Courage is the atom of change.--Bettina R. Flores 

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.--Aristotle 

Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.--Clare Boothe Luce (in Reader's Digest, 1979) 

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.--Maya Angelou 

Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.--Raymond Lindquist

Demand the best from yourself, because others will demand the best from you… Successful people don't simply give a project hard work. They give it their best work.--Win Borden 

Do a little more each day than you think you possibly can.--Lowell Thomas 

Do more than you're supposed to do and you can have or be or do anything you want.--Bill Sands 

Do not attempt to do a thing unless you are sure of yourself; but do not relinquish it simply because someone else is not sure of you.--Stewart E. White 

Do the best you can in every task, no matter how unimportant it may seem at the time. No one learns more about a problem than the person at the bottom.--Sandra Day O'Conner 

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.--Theodore Roosevelt 

Do your best every day and your life will gradually expand into satisfying fullness.--Horotio W. Dresser 

Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.--Oprah Winfrey 

"Doing your own thing" is a generous act. Being gifted creates obligations, which means you owe the world your best effort at the work you love. You too are a natural resource.--Barbara Sher 

Don’t listen to anyone who tells you that you can’t do this or that. That’s nonsense. Make up your mind, you’ll never use crutches or a stick, then have a go at everything. Go to school, join in all the games you can. Go anywhere you want to. But never, never let them persuade you that things are too difficult or impossible.--Sir Douglas Bader

Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it, you can make it so.--Belva Davis 

Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.--Anonymous 

The dream begins, most of the time, with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes with a sharp stick called truth.--Dan Rather (from The Quotable Teacher, comp. by Howe) 

Dream big dreams! Imagine that you have no limitations and then decide what's right before you decide what's possible.--Brian Tracey (The Treasury of Quotes) 

Dream big dreams, then put on your overalls and go out and make the dreams come true.--Fred Van Amburgh 

The dream is not the destination but the journey.--Diane Sawyer 

The dream is real, my friends. The failure to realize it is the only unreality.--Toni Cade Bambara 

A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. A goal is what specifically you intend to make happen. Dreams and goals should be just out of your present reach but not out of sight. Dreams and goals are coming attractions in your life.--Joseph Campbell 

Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.--James Allen 

Dream manfully and nobly, and thy dreams shall be prophets.--Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton 

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.--Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe 

The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a moment in unison with it, that was the miracle.--Anais Nin

Motivation comes from thought. Every act we take is preceded by a thought that inspires that act. When we quit thinking, we lose the motivation to act.--Steve Chandler (100 Ways to Motivate Yourself) 

Motivation gets you going and habit get you there. Make motivation a habit and you will get thee more quickly and have more fun on the trip.--Zig Ziglar (Zig Ziglar's Little Book of Big Quotes) 

Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.--Stephen R. Covey 

Motivation is like food for the brain. You cannot get enough in one sitting. It needs continual and regular top up's.--Peter Davies 

Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.--Dwight D. Eisenhower 

Motivation is the fuel necessary to keep the human engine running.--Zig Ziglar (Zig Ziglar's Little Book of Big Quotes) 

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.--Jim Ryun 

Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.--Norman R. Augustine 

Of course motivation is not permanent. But then, neither is bathing; but it is something you should do on a regular basis.--Zig Ziglar (Raising Positive Kids in a Negative World) 

One very important aspect of motivation is the willingness to stop and to look at things that no one else has bothered to look at. This simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity...--Edward de Bono (Serious Creativity) 

The only lifelong, reliable motivations are those that come from within, and one of the strongest of those is the joy and pride that grow from knowing that you've just done something as well as you can do it.--Lloyd Dobens 

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.--Andrew S. Carnegie

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. –Wayne Gretzky

When you face difficult times, know that challenges are not sent to destroy you. They’re sent to promote, increase and strengthen you.” Anonymous

“There’s always a new challenge to keep you motivated.” Sean Connery

“I’m accepting the challenge.” Robert Whaley

“Running away from any problem only increases the distance from the solution.” Anonymous

“The biggest challenge of life is to be yourself world that is trying to make you like everyone else.” Anonymous

“The bigger the challenge, the bigger the opportunity for growth.” Anonymous

You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” – A.A. Milne

Inhale, exhale, it is well, it is well. All of this is a part of the story you will tell.” – Morgan Harper Nichols

Always keep your eyes open. Keep watching. Because whatever you see can inspire you.” – Grace Coddington

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. –Amelia Earhart

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run. –Babe Ruth

10. Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement. –W. Clement Stone

Life isn't about getting and having, it's about giving and being. –Kevin Kruse

Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans. –John Lennon

I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. –Maya Angelou

Either you run the day, or the day runs you. –Jim Rohn

Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right. –Henry Ford

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why. –Mark Twain

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it.  Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. –Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The best revenge is massive success. –Frank Sinatra

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. –Anais Nin

If you hear a voice within you say “you cannot paint,” then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced. –Vincent Van Gogh