Weekly Inspiration

Each week we will feature a quote on this page that is memorable and inspiring and which gets to the heart of an important truth about how to achieve success.

July 2010 Archive

26th July Quote of the Week

The less you open your heart to others, the more your heart suffers. 

This quote comes from spiritual and self-help guru Deepak Chopra.

In an individualistic society in can be all too easy to focus only on ourselves, without giving sufficient thought and concern to the needs, wishes and feelings of others.

Living life to the full requires us to reach out and open our hearts to others. This way our life becomes big and loving.

If we close our hearts we will live a small life, full of fear, insecurity and meanness of spirit.

19th July Quote of the Week

I should like to help everyone if possible: Jew, Gentile, black man, white. We all want to help one another, human beings are like that. 

This quote comes from Charlie Chaplain’s character in the final speech in the movie The Great Dictator.

It affirms the greatness and generosity that is at the heart of the human spirit and rejects the small-minded thinking that is the cause of such evils as racism and prejudice.

When we look at the problems and violence in the world, it is all too easy to be cynical and lose hope in the human condition. However, Chaplain reminds us that the human spirit is inherently positive, something we should not lose sight of.

12th July Quote of the Week

If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade. 

This quote comes from business guru and writer Tom Peters.

One of the keys to success in life is to be aware of opportunities and take them when they come along.

It is important that we attune ourselves to seeing potential opportunities, otherwise we may miss the chances that various situations give us to make a positive difference in our own lives and in the lives of others.

5th July Quote of the Week

It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has. 

This quote comes from Henry Ward Beecher an American clergyman who campaigned for the abolition of the slave trade.

How successful our lives are should not only be measured by what we acquire, but by what we do and what we give.

True riches come not only from personal gain, but also from making a positive contribution to society and to the welfare of society and those around us.