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Quotes on change, truth, honesty, imagination and creativity.. from Personal Excellence..


Inspirational Quotes on Change

Inspirational Quote: Preparing for Change
  1. “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” – Barack Obama
  2. “All great changes are preceded by chaos.” ~ Deepak Chopra
  3. “Change is not pleasant, But change is constant. Only when we change and grow, We’ll see a world we never know.” ~From Wisdom of The Orange Woodpecker
  4. You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you. ~ Sri Ram
  5. “Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.” – Jim Rohn

Inspirational Quotes on Truth and Honesty

  1. “The greatest advantage of speaking the truth is that you don’t have to remember what you said.” – Anonymous
  2. “Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.” - Anonymous

Inspirational Quotes on Imagination and Creativity

  1. “Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” ~ Albert Einstein.
  2. “Your imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions.” ~ Albert Einstein
  3. “All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.” ~ Pablo Picasso
  4. “Man’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes

Quotes on Hard Work.. from Personal Excellence


Inspirational Quotes on Hard Work

  1. “I don’t believe in luck. Luck = Leaving things to chance and outside world. I believe in being harbingers of our fate, taking action and creating our own path and destiny in life. Your life is yours to create – Don’t let others do it for you.” – Celestine Chua
  2. “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.”~ Colin Powell
  3. “The harder I work, the luckier I get.” – Gary Player
  4. “Success is 99% attitude and 1% aptitude.” - Celestine Chua
  5. “It is your attitude, not your aptitude, that determines your altitude.” – Zig Ziglar

Inspirational quotes on goals... taken from Personal Excellence


Inspirational Quotes on Goals

Inspirational Quote: What Are Your 10 Year Goals?
  1. “In life, as in football, you won’t go far unless you know where the goalposts are.” – Arnold H. Glasgow
  2. “When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needs expressing, then we truly live life.” – Greg Anderson
  3. “The most important thing about goals is having one.” – Geoffry F. Abert
  4. “The only reason we don’t have what we want in life is the reasons we create why we can’t have them.” ~Tony Robbins
  5. “The trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up and down the field and never score.” – Bill Copeland
  6. “If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.” – Jim Rohn
  7. “All things are created twice. There’s a mental or first creation, and a physical or second creation to all things” ~ Stephen Covey
  8. “You need a plan to build a house. To build a life, it is even more important to have a plan orgoal.” – Zig Ziglar
  9. “The tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goals to reach.” ~ Benjamin Mays
  10. “People with clear, written goals accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them can ever imagine.” - Anonymous
  11. “A goal is a dream with a deadline.” – Napolean Hill

Inspirational quotes on dreams and passion... from Personal Excellence


Inspirational Quotes on Dreams and Passion

Inspirational Quote: Achieving our Goals and Dreams
  1. “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot
  2. “If what you’re doing is not your passionyou have nothing to lose.” – Celestine Chua
  3. “At first dreams seem impossible, then improbable, then inevitable.” – Christopher Reeve
  4. “Remembering you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.” ~ Steve Jobs.
  5. Do what you love and the money will follow.” – Marsha Sinetar
  6. “The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.” – Richard Bach
  7. “Don’t ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who are alive.” – Howard Thurman
  8. “All our dreams can come true – if we have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney
  9. “If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be.Now put foundations under them.” – Henry David Thoreau
  10. “No matter where you are in life right now, no matter who you are, no matter how old you are – it is never too late to be who you are meant to be.” – Esther & Jerry Hicks
  11. “There’s nothing capricious in nature, and the implanting of a desire indicates that its gratification is in the constitution of the creature that feels it.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
  12. “Don’t be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it, you can make it so.” – Belva Davis
  13. “I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk.” ~ Tony Robbins
    Inspirational Quote: Meaning of Life
  14. “The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
  15. Your goals are the road maps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life.” – Les Brown
  16. Make no small plans for they have no power to stir the soul.” – Niccolo Machiavelli
  17. “No dreamer is ever too small; no dream is ever too big.” – Anonymous
  18. “Never let your memories be greater than your dreams.” – Doug Ivester
  19. “You got a dream, you gotta protect it. People can’t do something themselves, they wanna tell you you can’t do it. If you want something, go get it. Period.” – Pursuit of Happyness (Movie)
  20. “History shows us that the people who end up changing the world – the great political, social, scientific, technological, artistic, even sports revolutionaries – are always nuts, until they are right, and then they are geniuses.” – John Eliot
  21. “You will not do incredible things without an incredible dream.” – John Eliot
  22. “Instead of thinking about what you are going to do when you retire, think about how you can do that now and make a living from it.” - Celestine Chua
    Inspirational Quote: Discovering Your Ideal Life
  23. “Don’t be pushed by your problems; be led by your dreams.” – Anonymous
  24. “Everything you want should be yours: the type of work you want; the relationships you need; the social, mental, and aesthetic stimulation that will make you happy and fulfilled; the money you require for the lifestyle that is appropriate to you; and any requirement that you may (or may not) have for achievement or service to others. If you don’t aim for it all, you’ll never get it all. To aim for it requires that you know what you want” ~ Richard Koch
  25. “I am not my memories. I am my dreams.” ~ Terry Hostetler
  26. “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – Les Brown
  27. “Your imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions.” ~ Albert Einstein
  28. “Every second you spend thinking about someone else’s dreams you take time away from your own.” – Yogi Ramen
  29. “What the mind can conceive, it can achieve.” – Napoleon Hill
  30. “20 years from now you will be disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the one’s you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover” ~ Mark Twain

