Tuesday, July 26, 2022


Just because it’s what’s done doesn’t mean it’s what should be done!”- Cinderella

“With a smile and a song, life is just like a bright sunny day. Your cares fade away.” – Snow White

“It’s no use going back to yesterday because I was a different person then.” – Alice, Alice In Wonderland

“All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.”- Walt Disney

“Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.”- Brian Tracy

“Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.”- George Addair

I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”― Henry David Thoreau

“Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.”― Henry David Thoreau

“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.” ― Henry David Thoreau

“As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.” ― Henry David Thoreau

There is no remedy for love but to love more.” ― Henry David Thoreau

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.”– Helen Keller

“We generate fears while we sit. We overcome them by action. Fear is nature’s way of warning us to get busy.” –  Dr. Henry Link

“The man who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others.” – Hasidic Proverb

“What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle and giving 110% all the time.” – Don Zimmer

Every closed door isn’t locked and even if it is…YOU just might have the key! Search within to unlock a world of possibilities!”― Sanjo Jendayi

“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: It goes on.”― Robert Frost

“I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.” – Michael Phelps

Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.” – Og Mandino

“Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out.” – John Wooden

“It hurt because it mattered.” – John Green

“Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.” -Zig Ziglar

“Make sure your worst enemy is not living between your own two ears…”― Nitya Prakash

If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.” – Dolly Parton

“Life changes very quickly, in a very positive way, if you let it.”  – Lindsey Vonn

“Every moment is a fresh beginning.” – T.S. Eliot

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

“If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

“The time is always right to do what is right.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

Life has got all those twists and turns. You’ve got to hold on tight and off you go.”— Nicole Kidman

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. – Walt Disney

 The secret of getting ahead is getting started. – Mark Twain

 Don’t wish it were easier. Wish you were better. ― Jim Rohn

 The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new – Socrates

 Setting goals is the first step into turning the invisible into the visible. – Tony Robbins

 If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. – Maya Angelou

Everything you can imagine is real. – Pablo Picasso

 Happiness is not by chance, but by choice. – Jim Rohn

 You must do the things you think you cannot do. – Eleanor Roosevelt

Every moment is a fresh beginning. – T.S Eliot

Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. – George Bernard Shaw 


 Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.” Helen Keller

Life is either a great adventure or nothing.” Helen Keller


The highest result of education is tolerance.” Helen Keller

It is hard to interest those who have everything in those who have nothing.” Helen Keller

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.” Helen Keller

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.” Helen Keller


Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.” Helen Keller

I can see, and that is why I can be happy, in what you call the dark, but which to me is golden. I can see a God-made world, not a manmade world.” Helen Keller

Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” Helen Keller

Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.” Helen Keller

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.” Helen Keller

When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.” Helen Keller

. “Love is like a beautiful flower which I may not touch, but whose fragrance makes the garden a place of delight just the same.” Helen Keller

We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.” Helen Keller

What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.” Helen Keller

. “Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” Helen Keller

. “I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.” Helen Keller

. “The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of tiny pushes of each honest worker.” Helen Keller

Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.” Helen Keller

There is joy in self-forgetfulness. So I try to make the light in others’ eyes my sun, the music in others’ ears my symphony, the smile on others’ lips my happiness. Helen Keller


 Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience, and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.” – Joseph Addison

. “Persistence. Perfection. Patience. Power. Prioritize your passion. It keeps you sane.” – Criss Jami

. “All men commend patience, although few are willing to practice it.” – Thomas a Kempis

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” — Helen Keller

You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming.” — Pablo Neruda

I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.” — Anne Frank

"Hope can be a powerful force. Maybe there’s no actual magic in it, but when you know what you hope for most and hold it like a light within you, you can make things happen, almost like magic.” — Laini Taylor

They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.” — Tom Bodett

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.” — Albert Einstein

Never lose hope. Storms make people stronger and never last forever.” — Roy T. Bennett

"Hope is a waking dream.” — Aristotle

. "In fact, hope is best gained after defeat and failure, because then inner strength and toughness is produced.” — Fritz Knapp

