"You can not always control circumstances, but you can control your own thoughts."

— Charles Popplestown

"If we did all the things we were capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves."

— Thomas Edison

"Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious ... think about these things."

— Philippians 4:8

"Everything can be taken from a man or a woman but one thing: the last of human freedoms —to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way."

— Victor Frankl
Man's Search For Meaning

"Cultivate optimism by committing yourself to a cause, a plan or a value system. You'll feel that you are growing in a meaningful direction which will help you rise above day-to-day setbacks."

— Dr. Robert Conroy
in Bottom Line-Personal

"The winner's edge is not in a gifted birth, a high IQ, or in talent. The winner's edge is all in the attitude, not aptitude. Attitude is the criterion for success."

— Dennis Waitley

"If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right to go croaking about society, or what is worse, looking as if he stifled grief."

— Benjamin Disraeli

"What you think means more than anything else in your life. More than what you earn, more than where you live, more than your social position, and more than what anyone else may think about you."

— George Matthew Adams
Author

"Change your thoughts and you change the world."

— Norman Vincent Peale

"Whether you think you can or think you can't, you are right."

— Henry Ford

"Up is never where you are now."

— Belasco & Stayer

"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort."

— Herm Albright

"The pendulum of the mind alternates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong."

“What would you attempt to do if you knew you would not fail?”
Robert Schuller

"First think what you want to be; then do what you have to do." 

"Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid of standing still."

 “If you have a past with which you feel dissatisfied, then forget it, now.Imagine a new story for your life and believe in it.Focus only on the moments when you achieved what you desired, and that strength will help you get what you want.”  

“In his or her life, each person can take one of two attitudes: to build or to plant.  Builders may take years over their tasks, but one day they will finish what they are doing.  Then they will stop, hemmed in by their own walls.  Life becomes meaningless once the building is finished.  Those who plant suffer the storms and the seasons and rarely rest.  Unlike a building, a garden never stops growing.  And by its constant demands on the gardener’s attention, it makes the gardener’s life a great adventure.”

When  you   succeed ;

your  competitors  are  never happy.

Still  they  praise  your  performance 

and

keep  watch  on 

all  your  activities. 

They  will  remember   you  more  than God. 

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When you fail; your competitors may get shocked.

So to retain them in charging mode;

be  s u c c e s s f u l  - all the time !

(Change your strategy according to the changed circumstances). 

"You are a miracle!

Your existence is a miracle of the Almighty!"

Life is 10 percent of what you make it
And 90 percent of how you take it."

If you don't like something, change it.
If you can't change it,
Change the way you think about it!"

"When life gives you lemons ... make lemonade!"

"What are you doing?" a man asked of three laborers beside a building under construction.  The first man replied, "Puttin' in time until a better job comes along."  The second smiled and said, "Stone-cutting."  The third man waited a moment and then simply said, "I'm building a cathedral!"

If you smile, the day will be cheery;
If you smile, the day will be bright;
If you think good thoughts, you'll be happy,
And everything will work out just right.

So don't let a frown turn you sour;
Don't let bad thoughts make you blue;
Just always remember, think positively ...
For how you feel is up to you!

Originally posted by : CS Richa Sharma
	"Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else."

 Very nice.  

This I liked the most.  

Just to add :

...... and  regularly  update  your  version  according  to   the  changed  circumstances.  

Better  if  you  become  the  reason  of  the  changed  circumstances. 

(Although I also liked one of the post that there is a limit of intelligence and no limit to stupidity).

"Our world is incomplete until each one of us discovers what moves us - OUR PASSION. No other person can hear our calling. We must listen and act on it for ourselves." 

"All of us are stars and deserve the right to twinkle."

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