Quotes on purpose... Quotes on past, present and future... from Personal Excellence


Inspirational Quotes on Purpose

Inspirational Quote: Discovering Your Purpose
  1. “Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life… Therein he cannot be re­placed, nor can his life be repeated. Thus, everyone’s task is as unique as is his specific opportunity to implement it.” – Viktor Frankl
  2. “Your work is to discover your workand then, with all your heart, to give yourself to it.” – Buddha
  3. “One person with a belief is equal to a force of 99 who have only interests.” – John Stuart Mill
  4. “Nothing is likely to help a person overcome or endure troubles than the consciousness of having a task in life.” ~ Viktor Frankl
  5. “Make your life a mission – not an intermission” ~ Unknown
  6. “Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished. If you’re alive, it isn’t.” ~ Richard Bach

Inspirational Quotes on Past, Present and Future

Inspirational Quote: Reflecting on Life
  1. “Don’t let the past steal your present” – Cherralea Morgen
  2. “One has to live in the present. Whatever is past is gone beyond recall; whatever is future remains beyond one’s reach, until it becomes present. Remembering the past and giving thought to the future are important, but only to the extent that they help one deal with the present.” – S.N. Goenka
  3. “It doesn’t matter where you are, you are nowhere compared to where you can go.” ~ Bob Proctor
  4. “We are all here for some special reason. Stop being a prisoner of your past. Become the architect of your future.” – Robin Sharma
  5. “The more you take responsibility for your past and present, the more you are able to create the future you seek.” ~ Celestine Chua
  6. Be present – it is the only moment that matters.” ~ Peaceful Warrior
  7. “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift. That’s why we call it the present.” – B. Olatunji
  8. “Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead, that is where your future lies.” ~ Ann Landers
  9. “Holding on to anything is like holding on to your breath. You will suffocate. The only way to get anything in the physical universe is by letting go of it. Let go & it will be yours forever.” – Deepak Chopra
  10. “Don’t put off living to next week, next month, next year or next decade. The only time you’re ever living is in this moment.” – Celestine Chua
  11. “There’s no next time. It’s now or never.” - Celestine Chua
  12. “One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon-instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today.” – Dale Carnegie
  13. “Never let your memories be greater than your dreams.” – Doug Ivester
  14. “Your imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions.” ~ Albert Einstein
  15. “To create more positive results in your life, replace ‘if only’ with ‘next time’.” ~ Celestine Chua
  16. “We think about all of our tomorrows, but we don’t know how many they are, so let’s start making the most of our Todays!” ~ Ivana Trump
  17. “The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.” ~ Herbert Spencer
  18. “What you are is what you have been. What you’ll be is what you do now.” – Buddha
  19. “Everyone faces challenges in life. It’s a matter of how you learn to overcome them and use them to your advantage.” – Celestine Chua

Inspirational quotes on life...