. "I always entertain great hopes." — Robert Frost

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” — C.S. Lewis

There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for." — J.R.R. TolkienEvery cloud has a silver lining." — John Milson

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow them." — Louisa May Alcott

A leader is a dealer in hope." — Napoleon Bonaparte

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” — C.S. Lewis

There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for." — J.R.R. Tolkien

Every cloud has a silver lining." — John Milson

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow them." — Louisa May Alcott

A leader is a dealer in hope." — Napoleon Bonaparte

We need hope, or else we cannot endure.” —Sarah J. Maas

. "Hope is the power of being cheerful in circumstances that we know to be desperate." — G.K. Chesterton

Learn to ask even when you feel weak. Learn to work even if you don’t want to. Learn to hope even when the odds are against you." — Maxime Lagacé

In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer." — Albert Camus

The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart.” Helen Keller

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” Helen Keller


 There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.” ~ Charles Dickens

“This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure.” ~ Winston Churchill

“If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr

“I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.” ~ Maya AngeloBeing brave means knowing that when you fail, you don’t fail forever.” ~ Lana Del Rey

“Life is very interesting. In the end, some of your greatest pains become your greatest strengths.” ~ Drew Barrymore

“Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.”~ William Ellery Channing

“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.”~ Khalil Gibran

“It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done.”~ Vincent Van Gogh

“The harder you fall, the heavier your heart; the heavier your heart, the stronger you climb; the stronger you climb, the higher your pedestal.”~ Criss Jami

“Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.” ~ Paulo Coelho

When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.” ~ Peter Marshall

“When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this: you haven’t.” ~ Thomas A. Edison

“The human capacity for burden is like bamboo – far more flexible than you’d ever believe at first glance.” ~ Jodi Picoult

“We don’t even know how strong we are until we are forced to bring that hidden strength forward.” ~ Isabel Allende

“We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.”~ J.K. Rowling

“Nothing is more beautiful than the smile that has struggled through the tears.”~ Demi Lovato

“He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.”~ Louisa May Alcott

“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.”~ Maya Angelou

And one has to understand that braveness is not the absence of fear but rather the strength to keep on going forward despite the fear.”~ Paulo Coelho

“Strength is a matter of a made up mind.” ~ John Beecher- 

Don’t wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.” ~ Orison Swett Marden

“The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.” ~ Thomas Paine

“Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.” ~ Nelson Mandela

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“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.” ~ Ambrose Redmoon

“We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live.” ~  Cesar Chavez

“It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which we can control. Nothing- 

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Patience is not simply the ability to wait – it’s how we behave while we’re waiting.” – Joyce Meyer

Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.” – Saadi

Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.” – William Penn

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.” – Samuel Johnson

Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.” – Napoleon Hill

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Patience is the companion of wisdom.” – Saint Augustine

Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience.” ~ George-Louis de Buffon

Patience can’t be acquired overnight. It is just like building up a muscle. Every day you need to work on it.” ~ Eknath Easwaran

Learning patience can be a difficult experience, but once conquered you will find life is easier.” Catherine Pulsifer

When you encounter various trials, big or small, be full of joy. They’re opportunities to learn patience.” – Scott Curran

Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment.” – Stephen Covey- 

Patience is not a virtue. It is an achievement.” – Vera Nazarian

. “Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace.” – Victor Hugo

. “The more patient we are, the more understanding we become.” – William Arthur Ward

. “To know how to wait. It is the great secret of success.” – Joseph de Maistre

. “Make your ego porous. Will is of little importance, complaining is nothing, fame is nothing. Openness, patience, receptivity, solitude is everything.” – Rainer Maria Rilke

. “I learn it every day of my life, learn it with pain I am grateful for: patience is everything!” – Rainer Maria Rilke

Genius is only a greater aptitude for patience.” – George Louis de Buffon

Patience is the best medicine” – John Florio

Patience and wisdom walk hand in hand, like two one-armed lovers.” – Jarod Kintz ♥️


 No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.”

