Values...

"We can tell our values by looking at our checkbook stubs." -Gloria Steinem

Success...

You are successful the moment you start moving forward a worthwhile goal.

- Charles Carson

No regrets...

Life is too short. If you have something to say, say it. Don't hold back. Regrets are harder to live with.

- Kelly Shipp

Willpower...

"It's not that some people have willpower and some don’t. It’s that some people are ready to change and others are not."

- James Gordon

10 tips for a fresh financial start...

The past is past. Hit rough financial times? It's understandable- you may be feeling pretty crummy right now. And with Thanksgiving one week away, how about a fresh look at your situation- dare I say there may be something for which you can be grateful? It's time to move on, and take some action, with a plan outlined by "The Money Lady", Suze Orman, writing for Oprah.com.

10 tips for a fresh financial start:

1. No Blame, No Shame
2. Take a Snapshot of Your Finances
3. Adopt a Foolproof Credit Card Strategy
4. Try Harder to Save
5. Separate Savings from Investments
6. Know Your Credit Score
7. Evaluate Your Retirement Plan
8. Diversify Your Assests
9. Don't Obsess Over Your Home's Value
10. Protect Your Family—and Your Nest Egg

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Expectations...

No one rises to low expectations.

What you want...

The more clear you are on what you want, the more power you will have.

Our aim...

The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that our aim is too low and we hit it.

- Tim Timmons

Picking cherries...

You can't pick cherries with your back to the tree. - J. Pierpont Morgan

Enthusiasm...

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Be thankful...

If you can't be content with what you have, be thankful for what you have escaped.

Don’t Sell Out! You Were Born For a Reason...

"You showed up on this planet for a reason. Maybe you showed up to sing, or to dance, or to teach, or to write, or to entertain, or to act, or to talk, or to cook, or to paint, or any other thing, but you showed up for a reason. There’s a purpose that you came here to fulfill. Don't 'sell out!'"

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Helping other people...

You can't help a person uphill without getting closer to the top yourself.

Doing nothing...

Never, in the history of mankind, has any situation improved on it's own while you sit there, doing nothing.

- David Cottrell

Common sense...

Common sense isn't all that common.

People remember...

People rarely remember what you had to say, but they'll never forget how you made them feel.

Your life -

Your life becomes the thing you have decided it shall be.

— Raymond Charles Barker