A friend hears the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.--Anonymous 

A friend is a lot of things, but a critic he isn't.--Bern Williams 

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.--Ralph Waldo Emerson 

A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?--Kahlil Gibran 

Friends are an aid to the young, to guard them from error; to the elderly, to attend to their wants and to supplement their failing power of action; to those in the prime of life, to assist them to noble deeds.--Aristotle 

Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer.--Ed Cunningham 

Friends, books, a cheerful heart, and conscience clear are the most choice companions we have here.--William Mather 

A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil--but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small silly presents every so often--just to save it from drying out completely.--Pam Brown 

Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief.--Swedish proverb 

Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.--George Washington 

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one."-—C. S. Lewis 

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.--Samuel Butler 

Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world.--John Evelyn 

Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.--Woodrow Wilson 

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art...it has no survival value; rather, it is one of those things that give value to survival.--C. S. Lewis 

Friendship of a kind that cannot easily be reversed tomorrow must have its roots in common interests and shared beliefs.--Barbara Tuchman 

Friendships multiply joys and divide grief.--Thomas Fuller 

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.--Joseph Addison 

The growth of friendship might be a lifelong affair.--Sarah Orne Jewett 

There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.--Linda Grayson

Hold your head high, stick your chest out. You can make it. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes.... Keep hope alive.--Jesse Jackson 

Hope and possibility best describe the art of teaching.--Camille Banks Lee (from The Quotable Teacher, comp. by Howe) 

Hope arouses, as nothing else can arouse, a passion for the possible.--William Sloan Coffin, Jr. 

Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don't give up.--Anne Lamott (Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life) 

Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.--François de la Rochefoucauld 

Hope has two beautiful daughters. Their names are anger and courage; anger at the way things are, and courage to see that they do not remain the way they are.--Saint Augustine 

Hope is a good thing--maybe the best thing, and no good thing ever dies.--Stephen King (The Shawshank Redemption) 

Hope is a pleasant acquaintance, but an unsafe friend.--Thomas Chandler Haliburton 

Hope is a talent like any other.--Storm Jameson 

Hope is a vigorous principle ... it sets the head and heart to work, and animates a man to do his utmost.--Jeremy Collier 

Hope is a waking dream.--Aristotle 

Hope is generally a wrong guide, though it is good company along the way.--George Saville 

Hope is like a road in the country: there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.--Lin Yutang 

Hope is love's happiness, but not its life.--Letitia E. Landon 

Hope is not a granted wish or a favor performed; no it is far greater than that. It is a zany, unpredictable dependence on a God who loves to surprise us out of our socks.--Max Lucado (God Came Near) 

Hope...is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles.--Samuel Smiles

The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.--Brian Tracy 

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful for beauty is God's handwriting - a wayside sacrament. Welcome it in every fair face, in every fair sky, in every fair flower, and thank God for it as a cup of blessing.--Ralph Waldo Emerson 

No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.--Ralph Waldo Emerson 

One can present people with opportunities. One cannot make them equal to them.--Rosamond Lehmann (The Ballad and the Source) 

Opportunities are on every hand; what we need is, not a new chance, but clearness of vision to discern the chance which at this very hour is ours, if we recognize it.--Katherine Krieger 

Opportunities are seldom labeled.--John A. Shedd 

Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.--Ann Landers 

Opportunity always looks bigger going than coming.--Anonymous 

Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.--H. J. Brown, Jr. (A Hero in Every Heart) 

Opportunity is often difficult to recognize; we usually expect it to beckkon us with beepers and billboards.--William A. Ward

Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.--William Penn 

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.--John Quincy Adams 

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.--Jean de LaFontaine 

Patience asks us to live the moment to the fullest, to be completely present to the moment, to taste the here and now, to be where we are.--Henri Nouwen (Bread For the Journey) 

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

Patience has its limits. Take it too far, and it's cowardice.--George Jackson 

Patience is bitter, but it's fruit is sweet.--Lida Clarkson ("Brush Studies" Ladies' Home Journal, 1884) 

Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown.--Soren Kierkegaard (Journal) 

Patience is not just about waiting for something… it’s about how you wait, or your attitude while waiting.--Joyce Meyer •

Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.--Oscar Wilde 

Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.--Oscar Wilde 

Experience is that marvelous thing that enable you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.--Franklin P. Jones 

