Some of Alan's Favourate Quotations

• The subconscious mind is the hidden hand of direction in our life.

• Research shows that people of above average intelligence make the best hypnotic subjects

• We become what we think.
Prince Gautama Siddharta, Founder of Buddhism 563-483 BC
 
• The world's most important occupation has no statutory training. The assumption is we instinctly know how to bring up children! 

• Believe, then achieve.
 
• Man must coexist with nature in the long run.
 
• Never underestimated the value of a positive role model. 
 
•To forgive is to let go of anger.
 
•Be of good courage and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope on the Lord
Psalm 31:24

• Giving is better than receiving.
 
• Pride is double-edged: although it sets standards it creates tensions and could even destroy mankind. It comes before a fall.

• Like genes, mistakes often pass down generations. Lest we forget.

• The natural world has a delicate balance.
 
• Man has the greatest potential for good and evil. Man made laws are mechanistic and imposed, we need an internal spiritual dimension.  

• Religious beliefs and darwinian evolution need not be incompatible.

• The power of the imagination greatly exceeds that of logic.
 
• If we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
John 1:9

• Anxiety is fear spread thinly.

• Although the mind of man is intangible, it is the most powerful force in the known universe.
 
• Guilt is internally directed and undermines self-esteem. 

• Let your thoughts be of quality, then opportunities become unlimited.

• He who perseveres wins.

• There are two types of people: the reliable and the unreliable.

• Have a definite aim for each day and then fill yourself full of enthusiasm.

• The way of true progress is rarely smooth.

• An ability to think outside the box, and outside your habits, allows you to develop your potential. 

• Courage is taking action outside your comfort zone. Those who seek will find.

• A man's mind plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps.
Proverbs 16:9

• Dreams can become your reality.

• As the mind believes so the body and mind achieve.

• Plan your future by writing it down. 
  
• The man who wins is the man who is sure he can.

• Wait on the Lord: be of good courage and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait I say on the Lord.
Psalm 27:14

• Drive, steadfast determination, and a consuming desire, will compensate for limited talent.

• You're every thought has some influence on the direction of your life.

• The best ideas come to you when you're not thinking. 

• Self-love is the soundest foundation for loving others.

• Our goal in life is happiness, but make others happy first.

• Medical science concludes that a patient's positive thoughts are at least as important as the prescribed treatment.
 
• Anxiety and stress can create apparently unrelated physical symptoms as expressions of core personality.

• Smoking, excessive drinking, gambling, overeating and other self-destructive habits may suppress emotional disharmony short-term. But longer-term, this lifestyle leaves anxiety unresolved and further undermines mental & physical health.

• A journey through life without a plan is a boat without a rudder, lacking in purposeful direction. 

• In the first impressionable 15 years of life we absorb more than in the rest of our lifetime.

• Optimism is a belief and passion from within to help you over difficult times.

• Passion is stronger than logic.

• Live your life as a preparation for the next.

• The beginning is always today.
Mary Wollstonecraft

• Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.

• Don’t be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can’t cross a chasm in two small jumps.
David Lloyd George

• The highest courage is to dare to appear to be what one is.
John Lancaster Spalding

• One never knows what each day is going to bring. The important thing is to be open & ready for it.
Henry Moore

• If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
Erica Jong

• Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
James Adams

• Pessimism never won a battle.
Dwight Eisenhower

• Too many people overvalue what they are not, and undervalue what they are.
Malcolm S Forbes

• Success is dependent on effort.

• Change your thoughts and change your world.
Norman Vincent Peale

• Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.
Lord Byron

• Have no fear of perfection – you’ll never reach it.
Salvador Dali

• Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.
Charlie Chaplin

• Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding on the twentieth.
Julie Andrews

• A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Winston Churchill

• He who laughs most, learns best.
John Cleese

• Happiness depends on ourselves.
Aristotle

• The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
William James

• What you dislike in another, take care to correct in yourself.
Thomas Sprat

• The magic is believing in yourself; if you can do that you can make anything happen.
Foka Gomez

• Mistakes are the portal of discovery.
James Joyce

• Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
George Bernard Shaw

NB: The term man used above is merely for convenience and applies equally to women.