Ralph Marston Quotes

“Beset by a difficult problem? Now is your chance to shine. Pick yourself up, get to work and get triumphantly through it. The time you spend living in fear is time you cannot spend living in love. The time you spend hiding and retreating from life is time you cannot spend growing and advancing and achieving.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“If the challenge seems a bit too overwhelming, that's the one you want. Take it on & let it pull you up.”

“One positive step can put an end to negative momentum. Now is when you can take it.”

“Life is not always easy. And that is a major reason why it is so precious. Many of life's best rewards are possible only because you must work your way through difficult challenges to get to them. If everything in life were easy, there would be no opportunity for real fulfillment.”

“Live each moment from your own inspiration, not from your desire to look good in the eyes of others.”

“You can choose instead to live in the enriching, empowering light of your own highest visions. You can always choose to grow, to achieve, and to fulfill by immersing your awareness in life's ever-present goodness.”

“If you focus on the obstacles, then you give them more power. Instead focus on your purpose, on your most authentic and fundamental intentions.”

“The direction of your focus is the direction your life will move. Let yourself move toward what is good, valuable, strong and true”

“Perfectionism is really a manifestation of the belief that one's efforts are never good enough. Imagine: How many of the obstacles standing in your way are the product of your own imagination? What have you convinced yourself that you can't do? What limitations have you come to believe in? Your mind is very powerful and effective. Is it working for you, or against you?”

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

“Look, really look, at how beautiful this day is. Let go of the worries and anxieties and judgments, and see the beauty.”

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

“Humility reminds you that in order to receive value, you must create value in equal measure.”

“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.”

“Being positive does not mean ignoring the negative. Being positive means overcoming the negative.”

“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.”

“Adversity is an effective, thorough and highly personalized teacher.”

“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.”

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

“The fundamental challenge of achieving anything you wish is first to convince yourself to do it. Once you are totally convinced of its value, you'll find a way to get it done.”

“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.”

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