"When we can see an immediate payoff, we are more likely to change our behavior in the moment. This aligns our daily actions with our long-term interests."

-- Tom Rath

#Long Quotes #Action Quotes #Moments Quotes

“Thoughts are slippery fish in a cold shallow stream.If you are intent on capturing a worthwhile one, you need to stand very still, focus very hard on somewhere outside yourself, and then simply ignore it until it gets so close that it tickles your ankles.Then, pounce.”
“Love was really a high priority. You could drive up this road and there'd be open doors. You could actually walk in as a stranger and they'd invite you for a meal.”
“I don't think I would be getting any of these movies without that show, and that's a strong show, a great fan base and it's helped me out a lot. It took me out of Canada and brought me down to the states and gave me my career basically.”
“I think that was when the headmaster realized he had lost; he realized then that he was finished. Because, what could he do? Was he going to tell us to stop praying? We kept our heads bowed; and we kept praying. Even as awkward as he was, the Rev. Mr. Merrill had made it clear to us that there was no end to praying for Owen Meany.”
“When I was a kid, I used to escape from my family with my imagination, and I kept this spirit into my adult life. This doesn't always happen. All children have imagination, but for some it doesn't carry over.”

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“To act in an independent manner, you must begin to initiate action that you want to occur physically by creating it in your own being. This is done by combining belief, emotion and imagination, and forming them into a mental picture of the desired physical result.”
“I love Hot Fudge Sundaes; I could die for Hot Fudge Sundaes.”
“Only of one thing I am sure: when I dream I am always ageless.”

Source : Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth (1976). “Personal geography: almost an autobiography”, Stephen Greene Press

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