Experience is the name everyone gives to his mistakes.--Elbert Hubbard 

Experience is what really happens to you in the long run; the truth that finally overtakes you.--Katherine Anne Porter ("St. Augustine and the Bullfight" The Collected Essays and Occasional Writings of Katherine Anne Porter)

 Life is wasted if we do not grasp the glory of the cross, cherish it for the treasure that it is, and cleave to it as the highest price of every pleasure and the deepest comfort in every pain. What was once foolishness to us—a crucified God—must become our wisdom and our power and our only boast in this world.” - John Piper

2. "God never said that the journey would be easy, but He did say that the arrival would be worthwhile" - Max Lucado

Let God’s promises shine on your problems.” - Corrie ten Boom

Christ literally walked in our shoes." - Tim Keller

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows; it empties today of its strength." - Corrie Ten Boom

The will of God will not take us where the grace of God cannot sustain us." - Billy Graham

Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them." -  Elisabeth Elliot

God will meet you where you are in order to take you where He wants you to go." - Tony Evans

The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart." - Helen Keller

We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations." - Chuck Swindoll 

The Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep discouragement. I have to go to God in prayer with tears in my eyes, and say, 'O God, forgive me,' or 'Help me.'” - Billy Graham

This is our time on the history line of God. This is it. What will we do with the one deep exhale of God on this earth? For we are but a vapor and we have to make it count. We’re on. Direct us, Lord, and get us on our feet." - Beth Moore

Your potential is the sum of all the possibilities God has for your life." - Charles Stanley

20. "The greater your knowledge of the goodness and grace of God on your life, the more likely you are to praise Him in the storm." - Matt Chandler. 

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.

God will meet you where you are in order to take you where He wants you to go."  - Tony Evans

God loves each of us as if there were only one of us” - Augustine

The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart." - Helen Keller

We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations." - Chuck Swindoll

If God is your partner, make your plans BIG!" - D.L. Moody

 Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.--Dale E. Turner 

Dreams are the touchstones of our character.--Henry David Thoreau 

Dreams get you into the future and add excitement to the present.-Robert Conklin 

Dreams come in a size too big so that we may grow into them.--Josie Bisset 

Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough, You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it.--Sir James M. Barrie 

Dreams, ideas, and plans not only are an escape, they give me purpose, a reason to hang on.--Steven Callahan 

Either you let your life slip away by not doing the things you want to do, or you get up and do them.--Roger Von Oech 

Empower your dreams with deadlines.--H. Jackson Brown (?) (Life's Little Instruction Calendar, 1999) 

Enough! It's time to grow up. If we want to play adult games--living our Dream--we must play by adult rules. One of the primary adult rules: We are individually responsible for our own lives.--John-Roger and Peter McWilliams (Do It! Let's Get Off our Buts) 

Even if you can't just snap your fingers and make a dream come true, you can travel in the direction of your dream, every single day and you can shorten the distance between the two of you.--Douglas Pagels 

Every dreamer works in violent disagreement with their times.--Conway Stone 

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.--Harriet Tubman 

The excitement, the true excitement, was always in starting again. Nothing's worse than an accomplished task, a realized dream.--Marilyn Harris

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. Eleanor Roosevelt

You can kill the dreamer, but you can’t kill the dream. Martin Luther King Jr

Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere. 

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. Martin Luther King Jr

You see things; and you say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say, ‘Why not?’ George Bernard Shaw 

Dreams are the touchstones of our character. Henry David Thoreau 

Think, believe, dream, and dare. Walt Disney 

 Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. Calvin Coolidge

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

The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win. Roger Bannister (First man to run a mile under 4 minutes)

You can overcome anything, if and only if you love something enough. Lionel Messi

Giving up is the easiest thing in the world. That’s why so many people do it. Mike Tyson

Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway. Earl Nightingale

If I have ventured wrongly, very well, life corrects me with a penalty. But if I haven’t ventured at all, who can help me then? Søren Kierkegaard

During tough times, attitude separates successful people from those who do not succeed. John C. Maxwell

The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. Aristotle

You can be grinding for 4 years with no results, and in the 5th year, become the biggest thing on the planet. The power of not giving up is real. Jeff Bezos (Amazon)

