Kathzoofus

I just saw this on my friend Shelly's FB page and INSTANTLY LOVED IT! "Problems are not stop signs." Simple. True. Brilliant.

“ The only lifelong, reliable motivations are those that come from within, and one of the strongest of those is the joy and pride that grow from knowing that you've just done something as well as you can do it. ” Lloyd Dobens

When you face your fear, most of the time you will discover that it was not really such a big threat after all. We all need some form of deeply rooted, powerful motivation - it empowers us to overcome obstacles so we can live our dreams. Les Brown

I've never regretted doing a workout but have often regretted skipping them.

“What running teaches is that we can get from where we are to where we want to be, but we have to get there a day at a time.” John Bingham .

"You are the person who has to decide. Whether you'll do it or toss it aside; you are the person who makes up your mind. Whether you'll lead or will linger behind. Whether you'll try for the goal that's afar. Or just be contented to stay where you are." ~ Edgar A. Guest

"The Thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a Thing makes it happen." “I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.” *Thanks Stacey for sharing!

"My wife and I have an agreement in our marriage, and part of that contract is that we are going to shine our lights on each other.” Ashton Kutcher on his marriage to Demi Moore.

Whatever we focus on is bound to expand. Where we see the negative, we call forth more negative. And where we see the positive, we call forth more positive. Having loved and lost, I now love more passionately. Having won and lost, I now win more soberly. Having tasted the bitter, I now savor the sweet. -Marianne Williamson

"There's this place in me where your fingerprints still rest, your kisses still linger, and your whispers softly echo. It's the place where a part of you will forever be a part of me." - Gretchen Kemp

"You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself." —Alan Alda

"What you thought before has led to every choice you have made, and this adds up to you at this moment. If you want to change who you are physically, mentally, a spiritually, you will have to change what you think." -Dr. Patrick Gentempo

“That fundamentally undermines your ability to access the best part of your instincts. So my advice to those people would be stop thinking and introspecting so much and do a little more acting.” Malcolm Gladwell (emphasis is allllllllllll mine).

Worrying about something that may never happen is like paying interest on money you may never borrow. ~Unknown

"Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny." —Laozi (Lao-tzu)

"Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring and integrity, they think of you." -H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

"Some pursue happiness, others create it. " -Anonymous

"Buy the ticket, take the ride."

"The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing in the right place, but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment." — Lady Dorothy Nevi

“I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what is going to happen next.” -Gilda Radner

"Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude.” -- William James

"When you overthink at the wrong moment, you cut yourself off from the wisdom of your emotions, which are much better at assessing actual preferences. You lose the ability to know what you really want. And then you choose the worst strawberry jam." Johan Lehrer - author of How We Decide.

"The race is long. It is better to drive within oneself and finish the race behind the others than it is to drive too hard and crash." The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

“It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.” ~Lena Horne

Don’t let yesterday use up too much of today. ~Cherokee Proverb

Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth. ~Rumi

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think, we become. - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Being normal is not necessarily a virtue – it rather denotes a lack of courage. ~Stockard Channing as Aunt Francis in Practical Magic

I have learned that self-esteem is just that: SELF-esteem. Not wife-esteem or lover-esteem or even sponsor-esteem. It has to come from ME, not from others opinions of me. ~Al-Anon

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes. - William James

If you can’t stand solitude, maybe you bore others too. ~Bob Gordon