Ralph Marston famous quotes
06-17-2025
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Life does not owe you anything, because life has already given you everything.
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Happiness is a choice, not a result. Nothing will make you happy until you choose to be happy.
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What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
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Happiness is a choice, not a result. Nothing will make you happy until you choose to be happy. No person will make you happy unless you decide to be happy. Your happiness will not come to you. It can only come from you.
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Don't let the silly little dramas of each day get you down. For you are here to do great things.
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Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you'll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you'll find that you have more of it.
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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.
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Today is plenty; right now is enough. Tomorrow will come in good time. Until it does, live the depth of now.
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Don't waste time on excuses. Just get it done.
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It doesn't matter how much you want. What really matters is how much you want it
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Your life is magnificent not because someone says it is, but because you choose to see it as such
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Welcome those big, sticky, complicated problems. In them are your most powerful opportunities.
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You've done it before and you can do it now. See the positive possibilities. Redirect the substantial energy of your frustration and turn it into positive, effective, unstoppable determination.
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Stop needing and start having. Stop wanting and start being.
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There are very real obstacles and challenges to any course of action. And there's no need to add to them, by making up obstacles of your own. Unchain yourself from the bondage of your own thinking.
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Greatness comes from living with purpose and passion.
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Rest when you're weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then get back to work.
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The quality of your commitments will determine the course of your life.
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Every positive thing in your life represents a single unique blessing. Every negative thing in your life has the opportunity to become a double blessing. For when you turn a negative into a positive, you gain twice. You are no longer burdened with the negative situation, and in addition to that you are strengthened by a new positive force.
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Patience expands your options. If you insist on immediate gratification, your choices are severely limited.
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Instead of being intimidated by the limitations, be inspired to find new ways around them.
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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.
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Every day you make some progress and every day you make a few mistakes. Through it all, your wisdom continues to grow and your experience continues to broaden.
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Choose to fully and graciously live life as it comes. The richest rewards by far are the ones to which you most sincerely give of yourself.
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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.
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Make the decision to love this day, this place, this moment, this special experience of life with the people around you. And there will be so very much to love.
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Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality.
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If you're to succeed at any endeavor, the first and most important person you must convince is yourself. Success comes not from merely a belief that you can do it. Success comes when you absolutely know you can achieve it
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Those who win big do it by creating other winners.
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Carrying a grudge is difficult work that brings nothing of value. Forgive, and be free.
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The direction of your focus is the direction your life will move. Let yourself move toward what is good, valuable, strong and true
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What you hold in your heart, you will see in your world.
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When you're not afraid to fail, you'll most certainly have the confidence to succeed.
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Though the universe is delightfully complex, life, at its heart, is not particularly complicated. Live true to who you are and though it won't always be easy, you'll live well.
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Just because the road ahead is long, is no reason to slow down. Just because there is much work to be done, is no reason to get discouraged. It is a reason to get started, to grow, to find new ways, to reach within yourself and discover strength, commitment, and determination. The road ahead is long and difficult, but it’s filled with opportunity. Start what needs starting. Finish what needs finishing. Get on the road. Stay on the road. Don’t give up.
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Be thankful for it all. And beyond your many blessings, will be many, many more.
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Problems, weaknesses, setbacks, regrets and mistakes teach you if you're willing to learn, or they punish you if you're not.
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Be wary of those who seek to steal your dream. Be even more wary of those who seek to tell you what your dream should be.
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Success in any endeavor depends on the degree to which it is an expression of your true self.
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When was the last time you spent a quiet moment just doing nothing - just sitting and looking at the sea, or watching the wind blowing the tree limbs, or waves rippling on a pond, a flickering candle or children playing in the park?
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Your destiny is to fulfill those things upon which you focus most intently. So choose to keep your focus on that which is truly magnificent, beautiful, uplifting and joyful. Your life is always moving toward something.
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Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality.
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Step confidently forward in the precisely the direction that is the most challenging to you. Because in that same direction, you'll also find what is most rewarding to you.
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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.
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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.
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There is no limit to what you can imagine. And with commitment, with effort, what you can imagine you can become. Put your mind to work for you. Believe that you can do it. The world will tell you that you can't. Yet, in your belief you'll find the strength, you'll find the ability, to do it anyway.
