Inspirational Living: Life Lessons for Success & Happiness

Listen to episode 973 of the Inspirational Living podcast: The Key to Happiness Every Day. Edited and adapted from Just Be Glad by Christian D. Larson. Inspirational Podcast Excerpt : The real truth is that this world is nothing less than a limitless sea of happiness, the vastness and glory of which we are just beginning to know. And life itself is a song, while time is one eternal symphony. To be...

Listen to a sample episode of Our Sunday Talks, an exclusive series for the patrons of the Inspirational Living podcast. This episode was edited and adapted from the Creative Mind, by Ernest S. Holmes, published in 1923. Podcast Excerpt : Be expectant. Expect the best to happen. Don't sit around waiting for trouble — have absolutely nothing to do with it. It is no part of the divine plan. It i...

Listen to episode 972 of the Inspirational Living podcast: Timeless Secrets of Success. Edited & adapted from the lecture Self-Made Men by Frederick Douglass. Inspirational Podcast Excerpt : Today, I would like to talk with you about success and the industrious spirit. Industry is the superficial and visible cause of success, but what is the cause of industry? When answering this question one...

Listen to episode 971 of the Inspirational Living podcast: Living a Magical Life. Adapted from the book Concentration: The Key to Constructive Thought by C. W. Kyle. Inspirational Podcast Excerpt : The supreme lesson of life is that of self-realization. You are living in a world of magic. You have more power within you than that of any wizard whom you have read or dreamed about. Wake up! Learn who...

Listen to a sample episode of Our Sunday Talks, an exclusive series for the patrons of the Inspirational Living podcast. This episode was edited and adapted from the Gnostic Gospel of Thomas, first discovered in an ancient Egyptian cave in 1945. Podcast Excerpt : "When you make the two into one, and make the inner like the outer and the outer like the inner, and the upper like the lower, and s...

Listen to episode 970 of the Inspirational Living podcast: How to Create Your Ideal Life. Edited and Adapted from the book Joy Philosophy by Elizabeth Towne. Inspirational Podcast Excerpt : You and I are artists. But we are prone to look too long and often at our canvas (the results of our efforts) and too little at our Ideals, which are the source of all effort and accomplishment. Let us take spe...

Listen to episode 969 of the Inspirational Living podcast: The Inspirational Wisdom of the Dalai Lama. Inspirational Podcast Excerpt : “Human potential is the same for all. Your feeling, “I am of no value”, is wrong. Absolutely wrong. You are deceiving yourself. We all have the power of thought — so what are you lacking? If you have willpower, then you can change anything. As it is often said, you...

Listen to a sample episode of Our Sunday Talks, an exclusive series for the patrons of the Inspirational Living podcast. This episode was edited and adapted from Creed of the Dauntless by Frank B. Whitney, published in 1931. Podcast Excerpt : Is the kingdom of heaven right here, right now? Is it right where you are? Yes and no. It is not the world of fog and shadow, pain and disease, arguments and...

Listen to episode 968 of the Inspirational Living podcast: The Joy of Doing | Happiness Podcasts. Edited and adapted from A Book of Friendly Thoughts by Nixon Waterman. Inspirational Podcast Excerpt : Half-way, half-hearted doings never amount to much. Battles are not won with flags at half-mast — they are run up to the very top and waved as far toward the heavens as possible. If we lack enthusias...

Listen to episode 967 of the Inspirational Living podcast: Christmas & the Secret of Happiness. Adapted from a book by the same title by Arnold Bennett. Inspirational Podcast Excerpt : Children divide their adult acquaintances into two categories — those who sympathize with them in this bizarre and trying adventure called life; and those who don't. The second category is the much larger of...

Listen to a sample episode of Our Sunday Talks, an exclusive series for the patrons of the Inspirational Living podcast. This episode was edited and adapted from The Crown of Individuality by William George Jordan, published in 1909. Podcast Excerpt : For worldly success, fame, social prestige, laurel-crowned triumph, the inn is illuminated; welcoming music fills the air; and the inn doors are thr...

Listen to episode 966 of the Inspirational Living podcast: Originality & Living Up to Your Potential. Edited and adapted from Stepping-Stones to Success by Horace D. Hitchcock. Inspirational Podcast Excerpt : In each of us there should be developed a liking for some one thing that brings us the thrill of enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is, indeed, a great tonic. You may drive yourself to do good things...

Listen to episode 965 of the Inspirational Living podcast: The Power of Sincerity and Authenticity. Adapted from The Eight Pillars of Prosperity by James Allen. Inspirational Podcast Excerpt : The works, words, and deeds of great men and women are the heirlooms of the human race, and the world is not careless of their value. A thousand authors write a book — one only is a work of original genius....

