"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams

"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 Maslow

"The greatest waste in the world is the difference between what we are and what we could become." - Ben Herbster

"Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment." - Benjamin Franklin

"Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures." - Bernard Baruch

"Although it is not possible to change your future overnight, it is possible to change your direction overnight" - Jim Rohn

"To be nobody but yourself - in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you like everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight - and never stop fighting." - E.E. Cummings

"The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance. Remember, the greatest failure is to not try. Once you find something you love to do, be the best at doing it." - Debbi Fields

"If you have a positive thought your body actually goes into a positive vibration, you actually attract everything that resonates with that vibration." - John Assaraf

"The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability to overcome bad luck." - Channing Pollock

"Life is like a ten-speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use." - Charles M. Schulz

"It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped." - Tony Robbins

"It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped." - Tony Robbins

"An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous." - Henry Ford

"The capacity for getting along with our neighbor depends to a large extent on the capacity for getting along with ourselves. The self-respecting individual will try to be as tolerant of his neighbor's shortcomings as he is of his own." - Eric Hoffer

"Everyone wants to be appreciated. So if you appreciate someone, don’t keep it a secret." - Mary Kay Ash

"Fix your eyes forward on what you can do, not back on what you cannot change." - Tom Clancy

Wealth Comes In Many Forms

My mentor, Bob Proctor, once said, "Don't cry over anything that won't cry over you." People will often create tremendous suffering for themselves just because they're in debt or have lost money. They'll generate intense feelings of anger, sadness, and fear, all of which are destructive and actually make it more difficult for them to regain the wealth they lost. Because they're upset, they may fight with their spouse over money or become severely depressed, not realizing that the power to create abundance for themselves once again is always available to them.

When you understand that money is simply one form of the tremendous force known as abundance or wealth, and that you can always receive riches from our ever-giving Universe, it becomes easier to let go of negative feelings about money and the destructive belief that material wealth is more important than other manifestations of abundance. Ask yourself how much money you would take in exchange for your eyesight and your abundant health. How much would I have to pay you for you to give up your relationship with the person you love the most? My guess is that your health, your eyesight, and the people you love are far too precious to trade for any amount of money.

If what you receive isn't money, open yourself up to it with gratitude and joy. Allow your creativity to flourish and you can discover ways to convert the abundance into the form you could most use right now.

Wisdom and knowledge are types of abundance that we often overlook. An antiques dealer I know often purchased items from homeless people who brought him furniture and other objects they'd found in the garbage.

He was always gracious and kind to them, and one day one of his regular sellers, who was a homeless man, noticed that the dealer had recently acquired a gold record by a celebrity.

"You have that underpriced," he said. "I used to work in the music business. I know."

The antiques dealer listened to what the man had to say and decided to take his advice and quadruple the price. A few days later, the dealer's dentist came in, got very excited about the gold record, and said, "Listen, I'd love to own that, but I don't have that much in cash to spend. How about if I do that dental work I recommended to you, in exchange for the gold record?"

The antiques dealer was able to pay for expensive dental procedures he needed and couldn't afford, because he valued the abundance that came to him from an unexpected source and converted it into something he could use.

Peggy McColl

"Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success." - Napoleon Hill

"To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time." - Leonard Bernstein

"Every company has room for the man who has a definite plan of action which is to the advantage of that company." - Napoleon Hill

"It matters not what a person is born, but (whom) they choose to be." - Joanne Kathleen Rowling

"It's not what you have, it's what you do with what you have that counts." - Unknown

"The Universe wants to give to you. The moment you begin to change your vibration to one of abundance, it will start sending you people, situations, and opportunities that reflect your inner state." Peggy McColl

"Some people dream of success... while others wake up and work hard at it. " - Unknown