The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just. Abraham Lincoln

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I... I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference. Robert Frost

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. E. E. Cummings

Change your thoughts and you change your world – Norman Vincent Peale

Destiny is no matter of chance-It is a matter of choice-it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved–William J. Bryan

Martin Luther King: Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

Unknown: People know you for what you've done, not for what you plan to do.

William James: He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.

Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigor of commerce as it is to the health and vigor of citizenship. – Patrick Henry

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. ~Anais Nin

It is easy to be brave from a safe distance – Aesop

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow." – Chinese Proverb

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. Jim Ryun- Habits control our life.Take control of your negative habits.

Put silk on a goat, and it’s still a goat – Irish Proverb – Let’s not put masks on our challenges – Instead, let’s solve them!

Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave. -Mark Twain

The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.-Edward Gibbon

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever – Chinese Proverb

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

To begin to think with purpose, is to be among those strong ones who only recognize failure as a pathways to attainment – James Allen

"As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live." — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - I do believe this! Do you?

Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are – Malcom Forbes

The difference between involvement and commitment is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: the chicken was involved-the pig was committed -unknown

The wearer best knows where the shoe pinches– Irish Proverb –Let's show each other some grace, we all have challenges and annoyances.

I ‘ve read that Puccini’s first music teacher said he had no talent for music. Later he composed some of the world’s best-known operas- Hmmm

The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated

Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes." – Mahatma Gandhi

We all have ability. The difference is how we use it - Stevie Wonder – If the way you are using it is not working, use it differently!

"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity" – Seneca

The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself – Benjamin Franklin

I have read that Winston Churchill failed the sixth grade. You determine your future, not the past.

When spider webs unite they can tie up a lion. – African Proverb

The minute you start talking about what you're going to do if you lose, you have lost. - George Schultz

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear-not absence of fear. -Mark Twain

S. Madwed- Our subconscious has no sense of humor, plays no jokes & can’t tell the difference between reality & an imagined thought/image.

Earvin Magic Johnson: You're the only one who can make the difference. Whatever your dream is, go for it.

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts. – John Locke

The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it- Goethe – Give your talent and your value

Richard M. DeVos- The only thing that stands between man & what he wants is often the will to try it & faith to believe it’s possible.

Paul J. Meyer- Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon-must inevitably come to pass!

The greatest achievements were at first and for a time dreams. The oak sleeps in the acorn – James Allen

Interesting- when we are children we know exactly what we want- When we become adults we know what we "don't" want - not what we "do" want

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just. Abraham Lincoln

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I... I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference. Robert Frost

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. E. E. Cummings

The power to question is the basis of all human progress." – Indira Gandhi

Change your thoughts and you change your world – Norman Vincent Peale

Destiny is no matter of chance-It is a matter of choice-it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved–William J. Bryan

Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives. –William James

Martin Luther King: Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon but only to hold a man's foot long enough for him to put the other one higher – T.H.Huxley

Unknown: People know you for what you've done, not for what you plan to do.

William James: He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.

"Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you." Maori Proverb

The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured. – Dean Acheson

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome - Booker T. Washington

Most problems can't be solved, they must be out-grown – Carl Jung

I'm grateful for the opportunity to live on this beautiful and astonishing planet Earth. In the morning, I wake up with a sense of gratitude. – Earl Nightingale

Put silk on a goat, and it’s still a goat – Irish Proverb – Let’s not put masks on our challenges – Instead, let’s solve them!

Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave. -Mark Twain

A kind word can warm three months of winter. – Japanese Proverb

Fix the problem, not the blame. – Japanese Proverb

There are no mistakes or failures, only lessons – Denis Waitley

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

What we continually think about eventually will manifest in our lives.

"Men are not disturbed by things, but the view they take of things." - Epictetus

Fear knocked. I answered. No one was there.

You can give in to the failure messages & be bitter. Or you can choose to be happy. positive & excited about life- A. L. Williams

"As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live." — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - I do believe this! Do you?

I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish He didn't trust me so much – Mother Teresa

Paul "Bear" Bryant- It's not the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.

The difference between involvement and commitment is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: the chicken was involved-the pig was committed -unknown

He who gains victory over all men is strong: but he who gains a victory over himself is all powerful – Lao-Tse

The wearer best knows where the shoe pinches– Irish Proverb –Let's show each other some grace, we all have challenges and annoyances.

Fear is the opportunity for courage, not proof of cowardice. It took me a long time to learn this.