If you are not willing to risk the usual you will have to settle for the ordinary.” ~ Jim Rohn

It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” ~ Henry David Thoreau

“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.” ~ Herman Melville

“The harder the battle, the sweeter the victory.” ~ Les Brown

“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” ~ John D. Rockefeller

“The only person you should try to be better than, is the person you were yesterday.” ~ Matty Mullens

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

“Life is too deep for words, so don’t try to describe it, just live it.” ~ C. S. Lewis

“Could I have been anyone other than me?” ~ Dave Matthews

“I want to be like water. I want to slip through fingers, but hold up a ship.” ~ Michelle Williams

“One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals.” ~ Michael Korda

“There are two ways of spreading light. To be the candle, or the mirror that reflects it.” ~ Edith Wharton

“You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” ~ Margaret Thatcher

“All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.” ~ Michael John Bobak

“I rebel; therefore I exist.” ~ Albert Camus

“There is a wisdom of the head, and… there is a wisdom of the heart.” ~ Charles Dickens

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” ~ Ernest Hemingway

“He who opens a school door, closes a prison.” ~ Victor Hugo