James Arthur Ray, from "The Secret" said on the Oprah show, if you sit around and visualize, they'll come and take your furniture!  While John Demartini (from "The Secret" and Larry King Live) said, if you're really ill, start medical treatment while you explore alternatives, like thinking yourself well.  

What they mean, is yes, the Law of Attraction does work and our thoughts do create our reality, but the rest of the world is going to keep moving forward whether you stop to create your reality or not.  You are still working on other people's time tables - the people you pay your mortgage to, your own body's cells that need healing, your husband who wants a divorce, your pet that needs to see the vet, etc.  So sometimes you need to take significant actions in the world, while you pursue creating your own reality on the side.  read more »

My 16 Favorite Inspirational Quotes on Life, Action, Purpose, and Success

If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten. - Tony Robbins

There is no such thing as failure.  There are only results. - Tony Robbins

The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything. - Edward Phelps

Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach. - Tony Robbins

Whether you think you can or can't, you're right. - Henry Ford

There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love; there's only scarcity of resolve to make it happen. - Wayne Dyer

A bank is a place that will lend you money if you prove you don't need it. - Bob Hope

Know what you own, and know why you own it. - Peter Lynch

What comes out of you when you are squeezed is what is inside of you. - Wayne Dyer  read more »

My 14 Favorite Inspirational Quotes on Kindness, Compassion, and Taking Action:

We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee. - Marian Wright Edelman

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little. - Edmund Burke

Everything is perfect in the universe, including your desire to improve it. - Wayne Dyer

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral. - Paulo Freire

Everything you are against weakens you.  Everything you are for empowers you. - Wayne Dyer

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. - Philo

No one has ever become poor by giving. - Anne Frank  read more »