We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Bonus: Change is often rejuvenating, invigorating, fun….and necessary. – Lynn Povich
Christian Book Reviews, Self Improvement, Positivity
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A goal is a dream with a deadline. – Napoleon Hill
One of my favorite authors of all time is Napoleon Hill. He was a brilliant man, in every sense of the word, and I simply cannot read a single paragraph written by Mr. Hill without wanting to take on the hounds of Hell with my Swiffer mop.
Napoleon Hill was born in 1883 in a one-room cabin on the Pound River in Wise County, Virginia. His life as a writer began at the ripe old age of 13 when he became a mountain reporter for a small town newspaper.
This mountain reporter went on to become one of the greatest forces the motivational world has ever known. Men and women will quote this great man forever because his words will forever be worth repeating. Napoleon Hill passed away in November 1970 but not before securing a beautiful legacy anyone would be proud of.
For today’s Thursday Throwback, I’d love to direct you to a wonderful piece of writing by Napoleon Hill titled Three Feet From Gold.
Now where’s that Swiffer…..
It’s not something I’m particularly fond of doing, but I do (every now and then) reflect on mistakes I’ve made – whether they were in the past year, the past day….or if I’m in really rare form, in the past hour. No, I’m not a pessimist. And I’m definitely not a sadist – I’m a realist. A realist who has come to realize that our greatest lessons lie in the text books of our mistakes.
If you were to think back over some of your own beauts, you’d find lessons that were learned, whether you even realized it at the time or not. Maybe you nearly made yourself sick-and-or-nuts by trying to do too much. You realized what you were doing, scaled back and learned a very valuable lesson.
Maybe you misspelled a word in a blog post and were called out by a human spell checker. Perhaps the bite of their words caused you to double check your’s forevermore.
Maybe one of your biggest mistakes was a big fat jump into the wrong conclusion and the lesson, “Look before you leap” has stayed with you since. (Make no mistake about it….excuse the pun….this lesson is a great one!)
So, the next time you make a mistake, don’t kick yourself around 4 counties. Don’t stew in your own juices, and most certainly don’t call yourself hateful names.
Rather, take yourself out for a Latte (or Frappuccino if the weather’s warm) and toast yourself for a brand new lesson. You won’t be celebrating the mistake – you’ll be celebrating the lesson it taught and the wisdom you’ve gained. Said another way, you’ll be toasting to self growth – so, go ahead and have a cookie, too.
Hold each mistake accountable for itself – demand your lesson!
~ Joi
*** By the by, a warm and wonderfully friendly woman recently e-mailed me asking if she could use one of my Quote graphics on the site (I believe it was on one of the Quotes pages). She said she had trouble finding images for her posts and would love to use one I’d made about Eagerness. I told her exactly what I’m telling you now – I’d be honored for you to use any of the ones I’ve done, as long as you give an active link back to Self Help Daily on your blog or web site. I’m making more that’ll be popping up all over the site – all I ask if for a link back.
Does that make me a link desperado? I guess you could bet your sweet a href it does.
“Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.” – James Dean
The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results. – James Dean
Only the gentle are ever really strong. – James Dean
If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he’s dead, then maybe he was a great man. – James Dean
Being a good actor isn’t easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I’m done. – James Dean
I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is endowed. – James Dean
I want to be a Texan 24 hours a day. – James Dean
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“It is not death that man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.” – Marcus Aurelius
More Favorite Quotes About Life:
When in the world are we going to begin to live as if we understood that this is life? This is our time, our day…and it is passing. What are we waiting for? – Richard L. Evans
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, “I used everything you gave me.” – Erma Bombeck
Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile. – Albert Einstein
All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better. – More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats. – Albert Schweitzer
Life is a blend of laughter and tears, a combination of rain and sunshine. – More Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can. – Danny Kaye
Life is not measured by the breaths you take, but the moments that take your breath away. – George Carlin
When I hear somebody say that life is hard, I am always tempted to ask, “Compared to what?” – Sydney J. Harris
Life is like an onion; you peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep. – Carl Sandburg
And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. – More Abraham Lincoln Quotes
—- More Quotes About Life!
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