"We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons."
- Jim Rohn

"We are not convicted for our anger. We are convicted and punished by our anger." BC

Drama is generally create by the self absorbed.

Remember these great words of the late Jim Rohn -

"Let others lead small lives, but not you.
Let others argue over small things, but not you.
Let others cry over small hurts, but not you.
Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you."

"Here are some gift ideas for Christmas - to your perceived enemies, forgiveness. To those who are different, tolerance. To a friend, your love. To your customer, great service. To everyone, a smile & a knid word. To the children, a sincere positive example. To you, genuine self respect." - BC

"Let others lead small lives, but not you.
Let others argue over small things, but not you.
Let others cry over small hurts, but not you.
Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you." - Jim Rohn

"Dare to imagine, to dream, to DO. Only by going too far do we ever learn how far we can really go." - BC

"A daily routine built on good habits and disciplines separates the most successful among us from everyone else." - Darren Hardy, Success Magazine

What is your formula for a great day??

"Failure just like success is the result of a plan. One is thought out and the other not so much. YOU have a plan . . . Which is it ?" - BC

"The thing is, we have to let go of all blame, all attacking, all judging, to free our inner selves to attract what we say we want. Until we do, we are hamsters in a cage chasing our own tails and wondering why we aren't getting the results we seek." — Dr. Joe Vitale

"Who is REALLY holding you back?" - BC

"Time will temper regrets for the things we have done - it is the regret for things we chose not to do that are never consoled." - BC

"Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing ordinary things extraordinarily well. " - Angelique Arnauld

"Education...is a painful, continual and difficult work to be done in kindness, by watching, by warning,... by praise, but above all -- by example."
- John Ruskin

"Be careful the example you set . . . they are watching. Your kids, your friends, your co-workers learn how to treat you from you. Teach them well." - BC

“Just be a big kid on your birthday, expect a nice gift (especially the one you give yourself), a big cake, a big party with those you love and who love you. Celebrate it like a rebirth day and start life fresh and new again.” - BC

"The other day someone asked me what was the best time of my life and I answered without hesitation, "NOW." - BC

"A resourceful person can see opportunity when others only see obstacles." - Garrett Gunderson

"You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you." - Walt Disney

"YOU were born to win, BUT to be a winner, you must PLAN to win, PREPARE to win, and EXPECT to win." - Zig Ziglar

Success in no accident - Neither is Failure. - BC

"Gratitude is not only the greatest of all the virtues . . . It is the parent of all the others." - Cicero

What we think, know, feel or believe, won't change anything. Change comes only in ACTION. It is a NEW week - CHOOSE to make a difference. BC

"Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die." -G.K. Chesterton

Our lives are full of opportunity & blessing - Today look for just three things you have not noticed in a while. Let me know what they are.

"If all I can leave my children is a love for God and true enthusiasm for living then they will be heirs to an incomparable fortune" - BC

"Asking well intentioned, thoughtful questions will get you far better results than dictating well thought out demands." BC

"Be happy with the big challenges at work and in life. Remember big rewards and small challenges rarely find themselves together." - BC

"Choose to be positive and have a grateful attitude - this decides how you're going to live, love and who will be with you." BC

"Don't just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.
Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better." -Jim Rohn

“The best gift you can give the people you care about is your choice to be a happy, joyous person.
In all things - Choose to Be Your Best!” - BC

Choosing to be happy does not mean all is perfect. It's a simple choice not to focus on life's imperfections. - BC

"How beautiful . . . are the feet of him who brings good tidings, who publishes peace, who brings good tidings of good, who publishes salvation . . ." - Isaiah 52:7

If your children lie to you . . . who has made them afraid to tell the truth??

"Socialism only works in two places:
Heaven where they don't need it and hell where they already have it." - Ronald Reagan

The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails. - John Maxwell

"Happiness is a present attitude and not a future condition." - Hugh Prather

Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what happened. ~ Jennifer Yane

Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
AMEN

Ponder this . . . "The trust of the innocent is the liar’s most useful tool." - Stephen King

Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.
- Jim Rohn

Blaming the "Tea Party" for the debt mess we are in is like blaming the guy who called 911 to report a fire. The house is engulfed somebody had to FINALLY make the call. Time to grow up America.

Blaming the "Tea Party" for the debt mess we are in is like blaming the guy who called 911 to report a fire. The house is engulfed somebaody had to FINALLY make the call. Time to grow up America.

"A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner, so if one's life is cold and bare he can blame none but himself."
- Louis L'Amour

"Love is the ability and willingness to allow those that you care for to be what they choose for themselves without any insistence that they satisfy you." - Wayne Dyer

"Contemplate Yourself As Surrounded By the Condition You Want to Produce" - Dr. Wayne Dyer

"Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, Make Me Feel Important. Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life."
- Mary Kay Ash

"Somewhere along the way, we ceased to be a culture where kids aspire to be adults and became a culture where adults aspire to be kids."
- John Stonestreet

"Believing in people before they have proved themselves is the key to motivating people to reach their potential."
- John C. Maxwell

John Wayne - "Courage is being scared to death and saddling up anyway" - Take a chance otherwise how will you really know what you can do.

“Insane people are always sure that they are fine. It is only the sane people who are willing to admit that they are crazy.” - Nora Ephron

"When we do for other people what they should do for themselves, we both stay stuck."
- Karen Casey

Moved to Tucson, AZ 10 years ago and have been a Duke fan forever - Maybe it is time to convert!! Really ugly game for the Blue Devils last night - Go Cats ?!?!

"The happiness of most people we know is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things."
- Ernest Dimnet

My all time favorite quote - "A man cannot be truly comfortable without his own approval." Mark Twain

"It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult."
- Seneca

"Contemplate Yourself As Surrounded By the Condition You Want to Produce" - Dr. Wayne Dyer

Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure. ~ Don Wilder and Bill Rechin

"Shouda, coulda, and woulda won't get it done."
- Coach Pat Riley

"You can't strengthen the weak by weakening the strong."
- William J. H. Boetcker

"Before you can break out of prison, you must first realize you're locked up."

"We are not creatures of circumstance - We are creators of circumstance." - Benjamin Disraeli

"Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man." – Benjamin Franklin