Ralph Marston Quotes

A smile can work wonders. Put it to work for you.

Feelings come and feelings go. There is no need to fear them and no need to crave them. Be open to your feelings and experience them while they are here. Then be open to the feelings that will come next. Your feelings are a part of your experience. Yet no mere feeling, however intense it may seem, is your permanent reality.

Stopping before you reach the goal does not make the discouragement go away. All it does is make the discouragement permanent. Instead, keep going, keep making the attempt, until you make that last, fulfilling attempt that brings the success you desire.

The real person you are is revealed in the moments when you're certain no other person is watching. When no one is watching, you are driven by what you expect of yourself.

When something feels right, that means it is right for you. Pay attention to your authentic feelings, and follow where they lead.

When your reasons to move forward outweigh your excuses for staying put, you will move forward.

Dare to dream big dreams. For those are the dreams that have the power to push your whole world forward.

The strongest leaders do not command, they empower

Life does not owe you anything, because life has already given you everything.

Spread the seeds of encouragement far and wide, and delight in the bountiful harvest that they will surely bring.

Be thankful for it all. And beyond your many blessings, will be many, many more.

What if you gave someone a gift, and they neglected to thank you for it - would you be likely to give them another? Life is the same way. In order to attract more of the blessings that life has to offer, you must truly appreciate what you already have.

Those who are passionate about what they do have an advantage that is nearly impossible to overcome. In passion there is energy, creativity, resilience and persistence. Passion will get it done.

The sooner you act, the bigger difference you can make.

Be someone who genuinely seeks to understand, and you will be wise. Be someone kind, someone considerate, and you will be admired. Be someone who values truth, and you will be respected. Be someone who takes action, and you will move life forward.

If you so choose, even the unexpected setbacks can bring new and positive possibilities. If you so choose, you can find value and fulfillment in every circumstance.

Your life is constantly nourished by your thoughts. Whatever the direction your life is moving, your thoughts have led you there.

Perfectionism is really a manifestation of the belief that one's efforts are never good enough. Imagine: How many of the obstacles standing in your way are the product of your own imagination? What have you convinced yourself that you can't do? What limitations have you come to believe in? Your mind is very powerful and effective. Is it working for you, or against you?

Problems, weaknesses, setbacks, regrets and mistakes teach you if you're willing to learn, or they punish you if you're not.

Meaning is found not in the rewards, for they are only tokens. Seek not to have the gold medal. Instead, seek to be the person who can win the gold medal. It is in the quest that you'll find the fulfillment which the reward represents.

It doesn't matter how much you want. What really matters is how much you want it. The extent and complexity of the problem does not matter was much as does the willingness to solve it.

Your level of achievement will rise to meet the level of your purpose.

Greatness comes from living with purpose and passion.

If you focus on the obstacles, then you give them more power.

The quality of your commitments will determine the course of your life.

If you so choose, every mistake can lead to greater understanding and effectiveness. If you so choose, every frustration can help you to be more patient and more persistent.

Being positive does not mean ignoring the negative. Being positive means overcoming the negative.

Beset by a difficult problem? Now is your chance to shine. Pick yourself up, get to work and get triumphantly through it.

Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open. You're able to benefit from the unique viewpoints of others, without being crippled by your own judgment.

There is most certainly a purpose you are yearning to fulfill. Find it, know it, follow it, and you can change the world.

Feelings are determined by how one chooses to respond to various situations and events.

Doubt is merely a thought. When experience proves it wrong, it will quickly go away.

Be someone who listens, and you will be heard. Be someone who cares, and you will be loved. Be someone who gives, and you will be blessed. Be someone who comforts, and you will know peace.

In the midday sun, a bright light will be barely noticed. Yet in the darkest night, even the smallest light can make an enormous difference.

Those who win big do it by creating other winners.

Breathe in the sweet air of limitless possibility, and make life as rich as you know it can be.

Dare to visualize a world in which your most treasured dreams have become true.

The keys to patience are acceptance and faith. Accept things as they are, and look realistically at the world around you. Have faith in yourself and in the direction you have chosen.

Give your best to the challenges. And what you get will be even better.

What has happened has happened and it is now behind you. Take the best of it all as you move positively forward.

You can choose instead to live in the enriching, empowering light of your own highest visions. You can always choose to grow, to achieve, and to fulfill by immersing your awareness in life's ever-present goodness.

Stop needing and start having. Stop wanting and start being.

Every day is a day to be thankful. Life's abundance has no limit, and gratitude is what keeps that abundance flowing. In every circumstance there is something for which to be thankful. Even when there seems to be nothing else, there is hope.

Every moment spent in negativity is paid for with something truly priceless. That something is life.

Just as surely as you can create a thought in your mind, you can create this day in the way you choose.

Live each moment from your own inspiration, not from your desire to look good in the eyes of others.

Care, because it is what you do. Care, and be vibrantly alive.

You are what you are most profoundly thankful for, and what you love.