Zen Garden > Not Zen - But Wise!

This first section has nothing to do with zen but everything to do with wise quotes on motivation, self esteem and personal development.

LOOK in here often for regular updates (The most recent are the highest numbered quotes).

10 - "I will give so much time to the improvement of myself, that I will have no time to criticize others." - Chuck Norris. (from "The Secret of Inner Strength, My Story.")

09 - "If you want your dreams to come true - don't sleep." - Yiddish Proverb.

08 - "Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase. Just take the first step." - Martin Luther King Jr.

07 - "You can rest assured that if you devote your time and attention to the highest advantage of others, the Universe will support you, always and only in the nick of time." - R Buckminster Fuller.

06 - "If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants." - Albert Einstein (1879-1955).

05 - "It has occurred to me recently that I have never chosen anything. I was born into a role that had been prepared for me. I did everything I was asked to do because it never occurred to me to choose otherwise. And now, at the end of my life, I wonder what might have been." - Centauri Emperor Turhan, Babylon 5.

04 - "Whatever you can do, or dream you can... begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it." - Goethe.

03 - "Life is a mission most of us are trying to fly without any flight plan because they never gave us one in school." - Winnie Marlow. (from Og Mandino's "Mission: Success")

02 - "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." - Eleanor Roosevelt.

01 - "If you can tell me who your heroes are, I can tell you how you are going to turn out in life." - Warren Buffett.

Gary Simpson is a 7th Dan karate master who teaches self defense, motivation, self help and wealth building to students around the world through home study courses. You may reprint this article as you include this author credit and an active link to his web site. Finance - Self Help - Motivation - Self Defense - Personal Growth MotivationSelfEsteem.com