"We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world." - Helen Keller

"The time to relax is -- when you don't have time for it." - Sidney J. Harris

"Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death." - James F. Byrnes

"What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens." - Benjamin Disraeli

"The time is now, the place is here. Stay in the present. You can do nothing to change the past, and the future will never come exactly as you plan or hope for." - Dan Millman

"I must govern the clock, not be governed by it." - Golda Meir

"The camera makes everyone a tourist in other people's reality, and eventually in one's own." - Susan Sontag

"Experience suggests it doesn't matter so much how you got here, as what you do after you arrive." - Lois McMaster Bujold

"I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination." - Jimmy Dean

"First things first, but not necessarily in that order." - Doctor Who

"Committee ... a group of men who individually can do nothing but as a group decide that nothing can be done." - Fred Allen

"Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock." - Ben Hecht

"The highest reward for man's toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it." - John Ruskin

"Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door." - Kyle Chandler

"Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy." - Guillaume Apollinaire

"You must learn a new way to think before you can master a new way to be." - Marianne Williamson

"It may be that when we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work, and then we no longer know which way to go, we have begun our real journey." - Wendell Berry

"Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut, that held its ground." - David Icke

"Above all else, go with a sense of humor. It is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on one's lip is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life." - Hugh Sidey

"What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined ... to strengthen each other ... to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories." - George Eliot

"You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time." - Abraham Lincoln

"Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand ­and melting like a snowflake. Let us use it before it is too late." - Marie Beyon Ray

"The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another's, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises." - Leo Buscaglia

"For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?" - James Allen

"Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all his strength." - Hasidic Saying

"You can have anything you want, if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose." - Abraham Lincoln

"Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement." - Golda Meir

"A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't see the clouds at all - he's walking on them." - Leonard Louis Levinson

"It takes a long time to grow an old friend." - John Leonard

"There is a voice inside of you that whispers all day long, 'I feel this is right for me, I know that this is wrong.' No teacher, preacher, parent, friend or wise man can decide what's right for you -- just listen to the voice that speaks inside." - Shel Silverstein

"Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation." - George Washington

"The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof." - Barbara Kingsolver

"My wish for you is that this life becomes all that you want it to. Your dreams stay big, and your worries stay small. You never need to carry more than you can hold and while you're out there getting where you're getting to, I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too. This is my wish." - Rascal Flatts

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.  It turns what we have into enough, and more.  It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity.  It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.  Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow." - Melody Beattie

"Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for - in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it." - Ellen Goodman

"Never was a faithful prayer lost. Some prayers have a longer voyage than others, but then they return with their richer lading at last, so that the praying soul is a gainer by waiting for an answer." - William Gurnall

"Expect to have hope rekindled. Expect your prayers to be answered in wondrous ways. The dry seasons in life do not last. The spring rains will come again." - Sarah Ban Breathnach

"Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So ... get on your way." - Dr. Seuss

"Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, its about learning how to dance in the rain." - Unknown Author

"Never think that God's delays are God's denials. Hold on; hold fast; hold out. Patience is genius." - Comte de Buffon

"You need to know what life you want (as well as what life you don't want), then you have to muster up the will and the drive to go after it." - Bob Greene

"If you have a goal, write it down. If you do not write it down, you do not have a goal -- you have a wish." - Steve Maraboli

"Teach us, O Lord, the disciplines of patience, for to wait is often harder than to work." - Peter Marshall

"The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready." - Henry David Thoreau

"Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate." - J. R. R. Tolkien

"Until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in these two words, -- 'Wait and hope'." - Alexandre Dumas

"Do something today that your future self will thank you for." - Author Unknown

"Be fearless. Have the courage to take risks. Go where there are no guarantees. Get out of your comfort zone even if it means being uncomfortable. The road less traveled is sometimes fraught with barricades bumps and uncharted terrain. But it is on that road where your character is truly tested. And have the courage to accept that you're not perfect, nothing is and no one is -- and that's OK." - Katie Couric

"If we are to go forward, we must go back and rediscover those precious values -- that all reality hinges on moral foundations and that all reality has spiritual control." - Martin Luther King Jr.

