Saturday, June 29, 2013

Anthony D'Angelo


“If you have time to whine and complain about something then you have the time to do something about it." 
Anthony D'Angelo


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Friday, June 28, 2013

Get started now


"Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what! Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful."
Mark Victor Hansen

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Fear


I feared being alone until I learned to like myself.
I feared failure until I realized that I only fail when I don’t try.
I feared success until I realized that I had to try in order to be happy with myself.
I feared people’s opinions until I learned that people would have opinions about me anyway.
I feared rejection until I learned to have faith in myself.
I feared pain until I learned that it’s necessary for growth.
I feared the truth until I saw the ugliness of lies.
I feared life until I experienced its beauty.
I feared death until I realized that it’s not an end, but a beginning.
I feared my destiny until I realized that I had the power to change my life.
I feared hate until I saw that it was nothing but ignorance.
I feared ridicule until I learned how to laugh at myself.
I feared growing old until I realized that I gained wisdom every day.
I feared the future until I realized that life just kept getting better.
I feared the past until I realized that it could no longer hurt me.
I feared the dark until I saw the beauty of the starlight.
I feared the light until I learned that the truth would give me strength.
I feared change until I saw that even the most beautiful butterfly had to undergo a metamorphosis before it could fly…
Ernest Hemingway




Wednesday, June 26, 2013

21 Fun things to enjoy in NY (this week)


  1. Take a bicycle ride on the waterfront West or East side (free)
  2. Go to the beach (free)
  3. Grab a bite on the waterfront West or East side restaurants
  4. Take dance class or yoga class
  5. Go for a walk in Central Park or any park near you (free)
  6. Visit the zoo
  7. Have fun on the sprinkles with your kids, nieces or nephews (free)
  8. Meet some friends or family for BBQ
  9. Go to a Stand-up comedy show
  10. Take a swim in the closest swimming pool near you
  11. Visit the aquarium
  12. Do kayaking at Downtown Boathouse (free)


  13. Go to a Broadway show
  14. Seaport outdoor film series (free)
  15. Take a ferry to visit Staten Island, Randall island park (free) or any desired island.
  16. Bryant Park free Film Festival every Monday 5:00 pm /Lawn (free)
  17. Visit a museum
  18. Take a walk on the Botanical Garden
  19. This Friday go to Seaport for Unknown Mortal Orchestra with Bass Drum of Death (Free)

20. Sunday OUTDOOR DANCING AT PIER I (free), along with an outdoor party with DJ Ray Colon
Salsa Lesson 6pm
Bachata Lesson 7pm
and dancing till 9:30pm

At 70th Street & Hudson River (entrance on ramp on 68th St & Riverside Blvd)

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Sunday, June 23, 2013

Ambition of the heart


"It's all about GOALS! And I'm not talking about boring to do lists and chores! No! I'm talking about ambition of the heart! Knowing and believing that you can live a successful and passionate life! Set goals that speak to your enthusiasm! Work hard towards your hearts desire and listen to NO PERSON who tries to hold you back! Let your heart guide you, let success come to you! This is your time, not tomorrow, but right now!! What's your Heart's goal? Go and get it!!"
Jackson Kiddard

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Saturday, June 22, 2013

Try


"Try again, fail again. Fail better." 
-Samuel Beckett 

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Friday, June 21, 2013

Today you are born again

"Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most."

Buddha, the founder of Buddhism.

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Thursday, June 20, 2013

Persevere


"Some people fold after making one timid request. They quit too soon. Keep asking until you find the answers. There are usually four or five 'no's' before you get a 'yes.'"

Jack Canfield



Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Courage

Every one is brave, as we get inspired we decide to do it and persist in our dreams. We have to embrace our fears to give space to the unknown. 

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“Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal”. 
Earl Nightingale

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Napoleon Hill



"Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements."  Napoleon Hill

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Monday, June 17, 2013

Marianne Williamson


“You must choose a new you in order to become the new you. The issue here is not that you are running away from, but rather what you are running toward. You' re not just rejecting what you don’t want, but proactively claiming what you do.” 
 Marianne Williamson


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Friday, June 14, 2013

Ralph Waldo Emerson


“Do the thing and you will get the energy to do the thing”
  Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Thursday, June 13, 2013

Don't be the slave of your own past



"Be not the slave of your own past-plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far, so you shall come back with self-respect, with new power, with an advanced experience, that shall explain and overlook the old”. 
Ralph Waldo Emerson


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Facundo Cabral


“From my mother I learned that never is too late, that always is possible to start again, right now you may say stop to habits that destroy you, to the things that shackle you, to the credit card, to the newsreels that poison you since the morning, to the ones that want to lead your life in the wrong way”. 
Facundo Cabral
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Tuesday, June 11, 2013

The trait of persistence


 "If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence."
Richard DeVos
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Monday, June 10, 2013



“Sometimes you've got to let everything go - purge yourself. If you are unhappy with anything . . . whatever is bringing you down, get rid of it. Because you'll find that when you're free, your true creativity, your true self comes out."
 Tina Turner

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Saturday, June 8, 2013

Swami Vivekananda


"Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success, that is way great spiritual giants are produced." 

 Swami Vivekananda


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Thursday, June 6, 2013

Our biggest fear is to be bigger than who we are, we can always be bigger than ourselves. 


Don't play small, honor yourself by following your desires. 
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John Lennon


"A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality." 
John Lennon



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Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Mahatma Gandhi

"There is no way to peace, there is only peace.

Mahatma Gandhi

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Sunday, June 2, 2013

Empowerment comes when we acknowledged the divinity of others and celebrate their successes.


Affirmation:
I am empowering myself by acknowledging the divinity of others and celebrating their successes.


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