"I learned... that inspiration does not come like a bolt, nor is it kinetic, energetic, striving, but it comes to us slowly and quietly and all the time, though we must regularly and every day give it a little chance to start flowing, prime it with a little solitude and idleness." -- Brenda Ueland

"If we fail to nourish our souls, they wither, and without soul, life ceases to have meaning.... The creative process shrivels in the absence of continual dialogue with the soul. And creativity is what makes life worth living." -- Marion Woodman

"Choice of attention... is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases, a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences, whatever they may be." -- W.H. Auden

"At any moment, you have a choice, that either leads you closer to your spirit or further away from it." -- Thich Nhat Hahn

"The well of Providence is deep. It’s the buckets we bring to it that are small." -- Mary Webb

what living is all about. "We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and mystery." -- H. G. Wells

"The soul requires duration of time -- rich, thick, deep, velvety time -- and it thrives on rhythm. Soul can’t be hurried or harried .... We may go through many events in the day and experience nothing because the soul has not had the opportunity to feel them from many different points of view." -- Robert Sardello

"The period of greatest gain in knowledge and experience is the most difficult period in one’s life." -- Dalai Lama

"In school you get the lesson and then take the test... In life you take the test and then get the lesson." -- Unknown Source

"Wherever you are is always the right place. There is never a need to fix anything, to hitch up the bootstraps of the soul and start at some higher place. Start right where you are." -- Julia Cameron

"Everything you need you already have. You are complete right now, you are a whole, total person, not an apprentice person on the way to someplace else." -- Wayne Dyer

"To serve is beautiful, but only if it is done with joy and a whole heart." -- Pearl S. Buck

"If life doesn't offer a game worth playing, then invent a new one." -- Anthony J. D'Angelo

"If life doesn't offer a game worth playing, then invent a new one." -- Anthony J. D'Angelo

"Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully." -- Max Eastman

"Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully." -- Max Eastman

"I think that whenever soul is present, it’s because what you’re doing, whom you’re with, where you are, evokes love without your thinking about it. You are totally absorbed in the place or person or event, without ego and without judgment." -- Jean Shinoda Bolen

"We all seek Soul. While Soul is always present, it doesn’t appear in our lives automatically. Soul requires our attention and reflection. Offering our respectful regard to the Soul is a way of loving it, caring for it, nurturing it." -- Benjamin Shield and Richard Carlson

"Life is made up of moments, small pieces of glittering mica in a long, stretch of gray cement. It would be wonderful if they came to us unsummoned, but particularly in lives as busy as the ones most of us lead now, that won’t happen. We have to teach ourselves how to make room for them, to love them, and to live, really live." -- Anna Quindlen

"What is it that makes all of us end each day with the sense that we have not lived our time, but have been lived, used by what we do?" -- Jacob Needleman

"With every breath, the possibility of a new aspect of self arises." -- Wayne Muller "As long as I am this or that, I am not all things." -- Meister Eckhart

"When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be." -- Lao Tzu

"You can come to understand your purpose in life by slowing down and feeling your heart's desires." -- Marcia Wieder

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life." -- Steve Jobs

"You can come to understand your purpose in life by slowing down and feeling your heart's desires." -- Marcia Wieder

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life." -- Steve Jobs

"You can come to understand your purpose in life by slowing down and feeling your heart's desires." -- Marcia Wieder

"Everyone who has ever taken a shower has had an idea. It’s the person who gets out of the shower, dries off, and does something about it that makes a difference." -- Nolan Bushnell

"Everyone who has ever taken a shower has had an idea. It’s the person who gets out of the shower, dries off, and does something about it that makes a difference." -- Nolan Bushnell

"Ideas can come from anywhere and at any time. The problem with making mental notes is that the ink fades very rapidly." -- Rolf Smith

"When we cannot find contentment in ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere." -- Francois De La Rochefoucauld

"Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude." -- Denis Waitley

"Money doesn't change men,it merely unmasks them. If a man is naturally selfish, or arrogant, or greedy, the money brings it out;that's all."-Henry Ford

