“To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, day and night, to make you everybody but yourself—means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight—and never stop fighting.”
--e. e. cummings
“It may be that when we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work, and when we no longer know which way to go, we have begun our real journey. ”
--Wendell Berry
“To be courageous requires no exceptional qualifications, no magic formula. It's an opportunity that sooner or later is presented to us all and each person must look for that courage in his own soul. ”
--John F. Kennedy
“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. ”
--Henry David Thoreau
“We can choose to be affected by the world or we can choose to affect the world. ”
--Heidi Wills
“When it rains, most birds head for shelter; the Eagle is the only bird that, in order to avoid the rain, starts flying above the cloud.”
--Unknown
“We should cultivate the ability to say no to activities for which we have no time, no talent, and which we have no interest or real concern. If we learn to say no to many things, then we will be able to say yes to the things that matter most. ”
--Roy Blauss
“At the heart of each of us, whatever our imperfections, there exists a silent pulse of perfect rhythm, which is absolutely individual and unique, and yet which connects us to everything else.”
--George Leonard
“Life is better because you know more, not just because you have more.”
--Anonymous
“I haven’t a clue how my story will end, but that’s all right. When you set out on a journey and night covers the road, that’s when you discover the stars.”
--Nancy Willard
“Work and live to serve others, leave the world a little better than you found it and garner for yourself as much peace of mind as you can. This is happiness. ”
--David Sarnoff
“Be sure when you step, step with care and great tact. And remember that life's a great balancing act. And will you succeed? Yes! you will, indeed! (98 and ¾ percent guaranteed). Kid, you'll move mountains.”
--Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel
“Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me learn from you, love you, bless you before you depart. Let me not pass you by in the quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow.”
--Mary Jean Irion
“Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.”
--Benjamin Disraeli
“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.”
--Melody Beattie
“When being together is more important than what you do, you are with a friend.”
--Connie McMartin
“A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. ”
--Sir Francis Bacon
“Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing. ”
--Theodore Roosevelt
“Success is not just the crowning moment, the spiking of the ball in the end zone or the raising of the flag on the summit. It is the whole process of reaching for a goal and, sometimes, it begins with failure.”
--Erik Weihenmayer
“The mind determines what’s possible. The heart surpasses it. ”
--Pilar Coolinta
“My hope still is to leave the world a bit better than when I got here.”
--Jim Henson
“Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. ”
--Helen Keller
“It is not given us to live lives of undisrupted calm, boredom, and mediocrity. It is given us to be edge-dwellers.”
--Jay Deacon
“We know what we are, but know not what we may be. ”
--William Shakespeare
“Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.”
--John Steinbeck
“This I know. This I believe with all my heart. If we want a free and peaceful world, if we want to make deserts bloom and man to grow to greater dignity as a human being we can do it!”
--Eleanor Roosevelt
“When we face the worst that can happen in any situation, we grow. When circumstances are at their worst, we can find our best.”
--Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
“For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it. ”
--Ivan Panin
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