Random Thoughts on Attitude

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with bricks that others throw at him. 
~ David Brinkley

The good news is that the bad news can be turned into good news when you change your attitude.
~ Robert Schuller

An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.
~ Sir Winston Churchill

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you ... as by the attitude you bring to life. 
~ John Home Mills

Two men looked out through prison bars; one saw mud, the other, stars.
~ James Allen

Life is 10% what you make it, and 90% how you take it. 
~ Irving Berlin

Every great and commanding movement in the annals of the world is the triumph of enthusiasm. Nothing great was ever achieved without it.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal: nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
~ Thomas Jefferson

The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.
~ Martha Washington

There is no danger of developing eye strain from looking on the bright side of things.
~ Unknown

Some people look at the world and say "why?" Some people look at the world and say "why not?"
~ George Bernard Shaw

We are the only creatures on earth who can change our biology by what we think and feel.
~ Deepak Chopra

I can't imagine a person becoming a success who doesn't give this game of life everything's he's got.
~ Walter Cronkite

Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.
~ John Wayne

Frank Sinatra once told his son, Frank, Jr.: "Don't ever let me catch you singing like that again, without enthusiasm. You're nothing, if you aren't excited by what you are doing."

Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure.
~ Norman Vincent Peale

Don't give up. Keep going. There is always a chance that you stumble onto something terrific. I have never heard of anyone stumbling over anything while they were sitting down.
~ Ann Landers

A bend in the road is not the end of the road.
~ Joan Lunden

The most handicapped person in the world is a negative thinker.
~ Unknown

Random Thoughts on Passion

The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire. 
~ Field Marshall Ferdinand Foch, French soldier, military theorist, and writer

"When you set yourself on fire, people love to come and see you burn.
~ John Wesley, evangelist

Chose your passion, not your pension.
~ Denis Waitley, American motivational speaker and author of self-help books

Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion.
~ George Wilhelm, German philosopher

Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.
~ Oprah Winfrey, TV talk show host, actress, and magazine publisher

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.
~ Harriet Tubman, American escaped slave, Civil War soldier and abolitionist

A genuine passion is like a mountain stream; it admits of no impediment; it cannot go backward; it must go forward.
~ Christian Nestell Bovee, author and lawyer

Don't ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
~ Harold Whitman, author, philosopher, theologian, educator and civil right leader

Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth a spark.
~ Amiel, Swiss philosopher, poet and critic

My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose.
~ Bette Davis, actress

Chase down your passion like it's the last bus of the night.
~ Arthur Buddhold

One person with passion is better than forty people merely interested.
~ E.M. Forster, English novelist, short story writer, and essayist

Without passion you don't have energy, and without energy you have nothing.
~ Donald Trump, American business executive, entrepreneur, television and radio personality, and author

Every civilization is, among other things, an arrangement for domesticating the passion and setting them to do useful work.
~ Aldous Huxley, English humanist and author

They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.
~ Carl W. Buechner, author and lecturer

A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.
~ John Maxwell, American author and motivational speaker

Random Thoughts on Dreams

Yes, you can be a dreamer and a doer too, if you remove one word from your vocabulary: Impossible. 
~ Unknown

When your heart is in your dream, no request is too extreme. 
~ Jiminy Cricket

Dreams come a size too BIG so we can grow into them.
~ Josie Bissett

A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral! 
~ Antoine De Saint Exupery

A dream is woven from thin air and nothing, Embroidered with wishes and everything, 
Then filled with the padding of hope and delight. 
~ James W. King

Thinking is the work of intellect, dreaming is pleasure. 
~ Victor Hugo

Dreams are the soul's pantry. Keep it well stocked and your soul will never hunger. 
~ Shirley Feeney (Laverne & Shirley)

Dreams are journeys that take one far from familiar shores, strengthening the heart, empowering the soul.
~ Unknown

HOLD FAST TO DREAMS, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly. 
~ Langston Hughes

One person working toward a dream is worth 99 people just working. 
~ Lani Kraus

A dream is a microscope through which we look at the hidden occurrences in our soul. 
~ Unknown

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe. 
~ Anatole France

Be careful what you set your heart on, for it will surely be yours. 
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of stars makes me dream. 
~ Vincent Van Gogh

Dreams are the touchstones of our character. 
~ Henry David Thoreau

Like dreams, small creeks grow into mighty rivers.
~ Unknown

Keep true to the dreams of your youth.
~ Friedrick Von Schiller

When I dream, I am ageless!
~ Elizabeth Coatsworth

Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it; Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
~ Goethe

Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country. 
~ Anais Nin

My eyes are an ocean in which my dreams are reflected.
~ Anna M.Uhlich.

Within your HEART, keep one still, secret spot where DREAMS may go.
~ Louise Driscoll

Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born. 
~ Dr. Dale Turner

It was a great week at sea on the Oasis of the Seas. What a great ship and great time. But first things first. Starting today thru Tuesday 2/22 if you join my Facebook Fan Page Doug Gordon Workshops. We have a huge sets of prizes for one lucky winner. The winner will receive my Get Sexy Collection which include all my educational items including the torch light. This is over $4000 USD alone, but that is not enough. The winner will also receive a free year of Animoto. a 16x20 Bay Photo Gallery Wrap and 16x20 Metal Print of another Image. A free website from ImageQuix and my brand new tripod of choice A flashpoint Carbon Fiber Tripod from Adorama.