"Be strong enough to stand alone, be yourself enough to stand apart, but be wise enough to stand together when the time comes." - Mark Amend

"Distance never separates two hearts that really care, for our memories span the miles and in seconds we are there. But whenever I start feeling sad, because I miss you, I remind myself how lucky I am to have someone so special to miss." - Author Unknown

"History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon." - Napoleon Bonaparte

"You are good enough, smart enough, beautiful enough, strong enough. Believe it and stop letting insecurity run your life." - Thema Davis

"Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life." - Dr. David M. Burns

"Everything is a life lesson. Everyone you meet, everything you encounter, etc. They're all part of the learning experience we call 'life.' Never forget to acknowledge the lesson, especially when things don't go your way. If you don't get a job that you wanted or a relationship doesn't work, it only means something better is out there waiting. And the lesson you just learned is the first step towards it." - Author Unknown

"Never forget where you've been. Never lose sight of where you're going. And never take for granted the people who travel the journey with you." - Susan Gale

"Do not wait for the last judgment. It takes place every day." - Albert Camus

"Only if we understand can we care. Only if we care will we help. Only if we help shall they be saved." - Jane Goodall

"I am seeking. I am striving. I am in it with all my heart." - Vincent van Gogh

"Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic." - Thomas Szasz

"People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway. If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway. The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway." - Mother Teresa

"He who wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper." - Edmund Burke

"When you're trying to motivate yourself, appreciate the fact that you're even thinking about making a change. And as you move forward, allow yourself to be good enough." - Alice Domar

"If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking." - Haruki Murakami

"The way to happiness: Keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Scatter sunshine, forget yourself, and think of others." - Norman Vincent Peale

"We must be willing to let go of the life we planned in order to have the life that is waiting for us." - Joseph Campbell

"Time decides who you meet in life, your heart decides who you want in your life, and your behavior decides who stays in your life." - Author Unknown

"The secret of a good memory is attention, and attention to a subject depends upon our interest in it. We rarely forget that which has made a deep impression on our minds." - Tryon Edwards

"We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives... not looking for flaws, but for potential." - Ellen Goodman

"Many people look forward to the new year for a new start on old habits." - Author Unknown

"Do not get angry because others question what you believe, be calm and loving, for anger is the root of a faulty belief." - Leon Brown

"True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment." - William Penn

"What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books." - Thomas Carlyle

"Watch your thoughts, they become words.  Watch your words, they become actions.  Watch your actions, they become habits. Watch your habits, they become your character.  Watch your character, it becomes your destiny." - Frank Outlaw

"A hug is a wonderful thing. It makes you feel wanted, needed, and loved all at the same time." - Gregory Garcia and Dan Coscino, Raising Hope

"Roses are reddish, Violets are bluish, If it weren't for Christmas, We'd all be Jewish." - Benny Hill

"When the devil reminds you of your past, remind him of his future!" - St. Teresa of Avila

"A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows you your strengths; feels your fears but fortifies your faith; sees your anxieties but frees your spirit; recognizes your disabilities but emphasizes your possibilities." - William Arthur Ward

"The most valuable things in life are not measured in monetary terms. The really important things are not houses and lands, stocks and bonds, automobiles and real state, but friendships, trust, confidence, empathy, mercy, love and faith." - Bertrand Russell V. Delong

"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia." - Charles Schulz

"If an egg is broken by outside force, Life ends. If broken by inside force, Life begins. Great things always begin from inside." - Jim Kwik

"He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatness of the soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported without the latter." - Henry Fielding

"Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out." - James Bryant Conant

"Don't count every day of the week; make every day of the week count." - Mark Amend

"It is always right that a man should be able to render a reason for the faith that is within him." - Sydney Smith

"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

"I do not want to die ... until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the seed that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown." - Kathe Kollwitz

"Never let the demands of tomorrow interfere with the pleasures and excitement of today." - Meredith Willson

"Refuse to be ill. Never tell people you are ill; never own it to yourself. Illness is one of those things which a man should resist on principle." - Edward Bulwer-Lytton

"Seize the moment of excited curiosity on any subject to solve your doubts; for if you let it pass, the desire may never return, and you may remain in ignorance." - William Wirt

"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort." - Herm Albright

"Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God and value it next to a good conscience; for health is the second blessing that money cannot buy; therefore value it, and be thankful for it." - Izaak Walton

"Everything in life comes to you as a teacher. Pay attention. Learn quickly." - Cherokee Saying

"Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time." - Steven Wright

"Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities." - Aldous Huxley

"We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and mystery." - H. G. Wells

"A false conclusion once arrived at and widely accepted is not easily dislodged and the less it is understood the more tenaciously it is held." - Georg Cantor

"I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk." - Anthony Robbins

"At least three times every day take a moment and ask yourself what is really important. Have the wisdom and the courage to build your life around your answer." - Lee Jampolsky

"When you get right down to it, what we all need is a place to go... A place where we can escape the noise of our lives and just relax." - Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata, Animal Crossing: Wild World, 2005