Ralph Marston was an American writer and inspirational speaker. He was best known for his inspirational writings which were published in his daily email newsletter, The Daily Motivator. He was also the author of several books, including The Power of Purpose and The Joy of Accomplishment.
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What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
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.
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.
Life does not owe you anything, because life has already given you everything.
Happiness is a choice, not a result. Nothing will make you happy until you choose to be happy.
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 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.
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.
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What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
Life does not owe you anything, because life has already given you everything. — Ralph Marston
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It doesn't matter how much you want. What really matters is how much you want it.
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.
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.
Carrying a grudge is difficult work that brings nothing of value. Forgive, and be free.
Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude.
Truly appreciate life, and you'll find that you have more of it. [at least it will feel like it!]
Being positive in a negative situation is not naive. It's leadership.
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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. — Ralph Marston
Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you'll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you'll find that you have more of it. — Ralph Marston
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. — Ralph Marston
Life does not owe you anything, because life has already given you everything. — Ralph Marston
There is a thought in your mind right now. The longer you hold on to it, the more you dwell upon it, the more life you give to that thought. Give it enough life, and it will become real. So make sure the thought is indeed a great one. — Ralph Marston
When you do the right thing, enjoy it! When you take positive actions, enjoy them. After all, they are leading you toward positive results. Pat yourself on the back. Truly enjoy the fact that you're making positive progress, and the negative temptations will have no power over you. — Ralph Marston
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. — Ralph Marston
When was the last time you spent a quiet moment just doing nothing - just sitting and looking at the sea, or watching the wind blowing the tree limbs, or waves rippling on a pond, a flickering candle or children playing in the park? — Ralph Marston
Problems, weaknesses, setbacks, regrets and mistakes teach you if you're willing to learn, or they punish you if you're not. — Ralph Marston
Be someone who genuinely seeks to understand, and you will be wise. Be someone kind, someone considerate, and you will be admired. Be someone who values truth, and you will be respected. Be someone who takes action, and you will move life forward. — Ralph Marston
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. — Ralph Marston
What if you gave someone a gift, and they neglected to thank you for it - would you be likely to give them another? Life is the same way. In order to attract more of the blessings that life has to offer, you must truly appreciate what you already have. — Ralph Marston
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. — Ralph Marston
What a joy it is that the road ahead is an uphill climb. For where it leads is all the way to the top. — Ralph Marston
Rest when you're weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then get back to work. — Ralph Marston
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. — Ralph Marston
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. — Ralph Marston
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. — Ralph Marston
Your destiny is to fulfill those things upon which you focus most intently. So choose to keep your focus on that which is truly magnificent, beautiful, uplifting and joyful. Your life is always moving toward something. — Ralph Marston
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. — Ralph Marston
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. — Ralph Marston
Truly appreciate those around you, and you'll soon find many others around you. — Ralph Marston
Sure, it's easy to be upbeat when everything is going your way. Anyone can do that. It is far more important, however, to take a positive approach in circumstances that most people would view as negative. — Ralph Marston
Turn your attention for a while away from the worries and anxieties. Remind yourself of all your many blessings. — Ralph Marston
Your goals, minus your doubts, equal your reality. — Ralph Marston
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. — Ralph Marston
Never assume that you're stuck with the way things are. Life changes, and so can you. — Ralph Marston
If you're to succeed at any endeavor, the first and most important person you must convince is yourself. Success comes not from merely a belief that you can do it. Success comes when you absolutely know you can achieve it — Ralph Marston
Being positive in a negative situation is not naive. It's leadership. — Ralph Marston
Feelings come and feelings go. There is no need to fear them and no need to crave them. Be open to your feelings and experience them while they are here. Then be open to the feelings that will come next. Your feelings are a part of your experience. Yet no mere feeling, however intense it may seem, is your permanent reality. — Ralph Marston
Stop needing and start having. Stop wanting and start being. — Ralph Marston
Let the fear go, and live your life with the power of love. — Ralph Marston
Be appreciative of what's right with your life. In your gratitude is power to make it even better — Ralph Marston
It doesn't matter how much you want. What really matters is how much you want it. The extent and complexity of the problem does not matter was much as does the willingness to solve it. — Ralph Marston
You are here, and there is nothing to fear. Count your blessings and before you're finished counting, you"ll have even more — Ralph Marston
Success requires both urgency and patience. Be urgent about making the effort, and patient about seeing the results. — Ralph Marston
If you so choose, each day can be filled with even more joy than the one before. If you so choose, even the most seemingly random events can work in your favor. — Ralph Marston
Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality. — Ralph Marston
Beset by a difficult problem? Now is your chance to shine. Pick yourself up, get to work and get triumphantly through it. — Ralph Marston
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. — Ralph Marston
Be thankful for it all. And beyond your many blessings, will be many, many more. — Ralph Marston
A world of abundance surrounds you, if only you will step up and claim it. Make life happen through you rather than letting it happen to you. It will make all the difference in the world. — Ralph Marston
Lasting achievement, whatever the endeavor, comes from a commitment to excellence every step of the way. — Ralph Marston
Live what you love, and love what you live.