In Total over $5500 in total prizes to one lucky winner for becoming a fan of Doug Gordon Workshops on Facebook. 

Keep Tuned because starting this week we will introduce our free tutorial to the blog on using constant lighting

 

Link to Doug Gordon Fan Page

Special thanks to Evan. He did a great job. I can't express how much I love teaching in London. It is such a great time. Believe it or not this was my 4th time there and I had never really acted as a tourists. This class allowed me to really see and appreciate the beauty of London. We are actually considering a European tour. The other great part of the trip was getting to do a class with my buddy Kevin Kubota. It was such a unique experience for us. It is always fun to lecture with Kev. Although we couldn't be more different, I believe with both of us together you really create the perfect photographer / business person. The class was so different then our usual classes. there was no Posing, lighting, photoshop or lightroom. It was about life and business and more importantly having a plan. Just loved it. Well here are the images of my favorite subject, me. LOL!

 

As you can tell it was freezing

I feel the less you see of me, the better,/p>

Another great view of me, The back of me.

,p> I can't explain how awesome it was to be roaming the streets and having people follow me. I felt like Rocky climbing the steps in Rocky 1

 

Like I always say, if you lay a bride on the ground the people will come.

I love dancing shots like this, the rain made the reflection and the shot so much better.

A shot of our class, what a great group. It was cold, rainy, snowy and they all loved it.

 

 

Some are mine, Some i have read, Some I have changed. But it all boils down to if you make the mistake one, that you grow and learn from it.

 

I've learned that we don't have to change friends if we understand that friends change. I've learned that no matter how good a friend is, they're going to hurt you every once in a while I've learned that you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them. I've learned that money can't make you happy, but is hard to be happy without it. i've learned the Mets will probably not win a World Series in my lifetime. I've learned that if you don't love what you do, it is very hard to be happy with rest of your life. I've learned isn't fair,but it' still very good. I've learned when i doubt, just take the next small step I've learned that life is way too short to waste anytime hating anyone I've learned that you don't have to win every argument. It is okay to agree to disagree. I've learned it is better to cry with someone then crying alone. I've learned not to compare my life to others, because you have no idea what their life is really about. i've learned to over prepare, then go with flow i've learned that now matter how good or bad a situation is. It will change. I've learned that my children will only get childhood. I've learned that when it comes to going after what you love and really want in life, don't take no for an answer   I've learned that you can keep going long after you can't. I've learned that we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel. I've learned I am the only person who can make me feel inadequate. I've learned that either you control your attitude or it controls you. I've learned that regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is at first, the passion fades and there had better be something else to take its place. I've learned that heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences. I've learned that money is a lousy way of keeping score. I've learned that my best friend and I can do anything or nothing and have the best time. I've learned that sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you're down, will be the ones to help you get back up. I've learned that sometimes when I'm angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel. I've learned that just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have. I've learned that maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you've had and what you've learned from them, and less to do with how many years you have lived.     I've learned that it isn't always enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself. I've learned that no matter how bad your heart is broken the world doesn't stop for your grief. I've learned that our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become. I've learned that just because two people argue, it doesn't mean they don't love each other And just because they don't argue, it doesn't mean they do love each other. I've learned that you shouldn't be so eager to find out a secret. It could change your life forever. I've learned that two people can look at the same thing and see something totally different. I've learned that your life can be changed in a matter of hours by people who don't even know you. I've learned that even when you think you have no more to give, when a friend cries out to you you will find the strength to help. i've learned that no matter what the costs is, honestly is the only way. I've learned that credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being. I've learned that the people you care about most in life are sometimes taken from you too soon

 

 

 

I've learned that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up to them.

I've learned that no matter how much I care, some people just don't care back.

I've learned that it takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to destroy it.

I've learned that it's not what you have in your life but who you have in your life that counts

I've learned that you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life.

I've learned that it's taking me a long time to become the person I want to be.

I've learned that you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them.

I've learned that you can keep going long after you think you can't.

I've learned that we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel.

I've learned that either you control your attitude or it controls you.

I've learned that learning to forgive takes practice.

I've learned that there are people who love you dearly, but just don't know how to show it.

I've learned that just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.

I've learned that it isn't always enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself

I've learned that no matter how bad your heart is broken the world doesn't stop for your grief.

 

Most changes are created in an instant. What's unfortunate is that most us wait till that instant happens before we finally decide to make a change. Stop Procrastinating. Procrastination is something that many of us struggle with every single day. We simply fail to find the motivation to undertake a specific type of task or activity because of a myriad of excuses, habits, thoughts and fears that absorb our daily ritualistic behavior. Yet, procrastination can easily be overcome if we simply take time to make reasonable educated assessments of who we are and what really want. Don't wait for that instant. Plan your future.