Wisdom comes from experience as well as from learning. Many of those who went before us - who lived creative, rewarding and satisfying lives - passed on their wisdom, in the form of affirmations, aphorisms, proverbs and quotes.

So, their wisdom and experience can add to our own, enabling us to help ourselves - and others...

• Any thought that is passed on to the subconscious often enough and convincingly enough is finally accepted. Robert Collier
• Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality. Earl Nightingale
• Self-sabotage is like a game of mental tug-of-war. It is the conscious mind versus the subconscious mind where the subconscious mind always eventually wins. Bo Bennett
• Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. Marcel Pagnol
• If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things. Einstein
• Happiness is not the absence of problems but the ability to deal with them. Anon
• Some pursue happiness - others create it. Proverb
• Life is not living, but being in health. Proverb
• Every human being is the author of his own health or disease Buddha
• What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.” Thoreau
• Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. Mark Twain
• The first step to getting the things you want is this: Decide what you want. Ben Stein
• “The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.” Buddha
• Nothing is good nor bad but thinking makes it so. Shakespeare
• “You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.” Buddha
• “He who has health, has hope. And he who has hope, has everything.” Proverb
• We achieve inner health only through forgiveness - the forgiveness not only of others but also of ourselves. Joshua Loth Liebman
• The more intensely we feel about an idea or goal, the more assuredly the idea, buried deep in our subconscious, will direct us along the path to its fulfilment. Earl Nightingale