Ralph Marston Quotes

Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude.

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.

What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.

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

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.

Happiness is a choice, not a result. Nothing will make you happy until you choose to be happy.

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

You've done it before and you can do it now. See the positive possibilities. Redirect the substantial energy of your frustration and turn it into positive, effective, unstoppable determination.

Spread the seeds of encouragement far and wide, and delight in the bountiful harvest that they will surely bring.

Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality.

Don't let the silly little dramas of each day get you down. For you are here to do great things.

Don’t make excuses for why you can’t get it done. Focus on all the reasons why you must make it happen.

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

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

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

It doesn't matter how much you want. What really matters is how much you want it.

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.

Greatness comes from living with purpose and passion.

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

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

Your life is magnificent not because someone says it is, but because you choose to see it as such

When the path becomes difficult, that's no reason to give up. In fact, it means you're making real progress.

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.

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

Carrying a grudge is difficult work that brings nothing of value. Forgive, and be free.

When your reasons to move forward outweigh your excuses for staying put, you will move forward.

Don't waste time on excuses. Just get it done.

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

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

The value of an ambitious goal is not measured by what it will bring to you. The worth of a goal is measured by what it will make of you in the process of following and attaining it.

The best way to handle good fortune is to do something positive and useful with it. The best way to handle misfortune is exactly the same.

If you so choose, every mistake can lead to greater understanding and effectiveness. If you so choose, every frustration can help you to be more patient and more persistent.

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

There are very real obstacles and challenges to any course of action. And there's no need to add to them, by making up obstacles of your own. Unchain yourself from the bondage of your own thinking.

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

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

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.

Truly appreciate those around you, and you'll soon find many others around you.

Instead of jumping at the chance to be offended, choose to be amused. Rather than filling your thoughts with resentment, fill your heart with forgiveness.

In every kind of endeavor, there are ample opportunities for extra effort. Grab those opportunities, embrace that extra effort and transform ordinary mediocrity into bright and shining excellence.

Never assume that you're stuck with the way things are. Life changes, and so can you.

You have created your fears. And you can choose to lay them to rest. You have created your dreams. And you can choose to bring them fully to life.

When you find yourself ready to complain about what you don't have, stop for a moment to consider what incredible things you do have. And resolve to make the most of it all.

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

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

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

Doubt is merely a thought. When experience proves it wrong, it will quickly go away.

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

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

What a joy it is that the road ahead is an uphill climb. For where it leads is all the way to the top.