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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.
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Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open.
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Your goals, minus your doubts, equal your reality.
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There are plenty of difficult obstacles in your path. Don't allow yourself to become one of them.
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Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude.
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There is a thought in your mind right now. The longer you hold on to it, the more you dwell upon it, the more life you give to that thought. Give it enough life, and it will become real. So make sure the thought is indeed a great one.
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Let each moment be guided by positive purpose. And let your whole life express the beauty of who you truly are.
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You have created your fears. And you can choose to lay them to rest. You have created your dreams. And you can choose to bring them fully to life.
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Being truly thankful makes you infinitely more resourceful. By sincerely appreciating what you have, you find new and valuable ways to make use of it.
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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.
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The value of an ambitious goal is not measured by what it will bring to you. The worth of a goal is measured by what it will make of you in the process of following and attaining it.
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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.
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Every day you spend drifting away from your goals is a waste not only of that day, but also of the additional day it takes to regain lost ground.
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The best way to handle good fortune is to do something positive and useful with it. The best way to handle misfortune is exactly the same.
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When you do the right thing, enjoy it! When you take positive actions, enjoy them. After all, they are leading you toward positive results. Pat yourself on the back. Truly enjoy the fact that you're making positive progress, and the negative temptations will have no power over you.
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Instead of jumping at the chance to be offended, choose to be amused. Rather than filling your thoughts with resentment, fill your heart with forgiveness.
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When one approach is not working to reach the desired goal, that's not a reason to abandon the goal. Instead, it is time to devise another approach.
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If something goes wrong, don’t whine about it. Have a spine about it. Adjust, adapt, and move forward.
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When the path becomes difficult, that's no reason to give up. In fact, it means you're making real progress.
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Dare to visualize a world in which your most treasured dreams have become true.
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When your reasons to move forward outweigh your excuses for staying put, you will move forward.
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Care, because it is what you do. Care, and be vibrantly alive.
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To believe in what you're doing is not just important. It is everything!
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Success requires both urgency and patience. Be urgent about making the effort, and patient about seeing the results.
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The fundamental challenge of achieving anything you wish is first to convince yourself to do it. Once you are totally convinced of its value, you'll find a way to get it done.
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Live each moment from your own inspiration, not from your desire to look good in the eyes of others.
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You are what you are most profoundly thankful for, and what you love.
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If the challenge seems a bit too overwhelming, that's the one you want. Take it on & let it pull you up.
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Adversity is an effective, thorough and highly personalized teacher.
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Every moment you spend thinking about the bad stuff pushes that much more of the good stuff away.
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Your life is constantly nourished by your thoughts. Whatever the direction your life is moving, your thoughts have led you there.
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What a joy it is that the road ahead is an uphill climb. For where it leads is all the way to the top.
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Sure, there are plenty of ways to waste this day. But you now have the chance to choose to make good and valuable use of it. Now is an opportunity to create value. And that opportunity cannot be delayed until later. Now is yours to use for whatever rich and fulfilling purpose you can imagine. Stand up, step forward, and get busy making the very best of now.
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Sure, it's easy to be upbeat when everything is going your way. Anyone can do that. It is far more important, however, to take a positive approach in circumstances that most people would view as negative.
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Live your days on the positive side of life, in tune with your most treasured values. And in each moment you'll have much to live for.
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Turn your attention for a while away from the worries and anxieties. Remind yourself of all your many blessings.
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Choose to live in a place where your eyes are always open to the positive possibilities.
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It's difficult to follow your dream. It's a tragedy not to.
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When you can clearly see yourself being there, you can see much more clearly how to get there. You can imagine the path to your dreams, and then start to actually walk it. Play an active role in your own future. Imagine with passion and detail how you'd most like it to be.
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Life is not always easy. And that is a major reason why it is so precious. Many of life's best rewards are possible only because you must work your way through difficult challenges to get to them. If everything in life were easy, there would be no opportunity for real fulfillment.
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Live what you love, and love what you live. Anything less is a painful and frustrating waste of your precious time.
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