Quotes from Ralph Marston

Your goals, minus your doubts, equal your reality.

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

Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude.

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.

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.

Rest when you're weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then get back to work.

What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.

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.

Success in any endeavor depends on the degree to which it is an expression of your true self.

Beset by a difficult problem? Now is your chance to shine. Pick yourself up, get to work and get triumphantly through it.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open.

Patience expands your options. If you insist on immediate gratification, your choices are severely limited.

Be someone who listens, and you will be heard. Be someone who cares, and you will be loved. Be someone who gives, and you will be blessed. Be someone who comforts, and you will know peace.

Life does not owe you anything, because life has already given you everything.

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.

Rest when you're weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then get back to work.

Even when there seems to be nothing else, there is hope.

Imagine the possibilities!

There are plenty of difficult obstacles in your path. Don't allow yourself to become one of them.

Welcome those big, sticky, complicated problems. In them are your most powerful opportunities.