Friendship with one’s self is all-important because, without it, one can not be friends with anyone else in the world."

You must do the thing you think you cannot do."

It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it."

Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness you are able to give."

You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do."

The giving of love is an education in itself."

Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes.”

Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.”

Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans." — John Lennon

Get busy living or get busy dying." — Stephen King

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough." — Mae West

Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."– Thomas A. Edison

Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.” — Seneca

If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it.”– Henry Ford

In order to write about life first you must live it.”– Ernest Hemingway

The big lesson in life, baby, is never be scared of anyone or anything.”– Frank Sinatra

There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.” ~ Ronald Reagan

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” ~ Winston Churchill

“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” ~ Nelson Mandela

“Go within every day and find the inner strength so that the world will not blow your candle out.” ~ Katherine Dunham

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” ~ Anais Nin

Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow.”” ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

“Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.” ~ W. Clement Stone

“Courage isn’t having the strength to go on – it is going on when you don’t have strength.”~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“It takes courage to walk away from disagreements.” ~ Amanda Ray

12 Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.” ~ Mary Tyler Moore

“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”~ Winston Churchill

“The greatest test of courage on the earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.” ~ R. G. Ingersoll

“There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.” ~  Seneca

“Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.” ~ John Quincy Adams

“You can choose courage or you can choose comfort, but you cannot choose both!” ~ Brene Brown

22 The secret to happiness is freedom… And the secret to freedom is courage.” ~ Thucydides

“Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become.” ~ Steve Jobs

 “All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.” ~ Earl Nightingale

“People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.” ~ Hermann Hesse - 22 Conscience is the root of all true courage; if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience.” ~ James Freeman Clarke

“It requires more courage to suffer than to die.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

“Have the courage to act instead of react.” ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes

“He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.” ~ Muhammad Ali

“Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use.” ~ Ruth Gordon

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.” ~ Gilbert K Chesterton

“Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life.” ~ EM Forster

“Like a kite courageous person always rises and achieves new highs going against the wind.” ~ Invajy

“Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.” ~ Winston Churchill

“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.”  ~ E.E. Cummings

“You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.” ~  William Faulkner

Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.”~ Hermann Hesse

“Bravery is being the only one who knows you’re afraid.” ~ Franklin P. Jones


 Faith is like radar that sees through the fog — the reality of things at a distance that the human eye cannot see.”Corrie Ten Boom

“Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.”Corrie Ten Boom

And for all these people alike, the key to healing turned out to be the same. Each had a hurt he had to forgive.”Corrie Ten Boom

“Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hatred. It is a power that breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness.”Corrie Ten Boom

“God never measures the mind… He always put His tape measure in the HEART”Corrie Ten Boom

“Do you know what hurts so very much? It’s love. Love is the strongest force in the world, and when it is blocked that means pain. There are two things we can do when this happens. We can kill that love so that it stops hurting. But then of course part of us dies, too. Or we can ask God to open up another route for that love to travel.”Corrie Ten Boom

Pray all the time. If necessary, use words."- Max Lucado.

"Let's fix our eyes on Jesus. Perhaps in seeing Him, we will see what we can become!"- Max Lucado.

 "God doesn’t love us less if we fail or more if we succeed." Max Lucado.

God's mercies are new every morning. Receive them."Max Lucado.

 "His goal is not to get you what you want; it is to get you what you need."Max Lucado,'God's Inspirational Promises'.

If we trust God more, we can fear less." Max Lucado.

When grace moves in... guilt moves out."


- Max Lucado.


17. "God answers the mess of life with one word: Grace."


- Max Lucado.


"Nails didn't hold God to a cross. Love did." Max Lucado.