101 Most Inspiring Quotes

Inspirational Quotes on Life

Inspirational Quote: Living in the Moment
  1. “The consequences of today are determined by the actions of the past. To change your future, alter your decisions today.” ~ Anonymous
  2. “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” – Albert Einstein
  3. “And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln
  4. “When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.” – Alexander Graham Bell
  5. “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most importantly, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” - Steve Jobs
  6. “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience” – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
  7. “We must not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we began and to know the place for the first time.” – T. S. Eliot
  8. “There’s no next time. It’s now or never.” – Celestine Chua
  9. Root Cause vs. Effects “For every effect there is a root causeFind and address the root cause rather than try to fix the effect, as there is no end to the latter.”  - Celestine Chua
  10. “When you don’t get what you want, you suffer. If you get it, you suffer too since you can’t hold on to it forever.” – Peaceful Warrior, on the fallacy of attachment
  11. “Every moment you get is a gift. Spend it on things that matter. Don’t spend it by dwelling on unhappy things.”  - Celestine Chua
  12. “There are no ordinary moments. There is always something going on.” – Peaceful Warrior
  13. “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
  14. “Everything around us is made up of energy. To attract positive things in your life, start by giving off positive energy.” – Celestine Chua
  15. Don’t put off living to next week, next month, next year or next decade. The only time you’re ever living is in this moment.”  - Celestine Chua
  16. Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. – Mark Twain
  17. “Life is a gift. Never forget to enjoy and bask in every moment you are in.”  - Celestine Chua
  18. “The mystery of life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced.” – Art Van Der Leeuw
  19. “My life is my message.” – Gandhi
  20. “If wrinkles must be written upon our brow, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should not grow old.” – James A. Garfield
  21. “Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.” ~ Anonymous
  22. “In the beginning you will fall into the gaps in between thoughts – after practicing for years, you become the gap.” – J.Kleykamp (Regarding meditation)
  23. “Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.” ~ Jim Rohn

101 Important Questions to Ask Yourself... from Personal EXcellence..


101 Important Questions To Ask Yourself

Questions
“The key to wisdom is knowing all the right questions.” – John Simone
What questions do you ask yourself every day?
Believe it or not, the kind of questions you ask determine the kind of life you lead. That’s because your questions trigger its own set of answers, which lead to certain emotions, which then lead to certain actions (or inactions), followed by results. If you ask yourself limiting questions, you’ll get limited results. If you ask yourself mind-opening, forwarding questions, you’ll gain a lot more out of them.
Some people like to ask questions like “Why am I so unlucky?”, “What if I had done this earlier?” and “Why am I always in such a situation?”. Because these questions are backward looking, the answers you get with them are naturally disempowering. On the other hand, questions like “What can I learn from this experience?”, “What can I do differently move forward?” and “What am I grateful for?” are empowering. They provoke you and get you thinking, putting you on the path to a better life.
If you’re someone who normally doesn’t self-reflect, you might be stumped by questions. However, this is perfectly normal. I remember when I was a small primary school student, the teacher asked us how we would describe ourselves. The question got me stumped, because I had never thought much about it. It took me some time to find some meaningful adjectives to describe myself, but even then they didn’t seem right. That was one of the starting points of my self-exploration journey. Somewhere along the way, I became a big fan of introspection, enjoying the process of self-reflecting and thinking over questions.
Today, I believe questions are a key to self-awareness and personal growth. In my 1-1 coaching sessions, I enable my clients to discover the answers to their goals/questions by asking them the right questions. It’d be easy if I just tell my coachees what they “should” do and what they “should not” do. But that’s not the point. It’s about empowering my clients to discover themselves through asking the right guiding questions, catered to their situation and their profiles. The right questions will help them untangle the blockages in them and connect with their inner self.
It doesn’t matter if you get stumped in the beginning, or if you don’t know the answers to the questions at first. Our minds are boundless. Just because you don’t get an answer immediately, it doesn’t mean there are no answers. The answers are there – it’s just that your mind is too foggy since you’ve not consulted it before. The more you ask, the clearer your mind will be, and the more ready you’ll be to receive the answers.
I’ve come up with a set of important questions for your self-reflection. Some are questions which I ask my 1-1 clients, to uncover the real them. These questions will help you focus on what’s important to you, and what you want. They are not meant to be answered all at one shot – they are to be thought over again and again, as part of your growth journey. Pick out a few questions to reflect on today, then bookmark and check back a week later to think over the others. Check back regularly to reflect on the questions.
Remember, there is no one final answer. It’s a continuous discovery process. Your answers to the questions today will be different from your answers one month, three months, six months, and one year down the road. Add these important questions to your weekly review sessions. This is a highly important article for your growth journey.

