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“It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.”
— Napoleon Hill
“Be thankful for everything that happens in your life; it's all an experience.”
— Roy T. Bennett
“The only way to start is to start.”
— Mark Twain
“The purpose of our lives is to be happy.”
— Dalai Lama
“Don't learn to do, but learn in doing.”
— Samuel Butler
“Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one's aim.”
— John D. Rockefeller
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
— Mark Twain
“No speech can stain what is noble by nature.”
— Sophocles
“I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member.”
— Groucho Marx
“You have to let go of who you were to become who you will be.”
— Candace Bushnell
“He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it the second time.”
— Thomas Jefferson
“The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.”
— Henry Ward Beecher
“Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.”
— John F. Kennedy
“Unless you change how you are, you will always have what you got.”
— Jim Rohn
“The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny.”
— James Allen
“Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.”
— John Wooden
“Life should be touched, not strangled. ”
— Ray Bradbury
“Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small.”
— Lao Tzu
“The best of us sometimes eat our words. ”
— Albus Dumbledore
“The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast.”
— Buddha
““Nothing is more fruitful for man than the knowledge of his own shortcomings.””
— Abdu'l-Baha
“It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable.”
— Seneca
“Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.”
— Bill Shirley
“The scariest moment is always just before you start. After that, things can only get better.”
— Stephen King

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