Listen to episode 964 of the Inspirational Living podcast: The Simple Secret to Increased Vitality. Edited & adapted from Vitality Supreme by Bernarr Macfadden. Inspirational Podcast Excerpt : The great need of today is the same as it ever was. We need stronger, more capable men; healthier, superior women. Force is supreme — the driver of all humankind. And it is force that stands back of effi...

Listen to episode 963 of the Inspirational Living podcast: The Key to Love | Spirituality & Mystical Wisdom. Adapted from The Key to Health, Wealth & Love by Julia Seton. Inspirational Podcast Excerpt : THE reason we do not have love is because we do not know how to get it. Everyone in this world does exactly the best as he or she knows how. When we know better, we will do better. Life as...

Listen to episode 962 of the Inspirational Living podcast: Today is a New Day | Uplifting Podcasts. Edited and adapted from Growth in Silence, the Undertone of Life by Susanna Cocroft. Inspirational Podcast Excerpt : What a breeze of pure exhilaration there is when we open the eastern windows of the morning to the new day! The new day! Its surface is unruffled! Yesterday has gone into the west — o...

Listen to episode 961of the Inspirational Living podcast: What You Need to Succeed. Edited and adapted from Ready Money by George H. Knox. Hardcover versions of our books of life lessons make for wonderful Christmas gifts that will be treasured for a lifetime. Order yours today at: Everest: 50 Motivational Life Lessons Evergreen: 50 Inspirational Life Lessons Evermore: 50 Life Lessons for Spiritua...

Listen to episode 960 of the Inspirational Living podcast: A Thanksgiving of Gratitude, Hope, Charity and Joy. Edited and adapted from The Royal Path of Life by T.L. Haines & L.W. Yaggy. Inspirational Podcast Excerpt : Nothing tenders the heart, and opens the gushing fountain of love, more than the exercise of gratitude. Like the showers of spring that cause flowers to rise from seeds that hav...

Listen to episode 959 of the Inspirational Living podcast: Self-Control: The Key to Success & Achievement. Edited and adapted from The Kingship of Self-Control by William George Jordan. Inspirational Podcast Excerpt : Every person has two creators — their God and themselves. Our first creator furnishes us with the raw material of our lives and the laws in conformity with which we can make that...

Listen to a sample episode of Our Sunday Talks, an exclusive series for the patrons of the Inspirational Living podcast. This episode is edited and adapted from The Open Door by Hugh Black, published in 1914. Podcast Excerpt : Death is the greatest adventure in life, and to have faced it and settled how it must be met is the largest part of our total attitude. A good deal of our neglect of the sub...

Listen to episode 958 of the Inspirational Living podcast: How to Maintain Everlasting Joy. Edited and adapted from The Springs of Joy by Robert F. Horton. Hardcover versions of our books of life lessons make for wonderful Christmas gifts that will be treasured for a lifetime. Order yours today at: Everest: 50 Motivational Life Lessons Evergreen: 50 Inspirational Life Lessons Evermore: 50 Life Les...

Listen to episode 957 of the Inspirational Living Podcast: Building the Endurance to Succeed. Edited and adapted from Making the Grade by C.V. Mosby. Inspirational Podcast Excerpt : Success in life depends largely on endurance. And endurance is dependent upon a sound body and a determined will. There are many flabby wills housed in a physically sound body. When this happens, there is little endura...

Listen to episode 956 of the Inspirational Living podcast: The Great Lesson of Seeing Possibilities. Edited and adapted from Leadership by George H. Knox. Inspirational Podcast Excerpt : One great lesson we should all learn is to see possibilities — in ourselves and in others. It is a great satisfaction to see other people climb through our assistance. It is better to cultivate the attitude of a h...

Listen to episode 955 of the Inspirational Living podcast: How Does One Conquer Life? Edited and adapted from Gaining the Round Above by Gustavus S. Kimball. Inspirational Podcast Excerpt : A more modern definition says that the ideal life, the life of success, is the well-rounded life with broad views, broad culture, broad sympathies, and broad purposes for good. True success by this measure mean...

Listen to a sample episode of Our Sunday Talks, an exclusive series for the patrons of the Inspirational Living podcast. This episode is edited and adapted from Volume IV of Harper's magazine, published in 1852. Podcast Excerpt : There is an aim which all Nature seeks. The flower that opens from the bud (the light that breaks the cloud into a thousand forms of beauty) is calmly striving to ass...