"Money doesn't change men,it merely unmasks them. If a man is naturally selfish, or arrogant, or greedy, the money brings it out;that's all."-Henry Ford

"Money doesn't change men,it merely unmasks them. If a man is naturally selfish, or arrogant, or greedy, the money brings it out;that's all."-Henry Ford

"keep away from people who belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great."-Mark Twain

"Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome" ~~Booker T. Washington

"Where there is communication, there is information; where there is information, there is understanding;where there is understanding, there is love and where there is love, there is relationship."-Olumide Olasunkanmi

"Careful planning puts you ahead in the long run; hurry and scurry puts you further behind."-Unknown

“There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it hardly behooves any of us, to talk about the rest of us” -Edward Wallis Hoch

“A great spouse loves you exactly as you are. An extraordinary spouse helps you grow; inspires you to be, do and give your very best.”-Fawn Weaver

"Holiness is nothing less than conformity to the character of God.~ Jerry Bridges"

"Great leaders don't tell you what to do... they show you how its done."- Unknown

"Every good thing in life demands sacrifices for he who looks for honey, must have the courage to face the bees"-Tiv proverb

"In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the impossible." - Miguel de Cervante"

"Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader."- Lao-Tzu

"Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader."- Lao-Tzu

When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope they'll remember and be kind to someone else, and it'll become like a wildfire. - Whoopi Goldberg

"Nigeria has enough resources to satisfy everyone's need; but not enough to satisfy everyone's greed."-MKO Abiola

"If you can think enough, what you have is enough. Plan today and play tomorrow or play today and pay dearly tomorrow. "-Unknown

"If you can think enough, what you have is enough. Plan today and play tomorrow or play today and pay dearly tomorrow. "-Unknown

"If you can think enough, what you have is enough. Plan today and play tomorrow or play today and pay dearly tomorrow. "-Unknown

"No one reigns without the use of the brain. It is the use of the brain that establishes the reign of any man."

Money doesn't change men,it merely unmasks them. If a man is naturally selfish, or arrogant, or greedy, the money brings it out;that's all."-Henry Ford

"Don't be so much emotional in your life that it hurts you. Don't get too much practical in life either, that it hurts other."-Unknown

"Prosperity is not about acquiring material possessions. Prosperity is about living a fulfilled life of abundance in every area; having total well-being as regards your body, soul and spirit and achieving success in all you set out to do."-Pastor Sam Adeyemi

“The best example of leadership is leadership by example.” Jerry McClain

"keep away from people who belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great."-Mark Twain

"Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome" ~~Booker T. Washington

"Anyone who stops learning is old,whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young."- Henry Ford

"Where there is communication, there is information; where there is information, there is understanding;where there is understanding, there is love and where there is love, there is relationship."-Olumide Olasunkanmi

"Careful planning puts you ahead in the long run; hurry and scurry puts you further behind."-Unknown

If you are not yourself, if you surrender your personality, you have nothing left to give the world. You have no pleasure, no use, nothing which will attract and charm me, for by the suppression of your individuality, you lose your distinctive character.”Edward Wilmot Blyden

If you are not yourself, if you surrender your personality, you have nothing left to give the world. You have no pleasure, no use, nothing which will attract and charm me, for by the suppression of your individuality, you lose your distinctive character.”Edward Wilmot Blyden

"The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places.”-Samuel Butler

"There is no impossible. There is no unbelievable. There is no unachievable, if you have the audacity to hope." -Barrack Obama

"There is a view that development is a marathon, not a sprint. We do not agree. Development is a marathon that must be run at a sprint."-Kagame,Rwandan President

“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wise people so full of doubts.” - Bertrand Russell

" I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is the victory over self."-Aristotle

“The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.”William Blake

If you are not yourself, if you surrender your personality, you have nothing left to give the world. You have no pleasure, no use, nothing which will attract and charm me, for by the suppression of your individuality, you lose your distinctive character.”Edward Wilmot Blyden