It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience. Julius Caesar

You must take action. You must do the impossible. Because giving up can never ever be an option. Greta Thunberg

Give up giving up, it’s the best thing you will ever quit. Thibaut

Difficulties help you become strong. Darkness helps you see the light. Despairs help you find energy. Maxime Lagacé

Failure cannot cope with persistence. Napoleon Hill

Have “eternal wait,” infinite patience. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Character is built when no one is looking. Carlos Del Valle

In adversity, remember to keep an even mind. Horace

Obstacles are the cost of greatness. Robin Sharma

If you fell down yesterday, stand up today. H.G. Wells

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Conformity gets you nowhere. Neil Strauss

Action is the real measure of intelligence. Napoleon Hill

If you can dream it, you can do it. Walt Disney

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. Walt Disney

It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up. Babe Ruth

Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better. Maya Angelou

Most great people have achieved their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure. Napoleon Hill

I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy. Marie Curie

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

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. Anaïs Nin

The place between your comfort zone and your dream is where life takes place. Helen Keller

You can often change your circumstances by changing your attitude. Eleanor Roosevelt

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

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. Jim Rohn

Never bend your head. Hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye. Helen Keller

Action is character. F. Scott Fitzgerald

If you can’t stop thinking about it, don’t stop working for it. Unknown

I didn’t come this far to only go this far. Unknown

What comes easy won’t last. What lasts won’t come easy. Unknown

One day or day one. It’s your choice. Unknown

A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships. Helen Keller

 Believe you can and you’re halfway there. Theodore Roosevelt 

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. Søren Kierkegaard

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done. Bruce Lee

Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get. Forrest Gump

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

A happy life consists in the tranquility of mind. Marcus Tullius Cicero

       the  realization that life is absurd cannot be an end, but only a beginning. Albert Camus

Life gets better when you stop caring about everything. Maxime Lagacé

The trick in life is learning how to deal with it. Helen Mirren

The cost for the good life is giving up comfort. Maxime Lagacé

The first step to life is to try. The second is to learn. The third is to share. Maxime Lagacé

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. Helen Keller

Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. St. Augustine

If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things. Albert Einstein

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined. Henry David Thoreau

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

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. Steve Jobs

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom. George S. Patton

Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. Mark Twain

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. Oscar Wilde

Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work. Gustave Flaubert

The adventure of life is to learn. The purpose of life is to grow. The nature of life is to change. The challenge of life is to overcome. The essence of life is to care. The opportunity of life is to serve. The secret of life is to dare. The spice of life is to befriend. The beauty of life is to give. William Arthur Ward

Don’t handicap your children by making their lives easy. Robert A. Heinlein

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

The more you care, the stronger you can be. Jim Rohn

Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat. Anais Nin

Strength is a matter of a made up mind. John Beecher

This is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble. Ludwig van Beethoven

Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on. Henry Rollins

You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice. Bob Marley

People do not lack strength, they lack will. Victor Hugo

Strength doesn’t come from winning. Arnold Schwarzenegger

If you have no struggles, you’ll have no strength. Tim Fargo

Never give up. Great things take time. Frank Zane

Growth is overrated. Endurance is underrated. Shane Parrish

Problems are messages. Shakti Gawain

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven’t half the strength you think they have. Norman Vincent Peale

A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. Walter Bagehot

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

Confidence comes from being prepared. John Wooden

Believe in your infinite potential. Your only limitations are those you set upon yourself. Roy T. Bennett

Skill and confidence are an unconquered army. George Herbert

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself. Andre Gide

The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me. Ayn Rand

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval. Mark Twain

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Eleanor Roosevelt

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do. Eleanor Roosevelt

Don’t rush. Just do your thing. Maxime Lagacé

The more you care, the stronger you can be. Jim Rohn

Don’t say, “If I could, I would”. Say, “If I can, I will”. Jim Rohn

Don’t settle. Don’t struggle. Naval Ravikant

Start with the end in mind. Stephen Covey

Humor comes from self-confidence. Rita Mae Brown

We are what we believe we are. C.S. Lewis

Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men. Seneca

Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached. Swami Vivekananda

Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than the one with all the facts. Albert Einstein

It pays to be smart — but it pays more to be determined, disciplined, dependable, and driven. Adam Grant