Ralph Marston Quotes

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

Success is not a secret that is hidden from you.Success is a habit that is readily avaiable to you.

Give your best to the challenges. And what you get will be even better.

If you're to succeed at any endeavor, the first and most important person you must convince is yourself. Success comes not from merely a belief that you can do it. Success comes when you absolutely know you can achieve it

Be appreciative of what's right with your life. In your gratitude is power to make it even better

The sooner you act, the bigger difference you can make.

Those who are passionate about what they do have an advantage that is nearly impossible to overcome. In passion there is energy, creativity, resilience and persistence. Passion will get it done.

The hours and days you spend being annoyed or frustrated are times when you deny yourself access to life's best possibilities. When you live in anger and resentment, you cut yourself off from life's goodness.

Achievement does not require extraordinary ability. Achievement comes from ordinary abilities applied with extraordinary persistence.

Your level of achievement will rise to meet the level of your purpose.

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.

Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open. You're able to benefit from the unique viewpoints of others, without being crippled by your own judgment.

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

You are full of wonderful possibilities. Do something with them. The most painful regrets, those which never go away, are regrets of things not done, things never attempted.

It doesn't matter how much you want. What really matters is how much you want it. The extent and complexity of the problem does not matter was much as does the willingness to solve it.

Those who win big do it by creating other winners.

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.

Every positive thing in your life represents a single unique blessing. Every negative thing in your life has the opportunity to become a double blessing. For when you turn a negative into a positive, you gain twice. You are no longer burdened with the negative situation, and in addition to that you are strengthened by a new positive force.

Sure, there are many bad things that can happen. Yet you can be aware of them, and realistic about them, without being obsessed and consumed by them.

If you're ninety-five percent of the way to outstanding success, doesn't it make sense to go the additional five percent of the way? ... A marathon which takes hours to run, can be won or lost by a matter of seconds.

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

What you are longing for is longing for you.

Choose to fully and graciously live life as it comes. The richest rewards by far are the ones to which you most sincerely give of yourself.

If you so choose, even the unexpected setbacks can bring new and positive possibilities. If you so choose, you can find value and fulfillment in every circumstance.

Look up from what you're doing and look around for a minute. See what a beautiful world you're in.

When you do the right thing, enjoy it! When you take positive actions, enjoy them. After all, they are leading you toward positive results. Pat yourself on the back. Truly enjoy the fact that you're making positive progress, and the negative temptations will have no power over you.

So go ahead and face that fear, make that effort, move forward into new territory and fully live the grand possibilities with which you're blessed. Boldly face life, and you'll find it to be better than you ever imagined.

Let the fear go, and live your life with the power of love.

Lasting achievement, whatever the endeavor, comes from a commitment to excellence every step of the way.

When you think you know it all, there's not much that you'll learn.

Today is an opportunity to do something positive. Today is your chance to add new value to your life and to your world. Make the commitment to fill this day with meaningful richness and purposeful effort. This is your day to live, so do so with vigor and enthusiasm.

Today is plenty; right now is enough. Tomorrow will come in good time. Until it does, live the depth of now.

When you are happy, be thankful and your happiness is greatly multiplied. When you are feeling down, be thankful and youll soon be feeling much better.

Let each moment be guided by positive purpose. And let your whole life express the beauty of who you truly are.

Every aspect of your life is greatly influenced, day in and day out, by the way you imagine life to be. Imagine the best, choose the goodness, and be a source of love and light for all to see..

If you so choose, the challenges can make you stronger. If you so choose, the disappointments can make you more determined.

Enjoy doing nothing, and you can enjoy doing anything. Enjoy having nothing, and you can enjoy whatever you have.

Put your energy into building what is creative, valuable and empowering. And you won't have to constantly fight against what is destructive and draining.

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.

Accomplishment comes from making positive efforts, even in the face of negative circumstances.

Dreams are unrealistic, impractical, demanding - and absolutely essential to living a rich and fulfilling life.

Instead of being intimidated by the limitations, be inspired to find new ways around them.

Happiness is a choice, not a result. Nothing will make you happy until you choose to be happy. No person will make you happy unless you decide to be happy. Your happiness will not come to you. It can only come from you.

You are here, and there is nothing to fear. Count your blessings and before you're finished counting, youll have even more

Dare to visualize a world in which your most treasured dreams have become true.

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.

Your life is constantly nourished by your thoughts. Whatever the direction your life is moving, your thoughts have led you there.

Concern yourself more with accepting responsibility than with assigning blame. Let the possibilities inspire you more than the obstacles discourage you.

You cannot expect to get the effect when you neglect to create the cause.

The more closely you get in touch with your dreams, the more able you are to make them real. The more vividly you consider how you want your world to be, the more real and effective tools you will have for making it so.

