office, she was described as the "Iron Lady" of Israeli politics years before the epithet became associated with British prime minister Margaret Thatcher.^[3] Former prime minister David Ben-Gurion used to call Meir "the best man in the government"; she was often portrayed as the "strong-willed, straight-talking, grey-bunned grandmother of the Jewish people."^[4]

In 1974, after the conclusion of the Yom Kippur War, Meir resigned as prime minister. She died in 1978.

To read more about her and view pictures, please visit:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golda_Meir

Daily effort...

When you have a goal, 
but it seems hard to reach...

make it your desire 
to put the effort it deserves

towards the outcome of that goal, 
every day!

~Kim Franklin-Magana

Get to "IT"!

“Today is your day!…

Your mountain is waiting. So…

get on your way.”  

~Dr. Seuss

Theodor Seuss Geisel ( /ˈɡaɪzəl/; March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991) was an American writer, poet, and cartoonist most widely known for his children's books written under the pen names Dr. Seuss, Theo LeSieg and, in one case, Rosetta Stone.^[2]

He published 46 children's books, which were often characterized by imaginative characters, rhyme, and frequent use of trisyllabic meter. His most celebrated books include the bestselling Green Eggs and Ham, The Cat in the Hat, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, Horton Hatches the Egg, Horton Hears a Who!, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas!. Numerous adaptations of his work have been created, including 11 television specials, four feature films, a Broadway musical and four television series. He won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1958 for Horton Hatches the Egg and again in 1961 for And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street.

Geisel also worked as an illustrator for advertising campaigns, most notably for Flit and Standard Oil, and as a political cartoonist for PM, a New York City newspaper. During World War II, he worked in an animation department of the U.S Army, where he wrote Design for Death, a film that later won the 1947 Academy Award for Documentary Feature.

Geisel's birthday, March 2, has been adopted as the annual date for National Read Across America Day, an initiative on reading created by the National Education Association.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Seuss

Overnight SUCCESS?

Everyone else trains just as hard as well 
and that there really is no such a thing 
as

overnight success.
~Julie Benz

Achieving Great Success!

The most important key

to achieving great success

is to decide upon your goal and launch,

get started,

take action,

move.

~John Wooden

Enjoy the climb!

“Live your life each day as you would climb a mountain. An occasional glance towards the summit keeps the goal in mind, but many beautiful scenes are to be observed from each new vantage point.”
~Harold B. Melchart



I Can't...I Can!

“The tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goals to reach.”


~Benjamin Mays



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



SUCCESS vs. FAILURE

I don't know the key to success,

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

...a series of small things...

Great things are not done by impulse,

 but by a series of small things brought together.



                                ~Vincent Van Gogh                      

Failure vs. Success

“Don’t waste your time hating  failure.

Failure is a greater teacher than success.”

― Clarissa Pinkola-Estés

Possibilities...

Things

 are only impossible

 until they're not. 

~Jean-Luc Picard