“Fear is man’s worst enemy for you attract what you fear. It is faith turned upside down. It is really Faith in evil instead of good.” ~ Florence Scovel Shinn It’s time to face your fears, my friend. You are their only source of power — your belief in them. It’s up to you to…
“Fear exhausts life energy. It is one of the greatest enemies of dynamic will power. Fear causes the life force that ordinarily flows steadily through the nerves to be squeezed out, and the nerves themselves to become as though paralyzed. The vitality of the whole body is lowered. Fear doesn’t help you get away from…
“Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.” ~ William Shakespeare Oh, oh, oh, my friend, don’t let this be you! Your doubts only serve to undermine your efforts. Your heart harbors no doubts. So get centered in your heart, face your fears, whatever they…
“As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate…
“When patterns are broken, new worlds emerge.” ~ Tuli Kupferberg What are your normal patterns? What is your daily routine? What are your habits? How do you start your day? What do you eat daily? What you do drink throughout your day? And what are your thoughts? Are you even aware of them? So, my…
“Whether our action is wholesome or unwholesome depends on whether that action or deed arises from a disciplined or undisciplined state of mind. It is felt that a disciplined mind leads to happiness and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering, and in fact it is said that bringing about discipline within one’s mind is the…
“There is a vast difference between deciding to choose one thought over another and choosing to think in ways that limit us. The former is discipline, the latter is a prison.” ~ Kim Huggens Whether consciously or not, we are choosing our thoughts all day long. Take a look at your life, my friend. The…
“The agony of breaking through personal limitations is the agony of spiritual growth. Art, literature, myth and cult, philosophy, and ascetic disciplines are instruments to help the individual past his limiting horizons into spheres of ever-expanding realization.” ~ Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces That right there, my friend, is why we do…
“It’s easier for a human being to think negatively than positively. That’s why only five percent are successful. You must begin now to place yourself in that group.” ~ Earl Nightingale It takes discipline to train your mind to follow a positive track. And let’s not forget diligence and perseverance. But you know what else…
“Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. It is the result of long and patient effort in self-control. Its presence is an indication of ripened experience, and of a more than ordinary knowledge of the laws and operations of thought.” ~ James Allen, As a Man Thinketh Hidden in the brilliant formula…