Here they are:
  1. Who are you?
  2. What are you passionate about?
  3. What are the achievements you are most proud of?
  4. What are you most grateful for in life? (Day 14 of Live a Better Life in 30 Days Program is about expressing gratitude.)
  5. What are the most important things to you in life?
  6. How would you describe yourself?
  7. What are your values? What do you represent? What do you want to embody? (On Day 15 of Live a Better Life in 30 Days Program, you will identify your values.)
  8. Do you love yourself?
  9. … Why or Why not?
  10. How can you love yourself more today?
  11. What is your ideal self? What does it mean to be your highest self?
  12. Look at your life now. Are you living the life of your dreams?
  13. If you have one year left to live, what would you do?
  14. If you have one month left to live, what would you do?
  15. If you have one week left to live, what would you do?
  16. If you have one day left to live, what would you do?
  17. If you have an hour left to live, what would you do?
  18. If you have one minute left to live, what would you do?
  19. What would you do today if there is no more tomorrow?
  20. What are the biggest things you’ve learned in life to date?
  21. What advice would you give to yourself 3 years ago?
  22. If you are yourself 1 year from the future, how would you advise the you now? (On Day 22 of Live a Better Life in 30 Days Program, we travel to the future to give advice to the us today.)
  23. Is there something you’re still holding on to? Is it time to let it go?
  24. What are you busy with today? Will this matter 1 year from now? 3 years? 5 years?
  25. What are your Quadrant 2 tasks?
  26. What opportunities are you looking for?
  27. How can you create these opportunities?
  28. What are your biggest goals and dreams?
  29. What’s stopping you from pursuing them? …Why? How can you overcome them?
  30. If you are to do something for free for the rest of your life, what would you want to do?
  31. What would you do if you cannot fail; if there are no limitations in money, resources, time or networks?
  32. What do you want to achieve 1 year from now?
  33. … 3 years?
  34. … 5 years?
  35. … 10 years?
  36. How important are these goals to you?
  37. What if these goals are doubled? Tripled? Magnified by 10? How would you feel? Would you prefer to achieve these or your previous goals?
  38. Who are the people who have achieved similar goals? … What can you learn from them?
  39. Are you putting any parts of your life on hold? … Why?
  40. What’s the top priority in your life right now?
  41. What are you doing about it?
  42. If you were to die tomorrow, what would be your biggest regret? What can you do now to make sure that doesn’t happen?
  43. For every experience you get: What are the biggest things you have learned?
  44. How can you do this better the next time?
  45. If you had 1 million dollars, what would you do with it?
  46. Do you love your job?
  47. What is your ideal career?
  48. How can you start creating your ideal career starting today?
  49. What is your ideal diet?
  50. What do you need to do to achieve your ideal diet?
  51. What is your ideal home like?
  52. What do you need to do to achieve your ideal home?
  53. What is your ideal physical look?
  54. What do you need to do to achieve your ideal physical look?
  55. What is your ideal life?
  56. What can you do to start living your ideal life?
  57. What would you want to say to yourself 1 year in the future?
  58. … 3 years?
  59. … 5 years?
  60. … 10 years?
  61. What do you fear most in life?
  62. Is there anything you are running away from?
  63. Are you settling for less than what you are worth? … Why?
  64. What is your inner dialogue like? (Day 26 of Be a Better Me in 30 Days Program is about uncovering your limiting thoughts.)
  65. What limiting beliefs are you holding on to?
  66. Are they helping you achieve your goals?
  67. If not, is it time to let them go?
  68. What empowering beliefs can you take on to help you achieve your goals?
  69. What bad habits do you want to break?
  70. What good habits do you want to cultivate?
  71. What are the biggest actions you can take now to create the biggest results in your life?
  72. Where are you living right now – the past, future or present?
  73. Are you living your life to the fullest right now?
  74. What is the meaning of life?
  75. What is your purpose in life? Why do you exist? What is your mission?
  76. How can you make your life more meaningful, starting today?
  77. What drives you?
  78. What are the times you are most inspired, most motivated, most charged up?
  79. What did you do during those times? How can you do more of that starting today?
  80. How can you change someone’s life for the better today?
  81. Who are the 5 people you spend the most time with?
  82. Are these people enabling you or holding you back?
  83. What qualities do you want to embody? (Refer to Q7: Values and Q11: Ideal Self) Where can you meet people who embody these qualities?
  84. Who inspire you the most?
  85. How can you be like them?
  86. What is your ideal life partner like?
  87. Where can you find him/her?
  88. How can you get to know him/her?
  89. Are you afraid of letting others get close to you?
  90. … Why?
  91. Who is/are the most important person(s) to you in the world?
  92. Are you giving them the attention you want to give?
  93. How can you spend more time with them starting today?
  94. What kind of person do you enjoy spending time with?
  95. How can you be this person to others?
  96. Who do you want to be like in 1 year?
  97. … 3 years?
  98. … 5 years?
  99. … 10 years?
  100. Who are your mentors in life? (formal or informal)
  101. What is one thing you’re going to do differently after reading this article?

