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Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em. - William Shakespeare
A true friend always leaves us better than he finds us. -Bennie Harris
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.
Beginnings are scary. Endings are usually sad, but it's the middle that counts. So when you find yourself at the beginning, give hope a chance to float up. And it will!
Don't walk in the shadows of your past or you'll never see the light of the future.
There is a special place in life that needs my humble skill. A certain job I'm meant to do, which no one else can fulfill. There is a special place in life, a goal I must attain. A dream that I must follow, because I won't be back again.
You can't learn to swim while you are drowning. Alyson Goff
When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needs expressing, then we truly live. -Greg Anderson
There have been angels in my life, although they haven't arrived with the blast of trumpets or the rustle of wings, I've known them just the same. They perform their acts in human disguise, sometimes borrowing the faces of family and friends, sometimes posing as well meaning strangers. You have known them too, when just the right word was needed, when a tiny act of kindness made a huge difference, or perhaps you heard a voice in the night of sorrow, the words, not quite clear, but the meaning, unmistakable: 'There is hope...there is hope...
I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.
The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core strength within you that survives all hurt.
Now is the most precious time. Seize it, live it, because it shall never come again!
Every precious kiss could be our last. There is no future and there is no past. All we've got is now. -Steve Wariner
Never hold on because you are too afraid to let go.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars. - Les Brown
When all is said and done the unselfish acts of what we have done, without asking for anything in return, will have said it all! - Brian G. Jett
Character can't be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering, can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved.
Sometimes you've got to take the stairs to get to the top; you never know when the elevator is going to be out of service.
To love what we do and feel that it matters-how could anything be more fun! Katherine Graham
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you can become great. - Mark Twain
Do not follow where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Yesterday is a canceled check, tomorrow is a promissory note; today is the only cask you have-so spend it wisely. Kay Lyons
To do great important tasks, two things are necessary: a plan and not quite enough time.
Our greatest glory is in never falling but in rising each time we fall. Confucius
Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. T.S. Eliot
Every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with excellence. Jessica Guidobobo
Relationships are emotional bank accounts. Some are wealthy, high on the positive side. Others are overdrawn and in debt.
It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself. Eleanor Roosevelt
The most important think in communication is hearing what isn't being said.
Creativity can solve almost any problem. George Lois
Responsibility equals the price of greatness. Winston Churchill
Procrastination if the art of keeping up with yesterday. Don Marquis
When you can't have what you want, it's time to start wanting what you have. Kathleen A. Sutton
When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one, which has opened for us. Helen Keller
Sure there's no 'I' in team, but there is an 'm' and an 'e'. Kelvin Meyers
When it hurts too much to look behind, and you're scared to look ahead, just look beside you and I'll be there.
The silver friend knows your present. The gold friend knows all of your past dirt and glories. Once in a blue moon, there's someone who knows it all, someone who knows it all and accepts you unconditionally, someone who's there for life.
I want to beg you as much as I can, to be patient to all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves…Do not seek now answers which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live with them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then someday without knowing it live along gradually into the answer… Take whatever comes with great trust, and if only it comes out of your own will, out of some need of your innermost being, take it into yourself…and hate nothing. Rainer Maria Rilke
You have to have enough confidence in yourself to look beyond and take the chance-that is, to say to yourself, 'This is an opportunity that I want. I may not be totally prepared for it, but I want to do it.' You know how to step out beyond the boundaries-not knowing what's out there, but knowing you want to pursue it. Michael Wiggins
Where you end up isn't the most important thing. It's the road you take to get you there. The road you take is what you'll look back on and call your life. Not reaching success isn't the end of the world. Not trying to reach it is. Tim Riley
Give life your best. At all times and in all circumstances, always give your best in whatever you do. It does not matter in what place you finish if you gave life your best. Likewise, no matter in what place you do finish, it doesn't matter if it is not your best. When you give life your best, there is no need for apologies or excuses so go ahead-give life your best! Fr. Brian Cavanaugh
There are high spots in all our lives, and most of them have come about through encouragement from someone else. I don't care how great, how famous or successful a man or woman may be, each hungers for applause. Encouragement is oxygen to the soul. Good work can never be expected from a worker without encouragement. No one ever lived without it. George Matthew Adams
Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best. - H. Jackson Brown
Relationships, of all kinds, are like sand held in your hand. Held loosely, with an open hand, the sand remains where it is. The minute you close your hand and squeeze tightly to hold on, the sand trickles through your fingers. You may hold on to some of it, but most will be spilled. --- Kaleel Jamison
A friendship is like a boat, don't ever let it sink, do whatever you can to keep it from sinking, and if its going down, stay on as long as possible and never give up.
Things change, people change. It doesn't mean you forget the past or try to cover it up. It simply means that you move on, and treasure all the memories.
Many a times in life, whether a thing is worth doing or not, really depends on how you look at it. Take up all your courage and do something your heart tells you to do.
Life is like a box of chocolates. I once heard that from a movie. And it's true because life is assorted just like a box of chocolates. When you pick a chocolate from the box, it might be the best looking chocolate-but when you bite in, it isn't the best. Maybe when you pick the most ugly looking chocolate-and when you bite in, it's the most tasting thing you ever ate in your whole life. But you'll never know what chocolate you'll get, until you try one!
Sometimes you just have to take the leap, and build your wings on the way down. - Kobi Yamada
In the beginning, all things are hopeful. We prepare ourselves to start anew. Though we may be intent on the magnificent journey ahead, all things are contained in the first moment: our optimism, our faith, our resolution, and our innocence.
Your life today is the result of your attitudes and choices in the past. Your life tomorrow will be the result of your attitudes and the choices you make today.
Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending. -- Carl Bard
The distance is nothing; it's only the first step that is difficult. --Marquise du Deffand
All glory comes from daring to begin--Eugene F. Ware
Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstances. --Bruce Barton
When your fields of wild flowers have gone bare and you sky is stone gray I have but one wish. May you forever see rainbows and be brought to better days. - William Joseph Igel
The counting of years matters little; it's what we put into the years that give them meaning.
As long as we have memories, yesterday remains. As long as we have hope, tomorrow awaits. As long as we have love, today is beautiful.
Your friend is the one who helps you to take those hard steps in your life. They always leave footprints in the sand of your heart.
Someday all you will have to light your way will be a single ray of hope and that will be enough. Kobi Yamada
It's not enough to be good, if you have the ability to be better. Alberta Lee Cox
Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. Michael Jordon
God can do wonders with a broken heart if we give him all of the pieces.
No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No dream ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.
It takes a long time not to judge yourself through someone else's eyes.
The tide of life is sometimes very rough, but each storm ridden through makes us better captains of our souls.
Maybe the hardest part of growing up is having the ones you've always turned to turn to you.
Sometimes the best way to figure out who you are is to get to that place where you don't have to be anything else.
The road to success is not a path you find but a trail you blaze. Robert Brault
Life is full of ups and downs. The trick is to enjoy the ups and have courage during the downs.
It's one thing to say you're gonna let go. It's another to actually do it, to loosen your grip and let yourself fall. Felicity of Felicity
Trials and tribulations are blessings in disguise; it's when you hold to that faith that you shall see through brighter eyes.
I would much rather live with disappointment than regret. Andre Agassi
The soul would have no rainbow, had the eye no tears.
In this life it is not what the world does to us that matters, it is what we do to the world. Nan Witcomb
