Re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul; and your very flesh shall be a great poem, and have the richest fluency, not only in its words, but in the silent lines of its lips and face, and between the lashes of your eyes, and in every motion and joint of your body.

Give me the splendid sun with all his beams full-dazzling.
- Topic: Affirmation, Appreciation, Gratitude, Optimism
- Location: Arches National Park
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
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The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God.
Let us affirm what seems to be the truth, that, whether one is or is not, one and the others in relation to themselves and one another, all of them, in every way, are and are not, and appear to be and appear not to be.
Whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
I have yet to find a man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism.
A man, to carry on a successful business, must have imagination. He must see things as in a vision, a dream of the whole thing. A man can cultivate this faculty only by an appreciation for the finer things in life.
There are two ways to get enough: One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.
A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than they need.
An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?
Aloha is free.
Four steps to achievement: Plan purposefully. Prepare prayerfully. Proceed positively. Pursue persistently.
The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious of the rose.
Have to and get to—both are choices. One is negative and one is positive. Choose the right one and it can change your life.
Be like the flower, turn your face to the sun.