101 Important life principles TO LIVE BY EVERY DAY... taken from Personal Excellence...


101 Important Life Principles To Live By Every Day

Life Principles
Do you have a set of principles which you live by in life? Wouldn’t it be great if you have a manual with a list of life principles to live by?
In today’s article, I’d like to share the 101 important life principles to live by every day. Many of the principles listed are lessons which I learned at one point or another. This list complements the other 101 sister lists we have at PE to date, such as 101 Ways To Live Life To Fullest101 Ways To Be a Better Person and 101 Important Questions To Ask Yourself in Life. In a way, this life principles list is a repurposing of the principles conveyed in the other lists as adages to follow every day.
Don’t diminish this list just because there are 101 points, because every single one of them is important. I recommend you to bookmark this list, read 2-3 principles each week, digest them, then return the next week to pick out another 2-3 principles to ponder over.
Keep doing that until you are done with the 101 life principles, after which  you will probably see new meaning behind the principles you have read before. That’s because these life principles are timeless lessons with bottomless depths. I continually find new layers of meaning behind each principle no matter how many times I acknowledge it.
I now present to you the 101 life principles:
  1. Ability: is more of a function of the time you spend honing your craft, rather than a result of what you were born with. Read: 10,000 Hours To Develop Talent
    10,000 Hours
  2. Abundance: We live in a world of abundance. There are unlimited wealth and unlimited opportunities for everyone. So don’t worry about whether you can succeed in something andfocus on how to succeed in it.
  3. Action: is a necessary part of success.
  4. “And”, not “Or”: It’s not about choosing Option A or Option B. It’s about Option C – an option you create which has everything you want, and more.
  5. Angeris the most volatile form of emotion you can ever burden yourself with. Every bit of anger you hold on to damages your soul. Whenever you feel angry, remember that the person you are hurting is yourself.
  6. Annoyances: Everything that annoys you mirrors something inside you. Rather than look outward for the solution, look inside to understand where that annoyance is coming from. Read: Day 22: Mirror an Annoyance, Be a Better Me in 30 Days Program
  7. Attachment: only causes anguish in the long run because nothing is permanent in this world. Don’t mourn over the loss of something. Be happy that it happened instead. Principle #10 of 10 Surefire Ways To Be Unhappy in Life
    Real self hidden behind shadows
  8. Awareness: is the first step to the resolution of any problem.
  9. Beauty: Physical beauty is great but it doesn’t last. Inner beauty, on the other hand, stands the test of time. This doesn’t mean we shouldn’t improve our physical beauty – we should focus on being beautiful, both on the inside and out.
  10. Beauty, #2: There is no one standard of beauty. Beauty comes in all shapes, all sizes, all forms, all colors. You are beautiful as you are. Stop trying to conform to the image of beauty constructed by the society and embrace the beauty that is you.
  11. Being yourself: It is better to be a first rate version of yourself than a second rate version of someone else. (Judy Garland)
  12. Beliefs: Your beliefs affect your life more than you think they do. If you want to have the best life experience you can ever have, switch out your disempowering beliefs with empowering ones.
  13. Beliefs, #2: Half the things you say are usually more to do with your internal beliefs and issues than to do with other people.
  14. BlameWhenever you point a finger at someone else, there are 4 other fingers pointing back at you.
  15. Business: In business, being the cog in the system also means you are the clog in the system. Learn to have your business run without you, be it via automating or outsourcing. Even if you still want to work on your business after that, that’s fine – it’s important that you work on the business and not in the business. Read: Million Dollar Tip #4: Scale Up Your Work
    Million Dollar Tip: Scale Up Your Work
  16. Change: Just because you have realized something doesn’t mean the world around you will change right away. It takes time for your thoughts to ripple out and effect the reality because the physical world is denser than the spiritual one. So don’t be hung up with what’s on the outside but stay true to what’s inside you. Be focused. (Refer to #33: Focus)
  17. Change that lasts: It’s better to create sustainable change than change that is quick but does not last. Stop going for the easy way out. Learn how to create lasting change instead.
  18. Changing people: You can’t change other people. You can only change yourself.
  19. Comparing: There is no need to compare because everyone is different. Your goal is not to be like others but to be yourself. Stop comparing with others and focus on being yourself instead. (See #11)
  20. Competition: The only competition you have is yourself.
  21. Conditional things: Something that is conditional can never stand the test of time. For example, if your partner wants to be with you only if you do X, Y and Z, whereby X, Y and Z are not things that you believe in. Or say, if a parent will only love his child if he aces his exams. These are relationships rooted in fear and not what you want to be a part of.