Imagine the possibilities!

Though the universe is delightfully complex, life, at its heart, is not particularly complicated. Live true to who you are and though it won't always be easy, you'll live well.

What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.

Begin each day with the expectation that it will bring something new, something to which you can say yes.

Being positive in a negative situation is not naive. It's leadership.

Stop needing and start having. Stop wanting and start being.

Gratitude is the smile of love.

Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality.

Being truly thankful makes you infinitely more resourceful. By sincerely appreciating what you have, you find new and valuable ways to make use of it.

Every moment spent in negativity is paid for with something truly priceless. That something is life.

There is most certainly a purpose you are yearning to fulfill. Find it, know it, follow it, and you can change the world.

Almost everyone does just enough to get by. Those who achieve spectacular success also do enough to get by; then they add a little bit of extra effort. That little bit of extra effort makes an enormous difference.

Sure, there are plenty of ways to waste this day. But you now have the chance to choose to make good and valuable use of it.
Now is an opportunity to create value. And that opportunity cannot be delayed until later.
Now is yours to use for whatever rich and fulfilling purpose you can imagine. Stand up, step forward, and get busy making the very best of now.

Meaning is found not in the rewards, for they are only tokens. Seek not to have the gold medal. Instead, seek to be the person who can win the gold medal. It is in the quest that you'll find the fulfillment which the reward represents.

Live what you love, and love what you live.
Anything less is a painful and frustrating waste of your precious time.

The most effective strategy for successful living is really no strategy at all. It is, rather, to be real, to be honest, to be authentic, to be you.

Just because the road ahead is long, is no reason to slow down. Just because there is much work to be done, is no reason to get discouraged. It is a reason to get started, to grow, to find new ways, to reach within yourself and discover strength, commitment, and determination. The road ahead is long and difficult, but it's filled with opportunity. Start what needs starting. Finish what needs finishing. Get on the road. Stay on the road. Don't give up.

You are what you are most profoundly thankful for, and what you love.

Your goals, minus your doubts, equal your reality.

Step confidently forward in the precisely the direction that is the most challenging to you. Because in that same direction, you'll also find what is most rewarding to you.

Success requires both urgency and patience. Be urgent about making the effort, and patient about seeing the results.

Every day you make some progress and every day you make a few mistakes. Through it all, your wisdom continues to grow and your experience continues to broaden.

Allow love to fill the places where anxiety now resides.

Remember why you started, remember where you're headed, think of how great it will be to get there, and keep going.

You were born to be real, not to be perfect. You are here to be you, not to live someone else's life.

Prepare far enough in advance, and just about anything is possible.

Sure, it's easy to be upbeat when everything is going your way. Anyone can do that. It is far more important, however, to take a positive approach in circumstances that most people would view as negative.

Stopping before you reach the goal does not make the discouragement go away. All it does is make the discouragement permanent. Instead, keep going, keep making the attempt, until you make that last, fulfilling attempt that brings the success you desire.

Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.

Truly appreciate life, and you'll find that you have more of it. [at least it will feel like it!]

A smile can work wonders. Put it to work for you.

Problems, weaknesses, setbacks, regrets and mistakes teach you if you're willing to learn, or they punish you if you're not.

Be someone who genuinely seeks to understand, and you will be wise. Be someone kind, someone considerate, and you will be admired. Be someone who values truth, and you will be respected. Be someone who takes action, and you will move life forward.

Do what is right, and you'll have no lasting regrets. Do what is right, and put yourself on the side of truth, goodness, and the best of life.

Take your mind off the problems for a moment, and focus on the positive possibilities. Consider how very much you are able to do.

Truth is just as essential to nourishing the mind as food is to nourishing the body. The more fully you live each moment in truth, the more powerful and effective those moments will be.

Your busy schedule has plenty of quantity. Think of how you could give it some true quality and meaning. Consider the people, the beliefs, the goals, the things which are really imp9ortant to you. Make time for them, not someday, but right now. Don't just fill your schedule. Fill your life.

Every moment you spend thinking about the bad stuff pushes that much more of the good stuff away.

There's nothing that says you have to succeed in the same way as someone else. In fact, there's nothing that says you must define success in the same way as someone else.

One of the greatest motivators is desire. If the desire is strong enough you will do whatever it takes to achieve. Just connect your actions with your true desires.

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.

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

The strongest leaders do not command, they empower

Turn your attention for a while away from the worries and anxieties. Remind yourself of all your many blessings.

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

What you do makes you better at what you think. What you think makes you more effective at what you do.

Dare to dream big dreams. For those are the dreams that have the power to push your whole world forward.

What you hold in your heart, you will see in your world.

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

Perfection in any endeavor is an aiming point. Let the desire for it push you, but don't let the absence of it stop you.