The greater your cares, the more genuine your prayers." Max Lucado

We are product of our past but we don’t have to be prisoners of it.”  Rick Warren

“The truth is, almost everything we do is done poorly when we first start doing it – that’s how we learn.”  (The Purpose Driven Life)Rick Warren

“Those who follow the crowd usually get lost in it.”  (The Purpose Driven Life)Rick Warren

“God is always more interested in why we do something than in what we do. Attitudes count more than achievements.”  (The Purpose Driven Life)Rick Warren

“I don’t know the keys to success, but one key to failure is to try to please everyone.”  (The Purpose Driven Life)Rick Warren

“The best use of life is love. The best expression of love is time. The best time to love is now.” Rick Warren

“Frankness is not a license to say anything you want, wherever and whenever you want. It is not rudeness.”  (The Purpose Driven Life)Rick Warren

“Measured against eternity, our time on earth is just a blink of an eye…”  (The Purpose Driven Life) Rick Warren

“Happy moments, PRAISE GOD. Difficult moments, SEEK GOD. Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD. Painful moments, TRUST GOD. Every moment, THANK GOD” Rick Warren  


Faith is the silver thread upon which the pearls of the graces are to be hung. Break that, and you have broken the string — the pearls lie scattered on the ground.”  ~ Charles  H. Spurgeon (Nineteenth Century English Preacher)

“God loves with a great love the man whose heart is bursting with a passion for the impossible.”  ~ William Booth (A British Methodist Preacher and founder of the Salvation Army)

“Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible.”  ~ Corrie Ten Boom (A Dutch Christian who helped many Jews escape the Nazi Holocaust)

“Cleverness is cheap. It is faith that He praises.”  ~ George Macdonald (Scottish author, poet and Christian minister)

“A string of opinions no more constitutes faith, than a string of beads constitutes holiness.”  ~ John Wesley (Anglican cleric and Christian Theologian, co-founder of the Methodist Church)

“Talk what we will of faith, if we do not trust and rely upon Him, we do not believe in Him.”  ~ Anthony Farindon (Famous English Preacher)

“The only way to learn strong faith is to endure great trials.”  ~ George Muller (English Evangelist)

“I do not want merely to possess a faith, I want a faith that possesses me.”  ~ Charles Kingsley (English Clergyman)

“When I cannot enjoy the faith of assurance, I live by the faith of adherence.”  ~ Matthew Henry (English Bible Commentator and Minister)

“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.”  ~ C. S. Lewis (Novelist, Lay Theologian and Christian Apologist)

“Faith must have adequate evidence, else it is mere superstition.”  ~ A. A. Hodge (Leader in the American Presbyterian Church)

“Temptation exercises our faith and teaches us to pray.”  ~ A. B. Simpson (Founder of the Christian Missionary Alliance)

“We need a quickening of faith; faith in the power of the God of Pentecost to convict and convert three thousand in a day. Faith, not in a process of culture by which we hope to train children into a state of salvation, but faith in the mighty God who can quicken a dead soul into life in a moment; faith in moral and spiritual revolution rather than evolution.”  ~ A. C. Dixon (Pastor, Bible Expositor and Evangelist)

“There is still One whose faith in you has never wavered. And how wonderful it is that that one should be Jesus Christ! It was a wonderful dream God dreamed, Christ says, when He created you; it was a stately being that was in His mind when you were fashioned; and I can make you all He meant that you should be.”  ~ A. J. Gossip (Professor of Christian Ethics and Practical Theology)

“By faith we are taken into Christ, made at once safe from holy wrath against sin, and kept safe from all perils and penalties. He, our divine Redeemer, becomes to us the new sphere of harmony and unity with God and His law, with His life and His holiness.” ~ A. T. Pierson (American Presbyterian Pastor)

“The Bible recognizes no faith that does not lead to obedience, nor does it recognize any obedience that does not spring from faith. The two are at opposite sides of the same coin.”  ~ A. W. Tozer (American Preacher and Author)

“Every science in a certain degree starts from faith, and, on the contrary, faith, which does not lead to science, is mistaken faith or superstition, but real, genuine faith it is not.”  ~ Abraham Kuyper (Dutch Theologian)

God loves importunate prayer so much that He will not give us much blessing without it. ~ Adoniram Judson

If you find your life of prayer to be always so short, and so easy, and so spiritual, as to be without cost and strain and sweat to you, you may depend upon it, you have not yet begun to pray. ~ Alexander Whyte

I know of no better thermometer to your spiritual temperature than this, the measure of the intensity of your prayer. ~ Charles H. Spurgeon

We can do nothing without prayer. All things can be done by importunate prayer. It surmounts or removes all obstacles, overcomes every resisting force and gains its ends in the face of invincible hindrances. ~ E.M. Bounds

This is what the past is for! Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our lives is the perfect preparation for the future that only He can see.”

“Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.”Corrie Ten Boom

“When we are powerless to do a thing, it is a great joy that we can come and step inside the ability of Jesus”Corrie Ten Boom


Sunday, July 17, 2022

 Dream big and dare to fail. –Norman Vaughan

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

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try. –Beverly Sills

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

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

Every child is an artist.  The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. –Pablo Picasso

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. –Plato

Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. –Charles Swindoll

An unexamined life is not worth living. –Socrates

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. –Steve Jobs

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

Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him.  –Booker T. Washington

Certain things catch your eye, but pursue only those that capture the heart. – Ancient Indian Proverb

Start where you are. Use what you have.  Do what you can. –Arthur Ashe

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, I used everything you gave me. –Erma Bombeck

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. –Anne Frank

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. –Lao Tzu

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. –Maya Angelou

A mind once stretched by a new idea can never return to its original dimensions.” – Oliver Wendall Holmes

“There’s no point in being successful but sad. Makes no sense. Yes, reach for the mountaintop. But enjoy the climb as well.” – Robin Sharm

There is nothing wrong with being afraid – but there is nothing more wrong than allowing that to be your master.” – Bobby Darin

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” – Epictetus

“Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.” – Georg W. F. Hegel

“Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.” – Mark Twain

“If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call ‘failure’ is not the falling down, but the staying down.” – Mary Pickford

“Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you.” – Aldous Huxley

Don’t let what you can’t do stop you from doing what you can do.” ~ John Wooden

“Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.” ~ Pamela Vaull Starr

. “No one is perfect – that’s why pencils have erasers.”  ~ Wolfgang Riebe

“Only surround yourself with people who will lift you higher.”  ~ Oprah Winfrey

“Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That’s why we call it ‘The Present.” ~Eleanor Roosevelt

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.  Live the life you have imagined.” ~ Henry David Thoreau

Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside of you that is greater than any obstacle.” — Christian D. Larson

“Don’t count the days, make the days count.” —Muhammad Ali

“Don’t limit your challenges, challenge your limits.” — Jerry Dunn

“I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” —Michael Jordan

“The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.” —Tommy Lasorda

“The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides a champion from someone who is not a champion.”— Arnold Schwarzenegger seven-time Mr. Olympia

“To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.” —Steve Prefontaine

“Today I will do what others won’t, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can’t.” Jerry Rice

“What hurts today makes you stronger tomorrow.”— Jay Cutler, pro bodybuilder and four-time Mr. Olympia

If you think lifting is dangerous, try being weak. Being weak is dangerous.”—Bret Contreras, sports scientist

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” —Wayne Gretzk

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

“Good, better, best. Never let it rest. ‘Til your good is better and your better is best.” ~ St. Jerome

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” ~ Helen Keller

I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” ~ Michael Jordan

“If you aren’t going all the way, why go at all?” ~ Joe Namath

“Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.” ~ George Halas

“Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.” ~ Bo Jackson

“Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.” ~ Lou Holtz

“Focus, discipline, hard work, goal setting and, of course, the thrill of finally achieving your goals. These are all lessons in life.”~ Kristi Yamaguchi

“Pursue what you love, what you are passionate about. Don’t let somebody else dictate your life’s path.” ~ Jack Nicklaus

“The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.” ~ Arnold Schwarzenegger

“The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done.” ~ Arnold Palmer

God has a purpose behind every problem. He uses circumstances to develop our character. In fact, he depends more on circumstances to make us like Jesus than he depends on our reading the Bible.” ~ Rick Warren 😘😘