  22. Confidence: is a quality that comes from knowing oneself. It can’t be manufactured regardless of how many material objects you own or what statuses you have. Read: How To Be The Most Confident Person In The World
    Confidence
  23. Criticism: helps you to become better. Rather than reject it, celebrate it. Read: How To Give Constructive Criticism: 6 Helpful Suggestions
  24. Criticism, #2: Receiving criticism means what you are doing is worthwhile enough for people to critique on. One will not criticize unless he/she feels he/she has a stake in it. The more criticism you get, the better, because that means you are doing something of real value and worth.
  25. Cynics, Skeptics, and Pessimists: are not worth arguing with. They are negative time bombs waiting to go off. You will only end up (more) bitter, damaged, and upset at the end of the exchange. Read: How To Deal With Energy Vampires: 8 Simple Tips | Manifesto version
  26. Death: is part and parcel of life. With every death comes a new birth; with every birth comes an eventual death. Don’t mourn the dead. Celebrate the fact that they lived.
  27. Death, #2: There is nothing to fear about death for it happens to everyone. Rather than fear death, focus on living your best life instead. Read: Do You Dread Growing Older?
  28. Doing everything alone: You can’t accomplish everything by yourself. Even if you do, you can never accomplish as much as compared to if you had the help of others. Involve others in your goals. Delegate, outsource, and hire where applicable. Ask for help when you need to.
  29. Escapinghas never solved any problem for anyone. The moment you decide to face your problems is the moment you gain power over your life. (See #78)
  30. Failure: is a necessary part of success. Every great success is almost always preceded by a great failure. It’s more important that you learn from your failure(s) and harness the lesson(s) so you can achieve your next success. Read: How To Start When You Have Nothing
  31. Fear: is a disempowering emotion to live with. Your real self is not filled with fear. Discard it and you will be set free. Read: How To Overcome Fear (3-part series)
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  32. Fear, #2: No matter how much fear you have, your fear can be conquered with love. (By love, I’m referring to universal love, not specifically romantic love.)
  33. Focus: is what happens when you stop letting yourself get distracted by the unimportant things.
  34. Force: You can’t force things to happen if they are not meant to be. There is a time and place for everything. You can only do what you can and let the universe take care of the rest.
  35. Forgiveness: isn’t about forgiving other people. It’s really about forgiving yourself. To quote Lewis Smedes, “To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.” Read: Day 25: Forgive Yourself, Be a Better Me in 30 Days Program
  36. Friendships: A friendship is a bond between two like-minded souls. If there are friends you no longer feel an affinity for, perhaps it’s time to let the friendships go and work on building new friendships. Read: Why I Parted Ways With My Best Friend of 10 Years and How To Have More Best Friends in Life: The Heartfelt Guide
  37. Frustration: makes you feel bad and doesn’t help you solve your problem. Release the frustration in you and work on the issues instead. Read: 13 Helping Points When Things Don’t Go Your Way
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  38. Fulfillment: You create a more fulfilling life by giving attention to the good things, not the bad things; by celebrating the good stuff, not whining about the bad stuff; by working on things that you love, not doing the things that you hate.
  39. Future: You can’t control the future, but you can affect the present moment. If you want to have a better future, create it. (Check out inspirational quotes on the Future.)
  40. Generosity: Being generous doesn’t deprive you. When you are generous to others, you subsequently receive more into your life. Read: Are You Emotionally Generous?
  41. Giving and Receiving: Rather than think about what you can receive (whether from people or from the universe), think about what you can give to others.
  42. Growth: Always challenge yourself to reach greater heights. There is always room to be better, regardless of who you are or what you have done. Be attached to the notion of growth, not an end state.
  43. Habits: Your habits make you who you are. Excellent habits give you an excellent life. Read: Cultivate Life Transforming Habits in 21 Days
  44. Happiness: is the result of doing what brings you joy. It is not a goal to be achieved. Rather than focus on being happy (for the sake of being happy), do what makes you happy instead. Read: How To Be Happy: 10 Timeless Principles for Lasting Happiness
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  45. Haste: Sometimes, more haste leads to less speed. Being in a hurry can lead to more mistakes compared to if you were not.
  46. Humility: will earn you more respect, acknowledgment and recognition than arrogance ever will. There’s no need to be a show off. If you are really good at what you do, it will automatically show through your accomplishments.
  47. Ideals: are good but don’t let them stop you from living in the present. They are meant to inspire you and give you a direction to move toward so that you can maximize your present moment (not to take you away from living in it).
  48. ImprovingIf you think you can’t improve any further in something, then you are just not aware of your areas for improvement.
