Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments. - Henry Ward Beecher

No one's happiness but my own is in my power to achieve or to destroy. - Ayn Rand

Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold; the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul. - Democritus

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

Nothing happens unless first a dream. - Carl Sandburg

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit. - Aristotle

Nothing worthwhile ever happens quickly and easily. You achieve only as you are determined to achieve... and as you keep at it until you have achieved. - Robert H. Lauer

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog. - Mark Twain

A strong imagination begetteth opportunity. - Michel de Montaigne

A loving heart is the truest wisdom. - Charles Dickens

Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new - Brian Tracy

Every artist was first an amateur. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

The one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is unchangeable or certain. - John F. Kennedy

I have always admired the ability to bite off more than one can chew and then chew it. - William DeMille

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing. - Dale Carnegie

A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer. - Norwegian proverb

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the face. - Helen Keller

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. - Mark Twain

Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work, body and soul. - Charles Buxton

God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how. - Henry Ward Beecher

The older I get, the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first - a process which often reduces the most complex human problems to manageable proportions. - Dwight D. Eisenhower

Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself. - William Faulkner

In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart. - Anne Frank

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. - Francis Bacon

It's easy to make a buck. It's tougher to make a difference. - Tom Brokaw