"Titles make people feel more important, but they don't make you more money."-- Michael Portman

"Titles make people feel more important, but they don't make you more money."-- Michael Portman

"There is no impossible. There is no unbelievable. There is no unachievable, if you have the audacity to hope." -Barrack Obama

"There is a view that development is a marathon, not a sprint. We do not agree. Development is a marathon that must be run at a sprint."-Kagame,Rwandan President

“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wise people so full of doubts.” - Bertrand Russell

When people hurt you over and over, think of them like sandpaper. They may scratch and hurt you a bit, but in the end, you end up polished and they end up useless." ~Chris Colfer

“You don't need to be identical, but make an effort to learn about the things that interest your partner in life and you'll grow closer as a result." Michael Webb

Promise me this, that you will not allow life to harden your heart because it will if you allow it. Always stay open to the possibilities of a new Love, it could be right in front of your face, and always have faith that God wants you to be happy and he has wonderful things planned for you. - Karen Kostyla

"Keep it simple for customers and they will return the favor with loyalty." -- Jim Joseph

They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them. - Mahatma Gandhi

"Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself."-Unknown

Joy is what happens when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things are. - Marianne Williamson

"Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment." Baltasar Gracian

"Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment." Baltasar Gracian

I do not forgive people because I am weak. I forgive people because I am strong enough to know people make mistakes.

"I don't want to get to the end of my life and find I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well." - Diane Ackerman

"To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure, but risk must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing."-Unknown

"Loneliness teaches you everything except how to forget the person who made you alone."-unknown

Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I go, only as deep as I look can I see, only as much as I dream can I be. - Karen Ravn

Properly told, for the right reasons and in the right way, the truth is a salve that starts healing and changes destructive patterns." -- Bruce Clarke

"You can not plan #life, all you have to do is be available for it."-Miyeni

"Gotta have laughter... Life isn't smooth but you can survive the kinks and curves by laughing at them and yourself." - Maria Shriver

The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was,the present worse than it is,and the future less resolved than it will be!!

"I live life as if there is no tomorrow, for only God knows tomorrow."-Bukola Bababunmi

"I live life as if there is no tomorrow, for only God knows tomorrow."-Bukola Bababunmi

"Nobody can go back and start a new beginning,but anyone can start today and make a new ending." Unknown

“Don't worry about having the right words; worry more about having the right heart. It's not eloquence [Jesus] seeks, just honesty.” -Max Lucado

"If I were to say, God, why me? about the bad things, then I should have said, God, why me? about the good things that happened in my life." --Arthur Ashe

When people hurt you over and over, think of them like sandpaper. They may scratch and hurt you a bit, but in the end, you end up polished and they end up useless." ~Chris Colfer

“You don't need to be identical, but make an effort to learn about the things that interest your partner in life and you'll grow closer as a result." Michael Webb

"Most people are as happy as they make up their minds to be." #Abraham Lincoln

"Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment." #Baltasar Gracian

"Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment." #Baltasar Gracian

I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it's the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It's probably the most important thing in a person. - #Audrey Hepburn

Its a small world that requires our patience, hardwork and hope for a better future."#Bukola Bababunmi

I have become my own version of an optimist... Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present. - #Joan Rivers

Life is very interesting... in the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths. - #Drew Barrymore

"Effective people ate not problem minded; they are opportunity minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems. ~ #Stephen R. Covey

"Stay busy doing what is required to strengthen your life and it will leave less time to be concerned with what can destroy it" Unknown

Let no 'man' threaten me.#Bukola Bababunmi

“The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” ― #Eleanor Roosevelt

“The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” ― #Eleanor Roosevelt

Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn’t be done. – #Amelia Earhart

Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn’t be done. – #Amelia Earhart

If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded. - Maya Angelou

"It is not about how bad the starting was,but how tough you were able to sail through." Bukola Bababunmi

Learn from a postage stamp, stick to one thing until you get there. ~ Josh Billings