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“To be a good loser is to learn how to win.”
Carl Sandburg
“Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.”
Michael Jordan
“Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.”
— Unknown
“Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.”
William James
“The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life and the procedure , the process is its own reward.”
Amelia Earhart
“Thinking is a habit, and like any other habit, it can be changed; it just takes effort and repetition.”
John Eliot
“Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.”
Lily Tomlin
“Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another?”
Thomas Jefferson
“Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.”
Henry David Thoreau
“Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.”
Stephen King
“A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Beauty is the greatest seducer of man.”
Paulo Coelho
“I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die.”
Stephen Hawking
“Numbing the pain for a while will only make it worse when you finally feel it.”
Albus Dumbledore
“As for style, there is something about the way musicians dress-they seem to be able to create their own world within their fashion alone.”
— Nicole Richie
“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Life is trying things to see if they work.”
Ray Bradbury
“If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans. ”
Woody Allen
“One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.”
Sigmund Freud
“Success doesn't come to you... you go to it.”
— Marva Collins
“One beam, no matter how big, cannot support an entire house on its own.”
Chinese Proverb
“We may not be responsible for the world that created our minds, but we can take responsibility for the mind with which we create our world.”
Gabor Mate
“You can put lipstick on a pig. It's still a pig.”
Barack Obama
“If he cannot stop the mind that seeks after fame and profit, he will spend his life without finding peace.”
Dogen

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