  49. Individuality: Everyone is different. Accept that each and every person is unique. Stop imposing expectations on people.
  50. Inspiration: comes from being in the state of flow. If you’re not feeling inspired, you’re not in a state of flow.
  51. Intuition: When in doubt, follow your intuition. It will guide you to where you need to be.
  52. Intuition and Logic: Contrary to popular belief, intuition and logic are not at odds with each other – they go hand-in-hand. Hone your analytical mind through constant thinking. Cultivate your intuition by listening to your gut. They will be the biggest tools you have at your disposal.
  53. Jealousy: is what happens when you resent someone’s success. But you don’t have to, because you are capable of achieving that same level of success, and more.
  54. JudgementJudging people doesn’t make you a better person. It only makes you an ugly one.
  55. Laughter: Perhaps a little cliche, but laughter is one of the best medicines for the soul. When’s the last time you had a good laugh? If you haven’t been laughing/smiling/grinning for a while, maybe you have been too stifled in your life. Go do something that makes you loosen up and laugh out loud.
  56. Let go: Sometimes you have to let go of what you have now in order to move forward. Read: Day 28: Let Go, Live a Better Life in 30 Days Program
  57. Let go, #2: If there is something you can’t let go of, dig deeper. There is probably something in you waiting to be uncovered. Read: Ask Celes – Is It Possible To Let Go of Unhappy Past Forever? and How To Move On From a Relationship (5-part series)
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  58. Life: is an experience that you actively create, not something you wait around to “happen”.
  59. Limits: The only limit in life is yourself. No one’s stopping you from becoming better and achieving more except yourself. To reach greater heights, identify your limits and remove them accordingly.
  60. Love: isn’t something you deliberately seek out. It’s something that happens when you follow your life path, become the right person, and meet that right person along your life’s journey.
  61. Low consciousness people: If you do not want to be affected by people of low consciousness, simply raise your consciousness to a level where you are safe from them. Read: Map of Consciousness
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  62. Low consciousness people, #2: Low consciousness people hold you back from reaching greater heights. These include energy vampires, critical people, dishonest characters, and people with temperament issues. Let them go from your life and send them love as you do that.
  63. Material objects: are just tools to help you enjoy your life. You do not carry them with you when you die. So, don’t invest yourself in them. Rather, invest yourself in the development of your consciousness. Read: Materialism Breeds Unhappiness
  64. Meaning of life: is up to you to create. You can either treat life like it has no meaning or see it as this amazing opportunity that the universe has blessed you with. Read: Discover Your Purpose in the Next 30 Minutes
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  65. Mistakes: are there to help you learn more about yourself. Don’t be hung up about the mistakes you make. Don’t be afraid of making (more) mistakes either. Be hungry about the lessons they embody.
  66. Money: is a symbol of value exchange between people. The amount of money you earn is simply a representation of the value you are giving to others. To earn more money, simply create more value for others.
  67. Motivation: comes naturally when you do what you love.
  68. Nasty people: There is always something good in everyone – even in the nastiest of people. It’s up to you to recognize that.
  69. Nasty people, #2: The nastiest of people are also the unhappiest of people. Be kind to them because they are the ones who need your love the most.
  70. Obstacles: The obstacles that lie between you and your goals are not there to stop you from reaching your goals. They are there to stop the people who don’t want them enough. (Original quote by Randy Pausch. Watch his commencement speech at Carnegie Mellon: 10 Powerful and Inspiring Graduation Speeches You Don’t Want To Miss (#3 on the list))
  71. Opportunities: don’t come knocking on your door just by virtue of you doing nothing. You can either passively wait for opportunities to fall onto your lap or actively create them yourself.
  72. Passion: If you aren’t following your passion, you have nothing to lose. Seriously. If you have to work for at least 2/3s of your life, you might as well base it off your passion. Stop letting yourself be hung up by fear and start pursuing your dreams. Read: How To Overcome Fear Of Loss And Pursue Your Dreams and Passion or Money?
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  73. PastYou can’t change the past; it has happened and it is what it is. Fixating on it isn’t going to get you anywhere. You can only change the present to create a better future.
  74. People you dislike: Your life is limited, so spend it around people you like.
  75. Pleasing other people: When you live a life trying to please others, you end up not living a life at all. You are just living others’ lives under the facade of your life.
  76. Positivity: If you want to have more positivity in your life, start by being more positive yourself. Spot the silver lining behind every dark cloud. Recognize the strengths of the people you are with. See the good side of everything you have.
