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From small beginnings come great things. – Proverb
Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882, American Poet, Essayist
My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win. Channel your energy. Focus. – Carl Lewis, 1961-, American Track Athlete
I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. - Laura Ingalls Wilder, 1867-1957, American Author, ''Little House on the Prairie''
Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen. - John Steinbeck, 1902-1968, American Author
It is a man's sympathy with all creatures that truly makes him a man. Until he extends his circle of compassion to all living things, man himself will not find peace. Albert Schweitzer, 1875-1965, German Born Medical Missionary, Theologian, Musician, and Philosopher
Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound. -James Allen, 1864-1912, British-born American Essayist, Author of ''As a Man Thinketh''
Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, "This is the real me," and when you have found that attitude, follow it. -William James, 1842-1910, American Psychologist, Professor, Author
He who has learned to disagree without being disagreeable has discovered the most valuable secret of a diplomat. - Robert Estabrook
You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one. - James A. Froude, 1818-1894, English Historian
Experience isn't interesting until it begins to repeat itself. In fact, till it does that, it hardly is experience. - Elizabeth Bowen, 1899-1973, Anglo-Irish Novelist
Begin somewhere. You cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do. Liz Smith, 1923-, American Journalist, Gossip Columnist
We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open. --Jawaharlal Nehru, 1889-1964, Indian Nationalist, Statesman
High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation. -Jack Kinder
One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who have only interests. -John Stuart Mill, 1806-1873, British Philosopher, Economist
Serenity is not freedom from the storm, but calmness within the storm. -Anonymous
Only when your consciousness is totally focused on the moment you are in can you receive whatever gift, lesson, or delight that moment has to offer. Barbara De Angelis, American Expert on Relationship & Love, Author
CHAMPIONS RISK what others DARE not; DREAM what others think impossible; DO what others say can't be done. Jason James Hun, Author
One cool judgment is worth a dozen hasty councils. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat. - Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), 1856-1924, Twenty-eighth President of the USA
It is well to remember that the entire population of the universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others. - John Andrew Holmes
If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when? -Rabbi Hillel, 30B.C - 9 A.D., Jewish Rabbi, Teacher
Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why. -Bernard M. Baruch, 1870-1965, American Financier
There is real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment. - Norman Vincent Peale, 1898-1993, American Christian Reformed Pastor, Speaker, Author
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reasons for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality.- Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German-born American Physicist
Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you."- Nathaniel Hawthorne -{1804-1864 American Novelist}
"You are the only real obstacle in your path to a fulfilling life. -Les Brown {American Motivator Lecturer}
In the final analysis there is no solution to man's progress but the day's honest work, the day's honest decisions, the day's generous utterances and the day's good deed.- Clare Booth Luce
Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun. - Mary Lou Cook
The best opportunities in life are the ones we create. Goal setting provides for you the opportunity to create an extraordinary life. -Gary Ryan Blair {Goals Coach & Founder of The Goals Guy}
Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil; our great hope lies in developing what is good. -Calvin Coolidge, 1872-1933, Thirtieth President of the USA
People deal too much with the negative, what is wrong.... Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom. -Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Buddhist Monk, Teacher
At the age of 20, we don't care what the world thinks of us; at 30, we worry about what it is thinking of us; at 40, we discover that it wasn't thinking of us at all. - Unknown
Ask, and it will be given you; Seek, and you will find; Knock, and it will be opened to you. - Bible
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants. -Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
You see things and you say, "Why?" But I dream things that never were and say, "Why not?" George Bernard Shaw
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. - Galileo Galilei
Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. , 1809-1894, American Author, Wit, Poet
It's never too late to realize your ambitions. Take the first step by daring to dream big dreams. Then have the confidence to take a few risks and make those dreams a reality. You'll be glad you did. -- Don MacRae, President of the Lachlan Group
We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it -- and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove lid. She will never sit on a hot stove lid again -- and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore. - Mark Twain, 1835-1910, American Humorist, Writer
I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will. - Clint Eastwood, Actor
It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others. - John Andrew Holmes
Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty- Anne Herbert
You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. - James Allen
If you put a small value upon youself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price. - Unknown
Every morning you are handed 24 golden hours. They are one of the few things in this world that you get free of charge. If you had all the money in the world, you couldn't buy an extra hour. What will you do with this priceless treasure? Remember, you must use it, as it is given only once. Once wasted you cannot get it back.-Unknown
Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours." - John Locke, 1632-1704, British Philosopher
If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they never were.~ Kahlil Gibran, 1883-1931, Lebanese Poet, Novelist
I have often been afraid, but I would not give in to it. I made myself act as though I was not afraid and gradually my fear disappeared. -Theodore Roosevelt, 1858-1919, Twenty-sixth President of the USA
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 {1880-1968 American Blind/Deaf Author & Lecturer}
If you don't understand yourself you don't understand anybody else. -Nikki Giovanni {American Poet}
Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers you. -Wayne Dyer {American Psychotherapist & Author}
In every person who comes near you look for what is good and strong; honor that; try to imitate it, and your faults will drop off like dead leaves when their time comes. -John Ruskin, 1819-1900, English Philosopher
There's no such thing as Perfection. But, in striving for perfection, we can achieve excellence. -Vince Lombardi, 1913-1970, American Football Coach}
I wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving.
-Kahlil Gibran, 1883-1931, Lebanese Poet, Novelist
The most essential factor is persistence, - the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come. -James Whitcomb Riley, 1849-1916, American Poet
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing." --Albert Schweitzer, 1875-1965, German Born Medical Missionary, Theologian, Musician, and Philosopher
Plant the seed of desire in your mind and it forms a nucleus with power to attract to itself everything needed for its fulfillment.- -Robert Collier, American Writer, Publisher
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness had genius, power and magic in it. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832, German Poet, Dramatist, Novelist
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. - Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1862, American Essayist, Poet, Naturalist
Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other, a matter of time.- Marabel Morgan
Better to do SOMETHING imperfectly than to do NOTHING flawlessly. -Robert Schuller ,1926-, American Minister (Crystal Cathedral), Author, Social Leader
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. - John Wooden, 1910- ,American Basketball Coach
Two men looked from prison bars. One saw mud...the other, stars. - Unknown
He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave. - Andrew Carnegie, 1835-1919, American Industrialist, Philanthropist
If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven played music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well. - Martin Luther King, Jr. 1929-1968, American Civil Rights Leader
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. --Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882, American Poet, Essayist
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.-Ralph Waldo Emerson {1803-1882 American Poet & Essayist}
A life lived in fear is a life half lived' -Tara Morice as Fran, from the movie "Strictly Ballroom"
No matter what you've done for yourself or for humanity, if you can't look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished? -Lee Iacocca Retired Automobile Executive
Use what talent you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best. - Henry Van Dyke, American Poet, Author
Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get. -Dale Carnegie, 1888-1955, American Author, Trainer
There is only one small letter between the words CAN and CAN'T...and that one letter will TOTALLY change your destiny. -Doug Firebaugh, Author, Speaker
That best portion of a good man's life; His little, nameless, unremembered acts; Of kindness and love. - William Wordsworth, 1770-1850, British Poet
But the only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible. -Arthur C. Clark 1917-, British Science Fiction Writer
You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. -Ralph Waldo Emerson {1803-1882 American Poet & Essayist}