John Ruskin, the nineteenth-century English writer, wrote: “You will find that the mere resolve not to be useless, and the honest desire to help other people, will, in the quickest and most delicate ways, improve yourself.” I must admit that at the beginning of my career, it was money, money, money that motivated me, because I never thought I had enough. As I grew older, I learned what philosophers...
When you have selected your major purpose in life and made plans to reach your goal, you will be less likely to quit if a plan that you previously made fails. Once you have developed your major purpose in life, the passion it creates will lead you to achieve greater self-discipline, self-reliance, and enthusiasm. Once you begin to work on your plans, you will see personal initiative begin to assist you and recognize that those who have a purpose, a plan, and personal initiative are the true success stories...
Every day we have an opportunity to be grateful for something or someone in our life. But do we always do it? This time of year, here in the United States, we are reminded to be grateful for all that we have as we celebrate our humble beginnings through the National Holiday of Thanksgiving...
W. Clement Stone’s own background provided few clues that one day he would become so wealthy that he could give away several hundred million dollars to charitable causes before he died at the age of 100...
IF YOU WISH to be successful, here are the steps that will help you get there. You can read scores of books on the subject, or you can follow these simple steps and take action. If you are to improve your station in life, positive change must take place. Here are five things you need to do...
Dr. Brent Kennedy was employed by the university as provost, and his job was to guide the campaign. Dr. Kennedy had a Ph.D. in philanthropy from the University of Tennessee and had worked in fund-raising at Georgetown University and for the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library...
The great Danish philosopher and religious thinker, Soren Kierkegaard, once wrote, “It is the sign of a good book when the book reads you.” You hold in your hands such a book—one that has not only become a classic in the self-help field, but also has that rare ability to relate to your problems, sympathize with them, and then advise you on their solutions as a wise old friend would...
Your own belief in yourself is a power within you that makes all things attainable. You can do anything that you think you can do. Belief in yourself allows you the expectation that you can solve every problem that faces humanity and obtain everything that is right. From the mind comes opportunity, with the only limitations being those that you place upon yourself.
Love is man’s greatest experience. It brings one into communication with Infinite Intelligence. When it is blended with the emotions of sex and romance it may lead one to the higher mountain-peaks of individual achievement through creative vision. The emotions of love, sex and romance are the three sides of the eternal triangle of achievement known as genius...