What You Can Do

Do not let what you cannot do

interfere with what you can do.

~ John Wooden ~

Lack of Will

The difference between a successful person

and others is not a lack of strength,

not a lack of knowledge,

but rather in a lack of will.

~ Vince Lombardi ~

Want to be Average?

Who wants to be average?

Average is that place in the middle.

It's the best of the worst,

or the worst of the best.

~ Bob Moawad ~

The Right Attitude

Adopting the right attitude can convert

 a negative stress into a positive one.

~ Hans Selye ~

Perseverance

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect

before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.

~ John Quincy Adams ~

Stupidity

If stupidity got us into this mess,

then why can't it get us out?

~ Will Rogers ~

One Deed

A thousand words will not leave

so deep an impression as one deed.

~ Henrik Ibsen ~

Accomplishments

We would accomplish many more things

if we did not think of them as impossible.

~ Vince Lombardi ~

I Believe

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge.

That myth is more potent than history.

That dreams are more powerful than facts.

That hope always triumphs over experience.

That laughter is the only cure for grief.

And I believe that love is stronger than death.

~ Robert Fulghum ~

What is Happiness?

But what is happiness except the

simple harmony between a man

and the life he leads?

~ Albert Camus ~

A Butterfly

There is nothing in a caterpillar

that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.

~ R. Buckminster Fuller ~

The Power to Forgive

We must develop and maintain the power to forgive.

He who is devoid of the power to forgive

is devoid of the power to love.

There is some good in the worst of us

and some evil in the best of us.

When we discover this, 

we are less prone to hate our enemies.

~ Martin Luther King, Jr. ~

The Same Boat

We may have all come on different ships,

but we're in the same boat now.

~ Martin Luther King, Jr. ~

Glory of the Climb

Every day you make progress.  Every step may be fruitful.

Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening,

ever-ascending, ever-improving path.  You know you will never

get to the end of the journey.  But this, so far from discouraging,

only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.

~ Sir Winston Churchill ~

A Lie

A lie can travel half way around

the world while the truth is

putting on its shoes.

~ Charles Spurgeon ~

An Excellent Example

Don't try to be perfect;

just be an excellent example of a human being.

~ Tony Robbins ~

Character

Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution

long after the excitement of the moment has passed.

~ Cavett Robert ~

Resolve

Your success and happiness lies in you.

Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you

shall form an invincible host against difficulties.

~ Helen Keller ~

Make Mistakes

I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes.

Because, if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things,

trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself,

changing your world.  You're doing things you have never done before,

and more importantly, you're doing something.

~ Neil Gaiman ~