Anything less is a painful and frustrating waste of your precious time. — Ralph Marston
Live your days on the positive side of life, in tune with your most treasured values. And in each moment you'll have much to live for. — Ralph Marston
Almost everyone does just enough to get by. Those who achieve spectacular success also do enough to get by; then they add a little bit of extra effort. That little bit of extra effort makes an enormous difference. — Ralph Marston
Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open. — Ralph Marston
Concern yourself more with accepting responsibility than with assigning blame. Let the possibilities inspire you more than the obstacles discourage you. — Ralph Marston
Even in the most difficult situation there is always, somehow, a way to triumph — Ralph Marston
It's difficult to follow your dream. It's a tragedy not to. — Ralph Marston
Success in any endeavor depends on the degree to which it is an expression of your true self. — Ralph Marston
Even when there seems to be nothing else, there is hope. — Ralph Marston
The strongest leaders do not command, they empower — Ralph Marston
When you're not afraid to fail, you'll most certainly have the confidence to succeed. — Ralph Marston
Those who are passionate about what they do have an advantage that is nearly impossible to overcome. In passion there is energy, creativity, resilience and persistence. Passion will get it done. — Ralph Marston
The real person you are is revealed in the moments when you're certain no other person is watching. When no one is watching, you are driven by what you expect of yourself. — Ralph Marston
If you so choose, the challenges can make you stronger. If you so choose, the disappointments can make you more determined. — Ralph Marston
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. — Ralph Marston
Patience expands your options. If you insist on immediate gratification, your choices are severely limited. — Ralph Marston
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. — Ralph Marston
Make the decision to love this day, this place, this moment, this special experience of life with the people around you. And there will be so very much to love. — Ralph Marston
One of the greatest motivators is desire. If the desire is strong enough you will do whatever it takes to achieve. Just connect your actions with your true desires. — Ralph Marston
Every moment spent in negativity is paid for with something truly priceless. That something is life. — Ralph Marston
When you are happy, be thankful and your happiness is greatly multiplied. When you are feeling down, be thankful and youll soon be feeling much better. — Ralph Marston
If you so choose, even the unexpected setbacks can bring new and positive possibilities. If you so choose, you can find value and fulfillment in every circumstance. — Ralph Marston
Adversity is an effective, thorough and highly personalized teacher. — Ralph Marston
Dare to visualize a world in which your most treasured dreams have become true. — Ralph Marston
Be someone who lives with joy, with purpose, as your own light brightly shines. Be, in every moment, the special someone you are truly meant to be. — Ralph Marston
The hours and days you spend being annoyed or frustrated are times when you deny yourself access to life's best possibilities. When you live in anger and resentment, you cut yourself off from life's goodness. — Ralph Marston
When you think you know it all, there's not much that you'll learn. — Ralph Marston
So go ahead and face that fear, make that effort, move forward into new territory and fully live the grand possibilities with which you're blessed. Boldly face life, and you'll find it to be better than you ever imagined. — Ralph Marston
What has happened has happened and it is now behind you. Take the best of it all as you move positively forward. — Ralph Marston
You are what you are most profoundly thankful for, and what you love. — Ralph Marston
Dare to dream big dreams. For those are the dreams that have the power to push your whole world forward. — Ralph Marston
In the midday sun, a bright light will be barely noticed. Yet in the darkest night, even the smallest light can make an enormous difference. — Ralph Marston
Your busy schedule has plenty of quantity. Think of how you could give it some true quality and meaning. Consider the people, the beliefs, the goals, the things which are really imp9ortant to you. Make time for them, not someday, but right now. Don't just fill your schedule. Fill your life. — Ralph Marston
Procrastinating, fighting and avoiding will only make it more difficult. The way out is to get it done. — Ralph Marston
When you can clearly see yourself being there, you can see much more clearly how to get there. You can imagine the path to your dreams, and then start to actually walk it. Play an active role in your own future. Imagine with passion and detail how you'd most like it to be. — Ralph Marston
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. — Ralph Marston
Dreams are unrealistic, impractical, demanding - and absolutely essential to living a rich and fulfilling life. — Ralph Marston
Every moment you spend thinking about the bad stuff pushes that much more of the good stuff away. — Ralph Marston
Whats holding you back is the thought that something is holding you back. — Ralph Marston
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. — Ralph Marston
Today is plenty; right now is enough. Tomorrow will come in good time. Until it does, live the depth of now. — Ralph Marston
A smile can work wonders. Put it to work for you. — Ralph Marston
Today is an opportunity to do something positive. Today is your chance to add new value to your life and to your world. Make the commitment to fill this day with meaningful richness and purposeful effort. This is your day to live, so do so with vigor and enthusiasm. — Ralph Marston
Your life is magnificent not because someone says it is, but because you choose to see it as such — Ralph Marston
Look up from what you're doing and look around for a minute. See what a beautiful world you're in. — Ralph Marston
Begin each day with the expectation that it will bring something new, something to which you can say yes. — Ralph Marston
Achievement does not require extraordinary ability. Achievement comes from ordinary abilities applied with extraordinary persistence. — Ralph Marston
Every day you make some progress and every day you make a few mistakes. Through it all, your wisdom continues to grow and your experience continues to broaden. — Ralph Marston
Life Lessons by Ralph Marston
Ralph Marston's writing emphasizes the importance of living in the present moment and appreciating the beauty of life. He encourages readers to focus on their passions and goals and to never give up on their dreams.
He also encourages readers to take responsibility for their own lives and to stay positive in the face of adversity. He believes that by maintaining a positive attitude, we can turn any challenge into an opportunity.
Finally, Marston emphasizes the importance of taking risks and embracing change. He believes that by taking risks and embracing change, we can open ourselves up to new possibilities and experiences.
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