~Orison SwettMarden

Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them.

~Maya Angelou

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.

~Frederick Wilcox

Progress always involves risks. You can't steal second base and keep your foot on first.

Joseph Campbell

Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls.

Wilson Mizner

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while, he knows something.

Bertrand Russell

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

Ansel Adams

In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.

Mark Twain

Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

Mark Twain

20 years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didnt do than by the ones you did do.

-Julius Charles Hare

Be what you are.  This is the first step toward becoming better than you are.

Elbert Hubbard

It is easy to get everything you want, provided you first learn to do without the things you cannot get.

~Harry S. Truman

Work Hard--Do your best--Keep your word--Never get too big for your britches--Trust in God--Have no fear--and Never forget a friend.

Epictetus

The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.

Paul Cezanne

Genius is the ability to renew one's emotions in daily experience.

Albert Ellis

There are three musts that hold us back: I must do well. You must treat me well. And the world must be easy.

~Suzanne Zoglio

A great life is born in the soul, grown in the mind, and lived from the heart.

RJS

The highways of life are full of flat squirrels who couldn't make up their minds.

~William Feather

Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn't stop to enjoy it.

Anais Nin

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

- Robert Brault

Life is not about discovering our talents; it is about pushing our talents to the limit and discovering our genius.