  77. Possibilities: We live in a world of possibilities. Anything you have ever dreamed of, imagined, or wished for, is possible, as long as you set your heart and soul to it.
  78. Power: You have all the power in you to do everything you ever want, and more. So start doing what you want and let the power in you emerge.
  79. Procrastination: is a sign of a bigger issue. Stop trying to fix your procrastination as a problem and start thinking about why you are procrastinating in the first place. Read: How To Overcome Procrastination (5-part series)
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  80. Progress: Celebrate how far you’ve come, and not how much you have yet to achieve. The former will empower you to greatness, while the latter is rooted in fear and only serves to hold you back from greatness.
  81. Priorities: Know what matters to you and work on them. These are the things that will bring you the greatest happiness in life. Read: Put First Things First
  82. Lead by example: If you want to initiate change, lead by example. Words can only do so much. A living example shows everything.
  83. Reality: Just like how the kind of fruit a tree bears is a result of the seed it is sown from, your external reality is merely a reflection of your internal beliefs. Change your beliefs and your reality will follow suit. (See #12)
  84. Regret: is what happens when you are stuck with the impression that you did (or didn’t do) something you wish you didn’t (or did). But you can’t change the past; no one can. Milk that is spilt can’t be unspilt. Stop living in the past and start living in the present.
    Spilt milk(More inspirational quotes at Personal Excellence Quotes)
  85. Relationships: A relationship is a bond between two dynamic individuals. It should be actively created between the parties involved, and not something you base off of norms and other relationships. Don’t impose expectations on your relationships; nurture them and let them come into their own. Read: How To Improve Your Relationship With Your Parents (series)
  86. Resistance: The more you resist something, the more it will persist.
  87. Respect: Everyone, no matter who, deserves respect. If you want others to respect you, it’s important you respect them first.
  88. Responsibility: Nobody is responsible for your life. You are. If you don’t take responsibility for your life, no one will. The day you stop pushing blame onto others is the day your life is going to turn around. Read: You are the CEO of Your Life
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  89. Results: The results you get in life are a function of the actions you take. The more actions you take, the more results you will see.
  90. Root cause: Behind every occurrence is a root cause. Dig for the root cause and address that. Read: Create Real Change In Life: Address Root Cause vs. Effects
  91. Seeking love: If you are desperately seeking love, perhaps there’s something inside you that’s blocking you from seeing it. Because love is everywhere, around you, and in you. There’s no need to seek love so much as you just need to be aware of its presence . You are the product of love. You are the biggest source of love. You live in a world of love. Read: 8 Tips on Attracting Authentic Love Into Your Life
  92. Settling: Settling is for losers. Don’t ever, ever, settle for something less than your ideal. Your ideal is yours to have. Fight for it.
  93. Spite: When you try to spite other people, you are really just hurting yourself. The people you are trying to spite may not care. In fact, they may not even know how hung up you are over them. All you are doing is just acting out a self-created story and script in your mind.
  94. Success: Success is the result of being great at what you do. Being great at what you do is the result of hard work. Hard work is the result of determination, persistence, and relentless focus.
  95. Success, #2: There is no such thing as an overnight success. Every success you see, even if it seemingly quick, is the result of long periods of hard work that took place long before the point of success.
  96. Time: is a construct created by man so we can have structure in our lives. You become a slave to time when you always think in terms of the time you have and what you should do rather than of results and outputs. Rather than try to manage time, work on self-management and activity management. Read: Become the Master of Your Time
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  97. Truth: It is always better to tell the truth because you stay clean that way. When you tell a lie, you live a lie forever. Not only that, you almost always have to cover it up with new lies. It is a cycle that never ends.
  98. Unhappiness: 100% of the unhappiness you experience in your life is a product of your thoughts. If you want to be happy, then make a conscious choice to be happy. (See #44) Read: How To Be Unhappy: 10 Surefire Ways To Be Unhappy in Life
  99. Vengeance: is an act of force/fear that doesn’t solve the problem. Look at the history of mankind and the wars that were waged. Go with the path of love, not fear/vengeance/force.
  100. What’s meant to be: If something is meant to be, it will happen (provided you do your part in making it happen). The more tightly you try to grab on to something, the more it will slip away. It’s just like trying to grab sand – it slips through the cracks of your fingers regardless how tightly you grab it.
  101. Yourself: Don’t do things for others; do them for yourself.