Ralph Marston
19 quotes.
Quotes by Ralph Marston
- Achievement does not require extraordinary ability. Achievement comes from ordinary abilities applied with extraordinary persistence.
- Be appreciative of what's right with your life. In your gratitude is power to make it even better
- 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.
- Every day is a day to be thankful. Life's abundance has no limit, and gratitude is what keeps that abundance flowing. In every circumstance there is something for which to be thankful. Even when there seems to be nothing else, there is hope.
- Every moment spent in negativity is paid for with something truly priceless. That something is life.
- Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude.
- 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.
- If something goes wrong, don’t whine about it. Have a spine about it. Adjust, adapt, and move forward.
- If you focus on the obstacles, then you give them more power.
- It’s difficult to follow your dream. It’s a tragedy not to.
- 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.
- Patience expands your options. If you insist on immediate gratification, your choices are severely limited.
- Remember why you started, remember where you're headed, think of how great it will be to get there, and keep going.
- Success requires both urgency and patience. Be urgent about making the effort, and patient about seeing the results.
- The direction of your focus is the direction your life will move. Let yourself move toward what is good, valuable, strong and true
- 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.
- What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
- When the path becomes difficult, that's no reason to give up. In fact, it means you're making real progress.
- Your goals, minus your doubts, equal your reality.